Google pays more than $10 billion per year for these privileged positions Trademark Genericide And One Big Way The DOJ Admits That Its Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google Is Utter Garbage YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate's videos, court says Google's cookie-replacing Privacy Sandbox reaches major milestone Google teaser previews Pixel Watch 2 and both Pixel 8 phones NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube is a hit, with more subscribers than when it was on DirecTV Google will soon require disclaimers for AI-generated political ads Coke Y3000 made with AI Casey Newton reads the Musk bio so we don't have to Book Review: 'Elon Musk,' by Walter Isaacson Elon Musk's X is suing California over its online moderation reporting bill UK backs off breaking encryption Google pledges $20 million for responsible AI fund Jeff comment to Copyright Office on AI OpenAI CEO (and prepper) Sam Altman Said A.I. Won't Save Him in a Real-World Crisis AI learns to smell Amazon rolls out generative AI tool to help sellers write product listings Adobe launches generative AI for Creative Cloud users and raises plan prices GOOGLE CHANGELOG Google adds Prime Video and bunch of other stuff to cars with native Android software Find My Device 3.0 rolling out with new Android app icon Chrome is about to look a bit different You're invited to the new Google Visitor Experience Chromecast with Google TV adds official support for streaming your PS5 YouTube starts making the 'Subscribe' button glow when creators ask you to subscribe PICKS OF THE WEEK Visit Rockport Project Gutenberg Open Audiobook Collection Adobe Video Fall Updates 2023: Premiere Pro, After Effects, FrameIO Ant on "Friends Like Us" With Marina Franklin and Von Decarlo The Original Pixel Buds Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: Miro.com/podcast

The group discusses the DOJ's antitrust case against Google's search dominance. The hosts debate whether AI will help or harm the fight against online disinformation. Leo and Joan discuss the challenges of internet safety and regulation in the UK. Google news includes: Chromebook lifespan extended to 10 years, Android 14 QPR beta, Google Calendar appointment booking, Nest speaker groups limited, and Google Domains transferred to Squarespace. Leo and Joan talk about the New York Times job posting for an AI ethics lead. The hosts play an AI-generated song made by Stability AI. Leo shares highlights from the leaked Google document about shutting down Stadia game streaming. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Joan Donovan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT mylio.com/TWIT

Google's 25th birthday Google killing off Google Podcasts Next week's Pixel hardware event Meta's VR/AR announcements and new Ray-Ban smartglasses with cameras Antitrust lawsuits against Google and Amazon AI voice cloning for automatic translation by YouTube, Spotify WGA writer's strike in Hollywood ending with AI concessions Meta adding AI bots everywhere Books scanned to train AI models in searchable database The viability of foldable laptop screens Premium $500/month Tinder subscriptions Picks: SummaryCat, GrapeGPT, Blackmagic Cinema camera 6K, Starter Villain book, Korg MS-20 Mini synth Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: discourse.org/twit bitwarden.com/twit

Craig Newmark the Pigeon Man / more AI Music Boston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electric Marques Brownlee calls the Humane AI pin "the worst product I've ever reviewed." limitless ai brilliant.xyz Maria Cantwell wants a privacy law. She's been one of its biggest obstacles. Experts Provide Early Analysis of the American Privacy Rights Act Unclear Protections in the American Privacy Rights Act Not Worth Broad Preemption Google tests stopping news links in California because of CJPA Whoops! Computer error leads to wrong couple getting divorced Hey, Paris: How Neopets' nostalgic revival tripled users in six months Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, disappointing dozens Panic-as-a-Business is Expanding Crypto Trader Searched Web for 'Fraud' Before $110 Million Haul 'Eat the future, pay with your face': my dystopian trip to an AI burger joint Ready for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers? Prophet Song Strands, the superior NYT game Cow magnets Vinod Khosla's tech-determinist TED wet dream Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: eufy.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT cachefly.com/twit

Google's Pixel hardware event and new devices Debate over adding AI to search functions - risks to accuracy? Laws challenging social media's First Amendment rights Movies released on TikTok by studios High production costs of Masterclass Streaming vs DVDs and the shrinking open web Spotify's attempts to expand beyond music in audiobooks Amazon's algorithms manipulating prices Supreme Court case involving copyright of legal search tools Paywalls and closed platforms replacing the open web Pushback against heroic tech biographies and access journalism Impacts of inexpensive screens and cameras everywhere Testing social media subscription models Using AI to create realistic fake photos and videos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/twig fastmail.com/twit Miro.com/podcast

Google's "enshittification" memos A Note From WIRED Leadership Moonlighting comes to Hulu... starring Jeff Jarvis! Elon Musk's X Strips Article Headlines on Shared Links Did Elon Musk Endorse Biden, Come Out as Transgender and Die of Suicide? Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X's Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation Sure, There's Disinfo On ExTwitter, But The EU Should Not Be Demanding Censorship Alexa says the 2020 election was stolen. What does it mean for 2024? The Journalist and the Fallen Billionaire The fraud was in the code Newsom signs bill that would make it easier to delete online personal Google is already bringing back the software features it removed because of Sonos' lawsuit Right-to-repair is now the law in California Meta Is Paying Creators Millions for AI Chatbots Google Will Drop Claim That YouTube TV Is '$600 Less Than Cable' After Charter Complaint to Advertising Board Zuzalu: From a hacker house to a hacker resort I Gave ChatGPT an IQ Test. Here's What I Discovered Google rolls out Pixel Buds Pro 5.9 update with Conversation Detection Google Meet brings 1080p streaming to group calls Google Accounts will prompt users at login to set up passkey Google bringing Flood Hub forecasts to the US Google Fi 'upgrade' takes $400 off Pixel 8 Pro with no trade-in Adobe MAX: Adobe Unveils the Future of Creativity and AI at Adobe MAX 2023 Picks: Cathy - Restoration of Notre Dame Jeff - Video of Unsupervised Ant - ADOBE MAX 2023: WHY AI WILL NOT TAKE JOBS FROM CREATORS Ant - How to Read a Defense | A Guide to the Basics of Football Coverage Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: vanta.com/twig mylio.com/TWIT Melissa.com/twit

Elon Musk says charging $1 a year to Twitter users could reduce bots VC Mark Andreessen loses it in controversial tech manifesto Meta Quest 3 brings back glassholes to the wild Amazon launches satellites to compete with SpaceX Starlink Peter Norvig and Blaise Aguera y Arcas claim AGI is already here 51% of teens spend 4+ hours daily on social media YouTube getting AI-powered ads targeting pop culture moments Mass tech layoffs in 2022 - reasonable correction or problematic? Google Wallet adds support for digital IDs and ticket scanning Adobe focuses on AI over Figma acquisition amid antitrust scrutiny Picks: Trust & Safety Tycoon game, beautiful coffee videos, laptop advice Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: mylio.com/TWIT hid.link/twig GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

DMV suspends Cruise's robo-taxi permit in San Francisco after pedestrian accident Debate over regulating approval process for autonomous vehicles between NHTSA and NTSB Analysis of Google's disappointing Q3 financial results and advertising revenue drop Impact of dating apps like Tinder on relationships and matchmaking The demise of Twitter rival Pebble aka T2 Online interactions and social media - federation, verification, addiction Lawsuits and moral panic surrounding Meta and Instagram's impact AI wearable technology like Humane AI pin's features and risks Google Chrome's dominance Ethics of AI - risks of automation, data poisoning, copyright Role of AI in society, regulating development, technology concerns Picks include - corn mazes, Dimension 20, Jezebel up for sale, Pixel 8 Pro camera review Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: wix.com/studio?utm_campaign=pa_podcast_studio_10/ 23_TWiT%5Esponsors_cta discourse.org/twit

Facebook's demographic targeting and personalized recommendations Government regulations for controlling AI in the US The threat of militarization of AI and autonomous weapons Eco-friendly transportation like blimps and cross-country train trips Don LaFontaine's train car recordings Google's questionable business practices and dominance Viral courtroom sketches from Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX trial Google switching to mobile-first indexing Google's new .ing domain name Humane's new smart pin device created with OpenAI and Jony Ive Nostalgic retro flip clocks and video games Concept of time and futuristic hotels like TWA Hotel Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: hid.link/twig Miro.com/podcast kolide.com/twig

OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains. Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection. GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes. The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors. AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4. Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell. Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in. Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal. Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas. TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries. Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating. YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform. Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services. Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety. Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns. Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally. Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit Melissa.com/twit mylio.com/TWIT

Discussion of upcoming Black Friday sales on Google Pixel phones and tablets Concerns with the Pixel tablet including laggy performance, inability to use independently from dock, and high pricing Leo shares his epiphany on the usefulness of AI for expert systems and personalized agents Demonstration of Leo's custom AI assistants for Lisp and Emacs programming languages Talk of Elon Musk's reputation decline after acquiring Twitter Discussion of studies showing people perceive AI-generated faces as more human than real faces Overview of lawsuit allowing school districts to sue social media companies for youth addiction Interview with Alex Stamos, former Facebook CSO and current Stanford professor Alex's perspective on risks of deepfakes in elections vs for individual harassment Thoughts on moral panic around social media and youth mental health Alex recounts attending a closed-door Senate AI hearing led by Senator Schumer Discussion of social media companies loosening policies on election misinformation Concerns about TikTok as a news source and possible propaganda risks Talk of new book ""A History of Fake Things on the Internet"" by Walter Shirer Alex's suggestion for comprehensive federal privacy regulations Revelation during Google antitrust trial of Apple's cut of Google search revenue Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Jason Howell Guest: Alex Stamos Sponsors: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT hid.link/twig wix.com/studio?utm_campaign=pa_podcast_studio_10/ 23_TWiT%5Esponsors_cta

From King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company." Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes' Dear Elon Musk, here are five things you might want to consider about AGI DeepMind releases new music model Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music Introducing Stable Video Diffusion — Stability AI Google Meet can now detect when you physically raise your hand Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 Google Maps' new look may frustrate Calif. drivers as Thanksgiving travel begins Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone Anthropic Introduces Claude 2.1 With 200K Context Window Sarah Silverman Hits Stumbling Block in AI Lawsuit Against Meta Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn't Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It! What Spotify's New Royalty Model Really Means MC HAMMER on X: "Salute and congratulations to the 710 plus @OpenAI team members who gave an unparalleled demonstration of loyalty, love and commitment to @sama and @gdb in these perilous times it was a thing of beauty to witness. Salute Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over 'Video Game Addiction', Because That's Easier Than Parenting Picks: Paris - a beautiful 2 minutes in live caller history. Stephen A. Smith vs a guy who tries to ask about Cars Paris - And.... from the mind that brought you basement eel guy: TikTok tunnel girl Jeff - No evidence screen time is negative for children's cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study Ant - Great Review From Mr Sargent and Mr Nielsen - Shot on iPhone 15 Ant - LumaFusion Update Includes Editing on SSD Ant - Bittersweet and Grateful Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: securemyemail.com/twit Use Code TWIT discourse.org/twit vanta.com/twig

Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass Reflecting on 18 years at Google Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter? Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulator Provisionally Finds Elon goes full Pizzagate. How does this end? A new low in manels Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers OpenAI Made an AI Breakthrough Before Altman Firing, Stoking Excitement and Concern Hugging Face CEO on What Comes After Transformers Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O Anthony Levandowski Reboots Church of Artificial Intelligence Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates developer's life, goes viral Google Slides getting built-in presentation recording tool Google Will Start Deleting Old Accounts This Week. Here's How to Save Your Google Account Google's .meme domain is here to serve your wackiest websites Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files Picks of the week (Paris) The 2000 cinematic masterpiece Chicken Run (Paris) Pentiment (Jeff) Jezebel to Be Resurrected by Paste Magazine (Jeff) After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine (Ant) City Nerd on YouTube (Jason) No Ads in Albania, Ethiopia and Myanmar Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT mylio.com/TWIT25 hid.link/twigdemo

Misinformation researcher Joan Donovan accuses Harvard of bowing to Facebook Meet Gemini AI, Google's ChatGPT Killer The Inside Story of Microsoft's Partnership with OpenAI How Elon Musk and Larry Page's AI Debate Led to OpenAI and an Industry Boom Beeper Cloud and Product Roadmap Update Spotify Cancels Two Acclaimed Podcasts — 'Heavyweight,' 'Stolen' Salt-Hank Gordon Ramsey duet!! Google's Gemini AI model is coming to the Pixel 8 Pro for recording summaries and smart replies Do you know what 'rizz' is?? It's Oxford's 2023 Word of the Year. Rob Reiner Remembers Norman Lear: We've Lost 'a Real Champion of America' Linda Yaccarino's Very Unmerry X Mess Picks of the week (Paris) WeCroak, a great app for the fun nihilists (Paris) 10 years of The Information! How Jessica Lessin's The Information Has Survived a Decade of Media Tumult (Jeff) Pornography websites will have to check users' ages, under draft UK guidelines (Jeff) AI-powered pickleball calls Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit kolide.com/twig Melissa.com/twit

