Shows
AI Named This ShowAI search: Google's worst nightmare? 🔴 AINTS 061This week, Tristan and Tasia catch up on Microsoft's public preview of AI agents in Copilot Studio, the latest delay of their Recall feature, and Anthropic's new desktop app for Claude AI. Then we explore the search engine wars heating up as Meta reportedly develops its own AI-powered search engine and OpenAI launches ChatGPT with Search, both taking aim at Google's long-standing dominance in the field. Join us as we stay up late — and never sleep again.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, iHeart or Sp...
2024-11-0136 min
AI Named This ShowAnthropic and the age of agentic AI 🔴 AINTS 60This week, Tristan and Tasia recap the latest Google AI news, look at an AI chatbot tragedy, and review Runway's stunning motion capture smartphone tech. Then we examine Anthropic's groundbreaking "Computer Use" feature, which allows its Claude AI to interact with computers just like humans do, potentially revolutionizing how we interact with AI in the stark reality of our daily lives. Join us as we drop the doomerism and let JARVIS take the wheel.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, iHeart or Spotify
2024-10-2548 min
AI Named This ShowMicrosoft, Google and Amazon: AI goes nuclear 🔴 AINTS 059This week Tristan and Tasia explore the world of electronic tongues, deepfake romance scams, and AI-powered check fraud recovery. Then we explore the nuclear-powered future of AI as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon make bold moves to fuel their data centers with small modular reactors and revived nuclear plants, signaling a seismic shift in the energy landscape. Join us as we light up a new atomic age.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, iHeart or SpotifyCLICK HERE FOR FULL SHOW NOTES
2024-10-1836 min
AI Named This ShowTesla AI: Cybercab, Robovan & Optimus 🔴 AINTS 058This week Tristan and Tasia totally recall Amazon's latest AI-powered shopping, delivery, and Ring doorbell features, Google's Nobel Prize winners, Microsoft's healthcare announcements, Zoom's AI avatars, OpenAI's bad actors report, and more. Then we get up to speed on Tesla's "We, Robot" event, where Elon Musk unveiled the long-awaited Cybercab robotaxi, the Robovan people mover surprise, and significant upgrades to the Optimus humanoid robot. Join us for a wild ride through the week in AI. Steering wheel not included.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts...
2024-10-1157 min
AI Named This ShowLiquid Foundation Models: The new face of AI? 🔴 AINTS 057This week, Tristan and Tasia go (ever so slightly) back in time to recap the latest Google AI updates, Microsoft Copilot developments, OpenAI's DevDay event announcements, and NVIDIA's NVLM family of large multimodal language models. Then we explore Liquid AI's revolutionary Liquid Foundation Models, which promise state-of-the-art performance without relying on traditional transformer architecture. Will they reshape the future of AI? Join us as we go with the flow — or fight to avoid Judgment Day.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, iHeart or Spotify
2024-10-0449 min
AI Named This ShowOne week with Meta and OpenAI 🔴 AINTS 056This week, Tristan and Tasia dive into Meta's AI extravaganza, from celebrity-voiced chatbots to its updated Ray-Bans that can now remember things for you, while Mark Zuckerberg teases the future of AI-powered augmented reality glasses.Then we ride through OpenAI's rollercoaster week, with Sam Altman working on an AI device venture and pitching the White House on a massive data center buildout while OpenAI pivots to profits and executives exit. Join us as we steer into the skid to end another wild week in the life of AI.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named...
2024-09-2743 min
AI Named This ShowSocialAI and Dead Internet Theory 🔴 AINTS 055This week, your hosts Tristan and Tasia walk you through the latest AI news, including LinkedIn's AI training initiative (and how to opt out of it), Amazon's AI tools for shoppers, sellers and advertisers, Alibaba's new generative AI models, YouTube's latest AI tools for creators, Lionsgate's controversial partnership with Runway, and California's flurry of AI legislation. Then we dig into the uncanny world of SocialAI and the resurgence of Dead Internet Theory. Join us as we blur the line between human and bot.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast...
2024-09-2043 min
AI Named This Show Apple Intelligence and OpenAI's "Strawberry" 🔴 AINTS 054This week, Tristan and Tasia bite into Apple's juicy new iPhone 16 lineup and watch as their AI efforts get a bit mushy in certain markets, while Google's Gemini sprouts on Android and OpenAI's "Strawberry" model tries to sweeten the deal with self-fact-checking. Then we peel back the layers on some spicy AI security concerns, from ChatGPT's illicit recipes mishap to Meta's data-hungry AI models, and explore how AI might be changing the flavor of our beliefs. Join us as we cook up an explosive smorgasbord of AI news.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named...
