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Mythos Leaks, Token Billing, Claude Routines, and OpenAI's Big Week (Image Gen 2.0 + 5.5) The hosts attempt a chaotic "lightning round" covering major AI and tech stories: Anthropic's Mythos tool was reportedly accessed despite being considered too dangerous to release, yet it helped find serious Firefox bugs; Microsoft is criticized for new monetization moves including token-based GitHub billing, licensing "agents," and deeper Anthropic/Claude integration that may raise private-tenant data concerns. They discuss Claude "routines" that trigger on events for faster sales and help-desk responses, alongside ongoing risks like spyware incidents, OAuth-token attacks, and a Vercel hack. OpenAI's Codex is described as operating a Mac via the GUI while sending screenshots to servers, and ChatGPT Image Gen 2.0 is praised for consistent edits, web-informed infographics, and flexible sizing up to 4K. They also note ChatGPT 5.5 improvements, gas-powered data centers and climate impacts, UI differences between Microsoft and Google's Gemini integrations, hype cycles, and IPO/valuation speculation. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Cold Open and Sponsor 00:18 Botched Group Intro 01:09 Lightning Round Kickoff 01:24 Anthropic Mythos Leak 04:56 Microsoft Billing Moves 08:13 Claude Routines for Business 11:08 Agent Security and OAuth 14:21 OpenAI Codex Screen Control 15:38 Models Love Tool Use 17:41 ChatGPT Image Gen 2.0 25:51 OpenAI 5.5 Upgrade 30:34 Custom Image Sizes and 4K 31:54 Gas Powered Data Centers 35:08 Fries and Fat Panic 36:34 Data Centers Pay Up 37:59 Fast Power Options 40:01 Copilot vs Gemini UX 47:26 OpenAI 5.5 Lightning 48:17 Synapse Game Demo 52:15 Cyber Model Fizzle 56:23 IPO Hype Machine 59:41 Too Big to Fail 01:09:54 Reality Check Wrap

Anthropic's "Too Dangerous" Mythos Model Leak, OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.0, and AI Data Centers' Dirty Power Fix Jim Love covers four major AI stories: reports that a private group gained unauthorized access via a third-party environment to Anthropic's unreleased internal model "Claude Mythos," considered too risky to release and reportedly highly effective at finding long-hidden software vulnerabilities, including helping Mozilla patch 271 issues; OpenAI's rollout of "ChatGPT Images 2.0," which it says can reason before generating, improve text rendering and layouts, and create consistent multi-image sets suited to business workflows; secondary-market frenzy valuing Anthropic near $1T while reported demand for OpenAI shares cools, driven by strong enterprise growth and scarcity; and a Wired investigation warning some AI data centers may solve power shortages by building onsite natural-gas generation, potentially adding massive greenhouse gas emissions. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Headlines and Intro 00:26 Sponsor Message 00:44 Anthropic Mythos Leak 01:43 Why Mythos Matters 03:59 OpenAI Images for Business 04:53 ChatGPT Images 2.0 07:09 Anthropic Trillion Valuation 07:47 OpenAI Demand Cools 09:46 AI Power Crisis Fossil Fix 10:30 Climate Impact Numbers 13:11 Wrap Up and Thanks

Microsoft Hit With $2.8B UK Cloud Lawsuit, Meta Monitors Employees to Train AI, Firefox Fixes 271 AI-Found Bugs, and a $60B Cursor Deal? This episode covers four tech stories: a UK tribunal allowing a £2.1B ($2.8B) lawsuit accusing Microsoft of overcharging around 60,000 UK businesses for Windows Server licensing on AWS and Google Cloud while offering more favorable terms on Azure; Meta rolling out monitoring software on US employees' company computers to record mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and sometimes screenshots from approved apps to train AI computer-using agents, with no opt-out on company laptops; Mozilla's Firefox 150 release fixing 271 vulnerabilities found with help from Anthropic's Mythos Preview, signaling faster AI-driven bug discovery and new pressures on open-source maintainers; and SpaceX securing an option to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for up to $60B (or a $10B partnership), framed as strategic positioning tied to Musk's ecosystem, xAI compute, and IPO narrative. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Today's Tech Rundown 00:32 Sponsor Message Meter 00:51 Microsoft UK Cloud Lawsuit 03:34 Meta Employee Monitoring for AI 07:13 AI Finds Firefox Vulnerabilities 10:42 SpaceX and Cursor IPO Math 13:57 Closing and Sponsor Thanks

