Intelligent Machines (Audio)

Interview with Ray Kurzweil Liquid eggs? NYC bodegas have new strategy to keep bacon, egg and cheese prices down Google announces Gemini Robotics for building general purpose robots DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold origami and close Ziploc bags An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, repeated false claims from a pro-Kremlin disinformation network 33% of the time A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly AI Tries To Cheat At Chess When It's Losing - Slashdot AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance Pokemon Go is getting a new owner after almost 9 years with Niantic Robots That Don't Walk Are Making Strides Amazon has more than 750,000 robots that sort, lift, and carry packages—see them in action TikTok will play 'calming music' to remind teens to stop using the app FCC chair asks if YouTube TV 'discriminates against faith-based programming' OpenAI says it has trained an AI that's 'really good' at creative writing Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars' The Senate approves Gail Slater, President Trump's pick to lead the DOJ's antitrust unit, by a 78-19 vote; she has been critical of power in the tech industry Times profile of Jessica Lessin Gen-Zers are turning to DVDs instead of streaming their favorite movies Wonder Acquires Media Company Tastemade for $90 Million Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Ray Kurzweil Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: monarchmoney.com with code IM threatlocker.com/twit get.stash.com/machines

Interview with Gary Marcus Turing Award Goes to 2 Pioneers of Artificial Intelligence Meta Discusses AI Data Center Project That Could Cost $200 Billion Satya Nadella Argues AI's True Value Will Come When It Finds Killer App Akin To Email or Excel Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 27-Year-Old EXE Became Python In Minutes. Is AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Next? - Slashdot Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice What to know about deepfakes bill backed by Melania Trump Digg is getting another revival, this time with an injection of AI Google lets Americans delete their search results 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Alexis Ohanian Joins Project Liberty's TikTok Bid YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content Skype is shutting down after two decades LATimes insights page PDF example from the LATimes Gebru: "🔇🔇🔇 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AGI AND ATTEMPTING TO BUILD IT IS A EUGENICIST, POWER CENTRALIZATION PROJECT THAT NO ONE SHOULD SUPPORT." The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects Masnick: Announcing Otherwise Objectionable: A Podcast Series About The Most Misunderstood Law On The Internet 18F demolished AI.com Is for Sale. Asking Price? $100 Million Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce new 'AI Phone' priced at under $1K Vintage Computer Festival East Mimeartist is watching us on the big tv Amazon's Delivery Drones Are Grounded. The Birds and Dogs of This Texas Town Are Grateful Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Dr. Gary Marcus Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit uscloud.com zscaler.com/security

Interview with Stephen Wolfram OpenAI now serves 400M users every week Nvidia's Profit Jumps 80 Percent as Company Rides Tech's A.I. Boom Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus Artists release silent album in protest against AI using their work AI 'inspo' is everywhere. It's driving your hair stylist crazy. Nvidia launches Signs, a new AI platform to teach American Sign Language and create a validated dataset for sign language learners and ASL app developers Here's How Four Major Newsrooms Are Using AI Google sued by Chegg over AI Overviews hurting traffic and revenue Perplexity wants to reinvent the web browser with AI—but there's fierce competition Perplexity releases a censorship-free variant of Deepseek R1 To Identify Suspect in Idaho Killings, F.B.I. Used Restricted Consumer DNA Data Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's "AI for sweatshops" demo goes viral Grok 3's "sexy mode" Grok 3 appears to have briefly censored unflattering mentions of Trump and Musk When Your Last Name Is Null, Nothing Works Nebraska Man Struggles to Change Daughter's Name From 'Unakite Thirteen Hotel' Touch grass Bracket City Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Stephen Wolfram Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT get.stash.com/machines canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT expressvpn.com/twit

Interview with the founders of Bee.computer Would Paris or Jeff get a Bee? Scarlett Johansson Urges Government to Limit A.I. After Faked Video of Her Opposing Kanye West Goes Viral Microsoft announces quantum computing breakthrough with new Majorana 1 chip A 'Teleportation' Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here Google's AI Efforts Marred by Turf Disputes Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, releases its latest flagship model, Grok 3 Marcus: Elon Musk's terrifying vision for AI Richard Feynman: Can Machines Think? The Humane AI Pin: A $700 Brick of E-Waste AI Notetakers In Meetings Are Making Me Queasy - Bloomberg AI Designs Plastic-Digesting Enzyme Nikola, Electric Truck Maker, Files for Bankruptcy Google Lens powering new 'Screen Search' in Chrome for iOS Extra Finger ring On Probabilism and Determinism in AI My Life in Weeks by Gina Trapani A delightful look into the Murdochs' Succession Drama James Murdoch interview Roasted Chicken Thighs With Hot Honey and Lime Leobait: Thermomix cult Australian lamb video with comments section Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guests: Ethan Sutin and Maria de Lourdes Zollo Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: zscaler.com/security

