We Are So Cooked
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We Are So Cooked dives into a rapid-fire look at recent tech developments, starting with the viral rise of OpenAI’s Sora app. The hosts discuss Sora's ascent to the top of Apple’s App Store charts, noting its US launch timeline, invite-only approach, and the sensational content generated by its users, including deepfakes involving high-profile figures. The segment emphasizes how Sora has sparked debates about the ethical boundaries of AI-generated media and how OpenAI has responded by promising safety settings to curb unwanted deepfakes, while commentators wonder whether the trend signals a broader shift toward AI-enabled media and its societal implications. The hosts then pivot to Android sideloading, recalling Google’s stance on developer verification and how such policies aim to balance user protection with app choice, while acknowledging potential data-collection tradeoffs. Following that, Apple’s removal of the ICEBlock app and Google’s removal of a related ICE tracker from the Play Store are analyzed as examples of platform gatekeeping and public safety considerations amid controversial applications. The middle portion links these platform moves to a larger conversation about user autonomy versus corporate control, with a sponsor break for Squarespace framed as a creative tool for building personalized online spaces. The discussion then shifts to high-profile tech trials and breakthroughs, including a Tesla Cybertruck door lawsuit, Nvidia’s ongoing GPU power concerns, and a new Amphenol solution that could stabilize power delivery, all while the hosts inject humor and personal opinions about the pace of innovation. In the concluding stretch, the hosts celebrate a two-hour run of a quantum computer at Harvard and MIT as a landmark achievement, reflect on how such advances could reshape computing, and close with light commentary on the state of tech media and the never-ending pull of “the slop” that keeps audiences engaged. The episode wraps with a playful nod to a hypothetical amnesia in a chatbots plotline and a reminder that technology news remains both thrilling and perilous, depending on how one interprets the next breakthrough.
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