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April 12, 2024Fri. 04/12 – OpenAI Is The Biggest Drama Startup Since Twitter
Now a big business intelligence company has been breached. Do you get the sense that people are laying the groundwork for something? Google discontinues a product, but this time, its probably our fault. M4 chips are coming from Apple. OpenAI continues to be the drama queen of Silicon Valley. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Links:
US government urges Sisense customers to reset credentials after hack (TechCrunch)
Google One VPN will be discontinued, Pixel VPN remains with upgrade coming (9to5Google)
X’s Premium users can no longer hide their blue checks (The Verge)
Apple Plans to Overhaul Entire Mac Line With AI-Focused M4 Chips (Bloomberg)
OpenAI Researchers, Including Ally of Sutskever, Fired for Alleged Leaking (The Information)
Is Google's AI Actually Discovering 'Millions of New Materials?' (404 Media)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
AI-Music Arms Race: Meet Udio, the Other ChatGPT for Music (RollingStone)
How Bluey Became a $2 Billion Smash Hit—With an Uncertain Future (Bloomberg)
18 min
April 11, 2024Thu. 04/11 – Humane AI Pin Reviews
Apple is notifying people their iPhones may have been compromised. Spotify wants you to mix up your music. Adobe is paying handsomely for videos. And the biggest new gadget review event in a long time.
Link:
Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks (TechCrunch)
Spotify Plans New Remixing Tools for the TikTok Generation (WSJ)
Adobe Is Buying Videos for $3 Per Minute to Build AI Model (Bloomberg)
Humane AI Pin review: not even close (The Verge)
16 min
April 10, 2024Wed. 04/10 – A Bunch Of Datapoints
More AI announces from Google. More hints on how Apple will bring AI to iPhones. And a bunch of interesting datapoints: how much Apple has moved away from manufacturing in China, how much money TikTok’s parent company is making, are kids warming up to VR and are alternative browsers benefitting from the DMA?
Links:
Google Launches Coding AIs That Could Rival Microsoft's Github Copilot (PCMag)
Apple's new AI model could help Siri see how iOS apps work (AppleInsider)
Apple’s India iPhone Output Hits $14 Billion in China Shift (Bloomberg)
ByteDance Profit Jumps 60%, Taking It Past Archrival Tencent (Bloomberg)
Exclusive: EU's new tech laws are working; small browsers gain market share (Reuters)
Survey shows that teenagers are using more VR devices in the US (9to5Mac)
Kobo announces its first color e-readers (The Verge)
18 min
April 09, 2024Tue. 04/09 – Google’s New AI Chips
Google has a ton of AI announces, including new Arm-based AI chips, utilizing Google search in Gemini, and more. They also released their own Find My network. Microsoft is confident they can release chips that can best Apple Silicon. And maybe OpenAI DID train on YouTube videos after all. Everybody is desperate for data right now.
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Links:
Google Expands In-House Chip Efforts in Costly AI Battle (WSJ)
Google Shows AI Model Is Enterprise-Ready After Gemini Mishaps (Bloomberg)
Gmail adding voice input, Gemini for Google Chat, Meet ‘Translate for me,’ & more (9to5Google)
Google rolling out Find My Device network for Android (9to5Google)
Microsoft is confident Windows on Arm could finally beat Apple (The Verge)
Spotify launches personalized AI playlists that you can build using prompts (TechCrunch)
How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I. (NYTimes)
18 min
April 08, 2024 (Bonus) David Marcus And Lightspark
David Marcus comes on the pod to discuss what he's been working on since leaving Meta. Specificially: Lightspark, and efforts to expand the Lighting Network and bitcoin.
21 min
April 05, 2024Fri. 04/05 – Apple Layoffs!
Apple joins the tech layoff club. Microsoft warns China is planning to disrupt elections using AI. Disney+ is joining Netflix in cracking down on password sharing. How much is the going rate to buy pictures or videos to train AI models on? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads suggestions.
Links:
Apple Cut at Least 600 Workers When Car, Screen Projects Stopped (Bloomberg)
China will use AI to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India, Microsoft warns (The Guardian)
Disney+ will crack down on password sharing in June (CNN)
Inside Big Tech's underground race to buy AI training data (Reuters)
YouTube Says OpenAI Training Sora With Its Videos Would Break Rules (Bloomberg)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
How One Tech Skeptic Decided A.I. Might Benefit the Middle Class (NYTimes)
How WhatsApp became the world’s default communication app (Engadget)
The 18 most interesting startups from YC’s Demo Day show we’re in an AI bubble (TechCrunch)
YC’s latest Demo Day shows fascinating wagers on healthcare, chip design, AI and more (TechCrunch)
19 min
April 04, 2024Thu. 04/04 – How About A TRUE iRobot?
Is Apple pivoting to home robotics now that the Apple Car project is dead? Is Google about to pivot to subscription based search? Why is X handing back blue checkmarks whether people want them or not? Why Amazon merchants are upset over return scams. And why the band Kiss might live forever.
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Links:
Apple Explores Home Robotics as Potential ‘Next Big Thing’ After Car Fizzles (Bloomberg)
Google considers charging for AI-powered search in big change to business model (FT)
X’s ‘complimentary’ Premium push gives people blue checks they didn’t ask for (The Verge)
Washington state judge blocks use of AI-enhanced video as evidence in possible first-of-its-kind ruling (NBCNews)
Amazon Sellers Plagued by Surge in Scam Returns (WSJ)
Business Schools Are Going All In on AI (WSJ)
Rock band Kiss sells rights for $300mn to firm behind Abba hologram show (FT)
18 min
April 03, 2024Wed. 04/03 – Quantum Computing Breakthrough?
Have we just had a major breakthrough in Quantum Computing? The earthquake in Taiwan might lead to some chip issues. We don’t quite know yet. Amazon is retooling it’s Just Walk Out technology. Venture capitalists are having a hard time raising money. And in the last segment of the show, I actually break some news about Coinbase.
Links:
Microsoft and Quantinuum say they’ve ushered in the next era of quantum computing (TechCrunch)
AI-generated songs are getting longer, not necessarily better (The Verge)
Top musicians among hundreds warning against replacing human artists with AI (Axios)
TSMC Facilities to Resume Production Overnight After Quake (Bloomberg)
Amazon’s Grocery Stores to Drop Just Walk Out Checkout Tech (The Information)
Venture capital reckons with the end of ‘megafund’ era (Financial Times)

YouTube Of Our Interview With David Marcus
20 min
April 02, 2024Tue. 04/02 – Amazon To Enter The AI Group Chat
Big trove of AT&T customer data dumped online. Microsoft is unbundling Teams. Amazon is readying its own big LLM. We should probably assume Section 230 does not cover AI. And what do you name an AI supercomputer? Stargate, apparently.
Links:
AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online (TechCrunch)
Exclusive: Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny (Reuters)
Amazon scrambles for its place in the AI race (The Verge)
Gen-AI Search Engine Perplexity Has a Plan to Sell Ads (Adweek)
The AI Industry Is Steaming Toward A Legal Iceberg (WSJ)
Microsoft and OpenAI Plot $100 Billion Stargate AI Supercomputer (The Information)
16 min
April 01, 2024 (Bonus) Nat Friedman Interview
What prolific AI investor Nat Friedman expects from GPT-5, Microsoft's general strategy in AI, how he invests in startups, and his background an philosophy when it comes to investing.
43 min