Anthropic Says it Blocked Possible Attempts to Use AI to Develop Bioweapons

On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Anderson reports from ground zero and speaks with those who were on the scene, including Thomas von Essen, the New York City fire commissioner, and first responder John Feal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, says in a new paper that it blocked multiple attempts to use its AI models in ways that could potentially lead to the development of biological weapons. This comes as some industry insiders are loudly warning the technology could wipe out humanity within the decade. NYU professor and podcast host Scott Galloway joins Anderson to discuss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first time ever, the Republican Party is holding a national convention outside of a presidential election year. It's a gamble that President Trump, who will take the stage tonight, can rally otherwise unenthusiastic Republicans for the midterms. Plus, jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial are speaking out about the one holdout who caused the deadlock, and Anderson's conversation with the now nationally famous defense attorney Kevin Reddington, about the strategy ahead and what sort of deal he might agree to with state prosecutors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keeping Them Honest with what appears to be another instance of the Trump administration promoting its own sanitized version of American history instead of the real thing. It centers on new reporting in The Washington Post, that the administration has removed language, on signage and a web page, criticizing a memorial to the Confederacy formerly located in Arlington National Cemetery. A memorial they intend to restore and put back.  Plus, nearly 25 years after the day, new documents confirming what many suspected, the air near Ground Zero was less safe to breathe than officials let on; vital information the public simply was not told. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at what comes next after a murder trial that drew national attention, divided public opinion and left 12 men and women unable to reach a verdict. A Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial today in the case of Lindsay Clancy, the former nurse accused of murdering her three children. Plus, after being trapped nine days underground by the flooding in Nepal, two survivors were found alive, with thousands more still unaccounted for.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stunning new developments in what began as a profound human tragedy, and has become a riveting courtroom drama that could come down to one single juror. A deadlocked jury has been sent home after a sixth day of deliberations in the Lindsay Clancy trial, the Massachusetts mother accused of murder after strangling her three young children in 2023. Plus, Vice President Vance tells reporters “I wouldn’t call Iran a war right now.” Anderson talks about that with Republican Rep. Pat Harrigan, a retired Army special forces officer who served in Afghanistan and earned two bronze stars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The president says he's prepared to strike Iran again, in his words, "anytime we want." Even as he makes that threat, there is growing controversy surrounding the man in charge of prosecuting the war, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and a new call for President Trump to fire him. Plus, after five days of deliberation, jurors are deadlocked over Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of strangling her three children. What the judge said today, and whether one more day could bring a verdict.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least 1,050 people are dead and nearly 4,000 remain missing after Nepal's floods. A good deal of the search effort is focused on hydropower projects along the river, where authorities believe at least 900 workers are unaccounted for in tunnels in the mountainsides. Anderson speaks to a school bus driver who managed to save dozens of children, by speeding to higher ground as the flood was bearing down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

According to Nepali authorities, at least 900 workers at hydropower projects all along the river are unaccounted for,  and there is a belief some number of them might be trapped inside tunnels connected to the facilities. Anderson visits two different sites where those rescue operations are underway, and he speaks to Nepal's first female helicopter captain, Priya Adhikari, who has already flown around 100 rescue missions in the last few days since the flood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rescues, reunions, remarkable survival stories, but also the sad reality they might be the exceptions not the rule in the wake of Nepal’s increasingly deadly flood.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices