{"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":"Meta Liability Verdict, Australian Ban Gaps, NY AI Laws, Sora Sunset, NHTSA Probes Tesla","slug":"meta-liability-verdict-australian-ban-gaps-ny-ai-laws-sora-sunset-nhtsa-probes-tesla","published_at":"2026-03-30T07:11:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-gumbo-1477878/meta-liability-verdict-australian-ban-gaps-ny-ai-laws-sora-sunset-nhtsa-probes-tesla","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tech-gumbo-1477878","url":"https://techgumbo.podbean.com/e/meta-liability-verdict-australian-ban-gaps-ny-ai-laws-sora-sunset-nhtsa-probes-tesla/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/sizrzixmzmpw2kgv/Tech_Gumbo-28Mar2026-_Seg_16ibi9.mp3","summary":"News and Updates: • Meta Liable in New Mexico: A jury found Meta violated state law by failing to protect children from predators, ordering the company to pay $375 million. This marks the first time Meta has been held accountable in a jury trial regarding child safety and deceptive trade practices. • Encryption Rollback: Following pressure regarding law enforcement’s ability to track predators, Meta announced it will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted messaging on Instagram later this year. • Addiction Trial Deadlock: A Los Angeles judge ordered jurors to continue deliberations in a landmark case accusing Meta and YouTube of intentionally designing addictive, harmful features. • Australia Ban Evasion: Data shows 20% of Australian teens still access TikTok and Snapchat despite a national ban, raising significant questions about the effectiveness of age-gating. • Proposed New York AI Law: New York lawmakers introduced a bill to bar AI chatbots from impersonating licensed professionals like lawyers or doctors, allowing duped users to sue. • OpenAI Discontinues Sora: OpenAI is winding down its Sora video app and developer tools to refocus resources on ”superapps,” coding tools, and long-term robotics projects. • Disney Partnership Ends: Following OpenAI’s shift away from consumer video, a $1 billion deal to feature Disney characters in AI-generated content will not proceed. • Tesla FSD Probe Escalates: U.S. regulators upgraded an investigation into 3.2 million Tesla vehicles after reports of FSD failing to detect obstacles in low-visibility conditions.","meta_description":"News and Updates: • Meta Liable in New Mexico: A jury found Meta violated state law by failing to protect children from predators, ordering the company to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1330,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tech-gumbo-1477878/episodes/meta-liability-verdict-australian-ban-gaps-ny-ai-laws-sora-sunset-nhtsa-probes-tesla/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/meta-liability-verdict-australian-ban-gaps-ny-ai-laws-sora-sunset-nhtsa-probes-tesla.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}