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Chapter 04 - Navigating AI: From Formula One to Fake Tan Fiascos
In this chapter, Scott and Reece jump between Formula One sponsorships, wetware computing, copyright chaos, AI-generated music, and a surprising fake-tan fiasco. From bio-computers grown from human neurons to the latest moves from Microsoft, Anthropic and Sora 2, this chapter blends practical insight with the usual Prompt Fiction chaos.
In this episode:
🏎️ AI in Formula One – Half the F1 grid now features AI-powered or tech-industry sponsors, including Google Gemini, Atlassian, Oracle and Perplexity. Read More
🛠️ Manus Collaboration – Manus becomes the first mainstream AI tool to launch true real-time collaboration, letting multiple people and an AI work together in the same shared workspace. Read More
🧠Wetware & Biocomputing – Swiss and US labs debut bio-computers powered by lab-grown human neurons, using up to 10,000× less energy than silicon chips. Read More
👀 Affinity, Canva & the Creative Tool Shake-up – The Affinity suite halts sales after the Canva acquisition, sparking speculation of a new subscription-based creative platform. Read More
🎥 Sora 2 & Video Generation – OpenAI’s Sora 2 arrives in the US and Canada with a private invite-only app, triggering a wave of copy-righted fan-made clips and a rapid policy reversal. Read More
🦾 Grok Imagine 0.9 – Elon Musk’s Grok releases its own fast video generator, entering the same competitive space as Sora and Veo. Read More
🤝 Microsoft Adds Claude to Copilot – Claude becomes available in Microsoft Copilot, widening the model ecosystem and signalling a strategic shift beyond total reliance on OpenAI. Read More
📚 Anthropic’s Copyright Settlement – Claude was trained on nearly 500,000 books scraped from pirate sites, leading to a $1.5 billion settlement and a searchable claims portal for authors. Read More
🎵 Spotify Removes 75 Million AI Tracks – A major clean-up targeting spammy AI-generated songs, silent uploads, and low-effort Suno-style auto-music. Read More
🧪 DeepSeek Safety Report – A US NIST audit finds DeepSeek’s flagship model can be jailbroken by 94% of known malicious prompts, compared to 8% in standard models. Read More
🧼 Fake Tan Fiasco – SLT meeting minutes auto-generated from an Owl recording quietly included a 20-minute conversation about fake tan before being emailed to the entire school. Read More
📉 Deloitte’s AI-Generated Government Report – Fake citations, invented court cases and misspelled judges’ names cost Deloitte a public apology and a refund to the Australian government. Read More
🎧 Enjoying Prompt Fiction?
Follow the show, leave a review, visit our website – https://prompt-fiction.show, and send us your favourite AI finds or horror stories for a chance to be featured in a future chapter. Want to be on the show? Let us know.
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By Reece Preston & Scott QuilterIn this chapter, Scott and Reece jump between Formula One sponsorships, wetware computing, copyright chaos, AI-generated music, and a surprising fake-tan fiasco. From bio-computers grown from human neurons to the latest moves from Microsoft, Anthropic and Sora 2, this chapter blends practical insight with the usual Prompt Fiction chaos.
In this episode:
🏎️ AI in Formula One – Half the F1 grid now features AI-powered or tech-industry sponsors, including Google Gemini, Atlassian, Oracle and Perplexity. Read More
🛠️ Manus Collaboration – Manus becomes the first mainstream AI tool to launch true real-time collaboration, letting multiple people and an AI work together in the same shared workspace. Read More
🧠Wetware & Biocomputing – Swiss and US labs debut bio-computers powered by lab-grown human neurons, using up to 10,000× less energy than silicon chips. Read More
👀 Affinity, Canva & the Creative Tool Shake-up – The Affinity suite halts sales after the Canva acquisition, sparking speculation of a new subscription-based creative platform. Read More
🎥 Sora 2 & Video Generation – OpenAI’s Sora 2 arrives in the US and Canada with a private invite-only app, triggering a wave of copy-righted fan-made clips and a rapid policy reversal. Read More
🦾 Grok Imagine 0.9 – Elon Musk’s Grok releases its own fast video generator, entering the same competitive space as Sora and Veo. Read More
🤝 Microsoft Adds Claude to Copilot – Claude becomes available in Microsoft Copilot, widening the model ecosystem and signalling a strategic shift beyond total reliance on OpenAI. Read More
📚 Anthropic’s Copyright Settlement – Claude was trained on nearly 500,000 books scraped from pirate sites, leading to a $1.5 billion settlement and a searchable claims portal for authors. Read More
🎵 Spotify Removes 75 Million AI Tracks – A major clean-up targeting spammy AI-generated songs, silent uploads, and low-effort Suno-style auto-music. Read More
🧪 DeepSeek Safety Report – A US NIST audit finds DeepSeek’s flagship model can be jailbroken by 94% of known malicious prompts, compared to 8% in standard models. Read More
🧼 Fake Tan Fiasco – SLT meeting minutes auto-generated from an Owl recording quietly included a 20-minute conversation about fake tan before being emailed to the entire school. Read More
📉 Deloitte’s AI-Generated Government Report – Fake citations, invented court cases and misspelled judges’ names cost Deloitte a public apology and a refund to the Australian government. Read More
🎧 Enjoying Prompt Fiction?
Follow the show, leave a review, visit our website – https://prompt-fiction.show, and send us your favourite AI finds or horror stories for a chance to be featured in a future chapter. Want to be on the show? Let us know.