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Mar 12, 2026 1 hr 2 min

techgrumps 3.38 - The bettification of everything

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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 if Smart glasses are near https://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter LLMs can de-anonymize pseudonymous online accounts. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16800 LLMs can link profiles and postings pretty much killing online anonymity: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16800 Prediction market insanity https://www.404media.co/r/85964917 https://www.techbuzz.ai/articles/prediction-markets-the-gamble-disguised-as-news The disappearing web https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/20/webpages_vanish_decade/ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/preserving-the-web-is-not-the-problem-losing-it-is/ Eternity Service https://phrack.org/issues/51/12 Surveillance pricing https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/lawmakers-move-ban-surveillance-pricing-162758282.html AOB's Report from protocols for publishers https://protocolsforpublishers.com/event-recap-london-2026/?ref=protocols-for-publishers-newsletter#stakeholder-forum Fediverse sharing https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr156-share-where/

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  1. 0:00 Intros
  2. 1:07 AI round up
  3. 26:20 Prediction market madness
  4. 38:06 The disappearing web
  5. 51:08 Surveillance pricing
  6. 1:00:43 AOBs and ending

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