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    Material is a weekly discussion about the Google and Android universe. Your intrepid hosts try to answer the question, “What holds up the digital world?” The answer, so far, is that it’s Google all the way down. Hosted by Andy Ihnatko and Florence Ion.

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    428: Corporations Aren’t People Sep 07, 2023
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    Google looks back on 25 years of search, just as it announces it's requiring disclaimers on AI-generation political ads. Also, did Android need a capital A?

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Questions, shrugs and what comes next: A quarter century of change

    • Then and now: 5 ways we're continuing to improve Search

    • Election 2024: Google to Make Advertisers Disclose AI in Political Ads

    • Updates to Political content policy

    • Google Debuts New Android Logo, Adds AI to 'At a Glance' Widget

    • A new modern look for the Android brand

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    427: I’m So Itchy Sep 02, 2023
    Show notes

    Andy and Flo are tired, but the show must go on. Google announces the next phase of AI infusion in Workspace. The company also leaked the new Pixel 8 before announcing a launch event in October. The modular Fairphone 5 is excellent but missing what makes everyone buy Apple and Samsung.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Welcome to Google Cloud Next ‘23

    • Duet AI for Google Workspace now generally available

    • Google’s Duet AI can now write your emails for you

    • Google is bringing generative AI to its security tooling

    • Google kills two-year “Pixel Pass” subscription after just 22 months

    • Google leaked Google’s flagship Pixel 8 Pro, again

    • Google might recreate Apple’s satellite SOS on Android

    • The Modular Fairphone 5 Is Good, but It's Still No Repairable iPhone

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    426: Rhubarbs That Turn Into Donnybrooks Aug 25, 2023
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    We answer burning questions, like what Google wants with Johnny Cash's likeness and why it ceased development on an AR/VR device with Samsung. Sorry, parents, YouTube has been targeting ads to kids.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • YouTube is figuring out its AI strategy by working with music labels

    • Our principles for partnering with the music industry on AI technology

    • Google's augmented-reality dream turned into chaos. Insiders say constant pivots are delaying its master plan to chase Apple.

    • YouTube Ads May Have Led to Online Tracking of Children, Research Says

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    425: Hump Day Aug 17, 2023
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    Robo taxis are a menace to society, or at least it seems that way in San Francisco. Flo shares her final thoughts on Samsung and Google's foldables. And Google introduces a batch of new AI tools to help summarize web pages on the fly.

    This episode of Material is sponsored by:

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    Links and Show Notes:

    • These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI

    • Quick fix: restore Chrome download notifications to the bottom of the page

    • Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Google's Pixel Fold Cost the Same, but They're Very Different Devices

    • Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 Review: The Best Folding Phone Still Costs Too Much

    • Driverless cars can now operate like taxis in San Francisco, raising safety concerns

    • Learn as you search (and browse) using generative AI

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    424: Attention K-Mart Shoppers Aug 11, 2023
    Show notes

    Prepare to get more of Johnny Cash singing Europop hits, as Google is working with Universal on deep fake AI-based music. You can listen to it while making Android apps in your browser and sleeping in Google's hotel. The future!

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Attention K-Mart Shoppers

    • "Ground Beef: Passport to Far-Away Eating"

    • Google and Universal Music negotiate deal over AI ‘deepfakes’ | Financial Times

    • Google's AI-powered code editor enables Android, iOS, and web dev online

    • Judge dismisses major arguments in Google antitrust case

    • $5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘Incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial - The Verge

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    423: Fold vs. Fold Aug 03, 2023
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    It's Taco Tuesday, even though we're recording on Wednesday and posting on Thursday: Flo has the Pixel Fold and Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 in hand, while Andy leads us in a game of "Is This Thing Google's Doing Evil, Or Not?"

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web

    • A 'deeply committed' Google working on 'supercharged Assistant' powered by LLMs

    • Scoop: Google Assistant to get an AI makeover

    • Google Tests A.I. Tool That Is Able to Write News Articles

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    422: New Winds Ahead Jul 28, 2023
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    Flo is back! Andy is elated! The two hosts catch up on life over the last nine weeks and discuss the results of Alphabet's latest quarterly earnings. Samsung also puts on a mediocre show for some foldables.

    Links and Show Notes:

    • Alphabet reports better-than-expected quarterly results driven by growth in cloud

    • Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat leaving role to become president and chief investment officer

    • Samsung’s Galaxy Flip 5 and Fold 5 Unpacked event: biggest announcements

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    421: The Me Show Jul 20, 2023
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    Flo is back next week! So Andy is exploiting this final solo episode to make it all about Him. His frustrations about saving web archives from Chrome. His extended thoughts on Indiana Jones. To his credit, he did throw in some news about Google’s new AR Space Invaders game, just so that this Google podcast doesn’t lose its liquor license. But he still heroically pivots to his own opinions about technology’s responsibilities to move the needle.

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    Google and Space Invaders launch an immersive AR game
    Indiana Jones Wiki | Fandom
    420: The Snowball of Trust Jul 14, 2023
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    Andy’s joined by a special guest this week: Jason Howell, host of All About AndroidA new rash of civil lawsuits that content creators have filed against Google and other makers of AI language models. And then we talk phones.

    Guest Starring:

    Jason Howell

    Links and Show Notes:

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    Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools | CNN Business
    The environmentally conscious Fairphone 4 is finally coming to the US - The Verge
    LineageOS – LineageOS Android Distribution
    419: Oh...Canada. Jul 06, 2023
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    Canada is the latest country to decide that somebody should be on the hook for the news industry’s financial issues, and it might as well be Google. And, just like the offside rule in professional hockey, this is a Canadian thing that Andy doesn’t really understand. Meanwhile, Google urges its AI models to both learn more and forget more. Isn’t this the sort of contradiction that made HAL-9000 go psychotic?

    Links and Show Notes:

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    Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law : NPR
    Our approach to news regulation
    ‘We must think beyond the memes’: Google’s Richard Gingras on the future of news in our societies - WAN-IFRA
    Google Says It'll Scrape Everything You Post Online for AI
    Announcing the first Machine Unlearning Challenge – Google Research Blog
    Opinion | The Alt-Right Manipulated My Comic. Then A.I. Claimed It. - The New York Times
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