Apple says it has a workaround to training its AI models with data that doesn’t violate its customers’ privacy. The town that used AI to see what everybody wanted. OpenAI is working on a X-like social media platform. Is this what we want? And we share our data security habits when we travel abroad with tech.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Which tech products are affected by tariffs and which have been given exemptions? Justin is here to break it down for us. Should ChatBots be made to be less human-like so people don’t assume its intelligent? Would you feel violated if your ride-hailing service recorded your conversation during ride? And if smartphones are durable to resist breaking if dropped what’s the point of having a phone case?

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe

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Toshiba unveils the Aurex AX-RP10, a portable wireless record player. MIT researchers study if English-speaking robots improve the quality of dialogue between parents and children. Plus would you subscribe to your appliance? And it’s time again for our Friday end-of-week Great Debates! Unemployed or Phoneless, Smell vs Taste; which side will you take?

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Have you ever experienced GTP or Game Transfer Phenomenon? A condition where the physical world and video games bleed together. What new research discovered about the stylistic differences between news articles written by human journalists and those generated by AI. And Apple airlifts U.S. around 1.5 million iPhones to avoid tariffs on Chinese imports. And DoorDash starts robot deliveries in Los Angeles and Chicago.

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Nintendo’s recent Switch 2 announcement was a hit. The pricing for the games and console is not so much. Fans of Internet derived shorthand like Kthxbai, thx, and l8r in text messages might need to rethink their approach if you want to seem sincere. Google AI makes the Wizard of Oz look better on the Sphere in Vegas. And why house robots always seem to suck.

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

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Shannon’s here to show off Gemini’s new AI live streaming and screen sharing features. We explore how to avoid your own Signalgate communications debacle. Where Zipline is expanding its remotely piloted air delivery service. And what everyone’s favorite FAST services are.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Meta releases a new version of Llama LLM over the weekend. How does it compare with previous versions and its rivals? Small Indian tech shops are building a niche market by hacking together hybrid-laptops from various cast away parts. How Tom used ChatGPT on his vacation to Japan. And Bluesky might have less toxicity it also has less fun.

Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Vimeo is rolling out Vimeo Streaming, enabling video creators launch their own subscription streaming services. AI experts are way more optimistic about AI’s future than the general U.S. public. Speaking of AI Microsoft’s Copilot can now browse the web and perform actions for you. And its Friday! We’ve got another fun trivia quiz that will test your knowledge of fake movies!

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Google’s NotebookLM has a new feature enabling it to find and summarize its own web sources. OpenAI’s new image-generation feature in ChatGPT is proving popular with users. Can extended reality tech help change the way we eat? And Apple might be upgrading the telephoto lens in the upcoming iPhone 17 Pro.

Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.

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We break down Nintendo’s Switch 2 announcement. Does screen time in bed contribute to insomnia? And did OpenAI train its GPT-4o model on paywalled books from O’Reilly Media without permission.

Starring Sarah Lane, Jenn Cutter, Roger Chang, Joe.

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