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  • Skims Now Worth $4 Billion, Chat GPT Claims 1st Victim & Somalia’s Athletic Embarrassment

    Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:

    • Kim Kardashian's Skims' is now a $4 billion company (01:00)
    • Chat GPT putting Stack Overflow out of business (05:50)
    • The whitewashing of environmental justice (10:30)
    • Somali 'runner' sparks nepotism scandal (18:25)

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    Further reading:
    Kim Kardashian’s Skims Is Now Worth $4 Billion
    Stack Overflow embraces automation with the introduction of Overflow AI
    Somalia suspends athletics head after runner goes viral in snail-paced 100m
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    24 min
  • Lizzo Lawsuit, Twitter is Now X, Instagram Threads is Failing

    Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:
    • The Twitter rebrand to X, Instagram's Threads is failing (01:00) 
    • Lizzo in sexual harassment lawsuit (10:00)
    • Barbie Oppenheimer  (18:25)
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    Further reading:
    • Threads users down by more than a half
    • App Store users are downrating Twitter’s rebranding to X with 1-star reviews
    • Lizzo accused of sexual harassment and weight-shaming by former dancers

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    27 min
  • Emerging Technologies: Crypto-Trading Hamsters, Unethical AI, and the NFT Bubble

    Techish is back with an episode all about emerging technologies. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into the archive and revisit some of their favorite AI, crypto and NFT stories:

    • OpenAI outsourced 'ethical AI checks' to Kenyan workers on less than $2/hr  (01:00)
    • Is the NFT bubble bursting? Jack Dorsey's Tweet NFT Tanks (04:10)
    • Drake and The Weekend's AI-generated song goes viral (08:50)
    • Crypto-trading hamster outperforming the S&P 500 (16:45)
    • Levi's plans to use AI models to boost diversity instead of real people (19:45)

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    • OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers Making $2 an Hour to Filter Traumatic Content from ChatGPT
    • NFT of first-ever tweet authored by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey a dud in online auction
    • The latest viral Drake AI hit is just a repurposed SoundCloud rap
    • Mr Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster beating human investors
    • Levi’s addresses backlash after using AI models to ‘increase diversity’ in online shopping

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    28 min
  • Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI And Meta, Keke Palmer Boyfriend Dragged For Body-Shaming & Succession Sweeps Emmy Nominations

    Michael & Abadesi are back in the recording studio to break down the latest and greatest tech and culture stories. This week they dive into:  

    • Apps scamming investors with false user numbers (01:00)
    • Succession cast nominated for Emmys (06:00)
    • Keke Palmer boyfriend dragged on the internet for body-shaming (08:50)
    • Celebrities suing OpenAI and Meta (12:00)
    • Hollywood writers and actors still striking (17:45)

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    • Social app IRL, valued at $1 billion, shuts down because it doesn't have any users IRL
    • Emmys 2023: Succession’s final season scores 27 nominations
    • People are calling out Keke Palmer's boyfriend for 'body-shaming' tweets
    • Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement

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    27 min
  • Threads, Team Zuck Stays Winning! Jonah Hill, Is Affirmative Action Gone, Reparations?

    Michael & Abadesi are back in the recording studio to break down the latest and greatest tech and culture stories. This week they dive into:  

    • Instagram Threads takes over as fastest growing app in history (01:00)
    • The Supreme Court ends affirmative action in college admissions (09:40)
    • Jonah Hill's therapy talk exposed in text screenshots from ex  (20:50)

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     Further reading:

    • All the red flags in the Threads privacy policy
    • Mark Zuckerberg pictured training with UFC champions ahead of possible Elon Musk bout
    • Divided Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in college admissions, says race can’t be used
    •  How therapy speak took over relationships
    • Not all therapy is a force for good. I give you exhibit A: the actor Jonah Hill

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    28 min
  • Infamous Scams and Scammers: Elizabeth Holmes, PPE Contracts, and AI-Powered Scams

