This Week in Tech (Audio)

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January 21, 2024TWiT 963: Low-Key Clippy - Verizon Fees, AI Translations, Microsoft Hack
Verizon Fees, AI Translations, Microsoft Hack
The panel talks about the Apple Vision pro

The Apple Google Duopoly

Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement

Javier Milei Special Address WITH AI

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will evolve in "uncomfortable" ways

Sports Illustrated Thrown Into Chaos With Mass Layoffs

Origins and definition of "Ensh*ttification"

Beeper users say Apple is now blocking their Macs from using iMessage entirely

The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams

Microsoft 'senior leadership' emails accessed by Russian SolarWinds hackers

Amazon's Dark Secret: It Has Failed to Protect Your Data

Among Linguists, the Word of the Year Is More of a Vibe

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Cory Doctorow, Iain Thomson, and Alex Lindsay

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2h 48min
January 14, 2024TWiT 962: CES Recap - Padre's CES Haul, Google Layoffs, AI Battery
Padre's CES Haul, Google Layoffs, AI Battery
The panel discusses what they saw at CES

Padre shows off some toys from CES

Volkswagen says it's putting ChatGPT in its cars for 'enriching conversations'

Mercedes-Benz's best-in-class voice assistant is getting an AI boost

AI-Generated 'George Carlin' Comedy Blasted by Comedian's Daughter

SAG-AFTRA strikes deal for AI voice acting licensing in video games at CES 2024

Google Is Laying Off Hundreds of Workers in Its Voice Assistant, AR Teams

Microsoft's new battery is a test of AI-infused scientific discovery

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, David Pierce, and Daniel Rubino

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2h 46min
January 07, 2024TWiT 961: A Nation of Nerds - CES Preview, NYT vs. OpenAI
CES preview

The NY Times Lawsuit Against OpenAI

A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless.

Elon Musk Has Used Illegal Drugs, Worrying Leaders at Tesla and SpaceX

Microsoft's keyboards and mice will live on under a unique new partnership

A physical keyboard for your iPhone

RIP: Software design pioneer Niklaus Wirth

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb, Christina Warren, and Devindra Hardawar

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2h 30min
December 31, 2023TWiT 960: Best of 2023 - This Week in Tech's Best Moments in 2023
Looking back at some of This Week in Tech's best moments from 2023:
Rating Google's AI Music Tool MusicLM

What is Plaguing Google?

Xerox Alto: 50 Year Later

Lessons Learned By the SVB Collapse

Is Copyright Good For Authors?

What's Your (Microsoft) Copilot?

Goodbye, Computer Magazines

UK Emergency Alert Test

A Look At WiFi Pineapple and Flipper Zero

Ten Years Since Snowden's Revelations Were Revealed

The Seven Deadly Sins and Tech

Blind: Anonymous Workplace Gossip

Earthquake!

Why Apple Ended Its CSAM-Scanning Tool

Meta's Uncanny New AI Avatars

MIke Elgan's Meta Ray-Ban Smartglasses

Host: Leo Laporte

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2h 47min
December 24, 2023TWiT 959: The Old Farts Gather - A Retrospective Journey through 2023 and Beyond
In this festive end-of-year episode, Leo gathers some of the veteran hosts of the TWiT network, dubbed "old farts," to reflect on the major tech stories and trends of 2023 while looking ahead to 2024. They debate AI and tech's impact on society, discuss the ups and downs of companies like Twitter, Apple, and SpaceX, reminisce about the early days of computing and the Internet, and more, all with good humor and insight gained from decades in tech.
Topics Discussed:
The explosion of AI in 2023, from chatbots like ChatGPT to powerful new AI demonstrations. Debate on whether we're nearing AGI (artificial general intelligence) and the societal impacts.

The rise and struggles of companies like Facebook/Meta, Netflix, Twitter, Alibaba. Patterns of tech success, failure, and Corey Doctorow's concept of "ensh*tification."

Elon Musk: The good (SpaceX, Starlink), bad (Twitter), and unpredictable. Is he still an innovator or has wealth and power corrupted him?

Open source, Linux, and big tech's relationship to open ecosystems. Concerns about commercialization diluting open ideals.

Looking back on early tech days. How the history of tech contextualizes what's happening today. Nostalgia and optimism for the early Internet days.

The revival of space exploration, privatized today by SpaceX and others. What can we expect as we (hopefully) return to the Moon in 2024?

Chaos, unpredictability, and the feeling of societal flux as we head into 2024. An uncertain but interesting future awaits.
Memorable Quotes:
"AI is only dangerous to humans if you give it physical agency in the real world. Combine AI with a robotic dog, and now you got something." - Leo

"When are you getting your stupid thing that you wear that has the laser on your hand?" - Jeff to Leo

"It's time to hand it over. We're effing up the world. We've done it for centuries. It's time to hand it over." - Jeff on tech leadership

"So has anybody played with the Apple ones that have the weird eyeballs?" - Doc on Apple's augmented reality efforts

"Chaos is a weird thing. You could have your faucet dripping slowly and almost all of the drips go down and land and that's it, but somehow about a yard off to the one side is a drip" - Steve on increasing chaos

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Jeff Jarvis, Doc Searls, Steve Gibson, and Rod Pyle

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2h 18min
December 17, 2023TWiT 958: Never Look a Gift Mouse in the Horse - AI Math, Zuck's Lair, E3's Demise
AI Math, Zuck's Lair, E3's Demise
The panel talks about pinball machines

Mark Zuckerberg's underground lair

Cox admits to invading your privacy

Google Maps gets an update to stop authorities from accessing location history data

Apple now requires a judge's consent to hand over push notification data

Epic Games wins it's lawsuit, Google ruled as an illegal monopoly

Beeper Mini is back, but for how long?

Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year

Tesla recalls 2 million cars

FCC denies Starlink of $885M subsidy

Netflix finally releases viewership data

E3 is over

How do you wordle?

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Brianna Wu, Nate Lanxon, and David Spark

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2h 37min
December 10, 2023TWiT 957: Put It In a Red Envelope - EU AI Act, 23andMe Hack, Woke Grok
EU AI Act, 23andMe Hack, Woke Grok
Financial Difficulties and Layoffs at Twit

AI's Potential and Misleading Demonstrations

Regulating Artificial Intelligence and Self-Driving Vehicles

Debate on AI Augmentation and Regulation

Beeper's Impersonation of Apple's Server'

Privacy Risks and Public Benefits

Technology Misuse, Cameo Scandal, Criticism

AI, Grock, and Free Money Impact

The Potential of AI in Advertising

Memories of 1000 Van Ness Theater

Discussion on Podcasts and Potluck Etiquette

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Denise Howell, Owen Thomas, and Glenn Fleishman

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2h 30min
December 03, 2023TWiT 956: A Giant Rolling Brick - Cybertruck is out, ChatGPT turns 1, Black Friday & Cyber Monday, NameDrop
Cybertruck is out, ChatGPT turns 1, Black Friday & Cyber Monday, NameDrop
ChatGPT's 1st birthday and mainstream AI adoption

Microsoft joins OpenAI's board as a non-voting observer

Pika raises $55 million for AI video generation tool

Amazon launches Q chatbot service for companies

Concerns over Q hallucinating responses and leaking data

Rethinking reactions to Tesla's Cybertruck design

Police warn about issues with NameDrop social media app

Why Apple adding RCS may not resolve green vs blue bubbles

Apple dropping Goldman Sachs as Apple Card issuer

Inside Spotify Wrapped's annual personalized listening stats

Fears over Plex exposing users' viewing habits

Black Friday online sales hit record $9.8 billion in US

Cyber Monday sales beat estimates at $12.4 billion

Extreme complexity in rebuilding an ultimate car pinball machine

Kiss launches digital avatars for virtual concerts

Host: Jason Howell

Guests: Rich DeMuro, Tim Stevens, and Abrar Al-Heeti

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2h 26min
November 26, 2023TWiT 955: Marmite or Nothing - Altman returns to OpenAI, X sues Media Matters, Church of AI, Manifest V3
Sam Altman returns as CEO after staff threatened mass resignation

Microsoft's role and attempts to hire OpenAI staff

Concerns over OpenAI's technology and capabilities

Speculation over what caused the OpenAI board member revolt

Impact and future of OpenAI as a non-profit and for-profit entity

Musk sues Twitter shareholders, sued over ads next to hate speech

Musk's behavior on Twitter concerning hate speech and anti-Semitism

Truth Social finances and Trump lawsuit against media companies reporting losses

EU regulations and lawsuits against tech giants over gatekeeping and anti-competitive behavior

Tesla lawsuits over false Autopilot and battery claims

Gay furry hackers steal Idaho National Lab nuclear secrets

Levandosky launches Church of AI organization

Video game addiction lawsuits

Google to restrict ad blockers in Manifest V3 update

Advertiser boycotts of Twitter

Surveillance and the Hemisphere spying scheme

Host: Iain Thomson

Guests: Doc Rock, Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ, and Harry McCracken

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2h 23min
November 19, 2023TWiT 954: Waiting For the Pope Smoke - OpenAI fires Altman, Apple RCS support, PlayStation Portal, The Abyss 4K
Discussion of the surprise firing of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI by the board

Explanation of the complicated structure of OpenAI as a nonprofit with a for-profit subsidiary

Debate around the board's goals to slow down AI development versus Altman's push for progress

Analysis of the ripple effects on Microsoft and partners who invested heavily in OpenAI

Thoughts on cautions versus opportunities with generative AI and large language models

News about Apple supporting RCS for higher quality messaging with Android

Review of PlayStation Portal requiring PS5 for streaming

Reactions to misspelled Evangelion motherboard from Asus

Anticipation for 4K restoration of The Abyss and True Lies from James Cameron

Discussion of YouTube disclosure rules for AI-generated content

Analysis of recent advertising pullouts from Twitter and Musk's behavior

Talk about pop culture offerings making the hosts happy this week

Speculation about resolution of OpenAI leadership by 8pm deadline

Host: Devindra Hardawar

Guests: Paris Martineau, Alex Lindsay, and Anthony Ha

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