655: GOG’s Influencer

Happy Birthday, America; Amazon investigating Perplexity AI for scraping sites without consent; Texas age-verification law for porn going to the Supreme Court; Greece adopts 6-day working week; Paramount axes Comedy Central site, 25+ years of content; the first millennial saint; influencers aren't getting famous like they used to, urged to actually do something or have a skill; Google greenhouse gas emissions climbed 50 percent due to AI; new ChatGPT-based virus; taxing crypto-bros; full self-driving & full self-sanitizing; Winner shoots down drone; Inside Out 2; Celine Dion; Beverly Hills Cop; the Acolyte; Redbox; Canada, land of pirates; web accessible cameras in bars is bad; Japan says sayonara, floppy.Show notes at https://gog.show/655/Sponsors:Mood - For 20% off your order and a FREE THCa pre-roll, go to hellomood.com and use promo code GOG.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.SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. Go to SetApp and get started today!!!DeleteMe - Head over to JoinDeleteMe.com/GOG and use the code "GOG" for 20% off.FOLLOW UPAmazon reportedly investigating Perplexity AI after accusations it scrapes websites without consentTexas age-verification law for pornography websites is going to the Supreme CourtFCC chair asks telecoms companies to prove they're actually trying to stop political AI robocallsGreece becomes first EU country to introduce a six-day working weekParamount Axes Comedy Central Site, 25+ Years of Daily Show Clips GoneIN THE NEWSA teen tech whiz nicknamed 'God's influencer' will become the first millennial saintInfluencers Aren’t Getting Famous Like They Used ToYou Can Ask YouTube to Take Down AI-Generated Content That Looks or Sounds Like YouCloudflare is taking a stand against AI website scrapersGoogle’s greenhouse gas emissions climbed nearly 50 percent in five years due to AIGoogle: AI Potentially Breaking Reality Is a Feature Not a BugSneaky Virus Uses ChatGPT to Send Human-Like Emails to Your Contacts to Spread ItselfUS Treasury finalizes crypto rules to prevent tax evasionTesla Megafan Receives Two Subsequent Cybertrucks That Completely FailTesla Full Self-Driving is "a bad thing" for getting public buy-in for autonomous driving tech, rival engineer saysTesla patents "Full Self Sanitizing" taxisPolice say a man shot a Walmart drone. Armed Americans could pose a headache for air deliveries.NASA Praises Boeing's Stranded Starliner For Managing Not To Explode While Docked To Space StationMEDIA CANDYInside Out 2I Am: Celine DionThe Mole Season 2Beverly Hills Cop: Axel FThe AcolyteStar Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (TCF, 1983), Carrie Fisher "Princess Leia" Production Made Bikini Costume from Richard Miller.The owner of Redbox has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcySupreme Court Blow: ISP Bill Payers Aren’t Piracy Police or Instantly LiableAI is ruining the internet by Drew GoodenAPPS & DOODADSPeople in San Francisco Are Mad That a New App Lets You Spy on Bars to See How Busy They AreOpenDyslexic for iOSDiablo IVJapan’s government says goodbye to floppy disksOpenAI’s ChatGPT Mac app was storing conversations in plain textSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.