2024-09-1354 min
AI Named This ShowxAI gets colossal 🔴 AINTS 053This week, Tristan and Tasia get into some of the details about OpenAI's and Anthropic’s enterprise AI efforts, the drama regarding Oprah's upcoming AI special (that no one's actually seen yet), and the possible futility and/or self-defeating nature of the Council of Europe's AI safety treaty. Then we marvel once again, this time at xAI's Memphis Supercluster, its energy requirements, and how it helps — and possibly hurts — NVIDIA. Join us as we fire up some diesel generators in our pursuit of general artificial intelligence. What's the worst that could happen?FOLLOWAI Named This S...
2024-09-0641 min
AI Named This ShowRegulation and growth: The evolution of AI 🔴 AINTS 052This week, Tristan and Tasia get the latest from Google, as it continues to deliver — or re-deliver — on previously announced AI features. Then we marvel at the continued growth of consumer AI, despite increased scrutiny from regulators and resistance from some website publishers. Turns out there are some strings on it, after all. Join us as we update our robots.txt and pursue shiny gems.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart or SpotifyFOLLOW-UPGemini Advanced Tip: Gemini Gems | How to Us...
2024-08-3033 min
AI Named This ShowGenerative AI and fake celebrity endorsements 🔴 AINTS 051This week, Tristan and Tasia check out a new YouTube AI chatbot — but it's not what you might expect — and Perplexity ads coming soon to a screen near you — which is exactly what you might expect. We also review the latest in AI image generation and how it's being used to trick us into thinking public figures are endorsing products or politicians that they most definitely aren't. This is why we can't have nice things. Join us as we scream ferociously. Maybe we need to calm down.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube...
2024-08-2334 min
AI Named This ShowGoogle AI: Ready to go 🔴 AINTS 050This week, Tristan and Tasia celebrate AI Named This Show's one-year anniversary — and 50th episode — by discussing the current wave of increasingly convincing deepfakes and getting somber over the end of objective reality as we know it. Then Tasia recounts the recent Made By Google event that she rolled up to in person, sharing details of the Pixel 9 smartphones, Gemini Live, and more! Join us as we party like it's our birthday...FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSElon Musk...
2024-08-161h 00
AI Named This ShowAI reality check 🔴 AINTS 049This week, Tristan and Tasia sift through the latest good news and/or bad news about Friend, Humane, Rabbit, OpenAI, Google and Figure. Then we puzzle over the current state of AI as some claim we're in a bubble. Join us for an emotional roller coaster ride through the latest AI developments.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart or SpotifyFOLLOW-UPDeveloper Says the ‘Friend’ AI Amulet Ripped Off His Project, Releases Diss TrackHumane’s daily returns are outpacing salesRabbit’s r1 refi...
2024-08-0953 min
AI Named This ShowMaking friends with AI 🔴 AINTS 048This week, Tristan and Tasia check out Chrome's new AI features and ChatGPT's new foice features before pivoting to Meta's AI Studio, the Friend AI pendant, and new AI features in popular dating apps. Join us as we make AI friends — and friends with AI.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart or SpotifyAI NEWSGoogle brings Gemini-powered search history and Lens to Chrome desktopOpenAI Amps Up ChatGPT's Voice Features, for a Select FewOpenAI starts rolling out its Her-like voice mode...
2024-08-0235 min
AI Named This ShowMeta doubles down on open-source AI 🔴 AINTS 047This week, Tristan and Tasia see how Google AI gets good at math, Adobe gets better at generative AI, and OpenAI gets into search. Then Meta continues pushing us into VR and pulling us into AI. Join us as we talk to the AInimals. Hold on to your hat!FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSAdobe’s integrates Firefly model, bringing AI features for PhotoshopStability AI steps into a new gen AI dimension with Stable Video 4DGoogle Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Tha...
2024-07-2645 min
AI Named This ShowThe next frontier of generative AI 🔴 AINTS 046This week, Tristan and Tasia look at new image-generating tools from Samsung and Microsoft and check out Amazon's new AI shopping assistant, Rufus. Then we encounter OpenAI's Strawberry (FKA Q*) reasoning technology and new types of AI models that might someday supplant transformers. Join us as we navigate the dangers of the frontier. Can you survive the journey?FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSGoogle’s AI results are showing up less frequently, a study foundSee also: Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in searchSamsung’s new...
2024-07-1952 min
AI Named This ShowAI and the environment 🔴 AINTS 045This week, Tristan and Tasia explore various recent AI announcements, collaborations and whoopsie-doopsies involving Microsoft, OpenAI, Apple, Samsung, Google, and Motorola. We also discuss Google's recent backtracking on its net zero emissions targets in light of increasing resource demands from AI. Plus: an AI beauty pageant and a surprise appearance from a certain adorable orange lagomorph. Join us as we try to have nice things without destroying our warren!FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSMicrosoft Admits That Maybe Surveiling Everything You Do On Your Computer Isn’t A...
