725: The Mistake Machine

FOLLOW UP starts with the realization that Spotify Wrapped thinks we are 82 years old, which honestly feels accurate, followed by a massive shout out to Bama Bryan on Bluesky for listening to us for over 3,000 minutes. We look at the grim stats from the Department of Government Efficiency regarding USAID deaths, then move to IN THE NEWS where the KALSHI CEO wants to monetize "any difference in opinion" because gambling on the news is the future. PALANTIR CEO Alex Karp claims making war crimes constitutional is bad for business, META STARTS KICKING AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN OFF their platforms to avoid fines, and TETHER gets a "weak" rating while U.S. BANK calls the ability to freeze stablecoins "appealing." We discuss the LEAK CONFIRMS OPENAI IS PREPARING ADS for ChatGPT while SAM ALTMAN DECLARES 'CODE RED' to catch up to Google. Speaking of which, ONE OF GOOGLE'S BIGGEST AI ADVANTAGES IS WHAT IT ALREADY KNOWS ABOUT YOU, even if GOOGLE DISCOVER IS TESTING AI-GENERATED HEADLINES that are complete lies. We cover how GROK WOULD PREFER A SECOND HOLOCAUST OVER HARMING ELON MUSK, the US PATENT OFFICE ruling on generative AI, a new report on DAVID SACKS profiting from his administration role, and INSTACART SUES NEW YORK CITY because paying workers a living wage is apparently unconstitutional. We wrap up the news with the HUMAN ROBOT HYPE SCARING CHINA, a sad story where CHILDREN SOB AS WAYMO RUNS OVER DOG, a video showing a WAYMO SELF-DRIVING TAXI TAKES PASSENGER THROUGH ACTIVE POLICE SCENE, and the fact that PASSENGERS FACE DISRUPTION AS AIRBUS UPDATES THOUSANDS OF PLANES due to solar flares.

In MEDIA CANDY, the industry is shaking because NETFLIX BUYS WARNER BROS. FOR $82 BILLION, meaning they now own everything from Harry Potter to Batman. We look at upcoming releases including WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY, FALLOUT SEASON 2, ROMCON: WHO THE F**K IS JASON PORTER?, SEAN COMBS: THE RECKONING, THE LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, and A MAN ON THE INSIDE. Moving to APPS & DOODADS, we discuss the pure joy of uninstalling DROPBOX, our collective hatred for FUCK CENTER STAGE, and the report that APPLE EMPLOYEES ARE 'GIDDY' ABOUT ALAN DYE'S DEPARTURE. We also cover the horror show where GOOGLE'S AGENTIC AI WIPES USER'S ENTIRE HDD without permission, a study showing YOUR GLITCHY VIDEO CALLS MAY MAKE PEOPLE MISTRUST YOU, and how SCIENTISTS CREATED THE BLACKEST FABRIC EVER.

Finally, in THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE, we learn that CLAUDIA BLACK EXITS ‘AHSOKA’ SEASON 2 over pay disputes because Disney is apparently broke, we scrutinize LEAKED CLIPS FROM THE RUMORED 50TH ANNIVERSARY RERELEASE OF THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF STAR WARS (still no R2D2), check out a STORMTROOPER SUIT ON FACEBOOK MARKETPLACE, and mention THE MAD MEN 4K release.

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FOLLOW UP

Kalshi CEO Says He Wants to Monetize ‘Any Difference in Opinion’

Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business

Meta starts kicking Australian children off Instagram and Facebook

Meta reportedly plans to slash Metaverse budget by up to 30%

IN THE NEWS

Crypto’s Most Trusted Stablecoin Given Lowest Possible ‘Weak’ Rating By Major TradFi Agency

U.S. Bank Calls Ability to Freeze Stablecoins ‘Appealing’ as Crypto Has Completely Lost the Plot

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares 'code red' as ChatGPT competition mounts

One of Google's biggest AI advantages is what it already knows about you

Google Discover is testing AI-generated headlines and they aren't good

Grok would prefer a second Holocaust over harming Elon Musk

US patent office says generative AI is equivalent to other tools in inventors' belts

The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI

New report examines how David Sacks might profit from Trump administration role

Instacart sues New York City over minimum pay, tipping laws

Humanoid Robot Hype Is Officially Scaring China

Children Sob as Waymo Runs Over Dog

Waymo self-driving taxi takes passenger through active police scene in downtown LA, video shows

Passengers face disruption as Airbus updates thousands of planes

MEDIA CANDY

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Fallout Season 2 on Prime Video

ROMCON: Who The F**k is Jason Porter? - Season 1

Sean Combs: The Reckoning

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The American Revolution

A Man On the Inside

APPS & DOODADS

Gruber: Apple employees 'giddy' about Alan Dye’s departure

Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure

Your glitchy video calls may make people mistrust you

Scientists Created the Blackest Fabric Ever, Then Made a Dress

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

Claudia Black Exits ‘Ahsoka’ Season 2 Over Alleged Pay Disputes

Leaked clips from the rumored 50th anniversary rerelease of the original version of Star Wars

The Mad Men 4K on HBO debacle

William Shatner - Good King Wenceslas

AI boom kills Crucial as Micron shuts down consumer brand

CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.

STAX: Soulsville, USA.

'Mortal Kombat' Star Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dead at 75

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