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EPISODE · Sep 20, 2026 · 2H 16M

32 - Regulatory Propaganda

from Two and a Half Bens · host Pheonix, PhoneBoy, and SirBemrose

Attacker stole a METR API key, used $600K worth of credits, and no one noticed for weeks DefCon 34 - Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later - Cliff Stoll⁩ US says Chinese firms extracted billions of tokens from frontier AI models This shirt is like an AI invisibility cloak ASCII smuggling isn't just an AI security risk Anthropic wants Claude to analyze your bank account and financial data ESA Says It Has Two Lawsuits Pending Against 'Illegal' Private Minecraft Servers Hackers Got Inside a Flock Camera. Its Data Shows How the System Really Works Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract September Windows Server updates break Remote Desktop Services Microsoft fixes bug that wiped Windows desktop settings AWS puts AI vulnerability detection to the test, and false positives pile up New Microsoft Defender 'ShieldCrash' zero-day grants SYSTEM access AI doctor assistants make life-or-death choices very differently from humans AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack Governor Newsom issues executive order to accelerate independent oversight and advance the creation of an AI kill switch Waymo pulls over, calls cops on riders with a ghost gun Executive Producer: Sir bigl0af Follow SirBemrose, Pheonix, and PhoneBoy on Mastodon

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