Intelligent Machines (Audio)

• IM 812: A Choir of Sentient Cabbages - Gary Rivlin, AGI Test, Section 230

  Interview with Gary Rivlin A new, challenging AGI test stumps most AI models "KI ist nur ein Werkzeug. Jedes Werkzeug kann missbraucht werden" Cloudflare is luring web-scraping bots into an 'AI Labyrinth' From the ChatGPT community on Reddit Google is rolling out Gemini's real-time AI video features 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and CEO Anne Wojcicki has stepped down Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to landmark press freedom case Why Apple, Meta and Google Are Buying Remote-Controlled Robot Arms OpenAI Unveils New Image Generator for ChatGPT OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap takes on expanded role as CEO Sam Altman shifts focus to research Gemini can now answer your Google Maps questions Announcing the (Reed) Hastings Initiative for AI and Humanity at Bowdoin Doctors Told Him He Was Going to Die. Then A.I. Saved His Life. Section 230 May Finally Get Changed as Lawmakers Prep New Bill Threads hanging by a thread Dave Troy: The Substack Dilemma: How Creators Are Inadvertently Fueling America's Failure Using Ray-Ban Meta glasses' Live AI and Live Translation to learn and understand foreign languages A Ray-Ban Meta battery add-on for people who miss looking like a complete Glasshole Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Mike Elgan Guest: Gary Rivlin 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: get.stash.com/machines joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT threatlocker.com/twit canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT

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• IM 811: Flippin' the Bird - Anthony Aguirre, AI Safety, Hollywood vs. AI

  Interview with Anthony Aguirre The NIST's new directive to AI Safety Institute partners scrubs mentions of "AI safety" and "AI fairness" and prioritizes "reducing ideological bias" in models Jensen Huang GTC Keynote in 16 minutes Nvidia and Yum! Brands team up to expand AI ordering Google Is Officially Replacing Assistant With Gemini - Slashdot Google's Gemini AI is really good at watermark removal Hollywood warns about AI industry's push to change copyright law Hear what Horizon Zero Dawn actor Ashly Burch thinks about AI taking her job Guardian agrees with Leo The Daily Wire announces new advertising partnership with Perplexity and The Ben Shapiro Show Elon Musk's Grok to merge with Perplexity AI? Perplexity dunks on Google's 'glue on pizza' AI fail in new ad Google announces new health-care AI updates for Search Google plans to release new 'open' AI models for drug discovery EFF: California's A.B. 412: A Bill That Could Crush Startups and Cement A Big Tech AI Monopoly Italian newspaper says it has published world's first AI-generated edition AI ring tracks spelled words in American Sign Language Kevin Roose joins the AGI cult: Why I'm Feeling the A.G.I. I Hitched a Ride in San Francisco's Newest Robotaxi Elon Musk's X obtains $44bn valuation in sharp turnaround The 560-pound Twitter logo from its San Francisco headquarters is up for auction Andreessen wants to shut down all higher education in America FSF's Memorabilia Silent Auction Begins Today - Slashdot Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains Google acquires cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion Alphabet spins off Starlink competitor Taara Oh Mary! TechCrunch Founder-Turned-Crypto Investor Pays $60 Million for Miami Beach Home Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Anthony Aguirre 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: uscloud.com zscaler.com/security

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• IM 810: A Liter of Computronium - Ray Kurzweil, Amazon's Robots, Cheating AI

  Interview with Ray Kurzweil Liquid eggs? NYC bodegas have new strategy to keep bacon, egg and cheese prices down Google announces Gemini Robotics for building general purpose robots DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold origami and close Ziploc bags An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, repeated false claims from a pro-Kremlin disinformation network 33% of the time A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly AI Tries To Cheat At Chess When It's Losing - Slashdot AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance Pokemon Go is getting a new owner after almost 9 years with Niantic Robots That Don't Walk Are Making Strides Amazon has more than 750,000 robots that sort, lift, and carry packages—see them in action TikTok will play 'calming music' to remind teens to stop using the app FCC chair asks if YouTube TV 'discriminates against faith-based programming' OpenAI says it has trained an AI that's 'really good' at creative writing Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars' The Senate approves Gail Slater, President Trump's pick to lead the DOJ's antitrust unit, by a 78-19 vote; she has been critical of power in the tech industry Times profile of Jessica Lessin Gen-Zers are turning to DVDs instead of streaming their favorite movies Wonder Acquires Media Company Tastemade for $90 Million Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Ray Kurzweil 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 threatlocker.com/twit get.stash.com/machines

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• IM 809: Fun Mustache - Gary Marcus, Digg Returns, AI.com

  Interview with Gary Marcus Turing Award Goes to 2 Pioneers of Artificial Intelligence Meta Discusses AI Data Center Project That Could Cost $200 Billion Satya Nadella Argues AI's True Value Will Come When It Finds Killer App Akin To Email or Excel Google's co-founder tells AI staff to stop "building nanny products 27-Year-Old EXE Became Python In Minutes. Is AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Next? - Slashdot Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice What to know about deepfakes bill backed by Melania Trump Digg is getting another revival, this time with an injection of AI Google lets Americans delete their search results 'The Brutalist' Director Brady Corbet Responds to AI Backlash Alexis Ohanian Joins Project Liberty's TikTok Bid YouTube Says It Now Has More Than 1 Billion Monthly Viewers of Podcast Content Skype is shutting down after two decades LATimes insights page PDF example from the LATimes Gebru: "🔇🔇🔇 THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AGI AND ATTEMPTING TO BUILD IT IS A EUGENICIST, POWER CENTRALIZATION PROJECT THAT NO ONE SHOULD SUPPORT." The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track Defects Masnick: Announcing Otherwise Objectionable: A Podcast Series About The Most Misunderstood Law On The Internet 18F demolished AI.com Is for Sale. Asking Price? $100 Million Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce new 'AI Phone' priced at under $1K Vintage Computer Festival East Mimeartist is watching us on the big tv Amazon's Delivery Drones Are Grounded. The Birds and Dogs of This Texas Town Are Grateful Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Dr. Gary Marcus 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 uscloud.com zscaler.com/security

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• IM 808: Stephen Wolfram - AI Inspo, Nvidia Signs, Grok Sexy Mode

  Interview with Stephen Wolfram OpenAI now serves 400M users every week Nvidia's Profit Jumps 80 Percent as Company Rides Tech's A.I. Boom Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus Artists release silent album in protest against AI using their work AI 'inspo' is everywhere. It's driving your hair stylist crazy. Nvidia launches Signs, a new AI platform to teach American Sign Language and create a validated dataset for sign language learners and ASL app developers Here's How Four Major Newsrooms Are Using AI Google sued by Chegg over AI Overviews hurting traffic and revenue Perplexity wants to reinvent the web browser with AI—but there's fierce competition Perplexity releases a censorship-free variant of Deepseek R1 To Identify Suspect in Idaho Killings, F.B.I. Used Restricted Consumer DNA Data Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggests UK broke agreement in secretly asking Apple to build iCloud backdoor Researchers accuse North Korea of $1.4 billion Bybit crypto heist Y Combinator deletes posts after a startup's "AI for sweatshops" demo goes viral Grok 3's "sexy mode" Grok 3 appears to have briefly censored unflattering mentions of Trump and Musk When Your Last Name Is Null, Nothing Works Nebraska Man Struggles to Change Daughter's Name From 'Unakite Thirteen Hotel' Touch grass Bracket City Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau Guest: Stephen Wolfram 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: joindeleteme.com/twit promo code TWIT get.stash.com/machines canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT expressvpn.com/twit

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