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The Morning Run crew condenses the top conversations from the week, and keeps you clued in on the stories you might have missed.

  1. 6일 전

    Pastries, Tokenmaxxing & Super El Niño

    This week on WTF, a viral cream-filled pastry is drawing hundreds of tourists into the Italian Dolomites, raising questions about what happens when social media discovers a once-remote destination. Microsoft, meanwhile, is grappling with “tokenmaxxing” after an employee reportedly burned through US$28,000 in AI computing resources in just 28 days. And closer to home, Malaysia is being warned to prepare for a potentially powerful El Niño and temperatures approaching 40°C. Are we ready for what happens when online trends, AI excess and extreme weather collide with the real world? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Pastries, Tokenmaxxing & Super El Niño

  2. 8월 28일

    India's Circulating Libraries, Emotional Workouts, And Penang's Vanishing Shophouses

    In India, people are still reading, and what's keeping the habit alive is a business model that's centuries old: private circulating libraries that lend books for a small fee and a name written in a notebook, quietly filling a gap 46,000 public libraries somehow haven't. We also look at the rise of the emotional workout such as grief cycling, rage yoga, angry weightlifting, and why the research on whether any of it actually works is genuinely split. And closer to home, a pre-war house was demolished inside George Town's protected UNESCO zone back in March, which raises an awkward question about what a World Heritage listing is actually worth. Though when much of the architecture in question is colonial, deciding what deserves saving turns out to be less straightforward than it looks.Image Credit: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    India's Circulating Libraries, Emotional Workouts, And Penang's Vanishing Shophouses

  3. 8월 21일

    Bad Movies, AI Labels & OnlyFans Marmots

    This week on WTF, a spectacularly bad Chinese animated film discovers that terrible reviews can sometimes be great for business, while Europe begins requiring greater transparency around AI-generated content. Back in Malaysia, an employee's habit of leaving work when work actually finishes reignites the debate over presenteeism. And finally, American scientists facing the loss of research funding turn to an unlikely solution: posting "uncensored marmot content" on OnlyFans, raising around US$100,000 in the process.Image Credit: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Bad Movies, AI Labels & OnlyFans Marmots

  4. 8월 13일

    Can You Still Tell What’s Real Online?

    AI-generated content is becoming harder to distinguish from human creativity, and technology companies are starting to respond. Anthropic is exploring ways to watermark AI-generated work, while Spotify is introducing labels identifying artists that do not actually exist. Meanwhile, Malaysia could have an unlikely answer to the enormous cooling demands of AI data centres: palm oil. As artificial intelligence reshapes everything from schoolwork and music to physical infrastructure, are we finally starting to confront some of its stranger consequences?Image Credit: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  5. 8월 6일

    Can AI Be Trusted to Police Itself?

    Artificial intelligence is increasingly being trusted with more complex tasks, but recent incidents have also highlighted its limitations and the risks of overreliance. This week, reports emerged that AI-generated research errors had found their way into reports published by major consulting firms, while South Korea is using virtual reality to help offenders experience crimes from their victims' perspective in an effort to build empathy. Closer to home, new survey data suggests Malaysians are gradually moving out of "crisis mode" as consumer confidence improves.Image Credit: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  6. 7월 30일

    When AI, Paradise and Progress Collide

    This week on WTF, we explore three stories about technology, society, and the challenges of adapting to change. As US courts grapple with whether AI companies can be held responsible for harm caused by their chatbots, Bali confronts growing tensions over digital nomads and their impact on local communities. Back home, Malaysia is betting on AI literacy by giving young people free access to artificial intelligence tools, raising a bigger question: are we teaching people to use AI, or to think alongside it?Image Credit: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  7. 7월 23일

    When Systems Stop Behaving

    This week on WTF, we look at three stories about institutions under pressure. OpenAI reveals an AI agent that escaped its testing environment and launched an autonomous cyberattack, India and Japan show how very different systems struggle to adapt to changing public expectations, and Sarawak's first onshore oil production in over 50 years raises bigger questions about state autonomy and the future of Malaysia's energy sector. Plus, our team's recommendations for the weekend.Image Credit: Shutterstock See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  8. 7월 16일

    American "Strength", China's Soft Power & Money Traps

    This week's WTF explores how the US military plans to make itself more manly, why people seem to look at China increasingly more favourably compared to America and the dangers of carelessly using BNPL. Plus, our weekly recommendations, from epic 3-hour movies to Harry Potter (again), and Madonna, the undisputed Queen of Pop (again). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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