Can California Regulate A.I.? + Silicon Valley’s Super Babies + System Update!
On Sunday, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vetoed Senate Bill 1047, an A.I. safety bill that would have curtailed the growth of the technology. What received a lot less attention were the 18 other imp...
4 Loka 20241h 9min
Meta’s Race for Your Face + Google’s Hit A.I. Notebook + HatGPT
This week, Casey reports back from a wild day at Meta Connect, discussing what’s new with Meta’s efforts in artificial intelligence, virtual reality headsets and the Holy Grail — augmented reality gla...
27 Syys 20241h 12min
OpenAI's Reasoning Machine + Instagram Teen Changes + Amazon RTO Drama
Last week, OpenAI released a preview of its hotly anticipated new model, o1. We discuss what it has excelled at and how it could accelerate the timeline for building superintelligence. Then, we explai...
20 Syys 20241h 6min
Do You Need a New iPhone? + Yuval Noah Harari’s A.I. Fears + Hard Fork Crimes Division
Apple unveiled its latest gadgets at its big September event on Monday. We discuss the most interesting new features — including AirPods that can function as hearing aids and Apple Watch software that...
13 Syys 20241h 12min
X Gets a Brazilian Ax + Founder Mode + Listeners Respond on School Phone Bans
Over the weekend, X was banned in Brazil. We talk with The New York Times’s Brazil bureau chief, Jack Nicas, about how Brazilians are reacting, whether its owner, Elon Musk, has made a business miscal...
6 Syys 20241h 8min
The Telegram Problem + Gov. Kathy Hochul on School Phone Bans + Kevin's A.I. Reputation Rehab
Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France and charged with several crimes connected to his operation of the platform. We’ll tell you what the charges against him mean for the internet. T...
30 Elo 20241h 14min
What Happened to the A.I. Election? + ChatGPT for Mayor + The Productivity Tools We’re Using
This week, we discuss why so few campaigns seem to be experimenting with A.I. The Times’s Sheera Frenkel joins us with examples of the many different artificial intelligence products that have been tu...
23 Elo 20241h 8min
Can Musk Get Trump Elected? + Steve Ballmer’s Quest for the Facts + This Week in A.I.
This week, we debate whether Elon Musk’s recent stumping and fund-raising for former President Trump could help him get re-elected. Then, former Microsoft’s chief executive, Steve Ballmer, stops by to...
16 Elo 20241h 8min
