# Dating App Lawsuit, Meta Smart Glasses Scandal, N.M. vs. Meta, OpenAI's Goblin Ban, PodSlop, and Gov’t AI Oversight

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Podcast: [Tech Gumbo](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-gumbo-1477878)
Published: 2026-05-14T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://techgumbo.podbean.com/e/dating-app-lawsuit-meta-smart-glasses-scandal-nm-vs-meta-openais-goblin-ban-podslop-and-gov-t-ai-oversight/
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Duration seconds: 1320

## Resource

News and Updates: • Dating App Steals Student’s Image: A Tennessee college student sued dating app Meete for allegedly taking her TikTok video without consent and geofencing it as a ”friends with benefits” ad to nearby men. • Meta Glasses Workers See Too Much: Kenyan data workers reviewing Meta smart glasses footage reported seeing graphic content, including nudity. Meta then cancelled its contract with their employer, Sama. • Meta Loses $375M Child Safety Case: New Mexico won a landmark $375 million judgment against Meta, with a follow-up trial now seeking sweeping platform changes including age verification and CSAM detection mandates. • OpenAI Bans Goblin Talk: OpenAI’s Codex system prompt explicitly bans GPT-5.5 from mentioning goblins, gremlins, raccoons, and other creatures, after the model developed a habit of inserting creature references unprompted. • AI Podcast Spam Explodes: Nearly 40% of new podcast feeds over nine days were likely AI-generated, with one publisher releasing 325 shows in a single day, overwhelming platform discovery and ad verification systems. • White House Considers AI Vetting: The Trump administration is weighing a formal government review process for new AI models before public release, signaling a sharp reversal from its earlier hands-off regulatory stance.

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