660: The Bendy Piece
Grumpy Old Geeks10 Aug 2024

660: The Bendy Piece

NFTs & crypto, oh my; Google ruled a monopolist in search; you can't run an AI company ethically - with plenty of examples; Grokking without consent; Google's targeting "unknown" minors loophole; MetaAI celebrity voices; watermarking ChatGPT challenges; emotionally hooked on chatbots; Neuralink's second patient implant; Synchro's stent approach; Cybertruck spottings; Deadpool & Wolverine; American Conspiracy: the Octopus Murders; 2024 Olympics; enraging Google, Uber ads; living that iPad life; Humanes being returned; Sonos $30 million app fail; Lego Star Wars; advanced hinges; DarJar; losing power; medical system problems.


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FOLLOW UP

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IN THE NEWS

Google 'is a monopolist' in search, US judge rules in antitrust case

It’s practically impossible to run a big AI company ethically

Nvidia Used Videos From Netflix and YouTube to Build AI Model

Elon Musk sues OpenAI, Sam Altman for making a “fool” out of him

X accused of using EU user data to train Grok without consent

X agrees to pause EU data processing for training Grok

Meta and Google secretly targeted minors on YouTube with Instagram ads

Meta is reportedly offering millions to get Hollywood voices into its AI projects

OpenAI confirms it’s looking into text watermarking for ChatGPT that could expose cheating students

OpenAI Warns Users Could Become Emotionally Hooked on Its Voice Mode

Neuralink successfully implants its chip into a second patient's brain

As Neuralink Implants Second Subject's Brain, First Patient Says His Doesn't Work as Well Anymore

Gates, Bezos back $75M round for Synchron's drill-free brain-computer interface implant

What Synchron leaders learned from developing a stent-based BCI

Fiery Cybertruck Death Spurs Federal Probe


MEDIA CANDY

Deadpool & Wolverine

American Conspiracy: The Octopus Murders

Google will no longer air an Olympics ad that showed a child using AI to write a fan letter

Google + Team USA — Dear Sydney

On Our Way - Uber


APPS & DOODADS

ESR for iPad Pro 12.9 Case (2022/2021/2020, 6th/5th/4th Generation), iPad Air 13 Inch Case 2024 M2, Convenient Magnetic Attachment, 2-Way Stand, Rebound Magnetic Case, Black

Humane’s daily returns are outpacing sales

Californians Are Getting Apple Wallet Driver’s Licenses This Year

Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates

Home Security Giant ADT Admits It Has Been Hacked

Thursday, the dating app that you can use only on Thursdays, expands to San Francisco

Multitasking with ChatGPT on the Mac just got a lot better


THE DARK SIDE WITH DAVE

Dave Bittner

The CyberWire

Hacking Humans

Caveat

Control Loop

Only Malware in the Building

LEGO® Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy

The Dark Falcon


CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS

Texas school bans all-black clothing, cites mental health concerns

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