The AI Election + Bitcoin’s Wall Street Debut + TikTok’s Doodad Era
OpenAI has released its plan to fight disinformation in elections in 2024, but will its policies be consequential compared to those of other generative A.I. companies? Then, a watershed moment had cry...
19 Jan 20241h 15min
Why Casey Left Substack + Elon’s Drug Use + A.I. Antibiotic Discovery
Casey is taking his newsletter Platformer off Substack, as criticism over the company’s handling of pro-Nazi content grows. Then, The Wall Street Journal spoke with witnesses who said that Elon Musk h...
12 Jan 20241h 27min
The Times Sues OpenAI + A Debate Over iMessage + Our New Year’s Tech Resolutions
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft last week for copyright infringement. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton walk through the lawsuit and discuss the stakes for news publishers. Then, they talk abo...
5 Jan 20241h 8min
Our 2024 Predictions + Jenny Slate Answers Your Hard Questions!
Last year, we predicted what 2023 in tech would look like. This week, we take a look back at those predictions, see what we got right and wrong, and make new ones for 2024. Then, the actor, comedian a...
22 Dec 20231h 37min
Google’s Epic Loss + Silicon Valley’s Curious New Subculture + How 2023 Changed the Internet
A jury decided the Google Play store unfairly stifles competition and maintains a monopoly. Kevin and Casey discuss how the ruling could reshape the digital economy. Then, a growing movement of develo...
15 Dec 20231h 13min
Google's Next Top Model + Will the Cybertruck Crash? + This Week in A.I.
Warning: This episode contains some explicit language. Google’s new artificial intelligence model ‘Gemini’ is out. It’s advertised as America’s next top A.I. model. Kevin and Casey ask, is it really b...
8 Dec 202357min
What’s Next for OpenAI + Binance Is Binanceled + A.I. Is Eating the Internet
Warning: This episode contains some explicit language. The drama at OpenAI is not over. Kevin and Casey take stock of new information they’ve gathered since last week, and look at how other artificial...
1 Dec 20231h 4min
(Yet Another) Emergency Pod: Sam Altman Is Back
In yet another head-spinning twist at OpenAI, Sam Altman was reinstated as the company’s chief executive on Tuesday night, a mere five days after the OpenAI board had fired him. The board will be over...
22 Nov 202313min
