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CoinEx ex-USA; ChatGPT sendsyi Microsoft off the rails; AI beer; Section 230 & the Supreme Court; Tencent bails on the met averse; Temu; Amazon's hybrid work plan, One Medical rollout; Apple working on blood glucose tracking for Watch; Twitter's Twilio bill; Meta blue tick verification for cash; the Nevers; Picard; Netflix changes highlight soft products in tech; Dropbox versus iCloud; TripMode; Screens 4; Nest home products; Artifact; Rick Rubin, Hugh MacLeon on creativity; Nick Chater brain improvements; Miki Berenyi memoir; ChatGPT written or assisted books flooding the market; Mastodon; Spirit Me; AI-generated voice crime; Flipper Zero & TV-B-Gone; Dave's going to Disneyland! Sponsors: Lectric eBikes - Start your next adventure with a Lectric XP 3.0 today. Visit lectricebikes.com to learn more, and mention GOG at checkout because you love us! Show notes at https://gog.show/590/
FOLLOW UP Microsoft limits Bing conversations to prevent disturbing chatbot responses Microsoft is already reversing some of the limits it put on Bing's AI chat tools What did they know, and when did they know it? The Microsoft Bing edition. This AI chatbot "Sidney" is misbehaving Ben’s Bites Lochhead on Marketing #167 The Monster Category Battle: OpenAI & Microsoft vs Google This Vancouver Island brewery hopped onto ChatGPT for marketing material. Then it asked for a beer recipe
IN THE NEWS The US Supreme Court Doesn’t Understand the Internet Exclusive: Tencent scraps plans for VR hardware as metaverse bet falters New online superstore surpasses Amazon and Walmart to become most downloaded app in US Amazon wants employees to return to the office in May Amazon welcomes One Medical Apple Makes Major Progress on No-Prick Blood Glucose Tracking for Its Watch Twitter is making text-based two-factor authentication a paid feature Tesla workers accuse Twitter of hiding their union account from search results Meta reveals its ‘blue tick’ verification service for Facebook and Instagram
MEDIA CANDY The Nevers never had a chance — and still doesn’t, even with unaired episodes streaming for free Netflix Crossed a Line ‘Last of Us’ Episode Has Embarrassing Mistake TikTok Calls “Better Than a Starbucks Cup”
APPS & DOODADS TripMode Screens 4 for MacOS Nest Protect Nest Doorbell Instagram’s co-founders’ personalized news app Artifact launches to the public with new features Biden declines to veto Apple Watch ban There’s An Ozempic Shortage. Here's What Happens When You Stop Taking It.
AT THE LIBRARY The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin Ignore Everybody: And 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod The Mind Is Flat: The Remarkable Shallowness of the Improvising Brain by Nick Chater Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me From Success by Miki Berenyi The Kindle Store has a prolific new author: ChatGPT Science Fiction Magazines Battle a Flood of Chatbot-Generated Stories
SECURITY HAH! The CyberWire Dave Bittner Hacking Humans Caveat Control Loop Welcome to Mastodon - Forget Twitter, Mastodon has 10x the engagement. Spirit Me How I Broke Into a Bank Account With an AI-Generated Voice I saw your KITT work, Dave, and I’m a major electronic musician and DJ, hold my beer... A Device to Turn Traffic Lights Green Hacker Uncovers How to Turn Traffic Lights Green With Flipper Zero Report: Stress will drive a quarter of cyber defenders out the door A Chess Master plays against ChatGPT.
CLOSING SHOUT-OUTS Richard Belzer, Extraordinarily Smart-Ass as a Comic and a TV Cop, Dies at 78 Happy Twin Peaks Day! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. |