Tue. 04/18 – Is The AI Era Kicking Off A New Generation Of Silicon?
Is the AI revolution going to kick of a silicon revolution with a whole new generation of chips? Coinbase would consider leaving the US if it can’t get clarity from regulators. Is the Apple savings account the savings account for you? A look at Twitter competitor Bluesky. And what happens if you take GPT-4 and feed it back on itself? Sponsors: Notion.com/ride Grammarly.com/techmeme Links: Microsoft Readies AI Chip as Machine Learning Costs Surge (The Information) Coinbase Could Move Away From U.S. if No Regulatory Clarity: CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk) Major Photography Prize Winner Reveals Image Is AI-Generated, Rejects Award (Motherboard) Apple finally launches high-yield Apple Savings account (Apple Insider) Bluesky’s CEO wants to build a Musk-proof, decentralized version of Twitter (The Verge) Hype grows over “autonomous” AI agents that loop GPT-4 outputs (ArsTechnica) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
18 Huhti 202318min
Mon. 04/17 – Is Google About To Lose Samsung?
Hey everybody, back from Ireland, and man, the universe dumped all the news on me this morning. Google is rushing to add AI to search because they’re afraid Samsung is about to jump ship to Bing. More chaos at Twitter. Meta has to make nice with advertisers. Spotify seems to be abandoning it’s paywall podcast strategy. And is Apple’s Watch OS about to get its biggest overhaul ever? Sponsors: Grammarly.com/techmeme GetSunday.com/ride Links: Google Devising Radical Search Changes to Beat Back A.I. Rivals (NYTimes) Sega to acquire Angry Birds maker Rovio for $776 million (CNBC) U.S. House Committee Publishes Draft Stablecoin Bill (CoinDesk) Elon Musk just shut down automation for important public safety accounts (Mashable) Is Twitter finally dying? (Vox) Meta Tries to Lure Advertisers With Reels Discounts, AI Tools (The Information) Spotify will drop paywall for Gimlet podcasts (Semafor) Apple Plans to Launch More Than Just Its New Headset at WWDC (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 Huhti 202319min
Fri. 04/14 - AWS Enters the Gen AI Race
AWS has begun offering customers access to LLMs made by Anthropic, Stability AI, and AI21 Labs, as they look to be a neutral platform for generative AI features. WhatsApp is rolling out new verification and protection features, including defenses against SIM jacking and social engineering attacks. Twitter has just increased the character limit to 10,000 for Blue subscribers. And your weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Ramp.com/techmeme Bloomberg.com/careers Links: Amazon Joins Microsoft, Google in AI Race Spurred by ChatGPT (Wall Street Journal) Amazon Is Joining the Generative AI Race (WIRED) WhatsApp makes it harder for scammers to steal your account (Engadget) Key transparency explainer (Matthew Green, Twitter) Twitter Blue’s new 10,000 character limit turns tweets into essays (The Verge) Dril Is Everyone. More Specifically, He’s a Guy Named Paul. (The Ringer) With a wave of new LLMs, open-source AI is having a moment — and a red-hot debate (VentureBeat) Is ‘The Economist’ Making the Best News Podcasts Right Now? (Vulture) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 Huhti 202321min
Thu. 04/13 - They're Trying Their Damnedest To Ruin The HBO Brand
The stocks of Apple suppliers Cirrus Logic and AAC are down after reporting that iPhone 15 Pro models won’t have solid-state buttons after all. IBM is reportedly looking into selling The Weather Company, for quite a bit less than they paid for it in 2015. LinkedIn has new identity verification via the airport and stadium security service CLEAR. Ethereum has successfully completed its Shanghai, or Shapella, upgrade, letting users withdraw staked ether. And Warner Bros. Discovery has officially renamed HBO Max to just… Max. Sponsors: Nutrafol.com/men, promo code RIDE Links: Apple reportedly nixes iPhone 15 button upgrade, sending supplier stock down 12% (CNBC) iPhone 15 Pro may not have new solid-state volume buttons after all (9to5 Mac) IBM Explores Sale of Weather Business (Wall Street Journal) IBM Mulling Sale of Weather Technology Assets (The Information) LinkedIn rolls out ways to verify your identity and employment, without a price tag (TechCrunch) LinkedIn Verification Now Lets You Verify Your Job and Account (WIRED) Ethereum’s (ETH) Shanghai, Shapella Upgrade Looks ‘Stable,’ Developer Beiko Says (Bloomberg) Ethereum Unstaking Requests Pile Up After Shanghai Upgrade, Now at 2-Week Wait (CoinDesk) 'The Penguin' Trailer: Colin Farrell Returns to Gotham as 'The Batman' Spinoff Series Confirms 2024 Release (Variety) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 Huhti 202316min
Wed. 04/12 - Twitter Inc. No Longer Exists?
