1038: OpenAI Releases GPT 6 Astra

Wes and CJ dig into OpenAI’s GPT‑6 Astra; the massive jump in computer use, the wild Blender MCP 3D demos, and whether all the AGI talk actually holds up. Plus Hugging Face’s robot duck, Vitest 5 and the arrest behind the shai‑hulud supply chain attacks

Show Notes


00:00 Welcome to Syntax!

00:52 30 Years of JScript: How Microsoft Cloned JavaScript

03:28 Ryan Dahl’s Fight to Free the JavaScript Trademark

05:48 The Rise of Micro Ducks and DIY Robotics

13:58 VeriSign Is Killing Third Level .name Domains

18:31 How Many Domains Do You Own? Registrar Pricing and Transfers

21:00 GPT-6 Astra Is Here: Is This Actually AGI?

Exploding 3D Rendering

Formula 1 Rendering

Astra in Three.JS




23:40 Computer Use: Letting AI Draw Our Thumbnail in MS Paint

Astra Using MS Paint




33:10 Can AI Edit Video? The DaVinci Resolve MCP Hype

40:18 Blender, 3D Workflows and the Death of Educational Content

47:45 Audacity 4: A Long Overdue Facelift

52:31 Ripping CDs and Owning Your Music Library Again

55:35 Vitest 5: Faster Tests, Benchmarks and Trace View

59:45 Brought to you by Sentry.io

01:00:24 Prompt Injecting Claude Opus 5 With a Malicious Zip File

01:05:46 The Shai-Hulud Hackers Got Arrested: How They Slipped Up

01:09:15 The VS Code Documentary Is Out (and Wes Is In It)

01:11:14 216 Million Spy TVs: LG Is Watching and Listening

Disconnect Your LG TV Now




01:17:05 Roku, Walmart and What Your Data Profile Really Knows

01:19:12 Google AI Mode Shows Products 21% More Expensive

01:22:31 Agentic Shopping and the Sameness of AI Taste


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