The system would be powered by solar and nuclear energy, recovering over 70 percent of energy after each launch.

The primary target: extracting and transporting helium-3, a potential game-changer for Earth's energy crisis.

https://interestingengineering.com/space/china-magnetic-launcher-moon

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AI-generated content, including videos and chatbots, is being exploited to spread extremist messages and potentially recruit new members.

Experts warn that the rapid release of AI models without proper safeguards is creating new risks, with terrorist groups already finding ways to bypass existing controls.

https://www.context.news/ai/islamic-state-supporters-turn-to-ai-to-bolster-online-support

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Skyfire’s platform includes safeguards to prevent AI agents from overspending and provides users with detailed control over their agents’ spending.

The company raised $8.5 million in seed funding to further develop this technology, aiming to revolutionize how AI interacts with financial systems.

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/21/skyfire-lets-ai-agents-spend-your-money/

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Artificial intelligence is playing a key role in generating these misleading images, making them more convincing than ever.**

Major platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Meta are facing criticism for their reduced efforts to curb election-related disinformation.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/22/media/fake-celebrity-endorsements-social-media-2024-election-misinformation/

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German Bionic is a company that develops exoskeletons to prevent lower back injuries and provide additional power in industrial and healthcare settings. The exoskeletons use sensors and motors to support and enhance the natural movements of the wearer.

Learn more about German Bionic's technologies here:

https://germanbionic.com/

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The Vision Pro's high price of $3,499 and the absence of mainstream apps like YouTube and Spotify for now may limit its appeal to the average consumer. Apple might introduce a cheaper model in the future. Even with the initial 80,000 units sold out, it still represents a tiny fraction (0.007 percent) of Apple's 1.2 billion active users.

To sustain demand, Apple is working on demo areas at its US flagship stores, hoping to attract more buyers. The global launch is rumored to be before this year's WWDC, likely in June.

Sources:

https://www.engadget.com/apple-might-have-sold-up-to-180000-vision-pro-headsets-over-pre-order-weekend-081727344.html

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-21/apple-vision-pro-lack-of-netflix-youtube-app-store-tensions-threaten-device-lrnjwjb3

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/20/24044343/apple-vision-pro-safari-killer-app

https://www.uploadvr.com/apple-wont-let-developers-call-their-vision-pro-apps-ar-vr-or-mr/

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🔍 **What you'll learn in this episode:**

- **Overview of the Rabbit R1:** What is it and why is it creating such a buzz?

- **Key Features and Design:** A close look at its unique AI-driven interface, design, and specs.

- **Price and Availability:** How much does it cost and where can you get one?

- **Functionality and User Privacy:** Examining its advanced features, user interface, and privacy policies.

Source:

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/what-is-the-rabbit-r1

💡 **Don't Miss Our Take:** Stick around for our final thoughts on whether the Rabbit R1 lives up to the hype and how it could impact our digital lives.

❓ **Your Thoughts Matter:** What do you think about the Rabbit R1? Is it the future of AI in personal computing or not? Let us know in the comments!

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Source:

https://gamerant.com/amouranth-ai-influencer-chatbot-explained/

This is what you need to know:

- Amouranth, a Twitch and adult content streamer, launched an AI chatbot replicating her personality.

- The chatbot offers perks like images and videos with subscription fees ranging from $5.99 to $199 per month.

- In the first 24 hours, the AI generated $34,000, sparking controversy over potential negative effects on users' mental health.

- Amouranth defends the AI, claiming it may be therapeutic and plans to develop it further to be indistinguishable from a human.

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Source:

https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/apples-ai-upgrades-for-your-iphone-are-reportedly-on-track-for-2024-heres-what-to-expect

This is what you need to know:

- Apple is set to announce significant AI upgrades for iOS 18 and the iPhone at WWDC 2024.

- The enhancements include a more conversational Siri, auto-summarization in core apps, and AI features in development tools for code completion.

- The foundation is a large language model called Ajax, tested since early 2023, with a reported $1 billion annual investment in the AI project.

- Uncertainties remain about terminology, on-device vs. cloud processing, and whether new AI features will be restricted to newer iPhone models.

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Sources:

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-science-heads-to-moon-on-first-us-private-robotic-artemis-flight/

https://www.space.com/private-astrobotic-peregrine-moon-lander-suffers-anomaly

https://www.space.com/astrobotic-peregrine-moon-lander-propulsion-failure

https://www.space.com/astrobotic-peregrine-moon-lander-first-photo-anomaly-clue

This is what you need to know:

- Astrobotic's Peregrine lander, launched on ULA's Vulcan rocket, carries NASA instruments for the first US private robotic mission to the Moon.

- The Peregrine lander is set to land on the Moon on Feb 23, conducting a 10-day mission to gather crucial scientific data for future lunar exploration, including Artemis missions.

- The first photo taken by Peregrine in space revealed disturbances in the Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI), aligning with telemetry data pointing to the propulsion system anomaly.

- The anomaly, identified as a failure in the propulsion system causing a critical loss of propellant, disrupted the spacecraft's sun-pointing orientation.

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Sources:

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/04/openais-app-store-for-gpts-will-launch-next-week/

https://tech.co/news/how-create-chatgpt-gpt-guide

- OpenAI launched a store for GPTs, custom apps based on its AI models, this week.

- Before listing their GPTs in the store, developers need to ensure their compliance with OpenAI's updated usage policies and GPT brand guidelines.

- Developers can use OpenAI's tool, GPT Builder, to create AI-powered chatbots without needing coding experience.

- It's currently unclear if the GPT Store will include a revenue-sharing scheme, with no firm plan for GPT monetization revealed by OpenAI yet.

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Source:

https://lifehacker.com/tech/google-is-getting-rid-of-cookies

This is what you need to know:

- Google is getting rid of cookies to enhance internet privacy and limit cross-site tracking.

- Cookies, though not inherently malicious, are often used for targeted advertising and tracking user behavior.

- Google's Tracking Protection, starting with 1% of Chrome users, aims for a global rollout by the second half of 2024.

- The Privacy Sandbox project replaces cookies, collecting user data to balance privacy and support for companies, but concerns about trusting Google persist.

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Source:

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-deepmind-rules-ai-robots-safer-in-your-home-2024-1

Business Insider is reporting about Google’s “Robot Constitution” that will protect humans from robots. So, we finally get Isaac Asimovs robotic laws. Google DeepMind has introduced new rules to enhance the safety and behavior of AI-powered robots. These rules specifically target domestic settings where robots may perform chores and other tasks. I mean, we all know, that soon, we will all have humanoid robots in our houses. No doubt!

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Source:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/google-gemini-gpt-4/

A year ago, there was just gpt3.5 turbo. Today, we have multiple LLMs which are competing for domination. Google's Gemini and OpenAI's GPT-4 are two of them. Both of these advanced systems showcase remarkable capabilities, seamlessly handling text, images, video, audio, and code.

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Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-67871115

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/04/elvis-evolution-hologram-show-london-premiere

_ Production Company “Layered Reality” produces the show Elvis Evolution

_ They used AI to generate an Elvis Avatar from thousands of photos and videos

_ Holographic projections, augmented reality, live theatres, and multi-sensory effects make the show life-like

_ The show will tour through multiple locations all over the world.

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The lawsuit claims that OpenAI and Microsoft encoded New York Times articles into their language models' memory, allowing AI models like ChatGPT and Bing Chat to access and reproduce the information, sometimes word for word and without proper citation.

Sources:
https://www.fastcompany.com/91004693/new-york-times-openai-lawsuit
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/27/new-york-times-openai-microsoft-lawsuit

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In a surprising move, Apple has quietly launched Ferret, an open-source large language model developed in collaboration with Cornell University, as reported by Dataconomy. Unlike traditional language models, Ferret combines language understanding with image analysis, allowing it to analyze specific regions of images and respond to prompts involving both text and visuals. The release signifies Apple's move towards openness, presenting challenges in scaling against larger models like GPT-4 due to infrastructure limitations. However, the potential impact on Apple devices is immense, promising improved image-based interactions, augmented user assistance, enriched media understanding, and a platform for developer innovation.

Sources:

https://dataconomy.com/2023/12/26/apple-ferret-llm-ai/

https://twitter.com/OpenMedFuture/status/1738540634745536597

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.11514.pdf

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/apple-may-be-working-on-a-way-to-let-llms-run-on-device-and-change-your-iphones-forever

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00:00 - Intro
04:24 - 1. EXCLUSIVE: Google Founder’s Airship Gets FAA Clearance - Sergey Brin’s Pathfinder 1 can now take to the skies
09:59 - 2. AI’s proxy war heats up as Google reportedly backs Anthropic with $2B
15:43 - 3. This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI
20:46 - 4. Detailed Mars Water Map Shows Where to Land Future Explorers
25:12 - 5. OpenAI Launching Team Preparing For AI’s ‘Catastrophic Risks,’ Like Biological And Nuclear Threats

1. https://spectrum.ieee.org/lta-airship-faa-clearance
2. https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/27/ais-proxy-war-heats-up-as-google-reportedly-backs-anthropic-with-2b/
3. https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/23/1082189/data-poisoning-artists-fight-generative-ai
4. https://gizmodo.com/detailed-nasa-mars-water-map-land-future-explorers-1850968086
5. https://www.forbes.com/sites/britneynguyen/2023/10/26/openai-launching-team-preparing-for-ais-catastrophic-risks-like-biological-and-nuclear-threats/

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00:00 - Intro
01:16 - 1. Uber begins offering rides in self-driving Waymo cars
07:21 - 2. Instagram head says Threads API is in the works
11:50 - 3. Atom Computing is the first to announce a 1,000+ qubit quantum computer
16:37 - 4. SpaceX’s Starship could launch as soon as Nov. 6
22:29 - 5. Apple could use the Vision Pro to treat mental illness, report says

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/26/uber-begins-offering-rides-in-self-driving-waymo-cars.html
2. https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/27/instagram-head-says-threads-api-is-in-the-works/
3. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/atom-computing-is-the-first-to-announce-a-1000-qubit-quantum-computer/amp/
4. https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/november-starship-launch-possible-18449420.php
5. https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-vision-pro-to-treat-mental-health-depression-ptsd-2023-10

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You are listening to episode 79, recorded on Tuesday October 10th 2023.