Elon Musk's Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up Trump plans to nominate Brian Quintenz, a16z Crypto's head of policy to lead the CFTC Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says TV has overtaken mobile as the "primary device for YouTube viewing in the US", indicating YouTube is "the new TV" Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US FYI related: Court Unplugs AI Fair Use Defense, But Context Is Key "Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed How Sam Altman outflanked Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump, including by telling Trump in a phone call that the tech industry will achieve AGI during his term Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition "Atrophied and Unprepared" The Strategy Behind Musk's $97 Billion Bid for OpenAI 'Doomers' Review: Hunkered Down, Debating the Peril and Promise of A.I. 25 Years of The Sims Turning Players Into Gods - The New York Times WikiTok BuzzFeed wants to fight AI-driven social media with a platform of its own Tesla sales dropped 60% in Germany Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: get.stash.com/machines

Interview with Zack Kass, Former GTM for Open AI Why you can deep-six the DeepSeek hype Gemini 2.0 is now available to everyone OpenAI has undergone its first ever rebrand, giving fresh life to ChatGPT interactions AI Has Shown Me My Future. Here's What I've Learned. Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek Hugging Face researchers aim to build an 'open' version of OpenAI's deep research tool Anthropic makes "jailbreak" advance to stop AI models producing harmful results WSJ: The Manhattan Project Was Secret. Should America's AI Work Be Too? EU AI Act: Ban on certain AI practices and requirements for AI literacy come into effect Cathy Gellis: When It's Not Just A Coup But A CFAA Violation Too a16z slides on AI and voice Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM's Audio Overviews and worked on Astra Meta's CTO said the metaverse could be a "legendary misadventure" if the company doesn't boost sales, leaked memo shows The Salvadoran Mega-Prison Offering to Take America's Worst Criminals Hilarious analyst on Tesla How the DJI Flip uses AI Marketers will have to market to AI agents AI systems could be "caused to suffer" if consciousness achieved, says research Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Mike Elgan Guest: Zack Kass Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: zscaler.com/security

Leo's AI Toys DeepSeek How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions Mark Zuckerberg post re: Llama 4 17th Century Death Roulette ☠️ Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates 23andMe might sell itself as it runs out of money The rise of 'influencer voice': Why this TikTok creator accent is taking over the internet and maybe the world Paris' new TV Scoldy Mastodon Pluralistic: It's not a crime if we do it with an app (25 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow Comcast unveils ultra-low lag Internet connection Dr. Barlow and HIllmanTok Philip Low, long-time friend and peer of Elon Musk, posts open letter calling him out for what he is. Why doesn't Siri know what it doesn't know? New Vatican document examines potential and risks of AI Technological puritanism All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot By Paris: Before Google's $2.7 Billion Deal With AI Startup, a Stark Warning on Safety The mayor of Merrymac Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google (and Intelligent Machines) at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

"Stargate" Squares Some AI Circles Old enough to remember Trump's Foxconn factory What Stargate Means and What It Doesn't Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law SkyTok, BlueSky's TikTok, made with Surf on ActivityPub The Second Trump Presidency, Brought to You by YouTubers Google will let you control your Chromebook with your face Walgreens replaced its refrigerator doors with digitized ad-laden glass. It might become a $200 million debacle Nokia's reaction to the iPhone The Ankler launches standalone trade publication on the creator economy Bassinet backlash reflects debate over adding fees to connected devices Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show The Whole World is Whining Netflix's UK Audience Reach Overtook BBC1 For The First Time Last Year Genrevision podcast Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: zscaler.com/security

Justice Kagan Acknowledges Bluesky, And Other Notes From The TikTok Oral Argument Alito and Playboy A Marriage Proposal Spoken Entirely in Office Jargon Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed Free our feeds fundraising The people should own the town square Lemley's post Google's 'Daily Listen' lab is a personalized podcast based on your Discover feed Leo's AI toys She Is in Love With ChatGPT Jawboning In Plain Sight: The Unconstitutional Censorship Tolerated By The DMCA Personalized voice recordings by Elwood "You've got mail!" Edwards American Psycho with Huey Lewis and Weird Al Physicists figure out the perfect Cacio e Pepe recipe Cursormania! Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Cathy Gellis Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a "community notes" system similar to X (30+) kottke.org: "oh s**t new logo just dropped" Masnick: The Good, The Bad, And The Stupid In Meta's New Content Moderation Policies Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down I watched the Nvidia keynote; can summarize -jj The Bitter Lesson Hank Green's Cripslock Test for AGI Public Domain Day 2025 CES 2025 New AI powered Samsung refrigerators will allow direct grocery ordering with Instacart Gemini is taking over Google TV - in a good way Google's AI Help Me Read feature Deepseek seems to be a big deal: Chinese model, cheaper to train Altman's latest gospel Choose your Silicon Valley Thinkbro Nicvember Post Mortum The Habermas Machine: AI mediating disagreements VPN Demand Surge in Florida after Adult Sites Age Restriction Kicks In Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: zscaler.com/security

