About this episode

The episode discusses Google's report on AI's impact on jobs, Gen Z's preference for simpler tech, a security breach involving OpenAI, and the backlash against data centers in America.

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
• Gen Z technology trends
• data centers backlash
• OpenAI security breach
• shallow AI usage
• slow tech movement

Keywords

• AI
• jobs
• Gen Z
• data centers
• OpenAI
• Hugging Face
• slow tech
• 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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