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This Week in Tech (Audio)

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  • Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech news. Join the top tech journalists and pundits in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in tech. Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 21:15 UTC.
    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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  • TWiT 929: Soused Women and $4 Potatoes - AI Spoof, Twitter and DeSantis
    May 28 2023

    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 Microsoft Build 2023
    • Google or Bing for Search Results
    • Why Google Search Is Getting Bad According to Marissa Mayer
    • Stop being ridiculous: Microsoft is NOT building its own processor for Surface
    • This ridiculous shoe PC went from a 10-week mod project to a $6,000 custom Cooler Master gaming PC you can actually buy
    • Social Media is a 'Profound Risk' to Youth, Surgeon General Warns
    • The Pessimists Archive

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Owen Thomas, Daniel Rubino, and Glenn Fleishman

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    2 hrs and 20 mins
  • TWiT 928: SCOTUS Didn't Read My Briefs - TikTok Montana ban, Instagram's Twitter clone, Tears of the Kingdom
    May 22 2023

    TikTok Montana ban, Instagram's Twitter clone, Tears of the Kingdom, and more.

    • Everything we know about Instagram's Twitter clone, due this summer.
    • How Apple's headset could be a $3,000 flop—and a success.
    • Pixel Fold.
    • TikTok Users Sue Montana, Calling State Ban Unconstitutional.
    • Dear Section 230 Critics: When Senators Hawley And Cruz Are Your Biggest Allies, It's Time To Rethink.
    • Tears of the Kingdom sold 10 million copies in just three days.
    • Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case.
    • Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place.
    • Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state.
    • The government can't seize your data — but it can buy it.
    • Apple created its new voice feature for—and with—people with ALS.
    • CNET staff are unionizing, citing editorial independence and use of AI tools.
    • AI-Generated 'Seinfeld' Show Banned on Twitch After Transphobic Standup Bit.
    • Have we oversold the potential of AI?
    • Bard vs ChatGPT.
    • OpenAI chief concerned about AI being used to compromise elections.
    • NASA picks Blue Origin to make a second human-crewed lunar lander.
    • D&D streaming TV channel on the way, will include cartoons, actual play.
    • Cord-Cutting Q1 2023: Pay-TV Ops Lose 2.3M Subs, Worst Quarter to Date.
    • The triumph—yes, triumph—of BlackBerry.

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Cathy Gellis, Harry McCracken, and Amanda Silberling

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    2 hrs and 43 mins
  • TWiT 927: The Cheese Tax - AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs
    May 15 2023

    AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs

    • The Big Nine: How the Tech Titans and Their Thinking Machines Could Warp Humanity by Amy Webb.
    • Google IO saw the introduction of many of the company's AI efforts.
    • A Charge of Bots — The Tech World As We Know It Is About To Be Rewritten.
    • BS Jobs: A Theory by David Graeber.
    • ChatGPT Plugins And Web Browsing Beta Rollout For Plus Users.
    • What about "The Singularity"?
    • Google is changing up Search. What does that mean for news publishers?
    • What is the best-case scenario of where AI is headed in 5-10 years?
    • Absci: Biologics Drug Discovery.
    • Why Linda Yaccarino was picked as Twitter CEO by Elon Musk.
    • Review: 'The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom' is video game bliss.
    • An influencer's AI clone will be your girlfriend for $1 a minute.
    • Replika: The AI companion who cares.
    • Has Meta given up on the Metaverse?
    • Checking in on some of the latest shows on Apple+ and HBO.
    • End of a love affair: AM radio is being removed from many cars.
    • Groundbreaking Pilot of New Friendly™ Mosquitoes Demonstrates 96% Suppression of Dengue-spreading Aedes aegypti in Urban Communities in Brazil.
    • Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams.

    Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Amy Webb and Phil Libin

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    2 hrs and 28 mins

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