TNW 326: Google's Gemini Goes Awry - AI Controversy, Apple Car Cancelled, Hackable Video Doorbells

Tech News Weekly (Audio)

Leo Laporte

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

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🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The latest AI controversy with Google's Gemini, President Biden's new executive order restricting the sale of personal data, issues with popular but insecure video doorbell cameras, and more.

Google's AI Controversy with Gemini: Reed Albergotti of Semafor discusses the backlash against Google's Gemini AI for generating biased content. Google CEO Sundar Pichai's response and the challenges of correcting AI behavior are explored.
Apple's Project Titan Cancelation: Mikah focuses on Apple's decision to cancel its self-driving car project, Project Titan, reallocating resources to its AI division. The market's reaction and the implications for Apple's future in AI are discussed.
Biden's Executive Order on Personal Data: Engadget's Karissa Bell explains President Biden's executive order banning the bulk sale of sensitive personal data to certain countries. The geopolitical context and potential impacts on privacy and national security are analyzed.
Security Concerns with Video Doorbells: Mikah highlights a Consumer Reports study by TWiT-alumn Stacey Higginbotham that revealed security flaws in popular video doorbells, underscoring the risks of unencrypted personal data and the importance of consumer vigilance in product choices.

Host: Mikah Sargent

Guests: Reed Albergotti and Karissa Bell

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0:00.0	Coming up on Tech News Weekly, Reed Albregotti of Semaphore stops by to talk about the Google
0:06.1	Gemini controversy and how a company makes changes to its generative AI system to try and improve upon those wild responses that it was giving.
0:17.5	Then, our first story of the week, Apple's Project Titan.
0:22.1	It's time to say goodbye to that Apple car future.
0:25.2	Well, at least for now.
0:26.6	Afterwards, Carissa Bella Van Gagit stops by to explain Biden's executive order
0:31.6	on the sale of our personal information to specific countries.
0:37.5	We talk about what's involved, who is going to be in charge of making sure that it's
0:41.7	enforced and a little bit about what you can do to protect
0:44.5	your privacy online.
0:46.5	Lastly, we round things out with a story about video doorbells that have poor security and yet are sold all across the web.
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