589: Goebbels in the Machine
Grumpy Old Geeks18 Feb 2023

589: Goebbels in the Machine

Elon's rampaging ego is ruining Twitter; AI isn't ready for prime time, gets rolled out anyway, with predictable results; what's bouncing around in Microsoft's neural networks that keeps making racist AI; self-flying fighters; Buzzfeed AI quizzes; Tesla full self-driving recall; Amazon going big on grocery stores; Walmart tech, Twilio layoffs; Microsoft kills Metaverse team; YouTube CEO steps down; Picard; upcoming TV premieres and concert tours; Shrinking; Legato Steam Deck Pedal; Parallels Desktop cleared for Windows 11; A Hacker's Mind; Star Wars youtube clips; cybersecurity still pretty good career bet; Winnie the Pooh, the House of Mouse & public domain.

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Show notes at https://gog.show/589


FOLLOW UP

Amazon Likely to Part Ways With Jeremy Clarkson After Final Commissioned Shows Go to Air; ‘Grand Tour’ Host Sent Email Apology to Harry & Meghan (EXCLUSIVE)

Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first

Bing AI Can't Be Trusted

AI-powered Bing Chat loses its mind when fed Ars Technica article

ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web By Ted Chiang

Father of internet warns: Don’t rush investments into A.I. just because ChatGPT is ‘really cool’

As ChatGPT's popularity explodes, U.S. lawmakers take an interest

Bing’s A.I. Chat: ‘I Want to Be Alive. 😈’


IN THE NEWS

An AI agent flew a USAF training aircraft for over 17 hours

BuzzFeed’s AI-powered quizzes are here and they could be funnier

Tesla admits Full Self-Driving beta may cause crashes, recalls 363,000 vehicles

Tesla fires over 30 workers after union effort: group

Amazon’s Self-Driving Car Shuttles People on Public Roads for the First Time

Amazon plans to eventually 'go big' on physical grocery stores

Walmart to Close Three Tech Hubs, Tells Tech Staff to Return to Offices

Ford reportedly plans to build a $3.5 billion EV battery factory in Michigan

Twilio to lay off about 1,500 employees, or 17% of its workforce

Microsoft Kills Its Industrial Metaverse Team After 4 Months

Elon Musk Says He May Lead Twitter for Almost Another Year

Musk’s Twitter is getting worse

YouTube CEO Wojcicki, one of the first Google employees, steps down


MEDIA CANDY

Picard

EPISODE 52: MIKI BERENYI PT. 1: MISS BEING IN A BAND? LOVED IT BUT NAH!

Shrinking

Investor ValueAct Takes Spotify Stake to Back Cost Cuts at the Music Streaming Leader


APPS & DOODADS

Elgato Stream Deck Pedal

Parallels Desktop Now an Authorized Solution to Use With Windows 11 on Mac With Apple Silicon

Inside Meta’s Push to Solve the Noisy Office


AT THE LIBRARY

A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back by Bruce Schneier


SECURITY HAH!

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

If an Aussie was in Star Wars

Stormtroopers, but They're ACCURATE

Winnie the Pooh horror film turns intellectual property into nightmare fuel

Cybersecurity pros less likely to be impacted by layoffs if economy slows


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

BRUCE WILLIS - Aphasia Worsens ... NOW DIAGNOSED WITH DEMENTIA

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