The Monkey Patching Podcast: Going Bananas on AI, Data, LLMs & Tech

Enjoy the holidays everyone! 🧑‍🎄 🎆This episode we have:(00:00) - Intro (02:25) - Microsoft denies lowering targets for AI software sales growth (Copilot) (09:26) - If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? (robot tax) (18:00) - The internet just made a 300TB copy of Spotify (Anna’s Archive) (26:06) - The new ChatGPT Images is here (GPT Image 1.5) (32:33) - Announcing the Beta release of ty (Rust Python type checker) (43:17) - alpr.watch — Track Surveillance Tech in Local Government Meetings (48:10) - Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT (56:30) - Toad is a unified experience for AI in the terminal (01:04:48) - Tidbits (01:05:00) - Anthropic “Skills” goes public + MCP comparisons (01:07:11) - Claude for Chrome released (01:09:03) - Lovable raises $330M at a $6.6B valuation (01:10:28) - Alphabet/Google chips vs Nvidia (TPU support for PyTorch w/ Meta) (01:12:59) - McKinsey eyes thousands of job cuts (01:14:48) - Wrap-up (last episode of 2025) (01:18:42) - Outro / Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Microsoft denies report of lowering targets for AI software sales growth | 2025-12-03A Reuters piece says Microsoft denied a report that it lowered sales growth targets for AI tools like Copilot Studio, even as some customers resist new agent-building products. Shares dipped nearly 3% before paring losses, and the company emphasized quotas remain intact while adoption and ROI pressures intensify.https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-lowers-ai-software-sales-quota-customers-resist-new-products-2025-12-03/If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes? | 2025-11-30EL PAÍS revisits the ‘robot tax’ debate as AI investment soars and layoffs mount, asking whether automation should help replace lost labor taxes. Economists warn design is tricky; one expert notes labor provides about 85% of U.S. federal revenue, while the IMF favors adjusting capital taxes instead.https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-11-30/if-ai-replaces-workers-should-it-also-pay-taxes.htmlThe internet just made a 300TB copy of Spotify! | 2025-12-22A pirate preservation group, Anna’s Archive, says it scraped nearly all of Spotify—publishing metadata for 256 million tracks and starting to release 86 million audio files via torrents, about 300TB. Organized by Spotify “popularity,” the dump claims to cover ~99.6% of listens and will roll out in stages—setting up legal fights over mass scraping.https://www.androidauthority.com/spotify-annas-archive-3627023/The new ChatGPT Images is here | 2025-12-16OpenAI introduced a new ChatGPT Images experience powered by GPT Image 1.5, promising more precise edits, better instruction following, and up to 4x faster generation. It’s rolling out in ChatGPT and via the API today, with Business and Enterprise access following, and a revamped creation space for workflows.https://openai.com/index/new-chatgpt-images-is-here/Announcing the Beta release of ty | 2025-12-16Charlie Marsh announced the beta of ty, an extremely fast Python type checker and language server written in Rust, aiming to speed up feedback for large codebases. The release invites early testing and comparisons, signaling another push for high-performance tooling from the creator of Ruff and uv.https://x.com/charliermarsh/status/2001038023434047623alpr.watch — Track Surveillance Tech in Local Government Meetings | n.d.alpr.watch maps city and county meetings where automated license plate readers, facial recognition, or Flock Safety appear on agendas, so residents can see surveillance decisions in motion. It scans public documents for keywords and pins them on a live map, with options to report cameras or get local alerts.https://alpr.watch/Developers can now submit apps to ChatGPT | 2025-12-17OpenAI opened app submissions for ChatGPT and launched an in-product app directory, putting third-party tools a click away in conversations. Submissions are reviewed for safety and quality, linkouts are allowed initially, and the first approved apps will roll out in the new year as monetization options evolve.https://openai.com/index/developers-can-now-submit-apps-to-chatgpt/Toad is a unified experience for AI in the terminal | 2025-12-18Will McGugan unveiled Toad, a terminal app that unifies AI coding agents under a single UI using the Agent Client Protocol, aiming to make agentic workflows feel native to the shell. At launch it supports 12 agent CLIs and adds niceties like Markdown streaming and fuzzy file inserts.https://willmcgugan.github.io/toad-released/

In this episode, we sit down with Charlotte Verhamme, Attaché Digital Affairs, to unpack what actually happens inside the EU “digital dossiers” machine: how Flanders feeds into Belgium’s position, how that becomes an EU negotiation stance, and what the AI Act and the Digital Omnibus mean in practice (standards, compliance, timelines, and the tradeoffs between innovation and safety). 🙋‍♀️ Guest: Charlotte Verhamme - Attaché Digital Affairs, Representation of Flanders to the EU 📩 Connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlotte-verhamme-6a4073182/(00:07) - Welcome + Charlotte’s role (Flemish digital affairs attaché) (02:04) - How Belgium negotiates EU digital files (competence split + “Telecom” council) (04:28) - Digital omnibus + why the AI Act sits inside it (and why it matters now) (06:47) - AI Act 101: product-safety logic + risk tiers (incl. “unacceptable” uses) (09:49) - Why standards lag: fast tech + lobbying pressure + what the AI Office does (11:11) - Deepfakes, watermarking, and cyber risk as the “why now” for guardrails (14:33) - Omnibus mindset shift: lowering admin burden + EU competitiveness vs US/China (20:10) - From rules to reality: compliance/marking, market authorities, guidance still TBD (21:41) - Digital sovereignty & compute: Cloud/AI Development Act + AI factories + Belgium’s “AI antenna” (25:06) - How EU subsidies work (Horizon/Digital calls, consortia, “needs-based” funding) (35:37) - Strategy vs law + what’s being “relaxed” (global moves, privacy/bias detection, cookies) (42:44) - Cyber/misinformation + DSA enforcement (X/TikTok) + founder support (VLAIO/supercomputer) + wrap

