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Training data is the raw material of the AI industry. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and the rest are built on top of oceans of stuff. What is that stuff? Books. Blog posts. YouTube videos. Reddit comments. All of it and more, in virtually incomprehensible quantities. Alex Reisner, a s ...  Show more

Google is shipping its first smart speaker in six years, and we're starting to test it. The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins the show to explain why the Home Speaker matters, whether Google actually cares about the smart home, and more. Then, she helps answer a few questions ...  Show more

Try FreshBooks free, for 30 days, no credit card required at https://www.freshbooks.com/wan Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119 - NOTE: Timestamps are off by a couple of minutes due to sponsor change.) [0:00] Chapters. [1:31] Intro. [1:56] Colton blames Geoff for no sponsors. ...  Show more

Marques and Andrew discuss a few quick topics of the week (like the new Dodge Charger having a a "fake" engine sound) before diving deep into what they expect to see from the Apple event on September 7th. Then they talk about the new Xiaomi Mi Fold 2 and the state of foldable sma ...  Show more

A full rundown of the Time Flies event from Apple. New Apple Watches, including an Apple Watch SE. Refreshed iPad, but redesigned iPad Air that is giving the iPad Pro a run for its money. An Apple Fitness+ subscription program. An Apple One subscription bundle. And meanwhile, Son ...  Show more

Uber continues the things-could-be-worse tech earnings parade, Google is consolidating all of its messaging efforts under one team, this whole Reliance Jio Platforms story really has me intrigued, a semi-decent $18 Apple watch ripoff, and, of course, the weekend longreads suggest ...  Show more