TWiT 941: Hurriquake! - Chokepoint Capitalism, America COMPETES Act, Google Topics, Internet Archive

<p>This episode of TWiT explores the implications of artificial intelligence (AI) on creative industries like writing, the monopolistic practices of Big Tech, and the concepts of open-washing and chokepoint capitalism.</p><ul> <li>Cory Doctorow discusses his upcoming appearance in a Futurama episode inspired by his book Chokepoint Capitalism</li> <li>The downsides of Twitter under Elon Musk as an example of chokepoint capitalism unwinding</li> <li>Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive's copyright disputes over digitized books in its Emergency Library</li> <li>Canada's law requiring Big Tech to pay news publishers, and Meta's ban on news sharing in response</li> <li>The CFPB cracking down on predatory data brokers</li> <li>Google's "topics" proposal for interest-based ads on Chrome and privacy concerns</li> <li>The threats AI poses to creative professions like writing, and the implications of copyright</li> <li>The misleading hype around AI and job loss statistics from companies like IBM</li> <li>The importance of interoperability for technology platforms and digital rights</li> <li>How copyright law views AI-generated art and content</li> <li>The issues around copyrighted content being used to train AI systems by companies like OpenAI</li> <li>The concept of "open washing" and whether companies like OpenAI really embody openness</li> <li>The America COMPETES Act, proposed antitrust legislation targeting Big Tech's ad market power</li> <li>The role of users and tool creators in establishing boundaries on things like advertising</li> <li>Rebecca Giblin's experience publishing out-of-print Australian books as the non-profit publisher Untapped</li> <li>The podcast IP Provocations and its discussions relating to AI and intellectual property</li></ul> <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a></p> <p><strong>Guests:</strong> <a href="https://twitter.com/rgibli" target="_blank">Rebecca Giblin</a> and <a href="http://craphound.com/" target="_blank">Cory Doc