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episode 717: A Book Shaped Object - Chris' hashtag story, DeSantis Twitter Spaces FAIL, Neeva next steps
- Chris Messina talks about the birth of the hashtag.
- Why did Chris leave Twitter?
- What is Chris doing in AI right now?
- DeSantis Picked Twitter Spaces to Announce His Run.
- Next Steps for Neeva.
- Ford reverses course and decides to keep AM radio on its vehicles.
- Jack Dorsey shares Robert F. Kennedy Jr. video echoing conspiracy theories.
- Mourning the state of Twitter.
- Social Media is a 'Profound Risk' to Youth, Surgeon General Warns.
- TikTok sues Montana over law banning the app.
- Instagram's New App Could Be Here By June.
- Google reaches $39.9 million privacy settlement with Washington state.
- Meta Fined $1.3 Billion for Violating E.U. Data Privacy Rules.
- Are you sad that Google+ didn't survive?
- Where do you stand on the quote-tweet controversy?
- Technical issues plague Ron DeSantis's presidential announcement on Twitter.
- It's the 140th Birthday of the Brooklyn Bridge.
- New Biden FCC Commissioner Nominee Is Lawyer Anna Gomez.
- Supreme Court sides against Andy Warhol Foundation in copyright infringement case.
- Supreme Court Leaves 230 Alone For Now, But Justice Thomas Gives A Pretty Good Explanation For Why It Exists In The First Place.
- I tried the AI novel-writing tool everyone hates, and it's better than I expected.
- Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff by Sean Penn.
- Drag Your GAN: Interactive Point-based Manipulation on the Generative Image Manifold.
- Meta's new AI models can recognize and produce speech for more than 1,000 languages.
- Adobe adds its Firefly AI image generator to Photoshop.
- Verified Twitter Accounts Spread AI-Generated Hoax of Pentagon Explosion.
- An A.I.-Generated Spoof Rattles the Markets.
Picks:
- Chris - Arc has a big launch tomorrow...
- Leo - Google Bard adds images for more visual responses.
- Mike - Three new tools attempt to fix news.
- Jeff - USC Optical Sound Effects Library.
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