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Can open-source AI models really be truly neutral, or are they just another conduit for hidden agendas? Hear how the founder of Nous Research is battling Silicon Valley giants to put ethical, user-controlled AI in everyone's hands. TOpinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families (20) Sam Altman on X: "We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have" / X The AI water issue is fake California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots | TechCrunch Walmart Announces It Will Sell Products Through ChatGPT's Instant Checkout Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead AI is changing how we quantify pain Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows Social media must warn users of 'profound' health risks under new California law Google will let friends help you recover an account AI content on the net AI writing hasn't overwhelmed the web yet Karpathy tweet Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI Sal Khan is the new TED You won't believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos. Paper: Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch's CEO in the chat DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? Inherently funny word Boah, Bahn! A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeffrey Quesnelle Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: spaceship.com/twit pantheon.io Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit
Can open-source AI models really be truly neutral, or are they just another conduit for hidden agendas? Hear how the founder of Nous Research is battling Silicon Valley giants to put ethical, user-controlled AI in everyone's hands. TOpinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families (20) Sam Altman on X: "We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have" / X The AI water issue is fake California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots | TechCrunch Walmart Announces It Will Sell Products Through ChatGPT's Instant Checkout Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead AI is changing how we quantify pain Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows Social media must warn users of 'profound' health risks under new California law Google will let friends help you recover an account AI content on the net AI writing hasn't overwhelmed the web yet Karpathy tweet Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI Sal Khan is the new TED You won't believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos. Paper: Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch's CEO in the chat DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? Inherently funny word Boah, Bahn! A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeffrey Quesnelle Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: spaceship.com/twit pantheon.io Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit
Can open-source AI models really be truly neutral, or are they just another conduit for hidden agendas? Hear how the founder of Nous Research is battling Silicon Valley giants to put ethical, user-controlled AI in everyone's hands. TOpinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families (20) Sam Altman on X: "We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have" / X The AI water issue is fake California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots | TechCrunch Walmart Announces It Will Sell Products Through ChatGPT's Instant Checkout Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead AI is changing how we quantify pain Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows Social media must warn users of 'profound' health risks under new California law Google will let friends help you recover an account AI content on the net AI writing hasn't overwhelmed the web yet Karpathy tweet Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI Sal Khan is the new TED You won't believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos. Paper: Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch's CEO in the chat DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? Inherently funny word Boah, Bahn! A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeffrey Quesnelle Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: spaceship.com/twit pantheon.io Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit
Can open-source AI models really be truly neutral, or are they just another conduit for hidden agendas? Hear how the founder of Nous Research is battling Silicon Valley giants to put ethical, user-controlled AI in everyone's hands. TOpinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families (20) Sam Altman on X: "We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have" / X The AI water issue is fake California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots | TechCrunch Walmart Announces It Will Sell Products Through ChatGPT's Instant Checkout Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead AI is changing how we quantify pain Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows Social media must warn users of 'profound' health risks under new California law Google will let friends help you recover an account AI content on the net AI writing hasn't overwhelmed the web yet Karpathy tweet Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI Sal Khan is the new TED You won't believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos. Paper: Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch's CEO in the chat DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? Inherently funny word Boah, Bahn! A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeffrey Quesnelle Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: spaceship.com/twit pantheon.io Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit
Can open-source AI models really be truly neutral, or are they just another conduit for hidden agendas? Hear how the founder of Nous Research is battling Silicon Valley giants to put ethical, user-controlled AI in everyone's hands. TOpinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families (20) Sam Altman on X: "We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right. Now that we have" / X The AI water issue is fake California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots | TechCrunch Walmart Announces It Will Sell Products Through ChatGPT's Instant Checkout Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead AI is changing how we quantify pain Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows Social media must warn users of 'profound' health risks under new California law Google will let friends help you recover an account AI content on the net AI writing hasn't overwhelmed the web yet Karpathy tweet Humanity AI Commits $500 Million to Build a People-Centered Future for AI Sal Khan is the new TED You won't believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos. Paper: Machines in the Crowd? Measuring the Footprint of Machine-Generated Text on Reddit THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI A Twitch streamer gave birth live, with Twitch's CEO in the chat DirecTV will soon bring AI ads to your screensaver Japan wants OpenAI to stop ripping off manga and anime What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? Inherently funny word Boah, Bahn! A book is being marketed with mayo-scented ink. Jealous? Me? Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Jeffrey Quesnelle Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: spaceship.com/twit pantheon.io Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit
From lawmakers cracking down on loud ads to Deloitte caught peddling AI-fabricated reports, this episode explores how tech's greatest promises and worst follies are colliding right now. No more loud commercials: Governor Newsom signs SB 576 | Governor of California ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users - Slashdot OpenAI will let developers build apps that work inside ChatGPT Senate Dem Report Finds Almost 100 Million Jobs Could Be Lost To AI - Slashdot Jony Ive's secretive AI hardware reportedly hit three problems Deloitte to refund Australian government after AI hallucinations found in report Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries America is now one big bet on AI The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI Data centers responsible for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of this year Martin Peers: The AI Profit Fantasy A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls Insurers hesitate at multibillion-dollar claims faced by OpenAI, Anthropic in AI lawsuits Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry CAN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS DEVELOP GAMBLING ADDICTION? Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence Have we passed peak social media? As Elon Musk Preps Tesla's Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain OpenAI signs huge chip deal with AMD, and AMD stock soars Google CodeMender Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology Our friend Glenn Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zapier.com/machines agntcy.org fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" pantheon.io
