This Week in Google with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Jun 7th 2023

This Week in Google 719

Bromides and Bluster

Air quality, Apple Vision Pro, YouTube misinformation, US sues Coinbase

Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 22:00 UTC.
Category: News
  • 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.

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