This wide-ranging episode of TWiG covers many hot topics in tech, including the capabilities and limitations of AI writing tools like NotebookLM, controversies around misleading marketing of Google's Gemini AI model, the future of media and magazines, EU regulation of AI, and more. Interview with Steven Johnson about NotebookLM Google's best Gemini demo was faked Round 2: We test the new Gemini-powered Bard against ChatGPT | Ars Technica Channel1.ai is an AI-generated news show: pilot EU's AI Act Google's App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides With Epic Games | WIRED This A.I. Subculture's Motto: Go, Go, Go Tesla (TSLA) Autopilot Recall: Two Million Cars Need Software Fix - Bloomberg FCC issues final denial of $885M Starlink subsidy | TechCrunch Ukraine's intelligence claims cyberattack on Russia's state tax service Ukraine's largest telecom operator shut down after cyberattack Netflix Releases Viewing Data for 18,000 TV Shows and Movies – The Hollywood Reporter Top Execs at Sports Illustrated's Publisher Fired After AI Debacle Dropout CEO Talks Doubling CollegeHumor Successor's Streaming Subs and Content Output, Price  Increase Plans and First Profit Sharing Google's Year in Search 2023 Google's Trends Time Capsule Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Johnson Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: discourse.org/twit wix.com/studio?utm_campaign=pa_podcast_studio_10/ 23_TWiT%5Esponsors_cta fastmail.com/twit

Google's $700 million Play Store settlement Cox Media Group claims they can listen in on your conversations Police don't get Google's location data anymore How billionaires spend their money on immortality No more AI Facial Recognition for Rite Aid UK Supreme Court rules that an AI cannot patent an invention Largest Dataset Powering AI Images Removed After Discovery of Child Sexual Abuse Material Apple watches sales to stop on December 21 515 Wordles and what we learned Jeff tries to hook up Salthank Google restructures ad sales Chevy's ChatGPT pitches Teslas and sells cars for $1 A group representing TikTok, Meta sues Utah over social media age limits EU opens formal DSA investigation into X in wake of Israel-Hamas war Tesla Autopilot fix falls short, according to Consumer Reports Flipboard enters the fediverse Om: Why Vision Pro Will Change Photography Not Gmail dot com, but Gail dot com Instacart's numbers Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: securemyemail.com/twit Use Code TWIT GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Leo looks back at the best stories they covered in 2023. Microsoft reportedly plans to invest $10 billion in creator of buzzy A.I. tool ChatGPT, Leo introduces Neeva. Former Google Employee Talks About Latest Google Layoffs Batting a Thousand Elon Musk Fires Top Twitter Engineer Meta Launches Threads Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama OpenAI Strikes $5M Deal For Local News Initiatives Twitter Re-branded as X Waffle Party Paris announced as new co-host Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

NYTimes sues OpenAI How OpenAI could recreate Times quotes OpenAI's annualized revenue reportedly tops $1.6B As Assistant with Bard inches toward launch, here's its UI in action Podcast police TikToker 'Tunnel Girl' ordered to stop viral digging project under Virginia home Apps will now be reporting your earnings to tax authorities The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again Seattle's Zulily will 'wind down' its business and liquidate its assets Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode class action lawsuit Driverless cars immune from traffic tickets in California under current laws How Campbell Soup Turned New Jersey Into a Tomato-Growing State A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless. How Not to Be Stupid About AI, With Yann LeCun FTC Continues To Wade Into Copyright Issues In AI Without Understanding Anything Amazon plans to make its own hydrogen to power vehicles Value of X has fallen 71% since purchase by Musk and name change from Twitter Dave Karpf from Wired's 30th birthday bash Don't forget to wish every horse in the northern hemisphere happy birthday The online Failure Museum A letter of recommendation for Medieval Times Gen Alpha Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: babbel.com/twig kolide.com/twig

Paris' big story: A Healthtech Unicorn Leaves a Trail of Clinic Complaints, Concerns Over Billing Practices The Information's 10th Anniversary Plagiarism Is Fine OpenAI's response to the NYT lawsuit Fair Use, The Internet Archive, And Why We Bother To Have Copyright Law At All Gaming voice actors blindsided by 'garbage' union AI deal Asus' new laptop has two screens and a removable keyboard I.R.S. to Begin Trial of Its Own Free Tax-Filing System EFF Unveils Its New Street Level Surveillance Hub FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data | TechCrunch Rabbit R1 AI Assistant: Price, Specs, Release Date Layoffs at Humane AI Walmart debuts generative AI search and AI replenishment features at CES Volkswagen says it's putting ChatGPT in its cars for 'enriching conversations' We Need To Talk About "Chunkus" This Week in Tunnels (Brooklyn edition) Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit rocketmoney.com/twig Melissa.com/twit

Is A.I. the Death of I.P.? Samsung Unpacked recap Google Is Laying Off Hundreds of Workers in Its Voice Assistant, AR Teams Google Formally Endorses Right to Repair, Will Lobby to Pass Repair Laws Google Maps now supports Bluetooth beacons in tunnels Apple revises US App Store rules to let developers link to outside payment methods, feat a scary message! Jeff's op-ed proposing that Bell Labs be turned into a Museum and School of the Internet Peacock's AFC Wild Card game was the "most-streamed event ever in the US." Verizon To Keep Charging Controversial Fee Despite $100 Million Settlement Tom Coates on Meta and the Fediverse Fox puts its stuff on the blockchain Functions Google is killing in Assistant Google quietly updates Chrome's incognito warning in wake of tracking lawsuit Google updates Chrome Incognito disclaimer amid $5 billion lawsuit settlement Google introduces 'Circle to Search,' a new way to search from anywhere on Android using gestures GPT Store opens Glenn's thing: How Infrastructure Works Paris's thing: 1990s internet directories Jeff's Thing:  swarovski's world-first AI binoculars that identify species on their own Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Glenn Fleishman Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meraki.cisco.com/twit Miro.com/podcast

Most Top News Sites Block AI Bots. Right-Wing Media Welcomes Them Don't Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids Sports Illustrated Thrown Into Chaos With Mass Layoffs Is it time to give up on old news? Instagram's new 'nighttime nudges' aim to reduce teens' time on the app The Quiet Death of Ello's Big Dreams The FTC orders Intuit to stop promoting its products as "free" unless they are actually free for all consumers, after an FTC judge found TurboTax ads misleading An online pastor indicted in a $1.3 million crypto scam releases video explaining that God told him to sell crypto and spend proceeds on home remodel The TikTok 'Tunnel Girl' Is Not Alone Rat selfies Disney offers an elegant solution to VR's movement problem Starting Feb 22, you can no longer use Google Groups to post to Usenet, if you were still doing that The Traitors (on Peacock) is actually quite good Herman Miller power boxes Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/twig

Social Media CEOs Testify The 27 Bills That Became Law in 2023 Google parent Alphabet ad revenue disappoints, CapEx up; shares sink 6% There Are 14 Billion Videos on YouTube Elon Musk: First Human Receives Neuralink Brain Chip Amazon Drops $1.4 Billion iRobot Deal; Vacuum Maker Cuts Jobs Rhyming AI-powered clock sometimes lies about the time, makes up words Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks Finding The Air Cannon Universal Music Group Says It Will Pull Songs From TikTok Ring to Stop Allowing Police to Request Videos From Security Cameras Elon Musk's $55 Billion Tesla Pay Package Struck Down by Judge The Information's Creator Summit (at a Ritz!) Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes Take Podcast to SiriusXM for $100 Million-Plus HP CEO says the quiet part out loud: 'Make printing a subscription' In Loving Memory of Square Checkbox A video of Elon's Las Vegas Loop tunnel at "full capacity" Lumiere Google significantly reduces recaptcha free tier, introduces new pricing models Google Eases Passkey Adoption for Pixel Users Google quietly releases eSIM Transfer Tool — why it's a big deal cooked.wiki AI app to describe your screenshots (h/t ben evans) Crosswords moral panic The Pine Bush UFO Museum Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: rocketmoney.com/twig bitwarden.com/twit cachefly.com/twit

Apple vision pro talk Your phone isn't listening to you: The myth and its origins Bluesky Opens Up Taylor Swift joins Elon Musk in trying to silence student who tracks celebrity jets UMG Pulls it's music out of TikTok The unlikely 3 million electric toothbrush DDoS attack YouTube TV Number of Subscribers Revealed in Neal Mohan Letter ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery to form sports streaming service venture Blazing Saddles 50th bday Google Bard to become 'Gemini' on February 7 with Android app Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake 'chief financial officer' Microsoft in deal with Semafor to create news stories with aid of AI chatbot Amazon debuts 'Rufus,' an AI shopping assistant in its mobile app Did You Use ChatGPT On Your School Apps? These Words May Tip Them Off AI trained on a baby's experiences yields clues to how we learn language Elon Musk Almost Sold Tesla To Google for $11 Billion TikTok's grammy TikTok: Call the Raclette police wkrp | Aw Phooey ASCII Theater This impromtu Punxsutawney Phil musical on TikTok!! The rebuttal duet Pew social stats NYT 1985: "laptops are a small niche market, not a mass market. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: babbel.com/twig

Leo opens his copy of "Shift Happens" Nvidia CEO calls for "Sovereign AI" as his firm overtakes Amazon in market value Sarah Silverman's copyright infringement suit against OpenAI will advance in pared-down form The rise of obituary spam Biden administration taps Gina Raimondo to direct new AI Safety Institute University of Pennsylvania announces first AI undergrad degree When Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever "Societal misalignments" could pose AI dangers, OpenAI CEO says Zuckerberg says Quest 3 is 'the better product' vs. Apple's Vision Pro TikTok tunnel girl says project at Northern Virginia home is moving along Everyone keeps asking me to talk about this Tunnel Guy so I'm finally doing it New Mass Gmail Rejections To Start April 2024, Google Says Google One AI Premium is $19.99/month with Gemini Advanced A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated Media The Web Design Museum on Instagram ohmygit.org in Finland, Windows95Man is going to Eurovision. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit Miro.com/podcast kolide.com/twig

Introducing Molly White Reddit Is Said to Sign AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPO Quora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platform End of an era: The phone book goes the way of the fax machine as it drops through doors for the very last time after almost 150 years Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline's chatbot Sam Altman Seeks Trillions of Dollars to Reshape Business of Chips and AI How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh Walmart agrees to buy Vizio to grow ad business Nielsen crowns YouTube #1 Streamer in America 12 months straight! Untranslatable foreign words Molly on Sam Bankman-Fried Inside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.'s Hottest Start-Ups Kids Online Safety Act secures enough support to pass Senate New Google sign in Waze new features 'Rat Dck' Among Gibberish AI Images Published in Science Journal TikTokker vs her breakdancing bitcoin dad Mathematical and Puzzle Fonts/Typefaces - Leo's Pick chocolate 3-d printer 'I love to twirl the cord': the young people pushing for a landline renaissance wiki edit wars ChatGPT goes temporarily "insane" with unexpected outputs, spooking users Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Molly White Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: rocketmoney.com/twig

Gemini and Google's Culture Klarna says its OpenAI virtual assistant does the work of 700 humans OpenAI says New York Times 'hacked' ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuit Tyler Perry halts $800m studio expansion after being shocked by AI Kids left disappointed by Willy Wonka theme park grift Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued over a plane crash that killed two pilots last year MWC 2024: Motorola's Rollable Concept phone laughs at your silly foldable Peering through Lenovo's transparent laptop into a sci-fi future Samsung unveils the Galaxy Ring as a way to 'simplify everyday wellness' The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn't New bitcoin spot ETF trading volume sets daily record, besting launch day Supreme Court Arguments on Social Media Laws Are Scrutinized Nevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryption Third Time's a Charm — Lunar Library Successfully Lands on the Moon — Backup of Human Civilization Will Last for Up To Billions of Years. AT&T is giving customers a bill credit following massive outage Reddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDT Jensen Huang, CEO of #Nvidia, argues that we should stop saying kids should learn to code. Doomsters write another letter Wear OS is revamping notifications to improve battery life Google brings Gemini to Messages and adds AI text summaries for Android Auto Chrome's new AI feature can help you write on the web Meta Wants Llama 3 to Handle Contentious Questions as Google Grapples With Gemini Backlash Google Maps is finally making glanceable directions widely available Some Kind of Heaven Mom's first VR Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: bitwarden.com/twit

OpenAI and Elon Musk Something Like Fire Former Twitter Executives Sue Musk Over Unpaid Severance Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs Life House CEO Departs After The Information's Report on Company South Korean streamers struggle with Twitch's sudden exit Here Come the AI Worms Open letter: A Safe Harbor for Independent AI Evaluation Microsoft engineer who raised concerns about Copilot image creator pens letter to the FTC Pixel phones just got next-gen call screening Complying with the Digital Markets Act GOOGLE PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW APP STORE CALLED "APP MALL" FOR CHROMEOS Google is starting to squash more spam and AI in search results Google Maps is testing a feature that shows you where to enter a building Google Business Profile websites are now redirected to Google Maps Pixel feature drop: New productivity tools and advanced health features 6 updates to Waze to help you get around safely and conveniently Satellite SOS showing up on some Pixel phones classvsoftware/under-new-management: Detect when your installed Chrome extensions have changed owners. Air Force employee charged with giving classified information to woman he met on dating site Paying with VisionPro When students use generative AI, it's "cheating." When teachers use it, it's efficiency.... Rogue Editors Started a Competing Wikipedia That's Only About Roads Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/twig babbel.com/twig

Told You So: Amazon, Google Quietly Tamp Down Generative AI Expectations European Lawmakers Approve Landmark AI Legislation TikTok Will Use Every Legal Tool to Fight a Forced Sale ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick expressed interest in buying TikTok, floated the idea of partnering w/ Sam Altman and others Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies Karl Bode breaks it down at TechDirt Ed's podcast episode about Musk's Uncharitable Charity Elon boots a Don Lemon show after a tough interview Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social New Google Messages Feature Lets You Turn Blue Chat Bubbles Green (or Orange, or Purple) Google's updated sign-in page appears to be rolling out widely The Disruptors AP launches e-commerce site with Taboola Last pressrun at the LA Times Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau Guest: Ed Zitron Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit rocketmoney.com/twig