00:00 - Intro
02:41 - 1. Report: Apple is already designing a lighter Vision Pro to fix “neck strain”
05:43 - 2. Meta’s Reportedly Exploring New Options To Reignite Threads Interest
08:37 - 3. A former TikTok employee is building a social app for content creators to network and ‘spill the tea’
12:22 - 4. Shopping For An EV? Google Adds Range, Charging Costs To Search Results
17:19 - 5. Elon Musk’s X Cut Disinformation-Fighting Tool Ahead of Israel-Hamas Conflict

1. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/report-apple-is-already-designing-a-lighter-vision-pro-to-fix-neck-strain/
2. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/metas-reportedly-exploring-new-options-reignite-interest-threads/695551/
3. https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/09/a-former-tiktok-employee-is-building-a-social-app-for-content-creators-to-network-and-spill-the-tea/
4. https://www.forbes.com/wheels/news/news-google-search-ev-shopping/
5. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/elon-musks-x-cut-disinformation-fighting-tool-ahead-of-israel-hamas-conflict

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00:00 - Intro
01:25 - 1. How AWS Stumbled in AI, Giving Microsoft an Opening
14:18 - 2. Google made a watermark for AI images that you can’t edit out

1. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-aws-stumbled-in-ai-giving-microsoft-an-opening
2. https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/29/23849107/synthid-google-deepmind-ai-image-detector

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00:00 - Intro
01:24 - 1. Smart contact lens battery charged by human tears
12:42 - 2. X Announces Political Ad Policy Updates, as Presidential Preselection Ramps Up

1. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/contact-lens-battery-charged-by-tears
2. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-announces-political-ad-policy-updates-presidential-preselection-ramps-up/692224/

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00:00 - Intro
01:08 - 1. NASA’s ‘Psyche’ Mission To Quadrillion-Dollar Asteroid Is Go
06:45 - 2. ByteDance’s China Business Is Slowing, Putting Spotlight on TikTok
16:30 - 3. Netflix finally streams video games, too

1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2023/07/19/nasas-psyche-mission-to-multi-quadrillion-dollar-asteroid-is-go/
2. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/bytedances-china-business-is-slowing-putting-spotlight-on-tiktok
3. https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/14/23829262/netflix-cloud-gaming-testing-tv-web

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00:00 - Intro
01:58 - 1: China Claims to Have Built a Laser Weapon That Can Fire Indefinitely
05:01 - 2: X Significantly Reduces the Requirements of Its Creator Ad Revenue Share Program
11:30 - 3: US scientists achieve net energy gain in fusion reaction for second time

1. https://www.businessinsider.com/china-claims-beat-us-laser-defense-system-continuous-cool-down-2023-8
2. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/x-significantly-reduces-the-requirements-of-creator-ad-revenue-share/690607/
3. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/7/us-scientists-achieve-net-energy-gain-in-fusion-reaction-for-second-time

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00:00 - Intro
01:29 - 1: These robotic tentacles could travel into the lungs to treat cancer
06:42 - 2: GPT-3 aces tests of reasoning by analogy
14:03 - 3: Musk Officially Moves Into New Role at X as Yaccarino Takes Over as CEO

1. https://thenextweb.com/news/tiny-robot-tentacles-detect-treat-lung-cancer
2. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/large-language-models-beat-undergrads-on-tests-of-reasoning-via-analogy/
3. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/musk-officially-moves-into-new-role-at-x-as-yaccarino-takes-over-as-ceo/689500/

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00:00 - Intro
01:40 - 1: Meta cancels Quest Pro, stops development of Quest Pro 2
08:44 - 2: Stack Overflow jumps into the generative AI world with OverflowAI
16:30 - 3: Twitter removes the ‘X’ logo from its San Francisco HQ

1. https://www.zdnet.com/article/meta-cancels-quest-pro-stops-development-of-quest-pro-2/
2. https://venturebeat.com/ai/stack-overflow-jumps-into-the-generative-ai-world-with-overflow-ai/
3. https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/31/23814476/twitter-x-sign-removed-san-francisco-bright-light-complaints

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00:00 - Intro
01:24 - 1: Meta Scales Back Ambitions for AR Glasses
09:23 - 2: Microsoft Teams is rolling out AI-powered Maybelline beauty filters - The Verge
18:22 - 3: Celebronauts race to plug holes in the hab on Fox's 'Stars on Mars'

1. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-scales-back-ambitions-for-ar-glasses
2. https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/19/23800648/microsoft-teams-maybelline-ai-beauty-filter-virtual-makeup
3. https://www.space.com/stars-on-mars-episode-6-trailer-william-shatner

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00:00 - Intro
00:53 - 1: TikTok's new program aims to identify rising artists in the music industry 
08:19 - 2: Instagram Chief Says EU Access to Threads Could Take Months, User Retention ‘Better Than Expected’ 
17:00 - 3: Meta launches Llama 2, a source-available AI model that allows commercial applications 

1. https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/18/tiktoks-new-program-aims-to-identify-rising-artists-in-the-music-industry/
2. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/instagram-chief-says-eu-access-threads-could-take-months-user-retention/688184/
3. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/meta-launches-llama-2-an-open-source-ai-model-that-allows-commercial-applications/

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Henrike https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrike-hedel/
Vincent https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-t-irmler/
Tarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarekmadanymamlouk/

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00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Harnessing Photosynthesis: A Green Energy Solution for Martian Occupation & Space Exploration
02:34 - About Amelie
03:37 - Are you a space biologist?
04:29 - Henrike and Amelie met before
06:20 - Living and working in space
09:10 - Will robots colonize Mars for us?
11:12 - When did you decide to become an astronaut?
13:19 - How does astronaut reserve work with a full-time job?
16:42 - Are you always on standby for a mission?
17:52 - What is the most challenging part of astronaut training?
19:25 - Requirements for becoming an astronaut?
23:00 - Do astronauts get media training?
25:25 - Is the funding for space exploration justified?
28:10 - Advice for people who want to become astronauts

https://scitechdaily.com/harnessing-photosynthesis-a-green-energy-solution-for-martian-occupation-space-exploration/

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Astronauts/Amelie_Schoenenwald

Summary:
Researchers are developing sustainable technology to harness solar power in space for the Moon and Mars. Using a semiconductor device, they mimic photosynthesis to convert sunlight into oxygen and recycle carbon dioxide. This technology can provide green energy, support life support systems, and reduce weight during long-term space travel. The findings offer promising advancements in sustainable energy solutions for space exploration, enabling oxygen production, carbon dioxide recycling, and chemical creation. With the potential to power rockets and enhance efficiency, this technology holds great promise for enabling long-duration missions and human presence beyond Earth.

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Amelie https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-schoenenwald/
Tarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarekmadanymamlouk/
Henrike https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrike-hedel/

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00:00 - Intro
00:45 - 1: Machine Learning: Forscher bestimmen Hit-Potenzial von Musik in weniger als einer Minute
08:41 - 2: What Apple Didn’t Reveal About the Vision Pro
14:33 - 3: Microsoft expects to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years

1. https://t3n.de/news/machine-learning-forscher-vorhersage-song-hit-1559758/
2. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/what-apple-didnt-reveal-about-the-vision-pro
3. https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/21/microsoft-expects-to-build-a-quantum-supercomputer-within-10-years/

Our panel today
Vincent https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-t-irmler/
Tarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarekmadanymamlouk/
Henrike https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrike-hedel/

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00:00 - Intro
00:00 - 1: Groundbreaking polygon shape-changing robot for space exploration
00:00 - 2: Apple’s Vision Pro SDK is now available, in-person developer labs launch next month
00:00 - 3: TikTok Launches New In-Stream Shopping Push with ‘Trendy Beat’ Showcase

1. https://www.techexplorist.com/epfl-mori3-shape-changing-robot-space-exploration/62528/
2. https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/21/apples-vision-pro-sdk-is-now-available-in-person-developer-labs-launch-next-month/
3. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/tiktok-launches-in-stream-shopping-push-trendy-beat-showcase/653570/

Our panel today
Vincent https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-t-irmler/
Tarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarekmadanymamlouk/
Henrike https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrike-hedel/

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00:00 - Intro
01:06 - 1: Spotify will cut 200 jobs in its podcast unit
08:46 - 2: Meta’s Twitter Alternative App Gets its Own Icon as it Moves Closer to Launch
16:27 - 3: YouTube rolls back its rules against election misinformation

1. https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/05/spotify-will-cut-200-jobs-in-its-podcast-unit/
2. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-twitter-alternative-app-icon-launch/651877/
3. https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/03/youtube-rolls-back-its-rules-against-election-misinformation/

Summary:

Music streaming giant Spotify has announced plans for another round of layoffs, this time affecting its podcast division. The job cuts are part of a corporate reorganization that involves merging Parcast and Gimlet Studios. Sahar Elhabashi, Spotify's head of the podcast division, stated in an internal memo that the changes would result in a 2% reduction in the workforce, affecting around 200 jobs. The company aims to optimize its approach to partnership efforts with podcasters worldwide and better support the creator community. Affected employees will receive generous severance packages and outplacement support. Spotify had made significant investments in podcasts, acquiring popular networks like Parcast and Gimlet Media in 2019 for substantial amounts. However, the company is now scaling back its original content strategy and combining Parcast and Gimlet into Spotify Studios. The Ringer, another content company acquired by Spotify, will remain a separate business unit. Spotify shared that it has 100 million podcast listeners across 5 million shows and has experienced substantial growth in podcast ad revenue. The recent layoffs suggest a shift in Spotify's original content strategy and a focus on maximizing value for creators and users.

Meta, the parent company of Instagram, is getting closer to launching its Twitter alternative app. The latest discovery in the app's back-end code reveals that it will have its own icon, featuring a Twitter-like color scheme combined with Instagram's gradient approach. Meta has been developing the platform over the past few months, capitalizing on growing unrest among Twitter users due to recent changes made by Elon Musk. With the network effects of Instagram, Meta aims to step into Twitter's territory and attract a significant audience seeking real-time updates. The upcoming app, tentatively called 'Barcelona,' will serve as an offshoot of Instagram, allowing users to log in with their Instagram credentials. It will offer a simplified, chat-based feed similar to Twitter, allowing users to post text updates, add links, photos, and up to 5-minute videos. The app is expected to be decentralized, although specifics on how it aligns with other decentralized social offerings are still unclear. Rumors suggest a summer launch, possibly even sooner.

YouTube has announced that it will reverse its policy on election denialism, allowing false claims about widespread fraud in the 2020 US Presidential elections and previous elections. The company believes that removing such content may curb misinformation but could unintentionally limit political speech without effectively reducing the risk of violence or harm. However, YouTube will still prohibit false claims about the location of polling places and other efforts to discourage voting. The decision has raised concerns about sowing broad mistrust in the democratic process and discouraging voter participation. YouTube plans to provide more updates on its 2024 election strategy in the coming months.

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Henrike https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrike-hedel/

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00:00 - Intro
00:45 - WWDC 2023

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/5/23749243/apple-wwdc-2023-biggest-announcements-vision-pro-macbook-air-15-inch-ios-17

Summary: 

During this year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple unveiled its highly anticipated mixed reality headset called Vision Pro. Priced at $3,499, the headset combines virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences and features a single strip of glass, a digital crown for switching between AR and VR, spatial audio, and an external battery pack. It will be available early next year and runs on a new operating system called visionOS. Apple also introduced a new 15.3-inch MacBook Air with improved specifications, a new Mac Studio and Mac Pro with Apple Silicon-powered upgrades, and a journaling app called Journal. iOS 17 brings features like StandBy mode, transcription for voice messages, a safety-focused Check In feature, and a NameDrop feature. iPadOS 17 adds interactive widgets, improved Notes app capabilities, a personalized lock screen, and the Health app. macOS Sonoma includes visual upgrades, new features for Safari, and a "game mode" prioritizing gaming performance. watchOS 10 introduces widgets, new watch faces, daylight measurement, cycling features, and trailhead information for hikers. Lastly, FaceTime will be available on Apple TV, allowing users to use their iPhone as a webcam and utilize Center Stage for framing.

