659: Shark or Not

659: Shark or Not

Well hello, there, LA; State of the AI Union: staggering amounts of money, power & water for what; COPPA 2, electric boogaloo; no phone searches without warrants by border agents; TikTok data collection; DMV on the blockchain; AI doppelgängers no one wants; Grok gone wild; Tesla recall & deadly self-driving crash; AI Taco Bell; Cloudflare says 7% of all internet traffic is malicious; Aquaman & the Lost Kingdom; Confess, Fletch; Loot; Ted Lasso; Shrinking; Battle of the Brothers; new Star Wars, Star Trek, Dexter, Silo & Squid Games; I just can't quit you, Photoshop; drone shark tracking; StubHub deceptive practices; First Contact series; Peter Hook's books; Discworld easter eggs.


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FOLLOW UP

Silicon Valley’s Trillion-Dollar Leap of Faith

Microsoft Is Losing a Staggering Amount of Money on AI

Gartner Predicts 30% of Generative AI Projects Will Be Abandoned After Proof of Concept By End of 2025

Generative AI requires massive amounts of power and water, and the aging U.S. grid can't handle the load

White House says no need to restrict ‘open-source’ artificial intelligence — at least for now

AI Models Turn to Mush if Trained on AI-Generated Material

The Senate just passed two landmark bills aimed at protecting minors online


IN THE NEWS

Border agents cannot search smartphones without a warrant

DOJ says TikTok collected users’ views on issues like abortion, gun control and religion

TikTok's Sound Search lets you find videos by humming or singing

California DMV puts 42 million car titles on blockchain to fight fraud

Instagram creators can now make AI doppelgangers to chat with their followers

Meta agrees to $1.4 billion settlement in Texas biometric data lawsuit over Facebook images

Sybill raises $11M for its AI assistant that helps salespeople reduce administrative burden

Sybil

Elon Musk calls Grok 'the most powerful AI by every metric' but 'secretly' trains the new model with your X data by default

X's Grok chatbot is misleading voters about the presidential election

Elon Musk shared a doctored Harris campaign video on X without labeling it as fake

Tesla recalls 1.8 million vehicles over risk of detached hoods

Tesla involved in fatal Washington crash was using self-driving mode

Amazon must recall dangerous products properly — even ones sold by third parties

Yum! Brands to Expand Voice AI Technology to Hundreds of Taco Bell U.S. Drive-Thru Locations in 2024, with a Future Vision to Bring the Technology to Its Brands’ Drive-Thrus Around the World

Cloudflare Application Security report: 2024 update


MEDIA CANDY

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Confess, Fletch

Loot

Ted Lasso

Shrinking

Battle of the Brothers

Amazon is giving The Boys the prequel treatment

Jude Law Teases 'Childhood Adventure' and Star Wars Easter Eggs in Skeleton Crew Series — See the First Look! (Exclusive)

New ‘Star Trek’ Series in the Works from Justin Simien, Tawny Newsome

‘Dexter: Resurrection’ Sequel Series Starring Michael C. Hall Ordered at Paramount+ With Showtime

Steve Zahn Joins ‘Silo’ for Season 2 at Apple TV+


APPS & DOODADS

Aussie drivers can drop a dime via the internet

Sharks are congregating at a California beach. AI is trying to keep swimmers safe

Lawsuit alleges StubHub deceives customers into paying extra for tickets

Your new AI Friend is almost ready to meet you

Neuralink rival Synchron's brain implant now lets people control Apple's Vision Pro with their minds


AT THE LIBRARY

The Simulacrum (First Contact) by Peter Cowdron

The Haçienda: How Not to Run a Club by Peter Cook

Galactic Exploration (First Contact) by Peter Cowdron

Substance: Inside New Order by Peter Cook

Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery by Scott H. Young

From the discworld community on Reddit: "I was today years old, when...


