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Amazon MGM has entered into a deal that will allow it creative control over the James Bond movie franchise. Will this be a blessing or a curse for 007? YouTube is planning a new, lower-priced version of its paid video service called “premium lite”. An Australian online safety report from eSafety found that children can easily bypass social media age restrictions, something necessary as the government moves forward with a ban on social media for under-16s. And Amazon announced that it surpassed Walmart in Q4 revenue, bringing in $187.8 billion, ahead of Walmart’s $180.5 billion.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Microsoft Research develops a generative AI model that can build out game worlds. Humane, the makers of the failed Humane AI pin, is selling most of its company to HP for $116 million. Eufy announced the FamiLock S3 Max, a video lock that can automatically unlock doors when it reads the palms of authorized people.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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As Apple looks to increase its production of iPhones for the global market in India, China is finding ways to slow that process. Fiverr unveiled new initiatives to attract gig workers to its platform and provide them with generative AI tools. Spotify will launch a “Music Pro” tier later this year that will offer “Hi-Fi” audio, “remixing tools,” and access to concert tickets. And Waymo is rumored to be developing a subscriber program.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Mastodon is working to add the controversial ‘quote posts’ feature found on other platforms like X, Bluesky and Threads. A memo shows Meta has plans investments into AI-driven humanoid robots, memo shows. Y Combinator startup Firecrawl seeks to hire an AI agent for $15K a year. Real effort or just free publicity? And we test everyone’s knowledge of theme restaurants with this week’s quiz!
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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What’s the current state of the GPU marketplace and why is it so darn hard to get one? On Monday Meta started a round of performance-based layoffs of roughly 5% of the workforce even though many of those affected met or exceeded performance goals. The UK firm manages to recover 97% of the lithium and 99% of the graphite from a used EV battery. And Paramount channels, including CBS and Nickelodeon, go dark on YouTube TV starting today.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Will Smith, Roger Chang, Joe.
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The ESA is bringing out a new video game show, “Interactive Innovation Conference”. Is this the successor to E3? Scott fills us in. Plus Apple is looking into home robotics to expand its smart home offerings and launching a new health study that will gather data from Apple devices to discover new relationships between different areas of health tracking. And Netflix opened a restaurant?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.
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How thin can you make a book-foldable smartphone? Oppo has the answer. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan revealed Americans primarily watch YouTube on TV screens vs mobile screens. Are Jeep infotainment systems filled with persistent ads? And is the next big thing on Netflix, podcasts?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Shannon Morse, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Are generative AI tools detrimental to our ability to think critically? The Artificial Intelligence Action Summit is being held in Paris this week. Do we need to pay attention? Did Super Bowl LIX highlight a tipping point for cryptocurrencies and sports betting? And Google Calendar is paring back its default notable dates in events. Does anyone use that feature?
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.
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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? Bloomberg’s sources suggest that Amazon’s belt tightening will raise fears of “lean years ahead” 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.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Scott Johnson, 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 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 it's 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 optimized 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 it 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 creates 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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Scientists from Tufts University have accidentally made a sticky web-like substance not unlike what Spider-man would use. The next generation of Apple’s Car Play, up until yesterday or so, was supposed to come out in 2024. What’s going on with the update and should 3rd party car infotainment systems be put on notice? Plus it's Friday and time to test everyone’s knowledge of Stargate. And how social networks differ around the globe.
Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.
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OpenAI, Softbank, and Oracle announced Stargate, a $500 billion investment initiative into building data centers for AI in the US. Sony will end Blu-ray production next month. Security researchers discovered vulnerabilities in a Subaru web portal that let them take over car controls and track driver location data. And OpenAI announced Thursday it’s launching a “research preview” of Operator.
Starring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Roger Chang, Joe.
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