This week, the a16z Podcast explored the expanding role of AI across critical systems—from foundational questions about AGI's arrival to the practical reality of securing infrastructure in an AI-driven world. Episodes ranged from OpenAI's Joshua Achiam weighing whether we've already reached artificial general intelligence, to conversations on how open-source AI, startups reimagining critical infrastructure, and emerging AI-powered cyber threats are reshaping what it means to build and defend essential systems. The thread connecting them: as AI becomes embedded in the infrastructure we depend on, the stakes of getting both the technology and its security right have never been higher.
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