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Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act
Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials
Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass
Reflecting on 18 years at Google
Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running
AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips
Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies
Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter?
Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulator Provisionally Finds
Elon goes full Pizzagate. How does this end?
A new low in manels
Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers
OpenAI Made an AI Breakthrough Before Altman Firing, Stoking Excitement and Concern
Hugging Face CEO on What Comes After Transformers
Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O
Anthony Levandowski Reboots Church of Artificial Intelligence
Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates developer's life, goes viral
Google Slides getting built-in presentation recording tool
Google Will Start Deleting Old Accounts This Week. Here's How to Save Your Google Account
Google's .meme domain is here to serve your wackiest websites
Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files
Picks of the week

(Paris) The 2000 cinematic masterpiece Chicken Run
(Paris) Pentiment
(Jeff) Jezebel to Be Resurrected by Paste Magazine
(Jeff) After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine
(Ant) City Nerd on YouTube
(Jason) No Ads in Albania, Ethiopia and Myanmar
Hosts: Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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Adobe Flash Player Updater is (still) desperately trying to update
Veracrypt password security
Firefox moves to 120 with a bunch of very nice new features
Do-Not-Track is back on track
"ownCloud" -or- "PwnCloud" ?
CrushFTP Critical Vulnerability
Bypassing fingerprint authentication
ApacheMQ
TransUnion & Experian both hacked
Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Ant Pruitt

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From King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week
OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company."
Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster
Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes'
Dear Elon Musk, here are five things you might want to consider about AGI
DeepMind releases new music model
Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music
Introducing Stable Video Diffusion — Stability AI
Google Meet can now detect when you physically raise your hand
Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
Google Maps' new look may frustrate Calif. drivers as Thanksgiving travel begins
Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone
Anthropic Introduces Claude 2.1 With 200K Context Window
Sarah Silverman Hits Stumbling Block in AI Lawsuit Against Meta
Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn't Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It!
What Spotify's New Royalty Model Really Means
MC HAMMER on X: "Salute and congratulations to the 710 plus @OpenAI team members who gave an unparalleled demonstration of loyalty, love and commitment to @sama and @gdb in these perilous times it was a thing of beauty to witness. Salute
Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over 'Video Game Addiction', Because That's Easier Than Parenting
Picks:

Paris - a beautiful 2 minutes in live caller history. Stephen A. Smith vs a guy who tries to ask about Cars
Paris - And.... from the mind that brought you basement eel guy: TikTok tunnel girl
Jeff - No evidence screen time is negative for children's cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study
Ant - Great Review From Mr Sargent and Mr Nielsen - Shot on iPhone 15
Ant - LumaFusion Update Includes Editing on SSD
Ant - Bittersweet and Grateful
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains.
Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection.
GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes.
The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors.
AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4.
Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell.
Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in.
Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal.
Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas.
TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries.
Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating.
YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform.
Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services.
Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety.
Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns.
Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally.
Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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DMV suspends Cruise's robo-taxi permit in San Francisco after pedestrian accident
Debate over regulating approval process for autonomous vehicles between NHTSA and NTSB
Analysis of Google's disappointing Q3 financial results and advertising revenue drop
Impact of dating apps like Tinder on relationships and matchmaking
The demise of Twitter rival Pebble aka T2
Online interactions and social media - federation, verification, addiction
Lawsuits and moral panic surrounding Meta and Instagram's impact
AI wearable technology like Humane AI pin's features and risks
Google Chrome's dominance
Ethics of AI - risks of automation, data poisoning, copyright
Role of AI in society, regulating development, technology concerns
Picks include - corn mazes, Dimension 20, Jezebel up for sale, Pixel 8 Pro camera review
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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Elon Musk says charging $1 a year to Twitter users could reduce bots
VC Mark Andreessen loses it in controversial tech manifesto
Meta Quest 3 brings back glassholes to the wild
Amazon launches satellites to compete with SpaceX Starlink
Peter Norvig and Blaise Aguera y Arcas claim AGI is already here
51% of teens spend 4+ hours daily on social media
YouTube getting AI-powered ads targeting pop culture moments
Mass tech layoffs in 2022 - reasonable correction or problematic?
Google Wallet adds support for digital IDs and ticket scanning
Adobe focuses on AI over Figma acquisition amid antitrust scrutiny
Picks: Trust & Safety Tycoon game, beautiful coffee videos, laptop advice
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Ant Pruitt

Guest: Paris Martineau

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