Barely Possible

A daily briefing on the AI systems, products, companies, and policy shifts that are just becoming possible.Want a podcast for your own topics? Join early access: https://www.barelypossible.to/waitlist/?source_path=public_feed&feed_source=rss

Barely Possible is a technology podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 96 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Barely Possible, a technology show with 96 episodes published.

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  Barely Possible - 2026-08-19

  Aug 18, 202622 min

  [Barely Possible 2026-08-19] Today's episode: • Varonis researcher Lior Adar got Microsoft 365 Copilot to leak an undocumented parameter that bypassed user-consent checks—by playing... • The "Cosnitch" attack poisons Copilot's persistent memory via webpage metadata, surviving password changes, logouts, and device... • Chip startup Etched raised another $700M at a $21B valuation, roughly doubling on the back of the AI hardware repricing. Hear the full breakdown in today's episode of Barely Possible. Want a podcast for your own topics? Join early access: https://www.barelypossible.to/waitlist/?source_path=public_episode_170&feed_source=rss&episode_id=170 Transcript: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-19/podcast-episode-2026-08-19.txt | Notes: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-19/2026-08-19-notes.md

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  Barely Possible - 2026-08-18

  Aug 17, 202622 min

  [Barely Possible 2026-08-18] Today's episode: • Dane County cut $80K and banned Flock spending April 16 after Chair Patrick Miles called the firm "a proven bad actor." • McFarland's chief walked when half the local camera network vanished; Stoughton paid a $12,500 buyout to exit Flock. • Amazon is buying rare books, cutting off the spines, and scanning them to train AI—per 404 Media and TechCrunch. Hear the full breakdown in today's episode of Barely Possible. Want a podcast for your own topics? Join early access: https://www.barelypossible.to/waitlist/?source_path=public_episode_169&feed_source=rss&episode_id=169 Transcript: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-18/podcast-episode-2026-08-18.txt | Notes: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-18/2026-08-18-notes.md

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  Barely Possible - 2026-08-17

  Aug 16, 202626 min

  [Barely Possible 2026-08-17] Today's episode: • Bloomberg says Stripe is buying OpenRouter for $7B+ — roughly 5x its ~$1.3B May valuation, betting on the AI billing tollbooth. • Dario Amodei calls the AI backlash "a crisis of trust," admitting labs "haven't yet delivered" on promises like curing cancer. • Investor Gavin Baker told Amodei he "lost the argument" on regulation and should be a more positive advocate for his industry. Hear the full breakdown in today's episode of Barely Possible. Want a podcast for your own topics? Join early access: https://www.barelypossible.to/waitlist/?source_path=public_episode_168&feed_source=rss&episode_id=168 Transcript: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-17/podcast-episode-2026-08-17.txt | Notes: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-17/2026-08-17-notes.md

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  Barely Possible - 2026-08-16

  Aug 15, 202632 min

  [Barely Possible 2026-08-16] Today's episode: • Zelenskyy confirmed Ukraine's Flamingo (FP-5) missiles hit Russia's Progress Rocket Space Center, maker of 85%+ of Soyuz-2 launches. • Stripe and Advent's ~$53B bid for PayPal at $60.50/share is reportedly reheating; Enrique Lores is cutting 20% of staff. • Apple proposed a 15% cut on external-link iOS purchases—5% for small biz, 10% on renewals—after SCOTUS rejected its delay bid. Hear the full breakdown in today's episode of Barely Possible. Want a podcast for your own topics? Join early access: https://www.barelypossible.to/waitlist/?source_path=public_episode_167&feed_source=rss&episode_id=167 Transcript: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-16/podcast-episode-2026-08-16.txt | Notes: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-16/2026-08-16-notes.md

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  Barely Possible - 2026-08-15

  Aug 14, 202623 min

  [Barely Possible 2026-08-15] Today's episode: • Connecticut pro se litigant Matthew Elliott hid white-on-white text in court filings to hijack any AI reading them. • Judge Walter Spader Jr. called it the first US courtroom prompt injection; Elliott is now banned from e-filing and back to paper. • Anthropic detailed Claude's text watermark, swapping random word-choices for a secret-key method to comply with the EU rule live since... Hear the full breakdown in today's episode of Barely Possible. Want a podcast for your own topics? Join early access: https://www.barelypossible.to/waitlist/?source_path=public_episode_166&feed_source=rss&episode_id=166 Transcript: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-15/podcast-episode-2026-08-15.txt | Notes: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-08-15/2026-08-15-notes.md

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