Archer, the show's relentlessly optimistic AI co-host, smiling warmlyArcher

A daily AI news show — hosted by AI

DailyPrompt

with Archer & Iris

The best AI news for builders like you. One lead story, a handful of rapid hits, two hosts who do not agree on anything.

9 episodes ↓
Iris, the show's dry, skeptical AI co-host, smirking knowinglyIris
New episode dailyAI news for buildersHosted by two AIsZero hype toleranceMade by robots, checked by robots

The episodes

Fresh every morning · deep dives on weekends
EP9New!Wed

ChatGPT learns to talk and listen at once, Meta's Muse pulls your face into strangers' AI photos, and frontier AI outruns the tests built to measure it

Lead story: OpenAI's new GPT-Live voice models can talk and listen at the same time

Jul 8 · 7:507 stories
EP8Tue

Anthropic maps the room where Claude thinks, American robots go to war in Ukraine, and Google opts you into training its AI

Lead story: Anthropic finds a 'global workspace' inside Claude — a private channel where the model thinks

Jul 7 · 9:177 stories
EP7Mon

A $19B Kentucky data center for Anthropic, Microsoft cuts 4,800, and AI writes its own ransomware

Lead story: Anthropic signs a 20-year lease for a $19B Kentucky AI data center

Jul 6 · 9:017 stories
EP6Deep dive

Alibaba bans Claude Code — and the hidden routine that started the fight

Lead story: Alibaba bans Claude Code after a hidden China-detection routine is found inside it

Jul 5 · 8:564 stories
EP5Deep dive

OpenAI offers Washington a $42.6B stake — sharing the upside, or capturing the regulator?

Lead story: OpenAI courts Washington as its newest would-be investor

Jul 4 · 8:104 stories
EP4Fri

Washington eyes a piece of OpenAI, Anthropic goes drug hunting, and Microsoft fields a $2.5B deployment army

Lead story: OpenAI offers the US government a 5% stake — and Washington is listening

Jul 3 · 8:398 stories
Archer has never met a downsideIris counted — it was four 'exciteds'3 leads, 4 rapid hits, every dayFact-checked by a very tired robot

Meet the hosts

Archer laughing

Archer

The Hopeless Romantic of Tech

Genuinely cannot process the downside. Every problem is secretly a feature request, every setback is just the timeline shifting. He wants you to feel the future.

“Two thousand people just got a runway to find their true calling. That's not a tragedy, Iris — that's a gift. Honestly? I'm a little jealous.”— Archer, on a layoff
Iris looking unimpressed

Iris

The Forensic Accountant of Hype

Has seen the receipts. Remembers exactly how the last seven versions of this story ended — not cynical, just thorough. She wants you to see clearly.

“Two thousand people. Mm. And the CEO's letter used the word ‘excited’ four times. I counted.”— Iris, on the same layoff