This is 200! Looking back at the rise of AI, 5G and more

Published: Dec. 8, 2023, 12:11 a.m.

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We made it to 200 episodes, folks! This week, Cherlynn, Devindra, Producer Ben Ellman and Senior Writer Sam Rutherford dive into some of the biggest tech developments since we rebooted the podcast in 2019. Remember, that was a pre-pandemic, pre-generative AI world! We also highlight a few guest interviews worth revisiting, like our chats with Bill Nye and Ann Druyan

As for recent news, we quickly recap the OpenAI drama around Sam Altman\\u2019s ouster, discuss Google\\u2019s new Gemini AI platform, and chat about the revelation that governments are spying on our push notifications. Cherlynn also details her experience with Apple\\u2019s Personal Voice feature for iPhones and gives us a demo of her AI-generated digital voice.

Topics:

  • It\\u2019s our 200th episode! We look back on what\\u2019s changed in tech since the show relaunched \\u2013 1:02
  • Sam Altman sacked and reinstated, a recap of the OpenAI drama \\u2013 44:29
  • Google announces Gemini AI, its answer to GPT-4 \\u2013 50:04
  • Microsoft upgrades Copilot with OpenAI\\u2019s GPT-4 Turbo and DALL-E 3 \\u2013 54:23
  • Governments are spying on push notifications, Google and Apple can\\u2019t do anything about it \\u2013 55:41
  • Mark Gurman reports Apple is working on revamped iPad Pros and an M3 MacBook Air \\u2013 58:02
  • Cherlynn\\u2019s experience with the new iOS accessibility feature Personal Voice \\u2013 58:58
  • Pop culture picks \\u2013 1:05:01


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