652: Casual Pirates

OpenAI was open to bidding wars between USA, China & Russia; AI hitting wall where it can't get smarter; visibility set to zero; walking back Windows Recall; Tesla FSD false advertising, SpaceX bad behavior; refreezing the arctic; casual piracy; flying the personalized ad skies; Netflix wins the hot dog wars; Stax; Interview with the Vampire; Camden; Bad Boys; Computer, wine, no merlot; Shkreli; the 90s; Adobe pricing; everything Apple killed at WWDC 2024; smartphones are the new eggs; Spotify; A Science-Fiction Thriller; the Acolyte; Kings Dominion & theme parks; driving in the USA. Show notes at https://gog.show/652 Sponsors: 1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1password Private Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month. SetApp - With a single monthly subscription, you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!! FOLLOW UP Former OpenAI Employee Says Company Had Plan to Start Agi Bidding War With China and Russia AI Appears to Rapidly Be Approaching Brick Wall Where It Can't Get Smarter Cheating husband sues Apple after wife discovered ‘deleted’ messages sent to sex workers Microsoft to delay release of Recall AI feature on security concerns IN THE NEWS Tesla shareholders vote yes again to approve Elon Musk’s $56B pay plan Tesla Must Face False Advertising Claims Around 'Full Self-Driving' in California: Report Elon Musk sued for alleged sexual harassment and retaliation by former SpaceX engineers Scientists Working on Desperate Plan to Refreeze Arctic The Ads on Your United Airlines In-Flight Screen Are Getting a Lot More Specific Netflix has Sherlocked Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest OpenAI adds former NSA chief to its board MEDIA CANDY Cheaper Prices Reduce Indirect Visits to Pirate Sites, Research Finds Stax: Soulsville U.S.A Interview With The Vampire Camden The Boys Will End After Season 5 Bad Boys: Ride or Die Paul Giamatti Is Beaming Aboard Star Trek: Starfleet Academy ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli accused of copying $4m one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album 90’s Electronica / Alternative APPS & DOODADS Everything Apple Tried to Kill at WWDC 2024 Smartphones May Affect Sleep—but Not Because of Blue Light Spotify’s HiFi plan could finally arrive this year, but you may need to pay extra Spotify will start showing you personalized banners and messages based on your listening habits Music publishers accuse Spotify of 'bait-and-switch subscription scheme' watchOS 11 lets you take a day off working out without losing your streak Elon Musk Just Cancelled iPhones X is about to start hiding all likes AI Detectors Get It Wrong. Writers Are Being Fired Anyway MacWhisper Turkish student creates custom AI device for cheating university exam, gets arrested AT THE LIBRARY The Nineties: A Book by Chuck Klosterman Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery by Scott Young Unidentified: A Science-Fiction Thriller by Douglas E. Richards THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop The Acolyte