TWiT 1042: Well Played Astronomer - The Stats Behind Google's AI Mode Search
Update: 2025-07-28
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- OpenAI prepares to launch GPT-5 in August
 - Trump's AI Action Plan Is a Crusade Against 'Bias'—and Regulation
 - UN tech chief pleads for global AI regulatory cooperation
 - Trump, who promised to save TikTok, threatens to shut down TikTok
 - Google AI Mode has 100M users, 2.5 Pro & Deep Search rolls out
 - FDA's New Drug Approval AI Is Generating Fake Studies: Report
 - Tesla is set to face off with the California DMV over claims it exaggerated Autopilot's and FSD's capabilities and misled consumers, in a five-day Oakland trial
 - Google, Microsoft say Chinese hackers are exploiting SharePoint zero-day
 - A look at Tea, a woman-only safety app with 4M users that lets users anonymously assign red or green flags to local men, as it goes viral with 900K new signups
 - People in the UK now have to take an age verification selfie to watch porn online
 - Intel is laying off tens of thousands and cancelling factories
 - AMD CEO Sees Chips From TSMC's US Plant Costing 5%-20% More
 - Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission
 - DJI couldn't confirm or deny it disguised this drone to evade a US ban
 - FCC approves Skydance-Paramount merger
 - Gwyneth Paltrow is the new face of a kiss-cam tech scandal
 - Julian LeFay, 'Father of The Elder Scrolls,' Has Died Aged 59
 - Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
 
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