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Cybercriminals are harnessing AI not to break in, but to make sense of their stolen loot and increase their leverage in multi-million dollar ransomware heists. This episode unpacks how AI is now turbocharging extortion and negotiations on the dark side.

The "bone crushing" didn't happen this month.

Revisiting and inspecting July's Patch Tuesday.

A widespread and worrisome flaw in OpenSSL.

Claude can now access your 1Password credentials.

Bitwarden is aware that we need whole new security.

The day ends in "y" so a new prompt injection attack.

A true (and rare) core Wordpress emergency update.

Lots of interesting listener feedback.

And new ways AI is being used by bad guys

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1088-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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Apple is raising its subscription prices for both Apple Music & select Apple One bundles. The OpenAI & Apple legal battle is escalating. And are Siri's AI features finally coming to China?

Apple raises prices for Apple Music and Apple One subscriptions.

Is Apple One worth it for you after recent price hikes?

iCloud $32.8B CSAM lawsuit dismissed, Apple protected under Section 230 laws.

Apple in talks to settle DOJ antitrust lawsuit, per report.

Class action accuses Apple of misleading users about Hide My Email's privacy protections.

OpenAI and Apple legal battle escalates, poached employees warned about data deletion.

Apple Intelligence finally on the road to release in China.

PrismML releases Bonsai 27B, claiming first major AI model of its size fit for iPhone.

Apple's New Speech API vs Whisper: The First Real Benchmark.

Apple testing 'Live Notes' AI system to record Genius Bar sessions.

Apple's scrapped Mac Pro plans reportedly included a new Intel model.

visionOS 27 Beta: 90-Hertz-Freeze bei 24p-Quellen und neue Controller-Plattform.

A.I. 'Vibecoded' apps are flooding Apple's app store.

Investigation reveals dozens of disguised gambling apps on the App Store in Brazil.

San Francisco demands Apple and Google delete AI 'nudify' apps from App Stores.

Picks of the Week

Jason's Pick: Breville One-Touch Tea Maker

Christina's Pick: Nativ

Andy's Picks: David Bowie NASA Bolt Sticker & dbrand MacBook skin

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Jason Snell, and Christina Warren

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What happens when China drops open-weight AI models that rival Silicon Valley's best? This episode unpacks how a new wave of international AI releases is shaking up business, policy, and the future of innovation.

Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away."

Claude on X: "Beginning July 20, Claude Fable 5 will be included in all Max and Team Premium plans, at 50% of limits. Pro and Team Standard users will continue to have access to Fable via usage credits, and will receive a one-time $100 credit. Demand for Fable has been challenging to"

China's Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi Model, Threatening America's Lead

Alibaba's Qwen Unveils Preview of Flagship AI Model

Social media limits are coming for teens across Europe

The White House is now deciding who gets access to frontier AI models, not the labs

Microsoft chief turns hostile on frontier AI labs, warns companies to guard their IP

Meta Is Flooding the Market With Smartglasses. Privacy Advocates Are Up in Arms.

Federal employees can download TikTok on government devices, DOJ says

Amazon Web Services customers receive bills for up to $1.5tn after global glitch

MLB cracks down on using AI via dugout iPads to help shape in-game decisions

White House Teleprompter Operator Bet on Trump Speeches, Kalshi Says

New York school district is testing lifelike robot teachers

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed and Alex Wilhelm

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With open weight models fast approaching the power and utility of closed AI giants, enterprises face tough choices about privacy, sovereignty, and who they can trust. Explore why the next tech revolution might depend on which models stay truly open—and who gets to keep using them.

Mozilla's inaugural 'State of Open Source AI' Report with CTO Raffi Krikorian - https://stateofopensource.ai/

Apple sues OpenAI, alleging it stole trade Secrets

Google's Demis Hassabis says it's time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US

Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes massive 570 flaws, 3 zero-days

White House details 'Gold Eagle' clearinghouse for AI cyber threats

Introducing GPT-Live

From Chatbot to Command Center

OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs

A Green Being (@a_green_being) on X

What xAI Grok Build CLI actually sends to xAI - a wire-level analysis (grok 0.2.93)

Musk promises purge after Grok Build caught sending entire repos to the cloud

PrismML — Announcing Bonsai 27B: The First 27B-Class Model to Run on a Phone

Fidji Simo steps down from leading OpenAI's AGI work due to illness

OpenAI has folded safety into research again. Its head of safety is leaving.

We built a vulnerability vending machine: AI tokens in, zero-days out

Australia demands AI companies must produce more energy than they consume, stop 'theft' of content

White House not ruling out action on open-source AI models

The Hard-Line Activists Ramping Up for the War With AI - WSJ

Super Dario: One More Week

How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing | jola.dev

History of LLMs: Complete Timeline & Evolution (1950-2026)

No, You Shouldn't Avoid Fruits and Vegetables Due to Cyclospora

Google creator profiles

Dust jacket



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Guest: Raffi Krikorian

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Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday just shattered records with hundreds of bug fixes, and AI is the force behind the surge. Are we witnessing the beginning of a safer Windows, or is this flood of vulnerabilities the new normal? Plus, Tony Redmond's epic book has a new name (was Office 365 for IT Pros) and is now a bundle of four books.

Windows

Patch Tuesday is here!

Point in Time Restore, quieter Widgets, Windows Update improvements, Screen tint, and more

The biggest Patch Tuesday in history, by far: a record 570 fixes for security flaws, and a huge 3X increase from the then-record flaws fixed last month. (Some say the number is 622. Math is hard.) And this is on top of 468 Microsoft Edge/Chromium flaws that were fixed by Google this month too. Yikes.

Microsoft discusses how it's improving Windows security with AI

Windows Insider Program: Improved Windows Search is next on the docket, heading out to Experimental this week. Question: When do these things hit stable?

Microsoft releases Snapdragon X2 versions of its Surface for Business Pro and Laptop models

AI

Apple sues OpenAI for stealing trade secrets

Surprised there was no talk of "thermonuclear war"

OpenAI's response is hilarious, and it is already prepping its first hardware device

OpenAI just announced the rumored super app, which is a combination of ChatGPT, Work, Codex, and an in-app web browser, which replaces the standalone Atlas web browser. Also, GPT-5.6.

In keeping with recent history, Anthropic announced its in-app web browser for Claude less than 24 hours later

Reminder that Microsoft acknowledged that it, too, is working on an AI super app at Build

Apple releases public betas of its OS 27 releases and, shocker, Siri is really good

Now Spotify has an AI chatbot so I can tell it how much I hate Spotify

Xbox and gaming

Obsidian is working on a new Fallout game, duh.

A quiet time after last week's terribleness

Tips and picks

Tip of the week: Microsoft 365 for IT Pros (2027 edition) is here!

App pick of the week: MusicBee

RunAs Radio this week: Finding Security Vulnerabilities using AI with Sami Laiho

Brown liquor pick of the week: Sanctuary Single Malt Whisky Reserve Edition

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