The Tech Jawn: Black Tech Enthusiasts Covering The Week's Tech News And How Tech Affects Black Culture

In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

The FCC voting for less transparency in ISP billing, if you can expect privacy in public, and a New York school district

thinking better of deploying humanoid robots in the classroom.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

The FCC Says ISPs Don't Have To Show Their Fees — ARS

Can You Expect Any Privacy While In Public? — Mashable

A New York School District Thought Better of Robots In Class— NYT, The Guardian

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

If the White House alone should get to determine who can and cannot use certain AI models, if viral social media trends are really used for AI training, and x.AI suing a user for doing what Grok fairly easily allows users to do.

We've got all this and more for you in episode 236 of The Tech Jawn.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Should The White House Alone Decide Who Can Use AI Models — The Next Web

Social Media Trend Free Training Data — Inc.com

X.AI Sues Man For Using Grok To Create CSAM— NY Post

Employers Are Using AI To Scan Your Social Media — WSJ.com

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

Claude helping a researcher hack his way to free concert tickets, Meta scrapping plans to allow users to generate AI images from public Instagram accounts, and Apple suing OpenAI for alleged massive trade secret theft.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Claude helps researcher hack his way to free concert tickets — Wired

Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash — Variety

Apple Sues OpenAI for massive trade secret theft — CNBC

Mayor Mamdani scraps "Junk Fees" in NYC — NYC.gov

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...

Xbox resetting and cutting 3200 jobs, Silicon Valley sending its kids to life skills and AI schools, and is the AI bubble about to burst?

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Apple Hardware going up 15% to 25% — Market Watch

AI Ticket Scalpers Are A Problem — The Verge

Is The AI Bubble About To Burst? — CNBC, Reddit, Forbes

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...

Apple Hardware going up 15% to 25%, Ticket bots buying all the tickets more quickly than humans can react, Big Tech being all in smart glasses, but people... not so much, and Gen Z getting jammed up on social media when it comes to finding a job.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Apple Hardware going up 15% to 25% — Reuters

AI Ticket Scalpers Are A Problem — CNBC

Big Tech Is Big On Smart Glasses, The People Not So Much — MarketWatch

Social Media Career Advice Is Hurting Gen Z — Black Enterprise

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

Anthropic introducing ID and age verification policies to enforce terms of service, Rivian's self-driving claims catching up with them, and RAMmagedon causing the price of the iPhone to increase.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Anthropic may need to see your papers going forward — TechCrunch

Rivian's Self-Driving Lies Are Catching Up to Them — TechCrunch

Apple to Raise Prices Due to Memory Chip Crunch — WSJ

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

How knowing how to use AI makes getting hired easier, the U.S. banning Anthropic again, and your face is the ticket, but the price is your privacy.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

UK AI hiring surges as firms seek people to babysit the bots — The Register

Anthropic suspends all access to Mythos model after US government bans foreign nationals' use — CNN.com

Your face is the ticket: Google’s Gemini and biometric gates are the World Cup’s quieter tech story — TNW

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

Apple's WWDC Keynote, Publishers in the UK being able to opt out of Google AI results, and Meta making facial recognition a thing even though they say they aren't.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

WWDC Keynote — Engadget

Publishers in UK can opt out of Google AI search results — BBC.com

Meta moving full steam ahead with facial recognition, even if they say they aren't — Wired

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In this episode of The Tech Jawn, we discuss…

Social media companies paying a Kentucky School District $27 million over addictive products, Tokenmaxxing turns out not to be the flex companies thought it would be, and VC funding for Black-founded companies is both up and woefully down at the same time.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Social Media Companies Pay A Kentucky School District $27 million — Engadget

Tokenmaxxing turns out not to be the flex companies thought it would be — Yahoo Finance

VC funding for Black founders is up, but it ain't what you think it is… — TechCrunch

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In episode 228 of The Tech Jawn, we discuss...

Apple Maps launching ads you can't opt out of, PayPal settling with the DOJ for supporting DEI programs for minority businesses, and how AI-powered plastic surgery demands are becoming a real problem.

Hosts:

Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech

Links:

Ads Are Coming To Apple Maps — 9 To 5 Mac

PayPal Settles Claims Tied To DEI Program for Minority Businesses — People of Color In Tech

People Are Getting Plastic Surgery to Look More AI-Generated — Futurism

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