This Week in Google (Audio)
472 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago -It's not just Google. This Week in Google hosts, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau, cover all of Big Tech every Wednesday. Listeners tune in for thought-provoking and entertaining conversations about AI, Internet memes, the future of media, and the latest emerging tech. You won't want to miss a minute.
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TWiG 765: Inflatable Nuts - TikTok Ban, Rabbit R1, Equinox.space
April 25, 2024 01:40 - 2 hours - 71.8 MB'Thunder Run': Behind Lawmakers' Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill TikTok ban would be a gift from Congress to Meta and Google How the TikTok ban could survive a court challenge The Chilling of TikTok FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements That Restrict Job Switching Sam Altman-backed crypto project Worldcoin faces an orb shortage Paris' nuts Rabbit R1 brilliant.xyz More wearable AI: IYO One The Man Who Killed Google Search Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of 'new operati...
TWiG 764: Cow Magnets - Atlas Evolved, Humane AI Pin, Panic-as-a-Business
April 18, 2024 01:52 - 2 hours - 79.9 MBCraig Newmark the Pigeon Man / more AI Music Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric Marques Brownlee calls the Humane AI pin "the worst product I've ever reviewed." limitless ai brilliant.xyz Maria Cantwell wants a privacy law. She's been one of its biggest obstacles. Experts Provide Early Analysis of the American Privacy Rights Act Unclear Protections in the American Privacy Rights Act Not Worth Broad Preemption Google tests stopping news links in California because of...
TWiG 763: All the Meat Was Shaking - Suno Music, Google Cloud Next
April 11, 2024 04:51 - 3 hours - 84.6 MBGoogle Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island FCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadband Talking about the old internet Jeff's paper on the California Journalism Preservation Act Twitter's Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line NYC Chicken Sh...
TWiG 762: People Who Like Sticks - Taco Bell AI, Amazon Scraps "Just Walk Out"
April 04, 2024 00:35 - 2 hours - 61 MBThe great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? Here Are the Cable News Ratings for March 2024 Why YouTube Decided to Take Over Cable Television YouTube is increasing the price of premium (Red) subscription by nearly 50% Why Did Matt Farley Put a Song About Me on Spotify? Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle 'Incognito' Lawsuit 20 years of Gmail AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online Yahoo is...
TWiG 761: Exploring the World of Stretch Pants - Collective AI, Vinyl Sales
March 28, 2024 01:28 - 2 hours - 71.6 MBDaniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 Andrew Huberman's Mechanisms of Control Bill Maher to Launch Podcast Network Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running AI news that's fit to print How Google uses AI to improve global flood forecasting Elon Musk requires 'FSD' demo for every prospective Tesla buyer in North America 8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here's the Inside Story BBC develops AI plans and talks to Big Tech over archives ac...
TWiG 760: The Ground State of a Molecule - Slorg & Slerf, NVIDIA Event, Google Health
March 21, 2024 01:42 - 2 hours - 73.8 MBMatt Levine attracts online ire for column, 'Slorg Is Sorry He Burnt Slerf' AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead Long live AI prompt engineering Sam Bankman-Fried Says 50-Year Sentence Only Suitable for a 'Super Villain' Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers' data was used for Gemini Mikah & Jeff react to nVidia event OpenAI is expected to release a 'materially better' GPT-5 for its chatbot mid-year OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam The Check U...
TWiG 759: The Posters Will Rise - TikTok Ban, Changing Expectations for AI
March 14, 2024 00:46 - 2 hours - 60.8 MBTold You So: Amazon, Google Quietly Tamp Down Generative AI Expectations European Lawmakers Approve Landmark AI Legislation TikTok Will Use Every Legal Tool to Fight a Forced Sale ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick expressed interest in buying TikTok, floated the idea of partnering w/ Sam Altman and others Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies Karl Bode breaks it down at TechDirt Ed's podcast episode about Musk's Uncharitable Charity Elon boots a Don...