From lawmakers cracking down on loud ads to Deloitte caught peddling AI-fabricated reports, this episode explores how tech's greatest promises and worst follies are colliding right now. No more loud commercials: Governor Newsom signs SB 576 | Governor of California ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users - Slashdot OpenAI will let developers build apps that work inside ChatGPT Senate Dem Report Finds Almost 100 Million Jobs Could Be Lost To AI - Slashdot Jony Ive's secretive AI hardware reportedly hit three problems Deloitte to refund Australian government after AI hallucinations found in report Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries America is now one big bet on AI The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI Data centers responsible for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of this year Martin Peers: The AI Profit Fantasy A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls Insurers hesitate at multibillion-dollar claims faced by OpenAI, Anthropic in AI lawsuits Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry CAN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS DEVELOP GAMBLING ADDICTION? Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence Have we passed peak social media? As Elon Musk Preps Tesla's Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain OpenAI signs huge chip deal with AMD, and AMD stock soars Google CodeMender Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology Our friend Glenn Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zapier.com/machines agntcy.org fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" pantheon.io
From lawmakers cracking down on loud ads to Deloitte caught peddling AI-fabricated reports, this episode explores how tech's greatest promises and worst follies are colliding right now. No more loud commercials: Governor Newsom signs SB 576 | Governor of California ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users - Slashdot OpenAI will let developers build apps that work inside ChatGPT Senate Dem Report Finds Almost 100 Million Jobs Could Be Lost To AI - Slashdot Jony Ive's secretive AI hardware reportedly hit three problems Deloitte to refund Australian government after AI hallucinations found in report Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries America is now one big bet on AI The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI Data centers responsible for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of this year Martin Peers: The AI Profit Fantasy A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls Insurers hesitate at multibillion-dollar claims faced by OpenAI, Anthropic in AI lawsuits Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry CAN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS DEVELOP GAMBLING ADDICTION? Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence Have we passed peak social media? As Elon Musk Preps Tesla's Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain OpenAI signs huge chip deal with AMD, and AMD stock soars Google CodeMender Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology Our friend Glenn Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zapier.com/machines agntcy.org fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" pantheon.io
From lawmakers cracking down on loud ads to Deloitte caught peddling AI-fabricated reports, this episode explores how tech's greatest promises and worst follies are colliding right now. No more loud commercials: Governor Newsom signs SB 576 | Governor of California ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users - Slashdot OpenAI will let developers build apps that work inside ChatGPT Senate Dem Report Finds Almost 100 Million Jobs Could Be Lost To AI - Slashdot Jony Ive's secretive AI hardware reportedly hit three problems Deloitte to refund Australian government after AI hallucinations found in report Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries America is now one big bet on AI The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI Data centers responsible for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of this year Martin Peers: The AI Profit Fantasy A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls Insurers hesitate at multibillion-dollar claims faced by OpenAI, Anthropic in AI lawsuits Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry CAN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS DEVELOP GAMBLING ADDICTION? Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence Have we passed peak social media? As Elon Musk Preps Tesla's Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain OpenAI signs huge chip deal with AMD, and AMD stock soars Google CodeMender Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology Our friend Glenn Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zapier.com/machines agntcy.org fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" pantheon.io
From lawmakers cracking down on loud ads to Deloitte caught peddling AI-fabricated reports, this episode explores how tech's greatest promises and worst follies are colliding right now. No more loud commercials: Governor Newsom signs SB 576 | Governor of California ChatGPT Now Has 800 Million Weekly Active Users - Slashdot OpenAI will let developers build apps that work inside ChatGPT Senate Dem Report Finds Almost 100 Million Jobs Could Be Lost To AI - Slashdot Jony Ive's secretive AI hardware reportedly hit three problems Deloitte to refund Australian government after AI hallucinations found in report Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries America is now one big bet on AI The flawed Silicon Valley consensus on AI Data centers responsible for 92% of GDP growth in the first half of this year Martin Peers: The AI Profit Fantasy A Debate About A.I. Plays Out on the Subway Walls Insurers hesitate at multibillion-dollar claims faced by OpenAI, Anthropic in AI lawsuits Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry CAN LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS DEVELOP GAMBLING ADDICTION? Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence Have we passed peak social media? As Elon Musk Preps Tesla's Optimus for Prime Time, Big Hurdles Remain OpenAI signs huge chip deal with AMD, and AMD stock soars Google CodeMender Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model Young People Are Falling in Love With Old Technology Our friend Glenn Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: zapier.com/machines agntcy.org fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" pantheon.io
Stand Up is a daily podcast. I book,host,edit, post and promote new episodes with brilliant guests every day. This show is Ad free and fully supported by listeners like you! Please subscribe now for as little as 5$ and gain access to a community of over 750 awesome, curious, kind, funny, brilliant, generous souls Get Jeff's new book The Web We Weave Why We Must Reclaim the Internet from Moguls, Misanthropes, and Moral Panic Jeff Jarvis is a national leader in the development of online news, blogging, the investigation of new business models for news, and the teaching of entrepreneurial journalism. He writes an influential media blog, Buzzmachine.com. He is author of “Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News” (CUNY Journalism Press, 2014); “Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live” (Simon & Schuster, 2011); “What Would Google Do?” (HarperCollins 2009), and the Kindle Single “Gutenberg the Geek.” He has consulted for media companies including The Guardian, Digital First Media, Postmedia, Sky.com, Burda, Advance Publications, and The New York Times company at About.com. Prior to joining the Newmark J-School, Jarvis was president of Advance.net, the online arm of Advance Publications, which includes Condé Nast magazines and newspapers across America. He was the creator and founding managing editor of Entertainment Weekly magazine and has worked as a columnist, associate publisher, editor, and writer for a number of publications, including TV Guide, People, the San Francisco Examiner, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Daily News. His freelance articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines across the country, including the Guardian, The New York Times, the New York Post, The Nation, Rolling Stone, and BusinessWeek. Jarvis holds a B.S.J. from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He was named one of the 100 most influential media leaders by the World Economic Forum at Davos. Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at airia.com. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into ChatGPT's Sora app first hand, Jason's shows off Rabbit's redemption plan, a brief look at Jason's n8n installation, Deloitte's AI blunder, and more. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:02:16 - Jason shows off his fresh n8n install 0:13:31 - Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK 0:18:40 - OpenAI launches AgentKit to help developers build and ship AI agents 0:19:16 - Codex is now generally available 0:23:33 - OpenAI and Jony Ive grapple with technical issues on secretive AI device 0:28:17 - Jason shows how to train and create with the Sora 2 app 0:38:22 - Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it ‘scary times' for the industry 0:51:32 - Rabbit plots its redemption arc 0:55:33 - Nothing's ‘first step' to an ‘AI OS' is not first, or an OS, but is fascinating 1:01:41 - Nvidia to Finance Musk's xAI Chips as Part of $20 Billion Deal 1:05:55 - Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report 1:06:33 - Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries 1:07:18 - Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Now Free for All, Mobile App Coming Soon 1:08:57 - Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model 1:10:32 - Trio Including Google's Quantum Computer Builder Win Nobel 1:15:26 - Goodbye, Assistant: What Gemini's Arrival Means for Your Google Home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