Thanks for listening! ❤️OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block join new Linux Foundation effort to standardize the AI agent era | 2025-12-09OpenAI, Anthropic and Block are helping launch the Linux Foundation’s Agentic AI Foundation to stop agent software from splintering into closed, incompatible stacks. Their donation of protocols like Agents.MD MCP and Goose sets shared guardrails so tomorrow’s task-running bots can interoperate safely instead of living in walled gardens.https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/openai-anthropic-and-block-join-new-linux-foundation-effort-to-standardize-the-ai-agent-era/SIMA 2: An Agent that Plays, Reasons, and Learns With You in Virtual 3D Worlds | 2025-11-13DeepMind’s SIMA 2 now plugs Gemini brains into a game-playing agent that plans, chats and self-improves inside unseen 3-D worlds. The leap from simple command-following to goal-reasoning edges it toward robotics-scale autonomy and offers a live sandbox for testing agent safety.https://deepmind.google/blog/sima-2-an-agent-that-plays-reasons-and-learns-with-you-in-virtual-3d-worlds/Introducing GPT-5.2 | 2025-12-11OpenAI has unveiled GPT-5.2, touting sharper reasoning, long-context memory and tool-calling tuned for professional work. Internal benchmarks show gains across 44 occupations and tough math-and-code tests—evidence for OpenAI’s bet that agents will soon handle day-long projects end-to-end.https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2/America’s Betting Craze Has Spread to Its News Networks | 2025-12-12CNN and CNBC have inked deals with prediction-market Kalshi, inviting viewers to wager on tariffs, elections and more in real time. The partnerships push gambling from sports desks into hard news, raising fresh questions about journalistic incentives as odds tickers share the screen with headlines.https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/americas-betting-craze-has-spread-to-its-news-networksDisney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters | 2025-12-11Disney will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and license over 200 Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars characters for Sora, the text-to-video engine. Beginning in 2026, fans—and Disney+ itself—could spin up Mickey-to-Vader shorts on demand, testing Hollywood’s balance between IP control and an exploding creator economy.https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/11/disney-signs-deal-with-openai-to-allow-sora-to-generate-ai-videos-featuring-its-characters/Trump signs order targeting ‘cumbersome’ state AI regulation | 2025-12-11President Trump’s new executive order tells federal agencies to fight state-level AI rules and even withhold grants, aiming for a single national framework. Tech lobbyists cheer the pre-emption while privacy advocates brace for a battle over whether AI oversight should be centralized or diversified across fifty experiments.https://www.nextgov.com/artificial-intelligence/2025/12/trump-signs-order-targeting-cumbersome-state-ai-regulation/410120/SK Hynix Expects Mass Market Memory Shortage to Last Until 2028 | 2025-12-14An analysis tied to SK Hynix says consumer DRAM (dynamic random-access memory) shortages could persist until 2028, as chipmakers prioritize AI servers and data centers. With inventories at historic lows and NAND flash facing similar pressures, PC and laptop buyers may see tight supply and higher prices longer than hoped, even if memory capacity expands.https://ixbt.games/en/news/2025/12/14/sk-hynix-ozidaet-cto-deficit-pamiati-dlia-massovogo-segmenta-prodlitsia-do-2028-goda.htmlTinker: General Availability and Vision Input | 2025-12-12Thinking Machines has opened Tinker to all, pairing its trillion-parameter Kimi K2 model with OpenAI-compatible APIs and new image inputs via Qwen3-VL. Dropping the waitlist positions the platform as a nimble alternative for researchers seeking long-chain reasoning and multimodal fine-tuning outside OpenAI’s ecosystem.https://thinkingmachines.ai/blog/tinker-general-availability/Extras‘Source available’ is not open source (and that’s okay) | 2025-12-09Drupal founder Dries Buytaert joins the DHH-versus-Mullenweg fight, insisting that restrictive “source-available” licenses are not open source. He argues the real issue is sustaining volunteer-built code, warning that blurring definitions may let companies profit while community contributions dry up.https://dri.es/source-available-is-not-open-source-and-that-is-okayA visual editor for the Cursor Browser | 2025-12-11AI coding IDE Cursor now lets developers drag-and-drop live React components, tweak props and summon an agent to rewrite the underlying code—all in the same window. By collapsing design and implementation, Cursor bets on faster UI iteration and showcases how code-writing agents could reshape front-end workflows.https://cursor.com/blog/browser-visual-editorOpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI | 2025-12-12Developer Simon Willison found a hidden “/skills” folder in ChatGPT and Codex CLI, revealing OpenAI’s silent embrace of Anthropic-style plug-in skills that bundle markdown instructions with helper scripts. Early skills cover PDFs and spreadsheets, hinting at drag-and-drop task packs that teach large models new tricks.https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/12/openai-skillsHow OpenAI is using GPT-5 Codex to improve the AI tool itself | 2025-12-12OpenAI engineers say most of their GPT-5 Codex coding agent is now written and refactored by Codex itself. Through sandboxed pull requests, the AI adds features and fixes bugs, turning the tool into its own maintainer and giving a real-world glimpse of recursive self-improvement.https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/how-openai-is-using-gpt-5-codex-to-improve-the-ai-tool-itself/(00:07) - Intro + Liquid Glass / macOS “edge light” banter (02:53) - OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block join new Linux Foundation effort to standardize the AI agent era (11:24) - SIMA 2: An Agent that Plays, Reasons, and Learns With You in Virtual 3D Worlds (16:50) - Introducing GPT-5.2 (24:22) - America’s Betting Craze Has Spread to Its News Networks (31:06) - Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allo...