Matt Levine attracts online ire for column, 'Slorg Is Sorry He Burnt Slerf' AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead Long live AI prompt engineering Sam Bankman-Fried Says 50-Year Sentence Only Suitable for a 'Super Villain' Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers' data was used for Gemini Mikah & Jeff react to nVidia event OpenAI is expected to release a 'materially better' GPT-5 for its chatbot mid-year OpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spam The Check Up with Google Health Big changes at Inflection AI & Microsoft From the mind that brought you 'Livvy Just Rizzed Up Baby Gronk,' an important update Festival crowd boos San Francisco techies over 'AI is a culture' video The End of Evangelion in theaters Landline Users Remain Proudly 'Old-Fashioned' in the Digital Age Minders App Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/zerotrustAI rocketmoney.com/twig cachefly.com/twit

Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 Andrew Huberman's Mechanisms of Control Bill Maher to Launch Podcast Network Vinyl records outsell CDs for the second year running AI news that's fit to print How Google uses AI to improve global flood forecasting Elon Musk requires 'FSD' demo for every prospective Tesla buyer in North America 8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here's the Inside Story BBC develops AI plans and talks to Big Tech over archives access Dozens of Top Scientists Sign Effort to Prevent A.I. Bioweapons Collective AI' expected to resemble Star Trek's Borg — only nicer (hopefully) Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says Intel Microsoft Agreed to Pay Inflection $650 Million While Hiring Its Staff Scientists turn to AI to make beer taste even better Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79 Here's why AI search engines really can't kill Google Instagram co-founders' AI-powered news app Artifact may not be shutting down after all Intercept sues OpenAI not on copyright but on DMCA Google Chat rolling out voice messages for Workspace Gemini in Google Messages beta rolling out for some Google's newest office has AI designers toiling in a Wi-Fi desert General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point ELON MUSK FOUGHT GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE — WHILE PROFITING OFF GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE MIT Claims Superconducting Breakthrough Means Fusion Power Can Be Practical [Exclusive] Google Pixel 9 design revealed through 5K renders; will launch alongside Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL Shine by Sunshine on the App Store Good by David Kaye on the risks of internet regulation Ron DeSantis signs bill requiring parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accounts Tennessee Adopts ELVIS Act, Protecting Artists' Voices From AI Impersonation Apple's Journal app The fish doorbell 'Beyond our wildest dreams': How the Forward removed its paywall – and generated 37% more revenue New Google NY office has foot-washing station Sign o' the Times: Brooklyn apartment building to include podcast studio Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zscaler.com/zerotrustAI bitwarden.com/twit

The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? Here Are the Cable News Ratings for March 2024 Why YouTube Decided to Take Over Cable Television YouTube is increasing the price of premium (Red) subscription by nearly 50% Why Did Matt Farley Put a Song About Me on Spotify? Google Pledges to Destroy Browsing Data to Settle 'Incognito' Lawsuit 20 years of Gmail AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online Yahoo is acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo News Amazon's Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout Tech Google is Bringing Gemini Nano to Pixel 8 and Circle to Search to More Devices Tips for Linking Shell Companies to their Secret Owners Google to Fight Cookie Hijacking With Encryption Keys for Chrome Browser Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Are Going 'AI-First,' Yum's New Tech Chief Says Jon Stewart claims Apple wouldn't let him interview FTC chair on his podcast Apple sues former iOS engineer for allegedly leaking Vision Pro, Journal app details Very good by Katie Harbath: Digging Into Ten Overused Tech Tropes Hume, an "empathic" voice-to-voice AI chatbot Harvard Releases the Caselaw Access Project Ant: I streamed with Logitech's Mevo Core camera and it nearly beat out my $3,600 Canon Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: kolide.com/twig

Google Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island FCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadband Talking about the old internet Jeff's paper on the California Journalism Preservation Act Twitter's Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to Phishers Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop SF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket line NYC Chicken Shop Replaces Cashier With Woman in Philippines On Zoom First look at federal privacy bill Instagram Generated Almost 30% of Meta's Revenue in Early 2022 Elon Musk's 'self-inflicted wounds' and other highlights from a newly released deposition 5 Workspace announcements from Google Cloud Next '24 Fitbit app rolling out redesigned Sleep stats Google's Nest Secure is shut down — and you've got options besides ADT Google brings AI-powered editing tools, like Magic Editor, to all Google Photos users for free The wonderful world of Taskmaster Also! A report from the teens at PS 47 Mario meets Pareto Suno music Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT fastmail.com/twit Melissa.com/twit

'Thunder Run': Behind Lawmakers' Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill TikTok ban would be a gift from Congress to Meta and Google How the TikTok ban could survive a court challenge The Chilling of TikTok FTC Bans Noncompete Agreements That Restrict Job Switching Sam Altman-backed crypto project Worldcoin faces an orb shortage Paris' nuts Rabbit R1 brilliant.xyz More wearable AI: IYO One The Man Who Killed Google Search Google search boss Raghavan warns employees of 'new operating reality' The solution to scary Boston Dynamics bots? Make robots hairy Meta shares plummet 10% after second quarter outlook disappoints Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to 'bring back the open web' Beware of The Fake Podcast Invite Scam Bravely Exploring the Squalor of a 'Boy Room' This fun little web game: Equinox.Space magCulture No one buys books Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: YahooFinance.com bitwarden.com/twit

Google is building a fart button into Android The Rabbit R1 is loosely based on Android after all Alphabet Leaps Into $2 Trillion Club as Results Show AI Strength Google plans $3 billion data center investment in Indiana, Virginia Google cuts hundreds of 'Core' workers, moves jobs to India, Mexico Google workers fired for protesting Israeli contract file NLRB complaint Meet the powerful tech insiders behind the push to ban TikTok A Chinese Firm Is America's Favorite Drone Maker. Except in Washington. FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data The FCC just doled out big privacy fines. It could soon lose that power. Supreme Court Rejects Musk's 'Twitter Sitter' Appeal in SEC Win Twilio Founder Jeff Lawson Has Some Serious Plans for The Onion Lawsuits test Tesla claim that drivers are solely responsible for crashes Musk Wins China's Backing for Tesla's Driver-Assistance Service Elizabeth Spiers: That Strange Piece of Metal Origami Embodies All Elon Musk's Flaws Tesla to lay off everyone working on Superchargers, new vehicles and public policy team Supreme Court declines to block Texas pornography restriction Bruce Perens proposes draft Post-Open Zero Cost License Remember that Sora balloon video? From Baby Talk to Baby A.I. Related: Yann LeCun & AI as 4-year-old Is history repeating itself? I have concerns. The Cheyenne Supercomputer is going for a fraction of its list price at auction right now Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/twig YahooFinance.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT

'It's Been Painful': What Jonah Peretti Says Went Wrong at BuzzFeed The first Pulitzer prize for tech journalism in a decade! Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry Google is getting even worse for independent sites Heat Death of the Internet What's happening at Tesla? Here's what experts think. They Put a 65-Foot Hot Dog in Times Square, and It's a Blast Read the wild email Tesla is sending to suppliers amid Supercharger chaos Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production TikTok Sues US Government Over Potential Ban Meet Pixel 8a YouTube's AI-powered 'Jump Ahead' feature rolling out widely to Premium users Google is changing how you set up 2FA Google Chrome Now Has a Gemini AI Shortcut Google TV's magic button is finally here, so what does it do? Number Of Search Results Dropped Google Search Results Page I Love Facebook. That's Why I'm Suing Meta. Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk's X (God help us) Elon Musk's Plan For AI News The Forgotten War on Beepers AI-Voiced Audiobooks Top 40,000 Titles on Audible geospy.ai MacWhisper Is This the Most Boring Man in the World? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit YahooFinance.com

Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Alex Kantrowitz react live to the Google I/O presentation. Gemini Search with Gemini Agents Deepmind Gemini Flash Project Astra Imajen 3 Veo Trillium Search Ask with Video Gemini for Workspace Virtual Teammate Gemini App Android Google AI Studio Gemma SynthID LearnLM Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis Guest: Alex Kantrowitz Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit eufy.com YahooFinance.com Melissa.com/twit

Scarlett Johansson was 'shocked, angered' by ChatGPT voice that sounded like her It's Time to Believe the AI Hype Steven Levy's Extremely Stupid AI Piece Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments Congress Shouldn't End the Internet's Sunrise With a Section 230 "Sunset" Repeal Buy This Legislation or We'll Kill the Internet Taiwan, on China's Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way French TikTok block in overseas territory sets 'dangerous precedent,' critics warn 2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds Microsoft unveils 'Copilot + PC' initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI jacking Wendy's ai Google is bringing back classic search, with no AI – and I couldn't be happier about that Does One Line Fix Google? Google's AI Overviews are getting ads soon Google rolls out immersive, AI-powered Shopping Ads Google's new 'Add to Chromebook' badge makes web apps easier to find and install After beating Sonos case, Google brings back group speaker controls Magic Editor for older Pixel phones starts rolling out Google Pay will show your card benefits, Autofill with PIN/face unlock over security code YouTube seems to once again be rolling out its widely hated new web redesign New: OpenAI, Wall Street Journal Owner News Corp Strike Content Deal Truecaller partners with Microsoft to let its AI respond to calls in your own voice C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89 Let Bions Be Bygones United flight because of passengers stuck laptop Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Ed Zitron Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: YahooFinance.com joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT kolide.com/twig

Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter OpenAI researcher who resigned over safety concerns joins Anthropic UN statement on risks from generative AI We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet Everything Google announced at its big Chromebook showcase Google adds AI-powered features to Chromebook Here's the Google Home app 'Favorites' widget Google Ads Now Being Mixed In With Organic Results YouTube's free games catalog 'Playables' rolls out to all users How Shein and Temu Snuck Up on Amazon BuzzFeed Clashes With Vivek Ramaswamy, Its New Activist Investor Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm TikTok offered an extraordinary deal. The U.S. government took a pass Parents Dance Like It's the '80s on TikTok, and Bring Down the House Meta's white, male advisory group My weekend plans: Ren Faire on HBO Canva meets Hamilton Top 50 podcasts Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit YahooFinance.com cachefly.com/twit

'Like drinking a music festival': this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good? Trump joins TikTok, the app he once tried to ban Unanimous SCOTUS To States: No Strong-Arming Third Parties To Silence Those You Dislike Federal Preemption of State Privacy Law Hurts Everyone The Internet's Final Frontier: Remote Amazon Tribes That time Rupert Murdoch almost married a woman from Petaluma The Very Online Afterlife of Franz Kafka Finally! Someone has figured out how to make money in the media biz The Uncanny Rise of the World's First AI Beauty Pageant a16z: no human will ever again have to make a call. India's election wasn't the deepfake doomsday many feared MS Recall Perplexity will research and write reports Visiting local chickens Bragging: Gutenberg review Paris' tabs Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT kolide.com/twig

Apple Introduces Image Playground - a new AI image tool Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman Hallucination is Inevitable Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call Mike Lynch: Autonomy co-founder cleared of fraud in US trial New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids Judge rather than jury will render verdict in upcoming antitrust trial Joey Chestnut is out of 2024 Nathan's hot dog eating contest in beef over vegan franks There's an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK No, a Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn Elon Musk's Boundary-Blurring Relationships With Women at SpaceX Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse Movie-Theater Chain Ren Faire on HBO - all 3 parts out now! "The most difficult recipe" damnit TikTok cottage cheese search NotebookLM goes global with Slides support and better ways to fact-check 12 useful features Google just announced for Pixel phones, watches, and tablets Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit fastmail.com/twit

The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn't Need Warning Labels The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly Tesla takes fight for Elon Musk's pay package back to court US sues Adobe for 'deceiving' subscriptions that are too hard to cancel Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say Mozilla buys Anonym, betting privacy is compatible with ads Jeff on Perplexity Discover Luma extends memes Gutenberg animated by Dream Machine Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross, Daniel Levy announce Safe Superintelligence Inc. Paper: "ChatGPT is bullshit" How A.I. Is Revolutionizing Drug Development McDonald's is ending its drive-thru AI test US bank Wells Fargo fires employees for 'simulating' being at their keyboards BeReal acquired by mobile apps and games company Voodoo Netflix to Open Massive Entertainment, Dining and Shopping Complexes in Two Cities in 2025 Sounds of the Forest - Soundmap Hamburger Dad Reuters annual news report ChatGPT of the Reuters report Original YouTube deal memo & pitch deck Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: eufy.com 1password.com/twig

Google announces surprise Pixel 9 hardware event in August Jeff Jarvis testimony on the California Journalism Preservation Act This Week in Tunnels Toys r us AI video Exclusive: Amazon mulls $5 to $10 monthly price tag for unprofitable Alexa service, AI revamp Autobiography app OpenAI's CTO treats creativity like a problem to be solved — and that itself is the problem AI Doesn't Kill Jobs? Tell That to Freelancers Record Labels Sue Suno & Udio for Training AI Models on Their Songs I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again The rise—and fall—of the software developer Google is killing infinite scroll on search results Google Will Let You Personalize Gemini After Your Favorite YouTuber Google Cast is coming to more hotel room TVs later this year Google shutting down 'Stack: PDF Scanner' in September A Captcha for Mikah's Therapist Scientists create smiling robot face from living human skin cells German face wurst Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: kolide.com/twig bitwarden.com/twit cachefly.com/twit

