Dating App Lawsuit, Meta Smart Glasses Scandal, N.M. vs. Meta, OpenAI’s Goblin Ban, PodSlop, and Gov’t AI Oversight

News and Updates:

• Dating App Steals Student's Image: A Tennessee college student sued dating app Meete for allegedly taking her TikTok video without consent and geofencing it as a "friends with benefits" ad to nearby men.
• Meta Glasses Workers See Too Much: Kenyan data workers reviewing Meta smart glasses footage reported seeing graphic content, including nudity. Meta then cancelled its contract with their employer, Sama.
• Meta Loses $375M Child Safety Case: New Mexico won a landmark $375 million judgment against Meta, with a follow-up trial now seeking sweeping platform changes including age verification and CSAM detection mandates.
• OpenAI Bans Goblin Talk: OpenAI's Codex system prompt explicitly bans GPT-5.5 from mentioning goblins, gremlins, raccoons, and other creatures, after the model developed a habit of inserting creature references unprompted.
• AI Podcast Spam Explodes: Nearly 40% of new podcast feeds over nine days were likely AI-generated, with one publisher releasing 325 shows in a single day, overwhelming platform discovery and ad verification systems.
• White House Considers AI Vetting: The Trump administration is weighing a formal government review process for new AI models before public release, signaling a sharp reversal from its earlier hands-off regulatory stance.