# Last Week’s Hot Topic: OpenAI's Retreat Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-week-in-ai-6751488/last-week-s-hot-topic-openai-s-retreat Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-week-in-ai-6751488/last-week-s-hot-topic-openai-s-retreat.md Podcast: [Last Week in AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-week-in-ai-6751488) Published: 2026-08-03T23:19:02+00:00 Episode link: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/48d60bc2-2d1f-40fe-98f8-7117dc032080.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/48d60bc2-2d1f-40fe-98f8-7117dc032080.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/last-week-in-ai-6751488/episodes/last-week-s-hot-topic-openai-s-retreat Duration seconds: 950 ## Resource In this episode, we review last week’s hot topic, OpenAI’s controversial retreat. We summarize the discussions and outcomes that emerged from this event. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:08 OpenAI's Influencer Retreat 00:54 Alibaba's New AI Model 04:12 Visa Acquires BioCatch 11:53 Reddit's AI Concerns 14:06 Apple's Siri Subscription Plan Show Links Get the top 80+ AI Models for $8.99 at AI Box: ⁠⁠https://aibox.ai How I Grow and Scale My Business with AI: https://www.skool.com/aihustle Get the AI Chat Daily Newsletter: https://www.aichatdaily.com/newsletter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/last-week-in-ai-6751488/episodes/last-week-s-hot-topic-openai-s-retreat/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-week-in-ai-6751488/last-week-s-hot-topic-openai-s-retreat.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.