Daily Podcast – 2026-09-18

Welcome back to the daily tech digest. Today, we are diving deep into the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence, where massive corporate claims meet intense philosophical debate. We'll cover everything from a Microsoft executive calling AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history,' to new low-level programming languages designed to mathematically block AI mistakes. We'll also look at major security breaches, the practical challenges of using passkeys, and some fascinating deep dives into infrastructure and developer tools. Grab your coffee, and let's get into the news. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:39 Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history' 2:50 I don't like passkeys 4:43 Bend – A language that blocks AI mistakes via proof, on CPU and GPU 6:45 A heap overflow and SSO misconfiguration to compromise OpenAI internal repos 8:52 Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash 11:10 How to Write with an LLM 13:07 Flet 1.0 – Build cross-platform apps in Python 14:38 Cloudflare Quick Tunnels 16:23 Rate limits on GitLab.com are changing 18:08 The scourge of x86 emulation 20:07 How do we prevent mathematics from devolving into the Medieval Era of secrecy? 22:11 Outro