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Season 4

Techgrumps 3.41: The KardashElons of AI

Techgrumps 3.41 AI roundupAI elites don't get ithttps://www.404media.co/podcast-elites-just-dont-get-ai/ Mathematicians worrieshttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/ Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I.https://theconversation.com/pope-leo-warns-of-ais-risks-to-humanity-in-his-first-encyclical-283684 OpenClaw has 800,000 lines of code. From my interview with Gavrial Cohenhttps://thenewstack.io/nanoclaw-openclaw-agent-security/) AI Hiring tools also racist:https://www.bbc.co.uk/worklife/article/20240214-ai-recruiting-hiring-software-bias-discrimination Pymetrics is reusing evluationshttps://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/omg-ndl-wtf-bbq Kindle jailbreaking everywherehttps://techcrunch.com/2026/05/16/users-turn-to-jailbreaking-their-older-kindles-as-amazon-ends-support/ OpenAI beats Muskhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/18/sam-altman-trial-victory-elon-musk-openai James O'Malley finds out what the National Data Library might behttps://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/omg-ndl-wtf-bbq Meet the sad wives of AIhttps://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-sad-wives-of-ai/ AOB'sOpen Social Platforms and Private Messaginghttps://european.social/ Hugo Nominees:https://www.thehugoawards.org/ LDX3 Conferencehttps://leaddev.com/leaddev-london/ Super-Infinite The Transformations of John Donne (Katherine Rundell) 1611 “the greatest writer of desire in the English language” Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman

Season 3

techgrumps 3.40 - Teletubbies vision of judge dredd

Techgrumps 3.40 AI round upAll Birds Sam Altman vs Elon Musk over OpenAI Mocking Richard Dawkins:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/richard-dawkins-ai-consciousness-anthropic-claude-openai-chatgpt Apple pays $250m finehttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/apple-siri-ai-settlement (AI roundup) A bill proposed in the US would add "AI literacy" https://www.404media.co/literacy-in-future-technologies-artificial-intelligence-act-adam-schiff-mike-rounds/ AI will run restaurants.https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/marc-lore-says-that-ai-will-soon-enable-anyone-open-a-restaurant/ .Plugin solar is coming to the UKhttps://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/09/home-batteries-cutting-energy-bills-fuel-prices-electricity-costs NHS go from Open to Closed for fear of Mythoshttps://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-goes-to-war-against-open-source/ Automatic recognition camerashttps://cubicgarden.com/2026/03/26/following-up-from-my-ulez-fine-the-computer-is-wrong/ Data workers getting professionalhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aooiDA-AsNo, Meta builds AI of Zuck for staff to interact withhttps://www.ft.com/content/02107c23-6c7a-4c19-b8e2-b45f4bb9ce5f? AOBSalford university MSc coursehttps://www.salford.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/media-psychology-and-applied-communication PublicSpaces 2026https://conference.publicspaces.net/ Comrade Trumphttps://pluralistic.net/2026/04/20/praxis/#acceleration Here comes the sun bookhttps://bookwyrm.social/book/2108217/s/here-comes-the-sun

Techgrumps 3.39 - Mythos only for the elite

TechGrumps 3.39 : Mythos only for the elite AI round tableOpen claw and the separation of concernshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKqrmS6dKDg Esquire AI generates an actor who couldn't make their schedule for an interviewhttps://kotaku.com/one-piece-netflix-live-action-mackenyu-interview-esquire-ai-singapore-2000684648 Mythos: Anthropic Mythos Only for the elitehttps://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-mythos-and-why-are-experts-worried-about-anthropics-ai-model/ Good reddens Sora 2 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/24/openai-ai-video-sora Ofcom reports that UK social media is declininghttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/media-habits-adults/passive-social-media-use-ai-companionship-and-online-side-hustles-uk-adults-media-and-online-lives-revealed https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-06-social-media-change-issues-problems-report Return of the glass hole (part 2)https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/01/i-wore-metas-smartglasses-for-a-month-and- Artemis 2 replaces science with vibeshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct8mbv The Deviation Gamehttps://deviationgame.com AOB'shttps://replacebyclawd.com/ OggCamp Manchester 25-26th April - Talking about digital legacyhttps://talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026/talk/RDYAEP/ Gamers out reachhttps://gamersoutreach.org/

