IM 859: What's Behind the Fox? - Tech's Gilded Age

Feb 26, 2026

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What happens when the creator of Stack Overflow decides he's going to take on rural poverty with a guaranteed minimum income—and bankrolls it himself? Find out why Jeff Atwood believes AI and philanthropy might matter more to the American dream than any new software ever could.

Hegseth gives Anthropic CEO until Friday to back down in AI safeguards fight
Musk's xAI and Pentagon reach deal to use Grok in classified systems
Anthropic Accuses Chinese Companies of Siphoning Data From Claude
How will OpenAI compete? — Benedict Evans
My first vibe coding project!
Anthropic Links AI Agent With Tools for Investment Banking, HR
THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS
QuitGPT is going viral — 700,000 users are reportedly ditching ChatGPT for these AI rivals
IBM is the latest AI casualty. Shares tank 13% on Anthropic programming language threat
OpenAI's first ChatGPT gadget could be a smart speaker with a camera
ChatGPT spits out surprising insight in particle physics
"Clavicular was mid jestergooning when a group of Foids came and spiked his Cortisol levels 😭 Is Ignoring the Foids while munting and mogging Moids more useful then SMV chadfishing in the club?"
Perplexity may have built a better OpenClaw | The Deep View
Google restricting Google AI Pro/Ultra subscribers for using OpenClaw
Gemini 3.1 Pro
Firefox 148 Launches with AI Kill Switch Feature and More Enhancements
You can now make Alexa's AI personality more friendly, blunt, or chilled out
Claude Remote-Control
Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox
OpenAI engineer's OpenClaw agent accidentally sends $450K to a Twitter rando
AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
More Than Half of Teens Use Chatbots for Schoolwork, Survey Finds
What's the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
AI Now Helps Manage 16% of America's Apartments
LLM-Generated Passwords Look Strong but Crack in Hours, Researchers Find
Hacker Used Anthropic's Claude To Steal Sensitive Mexican Data - Slashdot
Uber employees have an AI clone of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi — and use 'Dara AI' before talking to the big boss himself
Men 'yell' at AI in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS 80% more than women
It's Called the 'Fitbit for Farts'—and It's No Joke
I Taught My Dog to Vibe Code Games | Caleb Leak
This app alerts you when it detects Meta camera glasses nearby
Famous Signatures Through History
Finally got a Fujifilm!
I'm addicted to NYT Crossplay
Jeff's new friends
How far back in time can you understand English?

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Jeff Atwood

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