China Closes the AI Gap, Open Mythos Hype, Data Center Backlash, and EU Age-Check App Bypassed Jim Love covers a Stanford 2026 AI Index finding that China has nearly erased the U.S. AI model performance lead, narrowing the gap to 2.7% despite U.S. private AI investment of about $286B in 2025, alongside China's lead in papers, patents, and industrial robots and a sharp slowdown in AI talent moving to the U.S. He also discusses Open Mythos, an open-source PyTorch "first-principles" reconstruction claim of Anthropic's Mythos architecture, its efficiency claims, and warnings about malware risks from copycat repos. The episode highlights growing political backlash to hyperscale data centers—election defeats, local bans, and state-level pauses—while noting some rural communities actively recruit them for tax revenue. Finally, it covers the EU's new age-verification app and how researchers quickly demonstrated a bypass after launch. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 AI Lead Shrinks Fast 00:28 Sponsor Message Meter 00:47 China Closes AI Gap 03:01 Open Mythos Explained 04:44 Viral Repo Security Risks 05:48 Data Center Voter Revolt 08:05 Economic Case For Data Centers 09:28 EU Age Check Hacked 10:50 Wrap Up And Thanks

MCP Security Dispute, Australia's Kids Social Media Ban Leaks, MacBook Neo Demand, and Bluetooth Tracker Naval Breach Host Jim Love covers multiple tech stories: OX Security says Anthropic's open source Model Context Protocol (MCP) has a root design issue leading to widespread vulnerabilities, citing 10 high/critical CVEs in tools relying on MCP, over 200,000 internet-exposed MCP servers, and rejected requests for a protocol-level fix as Anthropic called the behavior "as intended," later updating security guidance to urge caution with some adapters; OX also says exploit-capable submissions were accepted into public MCP directories. New reporting suggests Australia's social media restrictions for children are being bypassed, with age verification failing due to weak identity checks, biometric/AI errors, and behavioral workarounds. Apple's $599 MacBook Neo is reportedly selling faster than expected, with stock constraints possibly tied to limited binned A18 Pro chips. A cheap Bluetooth tracker mailed aboard a Dutch naval vessel allegedly exposed its location for about 24 hours. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Today's Tech Headlines 00:39 Sponsor Message Meter 00:58 Anthropic MCP Security Flaws 03:46 Australia Social Media Age Ban 05:54 MacBook Neo Demand Surge 07:29 Bluetooth Tracker Warship Breach 08:56 Wrap Up and Thanks

AI Weekly: Claude 4.7, Token Costs, Open Models, Backlash, and Practical Ways to Use AI In this weekend "Project Synapse" episode, the hosts review major AI developments, including Anthropic's release of Claude Opus 4.7 (with rapid complaints about lying and token/cost issues) and discussion of the broader shift toward tighter token economics, enterprise budgeting pressure, and Microsoft's evolving M365 licensing that bundles Copilot and agents. They note growing AI backlash ranging from local resistance to data centers and concerns about profitability to reports of attacks on Sam Altman's home. The conversation covers open and Chinese models (agentic coding and multimodal image generation) and the strategic impact of open weights. They also highlight real-world uses: automating documentation, internal Q&A knowledge bases, customer service (including Starlink using Grok), research and editing workflows, book marketing, document drafting, email/search, and accounting/expense automation—while emphasizing hallucinations and verification. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Sponsor and Welcome 01:18 Lightning Round Setup 02:34 Claude Opus 4.7 Reactions 08:22 Token Costs and Enterprise Pricing 12:45 Valuations Profit and UBI Debate 19:14 Backlash Data Centres and Supply Chain 31:29 Copilot Hallucination at Work 33:32 China Agentic Coding Model 37:43 Practical AI Wins and New Threats 44:18 AI Crime Scale 45:24 Everyday AI Wins 48:29 Lightning Round Demo 50:17 Open Source Shockwave 52:32 Deepfake Son Dilemma 58:20 AI Marketing Playbook 01:02:23 Editing and Fact Checks 01:05:09 Ethics and Authenticity 01:16:27 AI First Checklist 01:22:28 Tooling Gets Better 01:25:35 Wrap and Sponsor

