Off The Hook

How to tell the difference between a chatbot and a human, Space Rogue joins the panel to discuss his new book "How the Hackers Known As L0pht Changed the World", choosing a hacker handle, testifying before Congress, the origins of L0pht, writing a book, the end of L0pht as @stake, the Hacker News Network, remembering Aloria.

Alex is in London, testing the new studio setup, car manufacturers are phasing out AM radios, Volkswagen charges police to track stolen vehicle, some cars will be able to repossess themselves, Elon Musk says ChatGPT is too woke, Russia fines Wikipedia for misinformation, listener email.

Microsoft puts limits on interactions with Bing, AI causing problems for publishers, David Greene from EFF joins the panel to discuss the Supreme Court hearings on Section 230, Twitter starts charging for SMS 2-factor authentication.

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".