TSL: Byte Sized / EP40
TSL: Byte Sized — 2026-05-25
We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there | Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild | AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots | How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups | You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’ Sources: - We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there (TechCrunch) - Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild (The Verge) - AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots (TechCrunch) - How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups (TechCrunch) - You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’ (TechCrunch) - Spotify says its AI remix tool is for superfans, but I’m not convinced (The Verge) - Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen (The Verge) - The literary world isn’t prepared for AI (The Verge)
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TSL: Byte Sized — 2026-05-25
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What this episode covers
- Standalone Byte Sized daily brief, separate from the main The Synthetic Lens RSS feed.
- Audio is hosted under the byte-sized R2 path and remains subscribed through the Byte Sized feed.
- Imported into Archive of Worlds so the standalone feed has a visible public show page.
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We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there
TechCrunch
Ranked 8 in the Byte Sized 2026-05-25 source pass.
- news/sourceOpen source
Google’s new anything-to-anything AI model is wild
The Verge
Ranked 8 in the Byte Sized 2026-05-25 source pass.
- news/sourceOpen source
AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots
TechCrunch
Ranked 7 in the Byte Sized 2026-05-25 source pass.
- news/sourceOpen source
How VCs and founders use inflated ‘ARR’ to crown AI startups
TechCrunch
Ranked 7 in the Byte Sized 2026-05-25 source pass.
- news/sourceOpen source
You can no longer Google the word ‘disregard’
TechCrunch
Ranked 7 in the Byte Sized 2026-05-25 source pass.
- news/sourceOpen source
Spotify says its AI remix tool is for superfans, but I’m not convinced
The Verge
Ranked 7 in the Byte Sized 2026-05-25 source pass.
- news/sourceOpen source
Elon, stop trying to make Grok happen
The Verge
Ranked 6 in the Byte Sized 2026-05-25 source pass.
- news/sourceOpen source
The literary world isn’t prepared for AI
The Verge
Ranked 6 in the Byte Sized 2026-05-25 source pass.
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