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Daily Tech News Show

Tom Merritt and the team help you stay up to date with an independent, authoritative and trustworthy tech news briefing.

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You Can Log In, But Never Log Out - DTNS 4493 Apr 06, 2023

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A mayor in Australia is asking for OpenAI to correct false information being given about him by ChatGPT. Multiple US states are passing their own data privacy laws. Will these patchwork of laws actually do anything to help people or just add to a confusion of legal rights and liabilities? And why does it seem that logging off websites is more and more of an impossibility these days?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Nintendo is Nintendo for a Reason - DTNS 4492 Apr 05, 2023

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Tom Henderson at Insider Gaming’s sources say Sony began development on a new PlayStation Handheld codenamed the Q Lite. Is Sony planning a new handheld and is it a strategy that will work better than the Vita? Is Meta’s release of research into computer vision segmentation a play for a future use as an ad delivery model? And Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto signals the company is pulling its Mario franchise away from mobile. Does the company’s existing vision still work in a multi-platform market?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Who Has 5 Million Files? - DTNS 4491 Apr 04, 2023

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Microsoft announced a Surface Thunderbolt 4 Dock for $299.99 that can support other devices besides the Surface via USB-C. As Spotify cuts their live offering Tidal does the opposite and expands its live music offering. And Google is walking back its decision to put a cap on the number of files a subscriber can have on Google Drive regardless of available space on the account.

Starring Rich Stroffolino, Iyaz Akhtar, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Figure Out AI or Fall in the Gap - DTNS 4490 Apr 03, 2023

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We take a detailed look at Alan Emtage “inventor of the search engine” with Nica Montford. We breakdown GQ’s recent interview with Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, to draw out what the company’s intentions with AR/VR technology might be. And we explore the predicted impact that AI tools will have on the workplace.

Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Nica Montford, Roger Chang, Joe.

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E3?, No, E0 - DTNS 4489 Mar 31, 2023

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Professor Maryanne Garry from the University of Waikato in New Zealand is here to give us a psychological analysis of Large Language Models like ChatGPT. E3 is officially canceled for 2023. What’s behind its cancellation and will the event survive this latest setback?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Professor Maryanne Garry, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Now I Know What You're Thinking, AI Generated Articles? - DTNS 4488 Mar 30, 2023

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BuzzFeed is using AI for full articles, not just quizzes. Microsoft is experimenting ways to monetize Bing chatbot service. How can alternate web browser developers compete on the Apple App Store if they’re all required to use the same WebKit engine?

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Woolly Meatballs Are Not for Dinner (Yet) - DTNS 4487 Mar 29, 2023

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Is ByteDance’s Lemon8 a template for a way forward for the company if TikTok is banned in the US? After Ubisoft announced it wouldn’t be attending this year’s E3 and with Sega and Tencent also being no shows, does the tradeshow still have a future? The Future of Life Institute published an open letter asking for a pause in training AI systems more powerful than GPT-4.

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Scott Johnson, Will Smith, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Take the Tik Tok Ban or No Ban Challenge! - DTNS 4486 Mar 28, 2023

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Generative AI is disrupting the professions of writers, artists, coders and now audiobook narrators. We explore this with tech journalist Erin Carson. Plus we take a look at the “RESTRICT Act'' from Senators Mark Warner of Virginia and John Thune of South Dakota. The latest bill designed to curb TikTok in the US. And we explain what’s happening with verified Twitter accounts after Elon Musk’s tweet on Monday.

Starring Tom Merritt, Erin Carson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Blair Brings The Bats - DTNS 4485 Mar 27, 2023

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Bioengineers at the University of Hiroshima have created a mathematical model of a bat’s echolocation that could be used to develop new active sensing systems. Why has Microsoft informed at least two customers that it will terminate their license to use the Bing search index if they use it to train AI tools? And will software coders be the biggest victims of large scale AI enhanced dev tool adoption?

Starring Tom Merritt, Rich Stroffolino, Blair Bazdarich, Roger Chang, Joe.

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Tinkers Gonna Tinker - DTNS 4484 Mar 24, 2023

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Modular laptop maker Framework is bringing an expansion featuring PCI-Express interface for the module for a GPU or dual SSDs. OpenAI has launched an alpha for plugins for ChatGPT allowing developers to expand the chatbot’s training data by allowing it access to third-party sources, including the web. And would you let a Anime woman in a videogame do your real-life taxes?

Starring Sarah Lane, Rich Stroffolino, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang, Joe.

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