e565 — Building Minas Tirith

a tree with white bark against a blue sky, reminiscent of the White Tree of Gondor

Published 17 August 2026 e564 with Andy, Michael and Michael – invisible prompt injections in legal briefs and resumes, podcasting games, No Man’s Sky & Pokemon Go’s anniversaries, LEGO and a whole lot more! Andy, Michael and Michael begin with invisible prompt injections.  The first example is in legal briefs with the intent to influence AI agents reading the filings.  Another example attempts to influence agents evaluating resumes.  Continuing on the theme, the co hosts consider a story about machine-readable watermarks in text and images in accordance with the EU’s AI Act.   Next up is an intriguing podcast game … Continue reading

e562 — Field Notes

Field at Shadow Springs Vineyard, Hamptonville, NC

Published 27 July 2026 e562 with Andy and Michael M – EMFCamp recap, whole lot of LEGO love, the game of life, a Playdate mini MMO, AR assisted murals and a whole lot more! Andy and Michael M start off with a recap of Andy’s experiences at EMF Camp while Michael R is away for this episode.  Andy shares his experiences, describes the “Monumental GameBoy”, how visitors to his campsite enjoyed playing his LEGO pinball machine and his updates to the EMF badge (such as Pigs in Space!).  Check out the show notes below for a few visual links, including … Continue reading

e556— AI With Extra Guac

mortar, pestle and avocado preparation for guacamole

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 … Continue reading

e554 — SPI vs I

cat in a briefcase peering over the edge, flipped and duplicated so that it appears two cats are looking at one another

e554 – SPI vs I: Stories and discussion on #LLM #PhoneNumber lookups, #proctors returning to #Princeton, lavish #LEGO, #LOTR and a whole lot more! Continue reading