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8-15-25 - AI Chip Makers Pay the US Government, Meta's AI Chatbot is out of control, and more

Episode Summary

This week we discuss US embedding trackers in AI shipments to prevent diversion to China, an unusual agreement for the US to receive a cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China, and a troubling incident involving Meta's AI chatbot and a senior citizen. We also explore the implications of ChatGPT's model changes and the emotional attachment users have to AI models.

Episode Notes

This week we discuss US embedding trackers in AI shipments to prevent diversion to China, an unusual agreement for the US to receive a cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China, and a troubling incident involving Meta's AI chatbot and a senior citizen. We also explore the implications of ChatGPT's model changes and the emotional attachment users have to AI models.

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US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say (Reuters)

US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement (PBS)

Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York - He Never Made It Home (Reuters)

ChatGPT Model Switching - (TechCrunch)

ChatGPT Rollout Explainer (Instagram)

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