2024-07-1247 min
AI Named This ShowAI storytelling: As you wish 🔴 AINTS 044This week, Tristan and Tasia are joined by AINTS' very first guest, writer/performer/podcaster/video producer, Bill Meeks, to look at the latest AI image and video generator updates from Stable Diffusion and Runway AI, along with a couple of newcomers. Then Bill walks us through the key features of Everly Heights Story Studio, his AI storytelling toolkit. Join us as we weave classic tales of true love and high adventure in the world of AI.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastGENERATIVE AI NEWSLeonardo AI Review: A...
2024-07-051h 07
AI Named This ShowAI music and copyright 🔴 AINTS 043This week, Tristan and Tasia relive a tech journalist's chaotic adventure with Meta's Ray-Ban AI glasses in Montreal and uncover the significant security flaw found in Rabbit’s R1 AI gadget. Then we dive into the heated legal battles over AI-generated music, with the RIAA suing Suno and Udio for copyright infringement and YouTube negotiating music licensing for AI song generators. Join us as we tune in to the latest smash hit in the ongoing fight between AI creativity and copyright law. It's like Christmas in summer for AI drama!FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & Ta...
2024-06-2853 min
AI Named This ShowAI search, hallucinations and everything 🔴 AINTS 042This week, Tristan and Tasia wade into the Perplexity AI drama — and AI search at large. Then we explore AI hallucinations and a few efforts to reduce them. Join us as we fire up the improbability engine and envision a future where LLMs are accurate most of the time.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastFOLLOW-UP & AI NEWSIlya Sutskever Has a New Plan for Safe SuperintelligenceOpenAI’s former chief scientist is starting a new AI companySafe Superintelligence Inc.Anthropic Says New Claude 3.5 AI Model Outperforms GPT-4 OmniAI SE...
2024-06-2144 min
AI Named This ShowApple Intelligence: AI for the rest of us? 🔴 AINTS 041This week, Tristan and Tasia dive into Apple's AI announcements from WWDC 2024, from its partnership with OpenAI, to custom emoji, to giving Siri a brain transplant. Join us as we air our grievances — and discuss Apple's feats of strength in its big move into AI. FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastSHOW NOTES Apple Intelligence PreviewApple Intelligence – everything you need to know about your iPhone’s new big brainApple Intelligence in iOS 18 — 15 top new AI features coming to your iPhone: Reduce interrupti...
2024-06-1450 min
AI Named This ShowIs AI slop ruining the Web? 🔴 AINTS 040This week, Tristan and Tasia look at the open letter from several former OpenAI employees (and others) warning of the existential threat of AI and demanding whistleblower protection. Then we discuss various new generative AI tools and developments that are simultaneously making us more productive and the Web more terrible. Join us as we wade through AI failures, AI doom, AI porn, and AI slop to reach the shores of AI disappointment.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastFOLLOW-UPHumane is reportedly trying to sell itself to HP for $1 b...
2024-06-0744 min
AI Named This ShowContinuing the AI superalignment mission 🔴 AINTS 039This week, Tristan and Tasia go back in time to revisit the dramatic ouster — and resinstatement — of Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI, with a bit of behind-the-scenes perspective from a former board members. Then we explore the dissolution — and reconstitution — of OpenAI's safety team, and what it means for not only OpenAI's superalignment efforts, but those of one of its rivals. Plus: bilingual brain implants and a hack to disable Google's AI search results. Join us as we line up these stories about several bodies in the AI orbit.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Faceb...
2024-05-3146 min
AI Named This ShowMultimodal AI gets more multi 🔴 AINTS 038This week, Tristan and Tasia check out more news from OpenAI, including the launch of GPT-4o and all its multimodal enhancements, revealed just one day before Google I/O, which featured even more mutlimodal innovations. Join us for an unprecedented mega-sode as we search for the AI elements that will actually resonate with everyday folks.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastOPENAI NEWSOpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your postsOpenAI releases GPT-4o, a faster model that’s free for all ChatGPT usersIntroducing GPT-4oHe...
2024-05-171h 23
AI Named This ShowHitting the mother lode of OpenAI initiatives 🔴 AINTS 037This week, Tristan and Tasia start off with a bit of good Google / bad Google and good Apple / bad Apple. Then we explore this week's rich vein of news from OpenAI. Join us as we dig into the top platforms to bring home some shiny AI nuggets. There's gold in them thar hills!FOLLOWAI Named This Show Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastGOOGLE AI NEWSGoogle DeepMind’s new AI can model DNA, RNA, and ‘all life’s molecules’Google DeepMind debuts huge AlphaFold update and free proteomics-as-a-service web appYouTube Premium users can...
