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<strong>Topics</strong></h2><p></p><ul><li><p>What caused Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse? – 1:13</p></li><li><p>FBI report: Americans lost $2.7 billion dollars to cypto scams last year – 22:05</p></li><li><p>Google adds generative AI to Workspace products –23:45</p></li><li><p>Google announces research into AI for Ultrasound diagnosis – 27:55</p></li><li><p>Open AI announces GPT-4, which can understand image inputs, too – 35:50</p></li><li><p>Microsoft confirms Bing AI is powered by GPT-4, announces layoffs in AI ethics – 38:12</p></li><li><p>Meta lays off an additional 10,000 workers – 41:16</p></li><li><p>Samsung announces Galaxy A54 –43:11</p></li><li><p>Sony's $600 point-and-shoot camera for the visually impaired – 48:31</p></li><li><p>Working on – 57:10</p></li><li><p>Pop culture picks – 58:42</p></li></ul><h2></h2><h2>Livestream</h2><div id="undefined"><div style="left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;"><iframe src="
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Hosts: Cherlynn Low and Devindra HardawarGuest: Alex WilhelmProducer: Ben EllmanMusic: Dale North and Terrence O'BrienLivestream producers: Julio BarrientosGraphic artists: Luke Brooks</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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Engadget Podcast: Why did Silicon Valley Bank fail so hard?
