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Enjoy the audio version of AI Named This Show in your favorite podcast player to stay up to date in all things artificial intelligence. Tristan and Tasia decode the jargon to deliver AI news in an irreverent, light-hearted way that won’t put you to sleep and make you drive off the side of the road.

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One week with Meta and OpenAI
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One week with Meta and OpenAI

This week, Tristan and Tasia dive into Meta's AI extravaganza, from celebrity-voiced chatbots to its updated Ray-Bans that can now remember things for you, while Mark Zuckerberg teases the future of AI-powered augmented reality glasses.Then we ride through OpenAI's rollercoaster week, with Sam Altman working on an AI device venture and pitching the White House on a massive data center buildout while OpenAI pivots to profits and executives exit. Join us as we steer into the skid to end another wild week in the life of AI.

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SocialAI and Dead Internet Theory
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SocialAI and Dead Internet Theory

This week, your hosts Tristan and Tasia walk you through the latest AI news, including LinkedIn's AI training initiative (and how to opt out of it), Amazon's AI tools for shoppers, sellers and advertisers, Alibaba's new generative AI models, YouTube's latest AI tools for creators, Lionsgate's controversial partnership with Runway, and California's flurry of AI legislation. Then we dig into the uncanny world of SocialAI and the resurgence of Dead Internet Theory. Join us as we blur the line between human and bot.

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Apple Intelligence and OpenAI’s “Strawberry”
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Apple Intelligence and OpenAI’s “Strawberry”

This week, Tristan and Tasia bite into Apple's juicy new iPhone 16 lineup and watch as their AI efforts get a bit mushy in certain markets, while Google's Gemini sprouts on Android and OpenAI's GPT-o1 ("Strawberry") model tries to sweeten the deal with self-fact-checking. Then we peel back the layers on some spicy AI security concerns, from ChatGPT's explosive recipe mishap to Meta's data-hungry AI models, and explore how AI might be changing the flavor of our beliefs. Join us as we cook up an explosive smorgasbord of AI news.

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xAI gets colossal
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xAI gets colossal

This week, Tristan and Tasia get into some of the details about OpenAI's and Anthropics enterprise AI efforts, the drama regarding Oprah's upcoming AI special that no one's actually seen yet, and the possible futility and/or self-defeating nature of the Council of Europe's AI safety treaty. Then we marvel (once again) at xAI's Memphis Supercluster, its energy requirements, and how it helps — and possibly hurts — NVIDIA. Join us as we fire up some diesel generators in our pursuit of general artificial intelligence. What's the worst that could happen?

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Regulation and growth: The evolution of AI
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Regulation and growth: The evolution of AI

This week, Tristan and Tasia get the latest from Google, as it continues to deliver — or re-deliver — on previously announced AI features. Then we marvel at the continued growth of consumer AI, despite increased scrutiny from regulators and resistance from some website publishers. Turns out there are some strings on it, after all. Join us as we update our robots.txt and pursue shiny gems.

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