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Amazon unveils a new AI voice model
Plus - No, Stripe is not becoming a bank; Snapchat rolls out Sponsored AI Lenses for brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Analyst says Apple, Tesla have biggest exposure to Trump’s tariffs
Plus - Shopify CEO tells teams to consider using AI before growing headcount Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command
Plus - Automakers jump on Tesla’s brand woes with discount EV offers; OpenAI says it’ll release o3 after all, delays GPT-5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
YouTube Shorts takes on TikTok with new creation tools
Plus - Spotify debuts Gen AI ads, programmatic ad buying; ChatGPT users have generated over 700M images since last week Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses
Plus - Amazon reportedly submits last-minute bid to acquire TikTok; Patreon signs podcast partnerships with Sony and Wondery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
ChatGPT isn’t the only chatbot that’s gaining users
Plus - Tinder’s new AI-powered game assesses your flirting skills; OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Signal sees its downloads double after scandal
Plus - Trump says TikTok deal will come before April 5 deadline; Substack is rolling out a TikTok-like video feed in its app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nikola founder Trevor Milton pardoned by Trump
Plus, OpenAI peels back ChatGPT’s safeguards around image creation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Facebook debuts a revamped Friends tab
Plus - New Utah law makes app stores responsible for age verification; TikTok to launch TikTok Shop in France, Germany, and Italy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The TikTok ban is losing support among Americans
Plus - YouTube is changing how YouTube Shorts views are counted; Amazon launches personalized shopping prompts as part of its generative AI push Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google unveils a next-gen family of AI reasoning models
Plus - Apple announces WWDC 2025 takes place in June; Apple Music is integrating with music tools to allow DJs to create mixes using its catalog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
23andMe faces an uncertain future — so does your genetic data
Plus - Barack Obama joins Bluesky; Apple is bringing lossless audio and low-latency audio to AirPods Max Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spotify debuts ‘Concerts Near You’
Threads adds new features to highlight topics and limit replies; Gmail’s new AI search now sorts emails by relevance instead of chronological order Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nvidia acquires synthetic data startup Gretel
Plus - Elon Musk’s X reportedly bounces back to $44B valuation; Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Zuckerberg than custom domains Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nvidia announces Groot N1
Plus - Google launches new healthcare-related features for Search; Intel could be in for significant changes as Lip-Bu Tan takes on CEO role Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google and Muon Space launch a new satellite to battle wildfires
Plus - Texas man faces prison for activating ‘kill switch’ on former employer’s network; Bumble heightens safety measures with new ID verification feature Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
iPhone and Android users will soon be able to send encrypted RCS messages to each other
Plus - Kerry Washington invests in wedding marketplace Cheersy; US lawmakers urge UK spy court to hold Apple ‘backdoor’ secret hearing in public Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spotify launches a program to publish audiobooks from independent authors
Plus - Google wants Gemini to get to know you better; Facebook now lets creators get paid for views on stories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spotify says its payouts are getting better, but artists still disagree
Plus - Google DeepMind unveils new AI models for controlling robots; Snap introduces AI Video Lenses powered by its in-house generative model Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mark Cuban says AI is ‘never the answer,’ it’s a ‘tool’
Plus - TikTok's new parental controls; OpenAI launches new tools to help businesses build AI agents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
X goes down due to cyberattacks
Plus - Trump administration in talks with four groups about potential TikTok sale; Gmail gains an ‘Add to calendar’ button, powered by Gemini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Japanese telco giant NTT Com says hackers accessed details of almost 18,000 organizations
Plus - US charges admins of Garantex for allegedly facilitating crypto money laundering for terrorists and hackers; Russian propaganda is reportedly influencing AI chatbot results Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI’s ex-policy lead criticizes the company for ‘rewriting’ its AI safety history
Plus - Spotify says it’s fixing the bug that caused Premium users to hear ads; Reddit adds new tools to help users contribute and connect across its platform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
YouTube launches an ad-free Premium Lite subscription
Plus - Prime Video tests AI dubbing for select movies and TV series; Apple adds AI-powered app review summaries with iOS 18.4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google still limits how Gemini answers political questions
Plus - Amazon is reportedly developing its own AI ‘reasoning’ model; OpenAI launches $50M grant program to help fund academic research Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Anthropic raises $3.5B to fuel its AI ambitions