In Content Moderation Cases, Supreme Court Says 'Try Again' – But Makes It Clear Moderation Deserves First Amendment Protections In The NetChoice Cases, Alito And His Buddies Are Wrong, But Even If They Were Right It May Not Matter, And That's Largely Good News Judge blocks Mississippi law that required age verification on social media Supreme Court will take up case on porn age verification laws in Texas What SCOTUS just did to broadband, the right to repair, the environment, and more Threads turns 1 Meta's Oversight Board, a model for the internet, is in limbo. Why We Filed A Comment With Facebook's Oversight Board The White House will host a conference for social media creators Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers llama.ttf Bruce Bastian, BYU alum-turned-tech pioneer and equality advocate, dies at 76 Microsoft says it's okay to steal content published on the web Chinese AI models storm Hugging Face's LLM chatbot benchmark leaderboard — Alibaba runs the board as major US competitors have worsened Perplexity's grand theft AI Google emissions jump nearly 50% over five years as AI use surges MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people are vastly overestimating generative AI Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI Tim Wu Is Out Of Control Twitter/X alternative Mastodon appeals to journalists with new 'byline' feature Amazon is bricking its Astro business robots less than a year after launch This week's news on human cells 110 new languages are coming to Google Translate Google Keep now lets you use two accounts side-by-side in split screen the NYC Dept of Transportation Instagram Calculus Advice Poem The Material Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

'We're Living in a Nightmare:' Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town Google Is No Longer Claiming to Be Carbon Neutral ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034 AI-Driven Behavior Change Could Transform Health Care Google brings new Gemini features and Wear OS 5 to Samsung devices Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra hands-on: ultra déjà vu Galaxy Z Fold 6 launches for $1,899 with wider displays Esports World Cup: Riyadh Offers Bigger Prize Than PGA Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users 2024 Zero-Click Search Study: For every 1,000 EU Google Searches, only 374 clicks go to the Open Web. In the US, it's 360. FTC bans anonymous messaging app NGL from hosting children Temu Breaks With Direct-From-China Strategy In Threat to Amazon A new Illinois law will force influencer parents to compensate their children for appearing in social media content THERE BUT FOR THE GEESE OF GOD Llama.ttf: A font which is also an LLM Cutting Board Designer Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau Guest: Molly White Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit e-e.com/twit

AT&T says criminals stole phone records of "nearly all" customers in new data breach AT&T (T) Hack Is Part of Snowflake (SNOW) Customer Cyberattack Campaign Researchers: Weak Security Defaults Enabled Squarespace Domains Hijacks Goldman Sachs: AI Is Overhyped, Wildly Expensive, and Unreliable Elon Musk Has Said He Is Committing Around $45 Million a Month to a New Pro-Trump Super PAC This Is The Fastest Object Ever Made by Humans, And It's Not Slowing Down EU accuses Elon Musk's X of deceptive practices over blue "checkmark"' Mercedes-Benz's 400kW EV chargers are coming to Starbucks FTC Fires A Warning Shot At Eight Companies Over 'Right To Repair' Violations Kaspersky Lab Closing U.S. Division; Laying Off Workers Google in talks to buy Wiz Google switches to selective indexing Google reportedly offered EU cloud firms over $500 million to continue antitrust case against Microsoft OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's $27 million mansion is a 'lemon' with a leaky pool, lawsuit alleges (with video tour) Taboola to sell ads for Apple The New Satanic Panic: Exorcism in the Age of TikTok Kenya's biggest protest in recent history played out on a walkie-talkie app OpenAI's AGI progress chart Samsung's new AI image generating tool is a little too good - The Verge Giant Google Pixel 9 leak reveals the Fold, faster charging, battery, and more YouTube Music sound search rolling out, AI radio in testing Google is ending an experiment that let you annotate search results Gemini on Android just got a lot more useful on the lock screen OpenAI illegally stopped staff from sharing dangers, whistleblowers say Mistral releases Codestral Mamba for faster, longer code generation | VentureBeat Apple, Nvidia, Anthropic Used Thousands of Swiped YouTube Videos to Train AI Carlos Watson, Ozy Media Founder, Is Found Guilty of Fraud Drone conquers Everest The Planets Today Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: 1password.com/twig

Craig Newmark and pancakes After years of uncertainty, Google says it won't be 'deprecating third-party cookies' in Chrome Amazon's Prime Day causes worker injuries, Senate probe finds Helping our customers through the CrowdStrike outage Technical Details: Falcon Update for Windows Hosts Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS NYT vs OpenAI Google's goo.gl links will stop working in August 2025 Deadpool and Wolverine are Google's first Easter eggs in Circle to Search [Gallery] Google's Alphabet Inc. doubles down on robotaxis, committing another $5 billion into Waymo X replaced the water pistol emoji with a regular gun, for some reason CNN attempts to answer the question: What does it mean to be brat? An Oscar Mayer Wienermobile Rolls Over. The 'Hotdoggers' Are OK. The quiet rise of Nick Pickles: the Yorkshireman gaining power at Elon Musk's X Mark Zuckerberg says he's "more comfortable" with new appearance after AI interview Google wants to steal Ray-Ban maker from Meta for Gemini smart glasses "Ignore all previous instructions" The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B Taylor Lorenz: We're all learning about major events through increasingly bizarre digital formats. Stolen Buttons Succession comes to life Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: betterhelp.com/TWIG bitwarden.com/twit

Amazon Paid Almost $1 Billion for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money. Craig Newmark stops by Galaxy fold unboxing We know almost everything about the Google Pixel 9 series already A Few Blockbuster Podcasts Are Making All the Money Friend in a box US border agents must get warrant before cell phone searches, federal court rules The gymnastics world braces for an AI future NASA will shut down NASA TV on cable to focus on NASA+ W3C Slams Google U-turn on Third-Party Cookie Removal Senate passes the Kids Online Safety Act Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L Follow Ant's ZDNET stuff Scots brat Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Craig Newmark Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: betterhelp.com/TWIG cachefly.com/twit

Google (GOOGL) Loses DOJ Antitrust Suit Over Search Engine on Phone Browsers Will Google's historic monopoly lawsuit be the death knell for Mozilla and Firefox? Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled X Deal - The New York Times Disney, Fox and Warner Sports Streamer Venu to Launch at $42.99/ Month Why I'm Joining The Bluesky Board To Support A Vision Of A More Open, Decentralized Internet Bloomberg's Risky, Embargo-Breaking Evan Gershkovich Scoop Canadian news engagement down significantly one year after Meta's ban: study thecanadianpressnews.ca Google pulls Olympics AI ad 'Dear Sydney' X officially kills its San Francisco HQ, will relocate to South Bay Google is set to supercharge Google Home with Gemini intelligence 'The Godmother of AI' says California's well-intended AI bill will harm the U.S. ecosystem AI dentist performs first procedure on human patient Without Zuckerberg money, limited private funding available for elections Neil Gorsuch Highlights Aaron Swartz As An Example Of Overreach In Criminal Law Amazon Pushes Fast Delivery Into Rural Areas in Challenge to Post Office tulip.computer Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: e-e.com/twit

What Google rivals want after DOJ's antitrust trial win DOJ Considers Seeking Google (GOOG) Breakup After Major Antitrust Win Gemini Live is the best AI feature I've seen so far from Google 9 things to know about Pixel 9 cameras Jeff thread against incumbent media Google's Gemini Live AI Sounds So Human, I Almost Forgot It Was a Bot Scoop: X files antitrust lawsuit against ad industry group GARM Texas judge steps aside in Elon Musk's X case against advertisers An incredible life and career AI is a bad word to consumers Weekend Welcomes Two New Reporters: Josh Koehn and Paris Martineau Schmidt blames remote work for company's struggles 'Ultimate wife guy' or 'yikes'? Mark Zuckerberg reveals 7ft statue of wife How Spotify started — and killed — Latin America's podcast boom Hello, goodbye: the rise and decline of the celebrity video-greeting app Cameo MSCHF: Our Cow Angus WCBS is no more Cable TV biz crumbles Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: 1password.com/twig

Epic judge says he'll 'tear the barriers down' on Google's app store monopoly Google's AI Search Gives Sites Dire Choice: Share Data or Die OpenAI signs multi-year content partnership with Condé Nast Deal in california xAI's new Grok image generator floods X with controversial AI fakes Google threatened tech influencers unless they 'preferred' the Pixel The FTC finalizes its rules clamping down on fake online reviews Palantir's Alex Karp Talks About War, AI and America's Future Roblox is Already the Biggest Game In The World. Why Can't It Make a Profit (And How Can It)? Looks and Gaming: Who and Why? 2024 Winners | The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Ten additional US states join DOJ antitrust lawsuit looking to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster Google went public 20 years ago—what your $1000 investment would be worth today Mayoral candidate vows to let VIC, an AI bot, run Wyoming's capital city More than 30 tech companies have pitched A.I. tools to political campaigns for November's election. The campaigns have been wary. Russia's AI tactics for US election interference are failing, Meta says Gmail can turn 'rough notes' into a full draft with Gemini 'Polish' Google's Stunning New Android AI Feature Instantly Locks Phone Thieves Out I tried Google's Pixel Screenshots and it's everything I'd want an AI feature to be Early hands-on with Google Pixel 9's AI Call Notes reveals disappointing restrictions Google Play will no longer pay to discover vulnerabilities in popular Android apps Trap Where have all the Burners gone? Shops catering to Burning Man brace for slow season Inside the opulent world of six-figure kids birthday parties in Silicon Valley TikTok Parrot is 'attention hog' and smart as human toddler, owners say Paris 'n' pals need this Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: betterhelp.com/TWIG

Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France TikTok must face lawsuit over 10-year-old girl's death, US court rules Chick-Fil-A Hatches Plans For Streaming Service Also: New York's Largest Hospital System Is Setting Its Sights on the Entertainment Business RE Fast Co new town story" The For-Profit City That Might Come Crashing Down How activists derailed Big Tech billionaire's dream city in California Thoma Bravo's Realpage Sued by US in Rental Collusion Case Google Keep rolling out AI-powered 'Help me create a list' on Android Pixel 9 demo Google Wallet now works for California driver's licenses Google TV has added a few more new free channels Google Chat adds support for IFTTT integrations Google finally lets you record phone call audio in the US, but only on the Pixel 9 Google Pixel 9 launches 'Adaptive Touch,' improves screen sensitivity while wet, etc 'Megalopolis' Cuts Ties With Marketing Consultant Behind Trailer Debacle; Fabricated Critic Quotes Were Generated By AI OpenAI Shows 'Strawberry' AI to the Feds and Uses It to Develop 'Orion' Printful for hats wyze birdfeeder The Unbearable Slowness of Being Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit cachefly.com/twit

The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders Telegram Founder Pavel Durov's Indictment Thrusts Encryption Into the Spotlight Elon Musk, Tesla (TSLA) Beat Suit Over Promoting Dogecoin 'Pyramid Scheme' America Must Free Itself from the Tyranny of the Penny Did your car witness a crime? Bay Area police may be coming for your Tesla — and they might tow it NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp AI's impact on elections is being overblown AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient Anil Dash: How Oprah will screw up the AI story The winners of Michigan's 2024 "I voted" sticker contest Diggnation 2.0 Android Has Five New Features Out Today Google Removing Poor-Quality Android Apps From Play Store to Boost Engagement Google Clock rolling out new Timer Starter widget Google renames TensorFlow Lite to LiteRT, TensorFlow brand remains YouTube debuts new parental controls aimed at teens The Secret Inside One Million Checkboxes Carbonara in a can? Chefs get shirty but Heinz is unrepentant Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: veeam.com e-e.com/twit

"Right to Repair for Your Body": The Rise of DIY, Pirated Medicine The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending Google will now link to The Internet Archive to add more context to Search results AI and transportation WayMo safety data What Kermit the Frog Showed Me About AI Kermit post There's a fix for AI-generated essays. Why aren't we using it? Stacey asked the FTC to help with bricked IoT devices Android Digital Wellness NotebookLM's new "Audio Overview" turns your notes into a mini podcast Mapping ships sunk in WW2 Leviton Humidity Sensor Switch Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Mikah Sargent, and Stacey Higginbotham Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: 1password.com/twig

Google Wins Fight to Scrap $1.7 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Ads Exclusive: Google offered to sell part of ad tech business, not enough for EU publishers, sources say Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes Age verification AI for teen users...? House panel advances Kids Online Safety Act despite pushback The Battle to Ban Screens From School Now Includes Chromebooks and Tablets Trump Rolls Out His New Cryptocurrency Business How crypto bros wrested Flappy Bird from its creator Ex-MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud Conspiracy After Taking Plea Deal Inside Elon Musk's Mushrooming Security Apparatus Elizabeth McCafferty was offered £6,000 for images of her bare feet after they appeared on a fetish website without her consent. The 'feral 25-year-olds' making Kamala Harris go viral on TikTok Apple's new iOS 18 upgrade doesn't fix the 'green bubble' problems Discord launches end-to-end encrypted voice and video chats Why OpenAI is Hiding its Reasoning Model's 'Thoughts' Calif. Gov. Newsom Says He's Worried About AI Bill Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line Can AI Really Replace Salesforce and Workday? Mr. Beast's playbook Google Photos now lets you flip your photos and videos horizontally Google Chrome getting one-tap notification unsubscribe, starting on Pixel YouTube Shorts to integrate Veo, Google's AI video model Google Photos is getting a new 'Ultra HDR' editing option Finally!! Google Slides adds multi-monitor support for presentations Chromebook acting weird? Try Google's new ChromeOS 'Sanitize' tool – a lighter, friendlier fix than the full-wipe 'Powerwash' feature The Office in Oz Ig Nobels The Pentium as a Navajo weaving Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV Hosts: Jeff Jarvis and Paris Martineau Guest: Molly White Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: veeam.com bitwarden.com/twit betterhelp.com/TWIG

