IM 810: A Liter of Computronium - Ray Kurzweil, Amazon's Robots, Cheating AI

Intelligent Machines (Audio)

• Interview with Ray Kurzweil
• Liquid eggs? NYC bodegas have new strategy to keep bacon, egg and cheese prices down
• Google announces Gemini Robotics for building general purpose robots
• DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold origami and close Ziploc bags
• An audit found that 10 top AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, repeated false
  claims from a pro-Kremlin disinformation network 33% of the time
• A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly
• AI Tries To Cheat At Chess When It's Losing - Slashdot
• AI Thinks It Cracked Kryptos. The Artist Behind It Says No Chance
• Pokemon Go is getting a new owner after almost 9 years with Niantic
• Robots That Don't Walk Are Making Strides
• Amazon has more than 750,000 robots that sort, lift, and carry packages—see them in action
• TikTok will play 'calming music' to remind teens to stop using the app
• FCC chair asks if YouTube TV 'discriminates against faith-based programming'
• OpenAI says it has trained an AI that's 'really good' at creative writing
• Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
• The Senate approves Gail Slater, President Trump's pick to lead the DOJ's antitrust unit, by a 78-19 vote; she has been critical of power in the tech industry
• Times profile of Jessica Lessin
• Gen-Zers are turning to DVDs instead of streaming their favorite movies
• Wonder Acquires Media Company Tastemade for $90 Million
• Denmark postal service to stop delivering letters

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: Ray Kurzweil

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