Jeff and Seymour mention a framework of 3 personas: (1) end-users; (2) technical builders like EPD teams, i.e., Engineering-Product-Design; and (3) business leaders. Topics discussed: 

• End-user experience: what it's like to use the free and paid versions of ChatGPT, compared with other LLM user experiences like Google's Bard, Microsoft's Bing Chat, and niche LLM's like Phind.com
• NY Times story from 4/16 about Google and Samsung relationship
• Background 2021 article on Traffic Acquisition Cost (TAC) payments from Google to Apple
• CBS / 60 Minutes interview with Sundar Pichair from 4/16
• Evolving view on competitive landscape, future of search, assistants, and assistive computing. Google might be in bigger trouble than we thought in February

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