So has Jimmy Kimmel saved the media? We've been critical of the mainstream media for quite some time, and things have only gone from bad to worse under Trump 2.0. But with the Jimmy Kimmel saga resulting in a seemingly happy ending, is there some glimmer for hope for American media? Critics Dan Froomkin and Jeff Jarvis join David Rothkopf to express optimism, pessimism, and everything in-between. More from Jeff: https://buzzmachine.com/ More from Dan: https://presswatchers.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What happens when ex-Google innovators build an AI-powered app that turns your emails, favorite subreddits, and even your calendar into a custom radio station you can talk to? In this episode, the creators of Hux reveal how they're reimagining the way we consume information and why radio and podcasts might never be the same. Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow It's time to prepare for AI personhood Creator of AI Actress Tilly Norwood Responds to Backlash: "She Is Not a Replacement for a Human Being" Link to the podslop podcasts California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law Sen. Mark Kelly's big plan for an AI future isn't ambitious enough ** DeepMind defines levels of AGI Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies AI passed the hardest CFA test in minutes ChatGPT is now 20% of Walmart's referral traffic — while Amazon wards off AI shopping agents Amazon event live blog: we're here for new Echos, Kindles, and more Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement It's official: Google says the Android and ChromeOS merger is coming 'next year' Blippo+ Guardian sliders Ive's $4,800 lantern Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Raiza Martin Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: monarchmoney.com with code IM Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org
What happens when ex-Google innovators build an AI-powered app that turns your emails, favorite subreddits, and even your calendar into a custom radio station you can talk to? In this episode, the creators of Hux reveal how they're reimagining the way we consume information and why radio and podcasts might never be the same. Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow It's time to prepare for AI personhood Creator of AI Actress Tilly Norwood Responds to Backlash: "She Is Not a Replacement for a Human Being" Link to the podslop podcasts California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law Sen. Mark Kelly's big plan for an AI future isn't ambitious enough ** DeepMind defines levels of AGI Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies AI passed the hardest CFA test in minutes ChatGPT is now 20% of Walmart's referral traffic — while Amazon wards off AI shopping agents Amazon event live blog: we're here for new Echos, Kindles, and more Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement It's official: Google says the Android and ChromeOS merger is coming 'next year' Blippo+ Guardian sliders Ive's $4,800 lantern Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Raiza Martin Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: monarchmoney.com with code IM Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org
What happens when ex-Google innovators build an AI-powered app that turns your emails, favorite subreddits, and even your calendar into a custom radio station you can talk to? In this episode, the creators of Hux reveal how they're reimagining the way we consume information and why radio and podcasts might never be the same. Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow It's time to prepare for AI personhood Creator of AI Actress Tilly Norwood Responds to Backlash: "She Is Not a Replacement for a Human Being" Link to the podslop podcasts California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law Sen. Mark Kelly's big plan for an AI future isn't ambitious enough ** DeepMind defines levels of AGI Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies AI passed the hardest CFA test in minutes ChatGPT is now 20% of Walmart's referral traffic — while Amazon wards off AI shopping agents Amazon event live blog: we're here for new Echos, Kindles, and more Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement It's official: Google says the Android and ChromeOS merger is coming 'next year' Blippo+ Guardian sliders Ive's $4,800 lantern Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Raiza Martin Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: monarchmoney.com with code IM Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org
What happens when ex-Google innovators build an AI-powered app that turns your emails, favorite subreddits, and even your calendar into a custom radio station you can talk to? In this episode, the creators of Hux reveal how they're reimagining the way we consume information and why radio and podcasts might never be the same. Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow It's time to prepare for AI personhood Creator of AI Actress Tilly Norwood Responds to Backlash: "She Is Not a Replacement for a Human Being" Link to the podslop podcasts California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law Sen. Mark Kelly's big plan for an AI future isn't ambitious enough ** DeepMind defines levels of AGI Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies AI passed the hardest CFA test in minutes ChatGPT is now 20% of Walmart's referral traffic — while Amazon wards off AI shopping agents Amazon event live blog: we're here for new Echos, Kindles, and more Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement It's official: Google says the Android and ChromeOS merger is coming 'next year' Blippo+ Guardian sliders Ive's $4,800 lantern Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Raiza Martin Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: monarchmoney.com with code IM Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org
So has Jimmy Kimmel saved the media? We've been critical of the mainstream media for quite some time, and things have only gone from bad to worse under Trump 2.0. But with the Jimmy Kimmel saga resulting in a seemingly happy ending, is there some glimmer for hope for American media? Critics Dan Froomkin and Jeff Jarvis join David Rothkopf to express optimism, pessimism, and everything in-between. More from Jeff: https://buzzmachine.com/ More from Dan: https://presswatchers.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What happens when ex-Google innovators build an AI-powered app that turns your emails, favorite subreddits, and even your calendar into a custom radio station you can talk to? In this episode, the creators of Hux reveal how they're reimagining the way we consume information and why radio and podcasts might never be the same. Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow It's time to prepare for AI personhood Creator of AI Actress Tilly Norwood Responds to Backlash: "She Is Not a Replacement for a Human Being" Link to the podslop podcasts California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law Sen. Mark Kelly's big plan for an AI future isn't ambitious enough ** DeepMind defines levels of AGI Pissed-off Fans Flooded the Twin Peaks Reddit With AI Slop To Protest Its AI Policies AI passed the hardest CFA test in minutes ChatGPT is now 20% of Walmart's referral traffic — while Amazon wards off AI shopping agents Amazon event live blog: we're here for new Echos, Kindles, and more Introducing ChatGPT Pulse | OpenAI Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant That Secret Service SIM farm story is bogus Judge Gives Preliminary Approval to Anthropic Settlement It's official: Google says the Android and ChromeOS merger is coming 'next year' Blippo+ Guardian sliders Ive's $4,800 lantern Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Raiza Martin Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: monarchmoney.com with code IM Melissa.com/twit threatlocker.com/twit agntcy.org
