OpenAI GPTs, Humane AI Pin, privacy in cars, Amazon ditching Android OpenAI allowing independent developers to create their own GPTs ("little agents") Agreement between Writers Guild and motion picture producers on use of AI in movies Microsoft investing in OpenAI and implications for cloud services China's investment in AI compared to the US AI appliances like Humane pin and rewindai pendant Dangers of deep fakes and advanced technologies Innovations in pinball like Venom...

AI Executive Order, Epic vs. Google, Goodbye Mint, Meta Ray-bans Ray-Ban Meta audio quality, cost, battery life, and polarized vs transition lenses Exploring Elon Musk's XAI concept GROK AI How Twitter's declining engagement impacts content creators and prompts API use Concerns about President Biden's executive order on AI regulation and innovation International AI declaration signed at Bletchley Park meeting with Harris and Musk Epic's antitrust lawsuit against Google's Android...

Cruise suspended in California, UK's Online Safety Bill, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Debate around self-driving car standards and implications after recent SF accident Controversy over Mark Andreessen's anti-regulation manifesto and risks of stifling progress Taxes paid by tech moguls vs. average people and Microsoft's $29B IRS bill Generational differences in tech use and changes in media landscape Bug bounty programs incentivizing ethical hacking, payouts by Intel and others Social...

Net Neutrality, AI Homer Simpson, Meta Glassholes, Jon Stewart Cancelled by Apple         Mark Andreson's manifesto and tech accelerationism Political consequences of facial recognition Social media's role in war crimes and spreading misinformation Facial recognition technology on social media Spread of misinformation by verified accounts on Twitter John Stewart's departure from Apple TV+ over China-related content Implications of AI on art and voice acting Social media's impact on...

Microsoft's completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. How political tension in Israel affects the tech sector. Debating disinformation and First Amendment rights. The influence of articles posted on social media. Legal implications of AI-generated content and copyright. Using AI to scan ancient scrolls and unlock texts. The potential of nuclear power and fusion reactors. Genetic data privacy breach and ethical concerns. Massive botnet DDoS attack on Google. Social media addiction...

Google's hidden search, Spotify and audiobooks, X removes headlines Elon Musk removing headlines from Twitter posts and how that enables fake news Concerns about Twitter misinformation affecting the 2024 election Apple considered DuckDuckGo for Safari private search before deciding against it Microsoft close to acquiring Activision Blizzard pending UK regulatory approval Google accused of secret changes to search queries to maximize ad revenue Ransomware attack on MGM hotels and...

The end of Netflix's DVD mailing service Meta's new AI avatars and the uncanny valley Microsoft's massive certificate breach FTC's antitrust lawsuit against Amazon X CEO Linda Yaccarino not having Twitter on her phone AI regulation and safety concerns Differences between books and magazine fact-checking Walter Isaacson's Elon Musk biography and fact checking Twitter ruled biggest source of disinformation by EU Supreme Court to review Florida and Texas social media laws Apple's...

iPhone 15 hands on, Amazon hardware event, Instacart IPO, Unity blinks     Discussion on hype cycle of AI; evaluating current state Defining artificial intelligence vs regular computation AI winters and peaks of inflated expectations for AI Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of chatbots like ChatGPT AI's role in computational photography and new iPhones Microsoft's focus on AI with OpenAI partnership Multimodal AI and challenges like hallucination Apple's secretive approach to...

New Apple iPhone 15 Announced, Google Antitrust Trial  iPhone 15 event: all the news on Apple's new phone  Apple iPhone 15 hands-on: New features left me with no Pro model envy at all  The WeWork Guy is Pivoting to Carbon Credits  Flowcarbon  Book Review: 'Elon Musk,' by Walter Isaacson - The New York Times  DOJ's Latest Case Against Google Is Intricate But Important  This Is the True Scale of New York's Airbnb Apocalypse  Unity rushes to clarify price increase plan, as game...

Elon Musk Biography, Google Anti-trust, Clubhouse Clubhouse is BACK Book Review: 'Elon Musk' by Walter Isaacson Elon Musk biographer moves to 'clarify' details about Ukraine and Starlink after backlash Senate votes to approve Anna Gomez as 5th FCC Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is Stepping Aside to Bid on a New Job Meta May Allow Instagram and Facebook Users in Europe to Pay to Avoid Ads In Its First Monopoly Trial of Modern Internet Era, U.S. Sets Sights on Google FTC Antitrust...

Thousands stuck in mud at Burning Man festival Australia and Texas overturn laws requiring age verification for adult websites Right to repair advocates score victory in California with Apple now supporting it NFT sales and prices plummeting showing the downfall of the once-hyped digital assets Twitter to lift ban on political ads ahead of 2024 election Social media companies failing to curb Russian propaganda says EU report Arkansas law requiring parental consent for minors' social...

Most of My Instagram Ads Are for Drugs, Stolen Credit Cards, Hacked Accounts, Counterfeit Money, and Weapons Following Elon Musk's lead, Big Tech is surrendering to disinformation Elon Musk's Shadow Rule Exclusive: Tesla wins as Texas requires state-backed charging stations to include its plug Mike Moritz, Reid Hoffman and Other Silicon Valley Titans Said to Be Behind Mysterious Land Deals We're Winning': Apple Formally Endorses Right to Repair Legislation After Spending Millions...