TWiG 758: The Righte to Hoose - OpenAI vs. Musk, Spain Boots Worldcoin Orbs
March 07, 2024 04:16 - 2 hours - 64.1 MBOpenAI and Elon Musk Something Like Fire Former Twitter Executives Sue Musk Over Unpaid Severance Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs Life House CEO Departs After The Information's Report on Company South Korean streamers struggle with Twitch's sudden exit Here Come the AI Worms Open letter: A Safe Harbor for Independent AI Evaluation Microsoft engineer who raised concerns about Copilot image creator pens letter to the FTC Pixel phones just got ...
TWiG 757: They're Made of Meat! - Rollable phone, Bitcoin ETF, AT&T Outage
February 29, 2024 02:36 - 2 hours - 74.3 MBGemini and Google's Culture Klarna says its OpenAI virtual assistant does the work of 700 humans OpenAI says New York Times 'hacked' ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuit Tyler Perry halts $800m studio expansion after being shocked by AI Kids left disappointed by Willy Wonka theme park grift Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued over a plane crash that killed two pilots last year MWC 2024: Motorola's Rollable Concept phone laughs at your silly foldable Peering through Lenovo's transparent ...
TWiG 756: Good Thorp and Vie't On - YouTube Dominates, ChatGPT Goes Nuts
February 22, 2024 02:26 - 2 hours - 74.9 MBIntroducing Molly White Reddit Is Said to Sign AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform End of an era: The phone book goes the way of the fax machine as it drops through doors for the very last time after almost 150 years Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline's chatbot Sam Altman Seeks Trillions of Dollars to Reshape Business of Chips and AI How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh ...
TWiG 755: Beat It for 15 Minutes - Sovereign AI, Obituary Spam, Gemini Ultra
February 15, 2024 01:44 - 1 hour - 53 MBLeo opens his copy of "Shift Happens" Nvidia CEO calls for "Sovereign AI" as his firm overtakes Amazon in market value Sarah Silverman's copyright infringement suit against OpenAI will advance in pared-down form The rise of obituary spam Biden administration taps Gina Raimondo to direct new AI Safety Institute University of Pennsylvania announces first AI undergrad degree When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever "Societal misalignments" could ...
TWiG 754: Guerrilla Gardening - Amazon's Rufus, Bluesky Opens, Toothbrush DDoS?
February 08, 2024 03:15 - 2 hours - 77.7 MBApple vision pro talk Your phone isn't listening to you: The myth and its origins Bluesky Opens Up Taylor Swift joins Elon Musk in trying to silence student who tracks celebrity jets UMG Pulls it's music out of TikTok The unlikely 3 million electric toothbrush DDoS attack YouTube TV Number of Subscribers Revealed in Neal Mohan Letter ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to form sports streaming service venture Blazing Saddles 50th bday Google Bard to become 'Gemini' on February 7 w...
TWiG 753: Jeff's Brother and Paris' Canon - Amazon iRobot Deal, Elon's Paycheck
February 01, 2024 02:45 - 2 hours - 67.5 MBSocial Media CEOs Testify The 27 Bills That Became Law in 2023 Google parent Alphabet ad revenue disappoints, CapEx up; shares sink 6% There Are 14 Billion Videos on YouTube Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs Rhyming AI-powered clock sometimes lies about the time, makes up words Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Finding The Air Cannon Universal Music Group Says It Will...
TWiG 752: The Mole Man of Hackney - Media Layoffs, Rat Selfies, Ello's Demise
January 25, 2024 02:40 - 2 hours - 131 MBMost Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them Don't Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids Sports Illustrated Thrown Into Chaos With Mass Layoffs Is it time to give up on old news? Instagram's new 'nighttime nudges' aim to reduce teens' time on the app The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams The FTC orders Intuit to stop promoting its products as "free" unless they are actually free for all consumers, after an FTC judge found TurboTax ads misleading An online pastor...
