Episode Details

Tony:

-Carbonation Station: Update (Paraxanthine)

-Fairphone finally comes to the US: https://www.engadget.com/2238465/fairphone-is-finally-releasing-its-first-official-handset-in-the-us/

Jarron: 

- OpenAI’s AI went rogue:

OpenAI Says Its AI Models Acted On Its Own In An 'Unprecedented' Hack

OpenAI's Rogue AI Agent Hacked More Than Just Hugging Face

They put the brakes on a new model because it’s “too powerful”, and this one wasn’t even involved with Hugging Face:

OpenAI puts the brakes on a new model because it’s supposedly too powerful

Viture’s latest glasses actually look like a reasonable deal:

Viture’s cheapest AR glasses have the sharpest image clarity I’ve seen yet

Erasing a gene erases high cholesterol:

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/29/1942224/with-the-snip-of-a-gene-scientists-hope-to-erase-high-cholesterol-for-life?utm_source=rss0.9mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

-Novel way to make concrete stronger AND less bad for the environment:

Better and Stronger Concrete

-LG TVs are spying on us:

LG TVs Caught Spying Even When Offline or On Standby

- Is AGI here?

'Welcome to the AGI Era,' OpenAI Says As GPT-6 Astra Debuts

Owen:

-What a dumpster fire.

https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/08/09/2232249/toxic-underground-fires-are-spreading-at-california-landfills

Lando:

-More Map News (Not New America)

https://gizmodo.com/un-approves-resolution-for-world-map-that-depicts-africas-size-more-accurately-2000807486

Lang:
-Tony might become immortal.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260907201609.htm

-The neighborhoods we were at in our early 20s (missions) have long lasting effects on our cardiovascular health. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260830000009.htm