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We discussed our cable management habits. The UK’s government has reportedly ordered Apple to create a backdoor encrypted user data in iCloud data. Google updates Gemini’s AI response in its Super Bowl ad. And it’s Friday. We test our panel with another round of quiz questions centered on the topic of distillation.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Could the threat posed by Ransomware be diminishing? A new cyber security report holds some tantalizing data. Why is Microsoft Teams getting Facebook-like functionality? Are tech companies looking a new round of belt-tightening. And Stanford and the University of Washington AI researchers trained an AI “reasoning” model for under $50.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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The Video Game History Foundation has made its archive available for early access, free of charge. Google updates its AI principles removing references to weapons and surveillance. Sonos is planning to launch a streaming TV device later this year in the $200-$400 price range. And we discuss DJI explanation on why it won’t stop drones from flying over the White House and what happens when it’s banned.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Joe.
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A new app from the Icon Factory called Tapestry pulls together feeds from Bluesky, Mastodon, RSS, YouTube, and more into one timeline. Fox Executive Chairman Lachlan Murdoch told analysts the company will finally get into the mainstream paid streaming subscription game this year. Adobe is adding a new Contract Intelligence feature to its Acrobat “AI Assistant” to scan contracts and flag important details.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.
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OpenAI’s announced Deep Research, an agentic ChatGPT tool, that lets users ask the chatbot to perform “multi-step research on the internet for complex tasks”. AI companies like Anthropic would like job applicants NOT to use AI on their submission. Fitness+ adds hours of Kendrick Lamar themed workouts to celebrate Super Bowl LIX. And where are all the new GPUs that Nvidia launched?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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LinkedIn’s efforts to bring more video creators on board seems to be paying off. Why is Nintendo going after a Costa Rican grocery store owner? Plus OpenAI launched o3-mini, a new AI reasoning model designed to be both powerful and more affordable. And its Friday and time for another end of week Fun Time Quiz. Can you figure out the answer before everyone else?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Microsoft integrates OpenAI’s o1 model into Copilot and gives Copilot users free access to it. PLus Microsoft is making a NPC optimzed version of DeepSeek’s R1 model to run locally on Copilot+PC machines. Google is launching “Ask for me,” a new Search Lab experiment that uses AI to call businesses for local service pricing and availability. And Facebook realizes is no longer relevant to younger audiences.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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OpenAI tells the Financial Times that it found evidence that Chinese AI startup DeepSeek used OpenAI’s proprietary models to train its system. An anti-AI scrapping activist creates a tarpit to trap AI crawlers in an endless maze of links to nowhere. Plus Xbox’s Phil Spencer made an interesting comment about hard exclusives on the platform. And how do teens really feel about the tech industry and the dangers of the AI industry?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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As generative AI develops much of the focus has been on the human-like quality of their output. But what does the data show regarding how AI-human interaction creating a feedback loop that impacts our biases. X has partnered with Visa to offer peer-to-peer fund transfer. Is it enough to pull people back to the platform and will existing users even use it? The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has reported on a study that shows almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Andrea Jones-Rooy, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shakes up the tech market with its R1 Reasoning model that it claims has better performance than OpenAI’s o1 model at just 3% to 5 % of the cost. Canadian developer Daniel Supernault has launched a Kickstarter to increase development of federated social media apps. And multiple YouTube viewers say they are getting served hour-long ads on YouTube without an option to skip them.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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