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May 2023
2h 22m

TWiT 926: Bias, Hallucinations, and Jail...

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AI chatbots, Writer's Guild strike, Pluto ad-supported TV

  • AI is already writing books, websites, and online recipes. 
  •  AI Chatbots Have Been Used to Create Dozens of News Content Farms. 
  •  Google Adding AI Chatbot, More Video to Stay On Top of Search. 
  •  Amnesty International criticized for using AI-generated images.
  •  I Cloned Myself With AI. She Fooled My Bank and My Family. 
  •  Larry Magid: Voice cloning makes virtual kidnapping more convincing. 
  •  DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs. 
  •  Samsung Bans ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Other Generative AI Use by Staff After Leak. 
  •  Writers Guild On Strike Against Hollywood Studios As Contract Talks With Fail. 
  •  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says writers' strike will be ended by 'love for the business and the love for working.' 
  •  Pluto co-founder is building an ad-supported TV. 
  •  Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker. 
  •  Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in. 
  •  Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy. 
  •  The Morning After: Google officially reveals its first foldable phone: The Pixel Fold. 
  •  'The Godfather of AI' Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead. 
  •  Tim Cook Just Was Asked About AI. His 3-Word Response Was the Best I've Heard Yet. 
  •  Inside Amazon's canceled plan to make Halo a fitness success. 
  •  Solidigm Synergy 2.0 SSD Software with benchmarks. 

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Louise Matsakis, Allyn Malventano, and Janko Roettgers

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