698: Watch Out for That Tree!

698: Watch Out for That Tree!

This week, we kick things off with the return of Space Karen’s meltdown tour: Elon Musk got flustered in an interview, sputtered out one-word answers, and called the journalist an “NPC,” which is rich coming from the guy whose only real upgrade since PayPal is yelling “freedom” in meme fonts. Meanwhile, 23andMe sold your DNA to Regeneron at a bankruptcy auction, proving once and for all that your spit is more valuable than most tech startups.

IN THE NEWS is a parade of corporate idiocy and dystopian fuckery. Coinbase employees got bribed into leaking user data (because clearly we didn’t have enough crypto chaos), Klarna keeps flip-flopping between AI and human workers like it’s a bad Tinder date, and OpenAI is out here buying Jony Ive’s design firm for $6.5 billion because sure, what’s another billion when you’re trying to build a surveillance device to stalk 100 million users? Meanwhile, the Chicago Sun-Times is publishing AI-generated trash with imaginary authors, Anthropic’s new model attempts blackmail, and researchers dumped two billion Discord messages online just for kicks. And yes, Elon’s Tesla robotaxis will now only roam the safest parts of Austin, which is code for “we still can’t make this thing turn left.”

In MEDIA CANDY, we’re watching Murderbot, Godfather of Harlem, and Hotel Cocaine because who doesn’t love a little synthetic assassin, crime drama, and coke-fueled nostalgia? Notepad.exe now writes for you (and probably files HR complaints too), and Audible is teaming up with publishers to replace narrators with robot voices. Yay, progress. Over in THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE, Bittner brings the malware, monsters, and a new theme park review that’s somehow less terrifying than the news. Bookworms, don’t miss Curepedia and The AI Con — one’s about goth gods, the other’s about taking down our techno-overlords. And pour one out for George Wendt — Norm from Cheers is now drinking with the angels.


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FOLLOW UP

Elon Musk Gets Rattled by Hard Questions He Can't Answer, Calls Interviewer an "NPC" While Giving One-Word NPC-Like Responses Himself

23andMe (and Your Genetic Data) Sold to Regeneron in Bankruptcy Auction


IN THE NEWS

Extortionists bribed Coinbase employees to give them customer data

OpenAI buys Jony Ive's design startup for $6.5 billion

Sam Altman Tells Staff Plan to Ship 100 Million Devices That See Everything in Users' Lives

Klarna Hiring Back Human Help After Going All-In on AI

Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive's OpenAI deal

Klarna used an AI avatar of its CEO to deliver earnings

Klarna users are buying now, but not paying later

DOGE Used a Meta AI Model to Review Emails From Federal Workers

Chicago Sun-Times publishes made-up books and fake experts in AI debacle

We’re Focused on the Wrong A.I. Problem in Journalism

Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline

MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI

Researchers Dump 2 Billion Scraped Discord Messages Online

Musk says Tesla's self-driving tests will be geofenced to 'the safest' parts of Austin


MEDIA CANDY

Murderbot

Godfather of Harlem

Hotel Cocaine


APPS & DOODADS

The Grand Encyclopedia of Eponymous Laws

Apple confirms iOS 19 will end support for legacy Home app system

Audible to Partner With Publishers to Create AI-Voiced Audiobooks

In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”


AT THE LIBRARY

Curepedia: An A-Z of the Cure by Simon Price

The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want By: Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

First photos from inside Universal Studio’s new Orlando theme park Epic Universe revealed

A Very Honest Review on Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment | Universal's Epic Universe

Gadget recommendation - Electric Air Duster with Flashlight


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

George Wendt, Norm From Cheers, Dead at 76

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131: The Billion Dollar Show

131: The Billion Dollar Show

Jordan Cooper and Gigi Edgley join the show to fill in for Brian while he's on holiday. We talk drone camo, poop maps, luxury selfie sticks, Waze-holes, sports-splaining, fat pets and fitbits, bitchy guys named Bob, Facebook glitch makes 2 people happy. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/131 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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130: Pre-Hacking so You Don't Have To

130: Pre-Hacking so You Don't Have To

Apple Music & Google Inbox fails; getting screwed as a business; static salaries & rising costs; no peeple please; Derbycon recap; Amazon no longer a store; Scrotal Recall; Facebook copyright morons; that Patreon thing... Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/130 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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129: Selfie Selection

129: Selfie Selection

Jason's live at DerbyCon; a # is not consent; offloading our memories; Du Hast vomiting rainbows; algorithms will beat your fantasy team; dislike this; #KardBlock'n the dom; mystery emojis; making Steve Jobs boring; Snowden, Maher & Dawkins lose it. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/129 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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128: Demand your Replicator

128: Demand your Replicator

Is Star Trek's Utopia coming? Is HP irrelevant? Do e-books earn more at lower prices? Is Twitter going to lose a lawsuit over scanning DMs? Is the ad-blocking Peace app still available? Are we trapped in a closet? Do we like Betteridge's law of headlines? Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/128 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

18 Sep 20151h 4min

127: Give Me Porn, or Give Me Death

127: Give Me Porn, or Give Me Death

Quiznos burns Burning Man; Apple's new crap; McAfee 4 Prez; Augmented v Virtual reality; Russia bans porn, still into voyeurism; not into OverSuccess; new chairs, mail apps; welcome to the race, Homo naledi; Trainspotting 2, electric boogaloo? Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/127 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

11 Sep 20151h 28min

126: #ForceOpenYourWalletFriday

126: #ForceOpenYourWalletFriday

Star Wars has awakened to your wallet; Ashley Madison who?; Uber's pesky human problem; Google logos; free-dronin'; networkin' on the Playa; comfy butts & phantom wrist syndrome; Mr. Robot shows there's nothing new under the dystopian sci-fi sun. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/126 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

5 Sep 20151h 7min

125: Brony Madison

125: Brony Madison

What do Ashley Madison & the Middle Ages have in common? Flying Penises & Bronies! Rich idiots; Dismaland & Disneyland; Facebook billion day; Spotify "sorry-2"; cops get weaponized drones; Howard Stern kills advertising; tech chicks, don't get pregnant. Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/125 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

28 Aug 20151h 6min

124: Come and Knock on My Door

124: Come and Knock on My Door

Jason slammed for Apple Watch, Brian slammed for Uber; that whole Ashley Madison thing; the real cost of YouTube stardom; Amazon burn & churn; AT&T sells you out; Tarintino, Matt Damon, Patrick Stewart & Simon Pegg plus Bill Murray in Underoos! Show notes at http://grumpyoldgeeks.com/124 See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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