Thanks for listening! ❤️(00:33) - Bun acquired by Anthropic (14:49) - The junior hiring crisis & early-career developers (29:34) - OpenAI’s projected $74B loss by 2028 (Fortune report) (31:10) - OpenAI “code red” after Gemini 3 & GPT-5.2 push (44:44) - German state saves millions switching to LibreOffice (52:14) - IBM to acquire Confluent (Kafka company) (57:48) - Is AI changing how humans write and speak? (01:03:52) - Pebble creator’s Index 01 smart ring Bun is joining Anthropic | 2025-12-02JavaScript runtime Bun has been bought by AI lab Anthropic, which will use it to power Claude Code and other tools while keeping the project open source and led by the same team. The deal swaps startup uncertainty for deep-pocketed backing and raises fresh questions about big labs owning key developer infrastructure.https://bun.com/blog/bun-joins-anthropicThe Junior Hiring Crisis | 2025-11-29Annie Hedgpeth warns that as companies lean into artificial intelligence (AI), junior hiring in technical roles is dropping, leaving graduates facing tougher odds for a first job. She links the crisis to eroding apprenticeships and weak mentoring incentives, and argues that early-career people must double down on relationships and “relational intelligence” that AI cannot replace.https://people-work.io/blog/junior-hiring-crisis/OpenAI says it plans to report stunning annual losses through 2028—and then turn wildly profitable just two years later | 2025-11-12Fortune reports that OpenAI expects to burn through billions in cash each year, including an eye-popping projected $74 billion operating loss in 2028, before swinging to big profits around 2030. The bet hinges on locking in up to $1.4 trillion in long-term compute deals, setting up a stark contrast with Anthropic’s more conservative path to break-even.https://finance.yahoo.com/news/openai-says-plans-report-stunning-161814899.htmlNext ChatGPT upgrade imminent following ‘code red’ declaration | 2025-12-059to5Mac reports that OpenAI declared a internal “code red” after Google’s Gemini 3 launch and is now rushing out a GPT-5.2 update for ChatGPT far sooner than its last major refresh. Rather than flashy new features, the release is expected to focus on speed, reliability, and customization to close the perceived performance gap.https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/05/next-chatgpt-upgrade-imminent-following-code-red-declaration/Goodbye, Microsoft: Schleswig-Holstein relies on Open Source and saves millions | 2025-12-07Germany’s state of Schleswig-Holstein says it will save over €15 million a year by replacing most Microsoft Windows and Office licenses with LibreOffice and other open-source tools. Nearly 80% of workstations have already switched, but opposition politicians warn that migration hiccups and frustrated staff show how hard digital “sovereignty” is in practice.https://www.heise.de/en/news/Goodbye-Microsoft-Schleswig-Holstein-relies-on-Open-Source-and-saves-millions-11105459.htmlIBM to Acquire Confluent | 2025-12-08Confluent has agreed to be acquired by IBM in an all-cash deal at $31 per share, with the data-streaming company set to operate as a distinct brand inside IBM once regulators sign off. CEO Jay Kreps frames the move as a way to put Kafka-era streaming at the core of IBM’s hybrid-cloud and AI ambitions, while promising continuity for customers and staff.https://www.confluent.io/blog/ibm-to-acquire-confluent/Evidence That Humans Now Speak in a Chatbot-Influenced Dialect Is Getting Stronger | 2025-12-07Gizmodo surveys research and anecdotes suggesting our everyday speech is starting to borrow the vocabulary and rhythms of large language models, from YouTube comments to Reddit confessionals. Moderators and writers describe AI “slop” as so pervasive that even human posts and political speeches can sound synthetic, blurring the line between organic voice and machine-trained style.https://gizmodo.com/chatbot-dialect-2000696509Meet Pebble Index 01 - External Memory For Your Brain | 2025-12-09Pebble’s creator unveils Index 01, a stainless-steel smart ring with a button and microphone that lets you capture quick voice notes and reminders, then process them on your phone with local speech-to-text and AI. With no always-on listening, no subscription, and a battery designed to last years, it reframes “external memory” as a tiny, hackable tool rather than a full-blown wearable computer.https://repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-index-01-external-memory-for-your-brain

Thanks a lot for listening ❤️Links 🔗:FabCon Atlanta: https://fabriccon.com/FabCon Barcelona: https://www.sharepointeurope.com/european-microsoft-fabric-community-conference/Fabric Data Days: https://aka.ms/fabricdatadaysFabric February: https://www.fabricfebruary.com/Sam's blog: https://debruyn.dev/(00:00) - Introduction to the Podcast and Guests (01:50) - Understanding Microsoft Fabric (04:26) - Microsoft Fabric for Startups (07:04) - Integration and Ease of Use in Microsoft Fabric (09:44) - Getting Started with Microsoft Fabric (12:22) - AI Capabilities in Microsoft Fabric (14:34) - Challenges and Limitations of Microsoft Fabric (16:53) - Cost and Pricing Structure of Microsoft Fabric (19:22) - Data Storage and Management in Microsoft Fabric (21:45) - Machine Learning and AI Integration (24:04) - Best Practices for Data Transformation (26:37) - The Future of Data Engineering Skills (28:38) - Community and Resources for Microsoft Fabric

Thanks for checking in! ❤️(00:07) - Intro & weekend catch-up (02:22) - Deloitte breaks silence on N.L. healthcare report (08:50) - PwC says clients are asking for AI Discount? (13:37) - How OpenAI and Google see AI changing go-to-market strategies (17:44) - ChatGPT ads are on the way, but iPhone users can avoid them (24:30) - Australia’s under-16s social media ban is weeks away. How will it work – and how can I appeal if I’m wrongly banned? (34:15) - Are you balding? There’s an AI for that (39:24) - Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft? (47:10) - iPhone Fold will be ‘first truly crease-free foldable phone’, according to supplier (52:30) - New Segment Anything Models Make it Easier to Detect Objects and Create 3D Reconstructions (59:01) - Advent of Code changes & AI-assisted puzzling (01:02:33) - Upcoming Microsoft Fabric Data Days interview & closing Deloitte breaks silence on N.L. healthcare report | 2025-11-25A Deloitte spokesperson says the firm “stands behind” recommendations in a $1.6 million Newfoundland and Labrador health workforce report after errors traced to AI-generated citations came to light. Deloitte says it's revising a small number of citations without changing findings, but hasn't addressed refunds—keeping pressure on the government.https://theindependent.ca/news/lji/deloitte-breaks-silence-on-n-l-healthcare-report/PwC says clients are asking for AI Discount? | 2025-07-03 PwC is fielding an awkward ask from some clients: if artificial intelligence (AI) makes work faster, where's our discount? The report says firms are nudging prices down and moving to outcome-based fees, signaling pressure on the Big Four’s billable-hour model as automation spreads.https://www.thefinancestory.com/pwc-clients-ask-for-discounts-because-of-ai-efficiencyChatGPT ads are on the way, but iPhone users can avoid them | 2025-12-01 Code in a beta of ChatGPT’s Android app points to ads on the way, echoing recent reporting that OpenAI will test advertising to bolster revenue. The twist: iPhone users may bypass ads by invoking Siri’s ChatGPT fallback, raising messy questions about parity across platforms and plans.https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/01/chatgpt-ads-are-on-the-way-but-iphone-users-can-avoid-them/Australia’s under-16s social media ban is weeks away. How will it work – and how can I appeal if I’m wrongly banned? | 2025-11-22 Australia’s world-first under-16 social media ban takes effect on December 10, forcing platforms to deactivate teen accounts or face fines up to A$49.5 million. Appeals will rely on age-assurance checks like video selfies or IDs, stoking debate over errors, privacy and free-speech challenges.https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/23/australia-under-16-social-media-ban-how-will-it-work-which-platforms-age-verificationAre you balding? There’s an AI for that | 2025-11-26 MyHair AI promises to spot early hair loss by analyzing uploaded scalp photos and tracking density over time, pitching itself as a clearer path through a murky market. The startup claims 1,000 paying subscribers, 200,000 accounts and 300,000 images analyzed, inviting questions about medical accuracy and regulation.https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/26/are-you-balding-theres-an-ai-for-that/Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft? | 2025-11-24Following a sanctions scare that briefly locked the International Criminal Court out of Microsoft email, Dutch universities are reassessing big-tech dependence. Trials with open-source suites like Nextcloud and OpenDesk show promise, yet experts warn a full break could stall teaching and research unless institutions run costly parallel systems.https://dub.uu.nl/en/news/can-dutch-universities-do-without-microsoftiPhone Fold will be ‘first truly crease-free foldable phone’, according to supplier | 2025-11-26 Apple’s rumored iPhone Fold is said to achieve a crease-free display via a custom panel stack and liquid-metal hinge—at a luxury price. Supply-chain reports point to pre-mass-production testing and a potential 2026 launch, with estimates reaching $2,399, setting up a high-stakes debut against seasoned foldable rivals.https://www.tomsguide.com/phones/iphones/iphone-fold-will-be-first-truly-crease-free-foldable-phone-according-to-supplierNew Segment Anything Models Make it Easier to Detect Objects and Create 3D Reconstructions | 2025-11-19 Meta unveiled SAM 3 and SAM 3D, models that segment objects from text prompts and reconstruct 3D objects or bodies from a single image. The release includes open-source weights, a playground, and claims of state-of-the-art performance—positioning 3D from 2D as a practical tool for creators, robotics and AR.https://about.fb.com/news/2025/11/new-sam-models-detect-objects-create-3d-reconstructions/

