This Week in Tech (Video)

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  • TWiT 930: Can You Smell What Tim is Cooking? - WWDC preview, AI scientist statement, virtual kidnapping

    WWDC preview, AI scientist statement, virtual kidnapping

  • Microsoft Build 2023 - Panos Panay Keynote.
  • Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out.
  • AI Makes Mistakes But Could It Destroy Us?
  • A Chatbot Was Designed to Help Prevent Eating Disorders. Then It Gave Dieting Tips.
  • Everything Apple Plans to Show at WWDC: XR Headset, iOS 17 and More.
  • Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $499.99.
  • Millions of PC motherboards were sold with a firmware backdoor.
  • Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks by Scott J. Shapiro.
  • Is cybersecurity an unsolvable problem?
  • Deceptive.design: What are deceptive patterns?
  • How I Nearly Fell for a Frightening 'Virtual Kidnapping' Scam.
  • Quick Guide to Virtual Kidnapping.
  • A developer says Reddit could charge him $20 million a year to keep his app working.
  • Amazon to pay more than $30 million to settle FTC privacy complaints over Alexa and Ring.
  • Intel to add AI engine to all 14th-gen Meteor Lake SoCs.
  • Amazon is discontinuing Alexa's celebrity voices, even if you paid for them.
  • Will There Be Any Successors to 'Succession'?

    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Christina Warren, Dan Gillmor, and Larry Magid

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      • 3 hr 11 min
    • TWiT 929: Soused Women and $4 Potatoes - AI Spoof, Twitter and DeSantis

      AI Spoof, Twitter and DeSantis

    • Twitter Cut Key Software Before DeSantis Audio Glitch
    • Elon Musk's Neuralink says has FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans
    • Here's What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT
    • Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already
    • The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Predictions
    • 'Verified' Twitter accounts share fake image of 'explosion' near Pentagon, causing confusion
    • An A.I.-Generated Spoof Rattles the Markets
    • Politicians cheating (AI)
    • Top 5 announcements from Microsoft Build 2023
    • Google or Bing for Search Results
    • Why Google Search Is Getting Bad According to Marissa Mayer
    • Stop being ridiculous: Microsoft is NOT building its own processor for Surface
    • This ridiculous shoe PC went from a 10-week mod project to a $6,000 custom Cooler Master gaming PC you can actually buy
    • Social Media is a 'Profound Risk' to Youth, Surgeon General Warns
    • The Pessimists Archive

      • Host: Leo Laporte

      Guests: Owen Thomas, Daniel Rubino, and Glenn Fleishman

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        • 2 hr 21 min
      • TWiT 928: SCOTUS Didn't Read My Briefs - TikTok Montana ban, Instagram's Twitter clone, Tears of the Kingdom

        TikTok Montana ban, Instagram's Twitter clone, Tears of the Kingdom, and more.

      • Everything we know about Instagram's Twitter clone, due this summer.
      • How Apple's headset could be a $3,000 flop—and a success.
      • Pixel Fold.
      • TikTok Users Sue Montana, Calling State Ban Unconstitutional.
      • Dear Section 230 Critics: When Senators Hawley And Cruz Are Your Biggest Allies, It's Time To Rethink.
      • Tears of the Kingdom sold 10 million copies in just three days.
      • Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case.
      • Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place.
      • Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state.
      • The government can't seize your data — but it can buy it.
      • Apple created its new voice feature for—and with—people with ALS.
      • CNET staff are unionizing, citing editorial independence and use of AI tools.
      • AI-Generated 'Seinfeld' Show Banned on Twitch After Transphobic Standup Bit.
      • Have we oversold the potential of AI?
      • Bard vs ChatGPT.
      • OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections.
      • NASA picks Blue Origin to make a second human-crewed lunar lander.
      • D&D streaming TV channel on the way, will include cartoons, actual play.
      • Cord-Cutting Q1 2023: Pay-TV Ops Lose 2.3M Subs, Worst Quarter to Date.
      • The triumph—yes, triumph—of BlackBerry.

        • Host: Leo Laporte

        Guests: Cathy Gellis, Harry McCracken, and Amanda Silberling

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          • 2 hr 44 min
        • TWiT 927: The Cheese Tax - AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs

          AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs

        • The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb.
        • Google IO saw the introduction of many of the company's AI efforts.
        • A Charge of Bots — The Tech World As We Know It Is About To Be Rewritten.
        • BS Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber.
        • ChatGPT Plugins And Web Browsing Beta Rollout For Plus Users.
        • What about "The Singularity"?
        • Google is changing up Search. What does that mean for news publishers?
        • What is the best-case scenario of where AI is headed in 5-10 years?
        • Absci: Biologics Drug Discovery.
        • Why Linda Yaccarino was picked as Twitter CEO by Elon Musk.
        • Review: 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' is video game bliss.
        • An influencer's AI clone will be your girlfriend for $1 a minute.
        • Replika: The AI companion who cares.
        • Has Meta given up on the Metaverse?
        • Checking in on some of the latest shows on Apple+ and HBO.
        • End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars.
        • Groundbreaking Pilot of New Friendly™ Mosquitoes Demonstrates 96% Suppression of Dengue-spreading Aedes aegypti in Urban Communities in Brazil.
        • Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams.

