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Published 8 June 2026
e556 with Michael, Andy and Michael – Michael R’s annual edu-cation, chatbot trickery, data center data visualization, LeRobot Humanoid open source robotics, LEGO and a whole lot more!
Michael, Andy and Michael get things started with Michael R’s annual edu-cation, Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference.
Then the team turns to a news story about tricking Meta’s support chatbot into granting access to Instagram accounts. This is not a new tactic – check out e429 for a link to try this out for yourself with lakera.ai‘s Gandalf game.
Next up is a data visualization for data centers across the United States. And then, a solution for the energy needs of a data center: CrankGPT. And harkening back to the earlier chatbot trickery, there’s a GitHub repo to get Chipotle’s chatbot Pepper to write python code and more. Then, the team considers an article from The Atlantic that spells out a contrarian view that this is in fact the best time for a computer science degree.
A new robotics story captured the team’s attention – the LeRobot Humanoid. Hugging Face developed this robotic set of legs as an accessible, low cost, open humanoid (well, humanoid legs) robot. Another intriguing maker project is a 3D book that has printed on it’s pages the machine code needed to fabricate itself.
Wrapping up the episode, the team takes a look at some of the newest LEGO sets featuring Gaudi’s architecture and SmartPlay sets featuring Nintendo’s Pokemon.
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Selected Links
WWDC 2026 coming up!
WWDC26 All systems glow. June 8-12, 2026
From Apple: "Join us on Tuesday, June 9, for a screening of The Mandalorian and Grogu at Steve Jobs Theater. Doors open at 7 p.m. A pre-show presentation about the role of Apple technologies in the movie’s production, featuring a special guest, begins at 8 p.m." #WWDC26
Random Thoughts blog post: Getting Ready for WWDC And Building my HomeLab
AI
NEW: Hackers were able to hijack several Instagram accounts by tricking Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot into resetting the victims’ passwords.
It’s unclear how many Instagram users were hacked due to this flaw. A Meta spokesperson said the issue has now been fixed.
Games at Work e429: Promptly Engineering (for the discussion on the Gandalf AI prompt engineering game)
Tracking American AI Data Center Buildout
GitHub cyberpapiii/chipotlai-max
The Atlantic article: There’s Never Been a Better Time to Study Computer Science
Makers
hackster.io article: Hugging Face Launches $2,500 DIY Humanoid Robot
Design Boom post: this fully 3D-printed book turns its own G-code into raised lettering
LEGO
LEGO Sagrada Familia Architecture 21065
Nintendo Life article: LEGO’s Pokémon Smart Play Sets Have Finally Been Officially Revealed
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