Grumpy Old Geeks6 Apr 2024

643: Mechanical Goslings

Gmail turns 20; Google isn't good; coding with ChatGPT; court bans "AI-enhanced" evidence; AI Goslings everywhere; NYC chatbot spews out dangerously inaccurate information; Amazon's mechanical turks; California right to disconnect bill; Elon Musk has hurt the Tesla brand; Constellation; Road House; Jon Stewart; Star Trek: Discovery; AI in music; DVDs; Sherlock Holmes; Super Monsters Ate My Condo, +; app feedback: Canva, Apple Vision Pro, Kagi; new Star Wars content; Avatar: the Last Airbender; the Muppets; down the AI personality cloning rabbit hole; AI generated sludge or world changing genius?

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FOLLOW UP

Gmail is 20 years old

Eudora (email client)

Ten years later, Facebook's Oculus acquisition hasn't changed the world as expected

Google says it will destroy browsing data collected from Chrome’s Incognito mode

IN THE NEWS

Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works

Waymo self-driving cars are delivering Uber Eats orders for first time

NYC’s business chatbot is reportedly doling out ‘dangerously inaccurate’ information

Amazon just walked out on its self-checkout technology

California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that would allow employees to possibly relax

Apple confirms layoffs affecting 700+ workers, including car team

AT&T resets millions of customers’ passcodes after account info was leaked on the dark web

Elon Musk's unpleasant persona hurts Tesla brand: survey says

Cybertruck Breaks Down After One Mile Of Driving

MEDIA CANDY

Jon Stewart says Apple asked him not to host FTC Chair Lina Khan

An executive who worked on '3 Body Problem' was sentenced to death for fatally poisoning the Netflix show's producer

Star Trek: Discovery

New Matrix Movie in the Works from Drew Goddard

Song Lyrics Today Are Less Sophisticated, Angrier, And More Self-Obsessed Than They Used To Be, Study Says

Billie Eilish, Greta Van Fleet, & Pearl Jam Among 200 Artists Calling for Responsible AI Music Practices

Suno AI

New Bill in California Aims to Force Ticketmaster to Play Nice With Others

The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’

40 Years Later, Jeremy Brett is Still the Best Sherlock Holmes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes w/ Jeremy Brett

Downie via SetApp

The Labours Of Hercule

Anthem Of Life

APPS & DOODADS

Super Monsters Ate My Condo+

Welcome to Canva, Affinity!

Kagi

Friendship Ended With GOOGLE Now KAGI Is My Best Friend

Jon Stewart On The False Promises of AI | The Daily Show

AI Companies Running Out Of Training Data After Burning Through Entire Internet

Yahoo bought AI-powered news app Artifact from Instagram’s co-founders

THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Star Wars' Next Animated Anthology Explores the Shadows of the Empire

Breaking Down the Sithy Secrets of Tales of the Empire's New Trailer

Willie Nelson and Kermit the Frog sing "Rainbow Connection"

Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Synthetic Voices

What Went Wrong

A 65-IN-1 THE 2024 WAY

An eye-rolling example of the kind of AI generated sludge that's clogging up Google's search results.

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