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November 16, 2023Tech News Weekly 312: Apple Supporting RCS in 2024
Apple has reversed course and is adding RCS support to iMessage next year. What was announced at Microsoft Ignite 2023? And Common Sense Media has ratings for ten chatbots & AI services that parents should be cautious with when their kids interact with them.
Breaking news Thursday morning as Apple has announced that they are adding RCS support to iMessage next year. Will Sattelberg of Android Police shares the details of what this means.

Microsoft Ignite 2023 is happening in Seattle currently, and a lot has been announced at the event. Daniel Rubino of Windows Central breaks down some of the announcements made.

Jason shares an exciting story about noise-canceling headphones that could let users choose which sounds they may want to hear.

Mikah talks about Common Sense Media's ratings of chatbots and other AI services that warn parents about how certain AI services may be unsafe for kids.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Will Sattelberg and Daniel Rubino

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1 hr 14 min
November 15, 2023This Week in Google 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know
Discussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets

Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing

Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents

Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs programming languages

Talk of Elon Musk's reputation decline after acquiring Twitter

Discussion of studies showing people perceive AI-generated faces as more human than real faces

Overview of lawsuit allowing school districts to sue social media companies for youth addiction

Interview with Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO and current Stanford professor

Alex's perspective on risks of deepfakes in elections vs for individual harassment

Thoughts on moral panic around social media and youth mental health

Alex recounts attending a closed-door Senate AI hearing led by Senator Schumer

Discussion of social media companies loosening policies on election misinformation

Concerns about TikTok as a news source and possible propaganda risks

Talk of new book "A History of Fake Things on the Internet" by Walter Shirer

Alex's suggestion for comprehensive federal privacy regulations

Revelation during Google antitrust trial of Apple's cut of Google search revenue

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paris Martineau, and Jason Howell

Guest: Alex Stamos

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2 hr 17 min
November 09, 2023 Hands-On Tech: Google Pixel Watch 2 Review
Jason Howell reviews the new Pixel Watch 2 smartwatch from Google. He discusses the pros like improved software, Fitbit integration, and excellent battery life compared to last year's model. But he also highlights cons like limited sizing, proprietary bands, and big repairability concerns. Overall a nice upgrade by Google but still some key shortcomings versus the competition.

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Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

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19 min
November 09, 2023Tech News Weekly 311: Humane Launches Its $699 AI Pin
The game industry has had a year with the consolidation of organizations and the formation of gaming unions. Jason Howell shares his review of the Pixel Watch 2. And OpenAI had its first developer conference. What was announced at the event?
Nathan Grayson of the newly launched Aftermath news site to talk about how the game industry has been impacted by the consolidation of gaming companies and the formation of unions.

Jason Howell has been using Google's Pixel Watch 2 for some time and shares his review of Google's latest update to its wearable device.

Mikah shares details about Humane's AI Pin, a $699 wearable device powered by OpenAI.

Finally, Stephen Shankland of CNET joins the show to share what was announced at OpenAI's developer conference in San Francisco.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Nathan Grayson and Stephen Shankland

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1 hr 16 min
November 06, 2023TWiT News 399: OpenAI DevDay Keynote 2023
At its inaugural developer conference DevDay, OpenAI unveiled major upgrades like GPT-4 Turbo, a more advanced AI model that's 3x cheaper than GPT-4 and a 128k token context window that can handle much longer prompts. They also launched new multimodal capabilities so developers can integrate vision, speech, and image generation into apps. Key highlights include the Assistants API for building AI agents, the ability to create custom versions of ChatGPT called GPTs and share them publicly on the GPT Store, and Copyright Shield to protect customers. Overall, OpenAI aims to make AI more affordable, capable, and safe for developers to build next-gen apps.

Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell

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1 hr 8 min
November 02, 2023Tech News Weekly 310: Understanding Biden's AI EO
President Biden issued an executive order on Artificial Intelligence. How does the US government see AI today based on this executive order? What are the implications of Microsoft's breakthrough with their small AI model, Phi 1.5? And how social media influencers sharing news are starting to have more reach to a younger generation than legacy news outlets.
What does it mean by President Biden's issue of an executive order on Artificial Intelligence? Eric Geller of The Messenger breaks down the President's executive order that was signed earlier this week.

Reed Albergotti of Semafor stops by to talk about Microsoft and their recent breakthrough on their small AI model, Phi 1.5, and how it compares to OpenAI's GPT-4.