    Techish is back with an episode all about scams and scammers. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into the archive and revisit some of their favorite scammer stories:

    • Why are we so obsessed with scammers? (01:00)
    • The Elizabeth Holmes rebrand (08:35)
    • Scammers using voice A.I. tool to scam vulnerable people (10:30)
    • Ozy Media fraud (15:45)
    • PPE, crypto rug pulls & other pandemic scams (24:30)

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    • Elizabeth Holmes Opens Up About Her Theranos Trial and What Comes Next - NYTimes
    • Scammers are using artificial intelligence to sound more like family members in distress - The Washington Post
    • Scandal-hit Ozy Media says it has re-launched - BBC News
    • Revealed: the full inside story of the Michelle Mone PPE scandal - The Guardian 

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    30 min
  • Black Excellence: Stories of Success from Across the Diaspora

    Techish is back with an episode all about Black excellence. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into the archive and revisit some of their favorite stories of Black people winning:

    • Beyonce’s making bank on tour and teases a new haircare line (01:00 )
    • Mielle Organics ‘gentrification’ after Proctor & Gamble acquisition (05:25)
      Senegalese-Italian Khaby Lame went from losing his job to 100 million followers as a full-time silent TikToker (08:30)
    • Pharrell Williams takes over as Louis Vuitton's creative director (09:30)

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    • Beyoncé has just announced a hair care line is in the works, but is the backlash fair criticism or is it steeped in racism?
    • Mielle Hair Oil & The Case For Gatekeeping Black Hair Products
    • The world’s most-followed TikToker gets paid as much as $750K per post, but to reach his greatest business goal Khaby Lame is binge-watching American cartoons
    • Pharrell Williams' Louis Vuitton Debut Show Garnered Over 1 Billion Views 

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    14 min
  • Black Mirror in Real Life - Digital Blackface, Voice Scammers & Unethical AI Moderators

    Techish is back with an episode all about the AI and tech stories that felt straight out of an episode of Black Mirror. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:

    • Scammers using voice AI tool to scam vulnerable people 
    • OpenAI outsourced 'ethical AI checks' to Kenyan workers on less than $2/hr 
    • The return of blackface "digital models" with generative AI
    • Levi's plans to use AI models to boost diversity instead of real people 
    • French parents banned from sharing kids on social media  

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    They thought loved ones were calling for help. It was an AI scam
    OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic
    Levi's to use AI models to 'increase diversity and sustainability'
    French MPs examine bill on children's right to privacy on social media

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    29 min
  • Why It Pays to Be Skinny, the Disturbing Attention Economy & Millennials Are Staying Liberal

    Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:

    • Millennials first generation to not get more conservative as they age (01:30)
    • Acceptable careers for African parents (07:45)
    • Burna Boy sells out London stadium  (16:05)
    • Study reveals skinny women earn more (17:45)
    • TikTok prankster Mizzy and the attention economy (23:20) 

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    Mark Zuckerberg completes extreme fitness challenge in 9kg vest
    Millennials are the FIRST generation that has not become more Tory as they have got older
    Buff billionaires are latest sign that bulk is now beautiful for male body image
    It pays to be skinny
    Burna Boy makes history with sold-out London Stadium gig
    The disturbing rise of Mizzy: this is what happens when culture values nothing but attention
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    29 min
  • $3k for Apple Vision Pro! Succession Finale, and Elizabeth Holmes Goes To Jail!

    Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:

    • Apple Vision Pro - is it worth the price tag? (01:45)
    • Apple fixes 'ducking hell' autocorrect with AI (05:00)
    • VR vs Generative AI vs Crypto  (09:20)
    • Liz Holmes finally heads to prison (13:45)
    • Succession comes to an end (16:40)

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    Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s new $3,499 AR headset - The Verge
    OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT App for the iPhone - The New York Times
    Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes begins 11-year prison sentence - BBC News
    As Elizabeth Holmes heads to prison for fraud, many puzzle over her motives - Politico

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    22 min

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