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This Week in Tech (Audio)

TWiT 923: Intelligence Explosion - Substack Notes, AI guardrails, WWDC, Meta morale, HBO Max, X Corp

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Technology, Techtv, Tech News, This Week In Technology, Twit, Leo Laporte

43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2023

⏱️ 155 minutes

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Summary

Substack Notes, AI guardrails, WWDC, Meta morale, HBO Max, X Corp

  • Substack unveils the product that got it banned from Twitter.
  • Substack CEO Chris Best Doesn't Realize He's Just Become The Nazi Bar.
  • Biden Administration Weighs Possible Rules for AI Tools Like ChatGPT.
  • European privacy watchdog creates ChatGPT task force.
  • China Mandates Security Reviews for AI Services Like ChatGPT.
  • AI is already taking video game illustrators' jobs in China.
  • Twitter Isn't a Company Anymore.
  • Elon Musk Creates New Artificial Intelligence Company X.AI.
  • Apple Plans to Launch More Than Just Its New Headset at WWDC.
  • The Unexpected Reason Apple Is Dominating the U.S. Smartphone Market.
  • Mass Layoffs and Absentee Bosses Create a Morale Crisis at Meta.
  • Montana Lawmakers Approve Statewide Ban on TikTok.
  • Why progressive lawmakers are fighting against a TikTok ban.
  • Google confirms pricing plans for NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV.
  • HBO Max to Be Renamed 'Max' With Addition of Discovery+ Content, Launch Date, and Pricing Revealed.
  • The End of Computer Magazines in America.

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Guests: Jason Hiner, Dan Patterson, and Ant Pruitt

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0:00.0

Coming up next on this week in tech, it's me Jason Howell filling in for Leo.

0:04.5

One last time I promised Leo's going to be back next week, we've got Aunt Pruitt, we've

0:08.7

got Dan Patterson and Jason Heiner.

0:11.9

And we have a fantastic episode, lots of news to talk about, substack notes, how does it

0:17.0

compare to Twitter, does it even compare to Twitter at all?

0:20.3

We talk about that.

0:21.3

Also, the rules around AI and how many different governments and countries around the world

0:27.5

are quickly approaching this point where they feel they need to put some guardrails around

0:32.6

the direction of the development of AI.

0:35.4

Is it warranted?

0:36.4

We talk about that.

0:37.4

Morale at meta, not doing so hot.

0:40.6

WWDC and Apple's reality headset, are we actually going to see it in a couple of months?

0:46.1

Mark Irman seems to think that we will, and computer magazines, we shed a single tear,

0:51.7

they are, no more.

0:53.0

This week in tech is next.

0:57.5

Podcasts you love.

1:00.2

From people you trust.

1:01.7

This is Twit.

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This is Twit.

1:11.3

This week in tech, episode 923 recorded Sunday, April 16th, 2023, intelligence explosion.

1:20.3

This episode of this week in tech is brought to you by Collide.

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