625: If I Only Had a Brain

Adventures in Covid; Bored Ape NFT event causes severe eye-burn; WeWork files for bankruptcy; Microsoft watermarks for deepfakes; Cruise's robotaxis even worse than previously reported; OpenAI's expanding; Google generative AI ads; bros on a boat; AI bot engages in insider trading, lying about it; Loki, the Marvels & superhero fatigue; SAG-AFTRA strike ends; Musk biopic; streaming media accounting; Marianne Faithfull; Star Trek escape room; the Traitors; YouTube ad-blocking; Humane AI Pin; the Interdependency; new sci-fi trilogy from the Expanse writers; thoughts are with the Great Woz.Sponsors:Dark Web Academy - Head over to darkwebacademy.com and use code "gogfree" for complimentary access to ANY course!1Password - Get a great deal on the only password manager recommended by Grumpy Old Geeks! gog.show/1passwordPrivate Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.Show notes at https://gog.show/625/FOLLOW UPBored Ape NFT event attendees report ‘severe eye burn’Sam Bankman-Fried and the People Who Gave Up Their Money for NothingCitation NeededIN THE NEWSWeWork files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionMicrosoft offers politicians protection against deepfakesThings are going from bad to worse for Cruise's robotaxisCould Cruise be the Theranos of AI? And is there a dark secret at the core of the entire driverless car industry?Cruise Robotaxis Require Remote Human Assistance Every 4 to 5 MilesEverything announced at OpenAI's first developer eventGoogle brings generative AI to adsGoogle Announces Expansion of AI Partnership with AnthropicThe first AI nation? A ship with 10,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs worth $500 million could become the first ever sovereign territory that relies entirely on artificial intelligence for its futureUniverse 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platformAI bot capable of insider trading and lying, say researchersMEDIA CANDYLoki‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times BeforeHollywood studios reportedly want to recycle dead actors’ AI likenesses without family permissionDarren Aronofsky Will Direct an Elon Musk Biopic for A24Disney+ Adds Nearly 7 Million Subscribers, Still Loses MoneyMarianne Faithfull Covers Album Features Iggy Pop, Shirley Manson, Cat Power, and MoreStar Trek: Quantum FilamentThe Traitors AustraliaStanford Prison Experiment: Zimbardo’s Famous StudyAPPS & DOODADSThousands of people are uninstalling ad blockers after YouTube's big crackdownYouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: privacy lawsThe Humane AI Pin Gets Its Big Reveal But We Still Have a Lot of QuestionsAT THE LIBRARYThe Last Emperox: The Interdependency, Book 3 by John ScalziThe Expanse's James S.A. Corey Announces a New Sci-Fi TrilogySpotify brings 15 hours of monthly audiobook listening to Premium subscribers in the U.S.CLOSING SHOUT-OUTSApple Cofounder Steve Wozniak Hospitalized After Possible StrokeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.