Intelligent Machines 878: The 1AM Bus to Chinatown
09 July 2026

Intelligent Machines 878: The 1AM Bus to Chinatown

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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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