AI Named This Show

01/11/2024

Whose AI-powered search engine efforts are the greatest threat to Google's dominance? Tune in to AINTS episode 61 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Microsoft / The Verge / Anthropic / OpenAI / CNBC / Meta AI / Meta / TechCrunch / Ars Technica / Google and others)

This week, Tristan and Tasia catch up on Microsoft's public preview of AI agents in Copilot Studio, the latest delay of their Recall feature, and Anthropic's new desktop app for Claude AI. Then we explore the search engine wars heating up as Meta reportedly develops its own AI-powered search engine

25/10/2024

How can AI operate your computer for you? Tune in to AINTS episode 60 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Variety / Ammunition Group / Fast Company / Google / Engadget / Ars Technica / Character.AI / Meta AI / Meta AI / theCube / MediaTek / Gizmodo / The Verge / Anthropic / Forbes / TechCrunch and others)

This week Tristan and Tasia recap the latest Google AI news, look at an AI chatbot tragedy, and review Runway's stunning motion capture smartphone tech. Then we examine Anthropic's groundbreaking "Computer Use" feature, which allows its Claude AI to interact with computers just like humans

19/10/2024

Why are tech giants looking to nuclear to fuel their AI ambitions? Tune in to AINTS episode 59 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Google / TechCrunch / Hiya / Engadget / Penn State / OpenAI / The Verge / Mashable / Ars Technica / The U.S. Department of the Treasury / The Hill / NVIDIA / Anthropic / CNBC / Microsoft / Constellation / Kairos Power / Amazon.com / Energy Northwest / Observer / Stratechery and others)

This week Tristan and Tasia explore the world of electronic tongues, deepfake romance scams, and AI-powered check fraud recovery. Then we explore the nuclear-powered future of AI as Microsoft, Google, and Amazon make bold moves to fuel their data centers with small modular reactors and revived nucle

12/10/2024

What surprises were there at Tesla's long-awaiting robotaxi unveiling? Tune in to AINTS episode 58 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Amazon.com / The Verge / TechCrunch / Ring / GeekWire / Google / 9to5Google / Nobel Prize / Reuters / Microsoft / CNBC / Zoom / OpenAI / ReadWrite / Tom Merritt and others)

This week Tristan and Tasia totally recall Amazon's latest AI-powered shopping, delivery, and Ring doorbell features, Google's Nobel Prize winners, Microsoft's healthcare announcements, Zoom's AI avatars, OpenAI's bad actors report, and more. Then we get up to speed on Tesla's "We, Robot"

04/10/2024

What new technologies are aiming to disrupt how generative AI is powered? Tune in to AINTS episode 57 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Gavin Newsom / The New York Times / Harvard University / Meta / The Verge / Google / Tom's Guide / Microsoft / TechCrunch / OpenAI / GeekyGadgets / Slator / Bloomberg / NVIDIA / BGR / Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) / VentureBeat and others)

This week, Tristan and Tasia go (ever so slightly) back in time to recap the latest Google AI updates, Microsoft Copilot developments, OpenAI's DevDay event announcements, and NVIDIA's NVLM family of large multimodal language models. Then we explore Liquid AI's revolutionary Liquid Foundation Models

27/09/2024

Which AI company had a good week and which one not so much? Tune in to AINTS episode 56 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Gizmodo / Google / The Verge / Meta AI / Meta / OpenAI / Business Insider / ZDNET / BNN Bloomberg / Mashable / Futurism and others)

This week, Tristan and Tasia dive into Meta's AI extravaganza, from celebrity-voiced chatbots to its updated Ray-Bans that can now remember things for you, while Mark Zuckerberg teases the future of AI-powered augmented reality glasses.Then we ride through OpenAI's rollercoaster week, with Sam Altma

20/09/2024

Are AI bots contributing to the death of the Internet? Tune in to AINTS episode 55 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T LinkedIn / The Verge / Ars Technica / Amazon.com / CNBC / TechCrunch / Alibaba Group / Reuters / YouTube / Lionsgate / BBC News / WIRED / The Atlantic / Springer Nature and others)

This week, your hosts Tristan and Tasia walk you through the latest AI news, including LinkedIn's AI training initiative (and how to opt out of it), Amazon's AI tools for shoppers, sellers and advertisers, Alibaba's new generative AI models, YouTube's latest AI tools for creators, Lionsgate's contro