          • Host: Leo Laporte

          Guests: Amy Webb and Phil Libin

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            • 2 hr 29 min
          • TWiT 926: Bias, Hallucinations, and Jail Breaks - AI chatbots, Writer's Guild strike, Pluto ad-supported TV

            AI chatbots, Writer's Guild strike, Pluto ad-supported TV

          • AI is already writing books, websites, and online recipes.
          • AI Chatbots Have Been Used to Create Dozens of News Content Farms.
          • Google Adding AI Chatbot, More Video to Stay On Top of Search.
          • Amnesty International criticized for using AI-generated images.
          • I Cloned Myself With AI. She Fooled My Bank and My Family.
          • Larry Magid: Voice cloning makes virtual kidnapping more convincing.
          • DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs.
          • Samsung Bans ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Other Generative AI Use by Staff After Leak.
          • Writers Guild On Strike Against Hollywood Studios As Contract Talks With Fail.
          • Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says writers' strike will be ended by 'love for the business and the love for working.'
          • Pluto co-founder is building an ad-supported TV.
          • Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker.
          • Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in.
          • Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy.
          • The Morning After: Google officially reveals its first foldable phone: The Pixel Fold.
          • 'The Godfather of AI' Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead.
          • Tim Cook Just Was Asked About AI. His 3-Word Response Was the Best I've Heard Yet.
          • Inside Amazon's canceled plan to make Halo a fitness success.
          • Solidigm Synergy 2.0 SSD Software with benchmarks.

            • Host: Leo Laporte

            Guests: Louise Matsakis, Allyn Malventano, and Janko Roettgers

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              • 2 hr 23 min
            • TWiT 925: Gradually Then Suddenly - Bluesky, the end of Twitter, Flipper Zero, Supreme Court and AI

              Bluesky, the end of Twitter, Flipper Zero, Supreme Court and AI

            • Bluesky buzz: Why the social media platform is being called the next Twitter.
            • Jack Dorsey says Elon Musk shouldn't have bought Twitter after all.
            • More on moderation and security challenges of social media.
            • What would Alex do if we were to start from scratch with social media?
            • Nostr is a simple, open protocol that enables global, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social media.
            • Alex talks about the WiFi Pineapple.
            • Flipper Zero — Portable Multi-tool Device for Geeks.
            • Wikipedia will not perform Online Safety Bill age checks.
            • There Is No A.I.
            • OpenAI: ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demands.
            • Watch an A.I. Learn to Write by Reading Nothing but...
            • AI For Everyone Course.
            • US Supreme Court rejects computer scientist's lawsuit over AI-generated inventions.
            • U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media.
            • Twitter is complying with more government demands under Elon Musk.
            • The web's most important decision.

              • Host: Leo Laporte

              Guests: Alex Stamos, Jeff Jarvis, and Brianna Wu

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                • 2 hr 52 min
              • TWiT 924: Three Spiders a Night - Musk risk intensifies, UK emergency alert, Google AI panic, Parrots on Zoom

                Musk risk intensifies, UK emergency alert, Google AI panic, Parrots on Zoom

              • Elon Musk Figured Out the Media's Biggest Weakness.
              • In 24 Hours, Elon Musk Reignited His Reputation for Risk.
              • Twitter Blue nets 28 signups so far since legacy checkmark purge.
              • There Is No A.I.
              • How My AI Image Won a Major Photography Competition.
              • Emergency alert test fails to sound on some phones.
              • School Chromebooks are creating huge amounts of e-waste.
              • Can Parrots Talk Over Video Chat? Experiment Shows How They Adapt and Connect.
              • Here's How You Can Get In On Facebook's $725 Million Class Action Settlement.
              • Chip designer Arm makes its own advanced prototype semiconductor.
              • Tesla wins lawsuit over Autopilot Model S crash.
              • Google CEO Sundar Pichai's 2022 Compensation Valued at $226 Million.
              • Google's AI panic forces merger of rival divisions, DeepMind and Brain.
              • Alphabet's Google and DeepMind Pause Grudges, Join Forces to Chase OpenAI.
              • Google's rush to win in AI led to ethical lapses, employees say.
              • YouTube TV is testing significant picture quality improvements.
              • Netflix's DVD Business: Redbox Owner Interested in Buying Division.
              • Imgur will ban explicit images on its platform this month.
              • When Apple Comes Calling, 'It's the Kiss of Death'

