Weak Perfection - Signalgate, Miyazaki's Nightmare

Leaked Signal group chat, xAI x X merger, Studio ChatGhibli-T • Hayao Miyazaki’s AI Nightmare • Studio Ghibli has few legal options to stop OpenAI from ripping off its style • No elephants: Breakthroughs in image generation • Okay, I’m Starting to Think AI Can Do My Job After All • Clearly we're talking about the WH Signal Leak • Is it safe to travel with your phone right now? • Musk shuffles $80 billion in assets, reshapes gov't — just another week at the office • 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy and CEO Anne Wojcicki has stepped down • Replit CEO Amjad Masad says learning to code is a waste of time, citing Dario Amodei's prediction that AI may generate essentially all code by next year • As AI Takes His Readers, A Leading History Publisher Wonders What’s Next • Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design • China bans facial recognition without consent; where's US law on this? • Google’s new experimental AI model, Gemini 2.5 Pro, is now available to free users too Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Alex Kantrowitz, Iain Thomson, and Jacob Ward This Week in Tech episode 1025 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/1025 Sponsors: • NetSuite.com/TWIT • Melissa.com/twit • oracle.com/twit • shopify.com/twit Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: Website: https://twit.tv/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@TWiT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ X (Twitter): https://x.com/TWiT TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@twittok LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/twit-llc #signal #chatgpt #studioghibli 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, Windows Weekly, Security Now, Intelligent Machines, and more.