Daily Tech News Show

By Tom MerrittNews Technology

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March 29, 2023 Woolly Meatballs Are Not for Dinner (Yet) - DTNS 4487
Is ByteDance’s Lemon8 a template for a way forward for the company if TikTok is banned in the US? After Ubisoft announced it wouldn’t be attending this year’s E3 and with Sega and Tencent also being no shows, does the tradeshow still have a future? The Future of Life Institute published an open letter asking for a pause in training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Will Smith, Roger Chang, Joe.

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31 min
March 28, 2023 Take the Tik Tok Ban or No Ban Challenge! – DTNS 4486
Generative AI is distrupting the professions of writers, artists, coders and now audiobook narrators. We explore this with tech journalist Erin Carson. Plus we take a look at the “RESTRICT Act” from Senators Mark Warner of Virginia and John Thune of South Dakota. The latest bill designed to curb TikTok in the US. And weContinue reading "Take the Tik Tok Ban or No Ban Challenge! – DTNS 4486"
31 min
March 28, 2023 Take the Tik Tok Ban or No Ban Challenge! - DTNS 4486
Generative AI is disrupting the professions of writers, artists, coders and now audiobook narrators. We explore this with tech journalist Erin Carson. Plus we take a look at the “RESTRICT Act'' from Senators Mark Warner of Virginia and John Thune of South Dakota. The latest bill designed to curb TikTok in the US. And we explain what’s happening with verified Twitter accounts after Elon Musk’s tweet on Monday.

Starring Tom Merritt, Erin Carson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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30 min
March 27, 2023 Blair Brings The Bats – DTNS 4485
Bioengineers at the University of Hiroshima have created a mathematical model of a bat’s echolocation that could be used to develop new active sensing systems. Why has Microsoft informed at least two customers that it will terminate their license to use the Bing search index if they use it to train AI tools? And willContinue reading "Blair Brings The Bats – DTNS 4485"
31 min
March 27, 2023 Blair Brings The Bats - DTNS 4485
Bioengineers at the University of Hiroshima have created a mathematical model of a bat’s echolocation that could be used to develop new active sensing systems. Why has Microsoft informed at least two customers that it will terminate their license to use the Bing search index if they use it to train AI tools? And will software coders be the biggest victims of large scale AI enhanced dev tool adoption?

Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Blair Bazdarich, Roger Chang, Joe.

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30 min
March 24, 2023 Tinkers Gonna Tinker – DTNS 4484
Modular laptop maker Framework is bringing an expansion featuring PCI-Express interface for the module for a GPU or dual SSDs. OpenAI has launched an alpha for plugins for ChatGPT allowing developers to expand the chatbot’s training data by allowing it access to third-party sources, including the web. And would you let a Anime woman inContinue reading "Tinkers Gonna Tinker – DTNS 4484"
34 min
March 24, 2023 Tinkers Gonna Tinker - DTNS 4484
Modular laptop maker Framework is bringing an expansion featuring PCI-Express interface for the module for a GPU or dual SSDs. OpenAI has launched an alpha for plugins for ChatGPT allowing developers to expand the chatbot’s training data by allowing it access to third-party sources, including the web. And would you let a Anime woman in a videogame do your real-life taxes?

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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32 min
March 23, 2023 Uncomplicate Cancellation – DTNS 4483
The Game Developers Conference is happening all this week. Trisha Hershberger is here with the biggest announcement from the event. Plus a spate of YouTubers have had their accounts hacked and taken over by third party actors. Is there something more that Google could do to enhance YouTube account security? And the US Federal TradeContinue reading "Uncomplicate Cancellation – DTNS 4483"
35 min
March 23, 2023 Uncomplicate Cancellation - DTNS 4483
The Game Developers Conference is happening all this week. Trisha Hershberger is here with the biggest announcement from the event. Plus a spate of YouTubers have had their accounts hacked and taken over by third party actors. Is there something more that Google could do to enhance YouTube account security? And the US Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for a new Click to Cancel rule, which would require businesses to make subscription canceling simpler for consumers.

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Trisha Hershberger, Roger Chang, Joe.

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34 min
March 22, 2023 Video Games That Write Themselves – DTNS 4482
TikTok’s CEO, Shou Chew, will appear before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday to answer questions regarding the service’s data security. What can we expect to hear about from Chew? Plus Ubisoft announced it’s using a tool called Ghostwriter to help its developers write game dialogue.

Starring Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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33 min