TWiG 750: The Right to Read - Athelas' Troubles, Free Tax-Filing, Walmart AI
January 11, 2024 02:53 - 2 hours - 62.8 MBParis' big story: A Healthtech Unicorn Leaves a Trail of Clinic Complaints, Concerns Over Billing Practices The Information's 10th Anniversary Plagiarism Is Fine OpenAI's response to the NYT lawsuit Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All Gaming voice actors blindsided by 'garbage' union AI deal Asus' new laptop has two screens and a removable keyboard I.R.S. to Begin Trial of Its Own Free Tax-Filing System EFF Unveils Its New Street Level Surv...
TWiG 749: A Well Regulated Jart Team - NYT vs. OpenAI, Google Incognito, Tunnel Girl
January 04, 2024 02:17 - 2 hours - 63.1 MBNYTimes sues OpenAI How OpenAI could recreate Times quotes OpenAI's annualized revenue reportedly tops $1.6B As Assistant with Bard inches toward launch, here's its UI in action Podcast police TikToker 'Tunnel Girl' ordered to stop viral digging project under Virginia home Apps will now be reporting your earnings to tax authorities The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again Seattle's Zulily will 'wind down' its business and liquidate its assets Google agrees to settle Chrome incognit...
TWiG 748: Best of 2023 - This Week in Google's Best Moments of 2023
December 26, 2023 19:30 - 2 hours - 61.4 MBLeo looks back at the best stories they covered in 2023. Microsoft reportedly plans to invest $10 billion in creator of buzzy A.I. tool ChatGPT, Leo introduces Neeva. Former Google Employee Talks About Latest Google Layoffs Batting a Thousand Elon Musk Fires Top Twitter Engineer Meta Launches Threads Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama OpenAI Strikes $5M Deal For Local News Initiatives Twitter Re-branded as X Waffle Party Paris an...
TWiG 747: In an Abundance of Caution - AI Patents, Pig Butchering Scams, ChevyGPT
December 21, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours - 74.4 MBGoogle's $700 million Play Store settlement Cox Media Group claims they can listen in on your conversations Police don't get Google's location data anymore How billionaires spend their money on immortality No more AI Facial Recognition for Rite Aid UK Supreme Court rules that an AI cannot patent an invention Largest Dataset Powering AI Images Removed After Discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Material Apple watches sales to stop on December 21 515 Wordles and what we learned Jeff tries ...
TWiG 746: Huffin' Hazelnut - NotebookLM, Google's Monopoly, Tesla Recall
December 14, 2023 03:00 - 2 hours - 75.6 MBThis wide-ranging episode of TWiG covers many hot topics in tech, including the capabilities and limitations of AI writing tools like NotebookLM, controversies around misleading marketing of Google's Gemini AI model, the future of media and magazines, EU regulation of AI, and more. Interview with Steven Johnson about NotebookLM Google's best Gemini demo was faked Round 2: We test the new Gemini-powered Bard against ChatGPT | Ars Technica Channel1.ai is an AI-generated news show: pilot ...
TWiG 745: Livvy Rizzed Up Baby Gronk - Google Gemini AI, Beeper Mini
December 07, 2023 03:34 - 2 hours - 69.6 MBMisinformation researcher Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Facebook Meet Gemini AI, Google's ChatGPT Killer The Inside Story of Microsoft's Partnership with OpenAI How Elon Musk and Larry Page's AI Debate Led to OpenAI and an Industry Boom Beeper Cloud and Product Roadmap Update Spotify Cancels Two Acclaimed Podcasts — 'Heavyweight,' 'Stolen' Salt-Hank Gordon Ramsey duet!! Google's Gemini AI model is coming to the Pixel 8 Pro for recording summaries and smart replies Do you...
TWiG 744: Giant Red Ties - Google Online News Act, DeepMind AI
November 30, 2023 04:12 - 2 hours - 64.8 MBFederal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass Reflecting on 18 years at Google Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter? Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulato...
