Sky's voice, Copilot+ Surface devices, Car Thing's discontinuation • OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show • China’s latest answer to OpenAI is ‘Chat Xi PT’ • Microsoft unveils Copilot+ PCs with generative AI capabilities baked in • Pioneering instant messaging program ICQ is finally shutting down after nearly 30 years • Google scrambles to manually remove weird AI answers in search • Rabbit Holed • Elon Musk says AI will take all our jobs • A jury hands Bungie a victory in a landmark anti-cheating decision • Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand • Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift’s Private Jet • Spotify is going to break every Car Thing gadget it ever sold • Kabosu, Shiba Inu dog who inspired ‘Doge’ meme, dies at 18 • Bitcoin pizza day • C. Gordon Bell, Creator of a Personal Computer Prototype, Dies at 89 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Christina Warren, Wesley Faulkner, and Alex Wilhelm This Week in Tech episode 981 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/981 Sponsors: • expressvpn.com/twit • canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT • NetSuite.com/TWIT • bitwarden.com/twit • IntouchCX.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. Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv #scarlettjohansson #microsoft #google 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 dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, and more.

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