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<p>Published 4 August 2025</p>
<p>e523 with Michael R and Andy, possibly arriving via carefully-arranged starlings? – stories about AI again, obviously; iPadOS 26; games, old and new; and, an innovative method of data transfer.</p>
<p>Andy and Michael R are back together this week, while Michael M takes a turn being away! We kick off with some AI-related topics, with ChatGPT successfully passing the anti-bot Turing test, CAPTCHA, and then some discussion of AI tools being allowed in Meta&#8217;s hiring process. Could the North Koreans be on their way?</p>
<p>Seamlessly gliding (almost like&#8230; liquid glass), there&#8217;s a discussion of iPadOS 26 public beta, and all the window-y goodness that&#8217;s coming to all in September.</p>
<p>Under the heading of games topics, the hosts cover a number of links, including the existential crisis experienced by games characters in a Matrix game, an incredible clay animated music video that revisits the 1980s and 1990s, and then, a brand new game all about the life of&#8230; a fly. Yes, a fly.</p>
<p>The last segment covers a different kind of flying creature, and looks at the potential for birds to become digital data carriers. Well, starlings anyway.</p>
<p>Are you switching to bird tech any time soon? Have your bots drop our bots a line on Mastodon at <a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamesatwork_biz">@gamesatwork_biz</a> and let us know what you&#8217;re reading and what you&#8217;re thinking about!</p>
<p>These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot.&nbsp; All rights reserved.&nbsp; That’s our story and we’re sticking to it.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Selected Links</strong></h2>
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">AI</h3>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Ars Technica on ChatGPT&#8217;s Casual Clicking &#8211; <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/openais-chatgpt-agent-casually-clicks-through-i-am-not-a-robot-verification-test/">https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/openais-chatgpt-agent-casually-clicks-through-i-am-not-a-robot-verification-test/</a></li>
<li>404Media on Meta job interviews &#8211; <a href="https://www.404media.co/meta-is-going-to-let-job-candidates-use-ai-during-coding-tests/">https://www.404media.co/meta-is-going-to-let-job-candidates-use-ai-during-coding-tests/</a></li>
<li>BBC: US woman gets 8-year sentence for stealing identities to give North Koreans jobs <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2l2yn5zmxo">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2l2yn5zmxo</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ultracode.ai/">https://ultracode.ai/</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Apple</h3>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>iPadOS 26 public beta &#8211; <a href="https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/07/first-look-ipados-26-public-beta/">https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/07/first-look-ipados-26-public-beta/</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Gaming</h3>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Characters panic inside Matrix game &#8211; <a href="https://futurism.com/demo-video-game-characters-panic-code-matrix">https://futurism.com/demo-video-game-characters-panic-code-matrix</a></li>
<li>Music video GUNSHIP &#8211; Tech Noir 2 &#8211; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlUJTtBphb0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlUJTtBphb0</a></li>
<li>Time Flies game &#8211; <a href="https://timeflies.buzz">https://timeflies.buzz</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Birds! Yes, birds! (can we pretend this is a Maker section?)</h3>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Full video &#8211; storing PNGs in birds &#8211;<a href=" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQCP-5g5bo"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQCP-5g5bo</a>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>Tom&#8217;s Hardware coverage &#8211; <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/yes-you-can-store-data-on-a-bird-enthusiast-converts-png-to-bird-shaped-waveform-teaches-young-starling-to-recall-file-at-up-to-2mb-s">https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/yes-you-can-store-data-on-a-bird-enthusiast-converts-png-to-bird-shaped-waveform-teaches-young-starling-to-recall-file-at-up-to-2mb-s</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>


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