Intelligent Machines (Audio)

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January 08, 2025TWiG 801: Human Beans - Meta Stops Fact-Checking, Public Domain 2025
Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a "community notes" system similar to X

(30+) kottke.org: "oh s**t new logo just dropped"

Masnick: The Good, The Bad, And The Stupid In Meta's New Content Moderation Policies

Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down

I watched the Nvidia keynote; can summarize -jj

The Bitter Lesson

Hank Green's Cripslock Test for AGI

Public Domain Day 2025

CES 2025

New AI powered Samsung refrigerators will allow direct grocery ordering with Instacart

Gemini is taking over Google TV - in a good way

Google's AI Help Me Read feature

Deepseek seems to be a big deal: Chinese model, cheaper to train

Altman's latest gospel

Choose your Silicon Valley Thinkbro

Nicvember Post Mortum

The Habermas Machine: AI mediating disagreements

VPN Demand Surge in Florida after Adult Sites Age Restriction Kicks In

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 9 min
December 23, 2024TWiG 800: The Best of 2024 - Tree Pruning 101, Cow Magnets, The Skin
Jeff's op-ed proposing that Bell Labs be turned into a Museum and School of the Internet

Paris reveals her passion for pruning trees in NY

Molly White's first appearance, stupid Wikipedia edit wars

Ed Zitron's first appearance, elon's shady non-profits

NYC apartment with a podcast studio

What are cow magnets?

Paris and Cathy, tab hoarders

Paris digs into the source of the human cells used in a robotics experiment

Craig stops by to talk about pancakes and his philanthopy

Leo's audition for Megalopolis

AI Genereated podcast of Paris' stories

Paris getting her license to prune trees in NY

Host: Leo Laporte

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52 min
December 18, 2024TWiG 799: What's A Basketball? - 1-800-CHATGPT, TPLink, TikTok Ban
Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban

U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes

Personal Data of Rhode Island Residents Breached in Large Cyberattack

YouTube TV increases price by $10 a month starting in January

YouTube's year of the livingroom

WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction

Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024

NotebookLM gets a new look, audio interactivity and a premium version

1-800-ChatGPT

Roose celebritizes Claude

The weirdest job in AI

Nvidia's $249 Jetson Nano supercomputer

The Trouble With Searching Google for 'the Best'

Joanna Stern book all about her

Feeling at home? New app lets US homebuyers see neighbors' politics

Masnick: Katie Couric Is Wrong: Repealing Section 230 Won't Stop Online Misinformation

LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced)

Seat patterns from public transports all around the world

A compendium of transit tickets.

Top uses of Claude (by country)

Always Go To The Funeral

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 29 min
December 11, 2024TWiG 798: Great for Soup! - Veo, Willow, The Onion & Infowars
Google introduces its new generative AI video model, Veo. TikTok is fighting back, seeking to pause the US ban pending a review from the Supreme Court. A judge is currently blocking the sale of Infowars to The Onion. And Leo and Jeff help Pars decide on the best gifts for a white elephant party.
Google's new generative AI video model is now available.

Google introduces A.I. agent that aces 15-day weather forecasts.

Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip.

Google is suing a federal regulator over supervision of its payment division.

Hawk Tuah memecoin dumps 90% amid backlash over controversial launch.

TikTok seeks to pause US ban pending Supreme Court review.

Frank McCourt's Project Liberty advances bid for TikTok.

The Supreme Court must intervene in the TikTok case.

Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup.

Are those drones over New Jersey? Sightings mount, and still no answers.

Introducing Reddit answers.

Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review.

Instagram rolls out 'trial reels' that aren't shown to a creator's followers.

Infowars sale to The Onion rejected by Federal bankruptcy judge.

Debanking (and Debunking?)

YouTube's new auto-dubbing feature is now available for knowledge-focused content.

The AI We Deserve.

New KOSA, same as old KOSA, but now with Elon's ignorant endorsement.

404 Media objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's subpoena to access our reporting.

Casey Newton: The phony comforts of AI skepticism.

WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules.

Bluesky stats!

Advertising is stupid. AI is stupid. The singularity is never.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 51 min
December 04, 2024TWiG 797: Nil Coin: It's Good For Nothing - Hawk Tuah, Australia's Social Media, Brain Rot
Amazon is being sued over slow deliveries to lower-incomer areas. What is the Oxford University's 2024 word of the year? Canada's antitrust watchdog is suing Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in advertising. And Leo tries not to spend too long on the Google Changelog items.
'Hawk tuah' girl Haliey Welch launches crypto memecoin—but insists it's not a cash grab.

Amazon sued over slow deliveries to low-income areas.

Bluesky COO rejects idea upstart social app is 'left-leaning'.

Australia bans social media for everyone under 16.

What is Brain rot, the Oxford University 2024 word of the year?

Intel stock wavers on CEO Pat Gelsinger's departure.

FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop.

Canada's antitrust watchdog sues Google alleging anti-competitive conduct in advertising.

FTC changes its telemarketing rules to cover growing 'tech support scam' calls.

Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say.

U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack that exposed live phone calls.

No one is talking about ChatGPT anymore.

Romans and cultural leaders criticize Airbnb's planned two-night Colosseum experience for up to 32 guests in May 2025, saying it will demean a cultural treasure.

