Craig Newmark the Pigeon Man / more AI MusicBoston Dynamics' Atlas humanoid robot goes electricMarques Brownlee calls the Humane AI pin "the worst product I've ever reviewed."limitless aibrilliant.xyzMaria Cantwell wants a privacy law. She's been one of its biggest obstacles.Experts Provide Early Analysis of the American Privacy Rights ActUnclear Protections in the American Privacy Rights Act Not Worth Broad PreemptionGoogle tests stopping news links in California because of CJPAWhoops! Computer error leads to wrong couple getting divorcedHey, Paris: How Neopets' nostalgic revival tripled users in six monthsAmazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills, disappointing dozensPanic-as-a-Business is ExpandingCrypto Trader Searched Web for 'Fraud' Before $110 Million Haul'Eat the future, pay with your face': my dystopian trip to an AI burger jointReady for a Chatbot Version of Your Favorite Instagram Influencers?Prophet SongStrands, the superior NYT gameCow magnetsVinod 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.comjoindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWITcachefly.com/twit

Google Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini MishapsThe Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean IslandFCC chair rejects call to impose Universal Service fees on broadbandTalking about the old internetJeff's paper on the California Journalism Preservation ActTwitter's Clumsy Pivot to X.com Is a Gift to PhishersElon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares popSF Giants using facial recognition tech to fast-track ticket lineNYC Chicken Shop Replaces Cashier With Woman in Philippines On ZoomFirst look at federal privacy billInstagram Generated Almost 30% of Meta's Revenue in Early 2022Elon Musk's 'self-inflicted wounds' and other highlights from a newly released deposition5 Workspace announcements from Google Cloud Next '24Fitbit app rolling out redesigned Sleep statsGoogle's Nest Secure is shut down — and you've got options besides ADTGoogle brings AI-powered editing tools, like Magic Editor, to all Google Photos users for freeThe wonderful world of TaskmasterAlso! A report from the teens at PS 47Mario meets ParetoSuno 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 TWITfastmail.com/twitMelissa.com/twit

The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness?Here Are the Cable News Ratings for March 2024Why YouTube Decided to Take Over Cable TelevisionYouTube 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' Lawsuit20 years of GmailAT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak onlineYahoo is acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo NewsAmazon's Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout TechGoogle is Bringing Gemini Nano to Pixel 8 and Circle to Search to More DevicesTips for Linking Shell Companies to their Secret OwnersGoogle to Fight Cookie Hijacking With Encryption Keys for Chrome BrowserTaco Bell and Pizza Hut Are Going 'AI-First,' Yum's New Tech Chief SaysJon Stewart claims Apple wouldn't let him interview FTC chair on his podcastApple sues former iOS engineer for allegedly leaking Vision Pro, Journal app detailsVery good by Katie Harbath: Digging Into Ten Overused Tech TropesHume, an "empathic" voice-to-voice AI chatbotHarvard Releases the Caselaw Access ProjectAnt: 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

Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90Andrew Huberman's Mechanisms of ControlBill Maher to Launch Podcast NetworkVinyl records outsell CDs for the second year runningAI news that's fit to printHow Google uses AI to improve global flood forecastingElon Musk requires 'FSD' demo for every prospective Tesla buyer in North America8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here's the Inside StoryBBC develops AI plans and talks to Big Tech over archives accessDozens of Top Scientists Sign Effort to Prevent A.I. BioweaponsCollective AI' expected to resemble Star Trek's Borg — only nicer (hopefully)Microsoft's new era of AI PCs will need a Copilot key, says IntelMicrosoft Agreed to Pay Inflection $650 Million While Hiring Its StaffScientists turn to AI to make beer taste even betterVernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79Here's why AI search engines really can't kill GoogleInstagram co-founders' AI-powered news app Artifact may not be shutting down after allIntercept sues OpenAI not on copyright but on DMCAGoogle Chat rolling out voice messages for WorkspaceGemini in Google Messages beta rolling out for someGoogle's newest office has AI designers toiling in a Wi-Fi desertGeneral Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data BrokersCritics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the PointELON MUSK FOUGHT GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE — WHILE PROFITING OFF GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCEMIT 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 XLShine by Sunshine on the App StoreGood by David Kaye on the risks of internet regulationRon DeSantis signs bill requiring parental consent for kids under 16 to hold social media accountsTennessee Adopts ELVIS Act, Protecting Artists' Voices From AI ImpersonationApple's Journal appThe fish doorbell'Beyond our wildest dreams': How the Forward removed its paywall – and generated 37% more revenue New Google NY office has foot-washing stationSign 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/zerotrustAIbitwarden.com/twit

Matt Levine attracts online ire for column, 'Slorg Is Sorry He Burnt Slerf'AI Prompt Engineering Is Dead Long live AI prompt engineeringSam 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 GeminiMikah & Jeff react to nVidia eventOpenAI is expected to release a 'materially better' GPT-5 for its chatbot mid-yearOpenAI's chatbot store is filling up with spamThe Check Up with Google HealthBig changes at Inflection AI & MicrosoftFrom the mind that brought you 'Livvy Just Rizzed Up Baby Gronk,' an important updateFestival crowd boos San Francisco techies over 'AI is a culture' videoThe End of Evangelion in theatersLandline Users Remain Proudly 'Old-Fashioned' in the Digital AgeMinders App 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:zscaler.com/zerotrustAIrocketmoney.com/twigcachefly.com/twit

