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Linda Yaccarino, The Xpert - DTNS 4519

Season 10, Ep. 4519

Would you pay more for a generative AI chatbot that could process more user input at time? We discuss how Google’s open-source AI tool allowed a gamer to play the Dreamcast game Rez using only his face. And Twitter’s Elon Musk has chosen NBCUniversal’s head of advertising, Linda Yaccarino to head the social media platform.


Starring Tom Merritt, Chris Ashley, Roger Chang, Joe.


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