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<p>Published 28 July 2025</p>
<p>e522 with Michael M and Andy &#8211; stories about AI in multiple forms: bees that listen, a cat that chats, and then some fun with animating fish you draw, a GameBoy you build and a whole lot more.</p>
<p>Andy and Michael M get things rolling while Michael R is away with a story about Amazon acquiring Bee, the wearable AI company.&nbsp; After a quick reference back to earlier wearable AI examples, the co-hosts turn to Lumo, the AI cat chatbot (catbot?) from Proton.&nbsp; This sparks a rich conversation on search, and the need to find that receipt or email about the upcoming event.&nbsp; A 404 media article covers Google’s AI Overview, and Michael shares how he routinely passes over the sponsored links, which is where the AI Overview currently resides.&nbsp; Andy noted that Google announced Web Guide this week, and the pair give that a once over.&nbsp; Andy also harkened back to his SearXNG aggregator and <a href="http://udm14.com">udm14.com</a>.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Next up, the co-hosts show that we can still have fun things, starting off with an(other) iteration of Doom.&nbsp; This is followed up with Draw A Fish, a simple and fun experience where your drawn fish is animated by the site and placed in a fishtank for you to watch and feed.&nbsp; Then, a delightful experience on Pointer Pointer, where the service gives you a picture with people pointing where you have your cursor.</p>
<p>Andy and Michael wrap things up with another LEGO video game exemplar &#8211; this time it’s the Nintendo Game Boy, which sadly doesn’t play a game, but looks very realistic down to the custom LEGO buttons.&nbsp; And of course the pair is excited to see Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues when it comes out. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Will Spinal Tap 2 go up to 12?&nbsp; Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know!&nbsp;</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>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>AI</strong></h2>
<p>The Verge article: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/711621/amazon-bee-ai-wearable-acquisition">Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.bee.computer">Bee.computer</a></p>
<p>Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2025/02/24/e502-humane-rabbits/">e502: Humane Rabbits</a> (for the Humane AI Pin, Rabbit Agent, R1 and more)</p>
<p>9 To 5 Mac article: <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/07/23/proton-throws-shade-at-apple-intelligence-privacy-as-it-launches-ai-chatbot/">Proton throws shade at Apple Intelligence privacy as it launches AI chatbot</a></p>
<p>Proton post: <a href="https://proton.me/blog/lumo-ai">Introducing Lumo, the AI where every conversation is confidential</a></p>
<p>Vivaldi post: <a href="https://vivaldi.com/blog/10-andy-yen-proton-for-a-better-web/">#10 Andy Yen (Proton) – For A Better Web</a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>Search</strong></h2>
<p>404 Media article: <a href="https://www.404media.co/googles-ai-is-destroying-search-the-internet-and-your-brain/">Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain</a></p>
<p><a href="https://docs.searxng.org">SearXNG</a></p>
<p>Tedium post: <a href="https://tedium.co/2025/07/25/google-web-guide-labs-ai-search-feedback/">One Extra Click</a></p>
<p>Google’s The Keyword post: <a href="https://blog.google/products/search/web-guide-labs/">Web Guide: An experimental AI-organized search results page</a></p>
<p><a href="http://udm14.com">udm14.com</a>&nbsp;</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>We Can Have Fun Things</strong></h2>
<p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/LcnBXtttF28?si=vERIjLftZZHh4cWG" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p><a href="https://drawafish.com">Draw a Fish</a></p>
<p><a href="https://pointerpointer.com">Pointer Pointer</a></p>
<p>The Verge article: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/712786/here-is-legos-official-nintendo-game-boy-with-lenticular-display">Here is Lego’s official Nintendo Game Boy — with lenticular display</a></p>
<p>Entertainment Weekly article: <a href="https://ew.com/comic-con-preview-this-is-spinal-tap-2-first-look-11765856">Rob Reiner applauds Paul McCartney&#8217;s &#8216;really funny&#8217; improv skills in first look at Spinal Tap sequel</a></p>
<p>IMDb: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/">This Is Spinal Tap</a> (1984)</p>
<p>IMDb: <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20222166/">Spinal Tap II: The End Continues</a> (2025)</p>
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