Software Defined Talk
Episode 583: HuggingFace make me gazpacho
31 July 2026 1:03:47 Software Defined Talk LLC
Listen to episode
About this episode
This week, we discuss how normal people use AI, Alphabet's Anthropic-fueled earnings, and skills vs. agents. Plus, catching AI-cheating students with a hidden prompt.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode 583
Runner-up Titles
- “Do you think they named them red delicious because they knew they were delicious?”
- I thought they were First World
- Steal your Alpha-tier
- Cory uses only 100% free-range, organic AI.
- Copy, paste, go.
- Stolen fruit from the poisoned tree all the way down.
- It’s a different kind of cold. It’s a dry cold.
Rundown
- AI IRL
- How people use AI in 2026: TV, homework, the DMV
- Professor's invisible prompt trap catches 32 students cheating on their midterm with AI
- Amazon confirms it’s closing key AI site in San Francisco but says work on its top models continues
- Google Cloud is killing it
- Skill vs. Agents
- Atlas: Wiz's autonomous AI Agent for vulnerability research
- Don't Build Agents, Build Skills Instead
Relevant to your Interests
- Alphabet Quadruples Profit to $112 Billion, Fueled by A.I. Investments
- Palo Alto Networks to Acquire Embrace, Adding Real User Monitoring to Its Observability Platform
- IBM CEO Says Company Culture Was Too Slow to Change
- Domo Announces Agreement to Sell Substantially All Assets and Certain Liabilities to Progress Software for $400 Million
- Google Cloud is killing it
- ChatGPT chats are showing up in Google Search — how to find and delete yours [Update]
- 2026 State of infrastructure in the agentic AI era
- Stripe in Talks to Buy Buzzy AI-Model Marketplace OpenRouter
Sponsors
- Signadot: making sure AI-written code actually works.
Conferences
- AI Connect, Aug 22nd, 2026 - Riga, Latvia, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Graz, Sept 4-5, 2026
- Cloud Foundry Summit, Sept. 21st to 22nd, Heidelberg, Coté speaking.
- DevOpsDays Rockies, Sept. 22 – 23, 2026, Discount Code: 26DODSWEDEFTALK
- WeAreDevelopers NA, Sept 23-25, 2026, Discount Code: DEVPOD26
- 25 Free Tickets
- DevOpsDays Dallas, Sept 28-29, 2026
- DevOpsDays Vilnius, Sep 30 - Oct 1, 2006
- DevOpsDays Istanbul, Oct 24th, 2026, Coté keynoting.
- VMware User Group, Orlando, Oct 20-22, 2026
- Cloud Native Denmark, Nov 19th, 2026, Copenhagen, Coté keynoting.
SDT News & Community
- Join our Slack community
- Email the show: [email protected]
- Free stickers: Email your address to [email protected]
- Follow us on social media: Twitter, Threads, Mastodon, LinkedIn, BlueSky
- Watch us on: Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
- Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté
- Sponsor the show
- Sponsor more podcasts with Failover Media
Recommendations
- Brandon: Silo Season 3
- Matt: Hyperion
- Coté: Cooking with Claude
Sponsored By:
- Signadot: AI writes code. Signadot make sure it works.
More AI podcast episodes
Browse all →Want to find AI jobs?
Join thousands of AI professionals finding their next opportunity