IM 863: Fire and Ash - Hot Takes on Tech Trials

About this episode

Tech journalist Marshall Kirkpatrick discusses AI tools and recent technology trials, including significant news from Meta and Elon Musk.

Tech journalist Marshall Kirkpatrick joins the panel to showcase a new AI-powered tool that doesn't just summarize articles—it thinks like a journalist, flagging what's truly new and revealing the patterns that matter. If you want to stay several steps ahead in the AI race, this episode is a must-listen. Malware autodownloaded by AI agents Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was "inevitable" on its apps We're saying goodbye to the Sora app. To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing. TurboQuant: Redefining AI efficiency with extreme compression Apple Can 'Distill' Google's Big Gemini Model Apple Plans AI Reboot With Siri App, New Look and 'Ask Siri' Button in iOS 27 Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic A US appeals court puts on hold an earlier ruling that had blocked Perplexity from using its agentic shopping tool to shop on Amazon's marketplace A look at "tokenmaxxing", a status game where employees at a number of companies compete on leaderboards to show how much AI they're using Elon Musk…

People in this episode

Host: Leo La

Guest: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Topics covered

• AI tools
• journalism
• technology trials
• AI efficiency
• Elon Musk
• Meta
• Google

Keywords

• AI-powered tool
• journalism
• Meta trial
• Sora app
• TurboQuant
• Gemini Model
• AI efficiency
• Elon Musk
• tokenmaxxing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meta, Apple, Google, Amazon, Twitter

Products: Sora, TurboQuant, Gemini Model

Books & works: The Soul of a New Machine

Places: Texas

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