{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AI Neanderthal by Malcolm Werchota","title":"#14 - Who Holds Your Off Switch?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/52de6627\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3103,"description":"Who holds the switch on your AI tools, your culture, your chips — even your usage limits? Spoiler: it's not you.\n\nThis weekend, control became the only story in AI. Malcolm walks through five fights over who holds the off switch — and what you should do about it on Monday morning.\n\nIn this episode:\n🔌 OpenAI pulls the plug on Cursor (02:00) — After SpaceX's ~$60B acquisition of Anysphere, OpenAI invokes a change-of-control clause and ends model access on November 12. Anthropic's Tom Brown responds by promising MORE compute for Cursor. CNBC\n🥷 Criminals turned the same tool into a crowbar (08:30) — Ransomware crew Aur0ra weaponised Cursor's AI agent by telling it the attacks were a \"simulation.\" At least 7 victims, including German Mittelstand manufacturer Teckentrup. AI assistance made attackers \"30% to 50% faster\" — Eyal Sela, Gambit Security. Reuters exclusive via Insurance Journal\n🎵 Sony & Warner Chappell sue Anthropic (14:30) — \"Eye of the Tiger,\" \"All I Want for Christmas Is You\" — up to $150,000 per song. All three major music publishers are now in court against Anthropic. TechCrunch\n⚖️ China's biggest memory chipmaker sues the Pentagon (20:30) — CXMT challenges its \"Chinese military company\" label in a Washington courtroom. The chip war has moved from export bans to lawyers. Reuters\n🎁 Anthropic's 25% \"gift\" that's a 17% cut (25:00) — Claude Code weekly limits, the fine print in the threaded reply, and the Community Note the users attached. \"Not your weights, not your product.\" VentureBeat\n\nThree things for Monday: write down which supplier could switch you off tomorrow · put a human sign-off in front of every sensitive agent action · read pricing announcements like your rent contract.\n\n📱 Ping Malcolm on WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal: +43 676 6144 904 — which switch scares you the most?\n🌐 werchota.ai\n\nAI Neanderthal — AI news for humans, not robots. Straight from Bregenz, Austria. Same cave tomorrow.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0Up7tcMuVZ4o57Iv4ifZS1RwZ9v586rtihtmL6xMbcU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMjM5/YzFjODNkNmY4NDNk/MDllMDE5NGQ3MjE4/NTM3ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}