(01:29) - Jeff Bezos reportedly launches new AI startup with himself as CEO (05:45) - WTFPL – Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License (11:31) - Gemini 3: Introducing the latest Gemini AI model from Google (26:31) - New EU Chat Control Proposal Moves Forward – Privacy Experts See a Dangerous Backdoor (32:09) - Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws (38:12) - Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 (44:45) - Build with Google Antigravity, our new agentic development platform (50:55) - Introducing Claude Opus 4.5 (01:01:44) - SHA1 Hulud 2.0 npm malware warning (01:03:36) - 1000-subscriber milestone & upcoming interviews Thanks a lot for listening ❤️ We love to hear your feedback!Subscribe to our newsletter here.Jeff Bezos reportedly launches new AI startup with himself as CEO | 2025-11-17Jeff Bezos is stepping back into the CEO chair to co-lead Project Prometheus, a new AI venture reportedly focused on engineering and manufacturing. With $6.2 billion already raised and 100 hires poached from top labs, the big mystery is what the well-funded startup will actually build.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/17/jeff-bezos-ai-startup-project-prometheusWTFPL – Do What the Fuck You Want to Public License | n.d.The WTFPL is an ultra-permissive software license often invoked in debates about openness and attribution. Its Version 2 famously fits into two short paragraphs, effectively granting do-anything rights that resemble the public domain in many jurisdictions.https://www.wtfpl.net/Gemini 3: Introducing the latest Gemini AI model from Google | 2025-11-18Google’s Gemini 3 aims to push reasoning and multimodal performance while rolling out broadly across the Gemini app, Search’s AI Mode, AI Studio, and Vertex AI. A new “Deep Think” mode and a million-token context window set the stage, alongside the agentic Antigravity developer platform.https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/New EU Chat Control Proposal Moves Forward – Privacy Experts See a Dangerous Backdoor | 2025-11-17EU lawmakers advanced a revised Child Sexual Abuse Regulation that drops mandatory scanning yet adds “risk mitigation” powers critics say could still pressure encrypted services to scan messages. Privacy advocates also warn age-verification rules would erode anonymity for 450 million EU residents.https://techreport.com/news/new-eu-chat-control-proposal-privacy-experts-see-dangerous-backdoor/Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws | 2025-11-19The European Commission proposed easing parts of the GDPR and delaying or relaxing elements of the AI Act to cut red tape and boost growth. Changes include fewer cookie pop-ups and broader data-sharing for anonymized sets, with the plan now heading to Parliament and member states.https://www.theverge.com/news/823750/european-union-ai-act-gdpr-changesCloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 | 2025-11-18Cloudflare detailed a major incident traced to an oversized Bot Management feature file after a ClickHouse permissions change, triggering widespread 5xx errors. Core traffic largely recovered by 14:30 UTC and fully stabilized by 17:06, raising questions about safeguards for critical configuration rollouts.https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/Build with Google Antigravity, our new agentic development platform | 2025-11-20Google introduced Antigravity, an agent-first developer platform that lets AI agents plan, execute, and verify tasks across editor, terminal, and browser. Available free in public preview, it supports Gemini 3 Pro (with “Artifacts” for auditability) and even third-party models like Claude Sonnet 4.5.https://developers.googleblog.com/en/build-with-google-antigravity-our-new-agentic-development-platform/Introducing Claude Opus 4.5 | 2025-11-24Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.5 targets long-horizon reasoning, software engineering, and agentic workflows, and is available across apps, API, and major clouds. The company highlights better benchmark performance and new pricing at $5 input/$25 output per million tokens, aiming to broaden everyday use.https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-5

