The Monkey Patching Podcast: Going Bananas on AI, Data, LLMs & Tech

• (00:43) - An AI-Generated Country Song Is Topping A Billboard Chart, And That Should Infuriate Us All
• (07:51) - Using Generative AI in Content Production
• (13:37) - LLMs Can Get “Brain Rot”!
• (21:30) - GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
• (28:42) - GitHub - toon-format/toon: Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) – Compact, human-readable, schema-aware JSON for LLM prompts. Spec, benchmarks, TypeScript SDK.
• (36:33) - Introducing Scribe v2 Realtime
• (41:06) - ByteDance unveils China’s most affordable AI coding agent at just US$1.30 a month
• (47:23) - TypeScript, Python, and the AI feedback loop changing software development
• (01:06:09) - Introducing iPhone Pocket: a beautiful way to wear and carry iPhone
• (01:08:35) - Nexperia update

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An AI-Generated Country Song Is Topping A Billboard Chart, And That Should Infuriate Us All | 2025-11-08
An AI-generated country song is topping a Billboard chart, stoking a fresh debate over authenticity and how charts treat synthetic artists. “Walk My Walk” by Breaking Rust hit No. 1 on Country Digital Song Sales, raising questions about disclosure, bot-inflated metrics, and where Billboard draws the line. https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2025/11/08/an-ai-generated-country-song-is-topping-a-billboard-chart-and-that-should-infuriate-us-all/

Using Generative AI in Content Production | n.d.
Netflix outlines when productions can use generative AI and what must be cleared before anything hits the screen. Ideation is generally low-risk, but final deliverables, digital replicas of talent, personal data, or third-party IP require written approval and enterprise-grade safeguards, backed by a handy use-case matrix. https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/43393929218323-Using-Generative-AI-in-Content-Production

LLMs Can Get “Brain Rot”! | 2025-10-15
The paper “LLMs Can Get "Brain Rot!” dials down on the risk that large language models degrade when trained on their own outputs instead of diverse human data. It collects early research and symptoms—like blandness, repetition, and drifting facts—framing the problem in plain language for non-specialists and policymakers.
https://llm-brain-rot.github.io

GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT | 2025-11-12
OpenAI announced GPT-5.1, aiming for a smarter, more conversational ChatGPT rolling out to paid users first. Two flavors—Instant and Thinking—promise better instruction following, clearer reasoning that adapts to task difficulty, and new controls to shape tone so responses feel warmer or more precise. 
https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/

GitHub - toon-format/toon: Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) – Compact, human-readable, schema-aware JSON for LLM prompts. Spec, benchmarks, TypeScript SDK. | 2025-11-10
Token-Oriented Object Notation (TOON) pitches a compact, schema-aware alternative to JSON for LLM prompts. With a v1.0 release on November 10 and a TypeScript SDK, TOON targets uniform arrays for major token savings while keeping lossless structure—positioning it as a pragmatic bridge between JSON and model-friendly text. https://github.com/toon-format/toon

Introducing Scribe v2 Realtime | 2025-11-11
ElevenLabs introduced Scribe v2 Realtime, a streaming speech-to-text model built for agents, meetings, and live captions. It promises sub-150 ms latency, automatic language detection, and enterprise options—claiming 93.5% accuracy across 30 languages—with API access and direct integration into ElevenLabs Agents
https://elevenlabs.io/blog/introducing-scribe-v2-realtime

ByteDance unveils China’s most affordable AI coding agent at just US$1.30 a month | 2025-11-12
ByteDance’s Volcano Engine launched a low-cost coding agent priced at 9.9 yuan (US$1.30) for the first month, escalating China’s AI coding price war. The Doubao-Seed-Code model later costs 40 yuan monthly and touts SWE-Bench Verified results on par with leading systems.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3332365/bytedance-unveils-chinas-most-affordable-ai-coding-agent-just-us130-month

TypeScript, Python, and the AI feedback loop changing software development | 2025-11-13
GitHub’s Octoverse interview explores how AI tools are reshaping language choices and developer workflows, with TypeScript rising alongside Python’s AI strength. In conversation with GitHub Next’s Idan Gazit, the piece frames an AI feedback loop where typed languages help agents refactor reliably across tasks.
https://github.blog/news-insights/octoverse/typescript-python-and-the-ai-feedback-loop-changing-software-development/?utm_source=twitter-idan-octoverse&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=universe25post