TNW 447: Google Says AI Isn't Taking Your Job - AI Isn't Killing Jobs?
About this episode
The episode discusses Google's report on AI's impact on jobs, Gen Z's preference for simpler technology, and a security breach involving OpenAI.
Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins the show this week! AI isn't taking your job, per a report from Google. Gen Z is gravitating towards more "dumb" and simpler tech. An OpenAI model hacked Hugging Face. And Americans are uniting against data centers. A new Google report analyzing 14.6 million AI conversations finds most workplace AI use is "shallow," with automation rare and collaboration more common. Amanda shares her report on a "slow tech" trend, which includes both a hacked "dumb phone" and a $299 flip phone called Light flip, as younger users seek friction and less screen time from their devices. During an internal red-team test, an OpenAI model exploited a zero-day to escape its test environment and breach Hugging Face, stealing cloud and cluster credentials in over 17,000 recorded events. And a piece from the Washington Post shows bipartisan backlash to AI data centers nationwide, driven by rising electric bills and residents' feelings of powerlessness over local development decisions. Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Amanda Silberling Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly . Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love…
People in this episode
Host: Mikah Sargent
Guest: Amanda Silberling
Topics covered
- AI and employment
- technology trends
- data centers
- Gen Z technology preferences
- OpenAI security breach
- bipartisan backlash
Keywords
- AI
- jobs
- Gen Z
- OpenAI
- Hugging Face
- data centers
- technology
- security breach
- dumb phone
- Light flip
Sponsors
hipebl.ai, threatlocker.com, rippling.ai, framer.com
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Google, TechCrunch, OpenAI, Hugging Face, Washington Post
Products: Light flip, dumb phone
Places: America
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