Episodes
Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out. Pessimists Archive. Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already. The Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI. Stacey gets grilled on AI. Big Tech Isn't Prepared for A.I.'s Next Chapter. George Hotz wants to 'make driving chill' with next-gen Comma 3 hands-free driver assist. The Spectrum-X ethernet switch offers ""lossless"" transmission via a new kind of congestion control, says Nvidia. Once Mighty Intel Struggles to Escape 'Mud Hole'. The...
Published 06/01/23
Chris Messina talks about the birth of the hashtag. Why did Chris leave Twitter? What is Chris doing in AI right now? DeSantis Picked Twitter Spaces to Announce His Run. Next Steps for Neeva. Ford reverses course and decides to keep AM radio on its vehicles. Jack Dorsey shares Robert F. Kennedy Jr. video echoing conspiracy theories. Mourning the state of Twitter. Social Media is a 'Profound Risk' to Youth, Surgeon General Warns. TikTok sues Montana over law banning the app....
Published 05/25/23
Published 05/25/23
WARNING: This episode examines the topic of self harm and suicide. Anyone dealing with these issues can find help by calling or texting 988 to connect with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visiting the website to chat by going to 988lifeline.org.  Moderator Mayhem: A Content Moderation Game. OpenAI's Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing. Updating our inactive account policies. Universal Short Title Catalogue. TikTok Ban Signed in Montana, Paving Way for First...
Published 05/18/23
Everything announced at I/O Google I/O Keynote Google Search in Google Labs and Project Tailwinds What Really Made Geoffrey Hinton Into an AI Doomer Impressed by Google I/O Annoucements? Acapela AI New Pixel Hardware Google Fold watch party ad The Pixel Fold is Google's $1,800 entry into folding phones Wendy's, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI" UFO Hunters Built an Open-Source AI System To Scan The Skies...
Published 05/11/23
Bluesky buzz: Why the social media platform is being called the next Twitter.  The Best Dressed Stars From the 2023 Met Gala.  Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in.  Google plans to add end-to-end encryption to Authenticator.  For Bluesky to thrive, it needs sex workers and Black Twitter.  Chrome replacing HTTPS lock icon with Material You redesign.  Pornhub Blocks All of Utah From Its Site. Writers Guild On Strike Against Hollywood Studios As Contract Talks...
Published 05/04/23
Alphabet reports revenue and earnings beat for first quarter. Only 28 legacy verified users signed up for Twitter Blue hours after Elon Musk removed their checkmarks. Elon Musk Figured Out the Media's Biggest Weakness. Facebook Made BuzzFeed, Then Killed It. Jonah and the Whale. Traffic by Ben Smith. Pichai teases AI, Pixel, and Android at Google I/O 2023. Nate Silver Out at 538, ABC News as Disney Layoffs Hit ABC News. These celebrities 'subscribed to Twitter Blue.' Except they're...
Published 04/26/23
Panic at Google: Samsung considers dumping search for Bing and ChatGPT. Samsung can't dump Google for Bing as the default search engine on its phones. Why Samsung Doesn't Want You to Use Google Apps. AI could cause a mass-extinction of languages — and ways of thinking. AI science search engines are exploding in number — are they any good? 'Overemployed' Hustlers Exploit ChatGPT To Take On Even More Full-Time Jobs. Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals....
Published 04/19/23
Google is No Longer Supporting These Five-Year-Old Devices. Google ending Works with Nest & Dropcam support, Nest Secure owners getting free ADT system. The Fitbit-to-Google account migration will start this summer. Google Home's latest update provides more control over your smart appliances. Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. Discover more than 800 free TV channels with Google TV. The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation. The importance of...
Published 04/12/23
Google closing some micro kitchens Google issuing Chromebooks to employees as part of cost-cutting measures Google Drive Imposes 5 Million Item Cap, Even if You Have Storage Space Left Google Rescinds 5 Million Item Limit on Drive Lawmakers are clueless about social media. They'll regulate it anyway Bloomberg builds its own LLM, trained on financial data Three things everyone's getting wrong about AI Midjourney Ends Its Free Trial After Fake Images Go Viral AI guys are the new crypto...
Published 04/05/23
Elon Musk and Others Call for Pause on A.I., Citing 'Risks to Society' Richard Stallman's thoughts on ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and their impact on humanity The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library #TikTokBan videos have 1.7b views on TikTok Random stupid moment from Tiktok hearing Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else Norwegian company says TikTok...
Published 03/29/23
A TikTok corner just for Stacey (h/t @[email protected]) DPReview.com to close: Digital Photography Review Archive Team to Backup DPReview Stacey's AI Tweet The Age of AI has begun Bill Gates Leo Gets BARD Google Bard Sign-up Looking at New Midjourney ChatGPT Radio! Adobe Intro's Generative AI into Creative Cloud - Firefly Follow The Laportes on Vacation - Polarsteps Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead (2021) Libby is stuck between libraries and publishers in...
Published 03/23/23
OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model. Silicon Valley Bank is imploding, prompting bank run. T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile in a $1.35 billion deal. OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model (again). Grammarly adds ChatGPT-like AI to create text in your writing style, outlines, and more. Gmail, Google Docs, and more are getting ChatGPT-like generative AI features. Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online. Microsoft Lays Off Team That Taught Employees How...
Published 03/16/23
Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired? FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names. Olauncher. Minimal AF Launcher. YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized. Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle. 'Slavery was wrong' and 5 other things some educators won't teach anymore. Google I/O 2023 takes place on May 10. Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks...
Published 03/09/23
Our Growing TikTok Moral Panic Still Isn't Addressing The Actual Problem. U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok. Apple Watch potential ban: What you need to know. All about Salt_Hank's upcoming cookbook. YouTube's new head talks 2023 priorities, including AI, podcasting, Shorts and more. Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar. OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit. Planning for AGI...
Published 03/02/23
Some 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...
Published 02/23/23
Elon 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...
Published 02/16/23
Shift 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...
Published 02/09/23
AI-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...
Published 02/02/23
Google 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 it...
Published 01/26/23
Twitter 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...
Published 01/19/23
Stadia 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...
Published 01/12/23
This 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...
Published 01/05/23
How 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...
Published 12/28/22
Life 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 should...
Published 12/22/22