F-35 ‘Jailbreak’ Talk, AMC Rejects AI Film, Gmail Training Confusion, and the AI Productivity Paradox

Host Jim Love covers four stories:

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Dutch Defense Secretary Gijs Tuinman suggests the F-35’s software could be “jailbroken,” highlighting allied concerns about U.S.-controlled update pipelines and mission systems (formerly ALIS, now ODIN) and arguing the main barriers are contractual and operational rather than purely technical. An AI-generated short film, “Thanksgiving Day” by Igor OV, wins Screen Vision Media’s Frame Forward AI Animated Film Festival and a promised two-week theatrical run, but AMC declines to screen it, reflecting ongoing Hollywood sensitivities around generative AI, authorship, and labor. Google responds to reports that it uses Gmail content to train Gemini by stating it does not use Gmail content for training, while confusion stems from wording and placement of Gmail “smart features” settings; the episode critiques the lack of plain-language clarity. Finally, a survey of 6,000 executives (reported via Tom’s Hardware) finds over 80% of companies see no measurable productivity gains from AI, drawing parallels to the historic “productivity paradox” and suggesting organizations aren’t redesigning processes; the show previews a deeper discussion on Project Synapse.

00:00 Trending Headlines + Sponsor: Meter
00:45 Can You ‘Jailbreak’ the F-35? Software Sovereignty & Ally Unease
02:48 AI Film Wins a Festival—AMC Says No: The Distribution Bottleneck
05:01 Does Google Train Gemini on Your Gmail? The Settings Confusion Explained
07:29 Why 80% See No AI Productivity Gains: The New ‘Productivity Paradox’
09:47 Wrap-Up, Project Synapse Tease + Sponsor Thanks