This Week in Tech (Audio)

In this episode of This Week in Tech, Leo Laporte is joined by Georgia Dow, Shoshana Weissmann, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, tackling a wide range of thought-provoking topics, from the ethical implications of AI in sensitive fields to the challenges of creating and consuming content in an increasingly commercialized digital landscape.

• The panel grapples with the potential risks and benefits of AI-powered therapists a...

TikTok Ban, Intel's Struggles, Google's Ensh*ttification

• 'Thunder Run': Behind Lawmakers' Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill
• A Chinese Firm Is America's Favorite Drone Maker. Except in Washington.
• The panel taks about AI
• With YouTube Booming, Podcast Creators Get Camera-Ready
• A new California bill would restrict line-skipping service 'Clear' at airports in the name of equity
• The Man Who Killed Google Search
• Goo...

• Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
• TikTok 'ban' passes in the House again
• Senate reauthorizes FISA spy program, but not before its midnight expiration
• Surveillance Law Section 702 Keeps Us Safe
• Netflix (NFLX) earnings Q1 2024
• Americans' New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.
• How One Author Pushed the Limits of AI Copyright
• Amazon Prime Memberships in US Gain 8% to New High ...

• AI Music with Suno and Udio
• Google's DeepMind finds 2.2M crystal structures in materials science win
• Vana plans to let users rent out their Reddit data to train AI
• How I Built an AI-Powered, Self-Running Propaganda Machine for $105
• AI's Victories in Go Inspire Better Human Game Playing
• Why the California Journalism Preservation Act is putting support of the news ecosystem at risk
• Google and the CJPA
• Consumers will fi...

• House, Senate leaders nearing deal on landmark online privacy bill
• Marissa Mayer's eternal Sunshine
• Elon Musk says Tesla will unveil its robotaxi on Aug. 8; shares pop
• Amazon's Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout Tech
• X's 'complimentary' Premium push gives people blue checks they didn't ask for
• President Biden is now posting into the fediverse
• Yahoo is acquiring Artifact to bring its AI features to Yahoo News
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Gmail turns 20, AI PC definition, xz Utils backdoor

• 20 years of Gmail
• Backdoor found in widely used Linux utility breaks encrypted SSH connections
• An Accidental Discovery of a Backdoor Likely Prevented Thousands of Infections
• EU probes Apple, Meta and Alphabet under landmark new law
• Google Podcasts service shuts down in the US next week
• Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 - The New Y...

• U.S. versus Apple: A first reaction
• Critics of the TikTok Bill Are Missing the Point
• Tennessee becomes first US state with law protecting musicians from AI
• In One Key A.I. Metric, China Pulls Ahead of the U.S.: Talent
• Murthy v Missouri at SCOTUS
• Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys
• Windows 11, Tesla, and Ubuntu Linux hacked at Pwn2Own Vancouver
• Vernor Vinge (1944-2024)

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• The Panel discusses video Formats and aspect ratios
• House of Reps pass bill that could ban TikTok
• TechDirt: TikTok ban would be unconstitutional and doesn't actually help with threats
• TikTok estimated to be worth $100B, or $40B if it doesn't include the algorithm
• US wants to ban TikTok for the sins of every social media company
• What social media is the panel using?
• Musk's SpaceX is building spy satellite network ...

TikTok Ban, Creepy AI, Practical Fusion

• Why Trump now opposes banning TikTok
• Spain tells Sam Altman, Worldcoin to shut down its eyeball-scanning orbs
• OpenAI announces new members to the board of directors
• OpenAI Responds to Elon Musk's Lawsuit
• Palantir wins US Army contract for battlefield AI
• Welcome to the Valley of the Creepy AI Dolls
• AI Marilyn Monroe Marks Another Step Forward In Extending Celebrity Brand Valu...