HEADLINES: Open-Source AI Battles, Microscopic Taco Coups, and Unsafe Chinese Imports

(0:00) Pre-Show (00:55) Open (1:50) National Junk Food Day (2:40) cj's week: Legoland & Lounge Chairs (5:37) Jeff's Week: Exploding Transmission Trunks (9:16) Headline: China continues to punch back against America’s AI dominance (13:50) Headline: Slashed Budgets, Spreading Bugs: How the FDA Missed a Massive Outbreak (20:31) Headline: AliExpress Breaks the Bank with Largest Tech Penalty in EU History (25:06) The Hotpoint Electric Refrigerator After navigating a 17-million-gallon water main burst and surviving a theme park stampede, the *Nonsense* hosts return to inspect the state of the world this week. Silicon Valley's AI moat is evaporating fast as trillion-parameter open-source models flood the market, offering top-tier reasoning for literal pennies on the dollar - just as chip and memory suppliers jack up prices on consumers. In even more stomach-churning news, a parasite outbreak linked to (possibly?) Taco Bell lettuce has hit thousands of consumers; begging the guys to take a look at the real-world consequences of cutting billions from public health funding while pushing a third of the CDC staff out.  Finally, the EU cracks down on direct-to-consumer e-commerce giant AliExpress with a historic penalty for continuing to ship hazardous knockoffs. And you thought summer would be boring! China delivers a one-two punch to America’s AI dominance | The Verge Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce from the US market after cyclosporiasis outbreak Taco Bell iceberg lettuce identified as source of cyclosporiasis in 5 states - Ars Technica AliExpress hit with record $625M fine after failing to make EU-ordered fixes - Ars Technica Send us a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠voice message⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Nonsense is available ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.