Episode
BONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech’s Arch Nemesis + Bot, or Not?
43:01
Published: Mon Mar 20 2023
Description
Jonathan Kanter, who heads up the Justice Department’s antitrust division, believes that antitrust laws are critical for innovation — from ad tech to A.I. The assistant attorney general is bringing a new philosophy to enforcing those laws. So, how is his new approach to protecting competition playing out?Plus: Can you guess whether that was a bot, or not?On today’s episode:Jonathan Kanter is the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s antitrust division.Additional reading:Jonathan Kanter has long been a critic of big tech.The Justice Department has accused Google of abusing a monopoly over online advertising.
Chapters
The podcast host interviews a legal expert who has been pursuing antitrust charges against big tech companies such as Google which makes him a prominent figure of interest and importance for the future of the tech industry.
00:00 - 03:44 (03:44)
Summary
The podcast host interviews a legal expert who has been pursuing antitrust charges against big tech companies such as Google which makes him a prominent figure of interest and importance for the future of the tech industry.
EpisodeBONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech’s Arch Nemesis + Bot, or Not?
PodcastHard Fork
The argument against strong antitrust enforcement is that eventually the market will introduce new competition.
03:44 - 16:08 (12:24)
Summary
The argument against strong antitrust enforcement is that eventually the market will introduce new competition. The focus on price misses the point of antitrust enforcement and anti-monopoly laws. The antitrust cases are prepared carefully after a thorough investigation.
EpisodeBONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech’s Arch Nemesis + Bot, or Not?
PodcastHard Fork
The courts need to be given opportunities to confront fact patterns of different markets in order to create a workable antitrust framework and advancements in the law.
16:08 - 24:40 (08:31)
Summary
The courts need to be given opportunities to confront fact patterns of different markets in order to create a workable antitrust framework and advancements in the law. It’s important to attract the right talent to bring cases forward, particularly those related to complex markets like ad tech.
EpisodeBONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech’s Arch Nemesis + Bot, or Not?
PodcastHard Fork
AI might concentrate power in the hands of tech giants like Google and Microsoft due to the infrastructure and compute required, but startups producing AI models like chat GPT could be good for competition by keeping these companies on their toes.
24:40 - 29:58 (05:18)
Summary
AI might concentrate power in the hands of tech giants like Google and Microsoft due to the infrastructure and compute required, but startups producing AI models like chat GPT could be good for competition by keeping these companies on their toes.
EpisodeBONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech’s Arch Nemesis + Bot, or Not?
PodcastHard Fork
The podcast hosts play a clip of a voice and challenge each other to determine if it is a recording of Elon Musk or a synthetic voice sample created using an AI voice cloning tool.
29:58 - 33:56 (03:57)
Summary
The podcast hosts play a clip of a voice and challenge each other to determine if it is a recording of Elon Musk or a synthetic voice sample created using an AI voice cloning tool.
EpisodeBONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech’s Arch Nemesis + Bot, or Not?
PodcastHard Fork
In this episode, the hosts guess who created a roasted turkey recipe and poke fun at the generic recipe intro.
33:56 - 36:55 (02:59)
Summary
In this episode, the hosts guess who created a roasted turkey recipe and poke fun at the generic recipe intro. They also discuss whether they should have a fake Elon Musk read the credits each week.
EpisodeBONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech’s Arch Nemesis + Bot, or Not?
PodcastHard Fork
The hosts discuss the authenticity of three different scenarios including a celebrity swap, recipe creation from GPT-3, and a reality TV show.
36:55 - 40:31 (03:35)
Summary
The hosts discuss the authenticity of three different scenarios including a celebrity swap, recipe creation from GPT-3, and a reality TV show.
EpisodeBONUS: Hard Fork Live! Big Tech’s Arch Nemesis + Bot, or Not?
PodcastHard Fork
The authenticity of several reality TV shows, including Celebrity Toe Wrestling, The Line, Singles Inferno, and Celebrity Swap, have been called into question as Twitter users accuse the shows of using bots.
40:31 - 42:24 (01:53)
Summary
The authenticity of several reality TV shows, including Celebrity Toe Wrestling, The Line, Singles Inferno, and Celebrity Swap, have been called into question as Twitter users accuse the shows of using bots.