# Open Scare

URL: /show/the-launch/72/
> Free and open AI models get cast as the villain, Valve’s Steam Machine gets mugged by RAM prices, and we check who’s selling the panic popcorn.

- Show: [The Launch 🚀](/show/the-launch/)
- Episode: 72
- Date: 2026-06-24
- Hosts: angela-fisher, chris
- Duration: 00:50:38
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/639178503317685751f8b57c67-a2ea-4775-a24e-436ab9269f6d.mp3


Transcripts: [application/x-subrip](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/f8b57c67-a2ea-4775-a24e-436ab9269f6d639178503765264976.srt) [text/vtt](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/f8b57c67-a2ea-4775-a24e-436ab9269f6d639178503760980171.vtt) [text/html](https://assets.podhome.fm/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/transcript_f8b57c67-a2ea-4775-a24e-436ab9269f6d639178503768834671.html)




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