Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

By Ben Thompson

A podcast about understanding how tech works and the way it is changing the world. Hosted by Andrew Sharp with Ben Thompson.... more

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The podcast currently has 218 episodes available.

Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson episodes:

December 07, 2023 Why the Internet Is Getting Worse and Why That Might Be Good for Society
Ben’s article on “Regretful Accelerationism,” the differences between today’s Internet and that of 10 years ago, AI articles at Sports Illustrated as digital media continues its decline, and why the increasingly bleak outlook for social media might be healthy for society itself.
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Regretful Accelerationism — Stratechery
Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers — Futurism
Why Web Pages Suck — Stratechery
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1h 8min
November 30, 2023 (Preview) Elon at the DealBook Summit, The Strategic and Technical Failures at X, What Musk Might Be Getting Right
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NYT DealBook Summit: Elon Musk — X: @andrewrsorkin
Two Apple Items, Twitter Cash Flow, Twitter Versus Advertisers — Stratechery Update
Substack Has a Nazi Problem — The Atlantic
Spotify and Joe Rogan, Culture and Principles, Music Versus Podcasts and the Long Run — Stratechery Update
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17min
November 27, 2023 (Preview) Altman Returns to OpenAI, Governments and the AI Ecosystem, Q* Questions and Hitchhiking Robots
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Altman Returns as OpenAI CEO in Chaotic Win for Microsoft — Bloomberg
OpenAI’s Misalignment and Microsoft’s Gain — Stratechery
The OpenAI Saga Continues, Microsoft’s New Chips, Microsoft’s AI Platform Hedge — Stratechery Update
HitchBOT, the hitchhiking robot, gets beheaded in Philadelphia — CNN
The Crown season 6 review – so bad it’s basically an out-of-body experience — The Guardian
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13min
November 21, 2023 OpenAI and Microsoft, Human Nature and the Not-So-Effective Altruists, Imperfect Information and the Cult of Sam Altman
Reactions to one of the most extraordinary weekends in the history of the tech industry, the blindspots that were exposed among both the OpenAI board and Microsoft, the non-profit model for development and OpenAI's recruiting prowess, and a groundswell of support for Sam Altman as a variety of questions remain.
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OpenAI’s Misalignment and Microsoft’s Gain — Stratechery
The Accidental Consumer Tech Company; ChatGPT, Meta, and Product-Market Fit; Aggregation and APIs — Stratechery Update
The OpenAI Saga Continues, Microsoft’s New Chips, Microsoft’s AI Platform Hedge — Stratechery Update
OpenAI, Artificial Intelligence and Data, Data and Recruiting — Stratechery Update
Altman Sought Billions For Chip Venture Before OpenAI Ouster — Bloomberg
Microsoft Wants to Work With OpenAI’s Sam Altman, No Matter Where he is, CEO Nadella Says — Bloomberg
Inside the Chaos at OpenAI — The Atlantic
The Doomed Mission Behind Sam Altman’s Shock Ouster From OpenAI — Bloomberg
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1h 16min
November 16, 2023 A Stratechery, Sharp Tech, and Sharp China Crossover on the Chip Ban, Taiwan, TikTok and More
After one year of Sharp Tech and Sharp China, a summit with Ben Thompson, Bill Bishop and Andrew Sharp to discuss podcasting, the chip ban, the US-China relationship and beyond.
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1h 5min
November 15, 2023 Will We Speak to Chatbots or Write to Them?, Obstacles for Apple and OpenAI, Follow-Up on Tech and Real Estate
An emailer makes the argument for text over voice as the AI interface of the future, the introduction of Humane's AI pin, and questions for Apple and OpenAI as the AI ecosystem evolves. At the end: A few clarifications from listeners and more thoughts on tech and the real estate market.
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The OpenAI Keynote — Stratechery
Realtors Lose in Court, Zillow and Real Estate Aggregation, From Franchises to Businesses — Stratechery Update
AI, Hardware, and Virtual Reality — Stratechery
This is the Humane Ai Pin — @Humane
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1h 10min
November 09, 2023 Waiting for Immersive ChatGPT, ChatGPT and the Consumer Challenge, OpenAI’s Enterprise vs. Consumer Balancing Act
The possibilities of a universal chatbot for the future, the challenges for any new consumer tech company trying to match the scale of incumbents, and the strategic questions facing OpenAI as its leadership allocates resources and considers a move into hardware.
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The OpenAI Keynote — Stratechery
OpenAI DevDay, Opening Keynote — OpenAI
More on Google and AI; OpenAI, Integration, and Microsoft — Stratechery Update
The End of the Beginning — Stratechery
AI Homework — Stratechery
Designer Jony Ive and OpenAI’s Sam Altman Discuss AI Hardware Project — The Information
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1h 8min
November 06, 2023 (Preview) The Future of Buying and Selling Houses, Two Price Fixing Lawsuits, The In-Season Tournament and Ronald Reagan
A verdict in Missouri portends big changes in the real estate industry, why real estate is a natural fit for an aggregator, and divergent outcomes from two tech-adjacent price-fixing cases. At the end: The NBA and streaming, and Ronald Reagan’s version of Mission: Impossible.
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The Way You Pay to Buy or Sell a Home Is About to Change — Wall Street Journal
Atlantic City Hotels Turn Attention to Vegas Courthouse in Pricing Algorithms Case — The National Law Review
An Interview with Opendoor CEO Eric Wu About Building a Marketplace in a Real Estate Slowdown — Stratechery Interview
Opendoor Earnings, Opendoor’s Pricing, Opendoor’s Scalability — Stratechery Update
Are Broker Commissions Too High? — New York Times
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15min
November 02, 2023 Biden’s Executive Order on AI, Innovation and the Steve Jobs Approach, Balancing AI Risks and Upside
The White House executive order on AI, the accidental lesson of all the analogies to nuclear technology, what Steve Jobs and Bill Gates can teach us about innovation, and a look at the competing systemic priorities that create AI questions without clear answers.
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Attenuating Innovation (AI) — Stratechery
An Interview with Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman about the AI Hype Cycle — Stratechery Interview
Netflix Follow-Up, The Senate Tech Bill — Stratechery Update
Biden wants to move fast on AI safeguards and signs an executive order to address his concerns — The Associated Press
Fukushima Outrage Continues; Secretary Raimondo in China; Perfect Timing for a Huawei Launch; TikTok Lobbyists Take a Bow — Sharp China
Taking On AI | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One — Paramount Pictures YouTube Channel
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1h 10min
October 31, 2023 (Preview) 100th Episode Mailbag: New MacBooks, CarPlay Closure, Dennard Scaling and the Chip Ban, Netflix and a Prestige Tier, Hardware as a Service
Celebrating 100 episodes of Sharp Tech with quick thoughts on Monday night's Apple event, a second look at GM's foray into software, the tech CEO that should be the next NBA commissioner, and more emails from listeners.
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GM thinks it can wean you off Apple CarPlay and Android Auto — The Verge
Apple unveils the new MacBook Pro featuring the M3 family of chips, making the world’s best pro laptop even better — Apple Newsroom
China Chips and Moore’s Law — Stratechery
The World’s Biggest Carmaker Made a Huge Bet on Tech. Things Went Wrong Fast. — Wall Street Journal
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18min

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