Jeff's op-ed proposing that Bell Labs be turned into a Museum and School of the Internet Paris reveals her passion for pruning trees in NY Molly White's first appearance, stupid Wikipedia edit wars Ed Zitron's first appearance, elon's shady non-profits NYC apartment with a podcast studio What are cow magnets? Paris and Cathy, tab hoarders Paris digs into the source of the human cells used in a robotics experiment Craig stops by to talk about pancakes and his philanthopy Leo's audition for Megalopolis AI Genereated podcast of Paris' stories Paris getting her license to prune trees in NY Host: Leo Laporte Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to TikTok ban U.S. Weighs Ban on Chinese-Made Router in Millions of American Homes Personal Data of Rhode Island Residents Breached in Large Cyberattack YouTube TV increases price by $10 a month starting in January YouTube's year of the livingroom WordPress CEO Rage Quits Community Slack After Court Injunction Teens, Social Media and Technology 2024 NotebookLM gets a new look, audio interactivity and a premium version 1-800-ChatGPT Roose celebritizes Claude The weirdest job in AI Nvidia's $249 Jetson Nano supercomputer The Trouble With Searching Google for 'the Best' Joanna Stern book all about her Feeling at home? New app lets US homebuyers see neighbors' politics Masnick: Katie Couric Is Wrong: Repealing Section 230 Won't Stop Online Misinformation LFGSS and Microcosm shutting down 16th March 2025 (the day before the Online Safety Act is enforced) Seat patterns from public transports all around the world A compendium of transit tickets. Top uses of Claude (by country) Always Go To The Funeral Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Google introduces its new generative AI video model, Veo. TikTok is fighting back, seeking to pause the US ban pending a review from the Supreme Court. A judge is currently blocking the sale of Infowars to The Onion. And Leo and Jeff help Pars decide on the best gifts for a white elephant party. Google's new generative AI video model is now available. Google introduces A.I. agent that aces 15-day weather forecasts. Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip. Google is suing a federal regulator over supervision of its payment division. Hawk Tuah memecoin dumps 90% amid backlash over controversial launch. TikTok seeks to pause US ban pending Supreme Court review. Frank McCourt's Project Liberty advances bid for TikTok. The Supreme Court must intervene in the TikTok case. Bluesky teases paid subscription, Bluesky+, in new mockup. Are those drones over New Jersey? Sightings mount, and still no answers. Introducing Reddit answers. Cloudflare 2024 Year in Review. Instagram rolls out 'trial reels' that aren't shown to a creator's followers. Infowars sale to The Onion rejected by Federal bankruptcy judge. Debanking (and Debunking?) YouTube's new auto-dubbing feature is now available for knowledge-focused content. The AI We Deserve. New KOSA, same as old KOSA, but now with Elon's ignorant endorsement. 404 Media objects to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's subpoena to access our reporting. Casey Newton: The phony comforts of AI skepticism. WordPress parent company must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules. Bluesky stats! Advertising is stupid. AI is stupid. The singularity is never. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsor: INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100

Amazon is being sued over slow deliveries to lower-incomer areas. What is the Oxford University's 2024 word of the year? Canada's antitrust watchdog is suing Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in advertising. And Leo tries not to spend too long on the Google Changelog items. 'Hawk tuah' girl Haliey Welch launches crypto memecoin—but insists it's not a cash grab. Amazon sued over slow deliveries to low-income areas. Bluesky COO rejects idea upstart social app is 'left-leaning'. Australia bans social media for everyone under 16. What is Brain rot, the Oxford University 2024 word of the year? Intel stock wavers on CEO Pat Gelsinger's departure. FTC opens Microsoft antitrust investigation that Trump administration must carry on or drop. Canada's antitrust watchdog sues Google alleging anti-competitive conduct in advertising. FTC changes its telemarketing rules to cover growing 'tech support scam' calls. Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say. U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack that exposed live phone calls. No one is talking about ChatGPT anymore. Romans and cultural leaders criticize Airbnb's planned two-night Colosseum experience for up to 32 guests in May 2025, saying it will demean a cultural treasure. Google Chat rolling out audio 'Huddles' powered by Meet. Google Maps app showing incident reports from Waze. Gemini app rolling out 'Make calls and send message without unlocking'. Google Wallet for Wear OS adding corporate badges, campus IDs, and more. Pixel 6-9 now lets you check device temperature after 'Troubleshooting' update. Google's video generator comes to more customers. Google's beefing up Android app security, but not everyone's going to be happy. Google Photos rolling out 'Undo device backup' setting. Mikah's TATOFY for Magic Mouse 2 Grip Can the "Bookazine" save Magazines? Calculator Soup. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau Guest: Mikah Sargent Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit

