IM 834: Gewgaw - Google's 'Nano Banana' Model

• Interview with M.G. Siegler.
• Google improves Gemini AI image editing with 'Nano Banana' model.
• THIS is why large language models can understand the world.
• Building a16z's personal AI workstation with four NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell Max-Q GPUs.
• Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5.
• Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year.
• We must build AI for people; not to be a person.
• AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization.
• AI robots are helping South Korea's seniors feel less alone.
• College student's "time travel" AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history.
• Forget Uber Eats—Chipotle's latest delivery option might shock you.
• There are two types of dishwasher people.
• Would you go on a tour of your local Amazon warehouse?
• Perplexity has cooked up a new way to pay publishers for their content.
• Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated 'freelancer'.
• The South Slope Derby.
• Checking in on the Internet Roadtrip.
• TikTok.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: M.G. Siegler

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