The Totally Spaced but Truly Xcited Edition

The SpaceX IPO is about to drop in what is expected to be the world's highest value initual public offering, one that will make Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire. SoftBank might have shown a weakness in the AI sector when it was unable to use its 9.7% share in OpenAI as collateral against a 6Billion loan. Anthropic has released a public version of its mythical Mythos model but security experts doubt the efficacy of the guardrails Anthropic has built around the model. A German court has held Google liable for statements made by Gemini in AI Overviews. Ruling that generative AI responses are not like traditional search results because they make declarations that were written by Google itself. Claude is the fastest growing AI traffic source, outpacing ChatGPT and Gemini. Amazon has turnee Alexa into a shopping agent and ad platform. WebMCP can be used to hijack AI Agents. Chrome will not set AI Mode as the default search experience leaving traditional search results as part of the mix. Google has released new guidence for third party SEO tools, services and advice. Google Shopping Results tests linking directly to the merchant's site. And lastly, ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini appear to be obesessed with a fellow named Elias Thorne. We take a look at why. All this and much more on a long and newsy Webcology.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy