Episode 480: Claude Mods, TeamHuman's AI Slowdown Push, and Brazil's Far-Right Surge

In this episode, we break down a pivotal moment in AI development: Anthropic launches Claude Code mods for customizable AI behavior, Google Docs goes native with Markdown, and Reflection AI introduces Beam—an open-weight model challenging Chinese competitors. But the real story is the pushback: over 60 YouTube creators with 300M+ combined subscribers launched #TeamHuman, demanding global AI brakes and speed limits, backed by Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio. Meanwhile, Brazil's far right makes major electoral gains as Supreme Court Justice André Mendonça—who gained 2M Instagram followers in September—becomes a hero to the Evangelical right. We also cover SpaceX's stock surge, legal challenges to Nvidia's Groq acquisition, the data center infrastructure boom, and Apple's iPhone Duo app optimization rollout. It's a week where the acceleration of AI meets organized resistance, and where algorithmic platforms reshape electoral outcomes in real time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.