TWiT 927: The Cheese Tax - AI ethics, Google IO, Absci, Replika, AM radio in cars, Spotify rejects AI songs

05/14/23 • 148 min

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 FriendlyTM 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.