IM 834: Gewgaw - Google's Nano Banana Model

• Interview with M.G. Siegler. • Google improves Gemini AI image editing with "Nano Banana" model. • THIS is why large language models can understand the world. • Building a16z's personal AI workstation with four NVIDIA RTX 6000 Pro Blackwell Max-Q GPUs. • Elon Musk says xAI has open sourced Grok 2.5. • Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year. • We must build AI for people; not to be a person. • AI "deadbots" are persuasive — and researchers say they're primed for monetization. • AI robots are helping South Korea's seniors feel less alone. • College student's "time travel" AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history. • Forget Uber Eats—Chipotle's latest delivery option might shock you. • There are two types of dishwasher people. • Would you go on a tour of your local Amazon warehouse? • Perplexity has cooked up a new way to pay publishers for their content. • Wired and Business Insider remove articles by AI-generated "freelancer". • The South Slope Derby. • Checking in on the Internet Roadtrip. • TikTok.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, and Paris Martineau

Guest: M.G. Siegler

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