The MacVoices Live! panel jump from Microsoft Surface price hikes and AI likeness rights to Apple Music playlist creation, privacy concerns around LinkedIn, and secure enterprise alternatives from Proton. Chuck Joiner, David Ginsburg, Guy Serle, Jeff Gamet, Marty Jencius and Jim Rea revisit Neal Stephenson’s metaverse vision and comment on Microsoft Copilot’s “entertainment” framing that isn’t always entertaining.

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Show Notes:

Chapters:

0:00] Introduction and Surface price hikes lead-in
[0:56] AI clones, likeness rights, and digital performers
[3:10] Managing image rights during life and after death
[5:46] Avatars, ABBA, KISS, and virtual performance futures
[6:58] Adult entertainment, control of likeness, and ethics
[12:27] Apple Music Playlist Playground hands-on impressions
[13:51] Automated playlists versus personal music curation
[16:35] Neal Stephenson reflects on the metaverse and smart glasses
[18:12] LinkedIn accused of scanning browser extensions
[20:47] Paid networks, user expectations, and data collection concerns
[22:22] Disclosure, privacy, and what companies should reveal
[22:47] Proton’s private workspace as a Microsoft 365 alternative
[25:30] Slack adds AI features for enterprise users
[26:33] Microsoft Copilot described as entertainment only
[27:49] Wrap-up and panelist plugs

Links:

She’s Never Going to Age Porn Stars Are Embracing AI Clones to Stay Forever Young
https://www.wired.com/story/shes-never-going-to-age-porn-stars-are-embracing-ai-clones-to-stay-forever-young/

How to Use Playlist Playground to Build Apple Music Playlists in Seconds
https://appleinsider.com/inside/apple-music/tips/how-to-use-playlist-playground-to-build-apple-music-playlists-in-seconds

Microsoft Copilot for Entertainment Purposes Only

https://lifehacker.com/tech/microsoft-copilot-for-entertainment-purposes-only

Microsoft Copilot for Entertainment Purposes Only
https://lifehacker.com/tech/microsoft-copilot-for-entertainment-purposes-only

Guests:

Jeff Gamet is a technology blogger, podcaster, author, and public speaker. Previously, he was The Mac Observer’s Managing Editor, and the TextExpander Evangelist for Smile. He has presented at Macworld Expo, RSA Conference, several WordCamp events, along with many other conferences. You can find him on several podcasts such as The Mac Show, The Big Show, MacVoices, Mac OS Ken, This Week in iOS, and more. Jeff is easy to find on social media as @jgamet on Twitter and Instagram, jeffgamet on LinkedIn., @jgamet@mastodon.social on Mastodon, and on his YouTube Channel at YouTube.com/jgamet.

David Ginsburg is the host of the weekly podcast In Touch With iOS where he discusses all things iOS, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, and related technologies. He is an IT professional supporting Mac, iOS and Windows users. Visit his YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/daveg65 and find and follow him on Twitter @daveg65 and on Mastodon at @daveg65@mastodon.cloud.

Marty Jencius, Ph.D.,is a counselor educator and technology pioneer who has spent 30 years bringing emerging tech into his field — from founding one of the first professional listservs (CESNET-L) to podcasting, virtual reality, and now AI and AR. He is the founder of ThePodTalk.net, where he produces Vision ProFiles, The Old Mac Gang, A.I. Productivity Workflow, The Tech Savvy Professor, 15 Minute Bytes, The Neo Notebook, and Fade to Chat: Golden Age Cinema. He is also a regular panelist on MacVoices Live!, In Touch with iOS, and The Mac Show. Find him on Bluesky and Mastodon.

Jim Rea built his own computer from scratch in 1975, started programming in 1977, and has been an independent Mac developer continuously since 1984. He is the founder of ProVUE Development, and the author of Panorama X, ProVUE's ultra fast RAM based database software for the macOS platform. He’s been a speaker at MacTech, MacWorld Expo and other industry conferences. Follow Jim at provue.com and via @provuejim@techhub.social on Mastodon.

Guy Serle, best known for being one of the co-hosts of the MyMac Podcast, sincerely apologizes for anything he has done or caused to have happened while in possession of dangerous podcasting equipment. He should know better but being a blonde from Florida means he's probably incapable of understanding the damage he has wrought. Guy is also the author of the novel, The Maltese Cube. You can follow his exploits on Twitter, catch him on Mac to the Future on Facebook, at @Macparrot@mastodon.social, and find everything at VertShark.com.

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