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Kevin Smith Details His Personal Trauma, Bullying & Improving Mental Health

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450: Nothing Burger

450: Nothing Burger

TikTok takes down Trump; DIY chair & fire alarm fixes; working at Pinterest is awful; Nextdoor removes the "Karen" button; Spotify testing interactive podcast ads; Flash is dead, really this time; Apple WWDC news; Blueleaks; the King of Staten Island; Tony Hawk Masterclass; Watchmen; a second opinion on Farscape; Fleishman is in Trouble; really bad Sci-Fi; How to Write Funniest; feedback; shocking nothing burgers.Show notes at https://gog.show/450See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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449: Tip of the Tunaberg

449: Tip of the Tunaberg

Not our finest hour; some good Coronavirus news; we finally know what line you can't cross with Zuckerberg; Google boots right wing sites from ad platform; Stop Hate for Profit targets Facebook; Twitter rolls out... audio tweets?; Jump exists Europe; Starlink ready for beta-testers; listening via light bulb; caught by tattoo; don't login once you've been fired; real consequences in Big Tuna; FDA approves prescription video game; Snapchat does it again; synth searches.Show notes at https://gog.show/449See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Kesä 202043min

448: Unplug Everything!

448: Unplug Everything!

Legion of bugs mean a billion hackable IoT devices; United Airlines bumped out of NASDAQ by DocuSign; airport security theater; T-Mobile outage not huge DDoS, just incompetence; Germany contact tracing app; Facebook deplatforms anti-racists, thinking they're racists; Instagram to pull back the curtain, maybe; Quibi is a failure; 6 Feet Apart; Knives Out & Clue; Roland's 808; Dave Chappelle; IP Man, come to save the day; popcorn Sci-Fi; feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/448See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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447: My God, It’s Full of Karens!

447: My God, It’s Full of Karens!

A farewell to COVID Corner; Apple takes on racial equity; IBM, Microsoft, Amazon halt facial recognition tech for police; Facebook chief diversity officer; disinformation mentors; Nextdoor has a Karen problem; Cox punishes neighborhood over one user; Stormtrooper news; Photoshop's new camera app; the Winklevii make movie about themselves; Moons leave their planets; I hear the Tesla Coils echoing tonight.Show notes at https://gog.show/447See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

14 Kesä 20201h 7min

446: The Well Hath Runneth Dry

446: The Well Hath Runneth Dry

Covid Cases are, unsurprisingly, rising; Facebook browser redesign, more resignations; Uber leaves Levandowski out to dry; 75 year old provocateurs; police & your phone data; Michigan's MIDAS algorithmic touch; sensible content moderation plans; Twitch & music copyrights; the Media Candy well is running dry; the Vast of Night; upcoming sci-fi movies; down the music documentary rabbit hole; Last Week Tonight; the Banker; Influencers in the wild; feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/446See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

11 Kesä 20201h 10min

445: User Generated Incarceration

445: User Generated Incarceration

FBI asks for videos of violence during protests, gets videos of police; #BlackOutTuesday; Fiona Fauxtesting; Twitter, Snapchat & Facebook on Trump; where are our contact tracing apps; Zoom end-to-end encryption business model; bot detection tools; Bittner gets a Stormtrooper, sort of; audio apps & doodads for the pro podcaster; social distancing Werewolf; San Dimas High rules!Show notes at https://gog.show/445See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

6 Kesä 202058min

444: Hello Dystopia!

444: Hello Dystopia!

So, yeah, we aren't gonna talk about that; yay, SpaceX & NASA; Facebook employees stage virtual walkout, roll out set-visibility-to-zero feature; Twitter continues to flag posts; Coronavirus is the new eggs; Microsoft lays off journalists, replaces them with AI; Uber destroys bikes & scooters; Instacart tip-baiting; social distancing in the supermarket; people can't sleep; Into the Night; Somebody Feed Phil; Space Force; Kylie Jenner not a billionaire; police out-sourcing; feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/444See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

3 Kesä 202057min

443: Farewell Utopia

443: Farewell Utopia

The tweet label heard around the world; social media executive orders; wherefore art thou, Zuck?; quarantine reunion shows; SpaceX take two; Magic Leap CEO out; Globe home-sharing takes a stand; Instagram sharing revenue, sort of; Palantir may leave California; Elon Musk is teflon; the wheel of fate; Covid Corner; Ladies in the Tube and bodily functions; HBO's confusing streaming approach; Tidal, what?Show notes at https://gog.show/443See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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