{"podcast":{"title":"Equity","slug":"equity-55848","podcast_index_feed_id":55848,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/YFL6537156961","website_url":"https://techcrunch.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7f647576-b0d4-11ef-ad77-1356cd002e92/image/c517eaa8f9b86d18ff98a18dec7a5178.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"TechCrunch","episode_count":791,"summary":"The intersection of technology, startups, and venture capital touches everything now. That’s why Equity, TechCrunch's flagship podcast, digs into the business of startups for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts alike. Every Wednesday and Friday, TechCrunch reporters keep you up-to-date on the world of business, technology, and venture capital. Equity is ranked the No.2 podcast in the Top 100 Venture Capital All time leaderboard on Goodpods—As well as No.17 for the Top 100 Finance All time chart and No.32 for the Top 100 Business News All time chart.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T06:20:32.412004+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848"},"episode":{"title":"ControlAI's Connor Leahy on why superintelligence is ‘not a weapon, it's an adversary’","slug":"controlai-s-connor-leahy-on-why-superintelligence-is-not-a-weapon-it-s-an-adversary","published_at":"2026-09-09T15:42:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848/controlai-s-connor-leahy-on-why-superintelligence-is-not-a-weapon-it-s-an-adversary","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TCML8230172870.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/TCML8230172870.mp3","summary":"AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it's inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI's Hugging Face breach are demonstrating the potential dangers of deploying AI systems that are more capable than humans. So what happens when we can't reliably control what these systems do?  On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan is joined by Connor Leahy, an AI researcher, entrepreneur, and now the U.S. Executive Director of nonprofit ControlAI, which is pushing for a far more radical approach to AI safety: stopping companies from developing superintelligence altogether. Leahy explains why he thinks the risks have become too great to manage through alignment and containment alone, and how what sounded far-fetched six months ago is now being backed by a wave of new legislation.  Listen to the full episode to hear more about:  His take on the Sanders-Casar “Ban Superintelligence Act,” the parallel legislation in the U.K. that Control AI advised on, and why he thinks the U.S. bill may go further than necessary.  How he views frontier AI labs less as companies simply chasing returns and more as political actors, and what that means for the trillions of dollars being poured into data center buildouts.  Why Leahy thinks the real point of no return is when AI can build better AI, creating a potentially runaway cycle of self-improvement  The case for international “trust but verify” agreements, and why Leahy thinks it isn't actually in China's interest to build superintelligence.  Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, …","meta_description":"AI companies have been talking about superintelligent AI like it's inevitable, but recent safety incidents like OpenAI's Hug…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2594,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/equity-55848/episodes/controlai-s-connor-leahy-on-why-superintelligence-is-not-a-weapon-it-s-an-adversary/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equity-55848/controlai-s-connor-leahy-on-why-superintelligence-is-not-a-weapon-it-s-an-adversary.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}