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Episode 258
June 30, 2026
46 MIN

This Week On What the Hack: How Hackers Are Using AI

A teenager rage-hacks a Tetris leaderboard and becomes a millionaire by 18. Now Tal Kollender breaks into companies for a living—and fixes whatever made that possible. We talk about that and Anthropic’s Mythos, which is a cyber idyll for our time.

Episode 258

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Tal Kollender discuses how hackers are using AI

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