This Week in Tech

May 7th 2023

This Week in Tech 926

Bias, Hallucinations, and Jail Breaks

Hosted by Leo Laporte

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

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Category: News

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

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

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