(00:43) - An AI-Generated Country Song Is Topping A Billboard Chart, And That Should Infuriate Us All (07:51) - Using Generative AI in Content Production (13:37) - LLMs Can Get “Brain Rot”! (21:30) - GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT (28:42) - GitHub - toon-format/toon: Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) – Compact, human-readable, schema-aware JSON for LLM prompts. Spec, benchmarks, TypeScript SDK. (36:33) - Introducing Scribe v2 Realtime (41:06) - ByteDance unveils China’s most affordable AI coding agent at just US$1.30 a month (47:23) - TypeScript, Python, and the AI feedback loop changing software development (01:06:09) - Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone (01:08:35) - Nexperia update Thanks for listening ❤️ Sign up to our newspaper at newspaper.monkeypatching.io.An AI-Generated Country Song Is Topping A Billboard Chart, And That Should Infuriate Us All | 2025-11-08An AI-generated country song is topping a Billboard chart, stoking a fresh debate over authenticity and how charts treat synthetic artists. “Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust hit No. 1 on Country Digital Song Sales, raising questions about disclosure, bot-inflated metrics, and where Billboard draws the line. https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2025/11/08/an-ai-generated-country-song-is-topping-a-billboard-chart-and-that-should-infuriate-us-all/Using Generative AI in Content Production | n.d.Netflix outlines when productions can use generative AI and what must be cleared before anything hits the screen. Ideation is generally low-risk, but final deliverables, digital replicas of talent, personal data, or third-party IP require written approval and enterprise-grade safeguards, backed by a handy use-case matrix. https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/43393929218323-Using-Generative-AI-in-Content-ProductionLLMs Can Get “Brain Rot”! | 2025-10-15The paper “LLMs Can Get "Brain Rot!” dials down on the risk that large language models degrade when trained on their own outputs instead of diverse human data. It collects early research and symptoms—like blandness, repetition, and drifting facts—framing the problem in plain language for non-specialists and policymakers.https://llm-brain-rot.github.ioGPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT | 2025-11-12OpenAI announced GPT-5.1, aiming for a smarter, more conversational ChatGPT rolling out to paid users first. Two flavors—Instant and Thinking—promise better instruction following, clearer reasoning that adapts to task difficulty, and new controls to shape tone so responses feel warmer or more precise. https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/GitHub - toon-format/toon: Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) – Compact, human-readable, schema-aware JSON for LLM prompts. Spec, benchmarks, TypeScript SDK. | 2025-11-10Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) pitches a compact, schema-aware alternative to JSON for LLM prompts. With a v1.0 release on November 10 and a TypeScript SDK, TOON targets uniform arrays for major token savings while keeping lossless structure—positioning it as a pragmatic bridge between JSON and model-friendly text. https://github.com/toon-format/toonIntroducing Scribe v2 Realtime | 2025-11-11ElevenLabs introduced Scribe v2 Realtime, a streaming speech-to-text model built for agents, meetings, and live captions. It promises sub-150 ms latency, automatic language detection, and enterprise options—claiming 93.5% accuracy across 30 languages—with API access and direct integration into ElevenLabs Agentshttps://elevenlabs.io/blog/introducing-scribe-v2-realtimeByteDance unveils China’s most affordable AI coding agent at just US$1.30 a month | 2025-11-12ByteDance’s Volcano Engine launched a low-cost coding agent priced at 9.9 yuan (US$1.30) for the first month, escalating China’s AI coding price war. The Doubao-Seed-Code model later costs 40 yuan monthly and touts SWE-Bench Verified results on par with leading systems.https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3332365/bytedance-unveils-chinas-most-affordable-ai-coding-agent-just-us130-monthTypeScript, Python, and the AI feedback loop changing software development | 2025-11-13GitHub’s Octoverse interview explores how AI tools are reshaping language choices and developer workflows, with TypeScript rising alongside Python’s AI strength. In conversation with GitHub Next’s Idan Gazit, the piece frames an AI feedback loop where typed languages help agents refactor reliably across tasks.https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/typescript-python-and-the-ai-feedback-loop-changing-software-development/?utm_source=twitter-idan-octoverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=universe25post

Hi everyone, welcome to the Monkey Patching Podcast, where we go bananas about all things lazy imports, physical AI, and more!Interested to follow? Subscribe where ever you get your podcast and check out our newsletter at newsletter.monkeypatching.io.(00:35) - Continuity camera on Chrome flakiness (01:56) - XPENG Shares Achievements in Physical AI Emergence: Unveils XPENG VLA 2.0, Robotaxi, Next-Gen IRON, and Flying Car (05:44) - Vision vs sensors (Tesla painted-tunnel demo) (07:59) - Humanoid vs task-specific robots debate (09:21) - GitHub - topoteretes/cognee: Memory for AI Agents in 6 lines of code (18:11) - PEP 810 – Explicit lazy imports (25:01) - ICC to replace Microsoft Office with European open-source platform (30:47) - moonshotai/Kimi-K2-Thinking · Hugging Face (41:42) - OpenAI finances & “AI bubble” (20B ARR vs $1.5T compute) (43:18) - Archive.today: FBI Demands Data from Provider Tucows (52:02) - The Smol Training Playbook: The Secrets to Building World-Class LLMs (56:29) - Karpathy’s NanoChat shout-out (01:02:13) - Former Meta employees launch Stream, a smart ring that takes voice notes and controls music (01:07:57) - Whisperflow.ai smart dictation app XPENG Shares Achievements in Physical AI Emergence: Unveils XPENG VLA 2.0, Robotaxi, Next-Gen IRON, and Flying Car | 2025-11-05 XPENG used its 2025 AI Day to pitch a pivot to “Physical AI,” unveiling VLA 2.0, a Robotaxi program, the next-gen IRON humanoid, and a flying car—signaling ambitions beyond EVs. The company touts concrete mass-production timelines and even named Volkswagen the launch customer for VLA 2.0. https://www.xpeng.com/news/019a56f54fe99a2a0a8d8a0282e402b7GitHub - topoteretes/cognee: Memory for AI Agents in 6 lines of code | n.d. Cognee is an open-source “memory layer” for AI agents, combining vector search with a graph database to keep knowledge both searchable and linked. It swaps classic RAG for modular ECL pipelines and self-hosting, aiming for durable context with minimal code—hence the “6 lines” promise. https://github.com/topoteretes/cogneePEP 810 – Explicit lazy imports | 2025-11-03 Python is set to add explicit lazy imports, letting developers defer module loading until first use to speed startup and cut memory. The accepted proposal targets Python 3.15 and cites potential 50–70% startup gains, while keeping normal imports unchanged for backward compatibility. https://peps.python.org/pep-0810/ICC to replace Microsoft Office with European open-source platform | 2025-11-06 The International Criminal Court will migrate from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, an EU-backed open-source suite—an emblem of Europe’s push for digital sovereignty. Open Desk is built by Germany’s Zendis and tied to a new EU-level initiative, amid lingering tensions over dependence on US tech. https://dig.watch/updates/icc-to-replace-microsoft-office-with-european-open-source-platformmoonshotai/Kimi-K2-Thinking · Hugging Face | n.d. Moonshot AI’s Kimi K2 Thinking is an open-source “thinking” model that interleaves reasoning with tool calls across long sequences, built on a trillion-parameter MoE with a 256k-token context. It emphasizes native INT4 inference and claims stable behavior over 200–300 consecutive tool invocations. https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2-ThinkingArchive.today: FBI Demands Data from Provider Tucows | 2025-11-05 The FBI obtained a court order compelling registrar Tucows to hand over customer data tied to Archive.today, the web-archiving site often used to bypass paywalls. Heise says the document’s authenticity isn’t verified, spotlighting murky jurisdiction, the operator’s identity, and possible chilling effects on archiving. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Archive-today-FBI-Demands-Data-from-Provider-Tucows-11066346.htmlThe Smol Training Playbook: The Secrets to Building World-Class LLMs | n.d. Hugging Face’s Smol team published a hands-on playbook distilling what actually worked in training small yet competitive LLMs—from data curation and loss curves to post-training and reliability. It reads like field notes for practitioners, with checklists, pitfalls, and system lessons that invite debate about trade-offs. https://huggingface.co/spaces/HuggingFaceTB/smol-training-playbookFormer Meta employees launch Stream, a smart ring that takes voice notes and controls music | 2025-11-05 A pair of ex-Meta designers launched Sandbar’s Stream, a voice-note smart ring positioned as a “mouse for voice,” with an AI companion app and discreet gesture controls. Preorders start at $249–$299 with shipping planned for next summer, and the startup has raised $13 million from True Ventures, Upfront, and Betaworks. https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/05/former-meta-employees-launch-stream-a-smart-ring-that-takes-voice-notes-and-controls-music/

