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/