2024-05-1051 min
AI Named This ShowClaude AI: Time to get to work 🔴 AINTS 036This week, Tristan and Tasia dive into the R1 rabbithole, find out who's suing OpenAI now, learn about a mysterious new chatbot, and discuss AI news from Yelp. Then we check in with new initiatives from Anthropic's Claude AI for mobile and enterprise. Join us as we get to work. There’s no time like the present!FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart or SpotifyFOLLOW-UPSo what if OpenAI Sora didn't cre...
2024-05-0338 min
AI Named This ShowAI language models: Small is the new large 🔴 AINTS 035This week, Tristan and Tasia admire Adobe's AI moves, chase the Rabbit R1 as it pops out of its hole, and ponder people's pushback against AI from Meta and Snapchat. Then we put small AI language models from Microsoft and Apple under the microscope. Join us as we get real small. Hold on to your Pym particles!FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastFOLLOW-UPAdobe expands generative AI features to video editing software Premiere ProAdobe's new upscaling tech uses AI to s...
2024-04-2650 min
AI Named This ShowMeta throws down the AI gauntlet 🔴 AINTS 034This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss the Humane Ai Pin's disappointing reviews, other AI devices coming soon, and AI model developments from OpenAI, Grok and Microsoft. Then we look at Meta's update to its Llama model and infusing its AI magic into Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and more. Join us as we grab some potion and some food and watch as another tech champion harnesses the forces of open source to battle for AI dominance.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastLLM UPDATESChatGPT update: OpenAI makes popular chatbot ‘more dir...
2024-04-1943 min
AI Named This ShowPushing the limits of AI chatbots 🔴 AINTS 033This week, Tristan and Tasia survey a host of LLM and chatbot updates from OpenAI, Mistral AI, Apple, Microsoft and others, before discussing a few ways people are using and abusing chatbots. Lastly, we learn how to talk to human language models, or HLMs. Join us as we learn the ins and outs of talking to AI — and people.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastFOLLOW-UPOpenAI is experimenting with sharing revenue with builders in its GPT StoreAI CHATBOT/LLM...
2024-04-1237 min
AI Named This ShowGoogle AI and the rebirth of search 🔴 AINTS 032This week, Tristan and Tasia check out generative AI updates from OpenAI and Stability AI, and discuss concerns from at least one creative community. Then we look at some of Google's recent moves to disrupt its own search business with AI before someone else does it for them. Join us as we watch a tech titan search for a business model that relies less on advertising and more on subscriptions. Hold on to your wallet!FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastFOLLOW-UP
2024-04-0541 min
AI Named This ShowMicrosoft's quest for AI bliss 🔴 AINTS 031This week, Tristan and Tasia revisit Humane's Ai Pin before its impending launch, marvel at Google's latest AI updates, and check out the White House's new AI guidelines for federal government agencies. Then we look into Microsoft's colloboration with Intel for PCs to run Copilot locally and its efforts to make AI safer in its Azure cloud. Join us as we get grounded and trade in our FLOPS for TOPS. (Tune in to figure out what that even means.)FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This...
2024-03-2936 min
AI Named This ShowAccelerating AI with superconductors 🔴 AINTS 030This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss a potential Google-Apple AI courtship, Microsoft’s Surface AI event, NVIDIA’s GTC 2024 event, a mind-blowing OpenAI robot mashup, and more. Then we explore Extropic’s revolutionary new chip designs that claim to be “many orders of magnitude faster and more energy efficient than digital processors.” Join us as we defy Moore’s Law to power the future of AI.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSGoogle DeepMind co-founder joins Microsoft as CEO of its new AI...
2024-03-2247 min
AI Named This ShowAI video generators: The future of filmmaking? 🔴 AINTS 029This week, Tristan and Tasia zoom in on cutting-edge AI video tools Sora, LTX Studio, Morph Studio, EMO, and Augie. Also: AI chips, romantic chatbot caveats, and marrying holograms. Join us as we journey from the creative to the absurd at the speed of AI.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart or SpotifyFOLLOW-UPWhy people are falling in love with AI chatbotsRomantic AI Chatbots Don’t Have Your Privacy at HeartA...
2024-03-1542 min
AI Named This ShowAI language models: Large and in charge 🔴 AINTS 028This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss the latest LLM and chatbot updates from OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Mistral, Anthropic — and even Amazon — and try to figure out which ones can actually fit into our already crowded AI toolkits. Join us as we bribe and threaten ChatGPT, Gemini, et al. to do our bidding. Who's in charge now?FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart or SpotifyLLM NEWSOpenAI’s ChatGPT now has multilingual read ou...
2024-03-0851 min
AI Named This ShowBuilding strange new worlds with generative AI 🔴 AINTS 027This week, Tristan and Tasia learn the difference between tokens and parameters, discuss whether AI could replace the apps on your phone, and discuss Google's culture war woes — and Genie, its new AI model for creating virtual worlds for gaming and more. Then we cap things off by experimenting with a mind-blowing new real-time image generation model. Join us as we boldy go where no podcast has dressed up trash pandas before.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Pod...