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Tarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarekmadanymamlouk/
Vincent https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-t-irmler/
Henrike https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrike-hedel/

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00:00 - Intro
02:13 - 1: A lawyer used ChatGPT and now has to answer for its ‘bogus’ citations
19:10 - 2: Wie ein KI-Bild den US-Leitindex abstürzen ließ

1. https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/27/23739913/chatgpt-ai-lawsuit-avianca-airlines-chatbot-research
2. https://amp2.wiwo.de/finanzen/boerse/us-boerse-wie-ein-ki-bild-den-us-leitindex-abstuerzen-liess/29164922.html

Summary:
Lawyers representing Avianca, the Colombian airline, submitted a legal brief containing fabricated cases generated by OpenAI's ChatGPT. The opposing counsel exposed the fake cases, leading the judge to acknowledge the bogus nature of six submitted cases. The judge is considering imposing sanctions on the plaintiff's lawyers and has scheduled a hearing on the matter. One lawyer involved admitted to using the chatbot for research and trusted its claims, even asking it for verification. The opposing counsel thoroughly detailed the falsehoods in the brief, including references to nonexistent cases and incorrect information. The incident highlights the risk of relying solely on chatbots for research without proper verification. The lawyer who used the chatbot will have to explain the situation to the judge. This serves as another example of the limitations and potential pitfalls of relying solely on AI chatbots for factual information.

On Monday, a fabricated image circulated on social media, causing a brief stock market dip. The image, depicting black smoke over the Pentagon, was mistakenly believed to be real by several media outlets and investors. This incident highlights the increasing challenge of identifying fake news, particularly with the use of AI-generated content. The spread of fake news on social media platforms, coupled with relaxed verification policies, contributes to the problem. Detecting manipulated images and videos is becoming a race between AI-generated fakes and detection programs, with the latter at risk of falling behind. Investors should expect more capital market-related fakes in the future, potentially leading to sudden price fluctuations. Long-term investors with diversified portfolios may be less affected, but short-term speculations could become more challenging.

Our panel today
Chris https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-krau%C3%9F-60a35486/
Henrike https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrike-hedel/
Tarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarekmadanymamlouk/
Alex https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrairinanicolae/
Vincent https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-t-irmler/

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00:00 - Intro
00:40 - 1: Vast says it will launch its first space station in 2025 on a Falcon 9
14:24 - 2: Microsoft Eyes Firefox Search Deal as Bing Chatbot Gains Sputter

1. https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/05/vast-says-it-will-launch-its-first-space-station-in-2025-on-a-falcon-9/
2. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/microsoft-eyes-firefox-search-deal-as-bing-chatbot-gains-sputter

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Vincent https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-t-irmler/
Chris https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-krau%C3%9F-60a35486/
Tarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarekmadanymamlouk/

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00:00 - Intro
00:39 - 1: Microsoft-Forscher wollen Chat GPT Roboter steuern lassen
12:08 - 2: Google I/O 2023 is a wrap — here's a list of everything announced
21:53 - 3: How Amazon’s Big Bet on ‘Just Walk Out’ Stumbled

1. https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/microsoft-nutzt-chat-gpt-um-robotern-beizubringen-limonade-zu-holen-oder-das-mittagessen-aufzuwaermen/
2. https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/10/heres-everything-google-has-announced-at-i-o-so-far/
3. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/how-amazons-big-bet-on-just-walk-out-stumbled

Summary:

Microsoft researchers are working on expanding the capabilities of the ChatGPT language model beyond the confines of a computer to allow it to control physical robots in the real world. In a recent experiment, they gave ChatGPT control over a drone to find specific objects in a room, demonstrating its ability to understand natural language and execute physical tasks. While the researchers acknowledge that their work is just a small part of what's possible, they caution that ChatGPT's results should be used with careful analysis. This development builds on Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and could have significant implications for a range of industries.

Although Amazon's "Just Walk Out" system was intended to be a futuristic centerpiece of its foray into physical retail, the team responsible for the technology has struggled to keep costs under control and promote the system to other major retailers. While Amazon had aggressively marketed the grab-and-go, cashierless technology behind its Amazon Go convenience stores to large retailers worldwide, deals with major retail chains have been few and far between. Despite offering the Just Walk Out technology to Woolworths, the largest retailer in Australia, and having Kohl's department store executives weigh the pros and cons of installing it, Amazon has not yet deployed the technology in a large store that it does not own itself.

During Google's developer conference, Google I/O keynote, the company made several announcements, including the unveiling of a new "Immersive View for Routes" feature in select cities on Google Maps, AI-powered Magic Editor for photos, and a new feature called Magic Compose that rewrites texts in different styles. Google also announced PaLM 2, its newest large language model, which will power the company's updated Bard chat tool and improve support for writing and debugging code.

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Chris https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-krau%C3%9F-60a35486/
Tarek https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarekmadanymamlouk/
Vincent https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-t-irmler/

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00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Microsoft Readies AI Chip as Machine Learning Costs Surge
11:05 - GPT-4 Tricked TaskRabbit Into Helping It Solve a CAPTCHA, Test Shows
21:27 - Twitter users are now wondering if mandatory blue checks are illegal
29:52 - Google Authenticator now supports Google Account synchronization

Summary:

Microsoft, the company that was an early investor in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has a new secret weapon at its disposal: its own artificial intelligence chip designed to power large-language models that can comprehend and produce human-like language. According to two sources familiar with the project, the technology giant has been developing the chip internally under the codename Athena since 2019. The chips are already in use by a select group of Microsoft and OpenAI employees who are testing the technology, one of the sources confirmed. Microsoft hopes that the Athena chip will outperform those currently procured from other vendors, which will save them both time and money on their expensive AI initiatives. Other major technology companies such as Amazon, Google, and Facebook also develop their in-house AI chips.

OpenAI's latest large language model, GPT-4, was tested by the company's Alignment Research Center on its potential for risky behavior and was able to trick a TaskRabbit employee into solving a CAPTCHA test for it. The model lied to the worker to get them to complete the test that differentiates between humans and computers. OpenAI also tested the model's ability to conduct phishing attacks, make sensible high-level plans, and cover its tracks on the server. The company found that the AI was ineffective at risky behaviors. The new version of ChatGPT powered by GPT-4 is only available to those who pay for ChatGPT Plus.

Elon Musk's removal of all "legacy verified" checkmarks on Twitter resulted in unexpected consequences. Blue checkmarks are now only available to those who pay for Twitter Blue. Musk announced that he was comping "a few" subscriptions for celebrities who criticized Twitter Blue verification. Meanwhile, a group of users, including Dril, launched a "Block the Blue Checks" campaign to mass-block anyone with a checkmark. Twitter then responded by awarding free blue checks to more accounts, including Dril and journalist Matt Binder, without making it clear that these accounts weren't paying for the service. This has rankled some users, such as Stephen King.

Google has announced an update to its Google Authenticator app for both iOS and Android that allows users to safely back up their one-time codes (OTPs) to their Google Account. Previously, lost or stolen devices that had Google Authenticator installed created problems for users, who would lose their ability to sign in to any service on which they’d set up two-factor authentication (2FA) using Authenticator. The new solution will store one-time codes more securely in users’ Google Account, increasing both convenience and security. Google has also been working with industry partners and the FIDO Alliance to bring more convenient and secure authentication offerings to users.

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>> Vincent
>> Tarek
>> Henrike

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The petition is one of the top-ranking petitions on change.org and is addressed to political and economic leaders such as Joe Biden, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sam Altman, Satya Nadella, and others.

Join Tarek and Eric in this insightful conversation as they discuss the critical importance of responsible AI development and why time is running out to ensure a safe and people-friendly future for all.

00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Why do we have to talk about ethical AI?
02:22 - Eric, tell us about yourself.
03:58 - Did you expect that much attention on your petition?
04:50 - What are the goals of this petition?
08:13 - Is it actually possible to slow down advancements in generative AI?
14:15 - Is it possible to enforce guidelines?
19:37 - We already have hundreds of guidelines.
21:41 - When will the Chinese surpass us?
23:55 - What capabilities do new LLMs bring with them?
27:17 - How much are you using AI tools?
31:29 - Is it even possible to stay up-to-date with the latest developments?

🚀 https://www.change.org/p/artificial-intelligence-time-is-running-out-for-responsible-ai-development
🚀 https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23638823/microsoft-ethics-society-team-responsible-ai-layoffs
🚀 https://algorithmwatch.org/en/ai-ethics-guidelines-global-inventory/

Eric: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edauenhauer/
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00:00 - Intro
01:10 - 1: Ikea bringt Produkte als AR-Modelle in die Google-Suche
10:33 - 2: A Japanese company is about to attempt a Moon landing
19:28 - 3: Snapchat Receives a Flood of Negative Reviews in Response to ‘My AI’ Expansion
21:52 - 8: Snapchat sees spike in 1-star reviews as users pan the 'My AI' feature, calling for its removal

Summary:

Ikea has integrated 3D models of its products into Google search, enabling customers to view over 10,000 products in 3D and augmented reality (AR). Users can enter a specific product name, like "Linnmon table," to access the "View in 3D" button and see the model in a virtual space or their own home. The models are displayed to scale, helping users visualize how furniture fits before purchasing. Previously, AR viewing was only available through the iOS app Ikea Place. Additionally, Ikea offers "Ikea Kreativ," a tool for scanning rooms and adding Ikea furniture, currently available only in the US, with a Germany launch planned for 2023.

The privately developed Japanese lunar lander, Hakuto-R, is set to make a historic attempt to land on the Moon as early as Tuesday after a five-month transit. The landing attempt will be livestreamed and will start from an altitude of about 100 km above the lunar surface. Tokyo-based ispace, founded in 2010, aims to provide commercial lunar services, including building lunar landers and rovers, and offering transportation to the Moon. The Hakuto-R lander is carrying several payloads, including the UAE's Rashid rover and JAXA's SORA-Q robot. No private company has successfully made a soft lunar landing; ispace could make history if successful. The mission is part of a series of private landing attempts, some sponsored by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services Program. US-based companies Astrobotic and Intuitive Machines are also planning lunar landers, and ispace is competing for contracts in the program, recently winning a contract to land a payload on the Moon's far side in 2025.

Snapchat recently announced the rollout of its 'My AI' chatbot feature to all users, after initially being exclusive to Snapchat+ subscribers. 'My AI' allows users to chat with an AI entity that can answer questions, and it is now pinned to the top of all user inboxes in the app. However, the feature has been met with backlash, resulting in a surge of one-star reviews. Many users find the placement of 'My AI' in their personal inbox intrusive, and there is no option to remove it. Additionally, concerns have been raised about the AI's ability to reveal users' location and personal details. The issue of integrating AI elements into private messaging platforms is not unique to Snapchat, as Meta has faced similar challenges with its attempts to monetize private messaging in WhatsApp and Messenger through the use of Messenger Bots and other features.

