This week on Byte Of Truth, AI can’t tell a chip from a gun, our internet has one big shaky off-switch, and your next browser might be a double-agent.

We’re asking: When does smart technology get too dumb to trust?

Host Sébastien guides you through a week of bizarre AI failures, critical infrastructure vulnerabilities, and the unsettling rise of “AI slop.” Plus, we look at the new frontier of AI browsers and robots with attitude.

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Tech News, Machine Learning, Technology, AWS, OpenAI, Cybersecurity, Future, Innovation

The AI landscape is more complex than ever. This week, host Sébastien Deschamps cuts through the hype to bring you a structured analysis of the forces shaping our future.

In this episode, we break down:

• The Sovereign AI Gambit: We look at South Korea’s national strategy to compete with OpenAI and Google. What are the lessons for Europe’s tech industry?

• The “Workslop” Problem: Researchers have identified a new workplace menace: low-quality AI-generated content. We discuss what it is and how to stop it from tanking productivity.

• AI’s Healthcare Potential: Your smartphone could soon help detect mental health risks. We explore this promising yet ethically fraught application.

• A Robotic Reality Check: Famed roboticist Rodney Brooks argues the humanoid robot bubble is doomed to burst. We examine this crucial skeptical perspective.

Tune in for a thoughtful, authoritative guide to the key AI trends that matter right now.

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What if the biggest obstacle to the AI revolution isn’t ethics or job loss, but its massive electricity bill? 🤔

In this episode of Byte Of Truth, your host Sébastien Deschamps explores the “Efficiency Paradox.” We dive into the behind-the-scenes arms race to make AI sustainable:

• Shrinking Giants: How model distillation is creating powerful, lean AI.

• Cooling Breakthroughs: A new tech that nearly doubles efficiency.

• Moonshot Ideas: The serious (and controversial) plan to put data centers in space.

We also touch on how this impacts the creator economy with YouTube’s new AI tools and what it all means for the future of European tech leadership.

Tune in for a concise, insightful update that cuts through the hype.

AI, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Data Centers, Energy, Efficiency, Green Tech, Innovation, European Tech, YouTube AI, Quantum Computing.

This week on Byte Of Truth, host Sébastien Deschamps unravel a story of technological whiplash.

While the California legislature passes a landmark AI safety bill (SB 53), Google’s quantum team is breaking new ground in physics, and NASA’s Perseverance rover is using AI to hunt for life on Mars.

In this episode, we cover:

🔒 The Regulatory Hammer: Will CA’s new AI bill set a US precedent or stifle innovation?

⚛️ The Quantum Leap: How Google created a new state of matter and what it means for the future of computing.

🤖 AI on Mars: The incredible way machine learning is guiding the search for extraterrestrial life.

We explore the central tension: How do we govern the AI of today while racing to build the AI of tomorrow?

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A light-powered chip slashes AI’s energy appetite, tiny models punch far above their weight, and the co-creator of RSS has a plan to make AI companies finally pay for the data they use. Hosts Maya Lin and Sébastien Deschamps break down the week’s biggest AI stories.

In this episode, we cover:

• 🚀 The Hardware Breakthrough: How a photonic chip from the University of Florida makes AI 100x more efficient.
• 🤖 The Rise of Small Models: Why open-source models like K2 Think (32B) and Baidu’s ERNIE are challenging the “bigger is better” paradigm.
• ⚙️ The MCP Registry: Why the “App Store for Enterprise AI” is a silent game-changer for developers.
• ⚖️ The Data Licensing Revolt: Analyzing the “Real Simple Licensing” protocol and its potential to fix AI’s biggest ethical problem.
• 💡 Startup Spotlight: AI “second brains,” companions to combat loneliness, and the state of robotaxis.
• ⚠️ The Critical Counterpoint: A discussion on a new book arguing AI is a new frontier for women’s oppression.

Key Questions We Explore:

• Would you pay for an AI companion to combat loneliness?
• Is efficiency the new battleground for AI supremacy?
• Can a new protocol finally solve the AI data licensing crisis?

Follow Byte Of Truth for your weekly dose of insightful and critical tech analysis.

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This week, the AI industry faces a monumental pressure test. We break down the biggest stories that are reshaping the landscape:

• The Copyright Wars: Anthropic settles a $1.5B lawsuit over “pirated” books, and Warner Bros. sues Midjourney. Is this a victory for creators or just the cost of doing business?

• The Safety Firestorm: Over 20 State AGs warn OpenAI about child safety, and a new study links smartphones under 13 to mental health harms. Are regulators finally catching up?

• The Open-Source Counter-Offensive: New releases from Hugging Face, and Alibaba are democratizing powerful AI, challenging the closed models of giants.

• Industry Intel: Key hires at OpenAI, a cautionary tale from a battery startup’s failure, and the new tools developers can use right now.

Join host Sébastien Deschamps on Byte Of Truth for a deep dive into the ethics, policies, and technologies that matter.

Keywords: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Copyright, Ethics, OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, Regulation, Child Safety, Open Source, Tech News.

Can you spot a deepfake? No, really—can you?

In this episode of Byte of Truth, host Sébastien Deschamps breaks down a fascinating new study that shows how simple digital literacy tools—like tips, visuals, and even games—can significantly boost our ability to detect AI-generated fakes. From Balenciaga Popes to phantom fingers, we explore the strange world of synthetic media and how to stay one step ahead of the algorithm.

You’ll learn:

• Why deepfakes are more dangerous (and accessible) than ever

• What kinds of training actually help people spot them

• Which techniques don’t work (and why)

• How to build digital resilience—without becoming overly skeptical

A must-listen for anyone interested in tech, trust, and the weird future of visual truth online.

Based on the paper:

Geissler, D., Robertson, C., & Feuerriegel, S. (2025). Digital literacy interventions can boost humans in discerning deepfakes. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.23492

Behind every gripping data-driven headline is a journalist elbow-deep in messy, inconsistent, sometimes maddening data. In this episode, we explore the unsung labor of data preparation in journalism — and how it compares to the workflows of data scientists.

Based on a recent study, we uncover how journalists tackle dirty data from fragmented sources, PDFs from FOIA requests, and tables that change over time like shapeshifting monsters. From regionally inconsistent COVID stats to detective-level entity matching, this is the side of data journalism the public rarely sees — but desperately needs to understand.

🎙️ Topics include:

• What “dirty data” really means in journalism

• The 4 integration nightmare archetypes

• Why journalists can’t just impute missing values

• A fresh way to categorize data quality issues

• The tension between storytelling and spreadsheet chaos

If you’ve ever cursed a CSV or tried to make sense of government data, this one’s for you.

🎧 Hosted by Sébastien Deschamps