The 21st Century began with the rise of the Internet and social media. The next decade will mark the rise of the Intelligent Machines. AI will inhabit all our d...
IM 807: My Life in Tokens - The Founders of Bee.Computer, Majorana 1, Grok 3
Interview with the founders of Bee.computer
Would Paris or Jeff get a Bee?
Scarlett Johansson Urges Government to Limit A.I. After Faked Video of Her Opposing Kanye West Goes Viral
Microsoft announces quantum computing breakthrough with new Majorana 1 chip
A 'Teleportation' Breakthrough for Quantum Computing Is Here
Google's AI Efforts Marred by Turf Disputes
Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, releases its latest flagship model, Grok 3
Marcus: Elon Musk's terrifying vision for AI
Richard Feynman: Can Machines Think?
The Humane AI Pin: A $700 Brick of E-Waste
AI Notetakers In Meetings Are Making Me Queasy - Bloomberg
AI Designs Plastic-Digesting Enzyme
Nikola, Electric Truck Maker, Files for Bankruptcy
Google Lens powering new 'Screen Search' in Chrome for iOS
Extra Finger ring
On Probabilism and Determinism in AI
My Life in Weeks by Gina Trapani
A delightful look into the Murdochs' Succession Drama
James Murdoch interview
Roasted Chicken Thighs With Hot Honey and Lime
Leobait: Thermomix cult
Australian lamb video with comments section
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
Guests: Ethan Sutin and Maria de Lourdes Zollo
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2:42:25
IM 806: I'm Piffed - Musk Vs. Altman, YouTube on TV, WikiTok
Elon Musk's Business Empire Scores Benefits Under Trump Shake-Up
Trump plans to nominate Brian Quintenz, a16z Crypto's head of policy to lead the CFTC
Annual letter: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says TV has overtaken mobile as the "primary device for YouTube viewing in the US", indicating YouTube is "the new TV"
Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US
FYI related: Court Unplugs AI Fair Use Defense, But Context Is Key
"Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn't feel right": Meta emails unsealed
How Sam Altman outflanked Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump, including by telling Trump in a phone call that the tech industry will achieve AGI during his term
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition "Atrophied and Unprepared"
The Strategy Behind Musk's $97 Billion Bid for OpenAI
'Doomers' Review: Hunkered Down, Debating the Peril and Promise of A.I.
25 Years of The Sims Turning Players Into Gods - The New York Times
WikiTok
BuzzFeed wants to fight AI-driven social media with a platform of its own
Tesla sales dropped 60% in Germany
Hosts: Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Mikah Sargent
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2:23:49
IM 805: Doomers, Gloomers, Bloomers, and Zoomers - Zack Kass Interview, DeepSeek Hype, EU AI Act
Interview with Zack Kass, Former GTM for Open AI
Why you can deep-six the DeepSeek hype
Gemini 2.0 is now available to everyone
OpenAI has undergone its first ever rebrand, giving fresh life to ChatGPT interactions
AI Has Shown Me My Future. Here's What I've Learned.
Senator Hawley Proposes Jail Time for People Who Download DeepSeek
Hugging Face researchers aim to build an 'open' version of OpenAI's deep research tool
Anthropic makes "jailbreak" advance to stop AI models producing harmful results
WSJ: The Manhattan Project Was Secret. Should America's AI Work Be Too?
EU AI Act: Ban on certain AI practices and requirements for AI literacy come into effect
Cathy Gellis: When It's Not Just A Coup But A CFAA Violation Too
a16z slides on AI and voice
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman poaches three Google DeepMind former colleagues, including two who built NotebookLM's Audio Overviews and worked on Astra
Meta's CTO said the metaverse could be a "legendary misadventure" if the company doesn't boost sales, leaked memo shows
The Salvadoran Mega-Prison Offering to Take America's Worst Criminals
Hilarious analyst on Tesla
How the DJI Flip uses AI
Marketers will have to market to AI agents
AI systems could be "caused to suffer" if consciousness achieved, says research
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Mike Elgan
Guest: Zack Kass
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2:45:30
TWiG 804: Big Potato - Death Roulette, Influencer Voice, HillmanTok
Leo's AI Toys
DeepSeek
How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions
Mark Zuckerberg post re: Llama 4
17th Century Death Roulette ☠️
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates
23andMe might sell itself as it runs out of money
The rise of 'influencer voice': Why this TikTok creator accent is taking over the internet and maybe the world
Paris' new TV
Scoldy Mastodon
Pluralistic: It's not a crime if we do it with an app (25 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Comcast unveils ultra-low lag Internet connection
Dr. Barlow and HIllmanTok
Philip Low, long-time friend and peer of Elon Musk, posts open letter calling him out for what he is.
Why doesn't Siri know what it doesn't know?
New Vatican document examines potential and risks of AI
Technological puritanism
All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot
By Paris: Before Google's $2.7 Billion Deal With AI Startup, a Stark Warning on Safety
The mayor of Merrymac
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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2:42:46
TWiG 803: Dadscrolling - Stargate, SkyTok, Chromebook Facial Control
"Stargate" Squares Some AI Circles
Old enough to remember Trump's Foxconn factory
What Stargate Means and What It Doesn't
Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law
SkyTok, BlueSky's TikTok, made with Surf on ActivityPub
The Second Trump Presidency, Brought to You by YouTubers
Google will let you control your Chromebook with your face
Walgreens replaced its refrigerator doors with digitized ad-laden glass. It might become a $200 million debacle
Nokia's reaction to the iPhone
The Ankler launches standalone trade publication on the creator economy
Bassinet backlash reflects debate over adding fees to connected devices
Elon Musk admits cheating at video games, chat transcript appears to show
The Whole World is Whining
Netflix's UK Audience Reach Overtook BBC1 For The First Time Last Year
Genrevision podcast
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau
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The 21st Century began with the rise of the Internet and social media. The next decade will mark the rise of the Intelligent Machines. AI will inhabit all our devices from cars and appliances to smart phones and robots. The Intelligent Machines podcast explores the most exciting revolution humanity has ever seen, filled with promise and peril. More than ever we need to understand what these new devices will bring to our lives and how to make best use of them as the 21st century unfolds. On this show you'll meet the AI pioneers, inventors, and innovators who are about to disrupt every aspect of modern life. You'll learn what's real and what's hype, and you'll come away with a deep understanding of the intelligent future that awaits us all.
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