Dec 13th 2023
This Week in Google 746
Huffin' Hazelnut
NotebookLM, Google's Monopoly, Tesla Recall
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
Guests:
Steven Johnson
This wide-ranging episode of TWiG covers many hot topics in tech, including the capabilities and limitations of AI writing tools like NotebookLM, controversies around misleading marketing of Google’s Gemini AI model, the future of media and magazines, EU regulation of AI, and more.
- Interview with Steven Johnson about NotebookLM
- Google’s best Gemini demo was faked
- Round 2: We test the new Gemini-powered Bard against ChatGPT | Ars Technica
- Channel1.ai is an AI-generated news show: pilot
- EU's AI Act
- Google’s App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides With Epic Games | WIRED
- This A.I. Subculture’s Motto: Go, Go, Go
- Tesla (TSLA) Autopilot Recall: Two Million Cars Need Software Fix - Bloomberg
- FCC issues final denial of $885M Starlink subsidy | TechCrunch
- Ukraine’s intelligence claims cyberattack on Russia’s state tax service
- Ukraine's largest telecom operator shut down after cyberattack
- Netflix Releases Viewing Data for 18,000 TV Shows and Movies – The Hollywood Reporter
- Top Execs at Sports Illustrated's Publisher Fired After AI Debacle
- Outer Wilds, a fun time loop mystery game for spacers
- Dropout CEO Talks Doubling CollegeHumor Successor’s Streaming Subs and Content Output, Price
Increase Plans and First Profit Sharing - Zuck says Threads is testing federation w/ActivityPub
- Google's Year in Search 2023
- Google's Trends Time Capsule
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Links
- Google’s best Gemini demo was faked
- Round 2: We test the new Gemini-powered Bard against ChatGPT | Ars Technica
- Channel1.ai is an AI-generated news show: pilot
- EU AI Act cheat sheet
- Google’s App Store Ruled an Illegal Monopoly, as a Jury Sides With Epic Games | WIRED
- This A.I. Subculture’s Motto: Go, Go, Go
- Tesla (TSLA) Autopilot Recall: Two Million Cars Need Software Fix - Bloomberg
- FCC issues final denial of $885M Starlink subsidy | TechCrunch
- Ukraine’s intelligence claims cyberattack on Russia’s state tax service
- Ukraine's largest telecom operator shut down after cyberattack
- Netflix Releases Viewing Data for 18,000 TV Shows and Movies – The Hollywood Reporter
- Top Execs at Sports Illustrated's Publisher Fired After AI Debacle
- Dropout CEO Talks Doubling CollegeHumor Successor’s Streaming Subs and Content Output, Price Increase Plans and First Profit Sharing
- Year in Search 2023
- Trends Time Capsule
- Outer Wilds, a fun time loop mystery game for spacers
- Zuck says Threads is testing federation w/ActivityPub