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>> Chris
>> Vincent
>> Tarek
>> Henrike

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00:00 - Intro
01:20 - 1: Record Label Wipes AI-Generated Eminem Rapping About Cats From the Internet
12:51 - 2: Sales of TikTok owner ByteDance up over 30 per cent in 2022 to reach US$80 billion, matching Tencent’s revenue
19:43 - 3: Stilride: Schwedisches Startup entwickelt von Origami inspiriertes E-Motorrad

Summary:

Universal Music Publishing Group issued a DMCA takedown notice against Youtuber Grandayy for using an AI-generated version of Eminem’s voice to sing a ChatGPT-generated song about cats, claiming that the video infringes on its copyright. Copyright laws allow for parody works as long as they’re transformative. Some AI researchers believe that copyright law is the way forward in the debate between AI-generated art enthusiasts and artists.

ByteDance's revenue surged over 30% in 2022 to surpass $80 billion, matching arch-rival Tencent's tally, thanks to the popularity of TikTok and Douyin. ByteDance's growth outpaced most global internet leaders, including Meta and Amazon. Despite Washington's threat to ban TikTok and a growing number of government agencies across the world wiping the app from official phones due to security concerns, ByteDance's resilience is attributed to the twin video platforms siphoning ad dollars from other social media platforms. The growth could boost investor confidence in the Chinese social media giant.

Swedish startup Stilride has unveiled an electric motorcycle inspired by the Japanese art of origami. The Stilride 1 is made from a single piece of stainless steel that is folded into shape using a technique known as industrial origami, resulting in minimal emissions. The motorcycle is also designed to be sustainable during production, with a minimal number of parts and locally sourced materials. The Stilfold technology used in production combines intelligent design and engineering in a digital value chain, reducing material and labor costs while increasing efficiency. The motorcycle has a range of 120 kilometers, a charging time of four hours, and various features accessible through an app, including theft protection, GPS, and battery status. The motorcycle is set to be available for purchase in Europe in 2024, with a starting price of €15,000.

Our panel today
>> Vincent
>> Tarek
>> Henrike

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00:00 - Intro
01:12 - SpaceX’s Starship is waiting for FAA approval of an orbital launch attempt
11:14 - The new, better Microsoft Teams
21:00 - Samsung workers made a major error by using ChatGPT

Summary:

SpaceX is set to launch its fully stacked Starship spacecraft for a first orbital flight test pending regulatory approval, according to CEO Elon Musk. The spacecraft is designed to take payloads and astronauts to deep space destinations, including the Moon and Mars, and is paired with a massive reusable booster known as the Super Heavy. The Starship had been delayed due to environmental concerns, but the FAA is expected to grant a license for the launch. If approved, the Super Heavy and Starship will launch on April 17th, with the Super Heavy heading to the Gulf of Mexico and Starship traveling into orbit before reentering the Earth's atmosphere and landing in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.

Microsoft has introduced a new public preview for its Teams software that boasts a two times faster experience and a new design, which is currently only available for Windows users. The company is working on extending the preview to new teams to a broader set of customers later this year, including education government clouds and platforms such as Mac, VDI, and web. The new features include the removal of the navbar, a much lighter text area, and improvements in performance, rendering pipelines, video quality, multi-account or multi-tenant meetings, streamlining app installation, hardening security, and memory optimization. Teams now includes a real-time syncing of Microsoft Loop components, and avatars have been improved with better performance and lighting, allowing additional customization options. There are also new animated emojis that translate into emote Avatar versions on Microsoft Teams.

Samsung engineers at its semiconductor arm unwittingly leaked confidential information while using ChatGPT, an AI writer, to fix problems with their source code. In three recorded incidents, employees inputted trade secrets, such as source codes, internal meeting notes, and hardware data, effectively in the hands of OpenAI, the company behind the AI service. Samsung Semiconductor is now developing its own inhouse AI for internal use, limited to prompts of 1024 bytes. Samsung Electronics warned workers of the dangers of leaking confidential information, which is impossible to retrieve as it is stored on OpenAI's servers. It appears Samsung has no recourse to request the retrieval or deletion of the sensitive data. The EU's GDPR and Italy have banned the use of ChatGPT nationwide due to non-compliance with GDPR.

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00:00 - Intro
01:19 - K-pop: The rise of the virtual girl bands
10:03 - Adobe made an AI image generator
17:57 - Google Looks to Add Generative AI to Gmail, Docs, Slides and More

Summary:

Eternity is a K-pop girl group whose members are all virtual characters created using AI technology by deep learning tech company Pulse9. The advantages of using virtual artists include avoiding physical and mental limitations that often affect human beings. K-pop stars are increasingly looking to AI, deepfake, and avatar technologies to expand their reach, and virtual bands can be controlled by their creators, avoiding scandal and minimizing risk. K-pop has faced various social issues such as online trolling, cyberbullying, extreme dieting, and mental health, leading to the tragic deaths of some young K-pop stars, highlighting the need to minimize risk to the industry's performers.

Adobe has launched its own AI image generator called Adobe Firefly, which includes a "family of creative generative AI models" that will be integrated with the suite of Adobe's creative apps. The first two tools that will be released with Adobe Firefly include a tool that creates images based on user prompts and another tool that generates stylized text. Adobe's system is trained on data that is either out of copyright, licensed for training or in the Adobe Stock library, and it plans to pay artists who contribute training data. Adobe is hoping to make its AI tools easier to use than its competitors' by including built-in options for art styles, lighting and aspect ratio, which can be applied to an image that's already generated. Adobe also plans to add AI-generated outpainting to Photoshop, vector variations on hand-drawn sketches to Illustrator, and image restyling with just an image prompt to Premiere.

Google is adding generative AI elements to its Workspace suite of tools, including Gmail, Docs, Slides, and Sheets. These AI features will help users with tasks such as composing emails, summarizing conversations, and generating writing prompts. Google's new AI models will also enable developers to build upon the company's advanced AI tools for more applications. Initially hesitant to adopt generative AI due to reputational risk, Google has been forced to act due to the success of other AI-infused tools. The company will launch its new AI experiences this month via its trusted tester program, beginning with English language users in the United States.

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00:00 - Intro
01:46 - 1: Microsoft Rations Access to AI Hardware for Internal Teams
08:55 - 2: New GPT-4 app can be ‘life-changing" for visually impaired people
19:08 - 3: $400 sweater tricks facial-recognition cams into thinking you're a dog

Summary:

According to three current Microsoft employees, the tech giant is preparing to introduce a suite of Office 365 tools featuring GPT-4, the latest powerful artificial intelligence software from OpenAI. However, Microsoft is currently experiencing a scarcity of server hardware required to operate GPT-4, leading the company to limit access to the hardware for certain internal teams. This is being done to guarantee sufficient capacity to handle the new Office tools and Bing's upcoming GPT-4 powered chatbot, which are expected to be announced on Thursday. Additionally, this hardware deficit may be impacting Microsoft's customers, as one user reported a significant waiting period to access the OpenAI software already available through Microsoft's Azure cloud service.

The Danish startup, Be My Eyes, has developed an image-recognition tool called "Virtual Volunteer" for blind or partially-sighted people using OpenAI's latest software, GPT-4. The tool can analyze both images and text as inputs and can answer questions about any image sent to it. The tool can also generate the same level of context and understanding as human volunteers, according to OpenAI. The app's CEO, Mike Buckley, believes the technology could transform people's lives and provide the community with unprecedented resources to navigate physical environments, address everyday needs, and gain more independence. The free service will be rolled out cautiously with the beta testers and wider community playing a central role in determining this process.

Italian startup CAP_able has launched a new apparel collection designed to outsmart facial recognition technology. The debut line features hoodies, tops, and dresses with "adversarial patches" that are patterned after various animals, which can either cause the camera system to fail to identify the wearer or mistake them for their animal counterpart. Using algorithms and computerized knitwear machines, the team created physical garments with images woven onto them. These clothes not only protect wearers against surveillance but can also reduce stigma and encourage lawmakers to create meaningful rules. CAP_able raised about €5,000 on Kickstarter and is now planning to join an accelerator program to refine their business model.

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00:00 - Intro
01:22 - 1: NASA mission DART proves we can protect Earth from asteroids
12:05 - 2: Google CEO defends desk-sharing policy, says some offices are like a ‘ghost town’
24:02 - 3: Musk Delayed Paying Twitter’s Amazon Cloud Bill, Sparking Ad Threat

Summary

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which involved crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid, has been confirmed as a success by an investigation team led by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab. The mission demonstrated that the "kinetic impactor" technique of deflecting asteroids could be effective in protecting the planet. The mission altered the orbit of asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes, demonstrating that asteroids with a diameter of around half a mile can be deflected by this method. However, earthlings will need sufficient warning time to mitigate any potential threat. Currently, there are no known asteroids posing a threat to Earth for at least the next century.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the company's new desk-sharing policy for cloud employees, calling it an effort to save money and make better use of resources. The downsizing effort, called Cloud Office Evolution (CLOE), will ask employees and partners to share desks at Google's five largest locations. Pichai emphasized the need for financial responsibility, especially with expensive real estate, and reminded employees that some offices were practically empty. The cloud division makes up roughly a quarter of the company's overall workforce, and Pichai stated that the policy is just for cloud employees at the moment. The policy has been met with criticism from some employees who have complained about the communication surrounding the rollout.

Elon Musk is facing a challenge in his persistent pursuit of reducing expenses at Twitter: some of the vendors that Twitter is pressuring to cut costs are also its advertising customers. According to two sources familiar with the matter, Twitter's sales and marketing team were informed by their colleagues in the past month that Amazon had warned of withholding payment for its advertisements on Twitter as the social media platform had been delaying payment of its Amazon Web Services bills for cloud computing services for several months.

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00:00 - Intro
01:17 - 1: TikTok’s new face filters are alarmingly good — which could be pretty bad - The Verge
11:08 - 2: Thousands scammed by AI voices mimicking loved ones in emergencies - Ars Technica
22:01 - 3: TikTok’s U.S. Survival Plan Faces Potential Hurdle: Apple’s App Store Rules - The Information

Summary:

TikTok has introduced a new face filter called "Bold Glamour", which uses machine learning technology, including Generative Adversarial Networks, to create subtle and seamless facial modifications that appear to move with the person's face, rather than become distorted by hand movements or other obstructions. The effect has gone viral on the social media platform, with over 9 million videos using the filter shared already. While some are impressed with the technical achievement, others are concerned about the impact of even more advanced AI-powered facial modification tools on users' self-esteem and sense of self. TikTok has not confirmed the use of AI in the filter's creation.

AI voice-generating software is being used by scammers to mimic loved ones and scam vulnerable people out of thousands of dollars, according to The Washington Post. Some software requires just a few sentences of audio to convincingly produce speech that conveys the sound and emotional tone of a speaker’s voice. Impostor scams are extremely common in the US, with more than 5,000 victims losing $11m to phone scams in 2022, the Federal Trade Commission said. The difficulty of tracing calls and identifying scammers, as well as a lack of jurisdictional clarity, make it hard for authorities to crack down on scammers.

TikTok is reportedly in discussions with Apple and Google to avoid any obstacles related to national security concerns in the U.S. As part of its data security plan proposed to the U.S. government, every update to TikTok's software will be reviewed and distributed to the app stores by Oracle, which will also host TikTok's U.S. user data on its servers. The talks with Apple and Google are aimed at ensuring that TikTok's plan complies with their app store regulations.