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down OpenAI's Sora 2 update, DeepMind's vision for video foundation models, California's sweeping new AI law, and Spotify's fight against 75 million spammy tracks. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:51 - Jason's Irish tour with Meta Oakley HSNT glasses 0:08:33 - Sora 2 is here 0:12:04 - iJustine's Sora test and promotion 0:14:32 - OpenAI's New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out 0:19:34 - Foom: all slop, all the time... 0:29:11 - DeepMind says video models like Veo 3 could become general purpose foundation models for vision, like LLMs for text 0:34:24 - AI Actress Tilly Norwood Condemned by SAG-AFTRA: Tilly ‘Is Not an Actor… It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion 0:40:59 - 'CEO of Controversial Startup Vows to Keep Mass Publishing AI Podcasts Despite Backlash 0:53:07 - Spotify Announces New AI Safeguards, Says It's Removed 75 Million ‘Spammy' Tracks 0:55:00 - California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law 0:56:23 - Hawley and Blumenthal unveil AI evaluation bill 1:00:43 - This is Gemini for Home and the redesigned Home app, rollout starts today 1:04:09 - Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant 1:06:44 - Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5 1:08:03 - DoorDash Unveils Delivery Robot, Smart Scale in Hardware Debut 1:10:02 - Opera launches Neon AI browser to join agentic web browsing race Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet. Interview with Steven Levy Levy: Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now Steven Levy: I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers Can We Afford AI? Meta's AI system, Llama, has been approved for use by U.S. federal agencies China's DeepSeek says its hit AI model cost just $294,000 to train Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research Fat Bear Week is back—and the bears are bigger than ever * "My Boyfriend is AI": A Computational Analysis of Human-AI Companionship in Reddit's AI Community ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume The Lovelace Test of Intelligence: Can Humans Recognise and Esteem AI-Generated Art? Data-Driven Analysis of Text-Conditioned AI-Generated Music: A Case Study with Suno and Udio The LLM Has Left The Chat: Evidence of Bail Preferences in Large Language Models More! Shrimp! Wounded robots Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Levy Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fieldofgreens.com zscaler.com/security pantheon.io
Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet. Interview with Steven Levy Levy: Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now Steven Levy: I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers Can We Afford AI? Meta's AI system, Llama, has been approved for use by U.S. federal agencies China's DeepSeek says its hit AI model cost just $294,000 to train Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research Fat Bear Week is back—and the bears are bigger than ever "My Boyfriend is AI": A Computational Analysis of Human-AI Companionship in Reddit's AI Community ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume The Lovelace Test of Intelligence: Can Humans Recognise and Esteem AI-Generated Art? Data-Driven Analysis of Text-Conditioned AI-Generated Music: A Case Study with Suno and Udio The LLM Has Left The Chat: Evidence of Bail Preferences in Large Language Models More! Shrimp! Wounded robots Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Levy Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" zscaler.com/security pantheon.io
Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet. Interview with Steven Levy Levy: Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now Steven Levy: I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers Can We Afford AI? Meta's AI system, Llama, has been approved for use by U.S. federal agencies China's DeepSeek says its hit AI model cost just $294,000 to train Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research Fat Bear Week is back—and the bears are bigger than ever * "My Boyfriend is AI": A Computational Analysis of Human-AI Companionship in Reddit's AI Community ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume The Lovelace Test of Intelligence: Can Humans Recognise and Esteem AI-Generated Art? Data-Driven Analysis of Text-Conditioned AI-Generated Music: A Case Study with Suno and Udio The LLM Has Left The Chat: Evidence of Bail Preferences in Large Language Models More! Shrimp! Wounded robots Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Levy Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fieldofgreens.com zscaler.com/security pantheon.io
Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet. Interview with Steven Levy Levy: Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now Steven Levy: I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers Can We Afford AI? Meta's AI system, Llama, has been approved for use by U.S. federal agencies China's DeepSeek says its hit AI model cost just $294,000 to train Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research Fat Bear Week is back—and the bears are bigger than ever * "My Boyfriend is AI": A Computational Analysis of Human-AI Companionship in Reddit's AI Community ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume The Lovelace Test of Intelligence: Can Humans Recognise and Esteem AI-Generated Art? Data-Driven Analysis of Text-Conditioned AI-Generated Music: A Case Study with Suno and Udio The LLM Has Left The Chat: Evidence of Bail Preferences in Large Language Models More! Shrimp! Wounded robots Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Levy Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fieldofgreens.com zscaler.com/security pantheon.io
Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet. Interview with Steven Levy Levy: Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now Steven Levy: I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers Can We Afford AI? Meta's AI system, Llama, has been approved for use by U.S. federal agencies China's DeepSeek says its hit AI model cost just $294,000 to train Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research Fat Bear Week is back—and the bears are bigger than ever "My Boyfriend is AI": A Computational Analysis of Human-AI Companionship in Reddit's AI Community ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume The Lovelace Test of Intelligence: Can Humans Recognise and Esteem AI-Generated Art? Data-Driven Analysis of Text-Conditioned AI-Generated Music: A Case Study with Suno and Udio The LLM Has Left The Chat: Evidence of Bail Preferences in Large Language Models More! Shrimp! Wounded robots Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Levy Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fieldofgreens.com Promo Code "IM" zscaler.com/security pantheon.io
Are we repeating the mistakes of the dot-com boom with today's AI gold rush? Intelligent Machines tackles why runaway spending, circular investments, and looming government deals could mean a hard reckoning for tech's biggest promise yet. Interview with Steven Levy Levy: Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now Steven Levy: I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers Can We Afford AI? Meta's AI system, Llama, has been approved for use by U.S. federal agencies China's DeepSeek says its hit AI model cost just $294,000 to train Seeing Through the Reality of Meta's Smart Glasses Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research Fat Bear Week is back—and the bears are bigger than ever * "My Boyfriend is AI": A Computational Analysis of Human-AI Companionship in Reddit's AI Community ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume The Lovelace Test of Intelligence: Can Humans Recognise and Esteem AI-Generated Art? Data-Driven Analysis of Text-Conditioned AI-Generated Music: A Case Study with Suno and Udio The LLM Has Left The Chat: Evidence of Bail Preferences in Large Language Models More! Shrimp! Wounded robots Pope nixes 'virtual pope' idea, explains concerns about AI Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Steven Levy Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: fieldofgreens.com zscaler.com/security pantheon.io