Plus - Google upgrades Colab with an AI agent tool; Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian joins Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Microsoft hangs up on Skype
Plus, Tesla applies for ride-hail permit in California—but there's a catch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TikTok revamps its desktop platform
Plus - Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sánchez headed to space on Blue Origin mission; Instagram may spin off Reels into a separate app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon unveils the new and improved Alexa+
Plus - Google makes it easier to delete personal info from Search results; YouTube surpasses 1B monthly podcast viewers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
DeepSeek reopens access to its API
Plus - DoorDash to pay delivery workers nearly $17M for using tips to cover wages; Sam Bankman-Fried’s first post from prison isn’t even good Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
TikTok (with Douyin) becomes first app to reach $6B in annual consumer spending
Plus - SoundCloud partners with TicketMaster to let artists list events; Google Drive users can now access and search transcripts for videos Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Bybit says it was hacked and lost $1.4 billion—with a 'B'
Plus, a report says AI coding assistants aren’t a panacea. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
OpenAI now serves 400M users every week
Plus - Instagram’s new ad format lets creators get paid for testimonials in comments; Spotify partners with ElevenLabs to expand its library of AI-narrated audiobooks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
X in talks to raise money at a $44B valuation
Google’s ‘Career Dreamer’ uses AI to help you explore job possibilities; Instagram upgrades DMs with music-sharing, message scheduling, translation and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amazon kills Inspire
Plus - Fiverr wants gig workers to offload some of their work to AI; Facebook now only stores live videos for 30 days, will delete old broadcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What to know about TikTok’s uncertain future in the US
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data potentially being accessed by the Chinese government. Just this past month, the app experienced a temporary outage in the U.S. that left millions of users in suspense before it was quickly restored. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
How this weekend’s ‘Tesla Takeover’ protests against Elon Musk came together on Bluesky
Plus, Instagram tests a 'dislike' button for comments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
YouTube Shorts adds Veo 2
Plus - Meta CTO says staff should quit if they don’t like Meta’s new policies; Google Gemini now brings receipts to your AI chats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Apple is reportedly exploring humanoid robots
Plus - Las Vegas just got a Netflix restaurant; Meta in talks to acquire AI chip firm FuriosaAI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
YouTube gets an AI update
Plus - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman calls Musk’s bid an attempt to ‘slow us down’; Built on Bluesky, Pinksky brings its Instagram-like app to Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Elon Musk-led team submits $97.4B bid for OpenAI
Plus - Apple Music adds a better-sounding Spatial Audio version of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl halftime show; TikTok wants Android users to sideload its app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
HPE begins notifying data breach victims after Russian government hack
Plus - Pinterest lists DEI attacks as possible business risk in latest filing; UK government reportedly demands Apple backdoor to access encrypted cloud data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Spotify, Warner Music Group sign new deal to help deliver ‘further paid subscription tiers’
Plus - Snapchat+ subscribers can now create custom AI-generated stickers; Tinder revamps ‘Explore’ page to connect people with similar dating intentions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Google launches new AI models and brings ‘thinking’ to Gemini
Plus - Workday cuts nearly 2,000 employees; Snap says TikTok uncertainty benefited its business Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Deepfake videos are getting shockingly good
Researchers from TikTok owner ByteDance have demoed a new AI system, OmniHuman-1, that can generate perhaps the most realistic deepfake videos to date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
President Trump says new US sovereign wealth fund could purchase TikTok
Plus - The Beatles won a Grammy, thanks to AI; Meta says it may stop development of AI systems it deems too risky Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
AI startup Perplexity sued for alleged trademark infringement
Plus - WhatsApp says it disrupted a hacking campaign targeting journalists with Paragon spyware; Apple Intelligence will support more languages starting in April Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mark Zuckerberg teases a 2025 return to ‘OG Facebook’
Plus - How DeepSeek changed Silicon Valley’s AI landscape; Amazon hikes prices for its Music Unlimited subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech
American teens have lost their faith in Big Tech, according to a new report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit offering reviews and ratings for media and technology, which more recently includes AI products. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trump says Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok
Plus - Eric Schmidt says DeepSeek marks a ‘turning point’ for the global AI race; Waymo begins testing robotaxis on LA freeways Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices