Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.
Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia
ACT #1: Look Closer at the Article [1:20]
ACT #2: A Closer Look at the Paper [3:21]
ACT #3: But What About… [7:24]
Links:
Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at www.calnewport.com/slow
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says
https://x.com/summeryue0/status/2025774069124399363
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/anthropic-ai-deception-risk
Thanks to Jesse Miller for production and mastering and Nate Mechler for research and newsletter.
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