608: The Way of the Grift

608: The Way of the Grift

Hello, summer; disinformation professor falsifies own data; AI is eating itself, recursion & model collapse looming; scammers, liars, grifters prosper; mandated return to office not working out great; Amazon's robot revolution; Congress limits AI usage; Vatican releases AI Ethics Handbook; Google violates its ad deal standards; Youtube disabling videos for ad-blocker use; Zoox!; IRL lied their asses off about users, still got $170 million from SoftBank; Aspartame & warm Mountain Dew; Star Trek; Silo; Reality; Fubar; the Machine; Apple News UI needs help; later, Stitcher; Google cancels Iris; mustaches and learning about being a woman; ElevenLabs Voice Library & the end of voice over actors; cosplaying mommy & arrested development; 4th of July Movie Marathon.

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Harvard professor who studies dishonesty is accused of falsifying data

The Internet Isn’t Completely Weird Yet; AI Can Fix That “Model collapse” looms when AI trains on the output of other models

THE CURSE OF RECURSION: TRAINING ON GENERATED DATA MAKES MODELS FORGET

The Huge Power and Potential Danger of AI-Generated Code


IN THE NEWS

We're Now Finding Out The Damaging Results of The Mandated Return to Office — And It's Worse Than We Thought.

Amazon’s New Robots Are Rolling Out an Automation Revolution

Congress is reportedly limiting staff use of AI models like ChatGPT

The Vatican Releases Its Own AI Ethics Handbook

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg Contacted by Italy to Fight at Colosseum

Italian culture ministry denies reports of Musk vs Zuckerberg fight in Colosseum

Google Violated Its Standards in Ad Deals, Research Finds

YouTube tests disabling videos for people using ad blockers

Zoox begins testing robotaxis on public roads in Las Vegas

SoftBank gave $170m to a social app whose users mostly didn't exist

Aspartame to be named a possible cancer-causer


MEDIA CANDY

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Silo

Indiana Jones - Destined To Flop - The Critical Drinker

Reality

Fubar

The Machine

Muscles & Mayhem: An Unauthorized Story of American Gladiators

Ted Lasso charted a record-breaking billion minutes of viewing during finale week


APPS & DOODADS

ChatGPT for iOS now lets paid subscribers use Bing right from the app

STITCHER FAREWELL

Google is no longer building its own augmented reality glasses


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

The CyberWire

Dave Bittner

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

ElevenLabs - Introducing: Voice Library

ElevenLabs Voice Library

COSPLAYING THE MOMMY WARS


Jason’s 4th of July Birth Control Movie Marathon

1. Hackers

2. The Edge

3. Shaun of the Dead

4. Fight Club

5. The Professional

6. Pulp Fiction

7. The Hunt for Red October

8. Die Hard 3

9. Hard Boiled

10. The Crow

The Electric Mayhem visit Spotify

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395: We’ll Fix It in Post

395: We’ll Fix It in Post

Whoops, we screwed up; gig worker revolt; Uber videotaping; Apple repair costs; another self-driving crash; the decade of the grifter; Microsoft Teams; Disney data; Sacha Baron Cohen ADL award; Ring's horrific privacy practices; bluetooth scanners; stalkerware; Descript; 10 years of Angry Birds; Amazon smart shelf; shop Kondo; Musk's truck.Show notes at https://gog.show/395See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

23 Nov 20191h 19min

394: This Episode Brought to You By...

394: This Episode Brought to You By...

Our uncool ad strategy; Brave browsing; how Facebook monetizes you; more FB lies; our not-so-smart homes aren't getting any smarter; who owns 3D scans of 3,000 year old art; Disney+ hacked; the Mandalorian; the Crown; Axel Foley; David Chang & famous people eating; "science" supports falling asleep to podcasts; Dan Carlin; Dennis E. Taylor; feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/394See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

20 Nov 201955min

393: Peeping Tithingman

393: Peeping Tithingman

Who owns AI art; Disney+ & the Mandelorian; Google banking; YouTube kids content changes; Facebook's internal report; PayPal cuts off Pornhub; Singles Day; border agents can't randomly search phones; getting your big data; couple's disconnect on surveillance; new MacBook Pros; Brave browser; retro Razr returns; wtf.social; Westworld creators take on Gibson; beautiful data.Show notes at https://gog.show/393See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

16 Nov 201959min

392: Half Man. Half Delorean.

392: Half Man. Half Delorean.

Disney+ growing pains; Facebook lets you tweak UI; Microsoft all in on privacy; smart TV data; Google's Project Nightingale; Apple Card sexism; YouTube owes you nothing; Instagram to hide likes; robot sneaker factories; Twitter drafts a new policy; anonymous Facebook memos; Westworld's immersive promo; Dan Carlin & Bill Bryson books; Uber CEO's whoopsie; feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/392See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

13 Nov 201957min

391: Chief Tomfoolery Officer

391: Chief Tomfoolery Officer

Fitbit is doomed; Airbnb not a platform in New Jersey anymore; Uber Ads; Bitcoin price manipulation; misleading ads; Coalfire arrests; TikTok and national security; idiot problems; Trend Micro data sales; secret consumer scores; Ring problems; Another Life; skip politics button; the Morning Show; our insider trading policy; magento lemonade; feedback.Show notes at https://gog.show/391See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

9 Nov 20191h 25min

390: I’ve Fallen and I Can't Get Up

390: I’ve Fallen and I Can't Get Up

Smart city scale back; Apple moves to more subscriptions; Gawker chaos; 3rd party content moderator calls it quits; Twitter won't take political ads, maybe; Sorkin walks and talks to Zuck; free markets; music piracy down; Will.I.Am's Wink dying; Apple Watch 5 life alerts; car security; VPNs; Echo Buds vs AirPods; cleaning the brain; vampire apocalypse. Show notes at https://gog.show/390See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

2 Nov 20191h 5min

389: Big Mac is Watching!

389: Big Mac is Watching!

Big burger data; blockchain, what is it good for; same-day delivery chaos; Alphabet looking to buy Fitbit; worthless shares; Facebook employees rise; Musk to court; Flash, really; AI banking; the Mandalorian; scary movies; AirPod Pro, now with the same battery; 1.5x movies; facial recognition for porn; sports heroes; feedback. Show notes at https://gog.show/389See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

30 Okt 20191h 2min

388: Set Visibility to Death

388: Set Visibility to Death

Bezos no longer richest man; Amazon shares down; Zuck goes to congress, gets schooled; Facebook paying for news; face-scanning AI interviews; non-binary in a binary form world; drone killers; firmware hacking; Retina-X fines; SCIF show; DOH! protocol; BBC news goes dark web; life saving Apple Watch; FireTV Cube; Eero; Adobe deals; self-driving rats. Show notes at https://gog.show/388See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

26 Okt 20191h 10min

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