WinBeta Podcast 58: Racist chat bot, the future of computing and more

Posted by:Sean Michael
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Welcome to another episode of the WinBeta Podcast. Each week we discuss the top Microsoft related news. This week we talk about the future of computing, Microsoft’s Twitter AI becoming a crazy racist, and more.

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During the full episodes of the show we discuss the Windows news of the week and then after each week’s episode recording, we have a general discussion and Q&A with our viewers. If you can’t join us live, you can share your thoughts in the comments, and vote in our weekly polls. You can also tweet us at @ZacB_ and @Sean_Michael_UK.

Stories covered this week and timestamps:

0:46 New build for PC and Mobile
1:32 Redstone builds shipped to insiders on older phones
2:32 only 50% of Windows Phones are upgradeable to Windows 10 Mobile
8:30 Windows update is getting updated
10:38 Tay the AI becomes crazy racist in just one day (Microsoft’s official response)
17:44 how old is your PC/ the future of computing
31:30 Surface Hub now shipping
35:36 new universal Skype app on the way
41:53 what do you want to see at Build?