Well, we’ve got Google Bard. We’ve got a new Copilot from GitHub. Bing Image Creator is rolling out. Mozilla AI launches. The low hanging fruit that is plugging AI into NPCs to make games more realistic. And at the very end, some actual non AI news!
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Google opens early access to its ChatGPT rival Bard — here are our first impressions (The Verge)
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Jul 16
The Delivery Space Consolidates
Uber agreed to acquire Delivery Hero for ~$14.8B, expanding into 99 markets. Thinking Machines released its first open-weight model, Inkling, SpaceXAI open-sourced Grok Build after a data-upload backlash, and sources detailed xAI's chaotic race to catch Claude under new leadershi ... Show More
20m 3s
Feb 2023
#111 - Mostly ChatGPT Again, plus Google’s Bard, Climate Change, AI Seinfeld
Our 111th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Listen with transcript Stories this week: Applications & Business Chinese Search Giant Baidu to Launch ChatGPT-Style Bot Google To Release ChatGPT-like Bot Named Bard Alphabet Stock Loses $100 Billion Aft ... Show More
1h 7m
Jun 2024
The next next thing in AI and AR
The Verge's Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Apple's Vision Pro team reportedly refocusing on a cheaper headset, Meta launching a new "Wearables" organization, a new AI company startup from former OpenAI chief scientist, and a whole lot more tech news. Further read ... Show More
1h 37m
Feb 2023
Tech News: Google Bard Hits a Wrong Note
Microsoft and Google went head to head with their AI-powered chatbot demonstrations, and Google stumbled. No, Google Bard, the James Webb Space Telescope did not take the first picture of an exoplanet. Plus, some hackers receive sanctions from the US and UK and Nintendo gives us ... Show More
19m 57s
Nov 2021
AI for Game Mods and Moderation, Tesla‘s Beta Rollback, Clearview AI Tested, ruDALL-E
Our 76th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check our text version of this news roundup over at lastweekin.ai. This week: AI voice-acting tool xVASynth gets even better at recreating videogame voices Micro ... Show More
24m 57s
Sep 2023
All Gas, No Brakes in A.I. + Metaverse Update + Lessons From a Prompt Engineer
<p>ChatGPT can now hear, see and speak — and that’s just the start of the deluge of A.I. news this week. Kevin and Casey unpack the lightning-speed updates.</p><p>Then, Meta’s next-generation headset, Quest 3, is here. Is there still hope for the metaverse?</p><p>And: An intervie ... Show More
1h 6m
Apr 2023
AI Drake, AI friends, AI everything
Today, things got a little loose in the studio of The Vergecast. Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding joins Nilay Patel, Alex Cranz, and David Pierce to make their own version of Drake's AI summer classic. We're not saying a laser bong was involved, but we're not not saying that eit ... Show More
1h 23m
Mar 2023
Intel loses GPU chief, Win11 Acropalypse, Google Bard + more!
0:00 who's my real boss
0:08 GPU boss Raja Koduri leaving Intel
1:42 Acropalypse affects Windows, too
3:01 Google releases Bard early access
4:37 Corsair Xeneon Flex
5:12 QUICK BITS
5:18 Adobe Firefly AI thing
6:00 DPReview being shut down
6:45 Counter-Stri ... Show More
10m 7s
Feb 2023
iPhone Ultra, Galaxy S23 bloat, ChatGPT Bing + more!
0:00 tech news is important
0:11 iPhone Ultra
1:30 Samsung Galaxy S23 bloatware
2:33 Microsoft + ChatGPT, Google Bard AI
3:51 Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD
4:22 QUICK BITS
4:35 Dell layoffs
4:58 Ryzen 9 7845HX is fast
5:25 Twitter backs off API stuff a bit
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8m 8s
May 2025
Xbox Handheld delayed, Google AI wins/losses, Meta/Anduril collab + more!
Timestamps: 0:00 we all got a guy 0:12 Xbox handheld delayed, SteamOS threat 2:08 Google AI wins, failtures 3:35 Meta, Palmer Luckey collab 5:18 SignalRGB! 5:58 QUICK BITS INTRO 6:08 NYT AI deal with Amazon 6:46 RX 9060 XT 8GB, 16GB differences 7:27 Hugging Face open-source robot ... Show More
10m 1s
Oct 2025
ChatGPT enters the browser wars
The era of the AI browser is here, and OpenAI is finally in the game. Nilay, Jake, and Hayden sit down to chat about what it means to have ChatGPT in your browser and able to control your cursor and surf the web for you. Also this week: Nilay's warning about using old surge prote ... Show More
1h 39m