Episode 238
Has AI come to life? Google suspended the guy that thinks so.
In this episode:
- The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
 - Spotify comes for audiobooks
 - Sony’s new PlayStation Plus launches in US with over 800 games
 - Ready Life, Black-Owned Fintech Aimed at Economic Empowerment
 - Crypto Market Sinks Below $1 Trillion After Latest DeFi Blowup
 - Coinbase’s Hiring Freeze Shatters Crypto Hopefuls’ Career Plans
 - Convicted scammer Anna Sorokin says she is now selling NFTs
 - US releases new driver-assist crash data, and surprise, it’s mostly Tesla
 - MIT researchers uncover ‘unpatchable’ flaw in Apple M1 chips
 - Meta adds voice controls for Horizon Worlds, which defaults to live chat with strangers
 - Google Chrome’s on-device machine learning blocks noisy notification prompts
 - Peacock confirms a test that rewards paid subscribers with $15 movie tickets or $7 rentals
 - Netflix announces games tied to its popular shows
 - Microsoft is working on games for Microsoft Teams
 
Weird and Wacky:
Tech Rec:
- Sanjay - Layoffs.fyi
 