2024-03-0141 min
AI Named This ShowAI language processing units: New chips on the block 🔴 AINTS 026This week, Tristan and Tasia bring you bunch of Google AI news, a couple of whoopsie-doopsies from ChatGPT and Google Gemini, and more! Plus Groq (yes, with a “q”) introduces its new LPU chips to speed up LLM performance. Join us as we put their claims to a highly unscientific test.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSStable Diffusion 3.0 debuts new diffusion transformation architecture to reinvent text-to-image gen AIAI model Poro sets new milestones for multilingual LLMs in EuropeAI...
2024-02-2345 min
AI Named This ShowThe next generation of text-to-video AI 🔴 AINTS 025This week, Tristan and Tasia check in on Sarah Silverman's copyright infringement suit before taking in some little news from Apple, some big news from Google and NVIDIA, and some huge news from OpenAI. Join us for an appropriately sized mega-sode as we try to figure out what is even real anymore.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastFOLLOW-UPSarah Silverman’s copyright infringement suit against OpenAI will advance in pared-down formSee also: Looking Back at Google Books Eight Years LaterA...
2024-02-161h 01
AI Named This ShowMultimodal AI: Copilot vs. Gemini 🔴 AINTS 024This week, Tristan and Tasia do a quick update on CSAM, robocalls, and the Arc browser's new AI features. Then we look at what's fixing to be the AI battle of the century: Microsoft Copilot vs. Google Gemini — now with consistent branding! Join us as we try to figure out who'll be reign supreme in the AI-powered digital assistant and productivity arena!FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart or SpotifyFOLLOW-UPEU pro...
2024-02-0943 min
AI Named This ShowShoring up the fate of OpenAI 🔴 AINTS 023This week, Tasia and Tristan check in on some Samsung speculation and Google goings-on before diving into the murky depths of the legal, ethical and societal challenges posed by AI deepfakes — celebrity and otherwise — and law enforcement's in challenges pursuing the purveyors of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in the age of AI. Then we tack toward Sam Altman's prediction of AGI's imminent arrival, his pursuit of sustainable fusion energy to power AI's future, and his in-house chip development ambitions to fortify OpenAI's competitive position. Join us as we navigate the choppy waters of AI's potential — and real-world considerations....
2024-02-021h 04
AI Named This ShowLighting up generative AI 🔴 AINTS 022This week, Tasia and Tristan touch on the public release of Nightshade, designed to protect artists' copyright, discuss the unsettling trend of deepfakes — political and otherwise, and the legal battles surrounding AI-generated content, including George Carlin's posthumous special. Then we dive into Google's latest AI exploits, from the innovative feature drops for the Pixel 8 smartphones and Google Chrome web browser to the creative realms of Lumiere, its latest in a parade of AI video generators. Be our guest for an enlightening episode as we navigate the promising yet perilous landscape of generative AI.FOLLOWAI Nam...
2024-01-2652 min
AI Named This ShowAI all the things 🔴 AINTS 021This week, Tasia and Tristan kick things off with the auto industry's shift towards AI-infused, connected vehicles, the surge in AI girlfriend bots on OpenAI's GPT Store, and Microsoft's unveiling of Copilot Pro. They we pivot to some of the intriguing AI-powered gadgets from CES 2024, including Samsung's bowling ball-sized home robot called Ballie, the pocket-sized Rabbit R1 AI assistant, and the Oro pet-sitting robot. We round things out with Samsung's Galaxy S24 and its Google-powered AI smarts. Join us for another mega-sode as we explore how AI is becoming an ever-growing part of our daily lives....
2024-01-191h 02
AI Named This ShowCES 2024 AI announcements: y tho 🔴 AINTS 020This week, Tasia and Tristan touch on OpenAI's GPT Store debut, provide an update on its copyright skirmish with the New York Times, and dish additional details on Apple's AI aspirations. Then we unveil some of the AI announcements at CES 2024, from ChatGPT-equipped cars and AI-powered exoskeletons to quirky tech like AI cat doors and baby cry translators. Join us for a glimpse into our AI-augmented future — as envisioned by consumer tech companies.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, App...
2024-01-1251 min
Daily Tech News ShowChatGPT Gets More Chatty - DTNS 4679What sets Suno.AI apart from other generative AI music efforts? And can Android’s default assistant be changed to something other than Google Assistant? Plus what does the future look like for Substack?Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Tristan Jutras, Len Peralta, Mishaal Rahman, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/dtns.
