{"podcast":{"title":"Tech Gumbo","slug":"tech-gumbo-1477878","podcast_index_feed_id":1477878,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/techgumbo/feed.xml","website_url":"https://techgumbo.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/9901825/podcast-white.png","author":"Haggai Davis","episode_count":100,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-gumbo-1477878"},"episode":{"title":"AI Political Warfare, Microsoft Ditches OpenAI, Pentagon Contract Disputes, Meta's Digital Afterlife","slug":"ai-political-warfare-microsoft-ditches-openai-pentagon-contract-disputes-meta-s-digital-afterlife","published_at":"2026-02-26T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-gumbo-1477878/ai-political-warfare-microsoft-ditches-openai-pentagon-contract-disputes-meta-s-digital-afterlife","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-gumbo-1477878","url":"https://techgumbo.podbean.com/e/ai-political-warfare-microsoft-ditches-openai-pentagon-contract-disputes-metas-digital-afterlife/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/viiewdnhn3hzay84/Tech_Gumbo-21Feb2026-_Seg_2arn6i.mp3","summary":"News and Updates: • Anthropic launched a $20 million super PAC to support AI regulation, countering OpenAI-backed groups in a political battle over the future of industry safety guardrails. • Microsoft AI lead Mustafa Suleyman confirmed plans to develop in-house frontier models by 2026, signaling a major strategic shift away from total reliance on OpenAI. • The Pentagon threatened to cancel Anthropic’s $200 million contract after the startup blocked its AI from being used for autonomous weaponry and mass domestic surveillance. • Meta patented ”grief tech” AI capable of simulating deceased users’ activity, though the company claims it has no immediate plans to roll out the feature.","meta_description":"News and Updates: • Anthropic launched a $20 million super PAC to support AI regulation, countering OpenAI-backed groups in a political battle over the fu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1313,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tech-gumbo-1477878/episodes/ai-political-warfare-microsoft-ditches-openai-pentagon-contract-disputes-meta-s-digital-afterlife/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-gumbo-1477878/ai-political-warfare-microsoft-ditches-openai-pentagon-contract-disputes-meta-s-digital-afterlife.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}