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  • 451: Fahrenheit

    Eric tests health bands, Jon makes pickles. More on OpenAI playing a game of thermonuclear war. Logos are back! The Scam Economy is bigger than you think. Lost civilizations discovered beneath the Amazon. Octopuses are cool!

    • 0:00 - Introduction
    • 11:35 - OpenAI Revisited
    • 16:44 - Squidbleed
    • 19:48 - The Scam Economy
    • 26:57 - Hidden Amazon
    • 30:34 - Octopuses are cool
    35 min
  • 450: AI Finds A Way

    Eric's on vacation making apps, and Jon deconstructs a tree. Ransomware targeting Coca Cola's protein milk, and OpenAI's next model escapes to HuggingFace. The wonders of prehistoric squirrel coprolites, and the coming launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope.

    • 0:00 - Intro
    • 7:57 - Shredded Protein Milk
    • 11:37 - Motivated Model Mayhem
    • 18:09 - Squirrel Coprolites
    • 21:04 - Nancy Grace Roman Telescope
    25 min
  • 449: Space Raspberries

    Eric needs a vacation. Jon discovers industrial sprinklers. Humans are optional. Grok takes it all. World Cup memes are fun. Space tastes like raspberries.

    • 0:00 - Introduction
    • 4:39 - Humans are Optional
    • 9:24 - Grok All the Things
    • 16:34 - World Cup Memes
    • 21:03 - Space tastes like raspberries
    26 min
  • 448: Plunar Eclipse

    Eric and Jon on the road again. HalluSquatting ... is a thing (?). Agents can be extremely persistent and exhibit malware like behaviors. The FBI seizes domains from NetNut residential proxy hosting botnet infrastructure. For fun you have a monthly Satellite Puzzler and New Horizing waking up from a nice long nap far past Pluto.

    • 0:00 - Intro
    • 4:09 - HalluSquatting
    • 12:21 - Agent Persistence
    • 15:59 - NetNut Proxy Seizure
    • 23:45 - Satellite Puzzler
    • 26:00 - New Horizons Wakes Up
    31 min
  • 447: Redonkulous

    Eric's watching World Cup while Jon is driving his tractor in the dark. Fable 5 is back. Blocking the bad guy is dead. Hide My Email doesn't. Phantom squatting is now a thing. Eric describes the Great Giraffe Escape. Jon synthesizes a spud cell.

    • 0:00 - Introduction
    • 6:04 - Fable 5 is Back!
    • 9:17 - Let's Work Together!
    • 14:32 - !(Hide My Email)
    • 19:02 - Phantom Squatting?
    • 27:51 - Giraffe Escape!
    • 31:48 - Spud Cell?
    38 min
  • 446: Skin Of Banality

    Eric and Jon both return from travels, and the World Cup proceeds on Telemundo. UniFi issues exploited in the wild, and WhatsApp used as a malware delivery vehicle via hacked accounts. Google Wallet will allow TSA Touchless ID and if you're in NYC, visit the Frick Collection.

    • 0:00 - Intro
    • 13:54 - Network Issues
    • 16:42 - WhatsApp Delivery Vehicle
    • 24:39 - TSA + Google Wallet
    • 29:16 - The Frick Collection
    34 min
  • 445: Law of the Tongue

    Jon sees a movie. Not to be outdone, so does Eric. World Economic Forum reports on AI Fraud. Microsoft patches a Rogue Planet. A zombie spider may be the Last of Us. Whales have a phonetic alphabet. Humans and Orcas used to work together until #Greed.

    • 0:00 - Introduction
    • 9:07 - AI Fraud is Number One
    • 17:08 - Rogue Planet
    • 23:09 - Zombie Spiders
    • 25:49 - Whale Speak
    • 30:02 - Greedy Humans
    33 min
  • 444: Malicious Beaver

    Eric sleeps and the ad experiment goes poorly. Jon does too much driving and not enough email reading. Meta's support AI hands out accounts when prompted, Microsoft releases another record breaking patch Tuesday, and what it's like working with Fable (and an unlimited token budget?). Toronto releases the Beavers, and why shouldn't a robot have All The Legs?

    • 0:00 - Intro
    • 15:00 - AI Blunder
    • 21:14 - Record Breaking Tuesday
    • 24:39 - Fable Studio
    • 32:16 - The Great Beaver Quest
    • 36:30 - Dynamic Isotropy Maximization
    42 min
  • 443: Pump Up the Volume

    Eric is in the home wedding stretch, or, something like that and tries out Apple Ads. Jon has eight queens and eventually ended up at the symphony. Checking in with the rise of inference theft and account token theft (unrelated) with a quick Hermes sidetrack. Eric puts out fires with sound and Jon digs down near Notre Dame.

    • 0:00 - Introduction
    • 15:05 - Rise of Inference Theft
    • 20:07 - Lows of Token Theft
    • 26:13 - Hermes
    • 28:31 - The Sound of Fire Suppression
    • 33:01 - Notre Dame Dig
    39 min
  • 442: Potato Tomato

    Eric passes a life milestone, and Jon does not (yet). The foam peddler might get stuffed, and Mythos consequences continue. Multiple (useless?) web funs, and the greatest (currently) living composer.

    • 0:00 - Intro
    • 8:27 - Shredded Foam
    • 11:31 - More Mythos
    • 18:29 - Discernment
    • 19:18 - Edge Experiment
    • 20:28 - Cursor Camp
    • 22:00 - Jon Fun
    28 min

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