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This week we’re talking about the tech industry’s response to the killings by federal agents in Minneapolis and the federal government’s strategy to control the narrative on social media. Then we follow Casey through his trial of a new open-source A.I. assistant called Moltbot (f ... Show More

Ads are coming to ChatGPT’s free and low-cost subscription tiers. We explain what they’ll look like, why OpenAI is taking this approach and whether the company can court advertising dollars without compromising quality and user trust. Then, Amanda Askell, Anthropic’s in-house phi ... Show More

This week, Jonathan Haidt, author of “The Anxious Generation,” returns to the show to discuss new research about how social media is harming teens and what it’s been like to become the face of a global movement against the platforms. Then, we asked what you were building with Cla ... Show More

We promise, this episode is only a little bit about header bidding. Nilay and David are joined by The Verge’s Alex Heath to talk about some big news in tech regulation: Google lost its ad-tech monopoly trial, which could reshape both Google and the internet altogether. And that’s ... Show More

<p><i>Warning: This episode discusses suicide.</i></p><p>Since ChatGPT began in 2022, it has amassed 700 million users, making it the fastest-growing consumer app ever. Reporting has shown that the chatbots have a tendency to endorse conspiratorial and mystical belief systems. Fo ... Show More

2021 has been a bit less crazy than 2020 so far, but plenty of notable stuff has already happened. So, we decided to partner with our friends over at the Towards Data Science podcast, hosted by co-founder of ShapestMinds Jeremie Harris.<br> <br> <p>Specifically, we discuss:<br> < ... Show More

<p>For the past decade, a simple message has been delivered to a generation of American students: If you learn to code and complete a computer science degree, you’ll get a job with a six-figure salary.</p><p>Now, thousands of students who followed the advice are discovering that ... Show More

Bonus Episode: How are the latest AI breakthroughs set to change our everyday lives? Matt Wolfe (https://x.com/mreflow) and Nathan Lands (https://x.com/NathanLands) are here to break down the monumental updates from recent AI events and explore their potential impact. In this bon ... Show More

On today's episode, once again, it's OpenAI and DOGE. And some other things! Nilay and David start the show by talking about Elon Musk's surprise bid to buy the nonprofit arm of OpenAI, along with the company's plans for new models and new rules for those models. After that, The ... Show More

Is our search functionality changing? How will AI change how we find information? Who will usher in the next wave of the online search experience? The Next Wave answers those questions and more as Matt Wolfe (https://twitter.com/mreflow) and Nathan Lands (https://twitter.com/Nat ... Show More

<p>The race to dominate artificial intelligence has become a scramble for talent, with tech companies offering pay packages of $250 million and poaching their competitors’ best employees.</p><p>Mike Isaac, who covers the tech sector for The Times, explains why all the hype is rai ... Show More