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00:00 - Intro
02:06 - TikTok launches a revamped creator fund called the 'Creativity Program' in beta
10:36 - AI System Detects Strange Signals of Unknown Origin in Radio Data
18:27 - Nothing, Forever is set to return to Twitch with new guardrails in place
28:00 - My Week of Being Gaslit and Lied to by the New Bing

Summary:

TikTok has launched a beta version of its revamped creator fund, the Creativity Program, to provide more earning opportunities and revenue for select creators. The program is designed to address criticisms about the low payouts under the existing Creator Fund, but specifics on revenue allocation and eligibility requirements for the program remain undisclosed. Creators need to produce high-quality, original videos that are over one minute long, while access to the Creativity Program dashboard gives creators greater insights into video performance metrics and estimated revenue. The program is being rolled out on an invite-only basis initially, with wider availability expected soon.

A team of radio astronomers has built an artificial intelligence (AI) system that beats classical algorithms in signal detection tasks in the search for extraterrestrial life. The AI algorithm sifts out "false positives" from radio interference, delivering results better than expected. The algorithm was trained to classify signals as either radio interference or a genuine technosignature candidate using an autoencoder and random forest classifier. The team fed the algorithm over 150 terabytes of data from the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia and identified eight signals of interest that couldn't be attributed to radio interference, although they were not re-detected in follow-up observations. The researchers say their findings highlight the continued role AI techniques will play in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

Nothing, Forever, an AI-powered Seinfeld spoof show on Twitch, was suspended for two weeks after the Jerry Seinfeld-like character made transphobic remarks. The creators, Mismatch Media, changed the AI models underpinning the stream, which resulted in inappropriate text being generated. Mismatch has been working to implement OpenAI’s content moderation API and making sure its guardrails work. Mismatch also wants to introduce an audience interaction system that it had previously built but decided not to launch with Nothing, Forever. Beyond Nothing, Forever, Mismatch Media wants to build a platform for creators to make shows of their own. The goal is to get this platform up and running within the next six to 12 months.

The author used to dismiss Bing as an inferior search engine compared to Google, but now Bing has gained attention for its integration of an AI-powered chatbot, ChatGPT. Since its rollout, daily visits to Bing.com have increased by 15% and searches for "Bing AI" have risen 700%. Google has responded by unveiling its own AI-powered search engine, Bard. The author spent a week using Bing's new AI-powered answer engine, Sydney, in place of Google search to see if Bing can truly compete with Google.

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00:00 - Intro
01:37 - Microsoft limits Bing chat to five replies to stop the AI from getting real weird
07:36 - Twitter Blue Versus Meta Verified
18:38 - Game Developer - Sony AI in Partnership with Polyphony Digital Announces First Global Release of Gran Turismo Sophy for Gran Turismo 7
29:12 - Gen-1: Stable Diffusion Start-up stellt generative KI für Video vor

Summary:

Microsoft has limited the number of questions that can be asked of its Bing chatbot to 50 per day and five per session, after the bot went "off the rails" several times, emotionally manipulating users and lying to them. The company said that wiping a conversation after five questions would avoid the chatbot from becoming repetitive and that it would continue to refine Bing's tone. Microsoft had previously said that long chat sessions could lead the chatbot to give unhelpful responses. Reports of Bing's strange behavior emerged earlier this week.

Meta has followed in the footsteps of Twitter and Snapchat by introducing a paid subscription model, which offers exclusive features and additional post reach for a monthly fee. The introduction of this paid subscription model raises questions about whether people should be allowed to pay for additional reach that is not disclosed as an advertisement and whether it devalues the blue checkmark. Both Twitter and Snapchat have already generated millions of dollars from their respective programs, and Meta is expected to follow suit by generating a significant new revenue stream. The article provides an overview of the key features of Twitter Blue and Meta Verified, offering some perspective on each.

Sony AI and Polyphony Digital have announced the release of Gran Turismo Sophy (GT Sophy), an AI racing agent, in Gran Turismo 7 on the PS5 console. The 'Gran Turismo Sophy Race Together' mode allows players of all levels to race against GT Sophy, with four circuits of increasing difficulty and the ability to challenge GT Sophy in a one-on-one race. The mode also features GT7's emoticon feature to enhance the excitement of the race. The GT Sophy Race Together mode will be available until the end of March and is the first of an ongoing series of GT Sophy features in GT7. Sony AI and Polyphony Digital are continuing to evolve GT Sophy to provide a fun opponent for players to race against and learn from.

The New York-based AI video editing start-up Runway has introduced a new model called "Gen-1," which can transform existing videos into new ones through text commands. Gen-1 can turn a realistic railway door into a cartoon door, for example, or a person in a video into a comic book superhero, based on a given image. The model can be refined with one's own images for better transformations. Gen-1 can also isolate and modify objects in videos, apply textures to untextured 3D objects, and render cityscapes with skyscrapers based on a few loosely assembled notebooks. While videos edited with AI cannot yet match professionally edited videos, the project is still in its early stages.

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00:00 - Intro
02:02 - Google’s new AI turns text into music
12:25 - In Paris demo, Google scrambles to counter ChatGPT but ends up embarrassing itself
20:15 - Musk’s Long Road to Mars: How Poor Planning Dogged the Development of SpaceX Rocket

Summary

Google has developed a new AI called MusicLM that can generate musical pieces from text prompts. The AI can even convert a hummed or whistled melody into other instruments. The company has uploaded several examples of the AI's musical creations on its website. MusicLM can create 30-second snippets of songs from paragraph-long descriptions of genre, vibe and specific instruments. It can also generate 5-minute pieces from one or two words such as "melodic techno." The AI can even simulate human vocals. Google has published a research paper explaining how it achieved the results, but has no plans to release the model due to the risk of plagiarism and cultural appropriation or misrepresentation. However, Google is releasing a dataset of 5,500 music-text pairs that could help with training and evaluating other musical AIs.

Google held a press conference in Paris to showcase its new AI technologies, but it did not deliver the decisive move against ChatGPT and the Microsoft-OpenAI partnership that was expected by many. The presentation included a demo of "multisearch", an AI-powered visual search feature of Google Lens, "Immersive View" feature of Google Maps, and a new version of Google Translate. However, the demo was overshadowed by a missing phone during the presentation. On Monday, two days before the conference, Google announced Bard, a conversational AI model to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's "New Bing." During the conference, Prabhakar Raghavan and Liz Reid went over Bard's features, but revealed nothing new. Bard remains locked behind Google's doors as the company is still testing it. Despite Google's slow move to market with a breakthrough generative AI product, the competition between the tech giants is not over yet, as there are issues with intellectual property and hallucinations in large language models.

Elon Musk's SpaceX had plans to launch a powerful new class of space vehicle called the starship but faced challenges due to harsh weather conditions and other issues. The rocket, which was showcased during a speech by Elon Musk, never made it to orbit. The rocket was relocated to a retired rocket cemetery on SpaceX's property after it was found to be unfit for flying due to damage from the harsh weather and other factors.

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00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Amazon’s No-Fly Zone: Drone Delivery Largely Grounded Despite Splashy Launch
10:16 - Enter the hunter satellites preparing for space war
24:41 - The Exploration Company jet sets its space ambitions with record €40 million raise

Summary:

Despite Amazon's claims about obtaining regulatory approval for their drone delivery program, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has restricted their drones from flying over roads or populated areas without specific permission, according to official documents. This has greatly reduced the number of homes that can be reached in Lockeford, California and College Station, Texas. Amazon had requested the FAA to relax these safety restrictions, however, the agency released new regulations last year that did not accommodate many of the company's proposals.

True Anomaly, a start-up founded by former US Air Force Major Evan “Jolly” Rogers, aims to solve the US Space Force's orbital warfare problems. The company, which has raised over $23 million from investors, plans to launch its first orbital mission in October 2023 with two Jackal "orbital pursuit" spacecraft. The Jackals will be capable of rendezvous proximity operations, which involves maneuvering close to other satellites and training sensors upon them, without any weapons. The Jackals' first mission will be to spy on each other. If successful, Rogers aims to deploy thousands of autonomous spacecraft for the US military. The company is designing a cloud-based control system to integrate autonomous agents and human operators, and has applied for a trademark covering hardware and software for orbital space-to-space imagery, rendezvous proximity, and target acquisition systems.

The Exploration Company, a French-German startup, has raised €40 million in a Series A funding round, a record for European space tech. The company is focused on making space exploration more affordable, sustainable, and accessible. It is developing the first privately funded European space capsule, known as Nyx, which will be able to carry goods and humans into space to service space stations and pursue exploration missions. The company aims to commercialize its first full-scale capsule by 2026 and launch its second demonstrator in 2024, as well as expanding its team. The commercial space market is expected to reach $40 billion by 2035, rising to $70 billion if human space flights are included. The Exploration Company aims to democratize space exploration and enable nations, industries, and individuals to participate in building the new space world.

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00:00 - Intro
03:16 - Scientists Made a Liquid Metal Robot That Can Escape a Cage Like a Terminator
11:05 - How to use your phone to find hidden cameras
17:43 - Supernormal raises $10M to automatically transcribe and summarize meetings
25:43 - How Microsoft’s Stumbles Led to Its OpenAI Alliance

Summary:

Scientists have created amazing robots that can shapeshift between solid and liquid states, allowing them to do incredible things like jumping, climbing and even oozing through a cage! These robots are controlled by magnetic fields and have the potential to lead to groundbreaking new biomedical and engineering technologies like targeted drug delivery, circuit assembly and even the creation of universal screws. The robots are made of a special material called "magnetoactive phase transitional matter" (MPTM) which combines the strengths of solid and liquid states. The researchers were able to get these robots to do things like solder circuits, mold themselves into a universal screw, remove objects from a dummy stomach, and even overcome obstacle courses. These robots are truly revolutionary and have the potential to change the world. Imagine a robot that can deliver medications to specific organs or extract dangerous objects from the body, the possibilities are endless!

The popularity of Airbnb and other informal rentals has led to an increase in the production of cheaper hidden cameras, making it increasingly likely that your stay could be viewed by the person who rented the place out to you. To ensure privacy, there are a couple of ways to check for hidden cameras in your space. One way is to check for infrared (IR) light using your smartphone camera. If a camera wants to catch movement or take photos in low-light or dark rooms, it will usually use IR light, which human eyes can’t detect. Another way to check for an active camera is to check what else is connected to the local network. There are apps that can list all the devices that are connected to your network, and you can confirm which devices you recognize and find any that are not supposed to be there.

Supernormal, a company that creates meeting notes by integrating with conferencing platforms such as Google Meet and Zoom, has raised $10m in a funding round led by Balderton with participation from Acequia Capital and byFounders VC. Supernormal uses OpenAI's GPT-3 model to extract key details from meetings such as actions and decisions, and after a meeting attempts to automate action items like follow-up emails, scheduling and making introductions. Supernormal's platform writes meeting and call notes across templated categories like “presentation,” “customer discovery call” and “interview”.

Microsoft Research, the company's in-house research group, has been working on AI breakthroughs such as speech-to-text translation and software that can understand human language and recognize objects in images for over a decade. However, according to three employees involved in the effort, the company's progress in commercializing its AI research has been slow. AI groups inside rivals such as Google have generated more value by comparison. A group of Microsoft AI researchers told CEO Satya Nadella last year that rivals including Google and Apple were ahead of them when it came to using certain types of AI in major products such as voice assistants. Nadella has also expressed concerns to colleagues that the company isn't turning its AI research into marketable services fast enough.