Stanley Is Releasing Collectible Tumblers Every Day This Week to Honor Different Decades of Barbie EssilorLuxottica extends smart glasses partnership with Meta Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into 'god mode' with latest AI post AI conversation about Jeff's book The Paris show Exclusive: Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says Google TV adds several more free channels including The Bob Ross Channel YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads Google's passkey syncing makes it easier to move on from passwords New Cloudflare Tools Let Sites Detect and Block AI Bots for Free Google Photos is getting a redesigned video editor Google's Gemini AI might soon appear in your corporate Workspace Google Earth AI eliminates clouds Ahead of Gemini coming to Google Buds, Hey Google & Voice Match Settings Change on Headphones Quote Origin: I Had Exactly Four Seconds To Hot Up the Disintegrator, and Google Had Told Me It Wasn't Enough Project Analyzing Human Language Usage Shuts Down Because 'Generative AI Has Polluted the Data' Comedian John Mulaney brutally roasts SF techies at Dreamforce Marques Brownlee says 'I hear you' after fans criticize his new wallpaper app Cards Against Humanity sues Elon Musk's SpaceX for trespassing McDonald's touchscreen kiosks were feared as job killers. Instead, something surprising happened Mullenweg calls WP Engine a 'cancer to WordPress' and urges community to switch providers Introducing HP Print AI, Industry's First Intelligent Print Experiences The 90s Executive Yes Man More Americans – especially young adults – are regularly getting news on TikTok Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit cachefly.com/twit

OpenAI Is A Bad Business Are We Now Living in a Parasite Culture? Taylor Lorenz, Chronicler of Digital Culture, Will Start Own Newsletter Twitter's value in freefall: Fidelity cuts estimate by whopping 79% Masnick: Gavin Newsom Vetoes Terrible AI Bill 1047, But Brace For Something Worse Google showcases bizarre double-sided Japanese keyboard, which it won't sell — the keyboard uses a Möbius strip as its foundation Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Emily Dreibelbis Guest: Ed Zitron Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: e-e.com/twit bitwarden.com/twit

More than a dozen states sue TikTok, alleging it harms kids and is designed to addict them Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto unmasked: Will HBO reveal who really made the cryptocurrency? How a UK treaty could spell the end of the .io domain OpenAI pursues public benefit structure to fend off hostile takeovers Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of AI Who Expressed Alarm Over the Technology, Shares Nobel Prize in Physics Paris Megalopolis review The Wordpress saga Justice Department weighs fixes for Google search monopoly Google's response U.S. judge orders sweeping changes to Google's Android app store Why Caroline Calloway Is Staying Put in Sarasota for Hurricane Milton When Cell Service Is Down, You Can Send iPhone Texts via Satellite A Google Doc of 2024 Events Beer can artwork accidentally thrown in bin by staff member at Dutch museum First a statue. Now Zuck designs a minivan for his wife. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: USCloud.com 1password.com/twig veeam.com

YouTube takes a baby step toward labeling authentic video Wimbledon tennis tournament replaces line judges with technology in break with tradition Citizen pruners The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users LLMs don't do formal reasoning - and that is a HUGE problem Google adds new features for Pixel along with Android 15 rollout October Pixel Drop: Helpful enhancements for your devices Google Shopping is getting an AI upgrade as Alphabet looks to monetize investments Google Shopping's getting a big transformation The latest Gboard beta lets you switch between Roboto and Google Sans fonts Google's Chrome Browser Starts Disabling uBlock Origin Google Messages gets a new feature that makes it easier to keep private TikTok executives know about app's effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege The Poozeum: Fossilized bug farts, T. rex poop, and more ancient coprolites Joe Trippi starts a social network: sezus Short-selling company goes after Roblox to profit Trump Signals Skepticism of Google Breakup, Citing Competition With China Defector: Year 4 in review Doritos to open first restaurant AI - generated restaurant via Taylor Lorenz Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit uscloud.com

Requiem for Raghavan Electric Motors Are About to Get a Major Upgrade Thanks to Benjamin Franklin Epic judge lets Google keep its Android app store closed to competitors — for now Google will block election ads after polls close LinkedIn is News Publishers' New Best Friend People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes Elon Musk's X is changing its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI on your posts Musk's X seeks to steer lawsuits to conservative court in Texas Sam Altman's identity and cryptocurrency venture Worldcoin has a rebrand Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen's Suicide On-device AI could make apps obsolete Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law Controversy after Polish radio station replaces human presenters with AI Sotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot Elvis Found Alive Thank you, Steve Ballmer, for a concert app that made me want to scream Content Warning: The following story discusses the sensitive topic of suicide involving a minor. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide or self-harm, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline - call or text 988 or chat online at chat.988lifeline.org. If you are located outside the United States, please visit findahelpline.com to find a helpline in your country. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nathan Freitas Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100 bitwarden.com/twit uscloud.com

Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Online Safety Bill When Tech Says "No" Apple Backs Down on Its Controversial Photo-Scanning Plans The FBI secretly launched an encrypted messaging system for criminals Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying for Saudi Arabia Jeff Jarvis Moving on From CUNY Judge strikes down porn age-verification law in Texas : NPR The Department of Defense Launches the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Website Caltech drops calculus, chemistry, physics course requirements for admission NFT Hype Fades in Crypto Market as Sales Volume Plunges Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach Google updates the Android brand with new logo and 3D robot Google raising the price of Nest Aware and Aware Plus Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting Google rolls out file locking for Workspace customers Empire of the Sum book (GF) Nice Work, Joe Esposito Nice Work, #JacobPruitt Hosts: Leo Laporte and Ant Pruitt Guest: Glenn Fleishman Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit Melissa.com/twit

Google announces Pixel 8 launch event for October 4th Samsung buys popular meal planning app Whisk and rebrands it as Samsung Food Google discontinues Pixel Pass subscription bundle after just one year Chrome OS 116 adding auto correct and local file search Google Chat adding voice messages and interoperability with Slack and Teams Elon Musk makes controversial appearance at Valorant esports tournament Tesla planning LA supercharger location with diner and drive-in movie theater Facebook lifting ban on political ads in preparation for 2024 election Senator Chuck Schumer hosting AI forums with tech executives Meta removes thousands of accounts linked to Chinese influence campaigns Canada's news ban on Facebook failed to reduce platform's usage Twitter facing thousands of arbitration cases from fired employees WordPress offering 100-year domain name registration option Nvidia posts record profits on demand for AI and gaming chips Zuckerberg demonstrates typing 100 words per minute in VR using digital keyboard New Sony Alpha A7C and A7C-R compact mirrorless cameras announced Donation options to support Hawaii residents impacted by recent hurricanes Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: mylio.com/TWIT Building Cyber Resilience Podcast

Heritage Minister says Meta news block endangers lives as Canadians flee wildfires Canadian Media Orgs Said That Meta Linking To News Was Anticompetitive; Now They Say NOT Linking To News Is Anticompetitive The Bill C-18 Regulation Fake-Out: Setting the Record Straight on When Bill C-18 Takes Effect and the Regulation Making Process Elon Musk's Shadow Rule How is Spotify doing with its podcast business? Spotify will let podcasters customize their show page to bring in new listeners YouTube tests a search feature where users hum to identify songs A Few Unpopular Opinions about AI New York Times' considers legal action against OpenAI as copyright tensions swirl AI bots are so good at mimicking the human brain and vision that CAPTCHAs are useless Create real estate flythroughs with AI The Facebook settlement claim deadline is Friday. Here's how to apply. Meta launches web version of flagging Threads app YouTube is testing a much smaller 'Skip Ads' button YouTube Music to support subscribing to podcasts via RSS Google's New Feature Ensures Your Pixel Phone Hasn't Been Hacked. Here's How It Works Google Photos Rolls Out New Editing Tools For Web New Gmail 'Verify it's you' prompt appears when attempting 'sensitive actions' Google TV update brings NFL Sunday Ticket integration, more free TV channels Gmail for Android and iOS rolling out translate feature Adobe's Co-Founder John Warnock Dies at 82 Picks: Mike - Textify Mike - Unriddle Mike - TextFX Jeff - Sorry, But LinkedIn Is Cool Now Jeff - TikTok meets Dukes mayo Ant - Vegas Pro 21 Update with Boris FX Ant - Shout out to Harry Williams: Free Form Living Light Leo's AI Flythrough Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: panoptica.app discourse.org/twit bitwarden.com/twit

Google's updates to NFL Sunday Ticket, including flexible billing, student plans, live chat, polls, and more Linear TV viewing falling below 50% for the first time Streaming gaining more market share, but subscription costs rising Congressional inquiry into harmful data broker practices Google using AI to generate key points in web pages Google considering allowing AI summaries directly in search results YouTube cracking down on videos promoting ineffective cancer cures Google Photos getting AI-powered auto-generated titles and organization Google Slides enabling presenters to draw and annotate while presenting Changes coming to YouTube Shorts, including blocking links to combat spam Google's hotel for employees during COVID now offering discounted rates as they push back towards in-office work California allowing self-driving cars to operate in San Francisco 24/7, leading to traffic jams Google eliminating many of its private label consumer product brands due to poor sales and distrust Internet Archive being sued by record labels for digitizing and hosting out of print 78rpm records Update on researcher Joan Donovan's firing from Harvard and new role at Boston University Proposal for new rules regulating data brokers under the Fair Credit Reporting Act Analysis of surveillance capitalism and its effects on society Discussion on public distrust of medical institutions and ""elite"" doctors Speculation on Elon Musk's erratic behavior on Twitter including visiting Mark Zuckerberg's house Review of the movie Oppenheimer and how its portrayal connects to the ethical dilemmas of technology Several lighter topics including bollards on Twitter, introducing grandparents to TikTok, and AI-generated poetry Picks: Stacey - Homey Pro Jeff - She introduced Grandpa to TikTok Ant - Better Smartphone Photography with Lisa Carney at Donner Lake Ant - In-Person or Online: How You Can Support Maui Wildfire Relief Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT Building Cyber Resilience Podcast

Leo shows off his Galaxy Z Flip 5. Judge Narrows Scope of Coming Trial Over Google Monopoly Claims. Musk's X Fined $350,000 in Secret Justice Department Fight Over Trump Records. Google Changes Name of Ad Product Amid Inventory Quality Scandal. Norway fines Meta 1M crowns per day over behavioural ads feud. Tech writer sues Apple, claiming Tetris movie ripped off his 'Cold War thriller' book. BlueJeans, Verizon's Google Meet competitor, is shutting down. Zoom AI tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say. Google says AI systems should be able to mine publishers' work unless companies opt out. I Would Rather See My Books Get Pirated Than This (Or: Why Goodreads and Amazon Are Becoming Dumpster Fires). Henrietta Lacks' family reaches settlement over use of immortal 'HeLa cells'. 'Every single' Amazon team is working on generative AI, says CEO. AI 'red teams' race to find bias and harms in chatbots like ChatGPT. Google Chrome switching to weekly security patch updates. Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts. Google Messages now encrypts RCS conversations by default. Gmail for Android and iOS adding translate feature. Google gives Pixel Tablet first discount 1.5 months after launch. California regulators to decide the future of Cruise and Waymo. YouTube will stop showing videos on the homepage if your watch history is off. WeWork Raises 'Substantial Doubt' About Staying in Business. Netflix is winding down its DVD business after 25 years. MrBeast Facing $100 Million Lawsuit After Dissing Own Burgers. Curiosity Rover Finds 'Striking' Evidence of Habitable Seasons on Mars. The Expanse Online Auction. Introducing Project IDX, An Experiment to Improve Full-stack, Multiplatform App Development. $5 billion Google lawsuit over 'incognito mode' tracking moves a step closer to trial. Rhoda Karpatkin, Who Led Consumer Reports for Decades, Dies at 93. Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers. Picks: Stacey - SmartThings Energy. Leo - The Sad Bastard Cookbook by tRaum Books. Jeff - ESPN Strikes $2 Billion Sports-Betting Deal With Penn Entertainment. Ant - The Best $9 You Can Spend. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: mylio.com/TWIT

Shift Happens is about to ship! Meta starts blocking news in Canada over law on paying publishers. Hollywood's Pain Is YouTube's Advertising Gain. The buttons on Zenith's original 'clicker' remote were a mechanical marvel. Facebook's ad business recovers from Apple's attack; watch out TV. A view from DC: Adtech is built on a privacy fault line. Meta Offers to Seek Consent for Highly Personalized Ads in Europe. Family of Henrietta Lacks settles lawsuit over use of immortal cell line. Uber Investors Ought to Look at the Big Picture. An Internet Veteran's Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology. The incandescent light bulb still isn't dead — but 'normal' ones are now truly banned. We visited three Worldcoin orb locations since its July launch. Kenya suspends Sam Altman's eyeball-scanning crypto project. Point of no return: Australians fight for the right to work from home permanently. China to Cut Internet Access to Minors. Twitter Gives Verified Users Option to Hide Checkmark of Shame. Google delists AI Test Kitchen app on Android and iOS. Meta's new AI model can create sounds that are technically music. Movie extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is already doing body scans : NPR. AI can detect breast cancer as well as radiologists, study finds. Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor. Superconductor Breakthrough Findings Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing. Johnny Cash sings ""Barbie Girl"" (A.I.) - YouTube. Google Releases Nearby Share for Windows. YouTube TV price drops temporarily for new users. ChromeOS could split out browser updates this month. 4 new Chrome mobile features to quickly find information. Google's generative search feature now shows related videos and images. Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you. Post Malone Buys Lord Of The Rings Card Worth Over $2 Million. The Boring Company will dig a 68-mile tunnel network under Las Vegas. My First Ankle Monitor (fake but fun). Picks: Glenn - Removal of airline change fees + airline apps. Jeff - Facebook surpasses 3 billion monthly active users. Jeff - Content Moderation's Legalism Problem. Ant - Order Prints From Joe Akbrud. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Glenn Fleishman Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Building Cyber Resilience Podcast panoptica.app

