About this episode
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Published 28 July 2025
e522 with Michael M and Andy – 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.
Andy and Michael M get things rolling while Michael R is away with a story about Amazon acquiring Bee, the wearable AI company. After a quick reference back to earlier wearable AI examples, the co-hosts turn to Lumo, the AI cat chatbot (catbot?) from Proton. This sparks a rich conversation on search, and the need to find that receipt or email about the upcoming event. 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. Andy noted that Google announced Web Guide this week, and the pair give that a once over. Andy also harkened back to his SearXNG aggregator and udm14.com.
Next up, the co-hosts show that we can still have fun
