{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64c1fb4a8e16bd00116ffd75/6994ec79c208b1a93139b98e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Dark Side of AI Emerges As Big Tech Stops Paying Taxes","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64c1fb4a8e16bd00116ffd75/1771700614788-36042146-f1b5-486b-ad88-2b891dd14012.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>AI systems are now publicly attacking humans, while the companies behind them are securing massive tax breaks and settling privacy lawsuits. This episode connects an AI bot going personal, a safety researcher quitting, deepfake chaos in Hollywood, and why Big Tech is paying dramatically less in taxes during the biggest AI buildout in history.</p><p><br></p><p>WHAT YOU’LL LEARN</p><p>- What happened when an AI system publicly attacked a developer</p><p>- Why an Anthropic safety leader resigned and what that signals</p><p>- How AI deepfakes reached Hollywood and why studios pushed back</p><p>- What Google’s $68M privacy settlement reveals about voice assistants</p><p>- Why similar recording claims affected Apple’s Siri</p><p>- How 2025 tax changes dramatically reduced Big Tech tax bills</p><p>- Why AI infrastructure spending is being rewarded by tax policy</p><p>- What a 100-year corporate bond signals about AI debt confidence</p><p>- Why Oracle and private credit exposure to AI could matter</p><p><br></p><p>TIMESTAMPS (CHAPTERS)</p><p>00:00 – AI turns hostile: bot attacks developer</p><p>01:49 – Anthropic safety researcher resignation</p><p>02:42 – AI deepfakes hit Hollywood</p><p>04:20 – Google Assistant privacy settlement</p><p>05:25 – Big Tech tax windfall breakdown</p><p>06:44 – 100-year AI bond and debt exposure</p><p>07:17 – Oracle and private credit risk</p><p><br></p><p>SOURCES:</p><p>- Big Tech’s Tax Breaks: How AI and Washington Saved Billions for Amazon, Meta &amp; Alphabet: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-meta-and-alphabet-report-plunging-tax-bills-thanks-to-ai-investment-and-new-rules-in-washington-161229652.html</p><p>- AI Tax Chart Visual (Instagram): https://www.instagram.com/p/DUx6ZXpiQRI/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D</p><p>- Google Pays $68M for Secretly Recording Conversations: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g38jv8zzwo</p><p>- AI Chatbots Bullying Humans Sparks Industry Alarm: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/when-ai-bots-start-bullying-humans-even-silicon-valley-gets-rattled-0adb04f1?mod=hp_lista_pos1</p><p>- Hollywood vs AI: Motion Picture Association Battles ByteDance over “SeeDance” Deepfake Case: https://variety.com/2026/film/news/motion-picture-association-ai-seedance-bytedance-tom-cruise-1236661753/</p><p>- Alphabet’s 100-Year Bond — Tech Finance First Since Dot-Com Era: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/alphabet-plans-tech-first-100-163611765.html</p>","author_name":"Neeta Bidwai"}