{"id":12136,"date":"2026-07-20T18:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/metas-ai-studio-openai-white-dudes-for-harris-bitcoin-town\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T18:59:27","slug":"metas-ai-studio-openai-white-dudes-for-harris-bitcoin-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/tech\/metas-ai-studio-openai-white-dudes-for-harris-bitcoin-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta&#8217;s AI Studio &#8211; OpenAI, White Dudes for Harris, Bitcoin Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mikah Sargent is out this week, but Emily Dreibelbis of PCMag is hosting for Mikah! Meta&#8217;s AI generator is allowing <!--more--> influencers to let their fans message an AI version of themselves. Following the OpenAI controversy with Scarlett Johansson, the company released its &#8216;Advanced Voice Mode&#8217; to its alpha users. What is &#8216;White Dudes for Harris&#8217;? And inside the health crisis at a town in Texas involved with bitcoin mining.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Abrar Al-Heeti is joining the show this week. Abrar talks about Meta&#8217;s AI Studio and how the company is continuing to expand into creating AIs for its userbase to interact with their favorite creators and allowing select users to generate their own AIs.<br \/>\n\u2022 Emily talks about OpenAI rolling out its &#8216;Advanced Voice Mode&#8217; feature to select users,&#8217; following the controversy with OpenAI using a voice similar to Scarlett Johansson.<br \/>\n\u2022 Will Oremus of The Washington Post stops by to chat with Emily about &#8216;White Dudes for Harris&#8217; and the suspension of its X account following a massive fundraiser for Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential campaign.<br \/>\n\u2022 Finally, Andrew Chow of TIME discusses the health crisis that a town in Texas has been experiencing since the arrival of a Bitcoin mine in the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts: Emily Dreibelbis and Abrar Al-Heeti<br \/>\nGuests: Will Oremus and Andrew Chow<br \/>\nTech News Weekly Episode 347<br \/>\nMore Info: <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\/episodes\/347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\/episodes\/347<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsors:<br \/>\n\u2022 betterhelp.com\/TNW<br \/>\n\u2022 e-e.com\/twit<\/p>\n<p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/shows\/tech-news-weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at <a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/clubtwit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Products we recommend: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/twitnetcastnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/shop\/twitnetcastnetwork<\/a><br \/>\nTWiT may earn commissions on certain products.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twit.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twit.tv\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TWiT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TWiT<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TWiTNetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TWiTNetwork<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/twit.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/twit.tv\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/twit.tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/twit.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About us:<br \/>\nTWiT.tv is a technology podcasting network located in the San Francisco Bay Area with the #1 ranked technology podcast This Week in Tech hosted by Leo Laporte. Every week we produce dozens of hours of content on a variety of programs including Tech News Weekly, MacBreak Weekly, This Week in Google, Windows Weekly, Security Now, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikah Sargent is out this week, but Emily Dreibelbis of PCMag is hosting for Mikah! 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