Friend AI Protest and Public Backlash

The era of the AI browser is here, and OpenAI is finally in the game. Nilay, Jake, and Hayden sit down to chat about what it means to have ChatGPT in your browser and able to control your cursor and surf the web for you. Also this week: Nilay's warning about using old surge protectors, the devastating and inevitable outcome of the Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, and Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, which looks a lot like a Vision Pro. Finally, Brendan Carr Is A Dummy makes its triumphant return. And we wrap it all up with the Lightning Round, talking about the the Friend protest, GM's decision to ditch CarPlay, the AWS outage, the future of the Xbox, and more.

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Further reading:

• OpenAI’s AI-powered browser, ChatGPT Atlas, is here

• The ChatGPT Atlas browser still feels like Googling with extra steps

• OpenAI teases a string of updates for its AI-powered browser, ChatGPT Atlas

• Opera’s Neon shows just how confusing AI browsers still are

• Perplexity’s Comet browser is now available to everyone for free

• Google is expanding Gemini in Chrome and letting it do stuff for you

• Reddit sues Perplexity for allegedly ripping its content to feed AI

• The Dia browser is a big bet on the web — and an even bigger bet on AI

• OpenAI’s latest legal request is raising eyebrows

• Meta is axing 600 roles across its AI division | The Verge

• Warner Bros. Discovery is ready for a sale

• WBD already rejected three offers from Paramount Skydance, 

• Netflix, Amazon, and Apple are reportedly interested in buying Warner Bros.

• HBO Max is raising prices for the third year in a row

• Hulu with Live TV now costs $90 monthly but you can lock in $65 for three months

• Apple TV will be the only place to watch F1 in the US, starting next year

• Samsung Galaxy XR hands-on: It’s like a cheaper Apple Vision Pro and launches today

• The future I saw through the Meta Ray-Ban Display amazes and terrifies me

• These Oakley smart glasses are perfect for weekend warriors and T-ball coaches

• The Friend AI pendant’s creator publicized a ‘Friend protest’ in NYC

• These nonprofits lobbied to regulate OpenAI — then the subpoenas came

• Why GM will give you Gemini — but not CarPlay

• Did Microsoft just tease that the next Xbox is a PC and console?

• Major AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more

• Pitchfork is beta testing user reviews and comments as it approaches 30

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