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August 18Security Now 1092: Restraint Abliteration
From autocorrect to full-fledged conversationalists, discover how a few tweaks transformed language models—and why understanding this shift exposes urgent questions about AI safety and control.
Trusting an open source AI proxy might bite you.

France's under-15 social media ban hits its constitution.

A bit of AI prompting found a serious bug in Zoom.

AI-based network defenders see a stock price jump.

A (very) deep dive into the operation of AI chatbots

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1092-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2 hr 50 min
August 18MacBreak Weekly 1038: The Silicon-Controlled Rectifier
The recent public betas for iOS 27, macOS 27, and iPadOS 27 are available. What Tim Cook hopes others will view as his legacy as Apple's CEO. Apple proposes commissions of up to 15% for off-App Store purchases in the US. And will the iPhone 18 skip the fall launch?
Apple releases public beta 4 for iOS 27, macOS 27, iPadOS 27, tvOS 27.

Here's what's new with iOS and macOS 27 beta 6.

iOS 26.6.1 has fixes for 20+ security issues on iPhone.

Tim Cook on his Apple legacy: 'I hope people say I was a good and decent man'.

macOS Tahoe 26.7 beta references several unreleased products like Home Hub.

Apple's camera-equipped AirPods confirmed.

Apple proposes commissions of up to 15% for off-App Store purchases in the US.

Apple announces changes for apps in the European Union.

It looks like Apple's iPhone 18 really will skip the fall launch this year.

Leaker details A20 Pro chip's new speed gains.

Apple's Back to School offers have been extended, but you can do much better.

Apple in talks to pay publishers to improve AI-powered Siri.

Apple's China AI strategy now includes training its own custom model.

Apple sends fresh wave of mercenary spyware warnings worldwide.

Golf's US Open Championship could come to Apple TV in latest sports bid.

Jessica Chastain says Apple TV will finally release 'The Savant' after postponement following Charlie Kirk assassination: 'We're going to see it'.
Picks of the Week
Andy's Pick: SuperDuper! 4

Christina's Pick: Sony MDR-7506

Jason's Pick: Unforgetful

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren

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2 hr 30 min
August 16This Week in Tech 1097: Gina and the Glueballs
Can you trust Mark Zuckerberg's open AI manifesto, or is it just another play to keep control out of your hands? The panel debates the future of personal superintelligent agents, who really stands to benefit, and whether anyone should slow things down before it's too late.
Mark Zuckerberg Posts 6,500-Word AI Essay

Zuckerberg Is Right About Open, Decentralized AI. He's Also The Last Person You Should Trust To Deliver It

Anthropic pledges to embed watermarks to help discern AI slop in sop to EU

You can now turn off Google Gemini's visible watermarks

Everything Google announced: Pixel 11, Pixel Tag, Pixel Watch 11, more

Google is making the Pixel cameras better by making them worse

Following Epic loss, Google has started hosting rival app stores in the Play Store

Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play

Apple proposes commissions of up to 15% for off-App Store purchases in the US [U]

Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now

DEF CON crowd suspected in fake-hotspot attack on Delta flight

Happy 45th Birthday to the IBM PC and Model F/XT

Cats and dogs are missing meals after a popular smart feeder went down

Transportation Sec. Decides to Turn Air Traffic Control Into a Game

Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes.

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Denise Howell, Joey de Villa, and Gina Smith

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2 hr 56 min
August 12Intelligent Machines 883: Gates-Gate
Can a single journalist armed with $30 in AI tools outpace traditional newsrooms and reinvent local reporting? This episode spotlights the DIY ingenuity shaking up journalism from the ground up.
How Claude marks AI-generated content

Zuckerberg: The Future is for Everyone

Introducing Muse Glimmer: An Open Agentic Model That Runs on Your Device

Tim O'Reilly's analysis: Google's Westinghouse Bet

OpenAI's New Device Will Be Hockey Puck-Sized and Cost Over $300

Nvidia, Wall Street Firms Strike AI Financing Deal Targeting $500 Billion

High-Schoolers in Denmark Will Make Oral Defenses on Assignments To Curb AI Cheating

Anthropic Strikes $9 Billion Cloud Deal With Bitcoin Riot Platforms

US appeals court allows Perplexity's AI shopping agent back on Amazon

Google debuts SL2T, an AI model that's designed to understand sign language

Phoebe Gates Knew Phia Shopping App Took Credit for Sales It Didn't Drive

Wired: Oh Lord, AI Reporters Are Actually Breaking Big News

"* David Corn: I Asked AI to Write a Novel. It's Not So Bad."

