Jennifer Pattison Tuohy of The Verge joins the show this week! Is Google's AI Search failing kids? OpenAI could be releasing its first device: a proactive AI-smart speaker. OnePlus is exiting the US & European market. And Microsoft's Comic Chat is now open source.
- Common Sense Media finds Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode miss warning signs like suicidal ideation and validate disordered eating, especially concerning.
- Bloomberg reports that OpenAI is building a screen-free, proactive smart speaker for the home.
- Katie Collins from CNET joins the show to talk about OnePlus's withdrawal from the US & European market.
- And Microsoft releases the code for its iconic mid-90s comic-strip IRC client (birthplace of Comic Sans) on GitHub.
**Hosts:** Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
**Guest:** Katie Collins
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