It’s a new year, which is a great opportunity to take stock of what we’re leaving behind in tech in the new year. 

Bridget joined Sam and Anney over at Stuff Mom Never Told You to get into what’s not coming with us in 2024.

It’s a new year, which is a great opportunity to take stock of what we’re leaving behind in tech in the new year. 
Bridget joined Sam and Anney over at Stuff Mom Never Told You to get into what’s not coming with us in 2024.

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.

There Are No Girls on the Internet

What we’re leaving behind in the new year - STUFF MOM NEVER TOLD YOU

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Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is generating roughly one nonconsensual sexual image per minute on X. It's not just celebrities - victims include images of children, dead bodies, and Holocaust survivors.

This week, users asked Grok to create a sexualized AI image of Renee Good's dead body, the woman shot and killed by ICE in Minnesota.

And Elon? He's posting jokes about it. We break down how we got here, why it's only getting worse in the US, what some countries are trying to do about it, and what happens when the richest man in the world builds AI specifically for abusers.

How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point (by Kat Tenbarge): https://spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-deepfakes-abuse-elon-musk 

Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere (by Samantha Cole): https://www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexual-abuse-imagery-twitter/

The Twitter-to-Fame Pipeline of the 2010s (w/ Celebrity Memoir Book Club): https://omny.fm/shows/there-are-no-girls-on-the-internet/the-twitter-to-fame-pipeline-of-the-2010s-w-celebrity-memoir-book-club

Coverage of research into Grok requests, (by Nana Nwachukwu at Dublin’s Trinity College AI Accountability Lab): https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/08/grok-x-nonconsensual-images

Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok is generating roughly one nonconsensual sexual image per minute on X. It's not just celebrities - victims include images of children, dead bodies, and Holocaust survivors.
This week, users asked Grok to create a sexualized AI image of Renee Good's dead body, the woman shot and killed by ICE in Minnesota.
And Elon? He's posting jokes about it. We break down how we got here, why it's only getting worse in the US, what some countries are trying to do about it, and what happens when the richest man in the world builds AI specifically for abusers.
How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point (by Kat Tenbarge): <a href="https://spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-deepfakes-abuse-elon-musk">https://spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-deepfakes-abuse-elon-musk</a>&nbsp;
Grok's AI Sexual Abuse Didn't Come Out of Nowhere (by Samantha Cole):&nbsp;<a href="https://www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexual-abuse-imagery-twitter/">https://www.404media.co/grok-ai-sexual-abuse-imagery-twitter/</a>
The Twitter-to-Fame Pipeline of the 2010s (w/ Celebrity Memoir Book Club): <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/there-are-no-girls-on-the-internet/the-twitter-to-fame-pipeline-of-the-2010s-w-celebrity-memoir-book-club">https://omny.fm/shows/there-are-no-girls-on-the-internet/the-twitter-to-fame-pipeline-of-the-2010s-w-celebrity-memoir-book-club</a>
Coverage of research into Grok requests, (by Nana Nwachukwu at Dublin&rsquo;s Trinity College AI Accountability Lab):&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/08/grok-x-nonconsensual-images">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/08/grok-x-nonconsensual-images</a>

Elon's Grok Sexualized Renee Good’s Dead Body — And He's Laughing About It

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Happy New Year! We're starting 2026 on a hopeful note. We all know that AI is threatening human labor across a bunch of industries, especially creative work. This episode is about an encouraging win for humans – a case where human creators are being centered, protected, and valued in an increasingly automated entertainment industry. Bridget talks with Will Pearson, head of podcasts at iHeart, about why betting on human creators is good business. (Spoiler: Because that's what listeners want)

 

Let us know what you think by emailing hello@tangoti.com or leaving a comment on Spotify. 

 

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Happy New Year! We're starting 2026 on a hopeful note. We all know that AI is threatening human labor across a bunch of industries, especially creative work. This episode is about an encouraging win for humans &ndash; a case where human creators are being centered, protected, and valued in an increasingly automated entertainment industry. Bridget talks with Will Pearson, head of podcasts at iHeart, about why betting on human creators is good business. (Spoiler: Because that's what listeners want)
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Let us know what you think by emailing <a href="mailto:hello@tangoti.com">hello@tangoti.com</a> or leaving a comment on Spotify.&nbsp;
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The Big AI Podcast Rejection

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You asked and we answered! In this first installment of our first ever listener mail episode, the TANGOTI team reads your emails!

Thanks to everyone who submitted a question!! Keep them coming!

Let us know what you think by emailing hello@tangoti.com or leaving a comment on Spotify. 

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You asked and we answered! In this first installment of our first ever listener mail episode, the TANGOTI team reads your emails!
Thanks to everyone who submitted a question!! Keep them coming!
Let us know what you think by emailing&nbsp;<a href="mailto:hello@tangoti.com" data-linkindex="0">hello@tangoti.com</a> or leaving a comment on Spotify.&nbsp;
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Would you rather marry Musk, Zuckerberg, or Bezos— and other burning listener questions answered 

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What we’re leaving behind in the new year - STUFF MOM NEVER TOLD YOU

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