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October 20266 episodes

Episode 5014:16

A Do-Not-Scrape Sign Nobody Has to Obey

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic back a shared robots.txt opt-out for AI training, but it's a preference, not a lock. Also: a trojanized Claude Code extension in Cursor's marketplace, Cloudflare's weak eMudhra certificate keys, and an NES emulator built into Qwen's weights.

  • A Do-Not-Scrape Sign With No Lock
  • The Extension That Wasn't Anthropic's
  • A Combination Lock Set to Four
  • Hardware Brief
Episode 3914:29

A Cheap, Fast Model With a Confidence Problem

MiniMax announces M3.1 Flash, with a free OpenRouter endpoint and a reliability catch. Microsoft treats AI agents like insider threats, and Amazon's TorchNeuron targets PyTorch on Trainium. Plus a Copilot model policy API, the Plex2Shell exploits and Tenstorrent's $1.5 billion.

  • A Free Model With a Confidence Problem
  • Agents Get a Badge and a Leash
  • One Line Off Nvidia
  • Hardware Brief
Episode 3714:32

A Backup App Held the Keys to 173 Tenants

A compromised ConnectWise backup credential reached 173 Microsoft 365 tenants. DeepSeek ships a million-token Flash snapshot, and Drupal patches two critical remote code execution flaws. Plus an ESP32 emulator that runs in your browser.

  • The Backup App With the Keys
  • A Snapshot That Took Over the Old Names
  • Six Years in a Callback
  • Two Point Eight Trillion, Not Two
Episode 3213:56

Meta's Best Model Isn't in the API

Meta launches Muse Wonder, but its top model, Wonder Full, stays out of the API. GitLab patches a CVSS 10.0 CI/CD code-execution flaw, and AWS brings Express and Next.js to Lambda Web Functions. Plus GridCraft, a Rust spreadsheet.

  • Maximum Effort, Not Maximum Model
  • A Regex Walks Into a Build Server
  • Lambda Learns to Listen on a Port
  • Hardware Brief
Episode 2714:40

Haiku Is Ninety Percent Cheaper, Until You Count Tokens

Claude Haiku 5.5 cuts list prices 90 percent on short prompts, but a new tokenizer may eat some of that. Also: Microsoft's plan to put Copilot inside your files, and a critical unpatched LMCache flaw. Plus Docker Agent, FortiBleed and a fake Meta ad.

  • Haiku Gets Cheap. Does Your Bill?
  • Copilot Gets the Keys
  • Pickle Over the Wire
  • Hardware Brief
Episode 2312:48

The Agent Said Done. The Database Disagreed.

Microsoft's ThinkingBox benchmark grades agents on database state, not their own report. Cloudflare wants developers to build the next Git platform for agents, with credits as the prize. Plus the Coucou notch app, Zig 0.17, Istio 1.31 and uv.

  • When Done Isn't Done
  • Cloudflare Wants Your Git Platform

September 20262 episodes

Episode 1213:32

The AI Price War Just Got a Security Problem

Anthropic and OpenAI both cut prices on flagship models within hours of each other. Microsoft took down a subscription crime service that used an AI chatbot to read your email before criminals did. Plus new Snapdragon chips built for on-device AI.

  • The Price Floor Just Dropped
  • Chips Built to Keep AI Off the Cloud
  • When Criminals Get an AI Assistant Too
  • What ShinyHunters Says It Took From the FBI
  • Meta's Awkward Compliment
Episode 313:54

OpenAI Goes For-Profit While Amazon Cuts Deep

OpenAI completes its for-profit conversion with Microsoft's stake locked in, Amazon confirms 30,000 corporate layoffs, Tesla's robotaxi fleet draws a fresh NHTSA probe, and the EU issues its first AI Act fines against Meta and X.

  • The Nonprofit That Wasn't
  • Thirty Thousand Emails
  • Who's Watching the Robotaxi
  • Brussels Sends the Bill
  • Further Than Last Time