Techgrumps 3.43 - Loaded Laptops at Dawn

Techgrumps

• AI section
  • OpenAI "rogue AI" hacks Hugging Face:
    • https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/openai-cyberattack/
  • Elon Musk interview at the Economist
    • https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-economist-interview-2000790016?ICID=ref_fark)
  • SpaceX stock has touched $113 since IPO
  • Distillation: Chinese distilling AI?
    • https://substack.com/home/post/p-208341933
  • Claude users may not know their chats were indexed,,like many others before it
    • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly5qgjk5ywo
  • Cory Doctorow on his book tour talking AI sense
    • https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/22/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai-by-cory-doctorow-review-the-real-price-of-artificial-intelligence
• NEWS
  • toot.community shutting down):
    • https://social.jorijn.com/@jorijn/statuses/01KYN00AP3NCZXCFB96KQB8GN2
    • https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-for-communities/)
  • Polymarket damage:
    • https://stephenfollows.com/p/what-just-happened-to-thenumberscom-should-worry-us-all
  • VPN bans overturned for now
    • https://thenextweb.com/news/uk-drops-vpn-restrictions-online-safety
  • Distress pins
    • https://www.pcmag.com/news/grapheneos-defends-data-wiping-function-that-blocked-us-border-search
    • https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26786599/
• AOBs
• Ian's talk from EMFCamp
  • https://media.ccc.de/v/emf2026-151-1-have-you-thought-about-your-digital-legacy
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5ZCeuT7G8
  • Marqus Brownlee reviews Framework 13 pro
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xjxwl1zLMc