How is legacy media keeping up with news being broken and shared by influencers? Jason shares a fascinating article from Taylor Lorenz about how the economics of journalism have shifted heavily in recent years.

And finally, Mikah talks about how AI was used maliciously to generate fake nudes of real students at a New Jersey high school and the urgent need for laws to keep pace with technology.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Eric Geller and Reed Albergotti

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1 hr 9 min
October 26, 2023Tech News Weekly 309: Cell Phones: The Origin Story
This week on Tech News Weekly, Jason and Mikah go back in time to the origins of cell phones with an AT&T engineer who helped build the first network, get the inside scoop on Apple's next event from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, social media trends, and more.
We kick off the show by chatting with Stu Tartarone, a veteran of AT&T who helped develop the first cell phone network and make the first cell phone call back in 1983. They discuss the skepticism around early cell phone market research, the distributed network architecture that enabled cellular technology, and how concepts like pre-dialing numbers were revolutionary at the time.

Mark Gurman of Bloomberg joins to preview Apple's upcoming "Scary Fast" October event. He explains that the name hints at new M3 chips for the MacBook Pro and 24-inch iMac. Mark also shares details on the future of AirPods and AirPods Max.

Mikah analyzes Google's reported plan to block Apple from making inroads in search through lobbying and pushing its own apps. Google pays Apple billions to remain the iPhone's default search, but wants to prevent Apple's Spotlight from becoming competition.

Jason covers the shutdown of Twitter alternative T2, renamed Pebble. It never gained traction despite its familiar format and focus on safety. Social media platforms are struggling to retain users divided across multiple networks.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Stu Tartarone and Mark Gurman

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1 hr 5 min
October 19, 2023Tech News Weekly 308: Rebutting Andreessen's Manifesto
How are humans involved in the overall AI process? 23andMe suffers another data leak by hacker "Golem". And the Meta Quest 3 is being used publicly for hilarious and interesting results.
Solana Larsen of the Mozilla Foundation and the IRL Podcast joins the show to talk about human beings, the data workers behind AI systems being used daily.

Dave Karpf stops by to talk about Marc Andreessen's "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto" and his passionate response to Andreessen's manifesto and the line between tech optimism and pessimism.

Mikah talks about another data leak from the 23andMe breach that includes data from "the wealthiest people living in the U.S. and Western Europe."

And Jason shares some hilarious videos from a Verge article about the Meta Quest 3 being used publicly.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Solana Larsen and Dave Karpf

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1 hr 14 min
October 12, 2023Tech News Weekly 307: Pixel 8 Pro Review
Adobe announces a whole host of new AI features and upgrades at its MAX conference. We review the Pixel 8 Pro and discuss its new Ultra HDR capabilities. OpenAI plans to announce new developer features at its November conference and we demonstrate the new ChatGPT voice features.

• Ant Pruitt stops by Tech News Weekly to give us a rundown of what Adobe announced at its annual Adobe MAX conference.

• Jason Howell has the Pixel 8 Pro in hand, so he takes some time to give us his thoughts on the new phone and show off some of the new photo features and camera functionality.

• Mishaal Rahman explains the new Ultra HDR format in Android 14.

• Mikah Sargent talks about OpenAI's upcoming developer conference and demonstrates ChatGPT's new voice interactivity.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Ant Pruitt and Mishaal Rahman

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1 hr 24 min
October 05, 2023Tech News Weekly 306: Pixel 8'ed: First Impressions
Google had their Made By Google event this month and announced the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and Pixel Watch 2. The Surface Laptop Studio 2 could be so much more than the device offers. How one group is utilizing credit card points to corner concert tickets for popular artists. And how AI bias tests are overlooking a key aspect of skin color.
Mark Spoonauer of Tom's Guide was at the Google event and shares his hands-on time with the Pixel 8 phones and Pixel Watch 2.

Monica Chin of The Verge shares her review of the Surface Laptop Studio 2 announced at Microsoft's September event and why the laptop left her underwhelmed, especially with a new lineup of Intel chips coming out later this year.

Jason Howell shares a very interesting story from 404 Media about a group called the "Buyer's Club" buying concert tickets for popular artists like Taylor Swit with credit card points.

Finally, Mikah Sargent talks about an interesting paper from Sony about how AI algorithms overlook key skin color aspects.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guests: Mark Spoonauer and Monica Chin

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1 hr 16 min

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