e544 — Are We Bananas?

About this episode

The episode discusses rumored AI devices, privacy challenges, and the future of VR platforms.

Photo by Masahiro Naruse on Unsplash Published 23 February 2026 e544 with Andy, Michael and Michael – Stories and discussion on rumoured AI devices, addictive predictives, listening through bananas (or mud), and what happens when VR platforms die? Plus the usual assortment or other things. This week’s episode kicks off with a check in on which tech giants are working on what devices, now? Apple stepping back from headsets but working on glasses and pendants, and OpenAI making some kind of smart Pod for your dumb Home? Then, there’s discussion of the challenges of privacy when LLMs get access to private email and chats. Oh, and if you’re not sure if your AI is an LLM or a sentience, then Anthropic can’t answer that. We hope you’re listening to the show in perfect digital quality, but we’re also interested to know if you’ve tried piping it to your ears through any kind of fruit – let us know. Meta’s fully backing away from VR for Horizon Worlds, and in case Blizzard ever stops making the client software for World of Warcraft, Michael tried an open source version. Finally, don’t let hackers get hold of your…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andy, Michael

Topics covered

• AI devices
• privacy challenges
• VR platforms
• tech giants
• addictive predictives
• digital quality

Keywords

• AI
• Apple
• OpenAI
• Meta
• VR
• privacy
• Blizzard
• Anthropic

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, OpenAI, Meta, Blizzard, Anthropic

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