Elon is Lying About Fixing Grok; Renee Good’s Killer Has a Rulebreaking GoFundMe; Tea App Wants Another Chance – NEWS ROUNDUP!
There Are No Girls on the Internet
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4.1 • 905 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
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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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:08.2 | There are No Girls on the Internet as a production of IHeart Radio and UnBossed Creative. |
| 0:16.4 | I'm Bridget Todd, and this is There Are No Girls on the Internet. |
| 0:22.1 | Welcome to There Are No Girls on the Internet, where we explore the intersection of technology, culture, social media, and identity. |
| 0:28.2 | And this is another installment of our weekly news roundup, where we talk through all the stories you may have missed on the Internet, so you don't have to. |
| 0:35.8 | I am so excited because in the guest co-host chair, we have my amazing producer, Joey. |
| 0:42.6 | Joey, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:43.7 | It has been too long. |
| 0:45.0 | Hey, Bridget. |
| 0:45.8 | Thanks for having me back. |
| 0:47.7 | Officially in 2026 now, I think the last time I was on mic, we were kind of fake. |
| 0:53.7 | In 2026, we recorded it in 2025 and we're |
| 0:56.2 | pretending it was 2026, but now it's actually 2026. Also, shout out to everybody who commented on |
| 1:02.2 | the mailbag episode that my predictions were right about the world ending the first week. |
| 1:08.6 | No. As the helicopter, as the helicopter with Maduro was going over my apartment, I don't know. |
| 1:19.6 | We're both in Brooklyn right now, actually. |
| 1:21.9 | He apparently... |
| 1:22.8 | Is it true that Maduro, Luigi, and Diddy are all in the same Brooklyn facility? I read that somewhere. |
| 1:30.4 | I don't know if that's true. I might need to fact check that. Yes, allegedly. I'll be real. |
| 1:36.2 | All of my information about this comes from, if anybody's seen the like meme that's going around |
| 1:42.4 | where they've put all of the people there are allegedly |
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