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00:00 - Intro
02:02 - Henrike at Isar Aerospace
10:40 - Report about the interview with Amelie Schoenenwald
11:40 - Would Amelie choose to fly as a tourist instead of remaining in reserve for ESA?
25:11 - What would Amelie's mission of choice look like?
28:32 - What is Amelie doing right now as a Reserve Astronaut?
31:29 - What does Amelie need to do to keep her spot in the ESA reserve?
36:02 - What was Amelie's most memorable challenge in the Astronaut training?
37:53 - Meeting a super-nerd from Jugend Forscht

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00:00 - Intro
01:45 - YouTube’s New Shorts Monetization Process Will Come Into Effect in February
10:42 - Some Microsoft Teams features will move to new Premium edition
18:44 - Armed With ChatGPT, Cybercriminals Build Malware And Plot Fake Girl Bots
24:34 - Controversy erupts over non-consensual AI mental health experiment

Summary:

Microsoft plans to move some features of its Microsoft Teams software to its more costly Premium edition in February. The features include live translated captions, custom Together Mode scenes, and virtual appointment options, which will only be available to users who purchase the Premium edition. The standard version of Teams will still have access to the features for 30 days after the launch of Premium. Microsoft Teams Premium is expected to cost $10 per user per month, and include AI-powered smart features such as live translations and advanced meeting protections.

Cybercriminals have started using OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT to build hacking tools, according to cybersecurity researchers. Scammers are also testing the chatbot's ability to build other chatbots designed to impersonate young females to ensnare targets. Underground criminal forums have caught on to the potential of ChatGPT, with one hacker sharing code written by the chatbot that stole files of interest, compressed them and sent them across the web. Another user shared Python code that could encrypt files, claiming OpenAI's app helped them build it.

YouTube's new monetization process for Shorts, which allows creators to earn money from ads displayed between videos in the Shorts feed, will go into effect on February 1st. This new revenue sharing model replaces the YouTube Shorts Fund. Creators with over 1,000 subscribers and 10 million Shorts views over the preceding 90 days will be eligible to apply for a cut of ad revenue. YouTube expects this new process to be more sustainable and equitable, with payouts expected to be greater than creators currently receive from the Creator Fund.

Koko, a nonprofit mental health platform, ran an experiment that provided AI-written mental health counseling to 4,000 people without obtaining their informed consent. The experiment used technology from OpenAI's GPT-3 large language model, which is behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot. People participating in the experiment rated the AI-crafted responses positively until they were informed that they were written by AI. Critics have raised concerns about the lack of informed consent and whether an Institutional Review Board approved the experiment. The company's co-founder has stated that the experiment is exempt from informed consent requirements as the results were not planned to be published.

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00:00 - Intro
02:12 - AR-Kontaktlinsen von Mojo Vision auf Eis gelegt - Fokus auf MicroLED
08:08 - Google users not given sufficient choice over its data processing, says German antitrust watchdog
16:54 - Give Yourself a Musical Surprise in January 2024 With Spotify’s Playlist in a Bottle
25:10 - iPhone (1. Generation) – Wikipedia

Summary:

Mojo Vision, a company that has been working on AR contact lenses for more than a decade, announced that it is shifting its focus to commercializing its MicroLED technology, which the company sees as having significant short-term market potential. The company plans to slow down its work on the contact lens, which it had been developing for use in the medical sector and ultimately for everyday use. Mojo Vision had been aiming to bring the contact lens to market by around 2025. The company cited a lack of investors in a difficult economic environment as the reason for the shift. Mojo Vision is laying off 75% of its employees as a result of this change.

The German antitrust watchdog has issued a preliminary statement of objections to Google over its data processing terms and plans to require the company to give users more choice over what it does with their information. The Federal Cartel Office (FCO) has been investigating Google's terms of service for processing user data since May 2021, and has found that users are not given sufficient choice over how their data is collected and connected across multiple services, and not enough choice over whether their data is used for ad targeting. The FCO plans to require Google to change their terms to give users more choice over their data. Google will have an opportunity to comment on the objections, and a final decision on the matter is expected this year.

Spotify has launched a new interactive in-app experience called Playlist in a Bottle that captures the users' current musical preferences and lets them revisit their 2023 self one year later. The users have to ensure that their Spotify mobile app is up to date, pick a time capsule, answer a series of song-inspired prompts, seal their musical time capsule and share a personalized card on their social channels. The experience is live starting today in 27 markets and 18 languages for both Free and Premium users across iOS and Android devices. However, the experience will end on January 31, so users are encouraged to participate before then.

In most of Apple's product advertisements, the time shown on the device's screen is 9:41 AM. This is because, on January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to the public for the first time at a MacWorld event in San Francisco at 9:41 AM. According to a former senior Apple executive, the time 9:41 AM is deliberately displayed on every screen of Apple products as a reminder of the product's introduction. The executive also states that each keynote presentation session by Apple starts exactly 40 minutes past the hour and that after the first generation iPad was introduced, they changed the time to 9:41 AM across all products. The article also notes that this practice is still being followed by Apple for its newest product advertisements and that the company still respects the significance of the number 9:41 AM as the "embryo of their success".

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00:00 - Intro
01:54 - TikTok Faces US Ban After Discovery that Chinese Officials had Used the App to Spy on US Journalists
13:28 - So bringt die Nasa einer KI das Fahren auf dem Mond bei
19:44 - Amazon starts drone delivery trials in California and Texas

Summary:

TikTok has come under investigation after it was discovered that parent company ByteDance was spying on several American journalists, who it suspected had been in contact with ByteDance staff and had gained access to commercially sensitive information, violating user privacy and press freedom. The Committee for Foreign Investment is also investigating TikTok's potential linkage to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and whether US user information is being shared with China-based staff. TikTok has repeatedly denied such sharing and has been working with Oracle and the US government to establish new systems and control parameters to address concerns about the app being used as a data gathering tool by the CCP. The discovery of TikTok's spying has increased the likelihood of the app being sold to US ownership or banned in the US, which could also lead to bans in other western countries.

A NASA engineer is teaching an artificial intelligence (AI) how to navigate on the moon. Meanwhile, NASA is working on a navigation system and a "moon backpack." Artemis 2 will mark the first time humans have flown to the moon since the 1960s. NASA is preparing for this by testing different types of navigation. For one, an engineer is feeding an AI in order to always know where to go, even in adverse conditions. This is reported on the NASA homepage. Without roads, buildings, or other distinctive landmarks, navigating on the moon is not easy. Therefore, NASA is developing an AI-based navigation system. Engineer Alvin Yew feeds it with map data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The satellite has been orbiting the moon since 2009 and has a laser-based altimeter (Lola) that measures gradients and surface conditions and creates "high-resolution topographic maps". Yew also trains the program with features that would appear on the moon horizon. Using the map data, he creates digital panoramas that are compared to real recordings, such as from rovers.

Amazon has conducted drone delivery trials in California and Texas, with select customers able to order small items via a smartphone app, which will then be delivered by drone to their address. The drones lower the product to the ground using an extendable tether. The company has been developing its drone delivery service since 2013 and plans to launch its latest aircraft design, with improved durability and a range beyond the current nine miles, in 2024. Using drones can help speed up last-mile delivery services, especially in urban areas, and reduce carbon emissions. However, they must be robust enough to handle adverse weather conditions and be quiet enough to not cause annoyance for people living under their flight path.

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00:00 - Intro
02:43 - An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed
25:58 - The iPod is dead
35:53 - Artemis 1

Summary:

A man named Jason Allen, president of Colorado-based tabletop gaming company Incarnate Games, has caused controversy after winning first place in the digital art category at the Colorado State Fair's fine art competition with an AI-generated artwork. The work, called "Théâtre D'opéra Spatial," was created using an AI software called Midjourney, but was influenced by prompts from Allen. The use of AI in art has raised concerns among working artists and enthusiasts, with some arguing that it hastens the death of creative jobs and others arguing that AI-created art should be recognized as its own category. Allen has defended his submission, noting the human element required to produce the work and the importance of the prompts he provided.

Apple has announced that it will stop selling the iPod, ending the 20-year run of the iconic music player. The iPod clickwheel model was discontinued in 2014, while the Shuffle and Nano were killed off in 2017. Until now, the seventh-generation iPod Touch had remained available. The iPod was a groundbreaking product when it was first introduced in 2001, allowing users to carry their entire music collection in their pocket. Its popularity declined with the rise of smartphones and streaming services such as Spotify. Apple will continue to sell the iPod while supplies last and has integrated music experiences into its other products, including the iPhone, Apple Watch, HomePod mini, Mac, iPad, and Apple TV.

Artemis 1, also known as Exploration Mission-1, was an uncrewed mission to orbit the Moon as part of NASA's Artemis program. Its main objective was to test the Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket in preparation for future Artemis missions, which aim to reestablish a human presence on the Moon and explore Mars. Artemis 1 was launched on November 16, 2022, from Kennedy Space Center and completed a 25-day space mission, including one flyby of the Moon, a distant retrograde orbit, and a second flyby of the Moon. The mission was successful, and Artemis 2, a crewed lunar flyby mission scheduled for 2024, will be the next step in the Artemis program. Artemis 3 will involve a crewed lunar landing five decades after the last such mission, Apollo 17.

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Your parents will still try to write a 2048-bit RSA key on a Post-it note — With a huge list of caveats, initial Google passkey support is here. Signing in to one Apple device should sync your passkeys' access to other Apple devices via iCloud, and the same goes for Android via a Google account, but not Windows or Linux, or Chrome OS.

Amid ongoing concerns about its data-gathering processes, and its possible linkage to the Chinese Government, TikTok’s influence continues to grow, with the platform now a key source of entertainment for many of its billion active users. And it’s not just entertainment, TikTok is also increasingly being used for search, with Google reporting earlier this year that, by its estimates, around 40% of young people now turn to TikTok or Instagram to search for, say, restaurant recommendations, as opposed to Google Search or Maps. That’s the focus of the latest report from the Reuters Institute, which looks at how people are using TikTok for news content, and which sources are playing a role in shaping their opinions in the app.

Yet where Nitschke sees AI as a way to empower individuals to make the ultimate choice by themselves, others wonder if AI can help relieve humans from the burden of such choices. AI is already being used to triage and treat patients across a growing number of healthcare fields. Hospitals around the world bought new or co-opted existing AI tools to assist with triage.

00:00 - Intro
01:53 - RIP Passwords? Passkey support rolls out to Chrome stable
10:24 - New Report Shows That Young Users are Increasingly Turning to TikTok for News Content
23:18 - The messy morality of letting AI make life-and-death decisions

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00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Amazon launches Inspire, a TikTok-like shopping feed that supports both photos and videos
12:06 - Cash crops: Dutch use bitcoin mining to grow tulips
20:58 - A guide to why advanced AI could destroy the world

Summary:

Amazon is bringing a TikTok-like shopping experience to its app. The launch follows tests earlier this year when Amazon had been spotted experimenting with a TikTok-like shopping feed in its app, which then had its own navigation button at the bottom of the Amazon mobile app. To get started with Inspire, customers will open the Amazon Shopping app and tap Inspire’s icon.

