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November 07, 2023Tue. 11/07 – An App Store, But For GPTs
OpenAI wants to open an App Store where everyone can build their own GPTs. There’s also a new GPT-4 that has gotten significantly cheaper. Did Cruise know its cars were underperforming even before the DMV shut them down? WeWork is officially dead, but are we seeing green shoots… evidence that the tech recession might be ending?
Links:
OpenAI Launches GPT-4 Turbo (TechCrunch)
OpenAI is letting anyone create their own version of ChatGPT (The Verge)
CRUISE KNEW ITS SELF-DRIVING CARS HAD PROBLEMS RECOGNIZING CHILDREN — AND KEPT THEM ON THE STREETS (The Intercept)
WeWork, once valued at $47 billion, files for bankruptcy (CNBC)
Shein Targets Up to $90 Billion Valuation in US IPO, Sources Say (Bloomberg)
Klarna’s financial glow-up is my favorite story in tech right now (TechCrunch)
19 min
November 06, 2023Mon. 11/06 – Elon “Groks” AI
Elon releases his AI model. The Chinese AI startup that has hit unicorn status in just 8 months by going the open source route. The reviews of the new Mac with M3 chips are out, and they’re generally good. But if you’ve been pining for a new 27 inch iMac, I’ve got some very bad news for you.
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Elon Musk debuts ‘Grok’ AI bot to rival ChatGPT, others (CNBC)
AI Pioneer Kai-Fu Lee Builds $1 Billion Startup in Eight Months (Bloomberg)
Bumble CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd Steps Down (WSJ)
Review: Apple’s 16-inch M3 Max MacBook Pro crams Ultra-level speed into a laptop (ArsTechnica)
Apple has no plans to make a 27-inch iMac with Apple Silicon (The Verge)
19 min
November 03, 2023Fri. 11/03 – SBF Guilty
Sam Bankman Fried has been found guilty. The FTC alleges Jeff Bezos ordered Amazon to boost junk ads. Elon Musk says Starlink is almost profitable. He also says he’s about to release his own AI model. And in the Weekend Longreads Suggestions, is Elon about to give Joe Rogan a new lily pad to take his podcast to?
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Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud (The Verge)
Sam Bankman-Fried Was a Grown Up Criminal, Not an Impulsive Man-Child (NYTimes)
Starlink achieves cash-flow breakeven, says SpaceX CEO Musk (Reuters)
Musk's xAI set to launch first AI model to select group (Reuters)
Amazon Boosted Junk Ads, Deleted Messages to Thwart Antitrust Probe, FTC Says (Bloomberg)
Google AdSense moving to per-impression payments in 2024 (9to5Google)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
The EV transition trips over its own cord (The Verge)
Joe Rogan’s big decision (The Verge)
18 min
November 02, 2023Thu. 11/02 – Silicon Mesa?
Looks like Disney is finally going to swallow Hulu. One more time we’re going to look at the AI regulation debate, this time noting that governments are regulating tech ahead of time for the first time in a while. You might want to tip your DoorDasher ahead of time. And can I coin a term? Arizona is becoming Silicon Mesa?
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Links:
Disney Says It Will Take Full Control of Hulu (NYTimes)
Joe Biden Wants US Government Algorithms Tested for Potential Harm Against Citizens (Wired)
Attenuating Innovation (AI) (Stratechery)
DoorDash now warns you that your food might get cold if you don’t tip (The Verge)
‘Our secret weapon’: how a university bolstered Phoenix’s rise as US chip capital (Financial Times)
18 min
November 01, 2023Wed. 11/01 – WeWork To The Deadpool?
LinkedIn has an AI job coach for you. Netflix’s ad tier is doing well. But is it doing well enough. You might have thought this already happened, but WeWork seems to be seriously circling the deadpool. A potentially big breakthrough for medicinal discovery via AI. And more on the evolving AI debate around open source and regulatory capture.
