iPhone 15 hands on, Amazon hardware event, Instacart IPO, Unity blinks • Discussion on hype cycle of AI; evaluating current state • Defining artificial intelligence vs regular computation • AI winters and peaks of inflated expectations for AI • Evaluating strengths and weaknesses of chatbots like ChatGPT • AI's role in computational photography and new iPhones • Microsoft's focus on AI with OpenAI partnership • Multimodal AI and challenges like hallucination • Apple's secretive approach to developing AI technology • Job loss concerns with the advancement of AI; need for training • Unity's failed attempt to charge developers an install fee • Tech IPO outlook after Instacart and Clavio • Panos Panay leaving Microsoft for Amazon • New Amazon Echo and Alexa AI announcements • Authors suing OpenAI over AI-generated content • Misinformation research facing political attacks • Implications of AI voice mimicry without consent • Neuralink seeking volunteers for brain chip implants Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Ben Parr, Harry McCracken, and Doc Rock This Week in Tech episode 946 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/946 Sponsor: • GO.ACILEARNING.COM/TWIT Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Join our TWiT Community on Discourse: https://www.twit.community/ Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ #iphone15 #ai #microsoft About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce over 30 hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, All About Android, and more.

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