TWiT 1023: This is Not Tax Advice - The Electric State, Kill Switches, Baidu's AI

This Week in Tech (Audio)

Leo Laporte

Technology, Techtv, Tech News, This Week In Technology, Twit, Leo Laporte

4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 193 minutes

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Summary

The Electric State, Kill Switches, Baidu's AI, Scopely, Careless People, Gemini Robotics

An arbitrator instructs a former Meta employee to stop promoting and publishing her book alleging company misconduct; publisher Flatiron Books earlier objected
DeepMind's latest AI model can help robots fold origami and close Ziploc bags
Future Today Strategy Group, or FTSG.
Intel has a new CEO
Russo Brothers' Busy, Boring Netflix Sci-Fi
Directors Anthony and Joe Russo say they're building a high-tech studio aiming to help artists use AI as a creative tool to make films, shows, and video games
Baidu launches two new versions of its AI model Ernie
Startup Claims Its Upcoming (RISC-V ISA) Zeus GPU is 10X Faster Than Nvidia's RTX 5090
Pokemon Go is getting a new owner after almost 9 years with Niantic
Developer convicted for "kill switch" code activated upon his termination
TikTok will play 'calming music' to remind teens to stop using the app
F-35 kill switch concerns non-US countries
Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges
Sonos Cancels Its Streaming Video Player - Slashdot
Everything You Say To Your Echo Will Be Sent To Amazon Starting On March 28
Musk-led cuts drive US consumer protection agency to ask for Amazon trial delay

Host: Leo Laporte

Guests: Amy Webb, Glenn Fleishman, and Mikah Sargent

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0:00.0	It's time for Twit this week in tech.
0:02.0	What a great panel for you.
0:03.2	Micah Sargent is here, Glenn Fleischman, the brilliant Amy Webb.
0:07.6	We're going to talk about robots that can tie your shoes, the Kill Switch in the U.S.
0:13.4	is later fighter jet, and why Mark Zuckerberg doesn't want you to read this book. It's all coming up next on Twit.
0:23.6	Podcasts you love.
0:25.3	From people you trust.
0:28.0	This is Twit.
0:35.5	This is Twit.
0:37.3	This Week in Tech. Episode 123 recorded Sunday, March 16th, 2025.
0:44.3	This is not tax advice.
0:51.9	It's time for Twit.
0:53.8	Let me start the timer. See how long we can go.
0:57.8	On this show, we got some talkers. This is the show where we cover the Weeks Tech News with the
1:03.3	brilliant minds, the most brilliant minds in the business. Amy Webb is back, ladies and gentlemen.
1:09.8	She hasn't been here since November 4th or third.
1:13.8	That should give you some idea. And since then rebranded, she's a futurist, author of many
1:18.9	wonderful books, and the head of the Future Today Strategy Group. Hi, Amy. Hey, Leo. How are you?
1:25.2	Are you writing any more books or have you kind of given up on that
1:27.8	business? Um, I have another book that I am not ready to talk about yet. Okay. Yeah,
1:33.8	but you do have the, uh, the brand new, uh, future today strategy group.
1:40.2	That's right. We basically publish a book once a year. So this is our annual report. It's free.
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