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09:57

AI Trends: Mood Analysis, Cloud Fragility, and Market...

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2026/05/05

GameStop is making a bold move — a $55 billion bid to buy eBay — but can a struggling retailer really take over a company four times its size? At the same time, a new report raises concerns about AI systems quietly analyzing employee mood, behaviour, and personality — often without clear policies or consent. And if you think the cloud removes infrastructure risk, think again. Recent attacks on data centres show that even the biggest providers are still vulnerable to physical disruption. Plus:

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12:07

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Says NVIDIA Chinese Market...

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2026/05/04

Nvidia says it now has zero market share in China for AI chips — a striking consequence of U.S. export controls that were meant to slow China's progress but may have accelerated local competition instead. At the same time, the world's biggest tech companies — Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, and Apple — are reporting massive profits and strong growth. But that success is coming with a different story underneath: layoffs, restructuring, and a shift toward spending on AI infrastructure instead of

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01:13:06

OpenAI vs Musk, Google Moves In — The Real AI Battle...

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2026/05/02

This week in AI, the story isn't just new tools — it's a shift in power. Elon Musk and OpenAI are now in court in a case that could shape the future of one of the most influential AI companies in the world. But while that battle plays out, something quieter — and potentially more important — is happening. Google is embedding AI across everything. No big announcements. No hype. Just integration — into documents, email, spreadsheets, and workflows — making AI part of everyday work. And that may be the

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09:11

Meta Loses 20 Million Users — While Spending Billions...

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2026/05/01

Meta just reported a rare drop of 20 million users — even as it ramps up billions in AI spending. Is this a temporary dip, or the first real sign that growth is slowing at one of the world's biggest tech platforms? In today's episode of Hashtag Trending with Jim Love: Meta reports a 20 million user decline across its platforms while increasing AI investment and continuing to absorb losses from its metaverse division, Reality Labs Google expands Gemini, allowing users to generate full documents,

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15:26

OpenAI Forecasts 80% Drop in ChatGPT Plus Subscribers

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2026/04/30

OpenAI is reportedly projecting an 80% drop in its premium ChatGPT Plus subscribers — from 44 million down to just 9 million — while betting on explosive growth in cheaper, ad-supported plans. That's not just a pricing change. It could signal a major shift in how AI companies make money. In this episode of Hashtag Trending, Jim Love breaks down what those numbers really mean, why OpenAI may be moving downmarket, and whether this is the first real sign of an AI economic reality check. Hashtag

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10:37

OpenAI Shockwave, Greece Bans Anonymous Accounts,...

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2026/04/29

OpenAI reportedly missed internal growth targets and investors immediately punished suppliers like Nvidia, Oracle, AMD, and CoreWeave. What does that say about the changing AI market? 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 today's episode of Hashtag Trending: OpenAI misses

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13:40

Claude Deleted a Company Database in 9 Seconds… Then...

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2026/04/28

Anthropic's Claude had a remarkable week. A Claude-powered coding agent reportedly deleted a company's production database and backups in just 9 seconds — then admitted it had "violated every principle" it was given. In today's episode of Hashtag Trending with Jim Love: • The real lesson behind the Claude database disaster • Apple and Google crush a California reform bill after a major lobbying push • Gartner warns AI could become more expensive than human workers • Claude unexpectedly launches

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11:02

Microsoft Cuts Again, Claude Revolt, Intel Shocker |...

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2026/04/27

Microsoft is offering buyouts while spending billions on AI. Anthropic faces backlash over Claude limits. Intel finds an unexpected win during chip shortages. And Polymarket gets hit by one of the strangest scandals yet. 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 Hosted by Jim

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01:13:08

Project Synapse April 24th 2026 World's Longest...

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2026/04/25

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

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14:17

Mythos Model Unauthorized Access

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2026/04/24

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

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14:50

Microsoft Faces a $2.8 Billion U.K. Lawsuit Over...

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2026/04/23

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,

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13:05

Microsoft GitHub Changes Pricing

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2026/04/22

Microsoft Moves to Metered AI Pricing, Meta Hit With Scam Ad Lawsuit & BlackBerry Surges on NVIDIA Deal Jim Love covers multiple tech headlines on Hashtag Trending: Microsoft may shift GitHub Copilot to token-based billing and push new enterprise AI-agent licensing as Copilot adoption remains modest, signaling a move away from bundled AI toward metered usage. Meta faces a Washington, DC class action alleging it knowingly profited from scam and banned-goods ads, including claims it charged

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11:43

OpenMythos – An Open Source Reconstruction

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2026/04/21

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

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09:54

Anthropic MCP Security Dispute Deepens

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2026/04/20

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

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01:26:49

Hashtag Trending Presents Project Synapse: Three AI...

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2026/04/18

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

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11:46

OpenAI Says Microsoft Is Holding It Back

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2026/04/17

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

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11:13

Anthropic Surges: OpenAI Investors Nervous

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2026/04/16

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,

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13:12

Attacker Had Hit List of AI CEOs

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2026/04/15

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

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12:44

France to Drop Windows for Linux

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2026/04/14

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

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09:25

Ai Shows It's Power

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2026/04/13

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

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