TWiG 743: Competitive Pantomime - OpenAI deep dive, Musk's Media Matters lawsuit, Stable Video Diffusion
November 23, 2023 04:52 - 2 hours - 81.8 MBFrom King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company." Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes' Dear...
TWiG 742: More Eel Guys Than You Know - Leo's GPTs, Alex Stamos on election disinformation, deepfakes, eels!
November 16, 2023 03:34 - 2 hours - 62.7 MBDiscussion 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-genera...
TWiG 741: The Whole Muffin - OpenAI GPTs, Article 45, iMessage regulation, Bored Ape dancing
November 09, 2023 04:32 - 2 hours - 77.9 MBOpenAI 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 unilate...
TWiG 734: Anarchy in the Academy - Copyright and generative AI, Xbox and Stadia leak, Bard demo, Meme Wars
September 21, 2023 03:11 - 2 hours - 71 MBThe group discusses the DOJ's antitrust case against Google's search dominance. The hosts debate whether AI will help or harm the fight against online disinformation. Leo and Joan discuss the challenges of internet safety and regulation in the UK. Google news includes: Chromebook lifespan extended to 10 years, Android 14 QPR beta, Google Calendar appointment booking, Nest speaker groups limited, and Google Domains transferred to Squarespace. Leo and Joan talk about the New York Times jo...
TWiG 733: Go, Cathy, Go! - Google Antitrust Lawsuit, Privacy Sandbox, Responsible AI
September 14, 2023 02:43 - 2 hours - 70.1 MBGoogle pays more than $10 billion per year for these privileged positions Trademark Genericide And One Big Way The DOJ Admits That Its Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Is Utter Garbage YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate's videos, court says Google's cookie-replacing Privacy Sandbox reaches major milestone Google teaser previews Pixel Watch 2 and both Pixel 8 phones NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube is a hit, with more subscribers than when it was on DirecTV Google wi...
TWiG 732: Unidentified Flying Skellington - New Android Branding, Twitter Spy
September 07, 2023 02:43 - 2 hours - 61.6 MBBritain Admits Defeat in Controversial Online Safety Bill When Tech Says "No" Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia Jeff Jarvis Moving on From CUNY Judge strikes down porn age-verification law in Texas : NPR The Department of Defense Launches the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Website Caltech drops calculus, chemistry, physics...
TWiG 731: Leo Saving Time - Pixel 8 event date, Samsung Food, Workspace AI, tech stock buybacks
August 31, 2023 02:23 - 2 hours - 68.5 MBGoogle announces Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th Samsung buys popular meal planning app Whisk and rebrands it as Samsung Food Google discontinues Pixel Pass subscription bundle after just one year Chrome OS 116 adding auto correct and local file search Google Chat adding voice messages and interoperability with Slack and Teams Elon Musk makes controversial appearance at Valorant esports tournament Tesla planning LA supercharger location with diner and drive-in movie theater Face...
TWiG 730: Phanky Qipek - Elon Musk, AI and CAPTCHAs, Threads web app, Spotify podcast business
August 24, 2023 03:23 - 3 hours - 83.2 MBHeritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires Canadian Media Orgs Said That Meta Linking To News Was Anticompetitive; Now They Say NOT Linking To News Is Anticompetitive The Bill C-18 Regulation Fake-Out: Setting the Record Straight on When Bill C-18 Takes Effect and the Regulation Making Process Elon Musk's Shadow Rule How is Spotify doing with its podcast business? Spotify will let podcasters customize their show page to bring in new listeners Yo...
TWiG 729: Waffle Party - Robotaxi victory in California, broadcast TV in trouble, Chrome Topics, Google Hotel
August 17, 2023 02:57 - 2 hours - 76 MBGoogle's updates to NFL Sunday Ticket, including flexible billing, student plans, live chat, polls, and more Linear TV viewing falling below 50% for the first time Streaming gaining more market share, but subscription costs rising Congressional inquiry into harmful data broker practices Google using AI to generate key points in web pages Google considering allowing AI summaries directly in search results YouTube cracking down on videos promoting ineffective cancer cures Google Photos...
