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 markdown
    • https://blog.cloudflare.com/markdown-for-agents/
  • Agentic AI taking on the engineered process friction
    • https://tomloosemorework.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/ai-and-the-end-of-friction-as-a-policy-lever/
  • App detects if Smart glasses are near
    • https://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 insanity
  • https://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 Service
    • https://phrack.org/issues/51/12
• Surveillance pricing
  • https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lawmakers-move-ban-surveillance-pricing-162758282.html
• AOB's
  • Report from protocols for publishers
    • https://protocolsforpublishers.com/event-recap-london-2026/?ref=protocols-for-publishers-newsletter#stakeholder-forum
  • Fediverse sharing
    • https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr156-share-where/