Gongol.com Archives: February 2026
February 23, 2026
High-ranking AI manager at Meta loses inbox to rogue AI agent
Letting computers have administrative-level control over things like inboxes seems imprudent. Why are people so eager to surrender control?
Measles outbreak traced to Utah wrestling meet
Sometimes risky choices seem less troubling when the risk-takers experience a long run of good luck. The frighteningly low rates of vaccination against measles is a risk that's run up against the cold, hard reality of virality. Utah claims to have a generally adequate immunization rate, but when about 1 in 10 kindergarteners are "exempted" from vaccines like the MMR, someone's going to get sick.
