Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

By Andrew Sharp and Ben ThompsonTechnology

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Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson episodes

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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1 hr 8 min
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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15 min
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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1 hr 10 min
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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18 min
October 26, 2023 Netflix Revives the Monoculture, The NBA and Its Rights Fee Future, The Bidding Calculus for Amazon and Disney
A Netflix letter to shareholders that doubles as a message to the rest of Hollywood, the NBA’s precarious negotiating posture as the cable bundle crumbles, and one way Amazon could make the NBA a worthwhile investment.
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Netflix Earnings, Netflix’s Licensing Pitch, Netflix Gaming Revisited — Stratechery Update
Amazon Is Eyeing an NBA Package for Tuesdays or Thursdays — Front Office Sports
ESPN Financials, NBA Spin, Jon Stewart vs. Apple — Stratechery Update
ESPN May Be Worth $22 Billion Based on First Look at Results — Bloomberg
An ESPN Aggregator, Google Magic Eraser, Bing Chat Monetization? — Stratechery Update
What the NBA Can Learn From Formula 1 — Stratechery
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1 hr 17 min
October 23, 2023 (Preview) Google’s Calculus with Mobile Search, What US v. Google Makes Clear About Apple, Two Types of Regulation
The Maps history that undergirds Google’s partnership with Apple, whether the Apple and Google app stores should be regulated like modern day utility companies, and a question about regulation and ideological consistency. At the end: iPhone etiquette, a Delta update, and TikTot on interesting parents and adult supervision.
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Google and the Limits of Strategy — Stratechery
‘Unprecedented’ Secrecy in Google Trial as Tech Giants Push to Limit Disclosures — New York Times
Microsoft CEO warns of ‘nightmare’ future for AI if Google’s search dominance continues — CNN
Microsoft Says Apple Used Bing as Google ‘Bargaining Chip’ — Bloomberg
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16 min
October 19, 2023 (Preview) The New York Times, Fake News, and Seven Years of Misdirected Energy
Memories of an article in 2016, a reminder that the impact of fake news is generally correlated to the speaker, not the speech, and a question about harm yields an answer about the importance precision and principles.
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Fake News — Stratechery
In Defense of The New York Times — Stratechery
Defining Information — Stratechery
Twitter, Responsibility, and Accountability — Stratechery
After Hospital Blast, Headlines Shift With Changing Claims — New York Times
Facebook Gave Data Access to Chinese Firm Flagged by U.S. Intelligence — New York Times
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16 min
October 17, 2023 College Students and Chips, The Future of Computing (and the Limits of Physics), Formula 1 and Apple
An emailer recommends ignoring college students on Twitter, the strategic logic of America’s ban on the sale of advanced chips to China, and a few different questions about AI and our digital future. At the end: Apple’s rumored F1 interest and why the partnership makes sense.
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Phillies grand slam without announcers — @steph_turkey
Defining Information — Stratechery
An Interview with Chip War Author Chris Miller — Stratechery Interview
Chips and Geopolitics — Stratechery
The Huawei Mate 60 Pro, 7nm Background, Implications and Reactions — Stratechery Update
Apple set to take over Formula 1 — TheJudge13
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1 hr 5 min
October 12, 2023 The Hamas Attacks and Social Media, Competing Public Interests, Efforts to Stay Sane in a New Information Ecosystem
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Zero Trust Information — Stratechery
Tech and War — Stratechery
The TikTok War — Stratechery
Graphic war videos go viral, testing social media’s rules — The Washington Post
TikTok Footage Becomes World’s Window Into Israel Conflict — Bloomberg
Pro-Neutrality, Anti-Title II — Stratechery
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1 hr 15 min
October 05, 2023 (Preview) The Sphere is Here, Collapsing Distinctions Between Physical and Digital Reality, Emails on Amazon and Antitrust
The Sphere in all its LED splendor, more questions about AI devices and virtual reality, brief thoughts on Michael Lewis and SBF, and reading a few of the many listener emails inspired by Tuesday's Amazon discussion.
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The world's most unique billboard: The hefty price tag to advertise on the Vegas Sphere — NBC Las Vegas
New York Loves to Hate Him. Can a $2.3 Billion Sphere Redeem Jim Dolan? — New York Times
Las Vegas and Its Big, Big Ambitions — New York Times
World While Las Vegas inaugurates its Sphere, London residents push back on plans for replica venue — CBS News
Amazon Used Secret ‘Project Nessie’ Algorithm to Raise Prices — Wall Street Journal
AI and Ambient Computing, Zuckerberg and The Verge, Amazon and Anthropic — Stratechery Update
AI, Hardware, and Virtual Reality — Stratechery
Michael Lewis on '60 Minutes' — CBS News
SBF Was Reckless From the Start — Bloomberg
Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America — Good Reads
24 years ago today, the ultimate posterize by Shaq — YouTube: New York Post Sports
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16 min