Sep 24th 2023
This Week in Tech 946
AI is Number Two
Hosted by
Leo Laporte
iPhone 15 hands on, Amazon hardware event, Instacart IPO, Unity blinks
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iPhone 15 hands on, Amazon hardware event, Instacart IPO, Unity blinks
- Discussion on hype cycle of AI; evaluating current state
- Defining artificial intelligence vs regular computation
- AI winters and peaks of inflated expectations for AI
- Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of chatbots like ChatGPT
- AI's role in computational photography and new iPhones
- Microsoft's focus on AI with OpenAI partnership
- Multimodal AI and challenges like hallucination
- Apple's secretive approach to developing AI technology
- Job loss concerns with the advancement of AI; need for training
- Unity's failed attempt to charge developers an install fee
- Tech IPO outlook after Instacart and Clavio
- Panos Panay leaving Microsoft for Amazon
- New Amazon Echo and Alexa AI announcements
- Authors suing OpenAI over AI-generated content
- Misinformation research facing political attacks
- Implications of AI voice mimicry without consent
- Neuralink seeking volunteers for brain chip implants
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Links
- OpenAI Hustles to Beat Google to Launch ‘Multimodal’ LLM — The Information
- Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part for Its New iPhones - WSJ
- Apple, Goldman Sachs were planning a stock-trading feature for iPhones
- Windows leader Panos Panay is leaving Microsoft - The Verge
- Amazon to Hire Departing Microsoft Product Chief Panos Panay - Bloomberg
- Amazon Hardware Event 2023: Alexa, Echo Hub, Echo Frames, Eero, Fire TV | WIRED
- Unity Blinks
- Klaviyo and Instacart IPOs
- "Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse "
- ‘Harry Potter’ UK Audiobooks Narrator Stephen Fry Warns That AI Ripoff Of His Voice Is Only The Beginning – Deadline
- John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement | The Independent
- Elon Musk Reveals True Goal for Neuralink Brain Chips - The Messenger
- California governor vetoes bill banning robotrucks without safety drivers | Reuters
- Microsoft’s Satya Nadella is winning Big Tech’s AI war. Here’s how