Paris' stuffing recipe. Source: Google has canceled the Pixel Tablet 2, not the Tab 3. Meta gains steam in its push to make Apple, Google verify users' ages. A complex new age of face tech. Musk unleashes online army on federal workers. 'A tough way to find out she's losing her job.' Elon Musk admits X is making it harder for people to read news. Elon Musk's Twitter backers gain windfall from xAI deal. Google's new chess game lets you customize pieces with AI. Google's Black Friday sale features record low prices on Pixel, Nest, and more. Here's the full list of Gemini extensions and what they can do. Google's iOS app now injects links on third-party websites that go back to Search. Google Maps now does a better job of highlighting stairs. Holding Space for Defying Gravity. What Leo, Paris, and Jeff are thankful for with the Internet. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google 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 cachefly.com/twit

DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome to break search Monopoly. Trump's pick for FCC chair has vowed crackdown on big tech 'censorship'. Musk joined call between Trump, Google CEO. CFPB looks to place Google under federal supervision, setting up clash. What Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC pick, wrote in 'Project 2025' chapter. Bluesky tops 20M users, narrowing gap with Instagram Threads. Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app. Live Scam Detection in calls rolling out to Pixel 6-9 Phone app. Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-generated ad. Instagram will let you 'reset' your recommendations. Meta fined nearly €800mn for breaking EU law over classified ads practices. Meta's reward for providing free global communications? FTC lawsuit. Comcast to Spin Off Cable Networks, Including MSNBC and CNBC. Google fixes Chrome issue that broke text highlighting on some sites. Mobile browser Arc Search is now generally available on Android. Google Lens can now check prices and inventory when shopping in the real world. Source: Google is turning Chrome OS into Android to compete with the iPad. Exclusive: Google Pixel laptop in development! Can we talk about ALF hog? YouTuber Rosanna Pansino smokes cannabis grown from her father's ashes. Mike Masnick: One Billion Users, the Social Media card game. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google 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 uscloud.com

Mark Zuckerberg just released his own NSFW version of 'Get Low' in a tribute to his wife Mattel Mistakenly Lists Porn Site on Packaging for 'Wicked' Dolls The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off Canada orders shutdown of TikTok's Canadian business, app access to continue Bluesky adds 700,000 new members as users flee X after the US election Matter 1.4 tries to set the smart home standard back on track Google's learning OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of 'GPT' AI Improvements Slows Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal Randy Travis's beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again. Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI I Spoke Only to Chatbots for 24 Hours. Who Needs Human Friends? Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb Chris Wallace Quits CNN to Pivot to Streaming, Podcasting Nicholas Carlson, the former top editor of Business Insider, is starting a new company that will focus on video. Lena Dunham to write Sam Bankman-Fried movie for Apple Banjo Toss, the game After years of trying, Just Eat Takeaway is selling Grubhub to Wonder for $650M Research suggests people are getting more bored Times New Dumbass font Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to This Week in Google at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: uscloud.com bitwarden.com/twit

Tech in the new Admin TikTok Sees Trump Victory As App's Best Hope Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump for 'extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory' Elon Musk says Trump win is just the start of his political ambitions Silicon Valley is officially grieving over Trump but quietly gleeful over a possible tech deal resurgence The Crypto Industry's Spending on the Election Pays Off Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division NYTimes Games for the strike Florida Access Network WebCheck Hosts: Leo Laporte and Paris Martineau Guests: Emily Forlini and 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: uscloud.com 1password.com/twig

Google Preps AI That Takes Over Computers Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said Jeff: Why Are Liberals Infuriated with the Media? Apples Have Never Tasted So Delicious. Here's Why Instagram saves the best video quality for the most popular content Video game preservationists have lost a legal fight to study games remotely Internet Archive: Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI Open-source AI must reveal its training data, per new OSI definition McDonald's Finds an Unlikely Savior to Finally Fix Its McFlurry Machines RIP Foursquare Craig gives CR $5 million for cybersecurity WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg says a fork would be 'fantastic' LeCun blasts Musk as the biggest threat to democracy today Workers Say They Were Tricked and Threatened as Part of Elon Musk's Get-Out-the-Vote Effort Trump's Truth Social valued at more than Musk's X after extraordinary rally Masnick on Elon Musk Events TikTok founder becomes China's richest man The Age of Cage Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 McKinsey's 18 next big arenas of competition 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 uscloud.com INFO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT - code TWIT100 cachefly.com/twit

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