In this episode, Jeff Jarvis and I break down Nvidia's landmark $100 billion deal with OpenAI, Google's rollout of Gemini in Chrome, and Bain's report highlighting a massive AI revenue gap. We explore how these developments affect AI infrastructure, market power, and financial sustainability. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:02:05 - NVidia to invest $100b in OpenAI 0:08:50 - OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers 0:18:44 - An $800 Billion Revenue Shortfall Threatens AI Future, Bain Says 0:25:50 - HBR: AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity 0:34:10 - Gemini in Chrome (but not in Workspace. Niagara Falls....) 0:39:59 - Google's Gemini AI is coming to your TV 0:44:16 - Google Play Store is adding a Gemini- powered ‘Sidekick' to provide you real-time help during games 0:47:36 - Former NotebookLM devs' new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research 0:49:49 - Sort of related: Finally, I found an 'Ultra' Android phone with specs and features that truly matter 0:55:07 - ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume 0:57:17 - Schibsted data on click-through rates from ChatGPT 0:59:13 - Scoop: Microsoft looks to build AI marketplace for publishers 1:01:46 - Meta launches super PAC to fight AI regulation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel has been taken off air due to Trump through an authoritarian tantrum. Plus, the president wants to sue the New York Times. Oh, and he's cracking down on anyone else he can. The US media seems… screwed? Friend of the pod Jeff Jarvis, the brain behind the BuzzMachine blog, media analyst and author, joins us to talk through the issues facing American news providers. Back us on Patreon – we need your help to keep going. Get ad free episodes, extra bits and merch: https://www.patreon.com/c/americanfriction We're now on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@AmericanFrictionPod Follow us on social media: BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/americanfric.bsky.social Instagram TikTok Go to https://surfshark.com/amfric or use code AMFRIC at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Written and presented by Chris Jones and Jacob Jarvis. Video and audio editor: Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis Executive producer: Martin Bojtos. Artwork by James Parrett. Music: Orange Factory Music. AMERICAN FRICTION is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
37 minutes Greg Proops Bio "Sharp dressed and even sharper witted." -LA Times "Proops has a fun, ranty, self-deprecating, flamboyant, quick comedy style with depth, range, and most importantly, great jokes." -SF Weekly Greg Proops is a stand up comic from San Francisco. He lives in Hollywood. And likes it. Mr. P has a spanking new stand up comedy CD called Proops Digs In. Available on iTunes and at http://www.aspecialthing.com Greg is shooting his second season on the hit Nickelodeon comedy series True Jackson VP. Starring Keke Palmer, NAACP Image Award winner, as True. Weekly on Nickelodeon. Mr. Proops is a frequent guest on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Chelsea Lately on E! and on Red Eye with Greg Gutfeld on Fox News. Greg joins long time cohorts Ryan Stiles, Jeff Davis and Chip Esten in the live improv show Whose Live Anyway? They are constantly touring the US and Canada. Proop pod has appeared on such notable comedy podcasts as WTF with Marc Maron, Doug Benson's I Love Movies and Kevin Pollak's Chat Show. Gregela is happy to be in the Streamy-winning of Easy to Assemble starring Illeana Douglass, as the shallow agent Ben. Seen on easytoassemble.tv. The Proopdog is best known for his unpredictable appearances on Whose Line is it Anyway? The hit, improvised comedy show on ABC hosted by Drew Carey. Greg is also a regular on the long running British version of WLIIA? Whose Line is currently seen on ABC Family Channel. Proops has been a guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,The View and The Bonnie Hunt Show. Proopworld provides the announcer voice Hank "Buckshot" Holmes for the forthcoming game Mad World for SEGA. Darth Greg is heard as the bad guy Tal Merrick in the animated TV series Clone Wars on Cartoon Network. Greg can also be heard as the voice of Bob the Builder on the popular children's series seen on PBS. The HBO series Flight of Conchords features Greg as Martin Clarke an advertising executive and weasel. Greg joined long time cohort Ryan Stiles in a two-man improvised show, Unplanned. They performed for sell out crowds at the Just For laughs Festival in Montreal and taped a gala for the CBC. Mr. Proops cares like Bono and has performed and hosted at many events for the ACLU including the 2008 membership conference and a rally to stop torture with Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Senator Patrick Leahy and Larry Cox, Director of Amnesty International USA. Mr. Proopwell aided and abetted Joan and Melissa Rivers on the red carpet at the 2007 Oscars, Emmys, SAG and Grammy awards as a wag and celebrity traffic cop on TV Guide Channel. Mr. Prooples regularly hosts his own live comedy chat show at the ridiculously hip Hollywood rock joint Largo. Guests have included Flight of the Conchords, Jason Schwartzman, Russell Brand, Jack Black, Dave Grohl, Patton Oswalt, Sarah Silverman, Joe Walsh, Janeane Garofalo, David Cross, Margaret Cho, Dave Eggers, Joan Rivers, Aidan Quinn, Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Griffin, Lewis Black, Eddie Izzard and John C. Reilly. Providing musical magic is genius and imp Jon Brion. Mr. Proops has also performed his chat show in Aspen at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Montreal at the Just For Laughs Festival. He also accompanied Drew Carey to the 2006 World Cup and produced and starred in Drew Carey's Sporting Adventures on the Travel Channel. Mr. Proops other television sightings include, Last Comic Standing, Ugly Betty, The Bigger Picture with Graham Norton on BBC, Mock the Week on BBC2 and The Drew Carey Show. Mr. P is very pleased to improvise with Drew Carey, Ryan Styles, Kathy Kinney, Colin Mochrie and many talented others as part of the Improv All Stars. They had the honor of performing for the troops in Bosnia, Kosovo and the Persian Gulf as part of the USO. The All-Stars can be seen on a fabulous Showtime comedy special. When over the pond in London, Greg sits in with the renowned Comedy Store Players. Darth Proops was so excited to portray Fode, one half of the pod race announcer in the hit motion picture Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and all the subsequent video games. As well as many voices in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Greg went medieval as Cryptograf in the animated feature Asterix and the Vikings based on the popular French comic book. Greg may be heard as Gommi, the Articulate Worm in Kaena: The Prophecy a full length animated feature starring Kirsten Dunst. He was also Bernard, a mad scientist on Pam Anderson's animated series Stripperella. Mr. Greg was spotted hosting his own syndicated, national dating show Rendez View. He also hosted the now cult classic game show Comedy Central's VS. Senor Proops threw down an original half-hour of stand up on Comedy Central Presents. Which is repeated ad infinitum. Across the wide Atlantic in the United Kingdom Greg had his own chat show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival broadcast live on BBC Radio Scotland. Groovy guests like Candace Bushnell, Rich Hall, Geraldine Chaplin, Steven Berkoff and Garrison Keillor have snuggled his sofa. Mr. Proops performed stand up at How to Cook a benefit with Michael Palin and Terry Jones for the Peter Cook Foundation a BBC Christmas special. Greg was honored to be invited to rock the mike at Prince Charles' 50th Royal Birthday Gala seen on ITV in Britain. He performed a stand up half-hour on Comedy Store Five for Channel Five and has bantered on All Talk with Clive Anderson. The Proopkitty is a total smartyboots: he won The Weakest Link, Ben Stein's Money and Rock n' Roll Jeopardy. He also asked Dick Clark what his plans were for New Years Eve while guest hosting The Other Half. Proopmonkey rocks his stand up comedy all over the world and can be found most frequently performing in his beloved hometown of San Francisco. Mr. P. has toured the UK four times, sold out the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 28 years running and has kicked it live in Paris, Turkey, Milan, Aspen, Montreal, Scotland, Ireland, Norway, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates. Below the Equator in New Zealand the Proopshobbit hosted the Oddfellows Comedy Gala for TVNZ and headlined the New Zealand International Comedy Festival. In Australia Speccy Spice jammed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and hosted, Hey, Hey it's Saturday! A national TV institution. Mr. Proops is married to a woman, Jennifer. He doesn't deserve her. They reside in Lower California with their pet ocelot, Lady Gaga. 110 minutes Steve Hofstetter has over a billion views on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram, is a Nobel Peace Prize-nominated comedian. His book (Ginger Kid) is a top 5 pick on Amazon and debuted at number one in its category. Hofstetter was the host and executive producer of season one of Laughs (FOX) and he has been on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and E! True Hollywood Story, Comics Unleashed, Comedy All-Stars, Quite Frankly, White Boyz in the Hood, Countdown, and more. He's been in four movies, and he has had two top 20 comedy albums (including one that hit number 1 on iTunes comedy charts). He is a former columnist for Sports Illustrated and the NHL, and has also written for Maxim and the New York Times, among others. Nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for his charity work in the comedy community Has over 200 million views on YouTube and 700,000 subscribers Has over a billion views on Facebook and 800,000 followers His book "Ginger Kid" was a top 5 pick