640: A Minute of Silence
Grumpy Old Geeks15 Mar 2024

640: A Minute of Silence

11 years & nothing's changed; IG impersonators & weird animal video creepiness; Apple restores Epic, for now; TikTok ban bill passes House but will most likely die in Senate; X usage declines, launching video app, Elon cancels Don Lemon show because he's a little beyatch; running out of power; AI Marilyn Monroe; NeMo, Devin & Gemini - one Poe to rule them all; bypassing AI guardrails; more bad Tesla news; Bluesky outsourcing - and charging - for moderation; Schmactors; Somebody Feed Phil; no Riker in Disco; Airbnb tells people to stop filming guests; AirPod hearing aids; Goodbye, Jumbo.

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FOLLOW UP

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Apple reinstates Epic's developer account two days after banning it

Joe Biden says he would sign bill that would force a sale or ban of TikTok

The House Passed the Bill That Could Ban TikTok—and It Wasn’t Close

Addicted to TikTok? Here’s what the House vote to effectively ban it could mean for you


IN THE NEWS

Twitter/X Usage Sees Sharp Decline

X will launch a YouTube-like video app on Samsung and Amazon TVs

Elon Musk Cancels Contract with Don Lemon After Being Asked About Ketamine Usage

Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power

AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Value Beyond The Grave

Now it's NVIDIA being sued over AI copyright infringement

SXSW Audience Boos Sizzle Reel About the Virtues of AI

Introducing Devin, the first AI software engineer

Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering queries on global elections

Researchers jailbreak AI chatbots with ASCII art — ArtPrompt bypasses safety measures to unlock malicious queries

ElevenLabs Block on Cloning Biden's Voice Easily Bypassed

EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others

Exclusive: U.S. Must Move ‘Decisively’ to Avert ‘Extinction-Level’ Threat From AI, Government-Commissioned Report Says

Mix-Up With Tesla Touchscreen Killed Angela Chao: Report

Tesla Didn’t Pay Any Federal Income Taxes for 5 Years, Got $1 Million Tax Refund

Apple's Vision Pro was used in surgery to help perform spinal operations

Marc Andreessen’s VC Was Reportedly Behind Kickstarter’s Disastrous Pivot to Crypto

The US Government says IP infringement is all over NFT marketplaces

Bluesky snags former Twitter/X Trust & Safety exec cut by Musk

Bluesky launches Ozone, a tool that lets users create and run their own independent moderation services


MEDIA CANDY

Schmactors with James Marsters and Mark Devine

Somebody Feed Phil Season 7

Discovery Will Be the First Star Trek Show in 50 Years to End Without a Jonathan Frakes Appearance


APPS & DOODADS

Poe

Apple will allow iOS apps to be distributed on websites in the EU

Airbnb to hosts: please stop filming the guests

Apple’s AirPods Pro could be getting a “hearing aid mode” later this year


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

World Party Frontman Karl Wallinger Dies at 66

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