I got the privilege of guesting on TWiT with host Leo Laporte and fellow guests Richard Campbell and Brian McCullough. We talked about the biggest news events in the week of technology, including:
Tesla must pay more than $240 million after a crash involving its Autopilot system, raising questions about who is responsible when self-driving cars fail.
Apple had its best revenue growth since 2021 and is working on new AI tools to compete with ChatGPT, but it is also fighting a lawsuit from the U.S. government, saying its customers still have plenty of choice.
Alphabet, Google’s parent, did better than expected and plans to spend more on AI, fueling talk about whether all this growth in data centers could hurt the larger economy.
In Australia, the government expanded a social media ban for teens to YouTube, and YouTube now uses new tech to guess who is a teen in the U.S. to better protect them.
Amazon signed a big deal to use New York Times content for AI, and AI researchers are making as much money as top athletes because their work is in such high demand.
Anthropic is trying to learn what makes AI systems act in certain ways, like having “personality” or being “evil” or not.
LG had a setback with its G5 TV in a major contest.
Sean Cairncross became national cyber director, a key job in protecting computers. More money and energy are going into podcasts as investors try to shape new media.
With the Y2K38 bug on the horizon, Debian is updating its systems to avoid problems in the future. Last, Lina Khan and the Figma IPO made news as tech regulation keeps moving forward. This episode shows how fast tech changes and how the rules, business, and society are all trying to keep up.
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