Tech News Weekly 433

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! How AI is helping elders stay independent & provide companionship. How Apple and Google's app stores are pushing users toward deepfake nude apps, per an organization's report. And inside the crazy backstory behind an AI plush companion.

• Jennifer talks about Samsung's newest updates to its SmartThings Family Care service and how technology and AI are increasingly being used to help take care of elderly people & provide companionship.
• Mikah talks about a report from the Tech Transparency Project that found both Apple & Google's app stores that host & direct users to apps that generate non-consensual nude images of women.
• And Victoria Song of The Verge joins the show to share her review of a $399 AI companion and her very unique experience with the device overall.

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Links

• Samsung Elevates Experiences To Care for Users and Their Families With SmartThings Update – Samsung Global Newsroom
• Samsung launches SmartThings Family Care | The Verge
• The ElliQ companion robot can now send health updates to a caregiver | The Verge
• To Stay in Her Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot - The New York Times
• App Stores Push Users Toward Nudify Apps, New Research Shows
• TTP - Apple and Google Are Steering Users to Nudify Apps
• My baby deer plushie told me that Mitski’s dad was a CIA operative | The Verge