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Techgrumps 3.41 AI roundup AI elites don't get it https://www.404media.co/podcast-elites-just-dont-get-ai/ Mathematicians worries https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/ Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. https://theconversation.com/pope-leo-warns-of-ais-risks-to-humanity-in-his-first-encyclical-283684 OpenClaw has 800,000...

Techgrumps 3.40 AI round up All Birds Sam Altman vs Elon Musk over OpenAI Mocking Richard Dawkins: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/richard-dawkins-ai-consciousness-anthropic-claude-openai-chatgpt Apple pays $250m fine https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/apple-siri-ai-settlement (AI roundup) A bill proposed in the US would add "AI literacy" https://www.404media.co/...

TechGrumps 3.39 : Mythos only for the elite AI round table Open claw and the separation of concerns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKqrmS6dKDg Esquire AI generates an actor who couldn't make their schedule for an interview https://kotaku.com/one-piece-netflix-live-action-mackenyu-interview-esquire-ai-singapore-2000684648 Mythos: Anthropic Mythos Only for the elite https://www.scientificamerican.c...

Techgrumps 3.38 AI roundup Comparing and showing diffs of the openai mission statement over time, https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/13/openai-mission-statement/ DE]The new web is markdown https://blog.cloudflare.com/markdown-for-agents/ Agentic AI taking on the engineered process friction https://tomloosemorework.wordpress.com/2026/02/19/ai-and-the-end-of-friction-as-a-policy-lever/ App detects i...

Techgrumps 3.37 - AI Discussions sandboxed for your security The AI Skills Hub is a bit lightweight. https://aiskillshub.org.uk/ Anthropic has invested 1.5M in the Python Software Foundation https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/13/anthropic-invests-15-million-in-the-python-software-foundation-a/ ChatGPT launching advertising in chatGPT products: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/16/chatgpt-ads/ the...

Techgrumps 3.36 Mozilla, Firefox and AI https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/mozillas-new-ceo-says-ai-is-coming-to-firefox-but-will-remain-a-choice/ The return of smart glasses and wearables https://www.theverge.com/column/797938/optimizer-newsletter-wearable-hell-smart-glasses-smart-rings-ai-hardware https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx23ke7rm7go Now at the "Get The F*** Off X/Twitter" stage https...

Techgrumps 3.3.5 (Special holiday special) Hannah: is grumpy about marketers using "GEO" or "Generative Engine Optimisation" https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/dec/10/is-retail-ready-for-ai-shaking-up-how-we-shop? CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Ian is grumpy about how social is eroding relationships, causing loneliness and exhaustion https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5627156/social-media-digital...

Techgrumps 3.34 Local council cyberattacks https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252526106/Annual-costs-of-Hackney-ransomware-attack-exceed-12m https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2w43ry5lo Planes patches https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp9d28p74o The iOS of Android and the problems https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/google-will-let-android-power-users-bypass-upcoming-sideloading-restr...

Techgrumps 3.33 AI browsers, WTF? https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/10/31/the-gated-web/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fountains_of_Paradise Amazon goes down, what next? https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/10/24/its-always-dns/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c5y8k7k6v1rt Python software foundation rejects DEI strings https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/python_foundation_abandons_...

Techgrums 3.32 UK Digital ID https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/09/26/the-absurdity-card/ Christie’s has quietly shuttered its digital art department https://news.artnet.com/market/christies-scraps-digital-art-department-2685784 Age verification and online safety https://www.wired.com/story/vpn-use-spike-age-verification-laws-uk/ Meshtastic and different networks https://www.theregister.com/...

Techgrumps 3.31 My wearable says please stand-up https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2025/06/24/rfk-jr-wants-a-wearable-on-your-wrist-00419190 Switzerland releases a public LLM https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/770646/switzerland-ai-model-llm-open-apertus AI is a 4 year trying to impress you with stupid moves https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-calendar-invite...

Techgrumps 3.30 UK's online safety act requires users to verify their age for adult content VPN usage massively up! - https://mashable.com/article/proton-vpn-uk-age-verification-signups The gated internet - https://reason.com/2025/07/28/the-age-gated-internet-is-here/ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-great-british-firewall-age-verification-has-failed/ What happened to hobbies? https://yout...

