Microsoft’s Next-Gen AI Chip, Synthetic Music Debate, and an Instagram Impersonation Scandal | TSG Ep. 1007

Alan Shimel, Mike Vizard, Jon Swartz, Teri Robinson and Wickey Wang dive into the next-generation of an artificial intelligence (AI) chip developed by Microsoft, before debating the degree to which music generated by AI is real.

Then the gang digs into how Alan found himself being impersonated on Instagram—and what the incident reveals about ongoing challenges around identity abuse, platform enforcement and trust in social media.