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Haggai Davis

We started Tech Gumbo in Nov 2014 as a conversational show of news, information & updates about the past, present & future of all things technology in a topical, interesting and digestible way.

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  • S12 · E639
    June 11 · 22 min

    AI Executive Order, OpenClaw Explained, Microsoft Scout, Gemini Spark & AI Costs Out of Control

    News and Updates: Trump Signs AI Executive Order: President Trump signed an order requiring AI companies to give the government 30-day advance access to powerful models before release, a scaled-back version of a shelved 90-day proposal. Anthropic Mythos Expansion: Alongside the executive order, Anthropic received White House approval to expand access to its Mythos model from 50 to roughly 150 companies across 15+ countries, including healthcare, power, and water sectors. What is OpenClaw: OpenClaw is a free, open-source autonomous AI agent that runs locally on your computer, executing tasks through messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram with persistent memory and customizable skills — but carries serious security risks for non-technical users. Microsoft Scout: Built on OpenClaw, Microsoft Scout is the company's first true AI personal assistant, integrating with Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive to proactively manage calendars, emails, and daily tasks for enterprise employees. Google Gemini Spark: Google's new agentic AI tool Gemini Spark — a 24/7 background agent running on Gemini Flash 3.5 — is now available to AI Ultra subscribers at $100/month, with integrations including Canva, OpenTable, and Instacart. AI Costs Spiral: Corporate AI spending is careening out of control, with one unnamed company accidentally spending $500 million on Claude in a single month, Uber burning through its full 2026 AI budget in four months, and Microsoft pulling back Claude Code licenses enterprise-wide.

  • S12 · E638
    June 8 · 22 min

    Don't Troll Scam Texts, IG Teen Limits, Bluetooth Bomb Scare, Meta AI Hack, Usage, YT AI Labels, Bot Traffic

    News and Updates: Don't Troll Scam Texts: Replying to smishing texts — even with fake info — confirms your number is active, potentially landing it on the dark web and making you a future fraud target. Instagram Teen Content Limits: Meta is testing restrictions on repeated exposure to body image and mental health content for teen accounts on Instagram, expanding similar controls to Facebook and Messenger later this year. Bluetooth Bomb Scare: A United Airlines Newark-to-Mallorca flight turned back after a passenger's Bluetooth speaker was named an explosive-related four-letter word, forcing a full aircraft and cargo inspection. Meta AI Hacked High-Profile Accounts: Hackers exploited Meta's AI support chatbot to hijack Instagram accounts — including Barack Obama's White House page — simply by asking the bot to swap the account's email address. ChatGPT Losing Workplace Share: ChatGPT's workplace AI dominance has dropped from nearly 100% in 2023 to 74% in 2026, with Google Gemini at 14% and Claude surging to 8.5% of tracked office usage. YouTube AI Content Labels: YouTube is auto-detecting and prominently labeling AI-generated videos, moving disclosure notices directly below the video player rather than burying them in descriptions. Bots Outnumber Humans Online: Bots now account for 53% of all web traffic, with AI-driven bot attacks surging over 12x in a single year, increasingly disguising themselves as Google Chrome browser sessions.

  • S12 · E637
    June 4 · 22 min

    Pope Leo's AI Encyclical, Vatican AI App, Bezos on AI Jobs, News Archives Blocked, Anthropic's Mythos Bugs

    News and Updates: Pope Leo's AI Encyclical: Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, calls for AI to be "disarmed" from monopolistic control and refocused toward humanity's common good, citing Tolkien's Gandalf. Vatican AI Translation: St. Peter's Basilica debuts an AI-powered real-time translation system, allowing Mass attendees to follow liturgical celebrations in up to 60 languages via their smartphones. Bezos on AI & Jobs: Jeff Bezos urges workers to embrace AI like a bulldozer replacing a shovel, predicting massive productivity gains, while others like Dario Amodei warn of significant white-collar job displacement. News Archives Blocked: Over 382 U.S. news outlets are now blocking the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, fearing AI companies will use archived content as free training data, threatening free public access to journalism. Mythos Uncovers 10K Bugs: Anthropic's restricted Claude Mythos AI has identified over 10,000 critical software vulnerabilities across major platforms, including 400 high-severity flaws in Cloudflare's critical systems alone.

  • S12 · E636
    June 1 · 22 min

    OS Age Verification, Vanguard Strikes Back, Waymo Floods, Subsea Data Centers, AI in Space

    News and Updates: OS Age Verification Laws: California's Digital Age Assurance Act (2027) requires operating systems to collect and share user age ranges with apps, sparking major privacy concerns nationwide. Vanguard Bricks Cheaters: Riot Games' latest Vanguard anti-cheat update permanently disables DMA cheat firmware on PCs, forcing full OS reinstalls — Riot's response was unapologetic and blunt. Waymo Flooding Woes: Waymo suspended robotaxi operations in Atlanta and San Antonio after vehicles drove into flooded roads, prompting a voluntary recall of nearly 4,000 vehicles for software fixes. China's Underwater Data Center: A $226 million, 24-megawatt subsea facility off Shanghai houses 2,000 servers, using passive ocean cooling and offshore wind power to achieve exceptional energy efficiency. Data Centers in Space: SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Google are pursuing orbital AI data centers powered by massive solar arrays, but engineers warn the economics remain extremely challenging and unproven.

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