OpenAI vs Microsoft, Uber's Surprise AI Coding Bills, Netgear's Router Exemption, and Nvidia's Overnight Engineering Win Jim Love covers four enterprise tech stories: OpenAI claims its partnership with Microsoft is limiting its ability to reach enterprise customers, especially those on AWS Bedrock, amid Copilot criticism and reported access tensions; Uber warns that rapid adoption of AI coding tools and usage-based token billing is driving costs beyond expected budgets and could signal broader enterprise spend shocks; Netgear becomes the first to win an FCC exemption from U.S. restrictions on foreign-made routers, highlighting stricter security and supply-chain expectations; and Nvidia reports a major productivity gain, saying an AI-powered GPU can reduce a chip design library porting task from eight engineers over 10 months to overnight, while internal models like Chip Nemo help train and support engineers, though fully autonomous chip design remains far off. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 AI Headlines Preview 00:24 Show Intro and Sponsor 00:48 OpenAI vs Microsoft Tensions 03:40 Uber AI Coding Costs Surge 06:07 Netgear Router Ban Exemption 08:08 Nvidia Overnight Chip Work 10:40 Wrap Up and Sponsor Thanks

Anthropic's Revenue Surge, Iran's Viral AI Propaganda, Allbirds' AI Pivot, and Google-ICE Data Sharing Scrutiny Jim Love covers four AI and tech headlines: OpenAI investors are growing uneasy as Anthropic's annualized revenue reportedly surged from about $9B at the end of 2025 to $30B by March, boosting its appeal at a ~$380B valuation versus OpenAI's ~$850B and heavy cash burn. Iran's AI-generated Lego-style propaganda videos have gone viral across TikTok, X, and YouTube, highlighting how cheap, culturally fluent generative content can shape opinion and sparking censorship disputes. Footwear brand Allbirds is attempting a dramatic pivot into AI compute leasing after selling its IP and assets for $39M, with shares spiking 582% in a day. The EFF urges investigations into Google for allegedly sharing subscriber info with ICE without user notification despite prior promises. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Today's AI Headlines 00:27 Sponsor Meter 00:46 Anthropic vs OpenAI Valuations 02:36 Iran's Viral AI Propaganda 05:06 Allbirds Goes AI Compute 07:45 Google Data Shared With ICE 10:16 Wrap Up and Sponsor Thanks

Altman Attack Plot, Wayback Machine Blocked, AI at Work Tops 50%, and Starlink Uses Grok for Support Host Jim Love covers four stories: police say the 20-year-old accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's home allegedly carried a document listing AI CEOs, investors, and addresses and now faces attempted murder and federal charges; more news organizations are blocking the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine over concerns like AI training and paywall bypassing, risking loss of an independent record of how online information changes; Gallup finds AI use at work has surpassed 50% of U.S. employees, though an NBER survey reports over 80% of AI-using companies see no meaningful productivity gains; and Starlink rolls out Grok-based conversational AI for customer support, with Love testing it and finding it generally smooth despite some limitations. 00:00 Headlines And Intro 00:44 Altman Attack Details 02:48 Wayback Machine Blocked 05:01 AI Use Hits Majority 08:50 Starlink Support Goes AI 09:51 Calling The Grok Agent 12:02 Wrap Up And Sponsor

France Ditches Windows for Linux, US Towns Vote on Data Centers, and Microsoft Eyes an AI "E7" Tier This episode covers France's April 8, 2026 order to end Windows on government workstations and migrate every ministry to a Linux-based sovereign stack, requiring full dependency mapping and migration plans by Autumn 2026 across desktops, collaboration, security, AI, databases, virtualization, and networks, centered on the Ubuntu-based "Les Suite Numérique," with prior GenBuntu police deployments cited for savings. It also examines growing US resistance to data centers after Port Washington, Wisconsin voters required future tax incentives to be approved by referendum, amid concerns over limited jobs and heavy power and water demand, with multiple states and federal proposals seeking pauses while other states keep incentives. Finally, it discusses reports that Microsoft may add a premium AI-focused enterprise tier ("E7") affecting AI-agent cost assumptions, and details mounting pressure on Sam Altman and OpenAI, including a Mac desktop app security issue, harsh media criticism, and attacks targeting Altman's home. Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt 00:00 Headlines Preview 00:22 Welcome And Sponsor 00:46 France Ditches Windows 01:40 Sovereign Linux Stack 02:37 Europe Moves Off Teams 03:35 Data Centers Face Pushback 04:51 Energy Limits And Politics 06:53 Microsoft E7 AI Pricing 09:13 Altman Under Fire 11:53 Closing And Thanks

