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EPISODE · Mar 7, 2026 · 13 MIN

Wikipedia’s JavaScript Worm, GPT-5.4 Drops, and Amodei Calls Altman a Liar

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A Wikimedia security engineer accidentally detonates a dormant two-year-old JavaScript worm that self-propagates through admin accounts and puts all of Wikipedia into read-only mode, OpenAI releases GPT-5.4 with million-token context and native computer-use as they try to recover from the military deal fallout, Dario Amodei calls OpenAI's Pentagon messaging straight up lies in a blistering staff memo, a federal judge orders the government to refund over $130 billion in invalidated tariffs amid insider trading allegations, a viral blog post argues the L in LLM stands for lying, the chardet Python library uses Claude to rewrite LGPL code and relicense to MIT sparking fears of copyleft collapse, and Google releases a Workspace CLI with AI agent support.

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