Google Chat rolling out audio 'Huddles' powered by Meet.

Google Maps app showing incident reports from Waze.

Gemini app rolling out 'Make calls and send message without unlocking'.

Google Wallet for Wear OS adding corporate badges, campus IDs, and more.

Pixel 6-9 now lets you check device temperature after 'Troubleshooting' update.

Google's video generator comes to more customers.

Google's beefing up Android app security, but not everyone's going to be happy.

Google Photos rolling out 'Undo device backup' setting.

Mikah's TATOFY for Magic Mouse 2 Grip

Can the "Bookazine" save Magazines?

Calculator Soup.

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau

Guest: Mikah Sargent

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2 hr 33 min
November 27, 2024TWiG 796: Holding Space for Defying Gravity - Pixel Tablet 2, Facial Recognition Tech, Social Media
Paris' stuffing recipe.

Source: Google has canceled the Pixel Tablet 2, not the Tab 3.

Meta gains steam in its push to make Apple, Google verify users' ages.

A complex new age of face tech.

Musk unleashes online army on federal workers. 'A tough way to find out she's losing her job.'

Elon Musk admits X is making it harder for people to read news.

Elon Musk's Twitter backers gain windfall from xAI deal.

Google's new chess game lets you customize pieces with AI.

Google's Black Friday sale features record low prices on Pixel, Nest, and more.

Here's the full list of Gemini extensions and what they can do.

Google's iOS app now injects links on third-party websites that go back to Search.

Google Maps now does a better job of highlighting stairs.

Holding Space for Defying Gravity.

What Leo, Paris, and Jeff are thankful for with the Internet.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 33 min
November 20, 2024TWiG 795: Alf's Hog is Skeeting - Google Chrome, Bluesky, Coca-Cola
DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome to break search Monopoly.

Trump's pick for FCC chair has vowed crackdown on big tech 'censorship'.

Musk joined call between Trump, Google CEO.

CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash.

What Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC pick, wrote in 'Project 2025' chapter.

Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads.

Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app.

Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app.

Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad.

Instagram will let you 'reset' your recommendations.

Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices.

Meta's reward for providing free global communications? FTC lawsuit.

Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC.

Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites.

Mobile browser Arc Search is now generally available on Android.

Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world.

Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad.

Exclusive: Google Pixel laptop in development!

Can we talk about ALF hog?

YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father's ashes.

Mike Masnick: One Billion Users, the Social Media card game.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 32 min
November 13, 2024TWiG 794: License to Prune - Zuck Jams, Claude + Palantir , Banjo Toss
Mark Zuckerberg just released his own NSFW version of 'Get Low' in a tribute to his wife

Mattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for 'Wicked' Dolls

The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off

Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue

Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election

Matter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on track

Google's learning

OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of 'GPT' AI Improvements Slows

Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups

Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal

Randy Travis's beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again.

Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work

YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI

I Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human Friends?

Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb

Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Pivot to Streaming, Podcasting

Nicholas Carlson, the former top editor of Business Insider, is starting a new company that will focus on video.

Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple

Banjo Toss, the game

After years of trying, Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to Wonder for $650M

Research suggests people are getting more bored

Times New Dumbass font

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 31 min
November 06, 2024TWiG 793: The Aftermath - The Effect of the 2024 US Election on Tech
Tech in the new Admin

TikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best Hope

Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory'

Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitions

Silicon Valley is officially grieving over Trump but quietly gleeful over a possible tech deal resurgence

The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division

NYTimes Games for the strike

Florida Access Network

WebCheck

Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau

Guests: Emily Forlini and Mike Elgan

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2 hr 14 min
October 30, 2024TWiG 792: 5 to 10 People at your Door - Alphabet Earnings, RIP Foursquare, McFlurries
Google Preps AI That Takes Over Computers

Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said

Jeff: Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media?

Apples Have Never Tasted So Delicious. Here's Why

Instagram saves the best video quality for the most popular content

Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely

Internet Archive: Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record

Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth

More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI

Open-source AI must reveal its training data, per new OSI definition

McDonald's Finds an Unlikely Savior to Finally Fix Its McFlurry Machines

RIP Foursquare

Craig gives CR $5 million for cybersecurity

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg says a fork would be 'fantastic'

LeCun blasts Musk as the biggest threat to democracy today

Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk's Get-Out-the-Vote Effort

Trump's Truth Social valued at more than Musk's X after extraordinary rally

Masnick on Elon Musk Events

TikTok founder becomes China's richest man

The Age of Cage

Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

McKinsey's 18 next big arenas of competition

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

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2 hr 49 min

About Intelligent Machines (Audio)

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The 21st Century began with the rise of the Internet and social media. The next decade will mark the rise of the Intelligent Machines. AI will inhabit all our devices from cars and appliances to smart phones and robots.

The Intelligent Machines podcast explores the most exciting revolution humanity has ever seen, filled with promise and peril. More than ever we need to understand what these new devices will bring to our lives and how to make best use of them as the 21st century unfolds.

On this show you'll meet the AI pioneers, inventors, and innovators who are about to disrupt every aspect of modern life. You'll learn what's real and what's hype, and you'll come away with a deep understanding of the intelligent future that awaits us all.

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