Clankers, Careers & Clout: OpenAI vs LinkedIn, Atlassian’s Browser Buy, and Google’s Rough Week

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In this episode:

• OpenAI is building an AI jobs platform that could challenge Microsoft’s LinkedIn
• Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million
• What is a Clanker and why are people on social media using it as an anti-AI slang?
• Tokyo uses AI to warn residents to prepare for the worst with simulation of Mount Fuji erupting
• Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

• Tesco trials avocado ripeness scanners
• Garmin Debuts High-End Sports Watch Ahead of Apple’s New Model
• Polar Unveils Whoop-Like Fitness Band Without a Subscription Fee
• Paramount and Activision partner on Call of Duty live-action film

• Jury slams Google over app data collection to tune of $425 million
• Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case

• Trump announces that Space Command is moving from Colorado to Alabama
• Trump Administration Moves to Ease Rules for Self-Driving Cars
• This startup wants to sell a fully self-driving car you can own, no supervision required
• Who Needs a Pilot? This New Autonomous Air Taxi Can Fly Passengers Hundreds of Miles

• Who Owns, Operates, and Develops Your VPN Matters: An analysis of transparency vs. anonymity in the VPN ecosystem, and implications for users

Weird and Wacky:

• Brand new $1M luxury yacht tips over and sinks just minutes after launching — forcing crew to jump overboard
• CEO who snatched boy's hat at US Open says he made 'huge mistake'
• Anthropic tasked an AI with running a vending machine in its offices, and it not only sold some products at a big loss but it invented people, meetings, and experienced a bizarre identity crisis

Tech Rec:

• Sanjay - CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD UPS Battery Backup
• Adam - Clockify

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• sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.com