TWiG 728: Stupid Dove Nests - Z Flip 5, Google antitrust, BlueJeans, Project IDX, Tetris lawsuit
August 10, 2023 03:14 - 2 hours - 73.6 MBLeo shows off his Galaxy Z Flip 5. Judge Narrows Scope of Coming Trial Over Google Monopoly Claims. Musk's X Fined $350,000 in Secret Justice Department Fight Over Trump Records. Google Changes Name of Ad Product Amid Inventory Quality Scandal. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. Tech writer sues Apple, claiming Tetris movie ripped off his 'Cold War thriller' book. BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Zoom AI tools trained using so...
TWiG 727: Blame It On The Osso Buco - Canada link tax, incandescant light bulb, AI music generation
August 03, 2023 03:31 - 3 hours - 85.6 MBShift Happens is about to ship! Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers. Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain. The buttons on Zenith's original 'clicker' remote were a mechanical marvel. Facebook's ad business recovers from Apple's attack; watch out TV. A view from DC: Adtech is built on a privacy fault line. Meta Offers to Seek Consent for Highly Personalized Ads in Europe. Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line. ...
TWiG 726: Corpora Bailiwick and Jones - Twitter becomes X, Alphabet earnings, NotebookLM, Web Integrity API
July 27, 2023 03:51 - 2 hours - 67.7 MBTwitter's rebrand to X may actually be happening soon. Alphabet reports better-than-expected quarterly results driven by growth in cloud. YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Rise 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates. Google's CFO just got a promotion. Google says 2 billion logged in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts. Google Street View is back in Germany after 10+ year halt. Jeff talks about his trip to Google previewing NotebookLM. Google software engineer got $605,000 bonus, plus...
TWiG 725: But Senator Trellis... - IoT cybersecurity label, defending Lina Khan, LLaMA 2, AI Synthetic data
July 20, 2023 02:39 - 2 hours - 71.7 MBThe White House details its IoT cybersecurity label plan. Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open. Pluralistic: Why they're smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023). Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Calls Company "Unstable". Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama. Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it. Why computer-made data is being used to train AI models. G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics. AI can't even tell you ...
TWiG 724: Thirsty Grindfluencer - Threads launch, Amazon Prime Day, Anthropic's Claude AI, NotebookLM
July 13, 2023 03:19 - 2 hours - 71.4 MBThreads has 100 million users, and many are on Android. Threads Adopting ActivityPub Makes Sense, but Won't Be Easy. Facebook's Threads is so depressing. Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads. Amazon Prime Day Pushes US Online Sales Up 6% in First 24 Hours. Lina Khan Is Taking on the World's Biggest Tech Companies—and Losing. Amazon sues EU in first US challenge to Digital Services Act. In – or out? Wimbledon considers replacing line judges with AI. Anthropic's Claude Is C...
TWiG 723: Contabulating! - The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Instagram Threads, Twitter rate limits, Canada link tax
July 06, 2023 03:22 - 2 hours - 76 MBJeff's book, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, is out!! Fireworks Have a New Competitor: Drones. Rise, Goldfish: Elden Ring's bosses are now being humiliated by a fish somehow hooked-up to the controls. An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products. Jeff Elgie, local news owner, says Google will bring the government to the table. Village Media's C-18 Update. Google Analytics Violates GDPR, Says Swedish Watchdog. The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews. Twitter was loc...
TWiG 722: The Rupert Murdoch of Hot Dogs - SCOTUS and cyberstalkers, AI books on Amazon, Pixel Tablet review
June 29, 2023 02:47 - 2 hours - 66.5 MBSupreme Court guts protections for cyberstalking victims. Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Song Lyrics. Talking about the new TWiT AI show. What makes human and what makes conciousness? AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon's Bestseller Lists. Billionaires and Bureaucrats Mobilize China for AI Race With US. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT. Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System...
