TEH 259: AI is still dumb. Who’s in charge of TikTok? The death of Gmail Import.
Wed Jan 28 2026
In This Episode: AI is still dumb. Who’s in charge of TikTok? The death of Gmail Import.
This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media.
(You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.)
Top Stories
0:30 LN: Been playing with Jan https://www.jan.ai/
2:15 So MANY online AIs: ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini, & others
3:35 Privacy-focused: Proton’s Lumo
Self-hosted: Jan (ultimate privacy?) – biggest complication is figuring out what LLM model to use
9:00 GR: Claud bot
10:00 Don’t let AI decide things for you
14:40 GR: Who owns TikTok now?
15:50 TikTok is now owned (80%) by an investor group
Oracle houses data (Larry Ellison)
Was owned by Chinese ByteDance before (still 20%)
Should you keep watching? (honestly can’t decide)
21:00 Alternatives: YouTube Shorts is getting better, Instagram
26:00 GR: mobile journalism tips
30:00 Practice “quick draw” filming with your mobile phone
Familiarize yourself with your camera resolution and upload settings
LN: auto-backup to cloud
37:00 Remember if a friend is filming, you film too. Heck, film them filming things.
44:00 LN: The death of “Check mail from other accounts:” took me down a path
FastMail
48:00 Proton mail for security
53:00 Google Workspace for Nonprofits
Ain’t it Cool
55:10 GR: Sinners (HBO Max)
BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion
1:00:06 LN: Why Am I Seeing So Many CAPTCHAs? – askleo.com/187517
1:01:10 GR: https://macmost.com/10-secrets-of-the-mac-dock.html
Transcript
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Video
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In This Episode: AI is still dumb. Who’s in charge of TikTok? The death of Gmail Import. This week the TEH Podcast is hosted by Leo Notenboom, the “Chief Question Answerer” at Ask Leo!, and Gary Rosenzweig, the host and producer of MacMost, and mobile game developer at Clever Media. (You’ll find longer Bios on the Hosts page.) Top Stories 0:30 LN: Been playing with Jan https://www.jan.ai/ 2:15 So MANY online AIs: ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude, Gemini, & others 3:35 Privacy-focused: Proton’s Lumo Self-hosted: Jan (ultimate privacy?) – biggest complication is figuring out what LLM model to use 9:00 GR: Claud bot 10:00 Don’t let AI decide things for you 14:40 GR: Who owns TikTok now? 15:50 TikTok is now owned (80%) by an investor group Oracle houses data (Larry Ellison) Was owned by Chinese ByteDance before (still 20%) Should you keep watching? (honestly can’t decide) 21:00 Alternatives: YouTube Shorts is getting better, Instagram 26:00 GR: mobile journalism tips 30:00 Practice “quick draw” filming with your mobile phone Familiarize yourself with your camera resolution and upload settings LN: auto-backup to cloud 37:00 Remember if a friend is filming, you film too. Heck, film them filming things. 44:00 LN: The death of “Check mail from other accounts:” took me down a path FastMail 48:00 Proton mail for security 53:00 Google Workspace for Nonprofits Ain’t it Cool 55:10 GR: Sinners (HBO Max) BSP: Blatant Self-Promotion 1:00:06 LN: Why Am I Seeing So Many CAPTCHAs? – askleo.com/187517 1:01:10 GR: https://macmost.com/10-secrets-of-the-mac-dock.html Transcript teh_259 Video https://youtu.be/XBe01I-Flmg