<p>It's an AI-filled episode of Tech News Weekly! Is AI making us think less critically than before? Are AI chatbots accurately summarizing news? A BBC study finds that they are not. Google plans to use machine learning to estimate a user's age. Thomson Reuters wins the first major AI copyright case within the US.</p><ul> <li>Amanda Silberling of TechCrunch joins Mikah Sargent this week! Amanda talks about a study on how over-reliance on AI tools can lead to diminished critical thinking skills.</li> <li>Mikah shares a BBC study that looked into AI chatbots and how they performed poorly at summarizing news, with over half of the summarizations containing glaring errors.</li> <li>Emma Roth of The Verge joins the show to discuss Google utilizing machine learning to estimate users' ages based off their browsing history and YouTube activity.</li> <li>And Mikah talks about Thomson Reuters winning the first big US AI copyright case.</li></ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mikah-sargent">Mikah Sargent</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/amanda-silberling">Amanda Silberling</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> <a href="https://x.com/emroth08" target="_blank">Emma Roth</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to <em>Tech News Weekly</em> at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly</a>.</p> <p><strong>Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!</strong><br /> Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: <a href="https://twit.tv/clubtwit" rel="payment">https://twit.tv/clubtwit</a></p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong><ul> <li><a href="http://zscaler.com/security" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">zscaler.com/security</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.veeam.com/?utm_source=twit.tv&utm_medium=audio&utm_campaign=brand-campaign&utm_content=tnw" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">veeam.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://cachefly.com/twit" target="_blank" rel="sponsored">cachefly.com/twit</a></li> </ul></p>
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Published: 2025-02-13 15:29:30