TWiG 701: Bring Me a Leaf Blower - ChatGPT and Bing, Samsung Unpacked 2023, Clear Calling demo, Artifact

02/01/23 • 156 min

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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 of a machine-stuffed future.
Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers.
Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?
Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC.
The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?
US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company.
Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
Live test of Clear Calling.
Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs.
Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade.
Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones.
Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing.
YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today.
Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August.
Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs.
PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look.
New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all.
Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready.
Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR.
Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information.
Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback.
Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks.

Picks:

Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel.
Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances.
Jeff - I'm on Team dog.
Ant - You People.
Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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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 of a machine-stuffed future.
Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers.
Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?
Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC.
The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?
US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company.
Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
Live test of Clear Calling.
Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs.
Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade.
Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones.
Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing.
YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today.
Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August.
Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs.
PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look.
New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all.
Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready.
Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR.
Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information.
Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback.
Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks.

Picks:

Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel.
Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances.
Jeff - I'm on Team dog.
Ant - You People.
Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

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TWiG 700: Impecunious Mods - Google job cuts, ChatGPT malware, To Leslie, AmazonSmile to close

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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 was awful.
DOJ sues Google over its dominance in online advertising market.
Justice Department calls for breakup of Google in new antitrust lawsuit.
More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft.
ChatGPT passes MBA exam given by a Wharton professor.
@divergencearran: Earlier this evening @kevinrose was phished into signing a malicious signature that allowed the hacker to transfer a large number of high-value tokens.
ChatGPT is enabling script kiddies to write functional malware.
T-Mobile (TMUS) Says Hacker Stole Data for 37 Million Customers.
PCs past fans: active cooling chip.
HBO's 'The Last of Us' Infects Your Google Search With Creepy Fungus.
To Leslie' and the word-of-mouth campaign that got Andrea Riseborough an Oscar nomination.
Virginia man sues Chick-fil-A in SF court over sharing data with Facebook.
The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off.
Google Clock 7.4 update tests buttons for ending alarms.
Android 13 QPR2 Beta 2.1 rolling out with Bluetooth and 5G fixes for Pixel.
Google Meet making it easier to share files during calls.
Waze now supports Android Auto's 'Coolwalk' dashboard; will users actually start getting it now?

Picks:

Stacey - Jabra 85H.
Stacey - The AirPods Pro 2nd gen as smart hearables puts a smile on my face.
Jeff - The library that Jeff wants.
Ant - StellaPro Reflex-S On Sale.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Richard Hay

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