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Apple is reportedly considering Claude and ChatGPT for a big Siri rehaul, and Justin Robert Young explains why the ELVIS act was soundly rejected from the Big Beautiful Bill. Starring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt, and Justin Robert Young. Links to the stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, instantaneous translation of brain signals to speech, and Google gets into nuclear fusion. Starring  Tom Merritt , and  Robb Dunewood . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Merritt sits down for part two of his conversation with Kevin Metcalf to talk about AI controversies in education for both students and teachers.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus, Pixel banned in Japan and batteries banned on Chinese flights. Starring Tom Merritt and Jenn Cutter . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Creative Commons launched CC Signals to do for datasets what it did for creative works, and Dr. Niki discusses why seals are learning to play video games. Starring Jason Howell , Jenn Cutter , Tom Merritt and Dr. Niki . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Fairphone 6 is out and Bart Busschots has a fair alternative for Pocket! Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Bart Busschots. Links to stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anthropic latest court ruling has big implications for the legality of training AI models with copyrighted works, and Andy Beach shows how individual creators are using AI like a paintbrush. Starring Jason Howell , Tom Merritt , and Andy Beach . Links to the stories discussed in this episode cn be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Should Apple buy Perplexity, or some other company? Plus, we check with a French TV watcher about how they feel about Netflix streaming TF1 channels. Starring  Tom Merritt ,  Robb Dunewood , and  Patrick Beja . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This weekend, Dr. Nicole Ackermans talks with Dr. Carly York about her new book The Salmon Cannon and the Levitating Frog , exploring how seemingly silly experiments reveal serious scientific breakthroughs. Featuring Dr. Niki and Dr. Carly York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 Plus, you can now wear Meta’s Llama model in Oakley frames.  Starring Tom Merritt, Huyen Tue Dao, and Andy Beach . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus new AR glasses, a smart home hub from Eufy and more. Starring Tom Merritt , Jenn Cutter , and Patrick Schlott . Links to stories in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus Dr. Niki helps us understand why certain scientific studies are given the green light. Starring Jason Howell , Tom Merritt , and Dr. Niki . Links to stories in this episode can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Plus Andy Beach helps us understand why Hollywood is hiding its AI obsession. Starring  Tom Merritt ,  Robb Dunewood , and  Andy Beach . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom talks with IT pro Kevin Metcalf about how AI is used by students and teachers in college. Starring Tom Merritt and Kevin Metcalf. Kevin on LinkedIN Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Also, Dr. Niki checks in on the state of US science funding, and why Android is killing Instant Apps. Starring Tom Merritt , Huyen Tue Dao , and Dr. NIki . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yahoo Mail tries to appeal to younger users with AI features, and Congressional Dish’s Jennifer Briney explains why a US budget bill is aiming to ban regulation of AI. Starring Jason Howell , Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt , and Jennifer Briney . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And why the venerable Le Monde newspaper is embracing AI not just fighting it.  Starring Tom Merritt, Jenn Cutter, and Andy Beach. Links to the stories covered in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IBM announced plans to build its major Quantum computer called Starling, and Dr. Niki explains why we want to edit the genomes of spiders. Starring Jason Howell , Tom Merritt , and Dr. Niki . Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And beyond the new Liquid Glass design and other OS announcements, there’s a new robot pizza maker and an Xbox gaming handheld. Starring  Tom Merritt , and  Sarah Lane . Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Molly and Tom are back with a text-message-chat inspired discussion of privacy in LLMs and why we might need a standard for it, but we don’t know how that would happen.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Also, drone delivery is becoming more common, and an advance in sintronics brings shepherd, faster, more power-efficient memory closer.  Starring Tom Merritt and Huyen Tue Dao. Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apple's upcoming MagSafe chargers might support the Qi2.2 standard doubling power output for the iPhone 17, and Volvo introduced a "multi-adaptive safety belt" system to protect passengers of all body types. Starring Jason Howell and Huyen Tue Dao . Show notes found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Google does the right thing with Google Photos and Natasha Lyonne makes an AI movie.  Starring Tom Merritt , Jenn Cutter , and Andy Beach . Stories discussed in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Microsoft is requiring fully featured USB-C ports in order for manufacturers to partake in the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program, and Dr. Niki talks all about night vision contact lenses. Starring Jason Howell , Tom Merritt , and Dr. Niki . Links to stories in this episode can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meanwhile, Google makes it easy to run models locally without the internet, and another big step for Brain-Computer Interfaces. Starring  Tom Merritt and Robb Dunewood Show notes can be found here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.