March 12, 2025

Intelligent Machines 810: A Liter of Computronium

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2 hours 47 minutes

Interview with Ray Kurzweil

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Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Ray Kurzweil

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March 12, 2025

Intelligent Machines 810: A Liter of Computronium

Listen Later

2 hours 47 minutes

Interview with Ray Kurzweil

Liquid eggs? NYC bodegas have new strategy to keep bacon, egg and cheese prices down

Google announces Gemini Robotics for building general purpose robots

DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold origami and close Ziploc bags

An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, repeated false

claims from a pro-Kremlin disinformation network 33% of the time

A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly

AI Tries To Cheat At Chess When It's Losing - Slashdot

AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance

Pokemon Go is getting a new owner after almost 9 years with Niantic

Robots That Don't Walk Are Making Strides

Amazon has more than 750,000 robots that sort, lift, and carry packages—see them in action

TikTok will play 'calming music' to remind teens to stop using the app

FCC chair asks if YouTube TV 'discriminates against faith-based programming'

OpenAI says it has trained an AI that's 'really good' at creative writing

Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'

The Senate approves Gail Slater, President Trump's pick to lead the DOJ's antitrust unit, by a 78-19 vote; she has been critical of power in the tech industry

Times profile of Jessica Lessin

Gen-Zers are turning to DVDs instead of streaming their favorite movies

Wonder Acquires Media Company Tastemade for $90 Million

Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Ray Kurzweil

Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines.

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