This episode of TWiT explores the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on creative industries like writing, the monopolistic practices of Big Tech, and the concepts of open-washing and chokepoint capitalism. Cory Doctorow discusses his upcoming appearance in a Futurama episode inspired by his book Chokepoint Capitalism The downsides of Twitter under Elon Musk as an example of chokepoint capitalism unwinding Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive's copyright disputes over...

Black Hat, DEFCON, AI Bill of Rights, BlueJeans, Zoom AI disclosure, Snoopers' Charter Oppenheimer and IMAX. AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype. Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights. The Feds showed up in force at Black Hat. The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide . America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security. Electoral Commission apologises for security breach involving UK voters'...

AI in Hollywood, Alphabet antitrust lawsuit, Amazon earnings, Exorcist VR An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology. 'Barbie' joins $1 billion club, breaks another record for female directors. Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans. Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain. Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers. Amazon (AMZN) Q2 earnings report 2023. Alphabet's Google (GOOGL) to Face...

Blind app, Starlink dominance, NSA surveillance, NASA+ Elon Musk's New Flashing X Sign Is Infuriating Neighbors: 'It's Hard to Describe How Bright It Is.' Is anyone still using Threads? With Starlink, Elon Musk's Satellite Dominance Is Raising Global Alarms. Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: We Must Regulate Big Tech. Licensing Social Media Companies Makes No Sense. Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb. The NSA Is Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone...

Twitter to X, FedNow, Meta's LLaMA 2, riding in a Waymo, Kevin Mitnick Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds'.  Threads use is down to about 6 minutes a day.   Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernizing system.   Microsoft-Activision $69B Deal Poised to Close Later Than Planned.   Pluralistic: Why they're smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023).   Spain antitrust watchdog fines Amazon, Apple $218 million.   Apple can delay App Store changes to...

Microsoft Activision victory, Amazon Prime Day, writer's strike, Taylor Swift FTC loses appeals court bid to temporarily block Microsoft-Activision deal. Microsoft wins FTC fight to buy Activision Blizzard. Amazon Prime Day Drives Online Sales Up 6.1%, Lags Estimate. Here's what shoppers bought on Amazon Prime Day 2023. Amazon sues EU in first US challenge to Digital Services Act. Elon Musk says Twitter cash flow is still negative amid 50% drop in ad revenue. Congressional Report...

Threads by Meta, TweetDeck returns, Causal AI, thumbs-up emoji lawsuit What to know about Threads. Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads. Elon Musk Is Making Mark Zuckerberg Seem Cool Again. The good version of TweetDeck is back, but for how long? Why We Don't Recommend Ring Cameras. Your School's Next Security Guard May Be an AI-Enabled Robot. Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones. Gizmodo used AI to write a Star Wars story. It was...

Twitter self-DDoS, Flipper, Ethernet 50 years old, SCOTUS cyberstalking  Twitter bug causes self-DDOS tied to Elon Musk's emergency blocks and rate limits Apple is a $3 trillion company — again. The Reddit app-pocalyse is here: Apollo, Sync, and BaconReader go dark. Twitch Star xQc Signs $100 Million Deal With Kick, a Rival Platform. Flipper hacking device on track to make $80M worth of sales. Padre talks all about the Vatican. An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News...

Amazon vs Walmart, Prime dark patterns, Canadian link tax, Zuck Musk cage match A new book reveals how Amazon used 'shady' strategies at its bookstores to drive up Prime subscriptions. Trader Oooh's. FTC Sues Amazon Over 'Manipulative' Tactics Used to Enroll Millions in Prime. Deceptive Patterns: Hall of Shame. Sony's PlayStation chief privately said Microsoft's Activision deal wasn't about Xbox exclusives. Amazon will hold Prime Day 2023 on July 11-12, adding invite-only deals and...

Reddit CEO, Diablo 4, Esports struggle, "Hey Disney!", Twitter eviction Twitter is being evicted from its Boulder office over unpaid rent. Twitter stiffs Google. Will Elon Lose Control of Twitter? Reddit Aims for IPO in Second Half as Market's Gears Quietly Turn. One of Reddit's largest communities is protesting changes to the platform by posting only photos of John Oliver 'looking sexy'. Google Domains is yet another useful service to get the ax in favor of "focus". TIKTOK'S...

Apple Vision Pro, Reddit API fallout, Tesla Autopilot casualties, UFOs What are the guests driving? Apple's Vision Pro Isn't the Future. Reddit's users and moderators are revolting against its CEO. Lemmy.world 17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla's Autopilot. Nicole and Sam ride around Austin in a Cruise Robotaxi. \ Cruise faces backlash after self-driving car appears to block crews responding to SF's Mission District shooting. Mercedes first to sell vehicles in...

WWDC preview, AI scientist statement, virtual kidnapping  Microsoft Build 2023 - Panos Panay Keynote.   Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out.   AI Makes Mistakes But Could It Destroy Us?   A Chatbot Was Designed to Help Prevent Eating Disorders. Then It Gave Dieting Tips.   Everything Apple Plans to Show at WWDC: XR Headset, iOS 17 and More.   Meta announces its Quest 3 VR headset, which will cost $499.99.   Millions of PC motherboards were sold with a firmware backdoor.   Fancy...

AI Spoof, Twitter and DeSantis Twitter Cut Key Software Before DeSantis Audio Glitch Elon Musk's Neuralink says has FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans Here's What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already The Seven Deadly Sins of AI Predictions 'Verified' Twitter accounts share fake image of 'explosion' near Pentagon, causing confusion An A.I.-Generated Spoof Rattles the Markets Politicians cheating (AI) Top 5 announcements from...