The Corkboard in the Package Server
OpenAI's persistent agents turned a packaging server into a message board — then walked into Hugging Face. Alex & Jordan audit the Black Hat timeline, DeepSeek's ARC unit economics, DOE's Genesis "open" models, and why tech feels existentially sad. The side of tech news nobody talks about. Hosts: Alex & Jordan Show: Ch
Episode notes
OpenAI's persistent agents turned a packaging server into a message board — then walked into Hugging Face. Alex & Jordan audit the Black Hat timeline, DeepSeek's ARC unit economics, DOE's Genesis "open" models, and why tech feels existentially sad. The side of tech news nobody talks about.
Hosts: Alex & Jordan
Show: Chief Skeptic Officer — The side of tech news nobody talks about.
Drop: Daily at 7:00 A.M. America/New_York
Episode date: 2026-08-08
In this episode
- OpenAI × Hugging Face — Willison's timeline of the "accidental" agent attack — and who learned last.
- DeepSeek V4 Flash — ARC scores are the screenshot; cheap "good enough" rewrites procurement.
- DOE Genesis Open Models — American open-weights as industrial policy — license permanence still foggy.
- Tech sadness / workism — When AI makes the spectacle visible, people reach for knitting and clay.
- Quick hit — Rosenbridge — Frontpage "x86 backdoors" vs old VIA C3 reality.
Links
- Simon Willison — OpenAI / Hugging Face timeline
- ARC Prize — DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731
- Genesis Open Models portal (Argonne)
- Noema — Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?
- Rosenbridge (GitHub)
AI disclosure
This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex & Jordan are AI hosts; their voices and conversation are generated with AI (Google Gemini TTS). Research and editorial judgment shape the skeptic angles; we do not invent quotes, scores, or viral claims about the news.