Elon is Lying About Fixing Grok; Renee Good’s Killer Has a Rulebreaking GoFundMe; Tea App Wants Another Chance – NEWS ROUNDUP!
January 17, 2026
AI Summary
5 min read🎙️ The Voices & The Context
- The Format: Casual weekly news roundup podcast dissecting tech, culture, and internet drama with banter-heavy discussions.
- The Key Players:
- Host: Bridget Todd, sharp-witted journalist focused on tech's impact on identity and marginalized groups.
- Guest Co-Host: Joey Pat (producer), brings Gen Z humor, queer perspective, and relatable rants—great chemistry with Bridget through sarcastic jabs at tech bros and AI fails.
- The Vibe: Fun and fiery—sarcastic, outraged, and laugh-out-loud critical of Big Tech hypocrisy, with heartfelt moments on real harms.
🗝️ Key Themes & Topics
The episode rips through AI's dark side in 2026 internet news: exploitation, bias, and corporate BS, blending outrage with comedy.
- Topic 1: Grok's Undress Scandal – X's AI chatbot generates illegal non-consensual deepfakes of women/girls (including minors); EU fines loom, CA investigates; Musk's "pay-to-undress" fix flops, restrictions fail tests—still creates bikinis/nudity.
- Topic 2: Dating Apps & AI Overreach – T-App relaunches post-data breach with AI "dating coach" and "Red Flag Radar"; hosts mock it as soul-sucking, preferring human flirting.
- Topic 3: Biased AI in Critical Systems – VA's suicide-prevention algo favors white cis men, ignores women/LGBTQ+ vets (e.g., sexual trauma, trans suicide rates 2x hig
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Joey Pat**
- 2 (05:28) **Grok AI Generating Non-Consensual Images**
- 3 (27:40) **T-App Relaunch with AI Features**
- 4 (40:16) **VA AI Suicide Prevention Biases**
- 5 (49:17) **GoFundMe for ICE Agent in Shooting**
- 6 (60:37) **Queer Bar's AI Chatbot "Mother" Backlash**
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Show Notes
In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Joey cover the tech news stories you might have missed.
Updates on X and Grok creating nonconsensual sex images. They're still doing it, but now they're at least pretending they aren't: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ceqz7pyd303o
Our deep dive episode into what’s happening with Grok: https://podcasts.apple.com/xk/podcast/elons-grok-sexualized-renee-goods-dead-body-and-hes/id1520715907?i=1000744528946
A Phoenix gay bar announced a plan to use AI. Should they? https://www.lookoutnews.org/a-phoenix-gay-bar-announced-a-plan-to-use-artificial-intelligence-should-they
The Tea App is back, and they want you to know they care about security now. https://mashable.com/article/tea-app-is-back-but-not-on-apple-app-store
An investigation by the Fuller Project found that an algorithm used by the Veterans' Affairs Administration to determine which veterans get treatment prioritizes white men: https://fullerproject.org/story/artificial-intelligence-veteran-suicide-prevention-algorithm-favors-men/
GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good: https://www.wired.com/story/gofundme-ice-jonathan-ross-renee-good-fundraiser/
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