Intelligent Machines with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Jan 29th 2025

Intelligent Machines 804

Big Potato

Death Roulette, Influencer Voice, HillmanTok

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Category: News
  • Leo's AI Toys
  • DeepSeek
  • How a top Chinese AI model overcame US sanctions
  • Mark Zuckerberg post re: Llama 4
  • 17th Century Death Roulette ☠️
  • Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps app after government updates
  • 23andMe might sell itself as it runs out of money
  • The rise of 'influencer voice': Why this TikTok creator accent is taking over the internet and maybe the world
  • Paris' new TV
  • Scoldy Mastodon
  • Pluralistic: It’s not a crime if we do it with an app (25 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
  • Comcast unveils ultra-low lag Internet connection
  • Dr. Barlow and HIllmanTok
  • Philip Low, long-time friend and peer of Elon Musk, posts open letter calling him out for what he is.
  • Why doesn’t Siri know what it doesn’t know?
  • New Vatican document examines potential and risks of AI
  • Technological puritanism
  • All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot
  • By Paris: Before Google’s $2.7 Billion Deal With AI Startup, a Stark Warning on Safety
  • The mayor of Merrymac

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