February 01, 2023

This Week in Google 701: Bring Me a Leaf Blower

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2 hours 36 minutes

AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity.

ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.

Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.

Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years.

History of AI by Shaan Ray.

MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.

AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse.

OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future.

Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers.

Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?

Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC.

The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.

How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?

US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.

Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company.

Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023.

Live test of Clear Calling.

Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs.

Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade.

Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones.

Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing.

YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today.

Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August.

Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs.

PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look.

New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all.

Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready.

Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR.

Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information.

Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback.

Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks.

Picks:

Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel.

Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances.

Jeff - I'm on Team dog.

Ant - You People.

Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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February 01, 2023

This Week in Google 701: Bring Me a Leaf Blower

Listen Later

2 hours 36 minutes

AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity.

ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.

Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.

Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years.

History of AI by Shaan Ray.

MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.

AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse.

OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future.

Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers.

Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?

Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC.

The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.

How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?

US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.

Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company.

Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023.

Live test of Clear Calling.

Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs.

Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade.

Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones.

Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing.

YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today.

Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August.

Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs.

PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look.

New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all.

Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready.

Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR.

Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information.

Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback.

Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks.

Picks:

Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel.

Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances.

Jeff - I'm on Team dog.

Ant - You People.

Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

Miro.com/podcast

eightsleep.com/twit

...more