November 08, 2023

TWiG 741: The Whole Muffin - OpenAI GPTs, Article 45, iMessage regulation, Bored Ape dancing

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2 hours 49 minutes

OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains.

Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection.

GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes.

The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors.

AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4.

Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell.

Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in.

Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal.

Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas.

TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries.

Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating.

YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform.

Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services.

Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety.

Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns.

Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally.

Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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Intelligent Machines (Audio)

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November 08, 2023

TWiG 741: The Whole Muffin - OpenAI GPTs, Article 45, iMessage regulation, Bored Ape dancing

Listen Later

2 hours 49 minutes

OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains.

Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection.

GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes.

The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors.

AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4.

Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell.

Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in.

Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal.

Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas.

TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries.

Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating.

YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform.

Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services.

Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety.

Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns.

Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally.

Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google.

Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Sponsors:

fastmail.com/twit

Melissa.com/twit

mylio.com/TWIT25

...more

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