Alex is back in NYC, cell phone antics, more AI news, arguing with Bing, recalling an old Asimov story, comparisons to Eliza from the 60's, Marty the robot escapes PA supermarket.

A ChatGPT intro, Alex is back in London, tech giants rush to deploy their own AI products, deep-fake voice technology is getting easier to use, some Supreme Court justices misuse personal email for work, hacked Twitter account leads to crypto theft.

Lorax Horne from Distributed Denial of Secrets and Arseny join the panel, ChatGPT passes Wharton MBA exam, elected officials object to MSG's use of facial recognition, T-Mobile hacked again, only half of smart appliance owners connect them to the Internet, MA high school smart lights have been on for over a year, Lorax discusses the leak of the no-fly list.

Alex is in London this week, experimenting with ChatGPT, asking it to write poetry, songs, about it's feelings, jokes, limericks, about politics, getting different answers to the same question, another lawyer denied entry to MSG after being identified by facial recognition, a ChatGPT signoff.

Arseny joins the panel to discuss his time in Russia, banking and 'right to repair' culture in Russia, Twitter releases contradictory statement regarding leaked data, the LastPass breach, California wants to digitize license plates, Melbourne's anti-graffiti QR codes vandalized, a sad anniversary.

It's freezing in Florida, the most important stories of the year and predictions for next year.

Alex is in Tel Aviv, TSA wants to scan your face, San Francisco reverses course on killer robots, COVID-19 is still a thing, Elon Musk releases "Twitter files".

Remembering our friend Jim.

Audio problems, more details on the FTX collapse, SFPD authorized to use robots to kill suspects, Amazon Alexa deemed colossal failure, WikiLeaks website is falling apart at the seams.

A week of failures, Elon Musk makes drastic changes at Twitter, the blue check fiasco, listener email, FTX hacked after filing for bankruptcy.