Told You So: Amazon, Google Quietly Tamp Down Generative AI ExpectationsEuropean Lawmakers Approve Landmark AI LegislationTikTok Will Use Every Legal Tool to Fight a Forced Saleex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick expressed interest in buying TikTok, floated the idea of partnering w/ Sam Altman and othersAutomakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance CompaniesKarl Bode breaks it down at TechDirtEd's podcast episode about Musk's Uncharitable CharityElon boots a Don Lemon show after a tough interviewTrump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth SocialNew 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 widelyThe DisruptorsAP launches e-commerce site with TaboolaLast 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/twitrocketmoney.com/twig

OpenAI and Elon MuskSomething Like FireFormer Twitter Executives Sue Musk Over Unpaid SeveranceSpain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbsLife House CEO Departs After The Information's Report on CompanySouth Korean streamers struggle with Twitch's sudden exitHere Come the AI WormsOpen letter: A Safe Harbor for Independent AI EvaluationMicrosoft engineer who raised concerns about Copilot image creator pens letter to the FTCPixel phones just got next-gen call screeningComplying with the Digital Markets ActGOOGLE PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW APP STORE CALLED "APP MALL" FOR CHROMEOSGoogle is starting to squash more spam and AI in search resultsGoogle Maps is testing a feature that shows you where to enter a buildingGoogle Business Profile websites are now redirected to Google MapsPixel feature drop: New productivity tools and advanced health features6 updates to Waze to help you get around safely and convenientlySatellite SOS showing up on some Pixel phonesclassvsoftware/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 sitePaying with VisionProWhen 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/twigbabbel.com/twig

Gemini and Google's CultureKlarna says its OpenAI virtual assistant does the work of 700 humansOpenAI says New York Times 'hacked' ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuitTyler Perry halts $800m studio expansion after being shocked by AIKids left disappointed by Willy Wonka theme park griftGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin sued over a plane crash that killed two pilots last yearMWC 2024: Motorola's Rollable Concept phone laughs at your silly foldablePeering through Lenovo's transparent laptop into a sci-fi futureSamsung unveils the Galaxy Ring as a way to 'simplify everyday wellness'The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn'tNew bitcoin spot ETF trading volume sets daily record, besting launch daySupreme Court Arguments on Social Media Laws Are ScrutinizedNevada sues to deny kids access to Meta's Messenger encryptionThird 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 outageReddit files to list IPO on NYSE under the ticker RDDTJensen Huang, CEO of #Nvidia, argues that we should stop saying kids should learn to code.Doomsters write another letterWear OS is revamping notifications to improve battery lifeGoogle brings Gemini to Messages and adds AI text summaries for Android AutoChrome's new AI feature can help you write on the webMeta Wants Llama 3 to Handle Contentious Questions as Google Grapples With Gemini BacklashGoogle Maps is finally making glanceable directions widely availableSome Kind of HeavenMom'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

Introducing Molly WhiteReddit Is Said to Sign AI Content Licensing Deal Ahead of IPOQuora raised $75M from a16z to grow Poe, its AI chat bot platformEnd 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 yearsAir Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline's chatbotSam Altman Seeks Trillions of Dollars to Reshape Business of Chips and AIHow Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFreshWalmart agrees to buy Vizio to grow ad businessNielsen crowns YouTube #1 Streamer in America 12 months straight!Untranslatable foreign wordsMolly on Sam Bankman-FriedInside the Funding Frenzy at Anthropic, One of A.I.'s Hottest Start-UpsKids Online Safety Act secures enough support to pass SenateNew Google sign inWaze new features'Rat Dck' Among Gibberish AI Images Published in Science JournalTikTokker vs her breakdancing bitcoin dadMathematical and Puzzle Fonts/Typefaces - Leo's Pickchocolate 3-d printer'I love to twirl the cord': the young people pushing for a landline renaissancewiki edit warsChatGPT 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

Leo opens his copy of "Shift Happens"Nvidia CEO calls for "Sovereign AI" as his firm overtakes Amazon in market valueSarah Silverman's copyright infringement suit against OpenAI will advance in pared-down formThe rise of obituary spamBiden administration taps Gina Raimondo to direct new AI Safety InstituteUniversity of Pennsylvania announces first AI undergrad degreeWhen Your Technical Skills Are Eclipsed, Your Humanity Will Matter More Than Ever"Societal misalignments" could pose AI dangers, OpenAI CEO saysZuckerberg says Quest 3 is 'the better product' vs. Apple's Vision ProTikTok tunnel girl says project at Northern Virginia home is moving alongEveryone keeps asking me to talk about this Tunnel Guy so I'm finally doing itNew Mass Gmail Rejections To Start April 2024, Google SaysGoogle One AI Premium is $19.99/month with Gemini AdvancedA crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San FranciscoOver Three Decades, Tech Obliterated MediaThe Web Design Museum on Instagramohmygit.orgin 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/twitMiro.com/podcastkolide.com/twig