Twitter's rebrand to X may actually be happening soon. Alphabet reports better-than-expected quarterly results driven by growth in cloud. YouTube Q2 Ad Sales Rise 4.4%, Alphabet Handily Tops Earnings Estimates. Google's CFO just got a promotion. Google says 2 billion logged in monthly users are watching YouTube Shorts. Google Street View is back in Germany after 10+ year halt. Jeff talks about his trip to Google previewing NotebookLM. Google software engineer got $605,000 bonus, plus more from massive salary leak. Google's nightmare "Web Integrity API" wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web. Top tech companies form group seeking to control AI. ChatGPT broke the Turing test — the race is on for new ways to assess AI. Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to Fuchsia. Google Play services ending support for Android 4.4 KitKat. Everything Samsung Announced at Summer Galaxy Unpacked 2023. ChromeOS 115 rolling out: Android App Streaming, PDF signatures. Picks: Stacey - Weighted Vest. Jeff - IMAX emulates PalmPilot software to power Oppenheimer's 70 mm release. Ant - "Google Stadia" Lives On For Me. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: discourse.org/twit AWS Insiders - TWIG fastmail.com/twit

The White House details its IoT cybersecurity label plan. Framework Laptop 16 pre-orders are now open. Pluralistic: Why they're smearing Lina Khan (14 July 2023). Mark Lucovsky Leaves Google, Calls Company "Unstable". Meta and Microsoft Introduce the Next Generation of Llama. Apple is testing an AI chatbot but has no idea what to do with it. Why computer-made data is being used to train AI models. G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics. AI can't even tell you the chronological order of 'Star Wars' movies. OpenAI strikes $5 million-plus local news deal. Devindra: AI put me in a 'South Park' episode. The risks of AI are real but manageable. This AI Watches Millions Of Cars And Tells Cops If You're Driving Like A Criminal. Google launches Nearby Share for Windows and partnering to pre-install. Google confirms related search operator is going away. Google is testing AI-generated Meet video backgrounds. Now Google's Bard AI chatbot can talk and respond to visual prompts. PSA: Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos this week. Picks: Stacey - Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky Leo - The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Leo - Click for a random web 1.0 web site Jeff - Vox Media stops using Chorus, proprietary CMS, for its own websites Ant - Peak Design Camera Cube Ant - Yellowgold - This Road Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT Brooklinen.com Use Code TWIG

Threads has 100 million users, and many are on Android. Threads Adopting ActivityPub Makes Sense, but Won't Be Easy. Facebook's Threads is so depressing. Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads. Amazon Prime Day Pushes US Online Sales Up 6% in First 24 Hours. Lina Khan Is Taking on the World's Biggest Tech Companies—and Losing. Amazon sues EU in first US challenge to Digital Services Act. In – or out? Wimbledon considers replacing line judges with AI. Anthropic's Claude Is Competing With ChatGPT. Even Its Builders Fear AI. Nirit Weiss-Blatt's taxonomy of the promoters & marketers of AI panic. Google's medical AI chatbot is already being tested in hospitals. Hollywood Studios' WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall. Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement. Google Embroiled in Class Action Lawsuit Over AI Products. The AI Dividend. Scariest bridge in America via Frank Garufi Jr. NotebookLM: Google's AI-powered notes app is launching today. Android 14 Beta 4 lets Pixel devices automatically unlock when you type in the PIN. Google app rolling out 'Finance Watchlist' stocks widget. Google News offering free 4-month New York Times trial. Google Play Changes Policy on Tokenized Digital Assets, Allowing NFTs in Apps and Games. Jeff & Alan Rusbridger discuss the Gutenberg Parenthesis in London. Picks: Stacey - Different ways that Stacey uses sensors. Jeff - 2023 Digital media trends: Immersed and connected. Jeff - Scotland fries. Ant - "Taller Desk Chair" Ant - Watch FLOSS Weekly with Ant! Ant - Cheers To Mr. Terrell C. Woods. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: drinkAG1.com/twig

Jeff's book, The Gutenberg Parenthesis, is out!! Fireworks Have a New Competitor: Drones. Rise, Goldfish: Elden Ring's bosses are now being humiliated by a fish somehow hooked-up to the controls. An update on Canada's Bill C-18 and our Search and News products. Jeff Elgie, local news owner, says Google will bring the government to the table. Village Media's C-18 Update. Google Analytics Violates GDPR, Says Swedish Watchdog. The FTC wants to put a ban on fake reviews. Twitter was locked in a chaotic doom loop. Now it's on the verge of collapse. Update on Twitter's Rate Limits. The Instagram Threads launch countdown jumped forward and is now targeting 7PM ET. Google Says It'll Scrape Everything You Post Online for AI. Talking about a 'schism' is ahistorical. Why transformative AI is really, really hard to achieve. Federal Judge Limits Biden Officials' Contacts With Social Media Sites. Android Auto is adding new features for electric vehicles. Google Slides opens up Duet AI image generation with Imagen. Google Messages web app now supports direct reply. Picks: Stacey - Roku Home Security Cameras. Leo - Next-Gen Samsung Foldable Reservations Now Live. Jeff - ChatGPT lawyer's forced apologies. Ant - Godox SL-60W CRI 95+ LED Video Light. Ant - Rokinon 35mm T1.5 High Speed Wide Angle Cine DSX Lens for Canon EF. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: AWS Insiders - TWIG GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Supreme Court guts protections for cyberstalking victims. Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Accusing Google of Stealing Song Lyrics. Talking about the new TWiT AI show. What makes human and what makes conciousness? AI-Generated Books of Nonsense Are All Over Amazon's Bestseller Lists. Billionaires and Bureaucrats Mobilize China for AI Race With US. Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis Says Its Next Algorithm Will Eclipse ChatGPT. Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System. Biden announces $42 billion high-speed internet initiative. RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days. Leo reviews the Pixel Tablet. TP-Link's New Smart Light Switches Support Matter. Coway Airmega Air Purifier. Leo and Lisa's trip to VidCon. YouTube Music now automatically adds songs to your last playlist. Google introduces a new shop tab for rentals and purchases on Android TV | TechCrunch. Google Search rolling out 'Perspectives' filter for more personal and human results. Google updating the Android logo with 3D robot head, new wordmark. Google is giving Find My Device a new logo. Canada Forces Google and Facebook to Pay News Outlets for Linking to Articles. Plot Twist at Turner Classic Movies Upsets Film Fans. Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk say they're up for a cage match. Who would win? Picks:  Jeff - The typical OpenAI engineer makes $925,000 Stacey - Nanoleaf 4D Screen Mirror + Lightstrip Kit Ant - Sony ZV-E1 firmware update Ant - BimmerCode    Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: AWS Insiders - TWIG Brooklinen.com Use Code TWIG GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Here's the note Reddit sent to moderators threatening them if they don't reopen. Reddit CEO slams protesters, says he'll change moderator rules. Reddit CEO Triples Down, Insults Protesters, Whines About Not Making Enough Money From Reddit Users. Reddit removed moderators behind the latest protests before restoring a few of them. Google Domains is yet another useful service to get the ax in favor of "focus". You can't trust Google. Gannett sues Google; Jeff comments herein. Google's new Mac vs. PC-esque Pixel ads argue the iPhone has plateaued. This is 'Chromebook X': Google's new standard for ChromeOS. Sightful Spacetop. Meta Lowers Age Requirement for Quest VR Headsets to Allow Preteens. EU: Smartphones Must Have User-Replaceable Batteries by 2027. Do software engineers wash their underwear? Scientists on Twitter head for the exit. Chrome for iOS adding mini Google Maps and integrating Calendar, Translate. Google says Project Tailwind is getting a new name, early access soon. Jason talks about his experience with Project Starline at Google IO. Say goodbye to Google Pay and hello to Google Wallet for Android devices. Pixel Tablet review: Uniquely Google, made possible by Android. Pixel Fold ship dates are getting delayed and slipping into July. Google Maps Immersive View rolling out in four new cities, 500 landmarks. Virtually try on clothes with a new AI shopping feature. Picks: Mike - Sub Rehab. Jeff - 2023 Logo Trend Report. Jason - The last episode of All About Android and what's next for me. Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis Guest: Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: bitwarden.com/twit GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT ziprecruiter.com/twig

Google's Ads Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says. Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts. Reddit CEO tells employees that subreddit blackout 'will pass'. Hundreds of subreddits plan to go dark indefinitely after Reddit CEO's internal memo. What Reddit Got Wrong. Why The New York Times Will Lose to The Huffington Post. Hawley-Blumenthal bill denies Section 230 protection for AI. ChatGPT Goes to Court. Comcast complains to FCC that listing all of its monthly fees is too hard. Music Companies Sue Twitter for Alleged Copyright Violations. Beyond Meat (BYND), Impossible Foods Burgers Are Just Another Food Fad. Synthetic human embryos created in groundbreaking advance. Taco Bell's Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars. Quantum Computing Advance Begins New Era, IBM Says. In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S. Google to Launch Long-Delayed News Showcase Product in U.S. This Summer. Google Lens can identify rashes and other skin conditions. 'Help me write' comes to Gmail for Android and iOS. Google's new generative AI lets you preview clothes on different models. June Feature Drop + Android 13 QPR3 rolling out: Pixel 7 Pro macro video, Palm Timer, new wallpapers, Home Panel. Pixel Watch June Feature Drop: SpO2 tracking & high/low HR alerts, Metal Band coming Friday. YouTube drastically lowers requirements for video monetization. Google Photos website adding advanced editing tools from Google One. Google brings At a Glance to the Pixel Watch. Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song. Researchers discover that ChatGPT prefers repeating 25 jokes over and over. Google forced to postpone Bard chatbot's EU launch over privacy concerns. Doctors Are Using ChatGPT to Improve How They Talk to Patients. FCC creating a Privacy and Data Protection task force. The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens. Picks: Stacey - Google Home launches powerful Script Editor for automation. Jeff - Spotify Laying Off 200 Employees in Reorg of Podcast Division. Jeff - 24 hours of earth's rotation. Ant - Update to Lightroom Mobile. Ant - Have a Laugh With Greg Warren. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fastmail.com/twit athleticgreens.com/twig Melissa.com/twit

Inside the Meltdown at CNN. What is Solutions Journalism? The platforms give up on 2020 lies. Elon Musk Is All About the Nonstop Grind. And He Can't Stop Talking About It. Perspective: Tackling Misinformation on YouTube. Tucker Carlson Posts First Installment of New Show on Twitter. Introducing Apple Vision Pro: Apple's first spatial computer. US collects intact UFOs as part of secret program, Air Force veteran claims. Google Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeys. 'Minecraft' for ChromeOS leaves early access, works on more machines. Stacey's tips on surviving poor air quality. US sues Coinbase as crypto crackdown widens. The SEC is wrong about crypto exchanges. Amazon is reportedly trying to offer Prime subscribers free cell phone service. Health firm wrongly told hundreds of people they might have cancer. Excel spreadsheet error leads Austrian party to announce wrong leader. Bard gets Google Sheets export, improved logic and reasoning skills. Google releases Android TV 14 Beta, ditches Android 13. Google Assistant adds two new voices with Lime and Indigo. Google starts rolling out image generation in Slides, more Duet AI for Gmail and Docs. 'Duet AI for Google Workspace Enterprise' hits pre-order for businesses. Google's AI to power virtual travel agent from Priceline. Automattic launches an AI writing assistant for WordPress. CNET's new guidelines for AI journalism met with union pushback. iHeartMedia warns employees not to use ChatGPT. A Chatbot Was Designed to Help Prevent Eating Disorders. Then It Gave Dieting Tips. AI killing the Internet Archive with love. Andreessen: Why AI will save the world. OpenAI Sued for Libel After ChatGPT Allegedly Accuses Man of Embezzlement. Linda Yaccarino is officially on the job as Twitter CEO. Picks: Stacey - Awair: Air Quality Monitor. Stacey - 3M Filtrete. Jeff - Kastle: Getting America Back to Work. Ant - Floating Road. Ant - Queen Charlotte. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit Brooklinen.com Use Code TWIG meraki.cisco.com/twit

