TNW 318: Explaining The NY Times OpenAI Lawsuit - LastPass, 23andMe, Roku Pro Series 4K TVs
Tech News Weekly (Audio)
Leo Laporte
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🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
LastPass is enforcing a 12-character minimum master password. 23andMe blames victims, saying that it's their fault their data was breached. Which EVs now qualify for the full $7500 tax credit in the US? Roku announces plans for new TVs that use AI to optimize your TV settings. And what could the future be for AI with the NY Times lawsuit against OpenAI?
- LastPass will be enforcing a 12-character minimum master password following a massive security breach back in 2022.
- 23andMe is deflecting blame for its security breach from hackers to the victims because of users failing to "update their passwords following past security incidents."
- Sam Abuelsamid joins the show to talk with Mikah about the updated, shortened list of electric vehicles that now qualify for the US's full $7500 federal tax credit.
- Florence Ion of Gizmodo swings by to chat about Roku's new lineup of its Pro Series 4k TVs and how it will use AI to optimize your TV's settings.
- And Mikah talks about the New York Times lawsuit against OpenAI and Mike Masnick's of TechDirt's take on the lawsuit.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on Tech News Weekly, I kick off the show this week with a couple of stories about passwords. |
| 0:05.4 | First, it's about Last Pass requiring, at minimum, a 12 character master password, and 23 and |
| 0:12.1 | me saying, |
| 0:13.0 | look, it's not our fault that your data was stolen. |
| 0:15.0 | Then I interview Samabool Samid of Wheel Bearings, the podcast. |
| 0:20.0 | Sam joins me to talk about how there are fewer cars receiving a tax credit if you go to purchase an electronic vehicle. |
| 0:31.0 | Then Florence ION of Gizamoto stops by to talk about |
| 0:34.8 | Roku getting into that pro lineup with its latest round of TVs and how it |
| 0:40.7 | adjusts the picture using AI. We round the show out with another story of the week |
| 0:46.3 | this time about the New York Times lawsuit against Open AI and how well there's a lot |
| 0:52.3 | involved with copyrightyrights and where AI comes into it |
| 0:56.2 | especially when it comes to these systems simply reading the data and not |
| 1:01.0 | actually taking it and using it itself. All of that coming up on Tech News Weekly. |
| 1:08.7 | Podcasts you love from people you trust. |
| 1:15.0 | This is Twit. This is Twit. |
| 1:18.0 | This is Tech News Weekly, episode 318, recorded Thursday, January 4, 2024, explaining the NY Times Open AI |
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