Links:
LinkedIn’s new AI chatbot wants to help you get a job (CNBC)
Netflix, Pushing Into AVOD Fray, Plans New Ad Formats, ‘Crown’ Sponsorship Deals (Variety)
WeWork Plans to File for Bankruptcy as Early as Next Week (WSJ)
DeepMind’s latest AlphaFold model is more useful for drug discovery (TechCrunch)
Google DeepMind boss hits back at Meta AI chief over ‘fearmongering’ claim (CNBC)
What the executive order means for openness in AI (AI Snake Oil)
17 min
October 31, 2023Tue. 10/31 – The New M3 Chips And Macs
All the headlines for last night’s Apple event, including interesting details about the new M3 chips. One year on from Elon purchasing it, what is X worth now? Is Nvidia gonna have to cancel all those chip orders from China? And are people crying chicken little about the threat of AI in order to do some regulatory capture?
Links:
Apple ‘Scary Fast’ Mac launch event: the 4 biggest announcements (The Verge)
Apple officially unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max: 3 nanometer, Dynamic Caching GPU, more (9to5Mac)
Apple M3 Pro Chip Has 25% Less Memory Bandwidth Than M1/M2 Pro (MacRumors)
Nvidia’s $5 Billion of China Orders in Limbo After Latest U.S. Curbs (WSJ)
X Says It Is Worth $19 Billion, Down From $44 Billion Last Year (NYTimes)
Artists Lose First Round of Copyright Infringement Case Against AI Art Generators (TRH)
Google Brain cofounder says Big Tech companies are lying about the risks of AI wiping out humanity because they want to dominate the market (Insider)
18 min
October 30, 2023Mon. 10/30 – AI Guardrails
Governments around the world announce guardrails for AI… or, at least, suggest some. OpenAI takes steps to keep you from going to plugins. Meta seems serious about offering a subscription option to Europeans. Your earbuds are about to get smarter. And how AI might finally give us useful robots.
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Links:
Biden releases AI executive order directing agencies to develop safety guidelines (The Verge)
Exclusive: G7 to agree AI code of conduct for companies (Reuters)
New Version Of ChatGPT Gives Access To All GPT-4 Tools At Once (Search Engine Journal)
Google Commits $2 Billion in Funding to AI Startup Anthropic (WSJ)
Meta to Offer Ad-Free Facebook, Instagram Subscriptions in Europe (Bloomberg)
Google can turn ANC earbuds into a heart rate monitor with no extra hardware (9to5Google)
Stacking Boxes? Treating Cancer? AI Needs to Learn Physics First (WSJ)
18 min
October 28, 2023 (Bonus) Did Tech Recover This Year? With Big Technology
We started this year with layoffs and the whole "Tech Recession" narrative. So, as we wind up the year, did tech recover this year, and if so, how? Also, self-driving cars and speculation on Monday's Apple event.
Check out Big Technology here!
1 hr 25 min
October 27, 2023Fri. 10/27 – SBF Takes The Stand
Amazon wraps up tech earnings week. Microsoft raises the alarm about a really sophisticate new hacking group. SBF actually takes the stand. OpenAI sets up a system to keep their AI from, you know, blowing up the world. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.
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Microsoft: Octo Tempest is one of the most dangerous financial hacking groups (BleepingComputer)
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried previews legal defence at fraud trial (FT)
Cruise pauses all driverless robotaxi operations to ‘rebuild public trust’ (TechCrunch)
OpenAI forms team to study ‘catastrophic’ AI risks, including nuclear threats (TechCrunch)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird (Wired)
“Math is hard” — if you are an LLM – and why that matters (Gary Marcus Blog)
The poster’s guide to the internet of the future (The Verge)
19 min
October 26, 2023Thu. 10/26 – A Complete AirPods Revamp
Meta earnings from yesterday. Apple seems to be planning a complete revamp of the AirPods lineup. Spotify plans major changes to how it does royalties. X rolls out video and audio calls. And a look at how those new gesture controls work on the Apple Watch.
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Links:
Zuckerberg says Threads has almost 100 million monthly users (The Verge)
Apple Plans AirPods Overhaul With New Low- and High-End Models, USB-C Headphones (Bloomberg)
Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple News+ Receiving Price Increases (MacRumors)
SPOTIFY IS CHANGING ITS ROYALTY MODEL TO CRUSH STREAMING FRAUD AND INTRODUCE A MINIMUM PAYMENT THRESHOLD. ITS PLAN? TO SHIFT $1 BILLION IN PAYOUTS TOWARDS ‘WORKING ARTISTS’ OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. (MusicBusinessWorldwide)
X is officially rolling out audio and video calls (The Verge)
The Apple Watch’s double tap gesture points at a new way to use wearables (The Verge)
16 min