Lex Fridman is a Russian-American computer scientist, AI researcher, and podcaster renowned for his deep-dive conversations on science, technology, history, and philosophy. Born in Moscow, Russia, he moved to the United States, where he earned degrees in computer science. Fridman has been affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), focusing on artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles.

After much speculation, the involvement of the Ukrainian intelligence agency in the two explosions on the Crimea Bridge, connecting the Russian region of Krasnodar to the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, has been officially confirmed.