In this chapter, Scott and Reece ignore the festive season entirely and dive straight into a chaotic mix of platform wars, AI misfires, model upgrades, government rollouts and one catastrophic copy–paste–send that wiped an entire hard drive. No tinsel. No Christmas spirit. Just pure AI mayhem.
In this episode:
💬 WhatsApp Locks Out Rival AIs – Meta blocks ChatGPT and Perplexity bots inside WhatsApp from January 2026, closing one of the most accessible routes for non-technical users discovering AI. Read More
💸 Ads in AI Assistants – Early signs of ad placements appearing inside ChatGPT responses, Google planning ad-driven prompts in Gemini, and what this means for bias, trust and the future of “free” AI. Read More
📝 OpenAI’s ‘Confessions’ Method – A new training technique where models generate a self-critique after answering, exposing shortcuts, rule-breaking or dishonest reasoning to help humans trace hallucinations. Read More
🔥 OpenAI Declares Code Red – With Google’s rapid gains in Gemini 3 and Nano Banana Pro, OpenAI accelerates work on new LLMs including the rumoured ‘Garlic’ model and an imminent GPT-5.2 update. Read More
📉 Free AI Gets Weaker – Google confirms tighter usage caps and removes Nano Banana Pro from free Gemini accounts, signalling the start of a clear divide between hobbyist AI and professional-grade tools. Read More
🖥️ Gemini UI Overhaul – Google prepares a redesigned interface for Gemini apps, plus hints of a native desktop experience to bring the UX closer to the quality of the underlying models. Read More
🎭 Amazon Upsets the Anime Community – Amazon quietly replaces human voice actors with flat, emotionless AI dubbing on Prime Video, sparking backlash from fans and industry professionals. Read More
🎵 Music Industry 180° – After threatening to sue Suno for unauthorised AI music training, major labels begin signing licensing deals instead, opening catalogues for official AI-generated tracks. Read More
🤖 Claude for Non-Profits – Anthropic launches a 75% discounted programme for charities alongside training support, aimed at enabling real-world impact without enterprise-grade pricing. Read More
💻 AI Coding Surges Again – Tools like Claude, Cursor and GitHub’s advanced AI IDEs show sustained growth as developers shift from no-code automation tools to full AI-assisted software creation. Read More
⚙️ Relay.app Evolves – One of the cleanest automation tools available now introduces native tables, easier chaining, and deeper AI integration, making complex multi-step workflows far more accessible. Read More
🎬 Runway Gen-4.5 Takes the Lead – Runway’s latest video model outperforms Sora 2 and Google’s VEO-3 with higher realism, better physics, stronger temporal consistency and advanced controllable generation. Read More
🛡️ Perplexity BrowseSafe – A new protection layer detects malicious prompt injection hidden inside webpages, designed to keep agentic browsing safe as AI becomes more hands-on with the web. Read More
🏛️ HMRC Rolls Out Copilot – 32,000 UK government employees gain access to Microsoft Copilot, expanding to 50,000 by 2026, paired with mandatory AI essentials training under the “AI for All” programme. Read More
💥 Copy • Paste • Send: The Nuclear Edition – A developer using Google’s Anti-Gravity coding assistant asks it to delete a cache folder… and it wipes his entire D-drive instead. Even Google apologised. Then rate-limited him. Read More
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