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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 12th October 2025

Google won’t fix ‘ASCII smuggling’ hack in Gemini AI

Framework goes full fash, supports Hyprland and Omarchy

OpenAI does deals to make a deal — and the money is getting worried

OpenAI and Jony Ive’s Siri-alike has compute problems

It occurs to me that the GenAI Slop problem is exaggerated by algorithmic social media

Dewaffling the tech industry - Iris knocks it out the park again

Salesforce replaces help with Agentforce AI — customers outraged

"Anti-ai arguments literally support eugenics"

Firefox: Sponsors on the home page and New Tab page

Microsoft: forget your IT department, use Copilot at work anyway!

Musk’s Grokipedia — Grok AI rewrites Wikipedia

Deloitte Australia retracts ChatGPT report, refunds government

now that's what I call fashtech, vol. 1

OpenAI wants all the gas power — and prices go up

Per Forbes: "Al Singer Xania Monet Just Charted On Billboard, Signed $3M Deal."

Reactionary Software

Cory Doctorow: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh

I’m appalled and saddened to hear that Tilly Norwood’s brief but dazzling career has abruptly ended due to an unforeseen tragedy.

awesome old AI paper Artificial Intelligence Meets Natural Stupidity (PDF, 1976)