on Amazon One of the stars of Lifetime's "Handyman From Hell." Also in the Hallmark movie "Love Always, Santa", Lifetime's "Psycho Yoga Instructor" and "Psycho Storm Chaser", and Adam Carolla's "Road Hard" Former EVP of Film & Television for the Laugh Factory Senior Comedy Correspondent for Fox Sports Former Host and Executive Producer of "Laughs" on Fox Networks Former segment producer for Fox's "Dish Nation" TV includes CBS' "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", hosting "Trial By Laughter" on Comcast, CNN's "Campbell Brown", the syndicated "Comics Unleashed", E's "True Hollywood Story", Showtime's "White Boyz in the Hood", ESPN's "Quite Frankly", VH1's "The Countdown", CW's "The Daily Buzz", G4's "Attack of the Show", Sundance's "On the Road in America", ABC's "Barbara Walters Special", "Good Day NY", "Good Day LA", "Fox & Friends", among others. His fifth album "Pick Your Battles" reached #1 on iTunes' comedy charts His third album "Dark Side of the Room" was first ever comedian Pay-What-You-Want Former weekly columnist for Sports Illustrated and the NHL Hosted "Four Quotas" on Sirius Satellite Radio for two years Hosted "The Sports Minute (Or So)", syndicated for four years on over 170 radio stations Collegehumor.com's original columnist From New York City, currently lives in Pittsburgh. Get Jeff's new book The Web We Weave Why We Must Reclaim the Internet from Moguls, Misanthropes, and Moral Panic 1:33 Jeff Jarvis is a national leader in the development of online news, blogging, the investigation of new business models for news, and the teaching of entrepreneurial journalism. He writes an influential media blog, Buzzmachine.com. He is author of “Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News” (CUNY Journalism Press, 2014); “Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live” (Simon & Schuster, 2011); “What Would Google Do?” (HarperCollins 2009), and the Kindle Single “Gutenberg the Geek.” He has consulted for media companies including The Guardian, Digital First Media, Postmedia, Sky.com, Burda, Advance Publications, and The New York Times company at About.com. Prior to joining the Newmark J-School, Jarvis was president of Advance.net, the online arm of Advance Publications, which includes Condé Nast magazines and newspapers across America. He was the creator and founding managing editor of Entertainment Weekly magazine and has worked as a columnist, associate publisher, editor, and writer for a number of publications, including TV Guide, People, the San Francisco Examiner, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Daily News. His freelance articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines across the country, including the Guardian, The New York Times, the New York Post, The Nation, Rolling Stone, and BusinessWeek. Jarvis holds a B.S.J. from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He was named one of the 100 most influential media leaders by the World Economic Forum at Davos. Join us Monday's and Thursday's at 8EST for our Bi Weekly Happy Hour Hangout's ! Pete on Blue Sky Pete on Threads Pete on Tik Tok Pete on YouTube Pete on Twitter Pete On Instagram Pete Personal FB page Stand Up with Pete FB page All things Jon Carroll Follow and Support Pete Coe Buy Ava's Art Hire DJ Monzyk to build your website or help you with Marketing Gift a Subscription https://www.patreon.com/PeteDominick/gift
With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all. Interview with Nick Foster AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile Yann LeCun's mondo preso Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday The OpenAI paper on usage Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Roadwarden David Lynch's quirky house Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nick Foster Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io threatlocker.com/twit
With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all. Interview with Nick Foster AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile Yann LeCun's mondo preso Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday The OpenAI paper on usage Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Roadwarden David Lynch's quirky house Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nick Foster Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io threatlocker.com/twit
With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all. Interview with Nick Foster AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile Yann LeCun's mondo preso Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday The OpenAI paper on usage Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Roadwarden David Lynch's quirky house Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nick Foster Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io threatlocker.com/twit
With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all. Interview with Nick Foster AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile Yann LeCun's mondo preso Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday The OpenAI paper on usage Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Roadwarden David Lynch's quirky house Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nick Foster Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io threatlocker.com/twit
With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all. Interview with Nick Foster AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile Yann LeCun's mondo preso Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday The OpenAI paper on usage Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Roadwarden David Lynch's quirky house Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nick Foster Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io threatlocker.com/twit
With AI hype everywhere, are we confusing slick projections and sci-fi clichés for real progress? This episode exposes the flawed thinking behind tech's boldest predictions and dives into what your future with "intelligent machines" might actually look like—waffles and all. Interview with Nick Foster AI's $344 Billion 'Language Model' Bet Looks Fragile Yann LeCun's mondo preso Elon Musk's xAI Lays Off 500 Data Annotation Workers Bessent: TikTok deal 'framework' reached with China, Trump and Xi will finalize it Friday The OpenAI paper on usage Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope A Maslow-Inspired Hierarchy of Engagement with AI Model I Wasn't Sure I Wanted Anthropic to Pay Me for My Books—I Do Now How an AI Giant Became Obsessed With an Albino Alligator Amazon invests over $1 billion to raise employee pay, lower healthcare costs The Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers Rest of World: A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society Roadwarden David Lynch's quirky house Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Nick Foster Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: pantheon.io threatlocker.com/twit
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell explore Google's Gemini AI lead, Alphabet hitting a $3 trillion market cap, Meta's smart glasses leaks before MetaConnect, and OpenAI unveiling ChatGPT for teens.Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:02:52 - Alphabet becomes fourth company to reach $3 trillion market cap 0:05:48 - Here's why usage of Gemini's Nano Banana image editor is growing 0:15:10 - OpenAI and Microsoft reach tentative deal to revise partnership 0:16:12 - Microsoft is close to getting a giant new equity stake in OpenAI. It could be worth at least $150 billion. 0:16:12 - Google's new open protocol secures AI agent transactions - and 60 companies already support it 0:23:46 - Here's what the data says people ask ChatGPT 0:33:49 - The OpenAI paper on usage 0:38:30 - Anthropic on its usage 0:42:12 - Meta Connect 2025 live updates: Ray-Bans 3, Hypernova smart glasses, Meta AI, more 0:43:08 - Meta Ray-Ban Display' Glasses Design & HUD Clips Leak Ahead Of Connect 0:52:25 - Generative Engine Optimization: How to Dominate AI Search 0:54:56 - Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope 0:57:40 - BUILDING SELF-EVOLVING AGENTS VIA EXPERIENCE-DRIVEN LIFELONG LEARNING (aka: a child-rearing) 0:59:45 - OpenAI is building a ChatGPT for teens 1:02:16 - YouTube announces new generative AI tools for Shorts creators 1:04:27 - YouTube to use AI to help podcasters promote themselves with clips and Shorts 1:07:17 - USA Today and Taboola make a chat bot 1:11:42 - OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AI isn't just the ultimate nonsense generator—it's also a powerful tool students and teachers can't afford to ignore. In this episode, professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West reveal how their new "BS Machines" curriculum helps the next generation stay sharp and skeptical in a world overflowing with synthetic "facts." Interview with Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Warner Bros. Discovery Sues AI Giant Midjourney for Copyright Infringement In Major Legal Battle AI Watchdog At Least 15 Million YouTube Videos Have Been Snatched by AI Companies Most Scraped Websites of 2025 AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time. Alterego I Hate My Friend R-Zero: Self-Evolving Reasoning LLM from Zero Data AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says a girlfriend once broke up with him using a chatbot Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related? OpenAI's post on the paper Gina Trappani starts a new blog Schnitzel press NFL Debut on YouTube Draws 17.3 Million Set a two TikTok toilet limit to reduce haemorrhoid risk, doctors advise" Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Co-Host: Harper Reed Guests: Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit spaceship.com/twit