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2024-01-0534 min
AI Named This ShowThe future of AI: Pondering the year ahead 🔴 AINTS 019This week, Tristan and Tasia take a quick peek at The New York Times' copyright lawsuit against OpenAI, and OpenAI's ambitions for a mysterious AI device (with the help of a former Apple exec). Then we take a long, hard look at the year ahead, which could usher in a new era of AI capability and commercialization while the industry grapples with the opportunities and inherent limitations of increasingly powerful AI models — along with heightened scrutiny from regulators. Join us as we explore the themes likely to dominate the AI landscape throughout 2024.FOLLOWAI Named Th...
2024-01-0557 min
AI Named This ShowAI chatbots get personal 🔴 AINTS 018This week, Tristan and Tasia look into the new open-source AI alliance led by Meta and IBM, and the growing concern over privacy as certain AI models can now identify locations from photos. Then we explore the latest in chatbots being integrated into automobiles, interactive holographic kiosks, online garage sales, and [checks notes] romantic relationships. Join us as we figure out which chatbots will actually help us and which will contribute to the ultimate decline of civilization.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI ALLIANCEMeta and IBM create...
2023-12-2249 min
AI Named This ShowMultimodal AI models: The empires strike back 🔴 AINTS 017This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss recent AI announcements from Apple, Meta and Microsoft along with promising updates from xAI and Mistral, before digging into Google's groundbreaking Gemini model — and its controversial demo video. Join us for a galaxy-sized episode about the battle for multimodal AI supremacy.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAPPLE MLXApple joins AI fray with release of model frameworkXAI GROKMusk says his AI firm xAI is rolling out chatbot GrokElon Musk’s Grok Represents a Serious Threat to ChatGPTMy Surprisingly Unbias...
2023-12-1559 min
AI Named This ShowAmazon: Reinventing AI or itself? 🔴 AINTS 016This week, Tristan and Tasia look at Sports Illustrated’s use of AI-generated writers and Google Bard’s answering questions about YouTube videos. Then we discuss the AWS re:Invent conference, where Amazon unveiled a slew of AI innovations, including Amazon Q (its new corporate chatbot), Titan Image Generator, Amazon Transcribe’s expansion to over 100 languages, and Amazon’s next-generation AI chips. Join us as we ponder whether Amazon is playing catch-up or positioning itself as a leader in an AI-driven future.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI...
2023-12-0830 min
Daily Tech News ShowRemotely Possible - DTNS 4656Ever since Open AI announced GPTs, chat agents that developers can use on their platforms developers have made a lot of these. Tristan Jutras takes through some of the more outlandish examples of people flexing their creative GPT muscles. Plus, is the push to force workers back to the office dead? One Stanford professor thinks so. And Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer confirmed that Microsoft is talking to partners about launching an Xbox Mobile store.Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Tristan Jutras, Len Peralta, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. ...
2023-12-0133 min
AI Named This ShowChatGPT's birthday and the death of AI safety 🔴 AINTS 015This week, Tristan and Tasia celelbrate ChatGPT's birthday, recounting its historic rise, the introduction of GPT-4, DALL-E 3, and custom GPTs, and the resolution of OpenAI's recent leadership drama. With Sam Altman back as CEO, have the contentious debates over AI ethics and safety taken a back seat to relentless innovation and effective acceleration? Join us as we do a speed run through the twists and turns of AI's most transformative year yet.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple...
2023-12-0140 min
AI Named This ShowAI chatbots and boardroom coups 🔴 AINTS 014This week, Tristan and Tasia recap the leadership upheaval at OpenAI — featuring CEO Sam Altman's shocking ousting and swift return. We set it against the backdrop of this month's OpenAI DevDay revelations — including the debut of GPT-4 Turbo and custom GPTs — as well as xAI's Grok and Anthropic's Claude 2.1. Join us as we bounce from the boardroom to bots, where it's safety versus speed and specialization versus spiciness in the race for AI supremacy.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastOPENAI LEADERSHIP CHANGESThe OpenAI Drama: A Timeline of EventsO...
2023-11-2448 min
AI Named This ShowAI wearables: The future of personal computing? 🔴 AINTS 013This week, Tristan and Tasia explore the intersection of innovation and privacy in the realm of AI wearables. From Humane's groundbreaking Ai Pin to other projects on the horizon, we examine how these devices are redefining personal computing and raising crucial privacy questions. Join us as we unravel the complexities of AI's integration into our daily lives, one wearable at a time.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSMicrosoft's Windows 11 2023 update rolls out, bringing Copilot AI to more usersBing Chat is now “Microsoft Copilot” in potentially confusing rebra...
2023-11-1742 min
AI Named This ShowAI Safety Summit: Cracking the code of risk mitigation 🔴 AINTS 012This week, Tristan and Tasia unpack the highlights and key outcomes from the UK's recent AI Safety Summit, where global leaders, tech giants, and AI researchers convened to forge the Bletchley Declaration. We dive into the debate over open-source AI, the commitments from major tech companies to preemptively test AI products, and the challenges of aligning international AI regulations, particularly around frontier AI. Join us as we discuss whether these collaborative efforts to secure a safe future with AI will actually be effective, given various competing geopolitical priorities and relentless technological advancements. Also: another Microsoft AI whoopsie-doopsie. 😬F...
