Batman Casting, California Sells Private Data, and Artificial Intelligence Dominates Go

This week we start with providing our thoughts on the Batman casting choices, DC continues to make some questionable choices.  Then we move on to some security concerns with all these smart home devices flying off the shelves during the Black Friday shopping.  Last week the Chinese Go champion retires after declaring the new artificial intelligence systems as undefeatable. Tesla throws down another challenge to Ford but they will not accept.  We also cover another scary privacy concern with the news that the California DMV has been selling citizens data for over $50million.

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Links to topics discussed:

FBI Warns on the potential security flaws of Smart TVs

• https://finance.yahoo.com/news/now-even-fbi-warning-smart-194715311.html

Batman casting and speculation

• https://www.radiotimes.com/news/film/2019-11-30/batman-cinema-release-date-cast-plot-trailer-robert-pattinson/

Jeff Bezos donates $98.5 million

• https://www.indy100.com/article/jeff-bezos-amazon-homeless-charity-98-million-dollars-donation-9215766?fbclid=IwAR2CPOuZtpooeUQwR8F3GuvEGAX5VESZuo4NVgxwkTZ-op2le8cp4HBy3v8

More on the Cybertruck

• https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/26/cars/ford-tesla-cybertruck-challenge/index.html

Former Go Champion retires due to AI being undefeatable

• https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/27/20985260/ai-go-alphago-lee-se-dol-retired-deepmind-defeat?fbclid=IwAR0E_gR6Q_dCa4m_kd5F1aS-zuJEcwqImY7SLs-i2-yIFPbfz5rqvqSOmEw
• https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/29/20988128/cards-against-humanity-ai-challenge-writers-black-friday-competition

California DMV makes $50 million on drivers data

• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evjekz/the-california-dmv-is-making-dollar50m-a-year-selling-drivers-personal-information

China Makes Deepfakes illegal without prior consent

• https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/29/20988363/china-deepfakes-ban-internet-rules-fake-news-disclosure-virtual-reality