(01:50) - Create on-brand marketing content for your business with Pomelli (09:18) - OpenAI’s Less-Flashy Rival Might Have a Better Business Model (17:47) - Microsoft, OpenAI reach deal removing fundraising constraints for ChatGPT maker (25:56) - AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for roughly $1.5B (36:40) - Accountable Acceleration: Gen AI Fast-Tracks Into the Enterprise (44:53) - I analyzed 180M jobs to see what jobs AI is actually replacing today Create on-brand marketing content for your business with Pomelli | 2025-10-28Google Labs and DeepMind launched Pomelli, an AI tool that builds a “Business DNA” from a company’s website to auto-generate on-brand social campaigns. It’s rolling out as a public beta in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—promising speed, but raising questions about originality and disclosure. https://blog.google/technology/google-labs/pomelli/OpenAI’s Less-Flashy Rival Might Have a Better Business Model | 2025-10-26WSJ argues Anthropic’s enterprise-first focus is paying off as corporate customers drive the bulk of its revenue and adoption. A reported multibillion run-rate and strong coding share sharpen the contrast with OpenAI’s mass-market push, setting up a strategic showdown over who monetizes AI best. https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-business-model-ai-9e26b4efMicrosoft, OpenAI reach deal removing fundraising constraints for ChatGPT maker | 2025-10-28OpenAI is restructuring into a public benefit corporation with Microsoft retaining a 27% stake, clearing the way for bigger capital raises and potential IPO plans. The pact resets rights and revenue-sharing through 2032, signaling massive data-center ambitions—and tighter alignment—amid escalating AI costs. https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-openai-reach-new-deal-allow-openai-restructure-2025-10-28/AOL to be sold to Bending Spoons for roughly $1.5B | 2025-10-29AOL is changing hands again, with Bending Spoons agreeing to buy it for about $1.5 billion as the Italian firm keeps scooping up legacy internet properties. The deal comes with $2.8 billion in new debt financing and claims of ~30 million monthly active users—big numbers for a storied brand. https://www.axios.com/2025/10/29/aol-bending-spoons-dealAccountable Acceleration: Gen AI Fast-Tracks Into the Enterprise | n.d.Wharton’s latest adoption study says generative AI has moved from pilots to measured ROI, with usage now weekly for most leaders and daily for many. Standout stats—like 72% tracking ROI and three-quarters seeing positive returns—set the stage for 2026’s push from experimentation to performance at scale. https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/special-report/2025-ai-adoption-report/I analyzed 180M jobs to see what jobs AI is actually replacing today | 2025-11-03A massive scrape of job postings finds steep drops in creative execution roles like computer graphic artists and writers, while machine-learning engineers surged 40% year over year. Watchlist: medical scribes fell 20%, hinting at AI note-taking tools biting into entry-level healthcare admin work. https://bloomberry.com/blog/i-analyzed-180m-jobs-to-see-what-jobs-ai-is-actually-replacing-today/Sign up for our newsletter at newsletter.monkeypatching.io ❤️

(01:59) - dbt Labs + Fivetran: Open data infrastructure for analytics and AI (10:35) - Introducing ChatGPT Atlas (10:40) - Microsoft Edge’s new Copilot Mode turns on more AI features (21:47) - Anthropic to use Google’s AI chips worth tens of billions to train Claude chatbot (32:34) - Living dangerously with Claude (51:09) - Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol (59:44) - Announcing Cloudflare Email Service’s private beta (01:04:44) - Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly Thanks for listening ❤️Sign up for our newsletter at newsletter.monkeypatching.io 🍌dbt Labs + Fivetran: Open data infrastructure for analytics and AI | 2025-10-13 dbt Labs is merging with Fivetran to create a unified, open data foundation spanning ingestion to transformation—positioning the pair to simplify enterprise analytics and AI pipelines. Together they claim roughly $600 million in ARR and well over 10,000 customers, with both product names staying put to avoid disruption. https://www.getdbt.com/blog/dbt-labs-and-fivetran-merge-announcementIntroducing ChatGPT Atlas | 2025-10-21 OpenAI launched ChatGPT Atlas, a macOS browser with ChatGPT built in, reframing browsing around an AI assistant that understands context across tabs. Agent mode—available in preview—can open pages and complete tasks like booking appointments, while optional browser memories and parental controls aim to balance convenience with privacy. https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-atlas/Microsoft Edge’s new Copilot Mode turns on more AI features | 2025-10-24 Just days after OpenAI’s Atlas debut, Microsoft rolled out Copilot Mode in Edge, pitching the browser itself as an AI companion. It can summarize across tabs and take “Actions”—like unsubscribing from emails or making reservations—though early tests found the automation patchy and sometimes misleading. https://www.theverge.com/news/805833/microsoft-edge-copilot-mode-ai-launchAnthropic to use Google's AI chips worth tens of billions to train Claude chatbot | 2025-10-24 Anthropic struck a multiyear deal to tap up to one million of Google’s Tensor Processing Units, dramatically expanding compute for future Claude models. The agreement—valued in the tens of billions—targets more than one gigawatt of capacity coming online in 2026, underscoring the shift toward TPUs as Nvidia alternatives. https://www.reuters.com/technology/anthropic-expand-use-google-clouds-tpu-chips-2025-10-23/Living dangerously with Claude | 2025-10-22 Simon Willison describes the appeal of running Claude Code in “YOLO mode”—letting agents work with minimal prompts and permissions to ship real projects fast. He then flips the coin, warning that prompt injection and data exfiltration risks demand strong sandboxing if you’re granting agents broad access. https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/22/living-dangerously-with-claude/Agent2Agent (A2A) Protocol | n.d. Pydantic AI adds first-class support for Google’s Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol, an open standard for inter-agent messaging and task handoff. The new FastA2A library and a convenience to_a2a() wrapper expose Python agents as A2A servers, handling task storage, context threads, and artifacts out of the box. https://ai.pydantic.dev/a2a/Announcing Cloudflare Email Service’s private beta | 2025-09-25 Cloudflare introduced Email Service, letting developers send and receive email directly from Workers without juggling third-party APIs. It auto-configures SPF, DKIM and DMARC for deliverability and runs on Cloudflare’s global network, with “Email Sending” in private beta ahead of pricing details. https://blog.cloudflare.com/email-service/Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly | 2025-10-23 The Economist argues that older adults, not teens, now dominate screen time—and that their usage is only set to grow. With pensioners spending more than half their waking hours on devices, the piece probes whether screens are worsening isolation and health or offering connection and care. https://www.economist.com/international/2025/10/23/meet-the-real-screen-addicts-the-elderly

