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OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google are racing to unleash next-gen AI that hunts for software vulnerabilities and hacks at scale. This episode explores how these advancements could shake up everything we thought we knew about cybersecurity.

Microsoft rethinks Edge's "intended behavior" after it gets press.

Chaotic Eclipse hacker strikes again with a Bitlocker bypass.

Google's threat analysis group documents malicious AI use.

Canada hasn't learned the lessons of the EU and the UK.

AI chatbots may be far more addictive than social media.

Project: Hail Mary now available to stream.

An apparently-serious zero-point quantum vacuum energy source.

A bit of listener feedback.

OpenAI's & Microsoft's vulnerability discovery systems

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1079-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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How will Apple follow up on any AI announcements made at WWDC later in June, after Google held its Google I/O keynote? Some leaks of iOS 27's new design could be exciting for a lot of users. And the iPhone 17 is driving Apple's market share within the US, as the overall US smartphone market has declined.

Apple's new ChatGPT-like Siri App will have auto-deleting chats.

OpenAI is reportedly preparing legal action against Apple; it wouldn't be the first partner to feel burned.

Apple explores ways to welcome AI agents in the App Store.

The Siri for families Apple will never build.

iOS 27's new design leak sounds a lot like what I've been wanting most.

iPhone 17 keeps driving Apple marketshare, as US smartphone sales contract.

iPhone Ultra is coming: Six new features in Apple's high-end model.

Apple's security has been tough to crack. Mythos helped find a way in.

Epic Games' 'Fortnite' returns to App Stores worldwide.

Meta launches Instants, a new iPhone app and Instagram feature for ephemeral sharing.

Spotify adopting Apple's new video podcast tech for easier cross-platform publishing

Picks of the Week

Christina's Pick: Sentinel

Leo's Pick: RetroWin

Andy's Pick: Rechargeable Light Bulb

Jason's Pick: Mister Plimsoll

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

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Is the era of American tech dominance ending? Get an inside look at how China's pragmatic approach to AI, robotics, and hardware is shifting the global balance, and why the US might need a new playbook to keep up.

Trump and the CEOs go to China

NVIDIA CEO joins Trump in China despite 'awkward' politics

US clears H200 chip sales to 10 China firms as Nvidia CEO looks for breakthrough

Empty Waymos invade Atlanta neighborhood, circle cul-de-sac for hours with no passengers

The Class of 2026 is cooked

Chinese AI groups pull ahead of US rivals in video generation race

Google Weighs Using SpaceX to Launch Orbital Data Centers

What smart people are saying about OpenAI's new $10 billion company to help businesses deploy AI

Bitcoin trader recovers $400,000 using Claude AI after getting 'stoned' and losing wallet password 11 years ago — bot tried 3.5 trillion passwords before decrypting an old wallet backup

Your Mattress Got Worse on Purpose

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Harper Reed and Amy Webb

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British tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker reveals his hands-on approach to filtering the world's information overload with AI, from building custom news-gathering bots to teaching reporters where the human touch still matters. Find out how next-gen tools are reshaping the front lines of reporting, and what gets lost—and found—when machines do the first pass.

Google announces its Chromebook successor: the Googlebook

Google's $9.99-per-month AI health coach launches May 19

Google Says Criminal Hackers Used A.I. to Find a Major Software Flaw

Students boo AI at commencement: video

Sam Altman faces awkward grilling over 'toxic culture of lying'

(20) rat king 🐀 on X: "okay incredible: OpenAI showing a "half of a jackass" trophy of a donkey's behind, a golden little league trophy, with a label — "never stop being a jackass...for safety" this is something musk gave to an openai employee after musk called him a jackass trophy looks nice" / X

NHTSA says the 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first car model to pass the agency's new ADAS tests; Tesla conducted the tests and submitted the results to the NHTSA

Trump's China trip collides with AI security fears

Jensen Huang to college grads: "Run. Don't walk" toward AI

Tech rivalry, distrust sap summit hopes for Trump-Xi AI push

VIDEO: Watch a team of humanoid robots running a full 8-hr shift at human performance levels.

Anthropic's Claude Managed Agents can now "dream," sort of

Anthropic says Claude's blackmail behavior came from fictional evil AI stories online

Anthropic's C.E.O. Says It Could Grow by 80 Times This Year

Anthropic Expands Push Into Legal Industry With New AI Tools

The new Wild West of AI kids' toys

Internet Archive Switzerland

Perceptron Mk1 shocks with highly performant video analysis AI model 80-90% cheaper than Anthropic, OpenAI & Google

Mira Murati's AI dream team got their stock options. Now many are out.

The New York Times Published an A.I.-Fabricated Quote Attributed to Pierre Poilievre

AI will soon be capable of telling convincing lies

Thinking Machines shows off preview of near-realtime AI voice and video conversation with new 'interaction models'

Hallucinopedia

Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the 'Class of 1996'

Sand shortage



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Guest: Chris Stokel-Walker

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It's not just Recall: Security vulnerabilities that require you to sign into an account on your PC are not necessarily vulnerabilities. Also, Windows 11 gets its first big feature updates in this week's Patch Tuesday releases. Snapseed 4.0 comes to Android/iOS, and Claude FM is great for relaxing or getting coding/work done. Plus, the Helium browser has emerged as a favorite with 2 notable caveats: No online settings sync and no mobile client.

Windows

25H2/24H2: Xbox Mode, Agents on the Taskbar, more

26H1: Smart App Control improvements, other things we saw previously (26H1 is like the stable version of Canary, it seems)

Microsoft used a new Mythos-like model called MDASH to find vulnerabilities this month, so expect the numbers of fixed bugs to jump in coming months

A low-latency profile for Windows will let it optimize for app/UI launch performance just like mobile platforms already do

New builds across most channels with two major changes: Touchpad improvements in Experimental and free upgrade path to Pro for education users in Experimental Beta.

A new threat emerges

Google announces Googlebook, an Android-based laptop platform with Google Intelligence

Some morning-after thoughts, including Microsoft promising AI and that Copilot will be the new Start, while Google delivers AI and is remaking the laptop as an intelligent device

AI

Microsoft Edge gets big AI and productivity updates on desktop and mobile

An Anthropic engineer argues that AI should use HTML for output, not Markdown. He's right.

About that 4 GB Gemini Nano model that Chrome secretly downloads

OpenAI brings Codex to Google Chrome

Security

A Bitlocker concern emerges

Microsoft Edge loads all saved passwords into plain text when it launches, Microsoft says this is as intended

Mozilla patched 423 vulnerabilities in Firefox during April, most courtesy of Anthropic Mythos

465 million Amazon customers have enrolled in passkeys

Xbox & gaming

Xbox Insider Program: New build for console with previously announced new boot animation, tiered Gamerscore badges, new filters in Game Library

Forza Horizon 6 leaks on Steam, those who play it early will be banned until the sun swallows the earth

Discord Nitro now has an Xbox Game Pass Starter Edition perk

Mojang will host a special MINECRAFT LIVE event on May 30

Sony sold just 1.5 million PS5s in most recent quarter, its lowest number yet

Nintendo sold just 2.49 million Switch 2s in quarter, lowers annual estimates

Supreme Court gives Apple the 🖕 so Epic v. Apple will head to remedy phase

Tips & picks

Tip of the week: A web browser is the 1st step for anyone looking to escape Big Tech

App pick of the week: Helium

RunAs Radio this week: Production LLMs with Vaishnavi Gudur

Brown liquor pick of the week: Gouden Carolus Port Oak

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