Episodes

May 20, 2024

Mon. 05/20 – That GPT Voice Is NOT Scar-Jo

No, that ChatGPT voice is not Scarlett Johansson, stop asking. In fact, that voice is going away. What does it mean if OpenAI’s entire superalignment team has gone away? Is Apple News+ the partner publishers have been waitin…
May 17, 2024

Fri. 05/17 – Reddit Embraces Its AI Role

As telegraphed for the last year, Reddit is going all in on being an all you can eat buffet for AI companies. Will new batteries give iPhones longer battery life like I want, or will they just make the phones thinner? A subt…
May 16, 2024

Thu. 05/16 – Instagram Founder To Anthropic

Some AI companies want to go after web search. But by hiring an Instagram founder, is Anthropic going in a social or app direction? Will AI kill the carbon neutral ambitions of the major tech players? Will tech companies now…
May 15, 2024

Wed. 05/15 – Google’s I/O Announces.

All the announces from Google’s massive I/O event yesterday, including, yes, generative AI summaries are fully coming to Google Search. Plus, the camera-based AI system they teased that looks really cool. Ilya Sutskever offi…
May 14, 2024

Tue. 05/14 – GPT-4o

OpenAI unveils GPT-4o which makes Siri look like the technical cul-de-sac it very much is. But what does it mean that this was NOT GPT-5? What does it mean for the gaming industry that the PS5 might be underperforming? More …
May 13, 2024

Mon. 05/13 – The Solar Storm Is Real (Ask Farmers)

Well, looks like my worries about solar weather being a threat to technology wasn’t just in my head. Ask farmers. Squarespace to go private. Raspberry Pi to go public? Waymo is setting some impressive records. And the new ty…
May 10, 2024

Fri. 05/10 – Apple Apologizes For The “Crush” Ad

Well that was fast. Apple apologized for the “Crush” Ad, saying they missed the mark on that one. Microsoft is launching a mobile game app store. Elevenlabs is getting into the music generating game. And of course, the Weeke…
May 9, 2024

Thu. 05/09 – The Weird Apple Ad Backlash

AlphaFold 3 is a new AI model to predict interactions and structures of proteins, the better to cure diseases and create medicine with. More cuts in Microsoft gaming. The community backlash erupting over at Stack Overflow. A…
May 8, 2024

Wed. 05/08 – Bethesda Bloodbath

Multiple Bethesda studios are being shut down by Xbox and gamers are worried. The new Pixel phone announcement yesterday that probably nobody heard about. What if OpenAI decides to go after web search? And the surprising fac…
May 7, 2024

Tue. 05/07 – The Spring Apple Event

All the headlines from today’s Spring Apple event. New iPads? M4 chip? I don’t actually know cause I’m recording this bit beforehand. I can tell you Apple might make its own server chips tho. Nintendo has outlined plans to r…
May 6, 2024

Mon. 05/06 – AI Generated Books, Music Videos And… Fighter Pilots?

Jack Dorsey abandoned Twitter and now he’s abandoned Bluesky as well. YouTube rolls out Jump Ahead. Threads launches post quote controls. More than 40 thousand books on Audible are now voiced by AI. The Air Force is planning…
May 3, 2024

Fri. 05/03 – Apple Earnings Underline Their Predicament

Apple earnings are out and revenue was down almost everywhere. Boy, AI can’t come fast enough for them. Did you know you can send Bluetooth signals to satellites in space? The full Rabbit R1 reviews turned out exactly how we…
May 2, 2024

Thu. 05/02 – TikTok Can Jam Again

The music is back on TikTok with a new deal struck. Maybe a third of Americans were affected by that Change Healthcare hack. Why are companies suddenly cutting teams you’d think would be sacred cows? Airbnb wants you to stay…
May 1, 2024

Wed. 05/01 – An Elon Catchup

Binance founder CZ looks like he’s heading to jail too, but for way less time than SBF. Is the Rabbit R1 just a fancy device for a glorified Android app? Has OpenAI floated a secret pre-release of GPT5? And finally, so much …
April 30, 2024

Tue. 04/30 – Underbaked Hardware Releases

The FCC has fined all the major telecom companies. You’ll never guess why. Why the DMA actions from the EU might be a constant thing. Devs, how about an AI-powered IDE? You’ll never guess why Peacock thinks it can raise pric…
April 29, 2024

Mon. 04/29 – AI Strategies

Apple continues discussions with folks to partner for AI product. Will the upcoming iPad event kick off Apple’s AI strategy? Why does spending on AI seem to work for Google and Microsoft but not for Meta? Why were a bunch of…
April 26, 2024

Fri. 04/26 – Net Neutrality Is Back

Net Neutrality has been voted back into existence. Earnings from Microsoft and Google, but it’s the YouTube numbers that continue to impress me. ByteDance claims it would rather be banned than sell US TikTok. The Onion finds…
April 25, 2024

Thu. 04/25 – Zuck Is Disappointing Wall Street Again

Meta’s earnings were fine, but it’s what Zuck warned about spending that has Wall Street nervous. Sub 2nm chips are on their way. An AI startup has a big new raise after its big raise just a month ago. Google Meet lets you j…
April 24, 2024

Wed. 04/24 – What Now For TikTok?

The TikTok divestment bill has probably already been signed into law. What happens now? What are the legal arguments that this thing can stick? What about things like, you know, the First Amendment? Also, ads in Windows? Tim…
April 23, 2024

Tue. 04/23 – Microsoft’s Own LLMs and Perplexity’s Big Raise

Microsoft has launched new lightweight AI models. Perplexity has a big new raise. Meta wants other people to build Quest headsets. Another reason Apple needs to find new revenue. And if Congress really is going to ban TikTok…
April 22, 2024

Mon. 04/22 – TikTok Back On The Chopping Block?

I know we’ve said this before, but TikTok really seems on the brink this time. What the heck is going on with Tesla? Tinder wants you to share your date. Streamers want you to stop dating around and playing the field. An ope…
April 19, 2024

Fri. 04/19 – All The News About Llama 3

Meta released Llama 3 yesterday, and some of the moves they made have made be consider if Zuck could win these first AI wars. Is Zuck also getting aggressive in VR? Why Apple had to take down the WhatsApp and Threads apps in…
April 18, 2024

Thu. 04/18 – Game Emulators On iOS And The Atlas Robot Lives!

Google has fired 28 employees for political protests yesterday. A well-known coding school has been fined by the CFPB. Game emulators come to the iPhone. TikTok’s Instagram clone is rolling out. Has Sony perfecting Mini LED …
April 17, 2024

Wed. 04/17 – Copilots Or The Biggest Model Wins? The Competing AI Visions.

T-Mobile and Verizon employees are being offered bribes for SIM swaps. How much coding copilots have taken over. How much would you value Mistral or Cohere in the LLM race? How popular has Airchat gotten? How big has Amazon …