

EP 591: Meta in hot water, OpenAI responds to GPT-5 backlash and more AI News That Matters
67 snips Aug 18, 2025
Meta faces scrutiny over its AI trained on inappropriate talk with minors, prompting serious concerns and a Senate investigation. Meanwhile, OpenAI addresses backlash surrounding GPT-5 with surprising responses. Google continues rolling out impactful AI updates that challenge traditional journalism. The conversation dives into potential U.S. government stakes in AI chip technologies and the intense rivalries brewing among key players like Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Apple shifts towards AI-driven hardware amid growing challenges, indicating a bold step into the future.
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Bring Back Beloved Model Behaviors
- Restore useful features when users clearly prefer them to keep engagement and trust.
- Offer selectable legacy models or softer tones instead of forcing a single behavior.
AI Summaries Threaten Publisher Traffic
- Google's AI summaries can collapse referral traffic and harm publishers' ad and subscription revenue.
- Publishers face three paths: sue, license, or risk going out of business.
Small Models Enable On-Device AI
- Small language models like Gemma 3270M enable on-device, low-power AI that preserves privacy and cuts API costs.
- Future deployments will favor many efficient models over a single giant model.