Google’s Trial Heats Up + How to Wear A.I. + It’s Our Birthday!

Hard Fork

The New York Times

Technology

4.5 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The antitrust trial against Google has led to some of tech’s biggest players testifying in court, and things have gotten spicy. The New York Times reporter Cecilia Kang tells us the wildest moments in the trial so far. Then, A.I. is jumping off the screen and into your wardrobe. Has the personal assistant of the future finally arrived? Or a dystopian panopticon? Plus: happy first birthday, Hard Fork! Kevin and Casey share some lessons learned.

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0:00.0	I would like to say something to the Uber drivers, okay?
0:04.0	Is that okay?
0:05.0	Can I give you a minute?
0:06.0	Uber drivers?
0:07.0	Yes, all of them.
0:08.0	Okay.
0:09.0	Well, yes, two things.
0:10.0	One, for the most part, you did a new great job.
0:11.0	Thank you so much.
0:12.0	I could not live without you, seriously.
0:13.0	But I have a second thing I want to say.
0:14.0	Okay.
0:15.0	Which is, please trust the Google Maps, okay?
0:18.0	The Google Maps know, and there's a chance that you don't know.
0:22.0	Can I tell you about what happened to be the other day, Kevin?
0:24.0	Yes.
0:25.0	What happened?
0:26.0	So, I needed to get to the airport, and I called a Uber, and it showed up,
0:29.0	and I hopped in the car, and the driver, who's an older man,
0:32.0	began scoffing and balking at what he was seeing on the Google Maps.
0:37.0	And the vibe he was giving me was, I've been driving these streets for 50 years,
0:41.0	and you're going to send me that way to get to the airport?
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