techgrumps 3.38 - The bettification of everything

Techgrumps 3.38 AI roundup Comparing and showing diffs of the openai mission statement over time,https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/openai-mission-statement/ DE]The new web is markdownhttps://blog.cloudflare.com/markdown-for-agents/ Agentic AI taking on the engineered process frictionhttps://tomloosemorework.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/ai-and-the-end-of-friction-as-a-policy-lever/ App detects if Smart glasses are nearhttps://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter LLMs can de-anonymize pseudonymous online accounts. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16800 LLMs can link profiles and postings pretty much killing online anonymity:https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16800 Prediction market insanityhttps://www.404media.co/r/85964917 https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/prediction-markets-the-gamble-disguised-as-news The disappearing web https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/20/webpages_vanish_decade/ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/preserving-the-web-is-not-the-problem-losing-it-is/ Eternity Servicehttps://phrack.org/issues/51/12 Surveillance pricinghttps://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lawmakers-move-ban-surveillance-pricing-162758282.html AOB'sReport from protocols for publishershttps://protocolsforpublishers.com/event-recap-london-2026/?ref=protocols-for-publishers-newsletter#stakeholder-forum Fediverse sharinghttps://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr156-share-where/

Techgrumps 3.37 - AI Discussions sandboxed for your security

Techgrumps 3.37 - AI Discussions sandboxed for your security The AI Skills Hub is a bit lightweight.https://aiskillshub.org.uk/ Anthropic has invested 1.5M in the Python Software Foundationhttps://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/13/anthropic-invests-15-million-in-the-python-software-foundation-a/ ChatGPT launching advertising in chatGPT products:https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/16/chatgpt-ads/ the current actual costs in terms of electricity and water for LLM usage https://www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-01-20-cc-impact/ Voice cloning is now available to anyone with a GPUhttps://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/22/qwen3-tts/ Clawd/Molt/OpenClawhttps://www.404media.co/exposed-moltbook-database-let-anyone-take-control-of-any-ai-agent-on-the-site/ A related dramatic readinghttps://wisebluesky.com/wisdom-story-the-owl-who-was-god/ BBC's plan to turn off Freeview TV? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jan/28/the-bbc-proposal-to-switch-off-freeview-is-a-threat-to-its-universal-service AOBMaking the familiar strange podcast with Albert Fox Cainhttps://redcircle.com/shows/95190f06-ba12-47ae-9267-4aaa656f4e93/ep/1697378b-2ff3-43db-9d22-4f2ddc330cd7 Feed in to the future of the BBC (Green paper)https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz94q0v4kq2o Are hearts are with Minneapolis and other parts of Americahttps://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/99561-minneapolis-booksellers-resisting-ice-go-viral-sales-spike.html

Techgrumps 3.36 - Men are weird: The Return of the Glasshole

Techgrumps 3.36 Mozilla, Firefox and AIhttps://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/mozillas-new-ceo-says-ai-is-coming-to-firefox-but-will-remain-a-choice/ The return of smart glasses and wearableshttps://www.theverge.com/column/797938/optimizer-newsletter-wearable-hell-smart-glasses-smart-rings-ai-hardware https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx23ke7rm7go Now at the "Get The F*** Off X/Twitter" stagehttps://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/ofcom-launches-investigation-into-x-over-grok-sexualised-imagery Paper about fake parts of real videos:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21052s https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwygqqll9k2o Tony Blair wants to be a Tech Bro, building AI tools to rival Palantirhttps://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/blair-bids-to-build-own-ai-tools-rival-palantir-tbi AOBThe AI summary in which a police officer turned into a frog (or in discussion of The Owl Who Was God)https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-police-report-frog Making the familiar strange podcasthttps://redcircle.com/shows/95190f06-ba12-47ae-9267-4aaa656f4e93 Feed in to the future of the BBChttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz94q0v4kq2o FOSDEM 2026!https://fosdem.org/ Scanners can tell you that you used a QR code not the barcode

