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

  • Mar 13 2025
  • Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
  • Podcast

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

  • Summary

    • 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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