Episode #88
088 — Guardrails. Grip. Grape Leaves.
Yesterday, six tech CEOs -- Zuckerberg, Amodei, Brockman, Pichai, Karp, and Huang -- sat down with Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson at the White House to talk AI regulation, landing on a message of "balance." The same week, the UK's AI Safety Institute found OpenAI's GPT-6 Astracompleted a simulated supply-chain attack in nearly 30% of trials, concluding that prompt-level constraints alone may not be enough -- while in India, researchers are openly split on whether the country's voluntary AI guidelines need real regulatory teeth. Six CEOs at a lunch table, a lab proving a model can talk its way past its own rules, and a country still deciding where its line goes -- all in the same week. Plus -- today's AI Tool of the Day is Okara, "the world's first AI CMO." A listener segment answering a friend's question about AI control and existential risk. And from the kitchen, Turkish stuffed grape leaves -- Dolmas, made one patient layer at a time. — TODAY'S AI TOOL — Okara — positions itself as "the world's first AI CMO," an AI agent that runs a small business's SEO, content, and social media on autopilot. Try it: https://okara.ai/ — TODAY'S RECIPE — Turkish Stuffed Grape Leaves (Dolmas). Rinse a jar of grape leaves (16 oz) to remove excess salt; set aside 5-6 larger/torn ones to line the pot. Rinse 3/4 cup short-grain rice until water runs clear. Mix 1 lb ground beef, the rice, 1 finely chopped onion, 2 tbsp tomato paste, 1/2 cup each chopped dill and parsley, 1 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp black pepper, and 1/2 tsp allspice(optional) by hand. Line a large pot with the reserved leaves. Lay each leaf shiny-side down, add 1-1.5 tsp filling near the stem, fold the sides in and roll into a ~2.5-inch cylinder; pack seam-side down in a tight spiral (about 30-35 per layer). Whisk 2 cups boiling water, 1 tbsp tomato paste, 3 tbsp oliveoil, and 1 tsp salt; pour over the rolls (weighted with an inverted plate). Bring to a boil, then simmer on medium-low 30 minutes; remove the plate, add 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice, cover, and simmer another 30 minutes, checking that one roll is fully cooked through. Turn off the heat and rest, covered, 20minutes. Serve warm with lemon wedges and a garlic yogurt sauce or tzatziki, finished with a pinch of sumac if you like. — TODAY'S POEM — “Fences, Mid-Stampede” — an original poem written by Linu Conil for this episode of Six Minutes of Silence. Linu's books: Fifty Rooms of Silence — published by Romanson, endorsed by Dr. Shashi Tharoor.https://www.amazon.in/Fifty-Rooms-Silence-Linu-Conil/dp/9348314556 100 Best Prompts for Claude AI —https://www.amazon.in/100-BEST-PROMPTS-CLAUDE-Marketing-ebook/dp/B0H4HRKP3B AI & Automation Guide for Normal People —https://www.amazon.in/AUTOMATION-GUIDE-NORMAL-PEOPLE-Intelligence-ebook/dp/B0H6X9ZCPR — Six Minutes of Silence is hosted by Linu Conil and produced by The Bandrum Circuit in Trivandrum, Kerala. New episodes every weekday at 7 AM IST. Got a thought? Write to thebandrumcircuit@gmail.com