(00:47) - Musicians miss out as Belgian retailers turn to AI-generated music in stores (08:41) - [R] Plain English outperforms JSON for LLM tool calling: +18pp accuracy, -70% variance (17:23) - Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime (23:43) - Opera’s Neon shows just how confusing AI browsers still are (29:58) - Introducing Claude Haiku 4.5 (34:36) - Amazon outage breaks much of the internet Musicians miss out as Belgian retailers turn to AI-generated music in stores | 2025-10-19 https://www.brusselstimes.com/1798519/musicians-miss-out-as-belgian-retailers-turn-to-ai-generated-music-in-storesJapan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime | 2025-10-15 https://www.theverge.com/news/799938/japan-government-openai-soraOpera’s Neon shows just how confusing AI browsers still are | 2025-10-19 https://www.theverge.com/tech/801899/opera-neon-ai-browser-trial-run[R] Plain English outperforms JSON for LLM tool calling: +18pp accuracy, -70% variance | 2025-10-17 https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/comments/1o8szk0/r_plain_english_outperforms_json_for_llm_tool/Introducing Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2025-10-15 https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-haiku-4-5Amazon outage breaks much of the internet | 2025-10-20 https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/amazon-dns-outage-breaks-much-of-the-internet/Thanks for listening! ❤️Sign up for our newsletter at newsletter.monkeypatching.io

(00:57) - Less is More: Recursive Reasoning with Tiny Networks (09:15) - Python 3.14 will change the way you parallelise code (18:21) - How I made $300K from an open-source side project (dual licensing) (26:10) - Dutch government takes control of China-owned chipmaker Nexperia (31:50) - simonw/claude-skills (36:59) - LSEG and Microsoft transform access to AI-ready financial data (40:10) - Inside The Controversy Around Strava’s Runna app (52:31) - Avoid these AI coding mistakes (PostHog) Articles discussedLess is More: Recursive Reasoning with Tiny Networks - https://alexiajm.github.io/2025/09/29/tiny_recursive_models.htmlPython 3.14 will change the way you parallelise code - https://valatka.dev/2025/10/11/on-python-3-14-parallelization.htmlPython 3.14 new features (Real Python) - https://realpython.com/python314-new-features/How I made $300K from an open-source side project - https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1o2vs66/how_i_made_300k_from_an_opensource_side_project/?share_id=2czSk7aY9kiccTRYONA0b&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_source=share&utm_term=3In rare move, Dutch government takes control of China-owned chipmaker Nexperia - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/dutch-government-intervenes-chinese-owned-computer-chip-firm-nexperia-2025-10-12/simonw/claude-skills - https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/10/claude-skills/LSEG and Microsoft transform access to AI-ready financial data in customer workflows - https://www.lseg.com/en/media-centre/press-releases/2025/lseg-and-microsoft-transform-access-to-ai-ready-financial-data-in-customer-workflowsInside The Controversy Surrounding Strava’s New Run-Coaching App—And What We Thought After Trying It - https://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/a68152711/runna-app-controversy-review-i-tried-it/Avoid these AI coding mistakes - https://newsletter.posthog.com/p/avoid-these-ai-coding-mistakesSign up to stay up to date on our shenanigans: newsletter.monkeypatching.io ❤️

Thanks for listening to the MonkeyPatching Podcast!Today we discuss:(00:40) - Agent Workflows | ElevenLabs Documentation (06:12) - Introducing AgentKit | OpenAI (Oct 06 2025) (13:26) - Pay yourself first | HEY World (Oct 04 2025) (22:47) - Tiny lab-grown brains could help build the next generation of computers | TechSpot (Oct 06 2025) (26:25) - Deloitte admits AI hallucinated quotes in government report, offers partial refund | TechSpot (Oct 07 2025) (36:31) - The AI bubble is “17 times” the size of dot-com, analyst warns | MarketWatch via Morningstar (Oct 03 2025) (44:15) - Which Table Format Do LLMs Understand Best? (Results for 11 Formats) | Improving Agents (Sep 30 2025) (49:57) - Managed MCP servers for secure data agents | Snowflake Blog Talk to you soon!

Report: Fivetran in talks with dbt Labs over multibillion-dollar big-data merger https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/28/report-fivetran-talks-dbt-labs-multibillion-dollar-big-data-merger/Apple’s ‘Veritas’ chatbot is reportedly an employee-only test of Siri’s AI upgrades https://www.theverge.com/news/787046/apples-veritas-siri-ai-chatbotOpenAI takes on Google, Amazon with new agentic shopping system https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/openai-takes-on-google-amazon-with-new-agentic-shopping-system/OpenAI announces Sora 2 and AI video and audio app that allows for user ‘cameos’ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/openai-announces-sora-2-ai-video-audio-app-rcna234753Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5 https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5Chrome DevTools (MCP) voor uw AI-agent https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp?hl=nlSpotify is finally taking steps to address its AI slop and clone problem https://www.theverge.com/news/785136/spotify-ai-slop-impersonation-disclosureDatabricks will bake OpenAI models into its products in $100M bet to spur enterprise adoption https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/25/databricks-will-bake-openai-models-into-its-products-in-100m-bet-to-spur-enterprise-adoption/Thanks for listening! 

