Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01

About this episode

This episode discusses the rise of anti-tech extremism and its implications for AI infrastructure and cybersecurity.

This episode covers a Wired report on the rise of “anti-tech extremism” and growing public opposition to AI infrastructure projects, including debates over data centers, resource consumption, local communities, and government responses. The hosts also discuss AI coding assistants, model safety restrictions, and the evolving capabilities of large language models. Additional topics include Anthropic’s reported IPO plans and valuation, AI’s impact on the tech industry, and a conversation with David Bianco about AI-generated threat-hunting datasets and cybersecurity training. Join us LIVE on Mondays, 4:30pm EST. A weekly Podcast with BHIS and Friends. We discuss notable Infosec, and infosec-adjacent news stories gathered by our community news team. https://www.youtube.com/@BlackHillsInformationSecurity Chat with us on Discord! - https://discord.gg/bhis 🔴live-chat Chapters (00:00) - PreShow Banter™ — Solving this thing (03:52) - Anti-Tech Extremism - 2026-06-01 (08:08) - Threat Hunter Summit | June 17th 2026 (12:11) - Story # 1: US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows (20:54) - Story # 2: Anthropic files for its IPO (23:35) - Story # 3: FBI: Hackers…

People in this episode

Guest: David Bianco

Topics covered

• anti-tech extremism
• AI infrastructure
• cybersecurity
• AI coding assistants
• IPO plans
• data centers
• threat-hunting datasets

Keywords

• anti-tech extremism
• AI
• cybersecurity
• IPO
• data centers
• threat-hunting
• Microsoft Defender

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wired, Anthropic, Microsoft, FBI

Products: Microsoft Defender

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