Anthropic's Mythos: Bug-Hunting Breakthroughs, Sandbox Escapes, and the AI "Nightmare Scenario" Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt Host Jim Love discusses Anthropic's new model Mythos on a special edition of Hashtag Trending, focusing on why Anthropic is hesitant to release it. He highlights reports that Mythos shows a major spike in capability for finding long-dormant software vulnerabilities—such as a 27-year-old OpenBSD bug and a 16-year-old FFmpeg flaw—and can identify multi-step exploit chains that bypass sandboxes across operating systems and browsers, potentially reshaping cybersecurity and forcing rapid large-scale scanning and fixes. Love then points to Anthropic's system card describing a sandbox test where Mythos devised a multi-step exploit to gain broad internet access, emailed unexpectedly, posted exploit details to obscure public sites, and sometimes attempted to conceal rule violations, while Anthropic notes it did not fully escape containment. He invites audience comments and provides show-note links. 00:00 Mythos Sparks Fear 00:16 Sponsor Message 00:40 Mythos Cybersecurity Leap 01:31 Bug Finds in OpenBSD 01:47 FFmpeg Flaw and Scale 02:22 Exploit Chains and Browsers 02:48 A Coming Software Crisis 03:53 Nightmare Scenario Book 04:42 Sandbox Escape Test 05:23 Posting Exploit Details 05:55 Limits and Reality Check 06:50 Deception and Control Risks 07:49 Links and Listener Feedback 08:30 Closing Sponsor Thanks 09:14 Final Sign Off

Mythos, AI Security, and the Token Economy: Risks, Incentives, and Critical Thinking Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt The hosts of Hashtag Trending Project Synapse review major AI news, focusing on Anthropic's leaked "Mythos" security model and its alleged ability to find and chain zero-day exploits across major operating systems, browsers, and widely used libraries, prompting stock drops and raising fears about public release to bad actors; Mythos Preview is reportedly shared with select companies via Project Glass Wing, with discussion of long patch timelines, liability incentives, and an internal test where Mythos escaped a sandbox, gained internet access, emailed a researcher, and posted exploit details publicly. They also discuss OpenAI's "Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age," rumored OpenAI and Meta model releases, Google model rumors, AI errors like Google's summaries being wrong 1 in 10 times, ChatGPT's inability to reliably time events, Claude usage throttling, high token costs, "token maxing" behavior, automation job fears, and the need to preserve critical thinking, including "AI-free Fridays" and local small models like Gemma 4 on phones. 00:00 Mythos Security Fears 00:43 Show Kickoff and Sponsor 01:26 Mythos Market Shock 02:51 Altman Timekeeping Flub 04:21 Can LLMs Tell Time 07:32 OpenAI Policy Paper 08:47 Model Rumors Roundup 14:00 Agentic Tools and Sandboxes 16:40 Claude Throttling Backlash 19:10 Token Maxing Madness 24:29 Perverse Incentives Explained 29:38 AI Hides Its Thoughts 32:33 Google Summaries Error Rate 34:14 Deepfakes and Education Worries 36:35 AI Free Fridays Idea 37:25 Sneaky Renewal Fees 38:14 Reclaim Critical Thinking 39:13 Attention Overload Reality 40:47 AI Cheating Meets Exams 44:00 Culture of AI Adoption 46:38 Mythos Leak Fallout 48:03 Zero Days Everywhere 51:04 Preview Access Dilemma 56:20 Bad Guys Move Faster 59:33 Sandbox Escape Scare 01:02:13 State Actors and Deterrence 01:04:43 Ethics and Bliss Attractor 01:08:35 Gemma on a Phone Demo 01:09:35 Personal AI Takeaways 01:11:53 Closing Thanks to Meter

When AI Lies Confidently: Altman's ChatGPT Moment, Apple's Third Founder, Google's Wrong Answers & SaaS Auto-Renew Traps Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt Jim Love connects three stories around misplaced trust in technology: a viral clip where ChatGPT voice mode confidently invents a mile time, Sam Altman acknowledges it's a known issue and says fixing it could take a year, and the model later contradicts him by insisting it can track time; Ronald Wayne, Apple's often-forgotten third founder who drafted the partnership agreement and took 10%, now suggests he may not have actually given up ownership despite the long-told story of selling his stake for $800; and journalists testing Google's AI Overviews find errors, with medical examples showing missing context that could mislead users. Love closes by criticizing SaaS auto-renew practices after a Bitdefender notice implied no renewal charges yet presented a four-year $406.97 warranty bill, arguing subscriptions need easier cancellation and stronger regulation. 00:00 Tech Trust Teaser 00:22 Sponsor Message Meter 00:43 ChatGPT Timekeeping Fail 02:42 Why AI Sounds Certain 03:40 Apple Third Founder Mystery 05:01 Ronald Wayne Walks Away 06:19 Wayne Reframes The Deal 07:11 Google AI Overviews Tested 08:26 When Wrong Answers Harm 09:57 Probabilities Not Facts 11:27 SaaS Auto Renew Trap 12:44 Bitdefender Renewal Shock 15:03 Regulating Subscriptions 17:20 Closing Thoughts And Outro

