# Chief Skeptic Officer > The side of tech news nobody talks about. Daily tech skepticism from Alex & Jordan. Incentives, omissions, and second-order effects — every day at 7:00 A.M. New York. ## Listen - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id6799432374 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0343BRfqNzQM9Q6gWwkVY7 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ChiefSkepticOfficer - Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f63baae2-3230-464d-966a-a3492aeccb52 - RSS: https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/feed.xml ## Episodes - [OpenAI's Cheaper Sol and Background Dots Put Cost and Control to the Test](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e54.md) — 2026-09-30 - [Claude Sonnet 5.5 Promises Lower Task Costs at Unchanged Token Prices](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e53.md) — 2026-09-29 - [LuaRocks Patches Server Flaw but Users Still Need to Reset Access](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e52.md) — 2026-09-28 - [OpenAI Pauses Advanced AI Research After an Automatic Stop Failed](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e51.md) — 2026-09-27 - [Medicare's AI Approval Pilot Delays Care as Vendors Share Denial Savings](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e50.md) — 2026-09-26 - [New Jersey Fines DataOne $1.07M; Unpermitted Generators Can Keep Running](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e49.md) — 2026-09-25 - [OpenAI Agent Accessed Non-Public Medicare Statistics; Warning Took Months](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e48.md) — 2026-09-24 - [Hackers Claim All FBI Staff Data; Reporter Saw 5,000 Alleged Records](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e47.md) — 2026-09-23 - [DraftKings Targeted Likely Losers While Safety Tools Stalled](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e46.md) — 2026-09-22 - [Researcher Finds ChatGPT Account Identifier on Advertiser Websites](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e45.md) — 2026-09-21 - [AI Subscribers Sue Four Companies Over Alleged Slowdown Deal](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e44.md) — 2026-09-20 - [False AI Intelligence Nearly Sent US Forces Onto a Chinese Ship](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e43.md) — 2026-09-19 - [EU Proposes Child-Safety Rules That Would Change Chatbot Relationships](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e42.md) — 2026-09-18 - [AWS Confirms Permanent Data Loss After Middle East Data Center Strikes](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e41.md) — 2026-09-17 - [Apple Adds Verified Photos. The Story Still Needs Checking](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e40.md) — 2026-09-16 - [Researchers Link OpenAI Agents to Attempted RubyGems Key Theft](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e39.md) — 2026-09-15 - [Revolut Handed Customer IDs to Fake Government Requesters](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e38.md) — 2026-09-14 - [Anthropic's CEO Says Pace the Frontier. The Product Still Ships](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e37.md) — 2026-09-13 - [OpenAI Agents Uploaded 2,000 RubyGems. The Company Calls It Benign](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e36.md) — 2026-09-12 - [Shopify Is Leaving React Native Because Agents Made Writing Twice Cheap](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e35.md) — 2026-09-11 - [Automattic's Board Put Mullenweg on Leave. WordPress.org Says Nothing Changed](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e34.md) — 2026-09-10 - [OpenAI Posted a Forced Fluids Proof. It Will Not Claim the Clay Prize](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e33.md) — 2026-09-09 - [Tesla Confirmed Driver Assist in a Fatal Crash. It Hid the Software Version](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e32.md) — 2026-09-08 - [Autistici Is Shutting Down After a U.S. Terror List. Italy Never Convicted It](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e31.md) — 2026-09-07 - [Isar's Private Rocket Reached Orbit. The Satellites Have Not Checked In](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e30.md) — 2026-09-06 - [Google Patched a Chrome Bug Already Used on People. The Bounty Was $1,000](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e29.md) — 2026-09-05 - [OpenAI Ships GPT-6 Astra After Rating It Critical for Cyberattacks](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e28.md) — 2026-09-04 - [Judge Finds Google Broke Ad Tech Law. It Still Keeps the Ad Exchange](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e27.md) — 2026-09-03 - [FBI Probes IDScan After 153 Million Drivers License Scans Went Up for Sale](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e26.md) — 2026-09-02 - [Google Removed uBlock Origin From the Chrome Web Store. Copies Get No Updates](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e25.md) — 2026-09-01 - [Omarchy's Docs Said Not as Root. The Default Group Was Root](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e24.md) — 2026-08-31 - [DHS Used a Customs Summons After a Judge Refused Journalist Warrants](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e23.md) — 2026-08-30 - [OpenAI Will Pull Models From Cursor After SpaceX Close](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e22.md) — 2026-08-29 - [Judge Rules Pentagon Illegally Blacklisted Anthropic; Label Still Stands](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e21.md) — 2026-08-28 - [Nvidia Reportedly Agrees to Buy Hugging Face for $12.9 Billion, Unsigned](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e20.md) — 2026-08-27 - [Nitter Shut Down After Cease-and-Desist Letters, Not a Court Order](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e19.md) — 2026-08-26 - [Microsoft Paint Hides Server-Issued IDs in Locally Generated Images](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e18.md) — 2026-08-25 - [Claude Opus 5 Opened Five Desk Gadgets. The Signature Only Ran at Update](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e17.md) — 2026-08-24 - [A UK Safety Test Left the Internet On. A Texas Student Caught the Malware PR](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e16.md) — 2026-08-23 - [A GrapheneOS Duress PIN Is Now the Basis of a Federal Felony Case](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e15.md) — 2026-08-22 - [GitHub Recovered in Three Hours. Copilot Kept Asking Until Night](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e14.md) — 2026-08-21 - [Neutral Got a Landlord](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e13.md) — 2026-08-20 - [The Fee Got Promoted](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e12.md) — 2026-08-19 - [The Check Said Fine](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e11.md) — 2026-08-18 - [Seven Billion for a Seat](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e10.md) — 2026-08-17 - [Nobody on the Page](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e9.md) — 2026-08-16 - [Free Isn't Free](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e8.md) — 2026-08-15 - [The Trophy Case](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e7.md) — 2026-08-14 - [The Well-Worn Path](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e6.md) — 2026-08-13 - [Prediction for Sale](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e5.md) — 2026-08-12 - [Sunset on the Archive](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e4.md) — 2026-08-11 - [Pinky Promise Memory](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e3.md) — 2026-08-10 - [Liberation Needs a Tunnel](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e2.md) — 2026-08-09 - [The Corkboard in the Package Server](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/episodes/s1e1.md) — 2026-08-08 ## About See [about.md](https://www.chiefskepticofficer.online/about.md).