The Safe Word
October 16, 2026
A bank chair wires EUR 95 million after a voice-clone call from his 'CEO'; Preston calls it bold and visionary; Corvina wants a safe word, but Preston says no one can clone a builder's voice; Sundar points out he's done forty podcasts (forty-one); Sundar made a clone and it asked how long the feature would take; Corvina: 'Obvious fake.'
Starring Preston, Corvina, Sundar
Transcript
- Panel 1
- Corvina: A bank chair wired €95 million. Cloned CEO voice.
- Preston: Bold. Visionary.
- Panel 2
- Corvina: Pick a safe word.
- Preston: Unnecessary. No one can clone a builder's voice.
- Panel 3
- Sundar: You've done forty podcasts.
- Preston: Forty-one.
- Panel 4
- Sundar: I made one. It asked how long the feature would take.
- Corvina: Obvious fake.
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