(Bonus) Me On The "Securities" Podcast Talking AI And Regulatory Capture
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18 Nov 202336min
Fri. 11/17 – Apple Adopts RCS
Surprising almost everyone, Apple is adopting the Google-led RCS messaging standard. IBM suspends its advertising on X. Amazon is selling new cars on Amazon.com. A rebirth of Quibi? The surprising biggest mobile game of the year? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast Nuts.com/ride Links: Apple announces that RCS support is coming to iPhone next year (9to5Mac) What color bubbles will RCS messages be? Apple confirms the answer (9to5Mac) IBM pulls adverts from X after report finding they ran next to Nazi content (Financial Times) Hyundai to Be First Automaker to Sell New Cars on Amazon (WSJ) A Quibi-like app called ReelShort hit record downloads and revenue this month (TechCrunch) 2023's Apparent Biggest Mobile Game Launch Is Not What You Expect (GameSpot) Weekend Longreads Suggestion: Inside Marques Brownlee’s tech review studio: The YouTube star on gadgets, growth, and staying chill (Fast Company) A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft (New Yorker) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 Nov 202318min
Thu. 11/16 – Microsoft’s Ignite Conference
All of the big announcements from Microsoft’s development conference yesterday, including the debut of their own AI chips. YouTube is bringing AI to Shorts. Threads is kinda doing hashtags, though Chris Messina has thoughts. And the new UPS warehouse where the robots way outnumber the humans. Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast notion.com/ride Links: Microsoft rebrands Bing Chat to Copilot, to better compete with ChatGPT (The Verge) Microsoft officially launches Loop, its Notion competitor (The Verge) Microsoft Unveils Its First Custom-Designed AI, Cloud Chips (Bloomberg) YouTube Shorts Challenges TikTok With Music-Making AI for Creators (Wired) Threads starts testing hashtags…without the hash (TechCrunch) Robots to Outnumber People at UPS’s Massive New Warehouse (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 Nov 202315min
Wed. 11/15 – Bridging The Great Blue Bubble Divide
Nothing has come up with the first large scale way to send iMessages even if you’re on Android. Those new OpenAI products are so popular, they’re actually pausing your ability to use them. DeepMind has a model that can predict the weather more accurately than humans. And the Cadillac of web cameras has a new model. Sponsors: Miro.com/podcast Mindbloom.com/techmeme and code techmeme Links: Coming soon: A fix for the Android green-bubble problem (Washington Post) Intel fixes high-severity CPU bug that causes “very strange behavior” (ArsTechnica) OpenAI Pauses New ChatGPT Plus Subscriptions Due To Surge In Demand (Search Engine Journal) Apple extends free period for iPhone 14 satellite features (9to5Mac) AI outperforms conventional weather forecasting methods for first time (Financial Times) Opal’s second camera is the Tadpole, a tiny webcam for laptops (The Verge) Ride Home AI Fund Syndicate Signup: https://venture.angellist.com/ride-home-ai-fund/syndicate?utm_campaign=syndicate_direct_link Ride Home Fund (Rolling Fund) Syndicate Signup: https://venture.angellist.com/ride-home-fund/syndicate?utm_campaign=syndicate_direct_link Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
15 Nov 202319min
Tue. 11/14 – Google Pays Apple HOW Much?
Two different trials reveal some details of Google’s various deals with various platforms that they probably wish didn’t become public. Why aren’t the Fed’s arresting those casino hackers? Two interesting new initiatives from Uber. And OpenAI has an independent board that gets to decide when AGI has been achieved (and maybe x’s Microsoft out). Sponsors: Shopify.com/ride Miro.com/podcast Links: Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue in Search Deal, Expert Says (Bloomberg) For Google Play, Dominating Android World Was ‘Existential’ (Bloomberg) Amazon Lays Off 180 Employees In Its Games Division (Aftermath) FBI struggled to disrupt dangerous casino hacking gang, cyber responders say (Reuters) Uber to Test TaskRabbit-Like Service in Florida and Alberta (Bloomberg) Uber takes steps to combat unfair driver deactivations (TechCrunch) OpenAI’s six-member board will decide ‘when we’ve attained AGI’ (VentureBeat) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
14 Nov 202316min
Mon. 11/13 – Can OpenAI Outrun Everybody?
OpenAI is probably going to raise a ton more money to attempt to stay at the top of the AI heap. You might get your money back if you get scammed on Zelle all of the sudden. Would you trust ex-FTX executives to launch a new crypto exchange? And why did Apple pause all OS development for a week recently? Sponsors: Collective.com/ride and tell them ride sent you Miro.com/podcast Links: OpenAI chief seeks new Microsoft funds to build ‘superintelligence’ (Financial Times) Exclusive: Google in talks to invest in AI startup Character.AI (Reuters) Payments app Zelle begins refunds for imposter scams after Washington pressure (Reuters) Key Witness at Sam Bankman-Fried Trial to Launch New Crypto Exchange (WSJ) Apple Is Taking Extra Care With ‘Ambitious’ iOS 18 Update (Bloomberg) Sony PlayStation Portal Review (PCMag) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 Nov 202316min
(Portfolio Profile) Automated Data (Corrected)
Our first Ride Home AI Fund Portfolio Profile Episode: Automated Data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 Nov 202347min
Fri. 11/10 – The Humane Ai Pin Is The Star Trek Combadge
More details on that whole Humane Ai Pin device cause whatever you think about it, it’s the first radically new take on computing that we’ve seen since the smartphone. The first company to do carbon capture in the US is operational. I’ll tell you how it works. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Nutrafol.com/men and promocode ridehome Links: Humane’s Ai Pin is a $700 Smartphone Alternative You Wear All Day (Wired) Introducing Humane Ai Pin (The Humane Launch Video) In a U.S. First, a Commercial Plant Starts Pulling Carbon From the Air (NYTimes) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: AI is about to completely change how you use computers (GatesNotes) Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Startup Is Ready to Start Surgery (Bloomberg) Inside an OnlyFans empire: Sex, influence and the new American Dream (Washington Post) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 Nov 202317min
