TWiT 954: Waiting For the Pope Smoke - OpenAI fires Altman, Apple RCS support, PlayStation Portal, The Abyss 4K
This Week in Tech (Audio)
Leo Laporte
4 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2023
⏱️ 181 minutes
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Summary
- Discussion of the surprise firing of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI by the board
- Explanation of the complicated structure of OpenAI as a nonprofit with a for-profit subsidiary
- Debate around the board's goals to slow down AI development versus Altman's push for progress
- Analysis of the ripple effects on Microsoft and partners who invested heavily in OpenAI
- Thoughts on cautions versus opportunities with generative AI and large language models
- News about Apple supporting RCS for higher quality messaging with Android
- Review of PlayStation Portal requiring PS5 for streaming
- Reactions to misspelled Evangelion motherboard from Asus
- Anticipation for 4K restoration of The Abyss and True Lies from James Cameron
- Discussion of YouTube disclosure rules for AI-generated content
- Analysis of recent advertising pullouts from Twitter and Musk's behavior
- Talk about pop culture offerings making the hosts happy this week
- Speculation about resolution of OpenAI leadership by 8pm deadline
Host: Devindra Hardawar
Guests: Paris Martineau, Alex Lindsay, and Anthony Ha
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| 0:00.0 | I'm de Vendver Hardawar. This week I'll be chatting with Alex Lindsay, Anthony Ha, and Paris Martino. |
| 0:05.0 | We'll be diving into Sam Opin's surprise firing from Open AI, as well as Apple's move towards |
| 0:10.4 | RCS. Is this going to mean a change for bubble colors on iPhones? We don't know. |
| 0:14.8 | Coming up next on Twitter. |
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| 0:30.0 | This is Twit. This week in Tech, episode 954, recorded Sunday, November 19, 2023, |
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