This Week in Google (Video)

• AI-Generated Seinfeld-Like Twitch 'TV Show' Is Peak Absurdity.
• ChatGPT is about to get even better and Microsoft's Bing could win big.
• Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees.
• Back At Google Again, Cofounder Sergey Brin Just Filed His First Code Request In Years.
• History of AI by Shaan Ray.
• MusicLM: Generating Music From Text.
• AI-Generated Voice Firm Clamps Down After 4chan Makes Celebrity Voices for Abuse.
• OpenAI offers error-prone AI detector amid fears of a machine-stuffed future.
• Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers.
• Is AI-written content replacing cheap old content farms?
• Meta Wins Court Nod to Buy VR Startup Within Unlimited in Loss for Khan's FTC.
• The flight tracker that powered @ElonJet has taken a left turn.
• How is it legal to track private planes like Elon Musk's?
• US hacks back against Hive ransomware crew.
• Twitter co-founder says Elon Musk 'doesn't seem like' the right person to own company.
• Everything Samsung Announced at Galaxy Unpacked 2023.
• Live test of Clear Calling.
• Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs.
• Intel just took the worst beating in earnings in over a decade.
• Android 13 QPR2 Beta 3 now available for Pixel phones.
• Latest Pixel Buds A-series 3.519.0 firmware update breaks Bluetooth pairing.
• YouTube TV losing MLB Network starting today.
• Google hosting in-person Cloud Next '23 this August.
• Chrome for Android rolling out fingerprint unlock for Incognito tabs.
• PSA: Gmail's new package tracking interface is now live if you know where to look.
• New leaked specs suggest 'Pixel Tablet Pro' might not be a thing after all.
• Acer's newest Chromebooks are built to be classroom-ready.
• Google says Lens and Maps Live View are 'prelude to [its] long-term vision' for AR.
• Google Fi says hackers accessed customers' information.
• Instagram's co-founders are mounting a comeback.
• Spotify axes podcast head Dawn Ostroff in cutbacks.

Picks:

• Stacey - The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel.
• Jeff - Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won't connect smart appliances.
• Jeff - I'm on Team dog.
• Ant - You People.
• Ant - I'm Very Angry, So I'm Campaigning.

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