Techgrumps 3.34 - ChatGPT is not my wingman

Techgrumps 3.34 Local council cyberattackshttps://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526106/Annual-costs-of-Hackney-ransomware-attack-exceed-12m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2w43ry5lo Planes patcheshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp9d28p74o The iOS of Android and the problemshttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/google-will-let-android-power-users-bypass-upcoming-sideloading-restrictions/ https://keepandroidopen.org/ GraphineOS blocked in France?https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france The Rise of ChatGPT as an AI Dating Coach in 2025https://www.elle.com/life-love/sex-relationships/a68999668/chatgpt-ai-dating-coach-trend-interview-2025/ AOBsLook out for a new podcast with Ian & Jess Notes on being a man by Scott Gallowayhttps://bookwyrm.social/book/2149836/s/notes-on-being-a-man Drift Zero DJ - DJ hackday in 2026?https://driftdj.com/ NEO's new $20,000 robot servant that has to be operated by a remote humanhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2025/10/29/this-20000-neo-robot-will-clean-your-home-but-theres-a-catch-and-its-kind-of-terrifying/

Techgrumps 3.33 : Removing the final step in captilism, removing the consumer

Techgrumps 3.33 AI browsers, WTF?https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/10/31/the-gated-web/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise Amazon goes down, what next?https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/10/24/its-always-dns/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y8k7k6v1rt Python software foundation rejects DEI stringshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/python_foundation_abandons_15m_nsf/ AOBMozilla Festival 2025https://www.mozillafestival.org/ Enshittification (the book)https://bookwyrm.social/book/1886312/s/enshittification QEDhttps://qedcon.org/ Ian talks AI to the health insuranceshttps://amii.org.uk/events/ Sir Tim's book - https://bookwyrm.social/book/2087203/s/this-is-for-everyone Is Solid like Zandando? - https://fil.org/ecosystem-explorer/anytype

Techgrumps 3.32 : Your illegal, racially motivated stops will go more smoothly

Techgrums 3.32 UK Digital IDhttps://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/09/26/the-absurdity-card/ Christie’s has quietly shuttered its digital art departmenthttps://news.artnet.com/market/christies-scraps-digital-art-department-2685784 Age verification and online safetyhttps://www.wired.com/story/vpn-use-spike-age-verification-laws-uk/ Meshtastic and different networkshttps://www.theregister.com/2025/07/08/jack_dorsey_debuts_bitchat/https://www.wired.com/story/youre-not-ready-for-phone-dead-zones/ AOBDigital legacy - https://machinereadablewishes.cc/ Fediforum 2025 - https://fediforum.org/ - October 7-8th Ian's digital dating manifesto - https://datingmanifesto.cc/

Techgrumps 3.31: 10000 steps of Gemini's love language

Techgrumps 3.31 My wearable says please stand-up https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2025/06/24/rfk-jr-wants-a-wearable-on-your-wrist-00419190 Switzerland releases a public LLMhttps://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/770646/switzerland-ai-model-llm-open-apertus AI is a 4 year trying to impress you with stupid moveshttps://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-calendar-invite-hijack-smart-home/ https://cubicgarden.com/2025/08/17/a-lesson-in-separation-of-concerns-googles-gemini-hijacked/ https://www.extremetech.com/internet/researchers-find-hackers-can-hide-ai-prompt-attacks-in-compressed-images?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A%20Trending%20Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook Hannah meets the Fediversehttps://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN https://youtu.be/p9c2f63pIag?si=UZJWGfsNCfZr6Eq_&t=209 AOBFediforum is back for October 7-8https://fediforum.org/ Fediforum Europe at SFconhttps://www.sfscon.it/programs/2025/ Supremacy (AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World) by Parmy Olsonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxL41ew53CE The AI karmahttps://futurism.com/godfather-ai-ex-broke-up-chatgpt Nvidia CEO says American technology should be the world's technology stackhttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-says-us-tech-stack-should-be-global-standard-companies-are-built-on--including-china-003308243.html

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