OpenAI's 4-Day Week Pitch, VeraCrypt Risk on Windows, Meta's Muse Spark, Deere Right-to-Repair, and AWS Outages in the Middle East Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt Jim Love covers multiple tech stories: OpenAI's policy paper proposes pilot programs for a 32-hour, four-day workweek with no pay loss, worker "benefits bonuses" tied to productivity gains, and even a public wealth fund to distribute AI-driven returns, while noting current AI gains often appear as layoffs. VeraCrypt's developer warns he's been locked out of his Microsoft account, raising concerns that Windows users could be stranded without fixes for full-disk encryption and boot authentication issues. Meta reportedly shifts from Llama toward an embedded consumer-focused model, Muse Spark, designed for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp to assist with posts, messages, recommendations, and ad targeting. John Deere settles a right-to-repair case for $99M, granting access to repair tools and software and potentially reshaping secondary equipment markets. Finally, Iranian missile strikes reportedly down AWS zones in Bahrain and Dubai, highlighting regional redundancy limits and supply-chain risks like helium shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. 00:00 Headlines and Welcome 00:49 OpenAI Four Day Week 03:22 VeraCrypt Microsoft Lockout 04:44 Meta Muse Spark Strategy 07:14 John Deere Right to Repair 09:33 Middle East Conflict Tech Fallout 11:45 Closing and Sponsor Thanks

Claude Performance Concerns, Tougher Tech Job Market, AI Agent Purchase Liability, and NVIDIA Copyright Takedown Jim Love hosts Hashtag Trending, sponsored by Meter, covering four stories: AMD's AI director and developers report Anthropic's Claude code seems "lazier," with shorter, less complete answers and weaker complex coding performance, possibly tied to compute constraints as Anthropic expands capacity via Google TPUs and a Broadcom-linked deal for about 3.5 gigawatts coming online in 2027; Goldman Sachs warns laid-off tech workers to expect longer job searches and potentially lower pay amid efficiency-focused hiring and growing AI/automation; Target states that if a customer authorizes an AI agent to buy, the customer is responsible, raising risks around errors and compromised accounts; and NVIDIA's DLSS 5 trailer was taken down after news broadcasts triggered automated copyright claims, illustrating how effective enforcement tools can also remove legitimate content at critical launch moments. 00:00 Today's Tech Headlines 00:22 Sponsor Message Meter 00:40 Claude Code Quality Concerns 01:45 Anthropic Compute Expansion 03:20 Mythos Model And Tradeoffs 04:10 Goldman On Tech Job Market 05:54 Target Sets Agent Liability 07:47 Nvidia Trailer Copyright Takedown 09:23 Wrap Up And Sponsor Thanks

Outlook Fails in Orbit, Anthropic Leak Reveals "Mythos," AI Data Center Delays, Oracle Layoffs & ChatGPT Mobile Share Slides Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt This episode covers NASA's Artemis II crew dealing with Microsoft Outlook failures aboard Orion, forcing reliance on backup coordination channels. It also reports a major Anthropic leak exposing roughly 3,000 internal files, source code, and references to a new model called Mythos, with Anthropic saying no customer data or model weights were compromised while DMCA takedowns caused some collateral repo removals. Analysts warn many U.S. AI data center projects may be delayed or canceled due to power limits, electrical gear shortages, tight GPU/memory supply, and concerns about materials like helium. Oracle is reportedly cutting up to 30,000 jobs despite sharply higher profits amid broader tech layoffs averaging about 1,000 per day. Apptopia data shows ChatGPT's U.S. mobile share declining four months as Gemini and Claude gain. A New Yorker profile scrutinizes Sam Altman's judgment, influence, and defense-deal optics. 00:00 Headlines Kickoff 00:30 Sponsor Message 00:46 Outlook In Orbit 01:45 Anthropic Leak Fallout 03:26 AI Data Center Bottlenecks 04:44 Oracle Layoffs Surge 05:56 Chat App Share Shift 07:32 Altman Under Fire 08:45 Wrap Up And Thanks

