TNW 301: Can AI Detoxify Call of Duty? - EV Batteries, Child Safety Bills, Meta's VR Legs

Tech News Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Tnw, Twit, Mikah Sargent, Technology News, Technology, News, Jason Howell, Tech News

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🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

The latest advancements in lithium-ion battery technology for EVs. What is the potential impact of new child safety laws for the open internet? Facebook has finally introduced legs into its Meta Avatars! And AI is starting to be used in Call of Duty to help monitor in-game voice chats.

Sam Abuelsamid joins the show to talk about lithium-ion batteries making their way to US EV vehicles and how the technology behind these batteries differs from those in current US EV vehicles.
Mikah talks about introducing new state laws that require age verification for pornographic and social media websites and the real impact these laws can have on the open internet.
Jason is excited that 'legs' have finally been added to Meta Avatars! He talks about how they look in Meta's VR and how it has a long way to go.
Finally, Mikah shares that Activision is bringing AI to Call of Duty through a partnership with Modulate to detect toxic behavior in its voice chat.

Hosts: Jason Howell and Mikah Sargent

Guest: Sam Abuelsamid

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0:00.0	Coming up next on Tech News Weekly, it's me Jason Howell and Micah Sargent is here as well
0:05.9	We first start the show talking to Sam a little Samad from Guide House Insights
0:10.3	He talks all about lithium iron phosphate and how that's come into EVs here in the US
0:15.4	Been in China for quite a while. We're getting it here in the US. What does that even mean?
0:19.4	Sam's got the scoop also
0:21.4	Micah has his first of two stories of the week talking about the real impact of
0:26.6	of child safety laws on the open internet a lot of impact there that we talk about also my
0:33.0	story of the week meta has legs but it still has a long way to go I promise you it's more
0:38.6	interesting than just legs and meta and finally column duty is getting moderation help for voice chat
0:45.4	by what else artificial intelligence all that and more coming up next on Tech News Weekly
0:51.3	Podcasts you love from people you trust this is quick
1:02.4	This is Tech News Weekly episode 301 recorded Thursday, August 31st, 2023. Can AI detoxify
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