This Week in Tech 941

This episode of TWiT explores the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on creative industries like writing, the monopolistic practices of Big Tech, and the concepts of open-washing and chokepoint capitalism.

• Cory Doctorow discusses his upcoming appearance in a Futurama episode inspired by his book Chokepoint Capitalism
• The downsides of Twitter under Elon Musk as an example of chokepoint capitalism unwinding
• Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive's copyright disputes over digitized books in its Emergency Library
• Canada's law requiring Big Tech to pay news publishers, and Meta's ban on news sharing in response
• The CFPB cracking down on predatory data brokers
• Google's "topics" proposal for interest-based ads on Chrome and privacy concerns
• The threats AI poses to creative professions like writing, and the implications of copyright
• The misleading hype around AI and job loss statistics from companies like IBM
• The importance of interoperability for technology platforms and digital rights
• How copyright law views AI-generated art and content
• The issues around copyrighted content being used to train AI systems by companies like OpenAI
• The concept of "open washing" and whether companies like OpenAI really embody openness
• The America COMPETES Act, proposed antitrust legislation targeting Big Tech's ad market power
• The role of users and tool creators in establishing boundaries on things like advertising
• Rebecca Giblin's experience publishing out-of-print Australian books as the non-profit publisher Untapped
• The podcast IP Provocations and its discussions relating to AI and intellectual property

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• Transcripts: This Week in Tech Episode 941 Transcript

Links

• Chokepoint Capitalism (Amazon affiliate)
• The Case of the Internet Archive vs. Book Publishers - The New York Times
• Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing | Reuters
• CFPB to crack down on data brokers, Chopra says at White House event
• "Open" "AI" isn't
• Revealed: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI
• What if failure is the plan?
• The Internet Con (Amazon affiliate)