OpenAI and Reddit, Signal Smear Campaign • GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts)  • It’s Time to Believe the AI Hype  • The panel discusses their experiences with Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude  • OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT  • OpenAI Superalignment team is gone  • 2023 Was the Worst Year for Internet Shutdowns, Report Finds  • Taiwan, on China’s Doorstep, Is Dealing With TikTok Its Own Way  • French TikTok block in overseas territory sets ‘dangerous precedent,’ critics warn  • Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks To Local Governments • Vermont’s data privacy law sparks state lawmaker alliance against tech lobbyists  • How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal  • Biden Order to Halt China-Tied Bitcoin Mine Beside Nuke Base Came as U.S. Firm Just Bought it  • Robert Dennard, IBM Inventor Whose Chip Changed Computing, Dies at 91 Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Ben Parr, Dan Patterson, and Iain Thomson This Week in Tech episode 980 More Info: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/980 Sponsors: • mylio.com/TWIT25 • wix.com/studio • zscaler.com/zerotrustAI • IntouchCX.com/twit • eufy.com Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Products we recommend: https://www.amazon.com/shop/twitnetcastnetwork TWiT may earn commissions on certain products. Follow us: https://twit.tv/ https://twitter.com/TWiT https://www.facebook.com/TWiTNetwork https://www.instagram.com/twit.tv/ https://bsky.app/profile/twit.tv #ai #openai #reddit About us: TWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, and more.