TWiG 735: Outside of the Nerdery - Google's 25th birthday, Meta Ray-Bans, Amazon and Google antitrust trial
09/27/23 • 167 min
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- Google's 25th birthday
- Google killing off Google Podcasts
- Next week's Pixel hardware event
- Meta's VR/AR announcements and new Ray-Ban smartglasses with cameras
- Antitrust lawsuits against Google and Amazon
- AI voice cloning for automatic translation by YouTube, Spotify
- WGA writer's strike in Hollywood ending with AI concessions
- Meta adding AI bots everywhere
- Books scanned to train AI models in searchable database
- The viability of foldable laptop screens
- Premium $500/month Tinder subscriptions
- Picks: SummaryCat, GrapeGPT, Blackmagic Cinema camera 6K, Starter Villain book, Korg MS-20 Mini synth
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
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- Google's 25th birthday
- Google killing off Google Podcasts
- Next week's Pixel hardware event
- Meta's VR/AR announcements and new Ray-Ban smartglasses with cameras
- Antitrust lawsuits against Google and Amazon
- AI voice cloning for automatic translation by YouTube, Spotify
- WGA writer's strike in Hollywood ending with AI concessions
- Meta adding AI bots everywhere
- Books scanned to train AI models in searchable database
- The viability of foldable laptop screens
- Premium $500/month Tinder subscriptions
- Picks: SummaryCat, GrapeGPT, Blackmagic Cinema camera 6K, Starter Villain book, Korg MS-20 Mini synth
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Mike Elgan
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TWiG 734: Anarchy in the Academy - Copyright and generative AI, Xbox and Stadia leak, Bard demo, Meme Wars
- The 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 job posting for an AI ethics lead.
- The hosts play an AI-generated song made by Stability AI.
- Leo shares highlights from the leaked Google document about shutting down Stadia game streaming.
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Joan Donovan
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TWiG 736: Socks on the Beach - Pixel 8, Chromebook Plus, paid social media, what happened to Masterclass?
1 Recommendations- Google's Pixel hardware event and new devices
- Debate over adding AI to search functions - risks to accuracy?
- Laws challenging social media's First Amendment rights
- Movies released on TikTok by studios
- High production costs of Masterclass
- Streaming vs DVDs and the shrinking open web
- Spotify's attempts to expand beyond music in audiobooks
- Amazon's algorithms manipulating prices
- Supreme Court case involving copyright of legal search tools
- Paywalls and closed platforms replacing the open web
- Pushback against heroic tech biographies and access journalism
- Impacts of inexpensive screens and cameras everywhere
- Testing social media subscription models
- Using AI to create realistic fake photos and videos
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt
Guest: Paris Martineau
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