2023-11-1136 min
Daily Tech News ShowAI Pin, Engage! - DTNS 4643Humane launches its AI wearable, the AI Pin. Is this the future of personal everyday AI interfaces? Plus Disney CEO Bob Iger says Disney will launch a beta test of a new app next month, combining Disney+ and Hulu into a single experience. And Amazon is readying a new operating system to replace Android on its Fire TVs, smart displays and other connected devicesStarring Sarah Lane, Robb Dunewood, Tristan Jutras, Roger Chang, Joe.Link to the Show Notes. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/dtns.
2023-11-0933 min
AI Named This ShowAI regulation: Is fear the mind-killer? 🔴 AINTS 011This week, Tristan and Tasia touch on OpenAI's shelved Arrakis project before diving into President Biden's executive order aimed at fostering safe and secure AI development. The plot thickens with critics calling out Big Tech for allegedly exaggerating AI risks to stifle competition with AI regulation. Join us as we explore the technical, political and ethical considerations driving conversations on the way to our seemingly inevitable AI-driven future.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart o...
2023-11-0341 min
AI Named This ShowPoisoning the generative AI well 🔴 AINTS 010This week, Tristan and Tasia discuss how Google plans to monetize its AI-powered search experience and how it plans to challenge ChatGPT's dominance with its next-generation LLMs. Meanwhile, OpenAI's developing a tool to detect images created by DALL-E 3. We'll also explore how AI "hallucinations" are affecting web search, and how a new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against AI web scrapers. Join us as generative AI begins to break in chaotic and unpredictable ways.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast...
2023-10-2737 min
AI Named This ShowAI language models: Larger than life 🔴 AINTS 009This week, Tristan and Tasia delve into the evolving world of AI language models (LLMs), exploring their increasing capabilities, trustworthiness, privacy concerns and hallucinations. Next up: Google's efforts to shield its paid generative AI users from copyright challenges, and the impact of its Search Generative Experience (SGE) on publishers. Plus: getting ChatGPT to explain web comics, ambiguous photos, memes and more!FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastFOLLOW-UPWhat is the Pixel 8's new Best Take feature and how does it work?See also: The Best Pixel 8 Pro Camera...
2023-10-201h 01
AI Named This ShowDo you welcome our new AI robot overlords? 🔴 AINTS 008This week Tristan and Tasia get to the bottom of the Pixel 8’s Best Take “innovation” before recapping the week’s top AI news, including Google’s new generative AI search for doctors and Adobe’s Firefly Image 2 model. Then we meet the latest humanoid AI-powered robots. Should we be afraid or embrace our embodied AI counterparts?FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastFOLLOW-UPThe Google Pixel 8's flagship camera feature is a 2013 rehashTime-shifting BlackBerry camera makes pictures perfectNokia announces it's buying Scala...
2023-10-1332 min
Talk Techie To MeEpisode 18: AI Named This Show | An AI a Day Keeps the Doctor AwaySurprise! I've been working on an AI-focused podcast with friend and fellow tech enthusiast Tristan Jutras called AI Named This Show. So, I'm sharing one of my favorite episodes of AI Named This Show with you here!
In episode 4 of AI Named This Show, Tristan and I examined the power of AI in medicine, including how ChatGPT diagnosed a boy's chronic pain and how a paralyzed woman regained her voice through brain signal decoding.
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2023-10-1033 min
AI Named This ShowAI surveillance: Spies in the wires 🔴 AINTS 007In another mega-episode, we recap the week’s top AI news, including updates to ChatGPT and Google Bard, the Pixel 8’s fancy new AI-powered features and deepfake celebrity endorsements. Then, in honor of episode 007, we discuss AI’s role in surveillance, espionage and the brewing digital cold war.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSChatGPT can now search the web in real timeYou can now use the DALL-E 3 AI image generator inside Bing ChatGoogle Bard is gaining a new memory...
2023-10-0652 min
Daily Tech News ShowOne Bing to Rule Them All - DTNS 4615We learn Apple considered swapping Google’s search engine for Microsoft Bing. And London’s Capital Economics assessed which countries will benefit most from AI technologies. And Google announced support for an extended flag in websites robots.txt file to exclude sites from being used to train Google’s AI models.It's Friday! Who Am I? - GDI 4615 It takes a village. Are you ready for another “Who Am I”? So many tough clues. Is there a bell? Why is it not 0? How is your knowledge of literary persons? Sarah is just winging it. Who wo...