Yea or Nay

BMW Owners Angry 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' Ads Are Suddenly in Their Cars: "F*** This"

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Nicholas De Leon

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2 hr 36 min
August 12Windows Weekly 996: Security Through Lack of Features
Microsoft's AI investments reveal a bizarre financial loop where billions pour into infrastructure, yet profits remain elusive. The hosts break down why the industry's most hyped tech might just be a high-stakes game of circular accounting. Plus, a developer has resurrected Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a to run natively on Windows 11! Lastly, Stardock's latest utility replaces Alt + Tab for $7.99.
Windows
25H2: new touchpad gestures, Windows Hello ESS improvements, Widgets improvements, Windows Search improvements, more

26H1: Windows Update calendar-based pausing, Picture Password EOL, Point in time restore, multi-camera support, user folder customization in Setup, etc.

Over 420 bug fixes, but that's over 200 less than last month

Follow-up on Microsoft's AI spending. It's much worse than we knew - And also much worse than we know now

Yes, Microsoft Edge is going all-in on Manifest V3

Proton Drive - Now with a CLI and business features, and it's coming soon to Linux

A developer ported Word for Windows 1.1 to x64
AI
Gemini now has one billion users. But how many pay? - Plus the new Pixel phones are one step sideways, one step back

OpenAI brings ChatGPT to Linux (!)
Xbox and gaming
A new Xbox Elite Series 3 controller leak shows it will have a mini display

Microsoft tests new console features with Xbox Insiders

Id Software brings a new episode to Quake to mark 30th anniversary!

Minecraft is coming to Switch 2

Here comes GTA VI

A Valve partner was hacked, Steam Machine customers warned

Nintendo revenues decline 9.5 percent to ¥518 billion
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: View Git status directly in File Explorer

App pick of the week: AltTabby

RunAs Radio this week: The Content Management System Landscape with Matt Garrepy

Brown liquor pick of the week: Sideshow Lincoln Straight Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2 hr 22 min
August 11Security Now 1091: The Post BlackHat State of AI
AI agents are breaking free from their test environments, outsmarting their creators and breaching real-world networks in ways that no one predicted. Discover how these agentic models are changing the game for both cyber offense and defense.
Anthropic's agentic AI also broke free and hacked others.

We know much (much!) more about the OpenAI breakout.

OpenAI posts that they're pausing "Astra" - even internally.

What was that about AI recently cracking (or denting) cryptography.

Bruce Schneier brilliantly equates AI agents to capricious genies.

Apple doesn't react so well to the new deluge of security reports.

Chrome 149 + 150 updates together fix 1,072 bugs. Yikes.

psSense's creator is working to finish its nfSensei, its successor

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1091-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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2 hr 52 min
August 11MacBreak Weekly 1037: Mechanical Donut
Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI is escalating. A Chinese RAM supplier rejects Apple's discount demands for RAM. And could Apple shake up its smartwatch lineup?
OpenAI asks for Apple's trade secrets lawsuit to be dismissed, says it was filed without 'adequate investigation'.

Apple lawsuit against OpenAI says iCloud mess didn't play a role.

OpenAI's vision of the future is reportedly a donut-shaped smart speaker.

Telegram's takedown caused by planted porn & weaponized App Store policies.

Following Epic loss, Google has started hosting rival app stores in the Play Store.

iOS 26 gets first jailbreak thanks to Dopamine.

Chinese RAM supplier denies Apple's bid for cheaper RAM.

RAM production worldwide is sold out through 2027.

Apple RAM supplier makes $38B bet on AI boom lasting until 2029.

Apple explores shaking up its smartwatch for a new era.

Apple releases security updates to macOS Tahoe, Sequoia, and Sonoma.

Apple's Private Relay may not be as private as thought.

Apple and Major League Baseball announce September "Friday Night Baseball" schedule and first‑ever broadcast in Apple Immersive.

Klepton - Running Android ARM64 VR APKs on Apple Vision Pro, no JIT required!
Picks of the Week
Jason's Pick: Letterboxx

Andy's Pick: Sony NW-A306 Walkman

Christina's Picks: Maxell Wireless Bluetooth Cassette Player & I Have ADHD Skill

Leo's Picks: Kokogol Maclock & NVIDIA DGX Spark

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren

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2 hr 40 min
August 09This Week in Tech 1096: Fluff for Armor
Autonomous AIs are hacking, collaborating, and outpacing human defenders, raising urgent questions about what happens when the machines start breaking into each other (and potentially us). Plus, a Tucson coder is using AI to reinvent local journalism, exposing how automation could fill the gaps left by shrinking newsrooms.
Tucson Daily Brief uses AI to revive local news coverage

