OpenAI snubs Microsoft in latest offering. A new study finds that top tech companies lost a significant amount of very senior people when they insisted on return to office. Waymo’s milestone of 50,000 rides per week earns them a federal – investigation.

All this and more on this “that’s gotta hurt” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love

OpenAI doesn’t disappoint with the launch of new multi-modal functionality for GPT 4. Apple may be bringing ChatGPT to the iPhone in a bigger way and the US and China are engaging on talks about AI Safety.

All this and more on this “springtime announcements” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love

What is Open AI about to launch?  A judge has ruled that data scraping on public social media sites may not be infringing on copyright, Waymo hits a milestone in the number of driverless taxi rides and what if car batteries could be made from wastewater?

All this and more on this “surprise achievements” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love

This weekend we have an interview with Francois Guay discussion a unique study that the Canadian Cyber Security Network did called Cybertowns. 

Google’s DeepMind makes a big step forward in understanding life at the molecular level,  Apple touches a nerve with its latest ad which can only be described as “tone deaf,” Elon Musk’s Neurolink’s first human experiment has some problems and a stark warning about the absolute devastation of the US economy if tensions lead to conflict in Taiwan.

All this and more on this “Murphy’s Law” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love.

Employees are embracing BYOAI – Bring Your Own AI to work, with or without employer approval.  Employers still suffering from a lack of skills.  Dell Plans to colour code employees based on office attendance. And the story continues about that mysterious GPT-2 chat bot.

All this and more on the “rumours and research reports” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love.

Microsoft executives may lose bonuses if the company is hacked, Apple unveils its M4 chip in the iPad Pro, a new company leverages AI to reportedly find millions in savings on Software as a Service and Elon Musk tells you how much AI is used at Starlink and Space-X. Spoiler alert? None.

All this and more on the “ups and downs of AI” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love.

Half of internet traffic may be generated by bots. Data Centres are facing a backlash as they fail to deliver enough jobs and place strain on energy infrastructure.  11 Labs struggles to defend against deep fake voices. An almost unstoppable spyware targets IoS devices.

All this and more on the “is anything we can count on” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love.

We had a probelme with our podcast feed this morning and it's taking forever to get any tech support. So I'm posting a second episode to see if that works any better. If you get two today, my apologies.

Half of internet traffic may be generated by bots. Data Centres are facing a backlash as they fail to deliver enough jobs and place strain on energy infrastructure.  11 Labs struggles to defend against deep fake voices. An almost unstoppable spyware targets IoS devices.

All this and more on the “is anything we can count on” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love.

A new and powerful AI Model appears and disappears in a few days. Microsoft tells Windows 10 users they are on their own to fix a problem from a recent Microsoft update. Chinese researchers say that their infrastructure has a host of vulnerabilities. And was TikTok user time in decline as the new US legislation was announced?

All this and more on the “Schadenfreude” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love.