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Techgrumps 3.29 – Please verify your AI partner

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From BlueSky non-growth, to AI boyfriends through staring at an orb. I remember in the old days you just paid thruppence and went to a dance in the church hall, now its all AI intimacy and splitting your iris into three parts. And that Elon Musk, he’s a right one isn’t he?

Grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, David “Andy” Eastman, and Wendy Grossman.

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Stuff we mentioned in the show

  • The Fediverse and Bluesky
    • https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/27/revival/
    • World Orb launches in the UK
      • https://eandt.theiet.org/2025/06/09/sam-altmans-eyeball-scanning-device-designed-tell-humans-bots-arrives-uk
      • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66128111
      • AI Boyfriends
        • https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyhackl/2025/06/23/confessions-of-a-futurist-i-dated-four-a
        • https://shows.acast.com/metaverse-marketing/episodes/dating-ai-loving-human-exploring-ai-relationships-metas-new
        • AOBs
          • Titan: the OceanGate Disaster = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35628853/
          • Mountain Head – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35396529/
          • BBC R&D’s Social research – https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2025-06-social-media-change-issues-problems-report
          • The Bookworm and the Fireflies has launched – https://thebookwormandthefireflies.com/
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