Why AI Scientists Are Freaking Us Out. Pessimists Archive. Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already. The Seven Deadly Sins of Predicting the Future of AI. Stacey gets grilled on AI. Big Tech Isn't Prepared for A.I.'s Next Chapter. George Hotz wants to 'make driving chill' with next-gen Comma 3 hands-free driver assist. The Spectrum-X ethernet switch offers ""lossless"" transmission via a new kind of congestion control, says Nvidia. Once Mighty Intel Struggles to Escape 'Mud Hole'. The Strange Story of the Teens Behind the Mirai Botnet. Google starts rolling out Search Generative Experience (SGE) in preview. Google Assistant's 3rd-party Notes & Lists integration is shutting down. Messages Magic Compose beta starts rolling out: RCS only, priority for Google One subs. NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV will support unlimited simultaneous streams. Google quietly ends support for decade-old Chromecast. YouTube Stories, Google's clone of Snapchat, is dying on June 26. 230: Supreme Court rejects lawsuit that sought to hold Reddit responsible for hosting child pornography. Amazon's Kill List: 37 Projects That Are No More. Twitter may be worth only a third of its pre-Musk value, Fidelity says. Sonos wins $32.5 million patent infringement victory over Google. Leo previews new Mastodon features. Picks: Stacey - Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond. Jeff - Wonderful discussion between Reid Hoffman & Trevor Noah. Jeff - Google offloading 1.4 million square feet of Bay Area office space. Ant - Talking Science and Sports with Stephen A Smith and Neil DeGrasse Tyson. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: CDW.com/HPE

Chris Messina talks about the birth of the hashtag. Why did Chris leave Twitter? What is Chris doing in AI right now? DeSantis Picked Twitter Spaces to Announce His Run. Next Steps for Neeva. Ford reverses course and decides to keep AM radio on its vehicles. Jack Dorsey shares Robert F. Kennedy Jr. video echoing conspiracy theories. Mourning the state of Twitter. Social Media is a 'Profound Risk' to Youth, Surgeon General Warns. TikTok sues Montana over law banning the app. Instagram's New App Could Be Here By June. Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state. Meta Fined $1.3 Billion for Violating E.U. Data Privacy Rules. Are you sad that Google+ didn't survive? Where do you stand on the quote-tweet controversy? Technical issues plague Ron DeSantis's presidential announcement on Twitter. It's the 140th Birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge. New Biden FCC Commissioner Nominee Is Lawyer Anna Gomez. Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case. Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place. I tried the AI novel-writing tool everyone hates, and it's better than I expected. Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff by Sean Penn. Drag Your GAN: Interactive Point-based Manipulation on the Generative Image Manifold. Meta's new AI models can recognize and produce speech for more than 1,000 languages. Adobe adds its Firefly AI image generator to Photoshop. Verified Twitter Accounts Spread AI-Generated Hoax of Pentagon Explosion. An A.I.-Generated Spoof Rattles the Markets. Picks:  Chris - Arc has a big launch tomorrow... Leo - Google Bard adds images for more visual responses. Mike - Three new tools attempt to fix news. Jeff - USC Optical Sound Effects Library. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: ZipRecruiter.com/twig fastmail.com/twit

WARNING: This episode examines the topic of self harm and suicide. Anyone dealing with these issues can find help by calling or texting 988 to connect with the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline or visiting the website to chat by going to 988lifeline.org.  Moderator Mayhem: A Content Moderation Game. OpenAI's Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing. Updating our inactive account policies. Universal Short Title Catalogue. TikTok Ban Signed in Montana, Paving Way for First Amendment Legal Battle. Where to preorder Amazon's new Echo Pop, Echo Show 5, and Echo Buds. Review: HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook is the best of ChromeOS. Uber puts family (even teens) at the center of its new products and features. After a 29-year run, Vice files for bankruptcy. Heather Armstrong, 'Queen of the Mommy Bloggers,' Is Dead at 47. Lithium battery fire and smoke incidents on airplanes worry pilots, flight attendants. Cord-Cutting Q1 2023: Pay-TV Ops Lose 2.3M Subs, Worst Quarter to Date. Pixel 7a's free Pixel Buds and case offer ends this weekend. Google Docs adding collapsible headings, custom building blocks. Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook are syncing up. Kind of. Google teases more Workspace AI: Gmail inbox org, Meet notes, Slides soundtrack maker. Android TV now has a 'Live' tab with free channels, just like Google TV. Pixel phones to gain new ringtone inspired by Kenny G. Picks:  Stacey - PSA: Older Wemo Smart Plugs Have Vulnerability That Leaves Them Open to Attack. Jeff - Rebranding the Wienermobile. Jeff - The World Talks. Ant - Early Morning Photo Contest Winners Announced. Ant - Don't Leave Home Without It. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: AWS Insiders - TWIG GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Everything announced at I/O Google I/O Keynote Google Search in Google Labs and Project Tailwinds What Really Made Geoffrey Hinton Into an AI Doomer Impressed by Google I/O Annoucements? Acapela AI New Pixel Hardware Google Fold watch party ad The Pixel Fold is Google's $1,800 entry into folding phones Wendy's, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI" UFO Hunters Built an Open-Source AI System To Scan The Skies Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams Your Kids Want Their Roblox Videogame Avatars to Look Hip. Aspiring Fashion Designers Are on the Case DEF CON to set thousands of hackers loose on LLMs Fortnite is now an Olympic esport Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker Microsoft Inks Deal to Use Fusion Energy by 2028 Google AMP: how Google tried to fix the web by taking it over Jeff thread on Verge Google AMP story Earth Could Soon Be More Detectable by Aliens, Study Says Is this the TWiG Blob? Humane shows off its concept (real or not) for a wearable AI-powered agent Why are Americans smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel? Blame TikTok. Picks: Stacey: Happy Mother's Day Jeff: Nirit's 7 ways AI coverage fails Ant: The TGU For EVERYONE To Try Ant: Thank You National Preps For Being Real Ant: Jacob Pruitt On The Rise Ant: Jacob Pruitt - Champion and New School Record   Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: Melissa.com/twit

Bluesky buzz: Why the social media platform is being called the next Twitter.  The Best Dressed Stars From the 2023 Met Gala.  Google accounts now support passkeys for password-free sign-in.  Google plans to add end-to-end encryption to Authenticator.  For Bluesky to thrive, it needs sex workers and Black Twitter.  Chrome replacing HTTPS lock icon with Material You redesign.  Pornhub Blocks All of Utah From Its Site. Writers Guild On Strike Against Hollywood Studios As Contract Talks With Fail.  Vice Is Said to Be Headed for Bankruptcy.  'The Godfather of AI' Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead.  IBM to Pause Hiring for 'Back-Office' Jobs That AI Could Kill.  Edtech Chegg tumbles as ChatGPT threat prompts revenue warning.  Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and Our Search for Meaning: Oliver Sacks on ChatGPT, 30 Years Before ChatGPT.  Why Chatbots Are Not the Future.  Google Photos is getting a more powerful search.  Stability introduces AI that can incorporate text into images.  LinkedIn Cofounder Reid Hoffman Launches a ChatGPT Rival. Kamala Harris to discuss A.I. in meeting with Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs. A Brain Scanner Combined with an AI Language Model Can Provide a Glimpse into Your Thoughts.  New Standard for Car Entry Using Your Smartphone (UWB and Bluetooth).  Bluesky codes for sale for $150+  Publishers insist platforms owe them money for linking to them but whine when they don't link.  Gmail is adding a blue checkmark to better verify senders.  Google officially teases the Pixel 7a, confirming May 11 availability.  Your Google TV Just Got a Nice Performance and Storage Boost.  Nest Hub 2nd Gen updates to Google's Fuchsia operating system.  Android 13 with May security patch live; download Pixel OTA image now. YouTube Music is officially launching podcasts in the US on Android, iOS, and the web. Picks:  Stacey - UnaBell, Smart Button for IoT.  Jeff - Apple's Unionized Store Workers Seek Tips and Higher Holiday Pay.  Jeff - a font of type (Ryan Cordell's U of I class)  Ant - Black Community Version of Succession?  Ant - The Michael Jordan of YouTube? (bad pun, I know) Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: Miro.com/podcast

Alphabet reports revenue and earnings beat for first quarter. Only 28 legacy verified users signed up for Twitter Blue hours after Elon Musk removed their checkmarks. Elon Musk Figured Out the Media's Biggest Weakness. Facebook Made BuzzFeed, Then Killed It. Jonah and the Whale. Traffic by Ben Smith. Pichai teases AI, Pixel, and Android at Google I/O 2023. Nate Silver Out at 538, ABC News as Disney Layoffs Hit ABC News. These celebrities 'subscribed to Twitter Blue.' Except they're dead. Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again. Jarvis thread on further research regarding teens and social media. Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms. Meta Reports First Quarter 2023 Results. Tucker Carlson's Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News. Look Out, Tesla, There's a Really Tiny Competitor in Your Rearview Mirror. U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media. School Chromebooks are creating huge amounts of e-waste. Tesla wins lawsuit over Autopilot Model S crash. Video of the Pixel Fold. AI-generated Drake song is an insult to the artistry of hip-hop. Grimes invites people to use her voice in AI songs. Google Authenticator finally, mercifully adds account syncing for two-factor codes. Google on why Authenticator sync isn't E2E encrypted, but the option is coming later. Google Messages starts showing end-to-end encryption for RCS group chats out of beta. Google is making it much easier to search for tools in Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Google ups Chromebook privacy with a new camera and mic switch. Google Bard can now write, debug, and explain code. Google Assistant will stop speaking after turning on smart home devices. Picks: Stacey - Aqara Adds Presence Sensor FP2 to its Smart Sensor Portfolio. Leo - Mouthpad: The world's first available hands-free touchpad. Jeff - EXTREMELY ONLINE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF FAME, INFLUENCE, AND POWER ON THE INTERNET by Taylor Lorenz. Jeff - Google median income: $279,500. Ant - My Big Round World: (in a Little Square Book) by Shawn Powers. Ant - Much Respect For Mr. Sharpe and His Work. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: ZipRecruiter.com/twig CDW.com/HPE meraki.cisco.com/twit

Panic at Google: Samsung considers dumping search for Bing and ChatGPT. Samsung can't dump Google for Bing as the default search engine on its phones. Why Samsung Doesn't Want You to Use Google Apps. AI could cause a mass-extinction of languages — and ways of thinking. AI science search engines are exploding in number — are they any good? 'Overemployed' Hustlers Exploit ChatGPT To Take On Even More Full-Time Jobs. Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals. Google's Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say. '60 Minutes' Made a Shockingly Wrong Claim About a Google AI. Google to launch its first foldable phone, the 'Pixel Fold,' in June. Sources: Pixel Tablet will have 8GB of RAM, four colors, and this included dock. Report: Pixel 7a will cost $499, Pixel 6a will continue at a reduced price. Nilay Patel's devastating interview with Chris Best. Bluesky is my favorite Twitter clone yet. Bluesky's CEO wants to build a Musk-proof, decentralized version of Twitter. Thousands fled to Mastodon after Musk bought Twitter. Are they still 'tooting'? NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media'. AI makes up a duet with Drake & The Weeknd (nobody to complain about taking it down but publishers want to block AI). Reddit Wants to Get Paid for Helping to Teach Big A.I. Systems. Amazon releases photo dataset to program robots to replace crappy pick-and-pack Amazon jobs. Bainbridge ferry: "Abandon ship!". It's now 'Google Fi Wireless' with redesigned app, icon, and more smartwatches. You can now redeem Play Points for Google shirts, socks, water bottles, and more. Nest Thermostat gets Matter support today, including Apple Home compatibility. Google Chat rolling out Material You web redesign. This College Football Program Mined Fanatics Consumer Data to Fuel a $1 Million Boost in Ticket Sales. Will smart medicine drive privacy legislation? It should. Picks: Stacey - Era 300: The Stereo Speaker With Dolby Atmos. Jeff - Americans mostly believe the news they hear on podcasts. Jeff - Last two computer magazines are dead. Ant - LumaTouch Adds Multicam Support. Ant - Shout Out To Mr. Terrell. Jason - Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls by Lisa Damour Ph.D. Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meraki.cisco.com/twit GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT

Google is No Longer Supporting These Five-Year-Old Devices. Google ending Works with Nest & Dropcam support, Nest Secure owners getting free ADT system. The Fitbit-to-Google account migration will start this summer. Google Home's latest update provides more control over your smart appliances. Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. Discover more than 800 free TV channels with Google TV. The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation. The importance of disclosure in generative AI. 'We have to move fast': US looks to establish rules for artificial intelligence. Create AI by describing it. Use AI to create short-form video. Get Your Kids to Love Reading with Choose-Your-Own Adventures, powered by GPT-4! Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter. Instagram Founders' News App Artifact Adds 'Reputation Scores' and Comments. Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban. TikTok sister app Lemon8 surges in U.S. Samsung to cut chip production as profits plunge by 96%. PC market faces another inflection point. Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta. Twitter reveals some of its source code, including its recommendation algorithm. Google rolling out Android 14 Beta 1 for Pixel phones. Pixel 7 April update fixes Bluetooth unpairing, and improves Macro Focus. Google is working on 'Find My Device' feature even when the phone is turned off. Google Will Require Android Developers to Make It Easier to Delete Your Account Data. Android devices can now automatically archive little-used apps. Google releases 'Cross-Device Services' on Play Store, which will power Chromebook app streaming. Google prohibits personal loan apps from accessing user photos and contacts. Picks: Stacey - Homey Hub. Jeff - Why are news outlets putting their podcasts on YouTube? Ant - I'm Jealous of #Hardhead. Jason - A deck of cards. Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit meraki.cisco.com/twit

Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired? FTC Twitter Investigation Sought Elon Musk's Internal Communications, Journalist Names. Olauncher. Minimal AF Launcher. YouTubers can swear at the start of videos again without getting demonetized. Gigi Sohn, Biden FCC nominee withdraws, following bruising lobbying battle. 'Slavery was wrong' and 5 other things some educators won't teach anymore. Google I/O 2023 takes place on May 10. Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online. How AI Generates New Images: GANs Put Simply. The privacy loophole in your doorbell. Rest of World receives a $200,000 grant from Ford Foundation to expand coverage of how tech is impacting workers. Fitbit is getting rid of the best reasons to use a Fitbit, which is a big mistake. Florida bill would require bloggers who write about the governor to register with the state. Biden's national cybersecurity strategy advocates tech regulation, and software liability reform. A New 'M*A*S*H' Scene: Written by ChatGPT, Read by Hawkeye and B.J. 20% of YCombinator classes are built on machine learning. ChatGPT enters slack; the machine plays office politics. Prepare for the Textpocalypse by Matthew Kirschenbaum. Farewell to a tech brand of which I'll always be proud. Vox Media is "retiring the Recode branding" today. CNET editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo steps down for AI-generated content role. March 2023 Pixel Feature Drop changelog leaks out. Google rolling out Android 14 Developer Preview 2. Blurry subway photos may offer our latest Pixel Fold leak. Here's everything new in Android 14 Developer Preview 2 [Gallery]. Google begins rolling out its new look for Docs and other Workspace apps. Google One brings VPN to $1.99/month plan, adding dark web info monitoring. Pixel Buds Pro spatial audio with head tracking update rolling out. Android 15's dessert is apparently 'Vanilla Ice Cream'. Google launches the new Google Trends portal. Google Chrome is making it easier to delete autofill data. Picks: Stacey - COVID Leo - Opal C1 Leo - Camo Jeff - The New Gatekeepers by Benedict Evans. Ant - Peak Design TRAVEL BACKPACK 45L. Ant - FINALLY coming to "TV". Silo series based on books by Hugh Howey. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit Miro.com/podcast

Elon Musk's reach on Twitter is dropping — he just fired a top engineer over it. Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first. Google's AI chatbot, Bard, sparks a $100 billion loss in Alphabet shares. Eight Research Papers That Set Off the AI Boom. What Is ChatGPT Doing ... and Why Does It Work? How, why and when generative AI will kill the search engine. writeGPT - OpenAI's GPT prompt assistant. From Bing to Sydney – Stratechery by Ben Thompson. This artist is dominating AI-generated art. And he's not happy about it. Google Launches Privacy Sandbox for Android Beta Test. Google Drive adding stylus and finger PDF annotation on Android. YouTube TV subscribers will get a discount on NFL Sunday Ticket, access launches September 10. Google Fiber rolling out $125/month 5 Gig service in 4 cities. Picks: Stacey - Radio Garden. Mike - Wikenigma. Mike - StealthGPT. Ant - Centralized vs Decentralized on FLOSS Weekly. Ant - Tiktok Since Mr. Jarvis is Off This Week. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: eightsleep.com/twit GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT Miro.com/podcast

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 Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast eightsleep.com/twit

Google closing some micro kitchens Google issuing Chromebooks to employees as part of cost-cutting measures Google Drive Imposes 5 Million Item Cap, Even if You Have Storage Space Left Google Rescinds 5 Million Item Limit on Drive Lawmakers are clueless about social media. They'll regulate it anyway Bloomberg builds its own LLM, trained on financial data Three things everyone's getting wrong about AI Midjourney Ends Its Free Trial After Fake Images Go Viral AI guys are the new crypto guys Meta releases AI model that can identify items within images Amazon just opened up its Sidewalk network for anyone to build connected gadgets on Ding Dong. Live Audio is dying. Remember Clubhouse? After disrupting businesses, Google Drive's secret file cap is dead for now. Google launches ads transparency center. Google Search gets new travel features, including a 'price guarantee' tool for flights. Google Pixel Tablet arrives at FCC, revealing UWB connectivity YouTube channel pages add a dedicated 'Podcasts' tab The Google Now Launcher is fully shutting down 10 years later Google is trying to make sure apps let you delete your account Picks: Ant's Picks: Pull UP Ant's Pick: Have a Laugh Jeff's Pick: Companies young people hope to work at Jeff's Pick: Tech layoff numbers Glenn's Pick: AirTag combination lock carabiner: Raptic Link& Lock Mikah's Pick: Nite Ize Keyrack, Carabiner Key Chain Hosts: Mikah Sargent, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Glenn Fleishman Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: meraki.cisco.com/twit Miro.com/podcast

OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model. Silicon Valley Bank is imploding, prompting bank run. T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds' Mint Mobile in a $1.35 billion deal. OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model (again). Grammarly adds ChatGPT-like AI to create text in your writing style, outlines, and more. Gmail, Google Docs, and more are getting ChatGPT-like generative AI features. Facebook's Powerful Large Language Model Leaks Online. Microsoft Lays Off Team That Taught Employees How to Make AI Tools Responsibly. The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) presents Stochastic Parrots Day. Google opens up its AI language model PaLM to challenge OpenAI and GPT-3. Carrot Weather gets a snarky ChatGPT update. Nabla, a digital health startup, launches Copilot, using GPT-3 to turn patient conversations into action. Rent Going Up? One Company's Algorithm Could Be Why. TikTok now offers a feed dedicated to science and tech. Meta is working on a decentralized social app. Gowalla returns to see if location-based networking is ready for its mainstream moment. Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT. Google has discontinued the Glass Enterprise Edition. YouTube TV Multiview lets you watch up to 4 games in preview for March Madness. Google Play will now machine translate Android apps for free. Google Workspace is getting a price increase and other changes. March Pixel Feature Drop with Android 13 QPR2 is now rolling out. Stranded on a mountain, he tied his phone to a drone to text for help. Meta layoffs: Facebook owner to cut 10,000 staff. A Look Inside Elon Musk's $50,000 Prefab Tiny House. The Biden administration demands that TikTok be sold or risk a nationwide ban. Picks: Stacey - Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock Hardcover by Jenny Odell. Jeff - Kottke.org Is 25 Years Old Today, and I'm Going to Write About It. Jeff - Lifehacker sold by G/O to Ziff Davis. Jeff - Here's Everything That Happened at the #BlackTwitterSummit. Jeff - The Color Printer. Mike - ChatPDF. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Stacey Higginbotham Guest: Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT eightsleep.com/twit

Elon Musk and Others Call for Pause on A.I., Citing 'Risks to Society' Richard Stallman's thoughts on ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence, and their impact on humanity The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library #TikTokBan videos have 1.7b views on TikTok Random stupid moment from Tiktok hearing Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online The secret list of Twitter VIPs getting boosted over everyone else Norwegian company says TikTok data center is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94 Utah governor signs laws requiring parents' consent for minors to use social media. William Wulf obit Original Intel business model and NSF Net History Maryland court reinstates murder conviction of 'Serial' subject Adnan Syed The Pope and the puffer coat Amazon delivery driver goes viral for dropping off package during a police standoff in North Carolina. Rupert Murdoch's next wife is from Petaluma Glenn's Pick: Everything But the Bagel Potato Chips Jeff's Pick: Kevin's review of the HP Dragonfly Pro Chromebook Jeff's Pick: My Ontario TVO debate Ant's Pick: Put These At Your Desk Ant's Pick: Get 'Em Bonica Follow The Laporte's Vacation Photos Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Glenn Fleishman Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: CDW.com/HPE

A TikTok corner just for Stacey (h/t @[email protected]) DPReview.com to close: Digital Photography Review Archive Team to Backup DPReview Stacey's AI Tweet The Age of AI has begun Bill Gates Leo Gets BARD Google Bard Sign-up Looking at New Midjourney ChatGPT Radio! Adobe Intro's Generative AI into Creative Cloud - Firefly Follow The Laportes on Vacation - Polarsteps Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead (2021) Libby is stuck between libraries and publishers in the e-book war Google finds 18 zero-day vulnerabilities in Samsung Exynos chipsets Google Workspace ambush and fix Support for Google Workspace #nocost Reid Hoffman wrote a book with GPT-4 Stochastic Parrots Day video Bellingcat founder Believes He Was Banned From Midjourney After His AI Images Of Donald Trump Getting Arrested Went Viral. CEO on TikTok in DC Lawmakers say TikTok is a national security threat, but evidence remains unclear. Blackberry, the trailer Have your cake and print it: the 3D culinary revolution is coming Google Kills Jacquard Stacey's Pick - Tapo TP-Link Matter Plug Leo's Pick - LoFi Air Traffic Control Jeff's Pick - The Vesuvius Challenge Ant's Pick - 50% Off an Annual Subscription to Particle Illusion by Boris FX (use code PIPLUGIN50) Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: bitwarden.com/twit

Some Initial Thoughts On The Supreme Court Oral Arguments In Gonzalez: Non-Experts Might Still Make A Mess Of Things, But Without Understanding Why. Quick Debrief on the Gonzalez v. Google Oral Arguments. Cathy's Amicus brief. Supreme Court Wrestles With Suit Claiming Twitter Aided Terrorists. What happened to the K9YO pico balloon? Shot down by an F-22 Raptor. The maze is in the mouse. What ails Google. And how it can turn... Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan. NPR says it's cutting jobs by 10% as ad revenue drops. Mark Zuckerberg - Good morning and new product... Inside Meta's Push to Solve the Noisy Office. Google Reassessing Timeline for Massive San Jose Campus. German government banned from operating Facebook page. Flooded with AI-created content, a sci-fi magazine suspends submissions. Mercedes partners with Google to bring Maps and YouTube into its vehicles. Subway planning EV charging oasis. Now if it were Taco Bell... Google Messages is finally just calling it 'RCS'. Google's long-awaited Tasks and Reminders consolidation starts in March. ChromeOS 110 rolling out: Super Resolution Audio, Select-to-speak, channels labels, more. Acer Chromebook 516 GE. Google Weather gets an accidental dark theme via the Android System Webview update. Google Chrome rolls out Memory and Energy Saver modes. Picks: Cathy - Montalbano. Jeff - AI.com now takes you to ChatGpt. Jeff - Never use a URL shortening service - even if you own it. Ant - Borix FX Particle Illusion Updated. Ant - Hagibis USB-C Hub with Hard Drive Enclosure. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: CDW.com/HPE

Our Growing TikTok Moral Panic Still Isn't Addressing The Actual Problem. U.S. House panel approves bill giving Biden power to ban TikTok. Apple Watch potential ban: What you need to know. All about Salt_Hank's upcoming cookbook. YouTube's new head talks 2023 priorities, including AI, podcasting, Shorts and more. Microsoft brings its new AI-powered Bing to the Windows 11 taskbar. OpenAI Is Now Everything It Promised Not to Be: Corporate, Closed-Source, and For-Profit. Planning for AGI and beyond. You Are Not a Parrot And a chatbot is not a human. And a linguist named Emily M. Bender is very worried what will happen when we forget this. Flipboard joins the Fediverse with a Mastodon integration and community, plans for ActivityPub. Talking about the diminishing drive to share on social media. Jack Dorsey-backed Twitter alternative Bluesky hits the App Store as an invite-only app. YouTube video causes Pixel phones to instantly reboot. In latest round of Twitter cuts, some see hints of its next CEO. Elon Musk's defense of Scott Adams shows why he is misguided and dangerous. Elon Musk Reportedly Building 'Based AI' Because ChatGPT Is Too Woke. Mozilla leads Mastodon app Mammoth's pre-seed funding. Google Drops 9 New Android and Wear OS Features. Google Chrome's new zoom on mobile blows things up by up to 300 percent. Google Keep's new Android widget makes it easier to check off items on your to-do list. Android is adding support for eSIM transfer between devices. Chrome tweaked to improve memory use & battery life on MacBook. Waymo starts autonomous testing in LA with no human driver. Google's bringing Magic Eraser to all Google One subscribers — including iPhone users. Gmail's client-side encryption is now available to more businesses. Google rolls out fall detection on the Pixel Watch. Your Google Docs are about to look a little bit different. Picks: Jason - Artifact for Android. Jeff - Jeff with teenage look filter. Ant - New Affordable Amaran COB S-Series Lights. Ant - How Y'all Doing by Leslie Jordon. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Ant Pruitt, and Jason Howell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: fastmail.com/twit

Shift Happens: A book about keyboards by Marcin Wichary. Matias Tactile Pro. I Tried Microsoft's New AI-Powered Bing. Search Will Never Be the Same. Google unveils its own ChatGPT-like AI chatbot. Bret Taylor starts AI company; Google VP joins. Twitter Places Limits on Tweet Frequency, Impacting Business and Individual Accounts. Google's AI chatbot Bard makes factual error in first demo. Twitter execs acknowledge mistakes with Hunter Biden laptop story but say no government involvement. Elon Musk Found Not Liable in Trial Over Tweets Proposing to Take Tesla Private. Google will soon blur explicit images by default in search results. Google is adding some new features for EVs with built-in Google Maps. Google winds down feature that put playable podcasts directly in search results. Google launches Android 14 Developer Preview for Pixel. Jason Howell reviews the OnePlus 11 5G. Harvard Misinformation Expert Joan Donovan Forced to Leave by Kennedy School Dean, Sources Say. Picks: Stacey - Sunnyside - Healthier Drinking Habits That Fit Your Lifestyle. Jeff - Watch our new Fixed on Pixel ad ahead of the big game. Jeff - Coffee for Ant. Ant - Early Mornings Photo Contest. Ant - Shout out to TWiG Listener. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and Ant Pruitt Guest: Glenn Fleishman Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit fastmail.com/twit eightsleep.com/twit