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It's not just Google. This Week in Google hosts, Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau, cover all of Big Tech every Wednesday. Listeners tune in for thought-provoking and entertaining conversations about AI, Internet memes, the future of media, and the latest emerging tech. You won't want to miss a minute.
Records live every Wednesday at 5:00pm Eastern / 2:00pm Pacific / 21:00 UTC.
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Mouse Jigglers and Keyboard Strokers - Social Media Warning Lables, US Sues Adobe
The Surgeon General Is Wrong. Social Media Doesn't Need Warning Labels
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled
Pop Culture Has Become an Oligopoly
Tesla takes fight for Elon Musk's pay package back to court
US sues Adobe for 'deceiving' subscriptions that are too hard to cancel
Apple, Meta set to face EU charges under landmark tech rules, sources say
Mozilla buys Anonym, betting privacy is compatible with ads
Jeff on Perplexity Discover
Luma extends memes
Gutenberg animated by Dream Machine
Ilya Sutskever, Daniel Gross, Daniel Levy announce Safe Superintelligence Inc.
Paper: "ChatGPT is bullshit"
How A.I. Is Revolutionizing Drug Development
McDonald's is ending its drive-thru AI test
US bank Wells Fargo fires employees for 'simulating' being at their keyboards
BeReal acquired by mobile apps and games company Voodoo
Netflix to Open Massive Entertainment, Dining and Shopping Complexes in Two Cities in 2025
Sounds of the Forest - Soundmap
Hamburger Dad
Reuters annual news report
ChatGPT of the Reuters report
Original YouTube deal memo & pitch deck
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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Mystery Bucket of Gummies - Apple AI, Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse, Cottage Cheese
Apple Introduces Image Playground - a new AI image tool
Elon Musk drops suit against OpenAI and Sam Altman
Hallucination is Inevitable
Nokia CEO makes world's first 'immersive' phone call
Mike Lynch: Autonomy co-founder cleared of fraud in US trial
New York passes legislation that would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids
Judge rather than jury will render verdict in upcoming antitrust trial
Joey Chestnut is out of 2024 Nathan's hot dog eating contest in beef over vegan franks
There's an AI Candidate Running for Parliament in the UK
No, a Remote Amazon Tribe Did Not Get Addicted to Porn
Elon Musk's Boundary-Blurring Relationships With Women at SpaceX
Sony Buys Alamo Drafthouse Movie-Theater Chain
Ren Faire on HBO - all 3 parts out now!
"The most difficult recipe" damnit
TikTok cottage cheese search
NotebookLM goes global with Slides support and better ways to fact-check
12 useful features Google just announced for Pixel phones, watches, and tablets
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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Sucked to LA - Ultrasonic Coffee, Microsoft Recall, Perplexity Pages
'Like drinking a music festival': this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good?
Trump joins TikTok, the app he once tried to ban
Unanimous SCOTUS To States: No Strong-Arming Third Parties To Silence Those You Dislike
Federal Preemption of State Privacy Law Hurts Everyone
The Internet's Final Frontier: Remote Amazon Tribes
That time Rupert Murdoch almost married a woman from Petaluma
The Very Online Afterlife of Franz Kafka
Finally! Someone has figured out how to make money in the media biz
The Uncanny Rise of the World's First AI Beauty Pageant
a16z: no human will ever again have to make a call.
India's election wasn't the deepfake doomsday many feared
MS Recall
Perplexity will research and write reports
Visiting local chickens
Bragging: Gutenberg review
Paris' tabs
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Cathy Gellis
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Giggle Pants and Chortle Skorts - Google AI Answers, ICQ, Private Jet Tracking
Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search
Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter
OpenAI researcher who resigned over safety concerns joins Anthropic
UN statement on risks from generative AI
We'll Miss You: Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years
Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet
Everything Google announced at its big Chromebook showcase
Google adds AI-powered features to Chromebook
Here's the Google Home app 'Favorites' widget
Google Ads Now Being Mixed In With Organic Results
YouTube's free games catalog 'Playables' rolls out to all users
How Shein and Temu Snuck Up on Amazon
BuzzFeed Clashes With Vivek Ramaswamy, Its New Activist Investor
Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine under DDoS cyber-attack
HUGE Google Search document leak reveals inner workings of ranking algorithm
TikTok offered an extraordinary deal. The U.S. government took a pass
Parents Dance Like It's the '80s on TikTok, and Bring Down the House
Meta's white, male advisory group
My weekend plans: Ren Faire on HBO
Canva meets Hamilton
Top 50 podcasts
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Keeping Up With the Kevorkians - ScarJo vs. OpenAI, Google Classic
Scarlett Johansson was 'shocked, angered' by ChatGPT voice that sounded like her
It's Time to Believe the AI Hype
Steven Levy's Extremely Stupid AI Piece
Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments
Congress Shouldn't End the Internet's Sunrise With a Section 230 "Sunset" Repeal
Buy This Legislation or We'll Kill the Internet
Taiwan, on China's Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way
French TikTok block in overseas territory sets 'dangerous precedent,' critics warn
2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds
Microsoft unveils 'Copilot + PC' initiative in new bid to revitalize Windows with AI
jacking Wendy's ai
Google is bringing back classic search, with no AI – and I couldn't be happier about that
Does One Line Fix Google?
Google's AI Overviews are getting ads soon
Google rolls out immersive, AI-powered Shopping Ads
Google's new 'Add to Chromebook' badge makes web apps easier to find and install
After beating Sonos case, Google brings back group speaker controls
Magic Editor for older Pixel phones starts rolling out
Google Pay will show your card benefits, Autofill with PIN/face unlock over security code
YouTube seems to once again be rolling out its widely hated new web redesign
New: OpenAI, Wall Street Journal Owner News Corp Strike Content Deal
Truecaller partners with Microsoft to let its AI respond to calls in your own voice
C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89
Let Bions Be Bygones
United flight because of passengers stuck laptop
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guest: Ed Zitron
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Google A/I - Google I/O 2024
Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Alex Kantrowitz react live to the Google I/O presentation.
Gemini
Search with Gemini
Agents
Deepmind
Gemini Flash
Project Astra
Imajen 3
Veo
Trillium
Search
Ask with Video
Gemini for Workspace
Virtual Teammate
Gemini App
Android
Google AI Studio
Gemma
SynthID
LearnLM
Hosts: Leo Laporte and Jeff Jarvis
Guest: Alex Kantrowitz
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