Obama urges Democrats to have a ‘clear plan’ for AI safeguards
Plus - Larry Ellison cancels $7.5 billion sale of Oracle stock; OpenAI’s Sam Altman says it would be ‘ill-advised’ to go public in 2026 Lear...
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20 of 1,895 episodesScammers target hundreds of thousands of crypto owners after Trezor confirms data breach of email provider
Plus - OpenAI puts Pro subscriptions on hold due to Astra demand; Anthropic details distillation campaigns from Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and De...
Apple Watch’s new AI features are normalizing the idea that technology is always listening
Plus - There are new shiny iPhones, so Apple is making you pay more for older models Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....
Meta debuts its Muse AI agent
Plus - White House takes down ‘Build the Wall’ game Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What to expect from the upcoming Apple launch
Apple’s annual iPhone release events are always interesting in one way or another, but this year’s presentation is one of the most anticipat...
Oura files to go public
Plus - Tesla is asking people if they want to buy and run Cybercab fleets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoic...
The sameness problem behind those unappetizing AI-generated menus
Generative AI menus have hit the restaurant business courtesy of models trained on a narrow, “pleasing” aesthetic that feels wrong even when...
Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella
Plus - Nvidia confirms it will buy Hugging Face for $12.9 billion; Amazon’s Zoox expands its robotaxi service to Las Vegas airport Learn mor...
Adobe is making its tools available in Slack
Plus - Apple follows Google in adopting Trump’s ‘Lake America’ name; Amazon’s shopping AI can now tell you if that message is a scam Learn m...
Alexa can now alert you when something new might tempt you to shop
Plus - GoPro to be acquired for $285M; Instagram puts new limits on undisclosed AI profiles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...
MapQuest’s app surges to No. 1
Plus - Tim Cook’s parting message; Caterpillar is bringing to AI deployment what it learned from automating mining Learn more about your ad...
Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply chain risk label
Plus - Hugging Face is selling a cute $399 open source duck robot; YouTube now lets creators tag Amazon products and earn commissions from p...
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and 100 other companies call for action to defend against rogue AI
Plus - Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...
Bill Gates wants to see a robot tax
Plus - Apple is holding its iPhone launch event on September 9th Bill Gates Ring introduces a new encryption standard Learn more about your...
Apple debuts its ‘most powerful chip ever’ in M5 Ultra and M6
Plus - Uber launches live video streaming for teen accounts; Amazon hikes hardware prices by 60% Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...
Hugging Face reportedly in talks to be acquired for $13B
Plus - Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash; Two years after launch, Walmart’s Flipkart is closin...
OpenAI is gaining on Anthropic
Plus - Walmart to finally start accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay; Oura faces lawsuit accusing it of misleading consumers about sleep-track...
Meta’s experimental vibe-coding gaming app
Plus - Patreon launches 30 new creator features; Senators demand answers from TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices....
Amazon’s Prime Air is taking off in nearly 500 US cities
Plus - You can Venmo your college tuition, for some reason; TikTok explores peer-to-peer payments via DMs Learn more about your ad choices....
Why Apple’s camera-equipped AirPods may not be the ‘pervert pods’ consumers fear
Plus - Peacock is raising prices across all of its streaming plans; OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens Learn more about your ad choic...