Elon Musk did a big spontaneous interview with the BBC last night on Twitter Spaces, but here’s two things that didn’t make the interview: Twitter appears to be working on generative AI for reasons yet unknown and Twitter Inc. doesn’t exist as a company anymore. Global VC funding for crypto startups fell to $2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2023, down 80% from an all-time high in 2022. Video game illustrators in China say AI image generators are causing them to lose their jobs. And Reddit moderators saying AI-generated spam is rapidly mounting as they brace themselves for a spam apocalypse. Links: Elon Musk is moving forward with a new generative-AI project at Twitter after purchasing thousands of GPUs (Insider) Twitter Inc. has been merged with X Corp. and “no longer exists,” Elon Musk’s company says in a court filing. (Slate) Six things we learned from Elon Musk interview (BBC) Crypto VC Funding Plunges by 80% in Dire Quarter for Startups (Bloomberg) AI is already taking video game illustrators' jobs in China (Rest of World) Reddit Moderators Brace for a ChatGPT Spam Apocalypse (VICE) NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After ‘Government-Funded’ Label (NY Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 Huhti 202318min
Tue. 04/11 - China's ChatGPT Competitors Are Here
Alibaba revealed its ChatGPT-style bot, and mere hours later the Cyberspace Administration of China announced plans to require security reviews of generative AI tools before they’re released. The Winklevoss twins made a $100 million loan to their crypto exchange, Gemini Trust, after it failed to raise enough from outside investors. The FBI has warned against using any public USB charging ports. And YouTube has announced new Premium features and also announced the pricing for their NFL Sunday Ticket packagers and they’re not cheap. Sponsors: Bloomberg.com/careers go.tech/tm Links: China slaps security reviews on AI products as Alibaba unveils ChatGPT challenger (Ars Technica) China proposes measures to manage generative AI services (Reuters) Winklevoss Twins Lend $100 Million to Their Gemini Crypto Platform (Bloomberg) Juice jacking rising, FBI says don't use airport USB outlets (Android Authority) YouTube Premium adds more perks with SharePlay support, higher quality video and more (TechCrunch) NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube starts at $249 for the 2023 season (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11 Huhti 202318min
Mon. 04/10 - Would You Believe Me If I Told You Elon Changed His Mind?
Twitter has stopped throttling tweets with Substack links in them, but only after Elon Musk denied they were ever blocked. About 270 US Apple Stores have held staff meetings about unionization risks in the past two weeks. A New York Times article about the environmental and economic impact of bitcoin mines has some crypto proponents up in arms. And the 2023 Dell XPS 13 is… fine. Just fine. Sponsors: OregonState.edu Links: Twitter stops throttling tweets with Substack links (Engadget) Elon Musk Denies Substack Links Are Blocked On Twitter, A Claim That’s Very Misleading (Forbes) Apple (AAPL) Continues Efforts to Keep Retail Stores From Unionizing (Bloomberg) The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin (NY Times) Crypto enthusiasts go after New York Times for its BTC mining report (Cryptopolitan) Rebuttal to the NYT article (Daniel Batten, Twitter) Dell XPS 13 review: Dell is coasting (and that’s fine) (The Verge) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 Huhti 202321min
(BNS EP) Anyone In Control Of Big Tech? W/ David Auerbach
Check out David Auerbach's books: Meganets: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities Bitwise: A Life in Code Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
8 Huhti 20231h 3min
