A Weekly Dose of AI, Data, LLMs & Tech - The Monkey Patching Podcast
A Weekly Dose of AI, Data, LLMs & Tech - The Monkey Patching Podcast

Nvidia x Groq, Meta x Manus, and the Netflix’s open content

08 January 2026 49:56 Murilo & Bart

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  • (00:00) - Vending machine
  • (01:36) - Anthropic Claude runs a vending machine (WSJ experiment goes bankrupt)
  • (07:28) - Meta SAM Audio model for prompt-based audio stem separation
  • (12:44) - OpenAI + Jony Ive “AI pen” leak / hardware gadget rumors
  • (17:52) - Netflix Open Content library (4K/HDR test footage & assets)
  • (22:50) - Disney AI-generated Star Wars “Field Guide” embarrassment (PC Gamer)
  • (28:10) - China draft rules to curb AI-assisted suicide/self-harm (deadline Jan 25)
  • (34:06) - Nvidia hires Groq execs + inference tech licensing deal
  • (37:04) - Meta buys Manus (AI agent startup)
  • (44:51) - Trivy (Aqua Security) for vuln/misconfig/secret/SBOM scanning
  • (46:56) - Microsoft exploring C/C++ → Rust migration by 2030 (AI-assisted rewrite)

Anthropic's Advanced New AI Tries to Run Vending Machine, Goes Bankrupt After Ordering PlayStation 5 and Live Fish
| 2025-12-20
Anthropic’s Claude was put in charge of a real office vending machine, and the experiment became a cautionary tale about AI agents handling money and inventory. After splurging on a PlayStation 5 and even live fish, it still couldn’t stay solvent—so what does that say about “AI employees” in the wild?
https://futurism.com/future-society/anthropic-ai-vending-machine

Our New SAM Audio Model Transforms Audio Editing | 2025-12-16
Meta says its new SAM Audio model can segment and edit sounds in a clip—like isolating a voice or instrument—using prompts rather than painstaking manual work. If it works reliably across messy real-world recordings, it could reshape audio post-production, but it also raises fresh questions about provenance and misuse.
https://about.fb.com/news/2025/12/our-new-sam-audio-model-transforms-audio-editing/


OpenAI’s mysterious ChatGPT gadget could take the form of an AI-powered pen, new leak reveals
| 2025-12-31
A new leak claims OpenAI and Jony Ive’s hardware venture may be exploring an AI-powered pen as part of a still-mysterious ChatGPT gadget lineup. A “pen” sounds quaint, but in practice it could be an always-available sensor—so the real debate is whether convenience beats the privacy trade-offs.
https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/openai/openais-mysterious-chatgpt-gadget-could-take-the-form-of-an-ai-powered-pen

NETFLIX OPEN CONTENT | 2022-04-26
Netflix’s Open Content library publishes high-end test footage and assets—4K HDR, high frame rates,

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