TWiG 721: Why Would Google Do That? - Reddit CEO goes ape, Google Domains acquired, Quest VR age, Tailwind
June 22, 2023 03:01 - 2 hours - 78.6 MBHere's the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don't reopen. Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change moderator rules. Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users. Reddit removed moderators behind the latest protests before restoring a few of them. Google Domains is yet another useful service to get the ax in favor of "focus". You can't trust Google. Gannett sues Google; Jeff comments herein. Google's n...
TWiG 720: Beyond Baby - EU vs Google ad model, Reddit revolt, AI and Section 230, synthetic meat slump
June 15, 2023 03:13 - 2 hours - 67.8 MBGoogle's Ads Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says. Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts. Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout 'will pass'. Hundreds of subreddits plan to go dark indefinitely after Reddit CEO's internal memo. What Reddit Got Wrong. Why The New York Times Will Lose to The Huffington Post. Hawley-Blumenthal bill denies Section 230 protection for AI. ChatGPT Goes to Court. Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees ...
TWiG 719: Bromides and Bluster - Air quality, Apple Vision Pro, YouTube misinformation, US sues Coinbase
June 08, 2023 03:55 - 2 hours - 76.8 MBInside the Meltdown at CNN. What is Solutions Journalism? The platforms give up on 2020 lies. Elon Musk Is All About the Nonstop Grind. And He Can't Stop Talking About It. Perspective: Tackling Misinformation on YouTube. Tucker Carlson Posts First Installment of New Show on Twitter. Introducing Apple Vision Pro: Apple's first spatial computer. US collects intact UFOs as part of secret program, Air Force veteran claims. Google Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks...
TWiG 704: Ensconced in Felt - Section 230 in the Supreme Court, Google from the inside, Meta "verified"
February 23, 2023 04:39 - 2 hours - 2.41 KBSome Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why. Quick Debrief on the Gonzalez v. Google Oral Arguments. Cathy's Amicus brief. Supreme Court Wrestles With Suit Claiming Twitter Aided Terrorists. What happened to the K9YO pico balloon? Shot down by an F-22 Raptor. The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn... Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A...
TWiG 703: Spicy Autocomplete - writeGPT, Privacy Sandbox, Musk's Twitter firing, Radio Garden
February 16, 2023 04:53 - 2 hours - 68.5 MBElon Musk's reach on Twitter is dropping — he just fired a top engineer over it. Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first. Google's AI chatbot, Bard, sparks a $100 billion loss in Alphabet shares. Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom. What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work? How, why and when generative AI will kill the search engine. writeGPT - OpenAI's GPT prompt assistant. From Bing to Sydney – Stratechery by Ben Thompson. This...
TWiG 702: Lion Around - Shift Happens Kickstarter, ChatGPT powered Bing, Google Bard AI, Bret Taylor
February 09, 2023 04:45 - 2 hours - 79.2 MBShift Happens: A book about keyboards by Marcin Wichary. Matias Tactile Pro. I Tried Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing. Search Will Never Be the Same. Google unveils its own ChatGPT-like AI chatbot. Bret Taylor starts AI company; Google VP joins. Twitter Places Limits on Tweet Frequency, Impacting Business and Individual Accounts. Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo. Twitter execs acknowledge mistakes with Hunter Biden laptop story but say no government involveme...
TWiG 701: Bring Me a Leaf Blower - ChatGPT and Bing, Samsung Unpacked 2023, Clear Calling demo, Artifact
February 02, 2023 05:19 - 2 hours - 71.8 MBAI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity. ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big. Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees. Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years. History of AI by Shaan Ray. MusicLM: Generating Music From Text. AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse. OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears...
