IM 878: The 1AM Bus to Chinatown - Robots, Bison, and the Art of Savoring Small Stuff

Whether it's the sensory joy of homemade gelato or the privacy risks baked into AI-powered apps, the conversation spotlights how technology is transforming even the simplest moments—and why it's not always for the better.

• OpenAI gets permission to roll out GPT-5.6 to the public on July 9
• Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China's top AI models, sources say
• OpenAI floats giving Trump administration 5 percent cut of AI boom
• Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven't progressed as quickly as he'd hoped
• Meta money grab is a plea to investors: Stick with us
• Meta just launched a new AI generator, Muse Image, and users are already pushing back over use of their photos
• Meta tests 'super sensing' AI glasses that can capture every moment
• Google's AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025
• Nvidia's Kyber AI rack slips to 2028, and one circuit board is to blame
• Cloudflare will filter out web crawlers that serve AI companies
• A Twist in This Year's Strangest Literary AI Scandal
• Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI usage
• Brown Professor Suspects Majority of His Class Used AI to Cheat
• Reid Hoffman: Introducing Tokens to the Future: Token Grants to AI Builders
• Tilly Norwood to Lead New Movie 'Misaligned,' Marking Feature Debut for AI 'Actor'
• MaximeRivest/riddle: The diary of Tom Riddle for the reMarkable Paper Pro — write with your pen, the page drinks your ink and answers in a flowing hand
• lfnovo/open-notebook: An Open Source implementation of Notebook LM with more flexibility and features
• GuideAlong

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Ian Bogost

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