Episode 08 of Tech Vibes features stories on OpenAI executives leaving to start their own ventures, Telegram sharing user data with authorities, and the rise of AI agent startups. Other highlights include James Cameron joining Stability AI's board of directors, the SEC's stance on crypto airdrops, and Deepak Chopra partnering with an AI firm.

This and more in this week's recap of news.

Week 41, Year 2024, Episode 08.

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OpenAI's technology chief Mira Murati, two other research executives to leave

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openais-technology-chief-mira-murati-leave-2024-09-25/

Telegram will now provide some user data to authorities

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvglp0xny3eo#

For AI agent startups, deal count is up 81.4% year over year, says PitchBook

https://links.newsletter.fortune.com/e/evibhttps://fortune.com/2024/09/24/ai-agent-startups-deal-count-up-81-percent-year-over-year-pitchbook/

James Cameron Joins Stability AI Board of Directors

https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/james-cameron-stability-ai-board-of-directors-1236154084/

The SEC Thinks Crypto Airdrops Are Securities. Here’s Why This Lawyer Thinks It’s Wrong

https://unchainedcrypto.com/the-sec-thinks-crypto-airdrops-are-securities-heres-why-this-lawyer-thinks-its-wrong/

Deepak Chopra Pacts With AI Firm ElevenLabs to Lend His Voice to Its Reader App

https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/deepak-chopra-ai-elevenlabs-voice-read-app-1236154188/

Paramount Close to Dropping Nielsen TV Ratings in Contract Dispute (EXCLUSIVE)

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/paramount-drop-nielsen-tv-ratings-contract-dispute-1236156796/

Nielsen, TV Networks Continue Clash Over Upgrade That Might Give Early Favor to Amazon

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/nielsen-tv-networks-clash-measurement-upgrade-amazon-thursday-night-football-1236158232/

Binance Founder Changpeng 'CZ' Zhao Could Be Released on Friday

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/09/27/binance-founder-changpeng-cz-zhao-could-be-released-on-friday/

In 2024, CVCs participated in 28% of overall venture deals, new report shows

https://links.newsletter.fortune.com/e/evib

Meta AI Studio's New Video Avatar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaeazIA5np8

Meta’s answer to ChatGPT is AI that sounds like John Cena or Judi Dench

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/25/meta-ai-voice-actors-celebrities-john-cena-judi-dench/

SHIBA INU is a top mover on Coinbase.

SHIB is up +16.38% to 0.0000189 in the last 24 hours.

Robinhood, Revolut Explore Joining $170 Billion Stablecoin Market

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-26/robinhood-revolut-explore-entering-the-burgeoning-stablecoin-sector

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#AIExecMoves #TelegramPrivacy #AIStartups #JamesCameron #Crypto #Airdrops #DeepakChopra #TVRatings #Binance #MetaAI #TechVibes

Week 40, Year 2024, Episode 07.

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*28 Years Later*: Danny Boyle’s New Zombie Flick Was Shot on an iPhone 15

https://www.wired.com/story/28-years-later-danny-boyles-new-zombie-flick-was-shot-on-an-iphone-15/

Spotify Looks to Pay Video Creators to Put Shows on Platform

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-09-12/spotify-looks-to-pay-video-creators-to-put-shows-on-platform

Spotify Podcast Chief Sahar Elhabashi Is Leaving the Company

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/spotify-podcast-head-sahar-elhabashi-leaving-1236148428/

YouTube Plans Major Revamp of TV App After Overtaking Netflix, Streaming Rivals (Exclusive)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/youtube-new-connected-tv-app-episodes-seasons-previews-1236005239/

burning $25m before breakfast

https://erin.substack.com/p/burning-25m-before-breakfast

Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs AI Bills Backed by SAG-AFTRA

https://variety.com/2024/biz/news/gavin-newsom-artificial-intelligence-sag-aftra-1236147658

Microsoft, BlackRock to Launch $30 Billion Fund to Invest in Data Centers, Power for AI

https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/microsoft-blackrock-to-launch-30-billion-fund-to-invest-in-data-centers-power-for-ai

Instagram, Facing Pressure Over Child Safety Online, Unveils Sweeping Changes

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/technology/instagram-teens-safety-privacy-changes.html

California passes AI laws to curb election deepfakes, protect actors

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/18/california-ai-bills-actors-election-deepfake/

Exclusive: Marc Benioff has declared a ‘hard pivot’ to autonomous AI agents. Will it be enough for Salesforce to thrive in the generative AI era?

https://fortune.com/2024/09/05/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-ai-agents-agentforce-dreamforce-gen-ai-era/

Disney to Stop Using Slack Following Hack That Exposed Company Data

https://www.wsj.com/business/disney-to-stop-using-slack-following-hack-that-exposed-company-data-c5311caf

Solana Unveils Details of Second Crypto Phone 'Seeker'

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/09/19/solana-unveils-details-of-second-crypto-phone-seeker/

Switzerland’s Fourth-Biggest Bank ZKB Offers Retail Customers Bitcoin and Ether

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/09/04/switzerlands-fourth-biggest-bank-zkb-offers-retail-customers-bitcoin-and-ether/

Amazon adds PayPal as a payment option to Buy with Prime

https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/18/amazon-adds-paypal-as-a-payment-option-to-buy-with-prime/

