Tech News Weekly (Audio)

TNW 284: Passkey Mania - AI Drake & The Weeknd, Wikipedia, Virtual Kidnapping

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  • Have you heard of the new hit song by Drake & The Weeknd, Heart on My Sleeve? Well if you did, it wasn't actually sung by Drake & The Weeknd. Mia Soto from The Verge explains how that song was generated using AI and what happened after that song got sprung online to the world.
  • AI is really taking the tech world by storm. But what happens when AI-generated content and misinformation start to seep into places like Wikipedia, where millions of people visit the site daily? Jason talks about that in his story of the week.
  • Larry Magid from ConnectSafely.org stops by the show to talk about his experience with a virtual kidnapping scam and what he took away from that moment.
  • Finally, Steve Gibson of grc.com and Security Now talks about Google launching its support for Passkeys and what this means for the future of passwords.

    • Host: Jason Howell

    Guests: Mia Sato, Larry Magid, and Steve Gibson

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