Sebastian Mallaby
Senior fellow and contributing writer known for narrative nonfiction about influential figures and institutions; author of The Infinity Machine, a biography of Demis Hassabis and DeepMind.
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Apr 3, 2026 • 1h 9min
The Future of Addictive Design + Going Deep at DeepMind + HatGPT
Sebastian Mallaby, journalist, author, and CFR fellow, drops in to trace Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the race to superintelligence. Then the conversation jumps to jury rulings against Meta and YouTube over addictive design, why AI chatbots could face similar scrutiny, and a wild grab bag of headlines from rogue bots to creepy Olaf robots and viral AI fruit videos.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 3h 9min
AI Is Coming for Your Memes, Axios NPM Package Compromised, Claude Code Source Code Leak | Alex Pruden, Qasar Younis, Sebastian Mallaby, Forrest Heath, Dino Mavrookas, Will Ahmed, Jannick Malling, Ryan Daniels, Chris Yu
Alex Pruden, Project Eleven co-founder and ex-Green Beret, joins Qasar Younis of Applied Intuition, finance writer Sebastian Mallaby, and founders Chris Yu, Will Ahmed, Dino Mavrookas, Forrest Heath, and Jannick Malling. They dig into AI-made memes, the Axios npm breach, a Claude Code leak, quantum risk to crypto, autonomous machines, new internet pipes, shipbuilding, wearables, and AI-powered investing.
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Apr 1, 2026 • 49min
215. The Biography Of Demis Hassabis
Sebastian Mallaby, journalist and author of The Infinity Machine, profiles Demis Hassabis, blending biography with the rise of DeepMind. Multiple short scenes explore his scientific roots, chess prodigy youth, neuroscience influence, battles over benchmarks and acquisitions, and the rivalry-driven drama behind AI’s race for superintelligence.
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Apr 2, 2026 • 33min
The Man who Built God – Meet the Oppenheimer of artificial superintelligence
Sebastian Mallaby, author and journalist who wrote The Infinity Machine, explores Demis Hassabis and DeepMind. He traces Hassabis’s working‑class roots and scientific drive. Conversations cover the moral dilemmas of building superintelligence, safety versus speed in the AI race, and how founder personalities and national values shape AI’s future.
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Apr 1, 2026 • 48min
Why Oracle is Cutting Thousands, Claude Code Leak, Lessons from Google Deepmind CEO Demis Hassabis
Sebastian Mallaby, author who interviewed Demis Hassabis about DeepMind; Molly Welch, Radical Ventures partner focused on AI investing and physical-world AI; Catherine Perloff, Amazon reporter covering Rufus chatbot ads. They discuss Oracle’s cuts and AI spending. They unpack Amazon’s sponsored prompts and ad tradeoffs. They review Anthropic’s Claude code leak and risks around AI-generated code and security.
