598: Universal Loser Income
Grumpy Old Geeks22 Apr 2023

598: Universal Loser Income

Spam calls are back; we're done with Twitter; human or not?; Buzzfeed News shuttered; TruthGPT; the race to AI without pausing for thought; Niantic shutters web3 project, no Pokemon NFTs; purgatory with perks; Facebook settlement; paying kids to get outside; Picard, Mandalorian finales; rebooting all the IPs - Galaxy Quest, Twilight, Harry Potter, X-Files; Barry; AI-generated music flooding platforms; Sega acquires Rovio; Instagram kills Linktree; Steve Jobs, Make Something Wonderful; Chokepoint Capitalism; Christopher Lockhead; James Fell; Greg Jenner; Daniel Suarez; more MLB; RSA conference & ChatGPT; ladies and gentlemen, the Rockafire Explosion!

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FOLLOW UP

Canada's CBC is the latest to leave Twitter in objection to 'goverment-funded' label

Human or Not?


IN THE NEWS

BuzzFeed Shuts Down Its News Division

German artist refuses award after his AI image wins prestigious photography prize

Elon Musk claims to be working on ‘TruthGPT’ — a ‘maximum truth-seeking AI’

In A.I. Race, Microsoft and Google Choose Speed Over Caution

Googlers say Bard AI is “worse than useless,” ethics concerns were ignored

Google’s Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say

Insider Lays Off 10 Percent of Staff After Announcing Pivot to AI

Europe spins up AI research hub to apply accountability rules on Big Tech

Niantic shutters its web3 project after less than six months

Man battling Google wins $500K for search result links calling him a pedophile

Purgatory With Perks

You can now apply for your share of a $725 million Facebook data privacy settlement. Here’s how

AI moving humanity forward as artificial intelligence advances, Google leaders say

South Korea Tries $500 Handouts to Help Reclusive Kids Get Out


MEDIA CANDY

Picard Finale

Paramount+ greenlights Star Trek film starring Michelle Yeoh

Strange New Worlds

A ‘Galaxy Quest’ series is reportedly coming to Paramount+

Ryan Coogler developing ‘X-Files’ reboot, says show’s original creator

Barry

American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing

AI-Generated Music Is About to Flood Streaming Platforms

Fake Drake and The Weeknd Song with AI-Generated Vocals Taken Down from Streaming Services

Liam Callagher Cosigns AI Oasis Album: “I Sound Mega”

We soon won’t tell the difference between AI and human music – so can pop survive?

Spotify will open Gimlet podcasts to other platforms


APPS & DOODADS

Sega to acquire Angry Birds-maker Rovio for $775M

Instagram lets you add five links to your profile so you can stop using Linktree


AT THE LIBRARY


Make Something Wonderful - Steve Jobs in his own words

Chokepoint Capitalism

Snow Leopard: How Legendary Writers Create a Category of One

James Fell - On This Day in History Sh!t Went Down

Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen by Greg Jenner

Critical Mass: A Novel (A Delta-v Novel Book 2) by Daniel Suarez


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Mandalorian Finale

Rockafire Explosion documentary

Last Squeak Tonight

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