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AI Floods Open Source, Olympic Drones, and Robot Prizefighting | TSG Ep. 1020
17-Feb-2026
Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, JP Morgenthal, Hope Lynch and Stephen Foskett, president of the Tech Field Day arm of the Futurum Group, dive into an "Eternal September" phenomenon that is affecting maintainers of open source software projects that are being overwhelmed by contributors using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate code.
Then the gang takes a look at how television networks such as NBC are using drones to cover the 2026 Winter Olympics, before delving into how robots are being used in a prizefighting league that has emerged in China.
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