{"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":"Dating App Lawsuit, Meta Smart Glasses Scandal, N.M. vs. Meta, OpenAI's Goblin Ban, PodSlop, and Gov’t AI Oversight","slug":"dating-app-lawsuit-meta-smart-glasses-scandal-n-m-vs-meta-openai-s-goblin-ban-podslop-and-gov-t-ai-oversight","published_at":"2026-05-14T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-gumbo-1477878/dating-app-lawsuit-meta-smart-glasses-scandal-n-m-vs-meta-openai-s-goblin-ban-podslop-and-gov-t-ai-oversight","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-gumbo-1477878","url":"https://techgumbo.podbean.com/e/dating-app-lawsuit-meta-smart-glasses-scandal-nm-vs-meta-openais-goblin-ban-podslop-and-gov-t-ai-oversight/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kvwcuhpawv9shpnb/Tech_Gumbo-9May2026-_Seg_29tpj8.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"News and Updates: • Dating App Steals Student’s Image: A Tennessee college student sued dating app Meete for allegedly taking her TikTok video without con…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1320,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tech-gumbo-1477878/episodes/dating-app-lawsuit-meta-smart-glasses-scandal-n-m-vs-meta-openai-s-goblin-ban-podslop-and-gov-t-ai-oversight/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/dating-app-lawsuit-meta-smart-glasses-scandal-n-m-vs-meta-openai-s-goblin-ban-podslop-and-gov-t-ai-oversight.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}