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  • 233. The Biggest Problem with Raising in Kentucky, Figma Acquisition Block, Companies Starting to Ban ChatGPT, and More!

    This week Logan and Evan discuss whats going on in Kentucky with startups and raising capital. The DOJ is reportedly getting ready to file suit to block the $20 billion Adobe-Figma deal  announced last year on the grounds it is anti-competitive. And we go recent news in the AI space in our AI Edge Segment!

    0:00 - Intro

    3:23 - Kentucky startups that are leveraging Wefunder

    8:26 - The Current Issue with Raising Funds in Kentucky

    19:31 - DOJ Blocks Adobe’s Acquisition of Figma

    25:55 - AI Edge Section

    Articles

    http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/inno/stories/fundings/2023/02/23/cornbread-hemp-raises-funds.html

    https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2020/04/13/crowdfunding-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-cornbread.html

    https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/inno/stories/news/2023/02/24/yornest-sputnik-atx-accelerator-group-chat-2023.html

    https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/24/doj-suit-could-represent-significant-stumbling-block-for-20b-adobe-figma-deal/

    https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/26/designers-underwhelmed-by-adobe-figma-deal/


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    32 min
  • 232. Tesla Recalls, Twitter Algorithm change, Interesting Start for Bing Chat and More!

    This week Logan and Evan discuss what’s going on with Tesla recalls, Twitter’s algorithm update for Elon, Shopify’s move to reduce meetings, and the newest the development in AI.


    0:00 - Intro

    1:55 - Train Derailment

    5:23 - Tesla Recalls

    9:34 - Elon vs Biden Twitter Impression

    13:10 - Shopify Cutting Back on Meetings

    20:21 - AI Fighter Jet

    24:24 - Bing Chat

    26:28 - Prompt Injection

    32:41 - AI Edge: Writing Emails


    Articles:

    https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-recalls-362000-us-vehicles-over-full-self-driving-software-2023-02-16/

    https://interestingengineering.com/culture/elon-musk-hits-back-at-media-reports

    https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1624931580962656261

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-eagles-tweet/

    https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-musk-fires-a-top-twitter-engineer

    https://www.npr.org/2023/02/15/1156804295/shopify-delete-meetings-zoom-virtual-productivity

    https://www.edwards.af.mil/News/Article/3297083/dod-artificial-intelligence-agents-successfully-pilot-fighter-jet/

    https://twitter.com/marvinvonhagen/status/1623658144349011971

    https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/17/23604906/microsoft-bing-ai-chat-limits-conversations


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    35 min
  • 231. AI Competition Heats Up, China Joins the AI Race, AppHarvest Update, and More!

    On this episode of Middle Tech, Logan and Evan cover:

    0:00 - Intro

    5:04 - AI Competition Heats Up

    10:45 - China’s Baidu is releasing their own ChatGPT

    14:55 - Microsoft is launching an all-new, AI-powered Bing search engine

    22:48 - AppHarvest announces $40M public stock offering

    31:28 - AI Edge, Headlines and Tips


    Articles:

    Google shares drop $100 billion after its new AI chatbot makes a mistake

    China's biggest search engine is to set launch a ChatGPT rival in March

    Reinventing search with a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge, your copilot for the web

    AppHarvest announces $40M public stock offering


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    35 min
  • 230. Chinese Weather Balloon Shot Down, FTC’s Proposed Ban on Noncompete w/ Koby Hastings

    On this episode of Middle Tech, Logan and Evan cover:

    0:00 - Intro

    5:09 - Chinese Weather Balloon Shot Down Live

    10:08 - FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements

    27:40 - AI Edge, Headlines and Tips


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    36 min
  • 229. Google Anti-trust Lawsuit, AI Music Released, Shutterstock partners OpenAI

    On this episode of Middle Tech, Logan and Evan cover:

    4:35 - Google Ads business under attack in Anti-trust Lawsuit

    12:00 - Google created an AI-powered musician

    17:15 - Shutterstock partners with OpenAI to avoid extinction

    25:40 - AI Edge


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    41 min
  • 226. Middle Tech Podcast Live: Kentucky Educator Reacting to ChatGPT

    Welcome to season 6 of the Middle Tech Podcast! For this season, we are now hosting episodes LIVE on Mondays at 8am EST. As part of this change, we will be covering national & local news in technology and startups, while having a local guest join to give their perspectives.

    On this episode, we cover:

    • Amazon laying off an additional 18,000 employees
    • ChatGPT is being banned on all NYC public school devices and networks. Darshak Patel, senior lecturer and Director of the Economics department at UK’s Gatton College of Business, joins us to give his perspective on how ChatGPT is disrupting education.
    • Coinbase settles with New York state financial regulator for $100 million over “historical” shortcomings in anti-money laundering standards
    • AppHarvest completes a sale-leaseback of it Berea farm for $127M and hires a new COO

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      *We apologize for the audio issues in this episode as we experiment with the new live format - we will have those fixed by the next episode.

      44 min
    • Friday Update • 12/16/22: The First Net Gain Fusion Reaction, Trump's NFTs, SBF Arrested, Elon Suspends Several Journalists, and Reviewing 3 Years of SPACs

      Logan and Evan cover the Department of Energy’s announcement on achieving net gain nuclear fusion, Trump releasing an NFT, SBF getting arrested, Elon suspending accounts under a new doxxing policy, and a review of the SPAC market over the past few years.

      Thanks to all who listened throughout the year - we’ll be continuing to create content similar to what’s on the Friday Update, but it will be on our Monday episodes instead. See you all in 2023!

      Today's Friday Update is sponsored by KY Innovation

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      32 min

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