AI isn't just the ultimate nonsense generator—it's also a powerful tool students and teachers can't afford to ignore. In this episode, professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West reveal how their new "BS Machines" curriculum helps the next generation stay sharp and skeptical in a world overflowing with synthetic "facts." Interview with Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Warner Bros. Discovery Sues AI Giant Midjourney for Copyright Infringement In Major Legal Battle AI Watchdog At Least 15 Million YouTube Videos Have Been Snatched by AI Companies Most Scraped Websites of 2025 AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time. Alterego I Hate My Friend R-Zero: Self-Evolving Reasoning LLM from Zero Data AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says a girlfriend once broke up with him using a chatbot Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related? OpenAI's post on the paper Gina Trappani starts a new blog Schnitzel press NFL Debut on YouTube Draws 17.3 Million Set a two TikTok toilet limit to reduce haemorrhoid risk, doctors advise" Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Co-Host: Harper Reed Guests: Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit spaceship.com/twit
AI isn't just the ultimate nonsense generator—it's also a powerful tool students and teachers can't afford to ignore. In this episode, professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West reveal how their new "BS Machines" curriculum helps the next generation stay sharp and skeptical in a world overflowing with synthetic "facts." Interview with Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Warner Bros. Discovery Sues AI Giant Midjourney for Copyright Infringement In Major Legal Battle AI Watchdog At Least 15 Million YouTube Videos Have Been Snatched by AI Companies Most Scraped Websites of 2025 AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time. Alterego I Hate My Friend R-Zero: Self-Evolving Reasoning LLM from Zero Data AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says a girlfriend once broke up with him using a chatbot Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related? OpenAI's post on the paper Gina Trappani starts a new blog Schnitzel press NFL Debut on YouTube Draws 17.3 Million Set a two TikTok toilet limit to reduce haemorrhoid risk, doctors advise" Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Co-Host: Harper Reed Guests: Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit spaceship.com/twit
AI isn't just the ultimate nonsense generator—it's also a powerful tool students and teachers can't afford to ignore. In this episode, professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West reveal how their new "BS Machines" curriculum helps the next generation stay sharp and skeptical in a world overflowing with synthetic "facts." Interview with Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Warner Bros. Discovery Sues AI Giant Midjourney for Copyright Infringement In Major Legal Battle AI Watchdog At Least 15 Million YouTube Videos Have Been Snatched by AI Companies Most Scraped Websites of 2025 AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time. Alterego I Hate My Friend R-Zero: Self-Evolving Reasoning LLM from Zero Data AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says a girlfriend once broke up with him using a chatbot Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related? OpenAI's post on the paper Gina Trappani starts a new blog Schnitzel press NFL Debut on YouTube Draws 17.3 Million Set a two TikTok toilet limit to reduce haemorrhoid risk, doctors advise" Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Co-Host: Harper Reed Guests: Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit spaceship.com/twit
AI isn't just the ultimate nonsense generator—it's also a powerful tool students and teachers can't afford to ignore. In this episode, professors Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West reveal how their new "BS Machines" curriculum helps the next generation stay sharp and skeptical in a world overflowing with synthetic "facts." Interview with Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Warner Bros. Discovery Sues AI Giant Midjourney for Copyright Infringement In Major Legal Battle AI Watchdog At Least 15 Million YouTube Videos Have Been Snatched by AI Companies Most Scraped Websites of 2025 AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time. Alterego I Hate My Friend R-Zero: Self-Evolving Reasoning LLM from Zero Data AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton says a girlfriend once broke up with him using a chatbot Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related? OpenAI's post on the paper Gina Trappani starts a new blog Schnitzel press NFL Debut on YouTube Draws 17.3 Million Set a two TikTok toilet limit to reduce haemorrhoid risk, doctors advise" Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Co-Host: Harper Reed Guests: Carl T. Bergstrom and Jevin D. West Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: Melissa.com/twit spaceship.com/twit
On this episode of AI Inside, Jeff Jarvis and I discuss Anthropic's $1.5 billion copyright settlement controversy, Apple's silent approach to AI at its latest event, and OpenAI's explanation for why language models continue to hallucinate. Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:02:19 - Anthropic Judge Blasts $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement 0:06:56 - A Cynical Read on Anthropic's Book Settlement 0:19:31 - Apple barely talked about AI at its big iPhone 17 event 0:24:43 - In side-by-side tests, Google's latest Pixel handled everyday tasks the iPhone still can't. 0:26:44 - Google pulls ‘Daily Hub' preview on Pixel 10 as it works on improvements 0:32:30 - Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million 0:37:07 - Microsoft to Buy AI From Anthropic in Partial Shift From OpenAI 0:38:36 - Nvidia says GAIN AI Act would restrict competition, likens it to AI Diffusion Rule 0:42:09 - Why language models hallucinate 0:50:11 - Paper: Can LLMs Lie? Investigation beyond Hallucination 0:52:06 - A.I. Could Make the Smartphone Passé. What Comes Next? 1:00:13 - Claude's new AI file creation feature ships with deep security risks built in 1:06:34 - Melania on AI in education: "The robots are here" 1:08:31 - Tech CEOs Take Turns Praising Trump at White House Dinner 1:09:33 - OpenAI Backs AI-Made Animated Feature Film 1:12:10 - Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast – new pricing, new configurations and better resolution 1:12:44 - Google Photos upgrades its image-to-video feature with Veo 3 1:13:25 - Microsoft to Buy AI From Anthropic in Partial Shift From OpenAI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Original air date: September 27, 2024 Media coverage of the election hasn't been the best. Time and time again, the traditional news outlets have failed to provide the necessary information to voters, resulting in a race that seems to be too close for comfort. Journalists and media critics Jeff Jarvis and Dan Froomkin join David Rothkopf to explain where the mainstream media has gone wrong, and what it can do to get back on track. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Original air date: September 27, 2024 Media coverage of the election hasn't been the best. Time and time again, the traditional news outlets have failed to provide the necessary information to voters, resulting in a race that seems to be too close for comfort. Journalists and media critics Jeff Jarvis and Dan Froomkin join David Rothkopf to explain where the mainstream media has gone wrong, and what it can do to get back on track. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Go behind the curtain at OpenAI as bestselling author Karen Hao shares stories of infighting, ego, and shifting agendas. Find out why even OpenAI's security had her face on alert during her investigation. Karen Hao reveals OpenAI's secretive culture and early ambitions OpenAI's shifting leadership and transparency: from nonprofit roots to Big Tech power Defining AGI: moving goalposts, internal rifts, and philosophy debates OpenAI's founders dissected: Altman, Brockman, and Sutskever's styles and motives Critiquing the AI industry's resource grabs and "AI imperialism" How commercialization narrowed AI research and the dominance of transformers China's AI threat as Silicon Valley's favorite justification, debunked Karen Hao details reporting process and boardroom chaos at OpenAI GPT-5 skepticism: raised expectations, lackluster reality, and demo fatigue Karen Hao's bottom line: AI's current trajectory isn't inevitable — pushback is needed Harper Reed shares vibe coding workflows using Claude Code AI commoditization—why all major models start to feel the same Western vs. Chinese open-source models and global AI power shifts Google antitrust ruling: AI's rise dissolves traditional search monopoly "Algorithm movies" spark debate over art, entertainment, and AI's creative impact Meta's AI talent grab backfires amid exits and cash-fueled drama Anthropic's "historic" author settlement likely cements fair use for AI training DIY facial recognition: Citizen activists unmask ICE using AI tools Picks: Byte Magazine's 50th, AI werewolf games, Berghain bouncer AI test, and arthouse film "Perfect Days" Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Co-Host: Harper Reed Guest: Karen Hao Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit monarchmoney.com with code IM helixsleep.com/twit pantheon.io
Go behind the curtain at OpenAI as bestselling author Karen Hao shares stories of infighting, ego, and shifting agendas. Find out why even OpenAI's security had her face on alert during her investigation. Karen Hao reveals OpenAI's secretive culture and early ambitions OpenAI's shifting leadership and transparency: from nonprofit roots to Big Tech power Defining AGI: moving goalposts, internal rifts, and philosophy debates OpenAI's founders dissected: Altman, Brockman, and Sutskever's styles and motives Critiquing the AI industry's resource grabs and "AI imperialism" How commercialization narrowed AI research and the dominance of transformers China's AI threat as Silicon Valley's favorite justification, debunked Karen Hao details reporting process and boardroom chaos at OpenAI GPT-5 skepticism: raised expectations, lackluster reality, and demo fatigue Karen Hao's bottom line: AI's current trajectory isn't inevitable — pushback is needed Harper Reed shares vibe coding workflows using Claude Code AI commoditization—why all major models start to feel the same Western vs. Chinese open-source models and global AI power shifts Google antitrust ruling: AI's rise dissolves traditional search monopoly "Algorithm movies" spark debate over art, entertainment, and AI's creative impact Meta's AI talent grab backfires amid exits and cash-fueled drama Anthropic's "historic" author settlement likely cements fair use for AI training DIY facial recognition: Citizen activists unmask ICE using AI tools Picks: Byte Magazine's 50th, AI werewolf games, Berghain bouncer AI test, and arthouse film "Perfect Days" Get "Empire of AI" (Amazon Affiliate): https://amzn.to/4lRra9h Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Co-Host: Harper Reed Guest: Karen Hao Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit monarchmoney.com with code IM helixsleep.com/twit pantheon.io
Go behind the curtain at OpenAI as bestselling author Karen Hao shares stories of infighting, ego, and shifting agendas. Find out why even OpenAI's security had her face on alert during her investigation. Karen Hao reveals OpenAI's secretive culture and early ambitions OpenAI's shifting leadership and transparency: from nonprofit roots to Big Tech power Defining AGI: moving goalposts, internal rifts, and philosophy debates OpenAI's founders dissected: Altman, Brockman, and Sutskever's styles and motives Critiquing the AI industry's resource grabs and "AI imperialism" How commercialization narrowed AI research and the dominance of transformers China's AI threat as Silicon Valley's favorite justification, debunked Karen Hao details reporting process and boardroom chaos at OpenAI GPT-5 skepticism: raised expectations, lackluster reality, and demo fatigue Karen Hao's bottom line: AI's current trajectory isn't inevitable — pushback is needed Harper Reed shares vibe coding workflows using Claude Code AI commoditization—why all major models start to feel the same Western vs. Chinese open-source models and global AI power shifts Google antitrust ruling: AI's rise dissolves traditional search monopoly "Algorithm movies" spark debate over art, entertainment, and AI's creative impact Meta's AI talent grab backfires amid exits and cash-fueled drama Anthropic's "historic" author settlement likely cements fair use for AI training DIY facial recognition: Citizen activists unmask ICE using AI tools Picks: Byte Magazine's 50th, AI werewolf games, Berghain bouncer AI test, and arthouse film "Perfect Days" Get "Empire of AI" (Amazon Affiliate): https://amzn.to/4lRra9h Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Co-Host: Harper Reed Guest: Karen Hao Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit monarchmoney.com with code IM helixsleep.com/twit pantheon.io
Go behind the curtain at OpenAI as bestselling author Karen Hao shares stories of infighting, ego, and shifting agendas. Find out why even OpenAI's security had her face on alert during her investigation. Karen Hao reveals OpenAI's secretive culture and early ambitions OpenAI's shifting leadership and transparency: from nonprofit roots to Big Tech power Defining AGI: moving goalposts, internal rifts, and philosophy debates OpenAI's founders dissected: Altman, Brockman, and Sutskever's styles and motives Critiquing the AI industry's resource grabs and "AI imperialism" How commercialization narrowed AI research and the dominance of transformers China's AI threat as Silicon Valley's favorite justification, debunked Karen Hao details reporting process and boardroom chaos at OpenAI GPT-5 skepticism: raised expectations, lackluster reality, and demo fatigue Karen Hao's bottom line: AI's current trajectory isn't inevitable — pushback is needed Harper Reed shares vibe coding workflows using Claude Code AI commoditization—why all major models start to feel the same Western vs. Chinese open-source models and global AI power shifts Google antitrust ruling: AI's rise dissolves traditional search monopoly "Algorithm movies" spark debate over art, entertainment, and AI's creative impact Meta's AI talent grab backfires amid exits and cash-fueled drama Anthropic's "historic" author settlement likely cements fair use for AI training DIY facial recognition: Citizen activists unmask ICE using AI tools Picks: Byte Magazine's 50th, AI werewolf games, Berghain bouncer AI test, and arthouse film "Perfect Days" Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Co-Host: Harper Reed Guest: Karen Hao Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: threatlocker.com/twit monarchmoney.com with code IM helixsleep.com/twit pantheon.io
Google improves Gemini AI image editing with 'Nano Banana' model. THIS is why large language models can understand the world. Building a16z's personal AI workstation with four NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell Max-Q GPUs. Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5. Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year. We must build AI for people; not to be a person. AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization. AI robots are helping South Korea's seniors feel less alone. College student's "time travel" AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history. Forget Uber Eats—Chipotle's latest delivery option might shock you. There are two types of ddishwasher people. Would you go on a tour of your local Amazon warehouse? Perplexity has cooked up a new way to pay publishers for their content. Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated 'freelancer'. The South Slope Derby. Checking in on the Internet Roadtrip. TikTok. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: M.G. Siegler Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: helixsleep.com/twit zscaler.com/security pantheon.io
Google improves Gemini AI image editing with 'Nano Banana' model. THIS is why large language models can understand the world. Building a16z's personal AI workstation with four NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell Max-Q GPUs. Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5. Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year. We must build AI for people; not to be a person. AI 'deadbots' are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization. AI robots are helping South Korea's seniors feel less alone. College student's "time travel" AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history. Forget Uber Eats—Chipotle's latest delivery option might shock you. There are two types of ddishwasher people. Would you go on a tour of your local Amazon warehouse? Perplexity has cooked up a new way to pay publishers for their content. Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated 'freelancer'. The South Slope Derby. Checking in on the Internet Roadtrip. TikTok. Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: M.G. Siegler Download or subscribe to Intelligent Machines at https://twit.tv/shows/intelligent-machines. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: helixsleep.com/twit zscaler.com/security pantheon.io
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