2023-09-291h 02
AI Named This ShowAre AI clones coming for your job? 🔴 AINTS 006In this mega-episode, Tristan and Tasia discuss Amazon’s foray into AI and ChatGPT’s forthcoming multimodal upgrades, before doing a deep dive into various roles AI is impacting, such as screenwriter, podcaster, influencer, live streamer, software developer and even job-seeker.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcastAI NEWSThe new WGA contract will change how Hollywood worksEveryone will have an AI assistant in 5 yearsAmazon launches AI tools to rival ChatGPT, Microsoft, and GoogleSee also: Our commitment to the responsible use of AIAmazon is set to supercharge Alexa with gene...
2023-09-2952 min
AI Named This ShowAI assistants: Who is *your* co-pilot? 🔴 AINTS 005In this episode, Tristan and Tasia highlight more AI whoopsie doopsies, recap the biggest AI news from the Microsoft Surface Event, discuss exciting DALL-E news, review Bard's newest extension — and more!FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeart and SpotifyAI NEWSMicrosoft Publishes Garbled AI Article Calling Tragically Deceased NBA Player "Useless"See also: Brandon Hunter useless at 42Microsoft AI team accidentally leaks 38TB of private company dataAI ASSISTANTS & TOOLSMicrosoft 365 Copilot launches in NovemberWindows 11’s next upda...
2023-09-2234 min
AI Named This ShowAn AI a day keeps the doctor away 🔴 AINTS 004In this episode, Tristan and Tasia examine the power of AI in medicine as ChatGPT diagnoses a boy's chronic pain and a paralyzed woman regains her voice through brain signal decoding. Plus: how AI might predict the next pandemic and even help discover new therapeutic drugs.FOLLOWAI Named This ShowTristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or SpotifyAI IN MEDICINEA Boy Suffering Chronic Pain for 3 Years Finally Receives Correct Diagnosis from ChatGPTA Stroke Stole Her Ability To Speak. AI is Helping to Restore I...
2023-09-1531 min
AI Named This ShowAI containment: Can you put the genie back in the bottle? 🔴 AINTS 003In this episode, Tristan and Tasia take a deep dive into AI containment. In a recent Axios interview, Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind and CEO of Inflection AI, argues that AI needs to be contained by engineering, ethics and regulation. Essentially, he’s advocating for government licensing of powerful AI systems in order to prevent AI from becoming uncontrollable. But can you even put the genie back in the bottle?FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Go...
2023-09-0837 min
AI Named This ShowHow to resurrect the dead with generative AI 🔴 AINTS 002In this episode, Tristan and Tasia discuss whether or not AI art is or can be copyrightable, the use of GPT-4 to moderate content, and they make critical digital death care decisions and debate how we can all live on through our very own AI chatbots. Also: meet your AI boyfriend!FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or SpotifyAI NEWSAI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says in Ruling That Could Gi...
2023-08-2532 min
AI Named This ShowWill AI save the world or kill us all? 🔴 AINTS 001Some people think AI will save the world and some think it will end it — and that’s where we come in. In our pilot episode Tristan and Tasia discuss the June 2023 Marc Andreessen essay, Why AI Will Save the World, and various counterpoints raised by its detractors.FOLLOWAI Named This Show on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and X (Twitter)Tristan & TasiaAI Named This Show podcast on Acast, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or SpotifyLINKSWhy AI Will Save the WorldSee also: Nick Bostrom’s Home Page Hosted on Aca...
2023-08-1731 min
Daily Tech News ShowAI Named This Show: Will AI Save the World or Kill Us All? - DTNS 4585AI Named This Show is a AI-focused tech show hosted by longtime friends and tech media veterans Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras. Join the fun each week as Tristan and Tasia wade through the hype and the doomsaying to keep you up to date in the fast-moving world of artificial intelligence.In this episode many smart folks have claimed that we're now at an inflection point in artificial intelligence, on par with the creation of the World Wide Web. Some people think AI will save the world and others think AI will end it. That’s wh...
2023-08-1731 min
Talk Techie To MeEpisode 14: Canada’s Bill C-18 | What is Bill C-18 and What Does it Mean for Canadian Consumers?In this episode, I sit down with tech expert Tristan Jutras to discuss Canada's Bill C-18, their Online News Act, and what it means for Canadians. Plus, we dive into whether or not Bill C-18 is misguided and what could happen to Canadian's access to information online. Listen now!
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2023-07-0448 min
Talk Techie To MeEpisode 12: ChatGPT - Inside the AI Chatbot - An Interview with Tristan JutrasIn this episode, I sit down with tech expert Tristan Jutras to discuss the capabilities and limitations of ChatGPT. We explore what ChatGPT is, how it’s able to generate human-like text, and its potential implications for the future of communication and beyond. Plus, we talk about training this language model, as well as plagiarism and copyright concerns. Listen now! Watch my YouTube Video here.
2023-01-2448 min