                • Host: Leo Laporte

                Guests: Nate Lanxon, Mike Elgan, and Paris Martineau

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                  • 2 hr 43 min
                • TWiT 923: Intelligence Explosion - Substack Notes, AI guardrails, WWDC, Meta morale, HBO Max, X Corp

                  Substack Notes, AI guardrails, WWDC, Meta morale, HBO Max, X Corp

                • Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter.
                • Substack CEO Chris Best Doesn't Realize He's Just Become The Nazi Bar.
                • Biden Administration Weighs Possible Rules for AI Tools Like ChatGPT.
                • European privacy watchdog creates ChatGPT task force.
                • China Mandates Security Reviews for AI Services Like ChatGPT.
                • AI is already taking video game illustrators' jobs in China.
                • Twitter Isn't a Company Anymore.
                • Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.AI.
                • Apple Plans to Launch More Than Just Its New Headset at WWDC.
                • The Unexpected Reason Apple Is Dominating the U.S. Smartphone Market.
                • Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta.
                • Montana Lawmakers Approve Statewide Ban on TikTok.
                • Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban.
                • Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV.
                • HBO Max to Be Renamed 'Max' With Addition of Discovery+ Content, Launch Date, and Pricing Revealed.
                • The End of Computer Magazines in America.

                  • Host: Jason Howell

                  Guests: Jason Hiner, Dan Patterson, and Ant Pruitt

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                    • 2 hr 37 min
                  • TWiT 922: AI Hustlers - Bloomberg's large language model, Twitter open source code, E3 Cancelled, Sony Q Lite

                    Bloomberg's large language model, Twitter open source code, E3 Cancelled, Sony Q Lite

                  • Biden eyes AI dangers, says tech companies must ensure products are safe.
                  • A viral image of the Pope in a white coat was faked with AI.
                  • Bloomberg builds its own LLM, trained on financial data.
                  • What if ChatGPT was trained on decades of financial news and data? BloombergGPT aims to be a domain-specific AI for business news.
                  • Italian privacy regulator bans ChatGPT.
                  • Midjourney Ends Its Free Trial After Fake Images Go Viral.
                  • At Elon Musk's Twitter, speech is anything but free.
                  • What did Twitter's 'open source' algorithm actually reveal? Not a lot.
                  • Musk's Twitter Downranks Any Post Regarding the 'Ukraine Crisis'.
                  • Dogecoin jumps more than 30% after Musk changes Twitter logo to an image of Shiba inu.
                  • New Analysis Shows News Industry Reaps Considerable Economic Benefit from Facebook.
                  • Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and other social media sites and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up'.
                  • Google Rescinds 5 Million Item Limit on Drive.
                  • Google to cut some of its perks to cut costs amid AI race.
                  • Google workers in London stage walkout over job cuts.
                  • Google issuing Chromebooks to employees as part of cost-cutting measures.
                  • E3 Cancelled After Big Tech Players Drop Out.
                  • Super Mario Bros. movie has the largest domestic opening of the year ($146M), the global debut is huge too ($377.5M).
                  • Sony is reportedly working on a remote play-only handheld, the Q Lite.

                    • Host: Devindra Hardawar

                    Guests: Nicholas De Leon, Anthony Ha, and Doc Rock

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                      • 2 hr 9 min
                    • TWiT 921: The Swiftie Panel - Apple Pay Later, Twitter Alternative, April Fool's

                      Apple Pay Later, Twitter Alternative, April Fool's

                    • Best of April Fool's Pranks
                    • GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs
                    • The Open Letter to Stop 'Dangerous' AI Race Is a Huge Mess
                    • 3 things everyone's getting wrong about AI
                    • Apple announces WWDC 2023 for June 5-9
                    • At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles
                    • Apple Releases iOS 16.4 With New Emoji, Safari Web Push Notifications, Beta Changes, Voice Isolation for Calls and More
                    • Apple Pay Later is finally launching
                    • E3 Cancelled After Big Tech Players Drop Out
                    • Microsoft Security Copilot is a new GPT-4 AI assistant for cybersecurity
                    • The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else
                    • T2 - Twitter Alternative

                      • Host: Mikah Sargent

                      Guests: Alex Wilhelm, Abrar Al-Heeti, and Christina Warren

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                        • 2 hr 38 min

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