Techgrumps 3.29 The Fediverse and Bluesky https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2025/06/27/revival/ World Orb launches in the UK https://eandt.theiet.org/2025/06/09/sam-altmans-eyeball-scanning-device-designed-tell-humans-bots-arrives-uk https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66128111 AI Boyfriends https://www.forbes.com/sites/cathyhackl/2025/06/23/confessions-of-a-futurist-i-dated-four-a https://sho...

Techgrumps 3.28 AI chatbots lie saying they are licensed therapists Open letter to Keir Starmer about technological sovereignty Self-hosting is Sovereignty? AOB Andor Dr Who F You Very Much: Understanding the Culture of Rudeness Fediforum 2025 PublicSpaces conference 2025 ToS for Starlink

Techgrumps Can't remove the Meta AI button from WhatsApp NAS DRM on hard drives? The Vatican guide to AI Digital Legacy and victim sentencing GDS playbook for AI Ryans Enshittification corner Duolingo flys too close to the sun Discord looking to IPO AOB (any other business) Surveillance tips for protesters So you want to be a dissident EFF tips RFKjr wants to test vaccines against a placebo. Mozil...

Techgrumps 3.26 NHS prescription app Vape-o-gotchi Pebble is a sign of the times AOB Torturing AI to get better results AI being used for avoiding whale collisions Mozilla Global Festival Nov 2025 in Barcelona Shelfies

Techgrumps 3.25 Secret UK order tells Apple to give up their users data HP is acquiring Humane for $116 million Computational Photography/capture, is getting boring and flattering everything My bed is spying on me AOB: Any other business Cory Doctorows's The Bezzle Ian's Framework 13 laptop Long article on Zizian's dark AI future Balatro challenges Open Rights Group, Save our sites

Techgrumps 3.24 Meta is changing things up, again. Pebble source code is open and promises good things DeepSeek (because everyone else is) $Trump memecoin Any other business Outdraw AI Framework laptop Wendy is playing live!

Fediverse discussion End of clubbing & raving? Dumpster diving ? Any Other Business Privacy, cars and e*** m*** https://ingredifind.co.uk Honey Influencer Scam

Techgrumps 3.22.5 (2024 holiday special) Verbal review of Vapiano Great Portland Street, London Ed Zitron's very long rant House of Lords debate about AI scraping and Robots.txt Earl Pomerantz, "Your Presents Are Requested" presented by the Techgrumps Any other business Chrome stopping common and useful adblockers James Lileks for preserving something digital Vote for Six feet under a data centre...

Techgrumps 3.22 The end of twitter again? The demise of 23andMe The top ten grossing films of this year are all sequels? AOB

Techgrumps 3.21 Sam Altman and that Worldcoin Digital legacy and death in the age of the internet and before The whole Webarchive/archive issue Russia fines Google more money than exists Any other business The Divide - A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions - by Jason Hicke TFL post-cyberattack Cory Doctrow on bluesky iO domain will disappear

The techgrumps are back into the swing of things, feeling the pumpkin spice and considering its effect on the tech industry. Of course theres a bit of diversion to the poohniverse… Oh yes, oooh-errr! The grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, David Eastman, Wendy Grossman and Ryan Alexander. As they rant and rave about the monthly tech stories. Enjoy the mp3 audio and share with oth...

The techgrumps are back from a busy summer holiday, straight into the nexus of tech news. The grumps this time include the voices of Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman, Andy Piper and Ryan Alexander. As they rant and rave about the monthly tech stories. With that great quote from Jon Stewart. “Your fear of some dystopian authoritarian future is making it impossible for the rest of us to make life bette...

The techgrumps are back with a slew of mainly AI stories as they parse through the electronic chaff and wheat. The grumps this time include the tones of Ian Forrester, Wendy Grossman, David Eastman and Andy Piper. as they reflect on the monthly tech stories. Enjoy the mp3 audio and share with others. Remember to use the #techgrumps on any social networks you maybe using to message us or learn more...