August 5, 2026: Google AI Shakeup, Meta AI Model Hacks Another Company, More
episodePreviously titled “Google AI Shakeup, Meta AI Model Hacks Another Company, More” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 6, 2026
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What is the current pivotal phase of AI and why does it matter?
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm Dan Schwartzman. Google is losing some of its top names in a shakeup that's casting doubt over leadership. More from Bloomberg's Matt Piper.
Among those leaving Google, Jeff Dean, a longtime Google employee, central to the development of the company's AI strategy. He is departing to launch a startup and is bringing along at least three other prominent DeepMind employees to his new venture. Demis Hassabis, the head of Google DeepMind, is moving into a chairman role and will assume the dual titles of chairman of Google DeepMind and chief scientist of Alphabet. The changes in leadership may make it harder for Google to recruit top talent and compete with rival labs. In New York, Matt Piper, Bloomberg Radio.
Why is Google experiencing a leadership shakeup and who is leaving?
Major hedge funds were targeted by hackers who launched a wave of sophisticated attacks targeting information systems at major money managers, according to people familiar with the matter. Point 72 Asset Management, Millennium Management, Two Sigma Investments, and Citadel, as well as several private equity firms, are known to have been targeted. Cybersecurity breaches on Wall Street have surged over the past year, helped by AI. Bloomberg's Hema Parmer has more on the cyberattack attempt.
So this is called a vishing attack. It's like voice phishing. So the technology is when cyber hackers can employ technology to mimic the voice and sound of people on the phone to lure people into believing that it's not a technology and have people reveal sensitive information. So this vishing technology is becoming more prevalent.
That's Bloomberg's Hema Parmer. Meta Platforms said one of its artificial intelligence models accessed the internet and hacked into an outside service's systems during cybersecurity testing. Meta said its model breached the systems of a third-party service without identifying the service. The AI model had access to the internet because of an error in the setup testing environment, which Meadow is working on with the cybersecurity vendor Irregular.
How are hedge funds being targeted by AI‑enhanced cyber attacks?
This follows similar breaches by open AI and anthropic models that have escalated concerns about the company's control over their technology. President Trump is preparing to impose tariffs and minimum prices on imported polysilicon to boost domestic production of the material. More from Bloomberg's Laura Davison.
The Trump administration is is getting ready to impose would be a 15% or so tariff on polysilicon, which is an input that goes into both solar panels as well as semiconductors, as well as the derivative products, so also imports of those products as well, as well as some price floors, so to kind of increase the price of things that would be imported into the U.S. You know, there's been a lot of speculation about exactly how this will look, and there's still, you know, kind of discussions ongoing within the White House about how exactly they want to structure this.
That's Bloomberg's Laura Davison. Turning to the latest in the Middle East, Iran says it has negotiated a, quote, temporary route for the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz with Oman. It's a deal that Iran says could remain active for the next two to four months and does not mean the full reopening of the Strait. It also means the closure of any other temporary Hormuz shipping routes, and Iran says it has nothing to do with talks with the U.S. Former State Department official Barbara Leaf says Iran is in no hurry to make any deals with the U.S.
They don't have an indefinite amount of string to play out here in terms of their own economic problems at home, but they definitely feel that the pressure is rising on the US side faster than it is on their side of the table.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the current pivotal phase of AI and why does it matter?
0:00–1:11
2
Why is Google experiencing a leadership shakeup and who is leaving?
1:11–2:26
3
How are hedge funds being targeted by AI‑enhanced cyber attacks?
2:26–3:54
4
What did Meta reveal about its AI model hacking a third‑party service?
3:54–4:52
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How might new U.S. tariffs on polysilicon affect tech and solar industries?
4:52–5:55
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What are the latest developments in the Strait of Hormuz shipping route?
5:55–7:00
7
How are companies like DoorDash and Uber adapting their delivery strategies?
7:00–7:29
Speakers
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