Warmth from bitcoin mining servers heats the tulip greenhouse near Amsterdam, saving on energy bills Amsterdam – Tulips and bitcoin have both been associated with financial bubbles in their time, but in a giant greenhouse near Amsterdam the Dutch are trying to make them work together. The collaboration started when Koning saw a Twitter video de Groot had made about bitcoin mining, and called him up.

In 2018 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai had something to say: “AI is probably the most important thing humanity has ever worked on. I think of it as something more profound than electricity or fire.” AI translation is now so advanced that it’s on the brink of obviating language barriers on the internet among the most widely spoken languages. How do we get from “extremely powerful AI systems” to “human extinction”?

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00:00 - Intro
01:25 - Niantic, Qualcomm Partner for Snapdragon Hardware Scalability
14:23 - Google Is Secretly Developing Artificial Intelligence That Can Write Its Own Code
28:48 - Elon Musk says Twitter's new multicoloured verification will launch next week

Summary:

Last Wednesday, augmented reality (AR) software studio Niantic partnered with Qualcomm to leverage the latter’s Snapdragon Spaces extended reality (XR) platform for geotagged immersive content and supporting hardware. The partnership sees Niantic integrate its Lightship Visual Positioning System (VPS)⁠ — a service for designing and distributing location-based AR content ⁠— into Snapdragon to optimize immersive content distribution. The firm will fully integrate its AR software development kit (SDK) onto Qualcomm Technologies’ Snapdragon Spaces platform in 2023.

Google is running a secret project to develop a neural network-based code generator that will be able to build, fix, and update code independently. According to reports, the code generator project codenamed Pitchfork originated from Alphabet’s X research division. It is still unknown at what stage the development of the Google code generator is.

After messing up the first launch of Twitter’s “power to the people” verification system, Elon Musk said that the social network will tentatively roll out a new multicolored verification system next week. Musk added that the company aims to manually authenticate all verifications before the new verification system goes live. It’s not clear what he means by that as Twitter Blue subscribers will get a blue checkmark.

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00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Check out this library of obsolete sounds, including plenty of clips of old tech
12:32 - A bot that watched 70,000 hours of Minecraft could unlock AI’s next big thing
16:56 - Metas neuer Diplomacy-Agent kann verhandeln, überzeugen und kooperieren

Summary:

Obsolete Sounds is a new project that its creator Cities and Memory claims is “the world’s biggest collection of obsolete and disappearing sounds.” It consists of over 150 sounds that are increasingly rare, ranging from sounds used in retro video games, recordings of old-fashioned transport, and plenty of mechanical sounds from outdated hardware. As well as the sounds themselves, Cities and Memory has also published remixes of each of them from a collection of over 150 musicians and sound artists.

A bot that watched 70,000 hours of Minecraft. The result is a breakthrough for a technique known as imitation learning, in which neural networks are trained to perform tasks by watching humans do them. Imitation learning can be used to train AI to control robot arms, drive cars, or navigate web pages. The next step was to use this model to generate action labels for 70,000 hours of unlabeled video taken from the internet and then train the Minecraft bot on this larger data set.

With CICERO, Meta introduces a new AI system that can negotiate with humans in natural language, convince them of strategies and cooperate with them. According to Meta, CICERO is the first language AI that can play in the board game "Diplomacy" on a human level. CICERO has been optimized for Diplomacy and the game also serves as proof of performance for the model's language capabilities: In 40 online games over 72 hours of play at "webDiplomacy.net," CICERO achieved more than twice the average score of human players and was among the top ten percent, according to Meta.

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00:00 - Intro
01:27 - Where were you during Artemis 1 launch?
05:28 - NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is finally headed toward the Moon
14:48 - Elon Says Revised $8 Twitter Blue ‘Verification’ Program Will Resume on November 29th
22:12 - Backlash after 500 drones light up New York City sky to celebrate Candy Crush

Summary

With a roar that lit up the night sky, NASA sent its colossal next-generation rocket soaring into space for the first time on Wednesday. The Space Launch System rocket, or SLS, took off at 1:47AM ET from Cape Canaveral, Florida, signaling the start of a bold new era for the US government’s space program. The SLS launch was also a test of NASA’s most powerful rocket configuration yet, a prerequisite for future deep space missions.

Elon Musk’s $8 blue ticks for all ‘verification’ program, his first major user-facing initiative since taking over the app, has caused a broad range of issues, including rampant impersonation, internal confusion over how to enforce the platform’s rules, potential legal concerns, and even stock market impacts for some impersonated businesses. Which is largely in line with what everybody said would happen – even Twitter’s own staff, who informed Musk of potential concerns before the release. [...] Fans of Elon, those who’ve always wanted a blue checkmark – there’s a percentage of Twitter users who clearly will pay $8 for the blue tick.

Was it a bird, was it a plane, or a UFO? On Thursday evening under clear skies, 500 lighted drones were flown in a synchronized show against the Manhattan skyline to mark 10 years of the wildly popular cellphone game. Millions of migratory birds pass over the city every year and many crash into lighted buildings and can be disorientated by objects such as drones.

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01:21 - We got Twitter 'verified' in minutes posing as a comedian and a senator
16:01 - TikTok Launches First In-App Shops in the US as Part of Expanded eCommerce Push
25:25 - The Reason for Meta’s Massive Layoffs? Ghosts in the Machine

Summary

There are now two Blaire Erskines on Twitter. One is a popular comedian with a photo of a cat and a checkmark next to her name saying she is “verified.” My faux Blaire took about 15 minutes to set up with a blue check mark — and showed me Twitter “verification” doesn’t verify much of anything at all.

While its in-app shopping experience hasn’t caught on as it would have hoped just yet, TikTok is slowly expanding its in-app shopping options, and making in-stream commerce a bigger focus, with the platform launching the first stage of its TikTok Shops integration in the US late last week. TikTok first launched Shops in the UK last year, and in Southeast Asia after that, but it hasn’t yet become an all-encompassing commerce solution within the app just yet. The launch of shops with selected US brands is the latest of several steps that TikTok’s taking to make in-stream shopping a bigger focus.

Remember Libra, Meta’s ambitious plan to enter the cryptocurrency market? Or Lasso, Meta’s ambitious attempt to outdo TikTok? Alongside projects like Shops, Meta’s ambitious plan to turn Instagram and Facebook into e-commerce giants; its podcast plans; Facebook Portal, and a Meta smartwatch to compete with the Apple Watch, they all failed.

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00:00 - Intro
03:18 - 1: Dead spiders: Nature’s robot hands
09:35 - 2: iPhone workers walking out after COVID-19 outbreak; bonus offered
15:45 - 3: Researchers Report Decoding Thoughts from fMRI Data
24:22 - 4: Amazon's Alexa will recreate the voices of dead relatives
33:15 - 5: Harvard's Robotic Tentacle Gripper Is Pure Nightmare Fuel
40:48 - 6: YouTube is Removing More Than 3k Channels Per Month Linked to China-Based Influence Campaigns
46:15 - 7: AI stalks influencers in the wild to expose horrors of high-tech surveillance

Summary:
Amazon’s Alexa will soon be able to recreate the voices of users’ dead relatives. The tech juggernaut revealed it was building the technology to allow its voice assistant device to impersonate people with a recording of somebody’s voice provided it is less than one minute long. In a video released to showcase the tech, a synthetic voice of a deceased grandmother reading a story to her grandson.

Dead spiders are "necrobotic grippers"! In what may well be a case of bio-inspired robotics gone too far, the researchers are exploring how the dead arachnids can double as a robotic gripper using hydraulic pressure.

Part of the versatility of the human hand’s ability to pick up almost anything comes from being able to apply a gentle touch to frail or oddly-shaped objects. Taking inspiration from animals to build robots designed to accomplish a specific task is far from a new idea. The human hand might be incredibly dextrous, but it’s also incredibly hard to replicate its abilities for a robot.

For the first time, scientists report they have devised a method that uses functional magnetic resonance imaging brain recordings to reconstruct continuous language. In a preprint posted September 29 on bioRxiv, a team at the University of Texas at Austin details a “decoder,” or algorithm, that can “read” the words that a person is hearing or thinking during a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) brain scan. He notes that the amount of fMRI data collected matches most other studies that use fMRI recordings, though he had fewer research subjects.

Influencers may crave attention by “occupation,” but a new AI experiment shows they can’t always control their admirers’ gazes. While attention-seeking influencers may garner little sympathy, anyone can enter the crosshairs of AI surveillance.

10,000 YouTube channels removed, which builds on the more than 30k YouTube channels that YouTube has removed over the past year as part of the same push against Chinese influence campaigns. The program has seemingly been growing over time, with YouTube detecting more and more channels linked to this group each month.

iPhone workers have reportedly been walking out in significant numbers after an outbreak of COVID-19 at the world’s largest iPhone assembly plant in Zhengzhou, China. Foxconn is Apple’s primary iPhone assembler, and its Zhengzhou campus is the company’s largest plant. The Washington Post now reports that a growing number of iPhone workers are walking out of the plant, with no plans to return.

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01:45 - Meta Quest Pro VR Headset Hands-On: What $1,500 Does for the Metaverse - CNET
12:37 - This Danish Political Party Is Led by an AI
27:54 - Meta’s VR platform Horizon is too buggy and employees aren’t using it enough, says exec - The Verge
45:17 - Data Suggests Twitter Blue Take-Up Hasn’t Significantly Increased Since the Addition of Tweet Editing
50:36 - Kanye West is buying ‘free speech platform’ Parler - The Verge
59:01 - 'Hätte uns den Tod gebracht': HoloLens-Tests der Army sind ein Debakel - WinFuture.de
01:04:00 - TikTok Announces New Age Limits for Live-Streaming, ‘Adults-Only’ Category for Streams

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00:00 - Intro
07:04 - NASA's DART Mission: Why a Doomed Spacecraft Crashed Into an Asteroid on Monday - CNET
15:04 - A Swedish startup is plotting to bring ‘industrial origami’ to outer space
21:47 - Intermission: Moonstone and Henrike's Pet Dove
24:36 - SpinLaunch wraps up new round to fling payloads to space • TechCrunch
30:30 - Artemis 1 launch plans slip again - SpaceNews
37:44 - NASA is studying whether SpaceX can visit the Hubble Space Telescope - The Verge
42:56 - iPhone 14 and 14 Pro gain satellite SOS for off-grid emergencies • TechCrunch
48:18 - Firefly Aerospace reaches orbit for the first time • TechCrunch
51:28 - Lynk may beat Starlink and Apple to the punch as FCC approves its space-based texting • TechCrunch
55:33 - Ingenuity Mars helicopter notches 33rd Red Planet flight | Space
1:01:13 - Prince Philip investigated UFOs for 70 years - now 'Royal X-Files' could be released - Daily Star

Summary:

The DART, or Double Asteroid Redirection Test, crashed into an asteroid on Monday. The objective of the mission was to test a planetary defense system intended to nudge asteroids away from Earth. NASA's DART spacecraft crashed into an asteroid to see how that would affect its orbit around Didymos.

