EP041 leads with OpenClaw v2026.4.25: a big operational release that upgrades TTS and voice replies, moves plugin startup onto a persisted cold registry, expands OpenTelemetry diagnostics, improves browser automation, adds PWA/Web Push support in the Control UI, hardens installers and updates, and tightens Codex app-server integration. Then we connect that to OpenAI Codex CLI 0.125.0 and the broader Codex app direction: worktrees, app-server transports, sticky environments, permission profiles, plugin marketplaces, built-in Git, automations, and in-app browser workflows. The back half covers Meta’s capacity reservation for space-beamed solar power and why AI data centers are turning energy procurement into product strategy, then closes with GM, Nissan, and Neural Concept showing AI moving into automotive design, simulation, and software validation loops.

Show notes: https://tobyonfitnesstech.com/podcasts/episode-41/