This Week in Google 743: Competitive Pantomime

Total Ant (Audio)

• From King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week
• OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
• Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company."
• Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster
• Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes'
• Dear Elon Musk, here are five things you might want to consider about AGI
• DeepMind releases new music model
• Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music
• Introducing Stable Video Diffusion — Stability AI
• Google Meet can now detect when you physically raise your hand
• Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
• Google Maps' new look may frustrate Calif. drivers as Thanksgiving travel begins
• Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone
• Anthropic Introduces Claude 2.1 With 200K Context Window
• Sarah Silverman Hits Stumbling Block in AI Lawsuit Against Meta
• Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn't Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It!
• What Spotify's New Royalty Model Really Means
• MC HAMMER on X: "Salute and congratulations to the 710 plus @OpenAI team members who gave an unparalleled demonstration of loyalty, love and commitment to @sama and @gdb in these perilous times it was a thing of beauty to witness. Salute
• Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over 'Video Game Addiction', Because That's Easier Than Parenting

Picks:

• Paris - a beautiful 2 minutes in live caller history. Stephen A. Smith vs a guy who tries to ask about Cars
• Paris - And.... from the mind that brought you basement eel guy: TikTok tunnel girl
• Jeff - No evidence screen time is negative for children's cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study
• Ant - Great Review From Mr Sargent and Mr Nielsen - Shot on iPhone 15
• Ant - LumaFusion Update Includes Editing on SSD
• Ant - Bittersweet and Grateful

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