Mythos, Manhattan, and a Mountain of Mowers

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In this episode:

AI SECURITY & THE BUG HUNT

• Mythos finds a curl vulnerability
• Anthropic's Mythos is already finding security flaws in Apple software
• Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation

BIG TECH & AI PLATFORMS

• Apple could open up iOS 27 to competing AI models
• Introducing Googlebook, designed for Gemini Intelligence
• Lovable just backed a company that's looking to bring vibe coding to hardware

DATA CENTERS VS. THE GRID

• Data centers are cutting power to homes, driving homeowners to solar and batteries
• 'Irresponsible': backlash as Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan

SURVEILLANCE & THE STATE

• The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number
• California to begin ticketing driverless cars that violate traffic laws

STREAMING, SOCIAL & SCREENS

• Meta launches Instants, a new iPhone app and Instagram feature for ephemeral sharing
• Spotify to adopt Apple's new video podcast tech
• YouTube viewers watch 2 billion hours of Shorts on TVs each month

WEIRD AND WACKY

• Clawdmeter turns your Claude Code usage stats into a tiny desktop dashboard

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - Paperclip
• Adam - https://captions.ai/

Find us here:

• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com

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