The Context Machine

Google Ad Mac Malware, Festivitas, Nebula Awards Shoot Down AI


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Bryan and Jeff have a PSA about Mac malware threats from fake Google ads and search results. They also look at the new AI-restrictions for the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association’s Nebula Awards, and talk about a fun holiday app Jeff found.

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Sources referenced in this episode:
  • Google ads funnel Mac users to poisoned AI chats that spread the AMOS infostealer
  • Festivitas
  • AMENDED RULES for the Nebula Awards
  • Neosynthesis: 12 Stories of Code, Consciousness, and Survival
  • Bryan’s book Accidental Intelligence
  • Bryan’s short story King Liam, First of His Name
  • Mason Truman on Threads
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