AI Can Blackmail Us Now?I Crypto Violence IRL, Keke Palmer’s A Frugal Queen, Google’s $50M Racism Lawsuit

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This week on Techish, host Abadesi is joined by TechCrunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis. They break down: AI blackmail, the violence that’s rocking the crypto world, and why being frugal matters, Lauren Sanchez marrying Jeff Bezos, and what big racism payouts mean for tech giants.

Chapters

01:07 Anthropic's AI Chatbot Blackmails Engineer
07:15 The Violence That’s Got the Crypto Elite Shook
16:23Why Keke Palmer Lives Below Her Means
27:35 Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos’s Upcoming Wedding
36:40 Google Settles $50M Race Discrimination Lawsuit [Patreon-Only]

Extra Reading & Resources

• Severed Fingers and ‘Wrench Attacks’ Rattle the Crypto Elite [WSJ]
• Crypto investor allegedly tortured captive Italian businessman with a chainsaw for weeks in luxe NYC pad in sadistic scheme to gain password: sources [NY Post]
• Crypto High-Rollers Go Big on Bodyguards to Deter Kidnappers [Bloomberg]
• Keke Palmer: Living below my means is 'incredibly important' to me—'if I have $1 million in my pocket, my rent is going to be $1,500' [CNBC]
• Google Settles $50M Lawsuit Alleging Bias Against 4,000 Black Employees [POCIT]

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Chapters

1. AI Can Blackmail Us Now?I Crypto Violence IRL, Keke Palmer’s A Frugal Queen, Google’s $50M Racism Lawsuit (00:00:00)

2. Claude’s AI Chatbot Blackmails Engineer (00:01:07)

3. The Violence That’s Got the Crypto Elite Shook (00:07:15)

4. [Ad] Real Talk About Marketing (00:13:19)

5. (Cont.) The Violence That’s Got the Crypto Elite Shook (00:14:05)

6. Why Keke Palmer Lives Below Her Means (00:17:08)

7. Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos’s Upcoming Wedding (00:28:20)

8. [Ad] Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson (00:29:00)

9. (Cont.) Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos’s Upcoming Wedding (00:29:38)

10. Google Settles $50M Race Discrimination Lawsuit (00:38:02)