TWiG 700: Impecunious Mods - Google job cuts, ChatGPT malware, To Leslie, AmazonSmile to close
January 26, 2023 04:31 - 3 hours - 85.3 MBGoogle Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs. Interview with Richard Hay. Google Slashes Jobs at Incubator Area 120 as Part of Cuts. Meta to Reinstate Trump's Facebook and Instagram Accounts. AmazonSmile set to close, Amazon announces. Mastodon founder has a message for Elon Musk. Twitter's new developer terms ban third-party clients. Elon Musk Explores Raising Up to $3 Billion to Help Pay Off Twitter Debt. Ivory: The Magnificent Mastodon App. We tried to run a social media site and i...
TWiG 699: Blame it on the Tesla - Google to SCOTUS, Google Images
January 19, 2023 04:26 - 2 hours - 74.5 MBTwitter Auction Complete Twitter is blocking third-party clients like Tweetbot and Twitterrific Sawyer Merritt on Twitter: "Boston Dynamics shows of their robots latest skills Tesla staged 2016 self-driving demo, says senior Autopilot engineer Twitter admits it's breaking third-party apps, cites 'long-standing API rules' Google Images Was Created Because Of Jennifer Lopez Leo's wake-up call Dozens of media companies set 2023 content deals with Twitter Free the nipple: Facebook and I...
TWiG 698: Hands Off My Pound Cake! - ChatGPT Microsoft investment, Tesla crashes, FAA outage, Afroman raid
January 12, 2023 04:57 - 2 hours - 74.5 MBStadia player count hinted at by Destiny 2 figures. The DNSSEC Root Signing Ceremony. KSK Key Signing Ceremony (16 Jun 10). Microsoft reportedly plans to invest $10 billion in creator of buzzy A.I. tool ChatGPT. OpenAI begins piloting ChatGPT Professional, a premium version of its viral chatbot. Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT. neeva.ai Inside Neeva, the ad-free, privacy-first search engine from ex-Googlers. Ryan Reynolds used ChatGPT...
TWiG 697: Don't Track Me, Bro - CES 2022, Meta EU mega-fine, facial recognition arrest, Shift Happens
January 05, 2023 04:14 - 3 hours - 87.6 MBThis Device Will Not Let You LOL Unless You Mean It. The Mutalk Microphone Seals Your Voice In Virtual Reality. Bird Buddy's new smart hummingbird feeder can photograph and identify 350 different bird species. Roku Is Now Making Its Own TVs. Sony breaks from tradition and won't announce new TVs at CES 2023. This Virtual Twitch Streamer is Controlled Entirely By AI. Bills safety Damar Hamlin in critical condition after suffering cardiac arrest. YouTube TV lands Sunday Ticket with deal...
TWiG 696: The Best of 2022 - Some of the most memorable moments from throughout the year
December 28, 2022 17:01 - 2 hours - 76.3 MBHow Has Google FAILED at Messaging So Badly? MORAL PANIC!!! Hair and makeup. FLoC Is OUT, Topics Takes Its Place. Some Dude Hacked North Korea. Mazda Infotainment Systems Bricked By Radio Station. Facebookers Now Called Metamates. A Painful Looking Keyboard. Stacey's Pick: Firewalla Purple. Unsolicited Dik-Diks. Jeff's Roboburger Adventure. Jeff Jarvis being sold on eBay. Insteon Shut Down Suddenly. T-Mobile's 5G Home Internet is Enticing. iRobot OS breaks Stacey. Snapchat's ...
TWiG 695: The Airing of Grievances - Point-E, Public Domain day 2023, IoT and consent, John Carmack
December 22, 2022 04:25 - 2 hours - 66.7 MBLife Expectancy by occupation for people with a wikipedia page. How Influencers Hype Crypto, Without Disclosing Their Financial Ties. OpenAI releases Point-E, an AI that generates 3D models. On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 'Magic Avatar' App Lensa Generated Nudes From My Childhood Photos. MSG's Facial Recognition at Radio City Gets Girl Scout Mom Kicked Out. A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook? We shoul...