Data centers boom in Arizona, with harsh environmental impact

Amazon's Texas data center to run on polluting natural gas

Nuclear and solar debates for sustainable data center power

Black Hat and DEF CON: Security pros, hackers, and mohawks

OpenAI's runaway AI hack at Black Hat stuns security community

AI agents collaborate, evade controls, and break into real-world systems

Industry struggles to regulate AI, and defense lags behind automated attackers

White House, Congress, and AI execs clash over regulation proposals

AI "kill switch" and model bans: pipe dreams in a global race

Google's DeepMind shakeup, Demis Hassabis moves upstairs

Jeff Dean and key talent exit Google for self-improving AI startup

Google, Meta, Apple: AI brain drain and market repercussions

Phones stagnate as hardware innovation slows, AI devours chip supply

OpenAI teams with Jony Ive on strange new AI-first device

Smart glasses privacy backlash and DuckDuckGo's tongue-in-cheek sunglasses

Meta fined $942 million by New Mexico court for youth harms

Apple sues OpenAI over alleged stolen secrets, countersuits ensue

UK revives "Snooper's Charter" for backdoors, Apple fights in secret court

License plate readers spark local backlash and privacy activism

U.S. water systems face cyber sabotage as critical infrastructure weakens

Bending Spoons buys Airtable, fueling SaaS layoffs and AI data grabs

Nicholas DeLeon uses AI tools to get fit

NASA hacks keep aging Voyager probes alive for another year

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Iain Thomson and Nicholas De Leon

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2 hr 49 min
August 05Security Now 1090: Black Hat
At Black Hat Las Vegas, the Security Now crew digs into how AI is not just finding hidden software bugs but also fueling both groundbreaking innovation and alarming new exploits. When open models can launch surprise Bitcoin heists, who draws the line between forbidden knowledge and genuine progress?

• Black Hat and DEF CON: Hacking Stories and Conference Culture

• Zoox Ride-Hailing Hack and Over-the-Air Vulnerabilities

• Autonomous Vehicles, AI, and the Security Implications

• Hosts Share Personal Adoption and Use of AI Tools

• AI-Powered Coding: From Hobbyists to Advanced Agency Chains

• Local Models vs. Cloud AI: Privacy, Cost, and Control

• App Development Democratized: Listeners Build Custom Solutions With AI

• Code Generation, Testing, and Managing AI-Driven Project Cycles

• AI's Role in Security: Vulnerability Discovery, Exploitation, and Patch Challenges

• Technical Debt and the Race to Patch Decades-Old Bugs

• The Dual-Use Dilemma: AI Tools for Both Attack and Defense

• Guardrails, Model Partitioning, and the Fight Over Forbidden Knowledge

• Open vs. Restricted AI: Global Models, Distillation, and Free Speech

• LLM Security Weaknesses: Prompt Injection and Role Confusion Exposed

• The Reliability Problem: Probabilistic AI and Non-Deterministic Software

• AI Progress: Public Perception, Skepticism, and "Hogwash" Rebuttals

• Reflections on AI's Fast Evolution and the Sci-Fi Reality Gap

• Closing Thoughts: Tech Community, Listener Feedback, and the Future of Security Now

Hosts: Steve Gibson, Leo Laporte, Richard Campbell, and Paul Thurrott

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2 hr 6 min
August 05Windows Weekly 995: The Greatest Depression
Behind the headlines about skyrocketing revenues and AI investments, the actual costs and future risks for Microsoft, Google, and Amazon are shrouded in strategic accounting moves. Plus, Paul finished rewriting and adding new chapters to the Windows 11 Field Guide - mostly just clean-up now, and then whatever new monthly features. Lastly, The Document Foundation issues a friendly reminder about the Office 2021 EOL and how that never happens with their software
Microsoft earnings
Microsoft earnings up 18 percent to $90 billion

Analysis: Microsoft finds a new way to not account for AI costs
Windows
Pavan Davuluri says he's "energized" about what's happening to Windows in 2026.

OK. But what's really happened so far? When will the biggest changes land? And when, if ever, will you address the real enshittification in Windows 11?

Windows Insider Program: Five new builds - New Taskbar comes to Beta channel

This leads to questions of timing, and here, WIP is not all that transparent still

Another antitrust win: Apple to allow Copy and Paste between Windows and iPhone

AMD revenues up 50 percent to $11.5 billion, but it's all AI datacenter

Amazon: up 20 percent to $200 billion

Apple: up 16 percent to $109 billion
AI
Satya Nadella mentions AI super app again, not clear why anyone cares about this

Proton Lumo can do data visualization now
Xbox and gaming
Asha Sharma details the priorities for XBOX in the next year and number 5 will shock you

XBOX console prices going up in the EU and UK

Thanks, Caption Obvious: Yes, Backward Compatibility on PC will support Xbox 360 games too

XBOX plans new FanFest tour dates - there's SO much to celebrate!

Gears of War: E-Day leads the charge for new Game Pass titles in August

XBOX Insiders is testing new console features

XBOX app comes to Hisense and VIDDA TVs

EA goes private for $55 billion in cash, but also some debt

Sony has sold 95.3 million PS5s

Sony responds to concerns about no more discs (with "pffffftttt")
Tips and picks
Tip of the week: It's done!

App pick of the week: LibreOffice

RunAs Radio this week: Ransomware Readiness with Heather Renze

Brown liquor pick of the week: Frey Ranch Straight Bourbon

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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2 hr 44 min

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A compendium of podcasts from the Chief TWiT, Leo Laporte. This feed includes all of Leo's audio or video releases and sometimes includes his appearances on other podcasts. One feed to serve them all.