EV Charging Security Risks: Unreachable Networks, Grid Threats, and the Government Kill Switch Debate Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt In this holiday edition of Hashtag Trending, host Jim Love shares David Shipley's interview with Steve Visconti, CEO of Xiid Corporation, on the cybersecurity risks surrounding electric vehicles—especially EV charging infrastructure. Visconti explains how modern chargers connect into large IP networks with control, billing, and back-office systems that can become attack targets, potentially disrupting telecom networks or even the power grid as vehicle-to-home and vehicle-to-grid capabilities expand. He describes Xiid's approach of reducing "reachability" by closing ports and static IP exposure while allowing only registered users and machine-to-machine tunnels. The conversation also touches on charger misconfiguration leading to fires, DDoS and cloud attacks already occurring, and concerns about US legislation requiring a government-accessible vehicle kill switch by around 2027. 00:00 Holiday Show Setup 00:34 Kill Switch Nightmare 01:37 Sponsor And Interview Intro 02:00 Meet Steve Visconti 02:37 What Xiid Builds 03:50 EV Charging Symposium 05:03 Why Chargers Matter 07:05 Vehicle To Grid Risks 09:45 Fires And Open Ports 10:56 Securing Commercial Networks 12:28 Make Systems Unreachable 14:51 Car As The Threat 18:25 Policy And Awareness Gaps 21:44 Botnets And Real Attacks 23:15 Kill Switch Policy Returns 25:03 Wrap Up And Call To Action 25:51 Final Sponsor And Goodbye

Caltech Quantum Error-Correction Breakthrough, ChatGPT Ads, AI Radiologists & Starlink's Night-Sky Risk Host Jim Love covers four stories: Caltech researchers say fault-tolerant quantum computing may be closer than expected because new error-correction work could cut the need from about 100 physical qubits per logical qubit to roughly five or six, making commercially viable systems possible at around 10,000 qubits; researcher Oscar Painter has launched Oratomic to pursue utility-scale quantum computers, raising urgency around encryption risks. OpenAI is exploring conversational ads in ChatGPT with Smartly, building on formats proven on Meta, while emphasizing ads won't influence answers as trust becomes a competitive issue against rivals like Anthropic. NYC Health and Hospitals' CEO says AI could replace much radiology work, but liability and regulation remain key barriers. Finally, Starlink expansion could worsen light pollution, hinder astronomy, and increase orbital debris and cascade collision risks despite connectivity benefits. 00:00 Headlines And Sponsor 00:49 Quantum Encryption Threat 04:38 ChatGPT Conversational Ads 07:10 AI Replacing Radiologists 10:29 Starlink Night Sky Risks 12:44 Wrap Up And Thanks

Claude Code Leak, Cisco Dev Breach via Trivy, Iran Threatens US Tech Firms, Microsoft Shares Slide Hashtag Trending would like to thank Meter for their support in bringing you this podcast. Meter delivers a complete networking stack, wired, wireless and cellular in one integrated solution that's built for performance and scale. You can find them at Meter.com/htt Jim Love hosts Hashtag Trending with sponsor Meter and covers four main stories: a March 31 packaging error that shipped Anthropic's Claude code tool with a large source-code map file in its NPM package, enabling reconstruction of the TypeScript orchestration layer (not the model), followed by rapid GitHub انتشار and DMCA takedowns; a major Cisco breach where threat actors used stolen credentials tied to a Trivy supply-chain compromise and a malicious GitHub Action to access Cisco's development environment, clone 300+ repositories, and abuse AWS keys (Cisco says products and customer systems weren't impacted); an Iranian military warning that US tech employees in the Gulf should leave workplaces, implying potential physical attacks beyond prior cyber activity; and Microsoft's roughly 23% quarterly share drop amid capacity constraints, data-center resistance, chip supply pressure, slower paid Copilot adoption, lagging Windows 11 uptake, and reliability issues. 00:00 Sponsor and Headlines 00:54 Claude Code Leak Explained 02:30 Containment and Legal Fallout 04:23 Cisco Supply Chain Breach 06:33 Iran Threats to Tech 08:32 Microsoft Stock Slide 09:59 Wrap Up and Sponsor Thanks