614: Put Me In Coach
Grumpy Old Geeks19 Elo 2023

614: Put Me In Coach

Humans are horrible; robotaxis; Trump, X, DMs, set visibility to screwed; OpenAI lawsuits might wipe ChatGPT clean; Snapchat's AI glitches; using AI to ban books; new tools borks images for AI - for now; bots better at beating CAPTCHAs than humans; NFT lawsuits; those smart contracts are meaningless; Elon throttling links he doesn't like; scientists fleeing X; AppleTV+; streaming costs more than cable; people watching less TV; Strange New Worlds & Good Omens; Billions; Painkiller & Dopesick; the Witcher; YouTube crack down on cancer misinformation; class action lawsuits; Dirty Laundry, roleplaying musicals & baseball.

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IN THE NEWS

People Are Having Sex in Robotaxis, and Nobody Is Talking About It

Robotaxis halt traffic in San Francisco's North Beach day after expansion approval

Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco

Special counsel obtained ‘some volume’ of DMs from Donald Trump’s Twitter account

The New York Times prohibits AI vendors from devouring its content

Report: Potential NYT lawsuit could force OpenAI to wipe ChatGPT and start over

Snapchat's My AI chatbot glitched so hard it started posting Stories

An Iowa school district is using AI to ban books

Scientists Say New Tool Makes Images Worthless for Training AI

Bots are better at beating ‘are you a robot?’ tests than humans are

OpenAI is using GPT-4 to build an AI-powered content moderation system

NYC bans TikTok on city-owned devices

Buyers of Bored Ape NFTs sue after digital apes turn out to be bad investment

A key feature of NFTs has completely broken

X is slowing down links to websites Elon Musk has publicly feuded with

NYU Professor Locked Out of Twitter After Reportedly Declining to Meet With Elon Musk

Scientists are pulling back from Twitter and looking for alternatives


MEDIA CANDY

It’s official, people aren’t watching TV as much as they used to

Streaming TV costs now higher than cable, as 'crash' finally hits

Anson Mount Recalls Recording ‘Space…The Final Frontier’ for ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

In Praise of Bluey, the Most Grown-Up Television Show for Children

Billions

Painkiller

Dopesick

The Witcher Season 3


APPS & DOODADS

YouTube cracks down on videos promoting 'ineffective' cancer treatments

Apple Will Start Sending Payouts for $500 Million 'Batterygate' Lawsuit Soon

Time is running out to file claims for Facebook’s $725 million data privacy settlement


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Lina Khan Q&A: Hollywood 'Red Flags', 'Doom Loop' & the Future of M&A

Stray Gods - The Roleplaying Musical

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