About this episode
Have you seen Instagram's new logo? Meta debuted it right before we started recording, so of course David and Nilay needed to talk about it. Then, the hosts turn to Mark Zuckerberg's 6,500-word missive on the future of AI, and the problem with his idea that giving AI to everyone will fix everything. After that, it's time for Claude watermarks, Spotify AI personas, Brendan Carr, Flock, and much more.
Further reading:
This is Instagram’s new logo | The Verge
The Pepsi Universe PDF
The Future is for Everyone
Four takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s massive AI manifesto
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live
https://www.meta.com/design-at-meta/blog/
Claude will apply invisible watermarks to AI text and images
‘If it was opt-in, nobody would opt in.’
Spotify says it won’t recommend music from ‘AI Personas’
Apple could help you prove your iPhone photos aren’t deepfakes | The Verge
Guitar company D’Addario admits that AI music was used in a promotional video | The Verge
Fender’s CEO seems to think your bandmates are just analog AI | The Verge
Suno Unveils Download Song Caps for Free, Paid Tiers
Brendan Carr is one firing away from an unchecked FCC
YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube
Flock CEO: ‘We got this one wrong’
The first rival Android app store just arrived in the US Play Store
ChatGPT and Gemini both just passed 1 billion users
The sub-$100 phone market is disappearing.
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0:00 Welcome and Parental Leave Announcement
00:43 Instagram Redesigns Their Logo
01:04 Why Companies Change Logos
03:37 Meta Design Blog Quotes
07:22 The 2008 Pepsi Universe Presentation
09:41 Blanding
10:37 Zuck’s AI Manifesto
13:29 Collective Action Problems
18:49 Superintelligence for All
20:57 Cybersecurity and AI Risks
22:22 China Chips and Distillation
27:48 Write the Law Challenge
32:30 Claude Text Watermarking
35:33 How The Watermark Works
39:34 Limits And Evasion Risks
41:54 Apple Marks Real Photos
46:03 Provenance Standards Fail
46:58 AI Music Backlash
49:39 Fender CEO AI Scandal
53:08 Where AI Fits In Music
59:13 Twitch Opt Out Training
01:01:35 The Lightning Round
01:02:55 Brendan Carr is a Dummy
01:04:55 Bans Don’t Work
01:05:56 Made in America Assembly
01:10:19 Gemini Claims a Billion Users
01:15:40 YouTube Partner Paywall
01:20:56 RAMageddon Cheap Phones
01:23:52 Flock Camera Backlash
01:27:19 Goodbyes and Plugs
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