13/09/2024

Are the latest announcements from Apple and OpenAI worth the hype? Tune in to AINTS episode 54 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Apple / ZDNET / GSMArena.com / Business Insider / Benzinga / Google / 9to5Google / MIT Technology Review / OpenAI / TechCrunch / The Verge / Futurism / American University / Science / The Guardian / Mashable / Meta / Facebook / Instagram / Daily Tech News Show and others)

This week, Tristan and Tasia bite into Apple's juicy new iPhone 16 lineup and watch as their AI efforts get a bit mushy in certain markets, while Google's Gemini sprouts on Android and OpenAI's GPT-o1 ("Strawberry") model tries to sweeten the deal with self-fact-checking. Then we peel back

06/09/2024

How is the world's most powerful AI training being powered? Tune in to AINTS episode 53 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Reuters / OpenAI / The Verge / Anthropic / ReadWrite / Google / TechCrunch / YouTube / MKBHD / Oprah Winfrey / Council of Europe / Engadget / The Next Web / GeekWire / Ars Technica / Tom's Hardware / NVIDIA and others)

This week, Tristan and Tasia get into some of the details about OpenAI's and Anthropics enterprise AI efforts, the drama regarding Oprah's upcoming AI special that no one's actually seen yet, and the possible futility and/or self-defeating nature of the Council of Europe's AI safety treaty. Then we

30/08/2024

Which AI companies are agreeing to government regulation — and which AI services are seeing insane usage growth? Tune in to AINTS episode 52 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Google / The Verge / Ars Technica / Apple / WIRED / OpenAI / Mashable / Gavin Newsom / The Guardian / ReadWrite / Anthropic / Meta / Engadget / Oprah Winfrey / Bill Gates / Sam Altman / Variety and others)

This week, Tristan and Tasia get the latest from Google, as it continues to deliver — or re-deliver — on previously announced AI features. Then we marvel at the continued growth of consumer AI, despite increased scrutiny from regulators and resistance from some website publishers. Turns out ther...

23/08/2024

How is AI being used to trick us into thinking public figures are endorsing certain products and politicians? Tune in to AINTS episode 51 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Microsoft / GeekWire / OpenAI / Condé Nast / ReadWrite / Google / Ars Technica / TechRadar / Procreate / The News Literacy Project / CNN / Gizmodo / PCMag / Perplexity AI / CNBC and others)

This week, Tristan and Tasia check out a new YouTube AI chatbot — but it's not what you might expect — and Perplexity ads coming soon to a screen near you — which is exactly what you might expect. We also review the latest in AI image generation and how it's being used to trick us into th...

16/08/2024

What AI enhancements did Google just launch in its latest Pixel smartphones? Tune in to AINTS episode 50 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T CNN / The Verge / Gizmodo / Washington Post / WBZ / CBS News Boston / Microsoft / GeekWire / Google / Digital Camera World / Mashable and others)

This week, Tristan and Tasia "celebrate" AI Named This Show's one-year anniversary — and 50th episode — by discussing the current wave of increasingly convincing deepfakes and getting somber over the end of objective reality as we know it. Then Tasia recounts the recent Made By Google ev

11/08/2024

09/08/2024

Are we close to solving the AGI puzzle or is the AI bubble about to burst? Tune in to AINTS episode 49 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

(H/T Gizmodo / The Verge / TechCrunch / OpenAI / WIRED / Ars Technica / Microsoft / Google / VentureBeat / TechRadar / ReadWrite and others)

This week, Tristan and Tasia sift through the latest good news and/or bad news about Friend, Humane, Rabbit, OpenAI, Google and Figure. The we puzzle over the current state of AI as some claim we're in a bubble. Join us for an emotional roller coaster ride through the latest AI developments.

02/08/2024

Is AI the future of friendship? Tune in to AINTS episode 48 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

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This week, Tristan and Tasia check out Chrome's new AI features and ChatGPT's new foice features before pivoting to Meta's AI Studio, the Friend AI pendant, and new AI features in popular dating apps. Join us as we make AI friends — and friends with AI.

26/07/2024

What is Meta doing to get an edge in AI? Tune in to AINTS episode 47 with Tasia Custode and Tristan Jutras to find out!

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This week, Tristan and Tasia see how Google AI gets good at math, Adobe gets better at generative AI, and OpenAI gets into search. Then Meta continues pushing us into VR and pulling us into AI. Join us as we talk to the AInimals. Hold on to your hat!

25/07/2024

Look, I know unsightly stickers on Windows laptops have been with us since long ago when “Intel Inside” was something people actually wanted boast about. But come on, HP.