<ul> <li>OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains.</li> <li>Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection.</li> <li>GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes.</li> <li>The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors.</li> <li>AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4.</li> <li>Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell.</li> <li>Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in.</li> <li>Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal.</li> <li>Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas.</li> <li>TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries.</li> <li>Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating.</li> <li>YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform.</li> <li>Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services.</li> <li>Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety.</li> <li>Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns.</li> <li>Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally.</li> <li>Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It</li></ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jeff-jarvis">Jeff Jarvis</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau">Paris Martineau</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt">Ant Pruitt</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google">https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google</a>.</p> <p>Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul> <li><a href="http://fastmail.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">fastmail.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://Melissa.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">Melissa.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://mylio.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">mylio.com/twit</a></li> </ul></p>

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This Week in Google 741: The Whole Muffin

NOV 9, 2023169 MIN
Total Ant (Audio)

This Week in Google 741: The Whole Muffin

NOV 9, 2023169 MIN

Description

  • OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains.
  • Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection.
  • GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes.
  • The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors.
  • AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4.
  • Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell.
  • Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in.
  • Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal.
  • Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas.
  • TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries.
  • Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating.
  • YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform.
  • Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services.
  • Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety.
  • Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns.
  • Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally.
  • Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau, and Ant Pruitt

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