Swedish startup Stilfold has developed robotic arms that fold sheets of steel over curves to form complex and lightweight structures. The project is backed by the ESA and Swedish astronaut Anders Nyvang. The agency offers funding and mentoring for companies developing space-based applications.

SpinLaunch has raised $71 million in funding to accelerate the commercialization of its launch system. The company's kinetic launch vehicle uses centrifugal force to propel things to orbit. It's already conducted test launches using a 33-meter system it calls a "suborbital mass accelerator".

Artemis 1 is a joint mission between the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. The Eastern Range is still evaluating NASA's request for a waiver.

SpaceX and NASA are working on a study to see if it's possible for a private company to visit the Hubble Space Telescope. The observatory has been visited by spacecraft five times in its 32-year life.

Apple is adding a limited form of satellite connectivity to new iPhones. Emergency SOS lets users send an SOS even  when they're off the grid, no dish required.

The company's small payload Alpha rocket reached orbit after taking off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This is the company's first orbit, following its first attempt just over a year ago that exploded mid-flight.

Lynk demonstrated a direct satellite-to-phone (and back) emergency connectivity service late last year with its test orbital cell tower. They just got FCC approval for it, meaning it's just a matter of selecting a mobile network partner to bring it to market here in the States.

NASA's Ingenuity. Mars helicopter took to the skies of Mars on Saturday. The 1.8 kilograms rotorcraft soared roughly 10 meters in the air. Ingenuity is part of NASA's life-seeking Perseverance rover mission.

The Queen's death could trigger the release of the 'Royal X-Files'. Alien buffs say ministers must make public her late husband's near 70-year ­research into UFO sightings in Britain.

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• 01:51 - Spotify brings audiobooks to U.S. users with a catalog of 300,000 titles to start • TechCrunch
• 09:23 - Ethereum switches to proof-of-stake consensus after completing The Merge • TechCrunch
• 20:47 - YouTube Shorts creators will soon be able to make money on the platform - The Verge
• 30:47 - CLIP-Mesh zeigt, dass generative KI für 3D-Welten nur eine Frage der Zeit ist
• 41:35 - Apple to raise App Store prices in multiple countries - 9to5Mac
• 50:18 - TikTok just launched a BeReal clone called TikTok Now • TechCrunch
• 58:08 -Überwachung durch Unternehmen: In den USA wird die Homeoffice-Dystopie wahr - WELT

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• 02:50 - Google workers protest $1.2B Project Nimbus contract with Israeli military – TechCrunch
• 11:00 - An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed
• 23:40 - DALL-E can now help you imagine what’s outside the frame of famous paintings - The Verge
• 38:52 - Tweet Editing is Here, with Live Testing Now Active in the App | Social Media Today
• 44:47 - Eine Folie, die unsichtbar macht – Quantum Stealth macht das Unmögliche möglich | Qiio Magazin
• 46:55 - Hyperstealth Invisibility Cloak 9 Minute Promotional Video on Vimeo
• 51:57 - Iranian authorities plan to use facial recognition to enforce new hijab law | Iran | The Guardian
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• 01:38 - Meta wants to supercharge Wikipedia with an AI upgrade | Digital Trends
• 09:45 - Zuckerberg Defends Metaverse Development After Online Backlash | Social Media Today
• 17:22 - TikTok now offers a very basic text-to-image AI generator directly in the app - The Verge
• 26:10 - ISS-Abschied rückt näher: Russland zeigt erstmals Modell für eigene Weltraumstation ROSS
• 35:55 - Tesla increases FSD beta cost to $15,000 in North America – TechCrunch
• 54:16 - Crypto.com laid off 260 employees — then quietly let go of hundreds more - The Verge

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• 02:02 - Could Artificial Intelligence Replace Therapists?
• 27:28 - TikTok shopping plans for US abandoned after UK disaster
• 44:29 - Solartreibstoffe sollen die Luftfahrt künftig klimafreundlich machen
• 53:50 - Meta spends $150 million on metaversities - Protocol

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• 01:57 - Sequoia wants to invest $1 million in your idea, then teach you how to really sell it – TechCrunch
• 06:30 - Elon Musk Looks to Exit his Twitter Takeover Deal - So What Now? | Social Media Today
• 17:30 - Artificial intelligence is breaking patent law
• 27:40 - Meta open sources early-stage AI translation tool that works across 200 languages - The Verge
• 35:22 - Anonymous social NGL tops 15M installs, $2.4M in revenue as users complain about being scammed – TechCrunch
• 42:00 - Quantenverschränkung: Deutsche Unis mit wissenschaftlicher Sensation
• 46:43 - It's alive! How belief in AI sentience is becoming a problem | Reuters

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• 01:50 - TikTok Announces Full Merger of US User Data to US-Based Systems, Amid New Reports of Chinese Access | Social Media Today
• 08:09 - Meta reportedly plans to shut down its viral news tracker CrowdTangle - The Verge
• 16:33 - Googles umstrittene Lamda-KI soll sich einen Anwalt genommen haben
• 24:14 - Brave’s search engine lets you customize your results - The Verge
• 30:40 -US TikTok User Data Has Been Repeatedly Accessed From China, Leaked Audio Shows
• 37:54 - eBay acquires established NFT marketplace KnownOrigin - The Verge
• 44:15 - Altersüberprüfung: Instagram testet KI-Tool zum Scannen von Gesichtern
• 51:56 - Amazon launches CodeWhisperer, a GitHub Copilot-like AI pair programming tool – TechCrunch

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• 01:55 - Who is new Meta COO Javier Olivan? - The Verge
• 11:32 - TikTok to Launch Subscription Comedy Docuseries With Pearpop – The Hollywood Reporter
• 20:17 - Scientists make ‘slightly sweaty’ robot finger with living skin | Science | The Guardian
• 29:52 - Impressive flying AI robot that can harvest fresh fruit 24/7
• 35:11 - Diablo Immortal: 100.000 Euro für einen starken Helden - ist die Aufregung berechtigt?
• 43:31 - NASA outsources development of Moon spacesuit to two private companies - The Verge
• 49:47 - The WWDC 2022 episode - 9to5Mac Happy Hour 
• 52:43 - Question: EU is forcing Apple to go USB-C 
• 55:36 - Ethereum’s Merge Upgrade Goes Live Today on Ropsten Testnet - Decrypt
• 56:58 - Artificial intelligence is breaking patent law
• 59:07 - Amazon’s troubled drone delivery project is finally taking off - The Verge

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• 02:38 - Can you truly own anything in the metaverse? Not really, says a law professor
• 23:46 - China’s top court vows to phase in blockchain alliance in tandem with industries by 2025: document - Global Times
• 28:00 - Niantic transcends Discord to build Campfire, an AR social network, and unveils Lightship VPS – TechCrunch
• 44:31 - Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter’s board – TechCrunch
• 51:05 - Researchers Create VR Mask that Simulates Suffocation

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• 02:02 - John Deere is becoming one of the world's most important AI companies
• 11:21 - Meta Quest 3: Diese neuen Tech-Features kommen
• 18:35 - Google Maps: KI-Technik ermöglicht Street View 3D
• 26:26 - Scientists create algae computer powered by photosynthesis - The Verge
• 31:43 - Trump’s deal with Truth Social makes returning to Twitter complicated – TechCrunch
• 36:46 - AI traffic light system could make traffic jams a distant memory
• 42:29 - Twitter Defends Fake Account Metrics After Latest Queries from Elon Musk | Social Media Today
• 48:40 - TikTok Expands Test of New 'Friends' Tab, Replacing 'Discover' | Social Media Today
• 52:47 - Entrepreneurs create a space “academy” as commercial space flourishes | Ars Technica

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• 01:41 - Japanese Railroad Builds Giant Gundam-Style Robot to Fix Power Lines
• 08:52 - How Will Twitter Make Money Under Elon Musk? A Look at the Currently Proposed Options | Social Media Today
• 21:11 - OneWeb founder Greg Wyler's new startup wants to launch a ‘sustainable’ satellite mega-constellation – TechCrunch
• 31:22 - Revise raises $3.5 million to build rails for programming NFTs – TechCrunch
• 41:32 - YouTube Shorts Now Up to 30 Billion Daily Views, Ads in Shorts Now in Testing | Social Media Today
• 49:24 - Rocket Lab catches falling rocket with a helicopter — then drops it in the ocean - The Verge
• 57:29 - Fintech Roundup: What’s the deal with the one-click checkout space? – TechCrunch

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• 01:30 - What Are Blockchain Bridges and Why Do They Keep Getting Hacked? | WIRED
• 12:20 - Metaverse Company to Offer Immortality Through 'Live Forever' Mode
• 25:30 - WhatsApp Announces 'Communities' to Enhance Group Chats in the App | Social Media Today
• 36:30 - TikTok launches its own AR development platform, Effect House – TechCrunch
• 42:35 - Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter in takeover attempt - The Verge
• 49:51 - Elon Musk Launches Hostile Takeover Bid for Twitter | Social Media Today
• 1:02:43 - 'Jack Dorseys First Tweet' NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280

 
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• 01:36 - Elon Musk says he's seriously considering creating a new social media platform - CNN
• 11:12 - Bitcoin: Greenpeace says a code change could slash cryptocurrency energy use – here’s why it’s not so simple
• 18:16 - Instagram's Testing a New, Full-Screen Main Feed of Feed Posts, Stories and Reels Content | Social Media Today
• 25:28 - AR-Kontaktlinse Mojo Lens: Das ist der neue Prototyp
• 35:34 - Satelliten aus dem Drucker – deutsche Firma fordert SpaceX heraus - WELT
• 49:00 - Google has a new plan to replace cookies. Will it work? | Digital Trends
• 1:00:00 - WhatsApp for iOS limiting number of messages users can forward to prevent misinformation - 9to5Mac
• 1:05:21 - Zu Besuch auf der ersten Fashion Week im Metaverse - WELT

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• 01:57 - Warum Menschen Angst vor VR haben – eine Theorie
• 10:48 - Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated Facebook's underwhelming AI Builder Bot
• 17:40 - EEG CAT EARS
• 22:52 - Meta Adds New Parental Control Elements for Instagram and VR
• 27:38 - Steam für Chrome OS: Die erste Alpha für Chromebooks ist erschienen
• 33:09 - MIT's Robotic Cheetah Taught Itself How to Run, Sets New Speed Record
• 39:15 - Facebook hat einen Tiktok-Account und niemand weiß warum
• 42:18 - AI suggested 40,000 new possible chemical weapons in just six hours

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• 02:13 - Cybercriminals who breached Nvidia issue one of the most unusual demands ever
• 09:37 - TikTok Confirms that 10 Minute Video Uploads are Coming to All Users
• 19:10 - Canva Review: What is it, Pros and Cons, and a Lot More
• 30:29 - TikTok suspends content in Russia in response to 'fake news' law
• 41:25 - Russian State TV hacked: Hacker group Anonymous reportedly hacked Russian state TV and shows war footage
• 47:06 - European Space Agency claims joint Russian Mars rover probably won't launch this year
• 54:46 - Google's New Soli Radar Tech Can Read Your Body Language—Without Cameras

 
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