23andMe independent board directors resign en masse

https://www.axios.com/2024/09/18/23andme-resignations-anne-wojcicki

Theater Owners Plan to Spend $2.2 Billion to Modernize and Upgrade Moviegoing Experience

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/theater-owners-2-billion-upgrade-moviegoing-pickleball-1236148881/

Runway Partners with Lionsgate

https://runwayml.com/news/runway-partners-with-lionsgate

MrBeast, Amazon Sued by Contestants on ‘Beast Games’ Competition Show, With Allegations Including Sexual Harassment and ‘Chronic Mistreatment’

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/mrbeast-amazon-sued-beast-games-contestants-class-action-1236148181/

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In Episode06 of Tech Vibes, we go over this week’s tech headlines, including AI's limitations in replicating human experiences to new product releases from Apple and PlayStation. The news also covers various industry developments including DirecTV's FCC complaint against Disney, AI's potential influence on elections, and significant moves in the cryptocurrency and gaming sectors.

In Episode 27 of Fort Brox, we are discussing today’s tech news we find interesting. After a brief catch up with each other, we start our podcast talking about the ETH ETF launch, our thoughts mixed with opinions on ETFs for crypto in general. We get into the accessibility of crypto now and potential risks facing the industry today. Hidden Pixels - a brief preview of what’s in store, before a segue into AI and the need for accountability in the industry, as well as our thoughts on AI as it co-mingles with everyday society.

We are back baby! After a little hiatus we are bringing season two of the Fort Brox podcast back.

You can expect 20 episodes for 2024.

In our welcome back episode we get into the Bitcoin ETF, Chris Dixon of A16Z new book "Read Write Own," the OpenAI saga of events that have transpired and much more.

Fort Brox Crypto Podcast Episode 26

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(00:00:00) Intro

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Credits

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What do you think of when you hear "DMV"?

If you are like most people, the idea that the California DMV was open and actually acted on testing a car title system on a blockchain, it would seem a huge surprise.

Well, Tezos is doing just that with the DMV.

Fort Brox Crypto Podcast Episode 25

35 Min 27 Sec

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Polygon has consistently been in the headlines of crypto, blockchain, and future web. So we decided to chop it up and have some conversation about Polygon.

Fort Brox Crypto Podcast Episode 24

Timestamps

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:00:22) Intro banter

(00:02:24) Disclosures

(00:02:37) Show details

(00:03:57) One success story

(00:08:05) Tangent on Celsius

(00:09:12) Bringing it back to Matic

(00:09:42) Starbucks Odyssey

(00:13:48) Polygon is accepted into Disney Accelerator

(00:15:01) More Polygon headlines

(00:15:36) Polygon Layer 2

(00:20:37) Polygon Tokenomics

(00:24:51) Market thoughts

(00:26:40) OpenSea

(00:28:30) Tokenized Fund on Polygon

(00:30:00) Going protocol

(00:32:25) Polygon wrap-ups

(00:34:14) In closing)

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Produced by Vocal Visual https://www.vocalvisual.com

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How do we work towards more adoption of crypto? What will it take to have more people and business utilize the technology not just the currency side of crypto.

Fort Brox Crypto Podcast Episode 23

Timestamps

(00:00:00) Intro song

(00:00:29) Intro banter

(00:01:28) Show info

(00:02:45) Disclosures

(00:03:24) What needs to happen for crypto adoption?

(00:06:50) Banking

(00:13:00) California testing with Tezos

(00:14:22) Foundational layers and protocols

(00:24:58) Onboarding crypto, ease of use

(00:34:49) Understanding blockchain

(00:35:42) Coins versus tokens

(00:39:34) In closing

(00:40:50) Tezos follow-ups

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Credits

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A little recap of 2022 and what the chatter is in the beginning of 2023 for crypto, blockchain, and future web.

Fort Brox Crypto Podcast Episode 22

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Welcome

(00:00:26) Intro and banter

(00:02:43) Disclosures

(00:03:00) What you can expect in this episode

(00:04:16) FTX

(00:10:14) Ethereum Merge

(00:15:01) Adoption of crypto and future web

(00:22:48) NFT royalties and the market

(00:27:42) Elon Musk buys Twitter

(00:30:47) Regulation and enforcement

(00:41:12) More NFTs

(00:42:58) Decentralization

(00:44:45) Aptos

(00:45:06) Apples place in the market

(00:47:37) Metaverse

(00:51:49) Arweave

(00:52:30) AI

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NFTs (Non Fungible Tokens) have become uber popular due to artists and creatives selling jpg art. But there is so much more to NFTs than what is being talked about.

We take a deeper dive in what NFTs could grow up to be, once the technology is leveraged and realized to their full potential.

Fort Brox Crypto Podcast Episode 21

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Welcome

(00:00:20) Show Intro

(00:01:44) Disclosures

(00:03:17) What we are talking about in todays episode

(00:03:59) What is an NFT

(00:05:48) Why so much hype on NFTs

(00:06:54) NFTs as a certificate of title

(00:08:42) Why talk about NFTs today

(00:13:53) What is the current status of NFTs

(00:16:34) Apple's new NFT policy

(00:27:13) A little NFT history

(00:28:13) Adoption started with creatives

(00:31:05) NFT Marketplaces

(00:31:47) NFT Tech

(00:34:55) NFT value, rights, royalties 

(00:42:04) What is the future of NFTs

(00:52:40) DMV story

(00:58:26) In closing

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Credits

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