Intelligent Machines (Video)

TWiG 736: Socks on the Beach - Pixel 8, Chromebook Plus, paid social media, what happened to Masterclass?

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  • Google's Pixel hardware event and new devices
  • Debate over adding AI to search functions - risks to accuracy?
  • Laws challenging social media's First Amendment rights
  • Movies released on TikTok by studios
  • High production costs of Masterclass
  • Streaming vs DVDs and the shrinking open web
  • Spotify's attempts to expand beyond music in audiobooks
  • Amazon's algorithms manipulating prices
  • Supreme Court case involving copyright of legal search tools
  • Paywalls and closed platforms replacing the open web
  • Pushback against heroic tech biographies and access journalism
  • Impacts of inexpensive screens and cameras everywhere
  • Testing social media subscription models
  • Using AI to create realistic fake photos and videos

    • Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

    Guest: Paris Martineau

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