Bigger and Better Worlds — World Labs https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/bigger-better-worldsAI as teleportation — Geoffrey Litt https://www.geoffreylitt.com/2025/09/10/ai-as-teleportation.htmlIntroducing Shuttle Cobra — Shuttle https://www.shuttle.dev/blog/2025/09/18/introducing-shuttle-cobraSecrets of DeepSeek AI model revealed in landmark paper — Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03015-6Alibaba's new AI chip: Key specifications comparable to H20 (Hacker News discussion) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45273747Vibe Shift? Senior Developers Ship nearly 2.5x more AI Code than Junior Counterparts — Fastly https://www.fastly.com/blog/senior-developers-ship-more-ai-codeAlbania appoints world’s first AI government ‘minister’ to root out corruption — Euronews https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/09/12/albania-appoints-worlds-first-ai-government-minister-to-root-out-corruptionJudge puts Anthropic’s $1.5 billion book piracy settlement on hold — The Verge https://www.theverge.com/news/775230/anthropic-piracy-class-action-lawsuit-settlement-rejectedThanks a lot for listening! ❤️(00:27) - World Labs — “Bigger and Better Worlds” (04:31) - Geoffrey Litt on “AI as Teleportation” (12:54) - Shuttle — Introducing “Cobra” (19:17) - DeepSeek R1 — peer-reviewed costs & methods (22:19) - Alibaba’s H20-class AI chip debate (28:56) - Senior developers ship ~2.5× more AI code (40:02) - Albania’s AI “minister” for public tenders (44:22) - Judge pauses Anthropic $1.5B book-piracy settlement (52:19) - ByteDance — “SeedDream 4.0” (quick note)

Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Company for $610 million https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/04/atlassian-the-browser-company-deal.html Mistral AI raises €1.7B to accelerate technological activity https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mistralai_mistral-ai-raises-17b-to-accelerate-technological-activity-7371045632284971008-KOtm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAUumq8B49UW7m9VV5ijr01USsCOWMSQaGw The Three Faces Of Generative AI https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/the-three-faces-of-generative-ai Will AI Replace Human Thinking? The Case for Writing and Coding Manually https://www.ssp.sh/brain/will-ai-replace-humans/ Anthropic reaches $1.5 billion settlement with authors in landmark copyright case https://fortune.com/2025/09/05/anthropic-reaches-1-5-billion-settlement-with-authors-in-landmark-copyright-case/?utm_source=perplexity Apple sued by authors over use of books in AI training https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-sued-by-authors-over-use-books-ai-training-2025-09-05/?utm_source=perplexity Microsoft Says Azure Service Affected by Damaged Red Sea Cables https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-06/microsoft-says-azure-service-affected-by-damaged-red-sea-cables Why language models hallucinate https://openai.com/index/why-language-models-hallucinate/Tidbits: AMD claims Arm ISA doesn't offer efficiency advantage over x86 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45168854 WiFi signals can measure heart rate—no wearables needed https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/09/pulse-fi-wifi-heart-rate/ The MIT-Pay Me Or Get The Fork Out License https://barts.space/the-mit-pay-me-or-get-the-fork-out-license/Thanks for listening! ❤️

Nano Banana — https://blog.google/products/gemini/updated-image-editing-model/China Has a Different Vision for AI. It Might Be Smarter. — https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/china-has-a-different-vision-for-ai-it-might-be-smarter-581f1e44 Bear is now source-available — https://herman.bearblog.dev/license/A deeper look at AI crawlers: breaking down traffic by purpose and industry — https://blog.cloudflare.com/ai-crawler-traffic-by-purpose-and-industry/Creators use AI to spark their music careers — https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-music-suno-udio-551308748c84c774c3c5ecd89aa93904The rise of the AI influencer — https://www.ft.com/content/cb859409-dd3d-400d-9225-4a14d351bd20Python: The Documentary | An origin story — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfH4QL4VqJ0&ab_channel=CultRepo%28formerlyHoneypot%29Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence — https://digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/publications/canaries-in-the-coal-mine/Sorry, a bit of a late release due to some technical issues over at Riverside.Ow yes, and Bart finally ordered a new mic after this episode.Thanks for listening! ❤️

Thanks for listening! ❤️Chapters(01:55) - MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing (08:14) - AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard' (14:22) - DeepSeek-V3.1 Release (18:55) - Build vs Buy in the Age of AI (27:02) - Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year (34:38) - Mirage: AI UGC game engine (39:58) - Beyond Sensor Data: Foundation Models of Behavioral Data from Wearables Improve Health Predictions (45:17) - AI Mode in Search gets new agentic features and expands globally (50:08) - imagestyles.ai (51:36) - Sick of Fancy (South Park S27E3) (53:56) - ElevenLabs V3 (most expressive TTS) Discussed articlesMIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing — https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard' — https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/21/aws_ceo_entry_level_jobs_opinion/DeepSeek-V3.1 Release — https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news250821Build vs Buy in the Age of AI — https://www.svpg.com/article-build-vs-buy-in-the-age-of-aiGoogle says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year — https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/google-says-it-dropped-the-energy-cost-of-ai-queries-by-33x-in-one-year/Mirage: AI UGC game engine — https://dynamicslab.ai/Beyond Sensor Data: Foundation Models of Behavioral Data from Wearables Improve Health Predictions — https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00191AI Mode in Search gets new agentic features and expands globally — https://blog.google/products/search/ai-mode-agentic-personalized/

Thanks again for listening!Follow us on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.Discussed news articlesGitHub just got less independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation — The Verge (Aug 11, 2025) Thomas Dohmke steps down; GitHub leadership folds more tightly into Microsoft’s CoreAI org. https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transitionFFmpeg 8.0 merges OpenAI Whisper filter for automatic speech recognition — Phoronix (Aug 13, 2025) Native Whisper (via whisper.cpp) arrives in FFmpeg with optional GPU accel and SRT/JSON outputs. https://www.phoronix.com/news/FFmpeg-Lands-WhisperWikimedia Foundation challenges UK Online Safety Act regulations — Wikimedia Foundation (Aug 11, 2025) Court dismisses the challenge, but the ruling still pressures Ofcom; concerns remain for Wikipedia. https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/08/11/wikimedia-foundation-challenges-uk-online-safety-act-regulations/Claude Sonnet 4 now supports 1M tokens of context — Anthropic (Aug 12, 2025) Long-context support (public beta) enables huge codebases/docs in one go on API and Bedrock. https://www.anthropic.com/news/1m-contextIntroducing Gemma 3 270M: The compact model for hyper-efficient AI — Google Developers Blog (Aug 14, 2025) On-device-friendly model aimed at fast, low-cost fine-tuning; strong efficiency on Pixel 9 Pro. https://developers.googleblog.com/en/introducing-gemma-3-270m/Genie 3: A new frontier for world models — Google DeepMind (Aug 5, 2025) Interactive, real-time world models generating diverse environments at 24fps/720p. https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/genie-3-a-new-frontier-for-world-models/NGINX introduces native support for ACME protocol — NGINX Community Blog (Aug 12, 2025) New ngx_http_acme_module brings built-in cert requests/renewals directly from NGINX config. https://blog.nginx.org/blog/native-support-for-acme-protocolOpenAI tweaks GPT-5’s tone on X — X (Aug 15, 2025) Tuning GPT-5/ChatGPT to sound warmer and less formal based on user feedback. https://x.com/OpenAI/status/1956461718097494196