Mon. 06/02 – How DoorDash Has Quietly Been Killing It

Elon says he’s hired a new CEO for Twitter, and folks think they know who this person will be. The Claude chatbot has expanded so much you can now write entire novels with it. Seeing what Meta is doing with AI in ads makes me wonder about the future of all media. And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Grammarly.com/go GetSunday.com/ride Links: Elon Musk says he has found a new CEO for Twitter (TechCrunch) Linda Yaccarino Leaves NBCUniversal Amid Talks to Become Twitter CEO (WSJ) Anthropic’s latest model can take ‘The Great Gatsby’ as input (TechCrunch) Meta announces generative AI features for advertisers (TechCrunch) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: End of the Billable Hour? Law Firms Get On Board With Artificial Intelligence (WSJ) “We Were Always Playing An Entirely Different Game”: The Ultimate Oral History Of BuzzFeed News (BuzzFeed News) Taiwan Is Running Low on a Strategic Asset: Engineers (NYTimes) The Plot to Steal the Other Secret Inside a Can of Coca-Cola (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12 Mai 202318min

Twitter finally rolled out encrypted DMs… or did they? More drips and drabs from yesterday’s Google event including an AI music generating tool that sounds pretty wild. Even the crypto miners are pivoting to AI. And why tech has warmed up to the concept of nearshoring. Sponsors: Grammarly.com/go Bloomberg.com/careers Links: Twitter's encrypted DMs are here — but only for verified users (Engadget) Join the waitlist for Google's generative AI tools, including search, Project Tailwind, & MusicLM (XDA Developers) Google makes its text-to-music AI public (TechCrunch) Google Cloud announces new A3 supercomputer VMs built to power LLMs (TechCrunch) AI Needs Specialized Processors. Crypto Miners Say They Have Them (Bloomberg) ‘Nearshoring’ Push Is Fueling Tech Job Demand in Latin America (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 Mai 202316min

I’m writing this this morning before Google’s I/O, so I’m assuming that’s going to be the entirety of this episode. But who knows. Maybe I’ll be able to squeeze something non-Google stuff at the end. Join me in the time machine, won’t you, and find out. In the meantime, here’s what Sundar had to share with us today. Sponsors: Leadership.OregonState.edu/cic Grammarly.com/go Links: Google Photos to gain a new ‘Magic Editor’ feature powered by generative AI (TechCrunch) Google launches PaLM 2, its next-gen large language model (TechCrunch) Google rebrands AI tools for Docs and Gmail as Duet AI — its answer to Microsoft’s Copilot (The Verge) The AI takeover of Google Search starts now (The Verge) Review: Pixel 7a affordably delivers on every promise of the Pixel series (9to5Google) Pixel Tablet Hands-On: Google's Return of the Tablet and More (CNET) Google Pixel Fold hands-on: Finally, a real rival for Samsung’s foldables (Engadget) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 Mai 202320min

More roiling questions about crypto and regulator enforcement. Nintendo’s Switch is getting long in the tooth. AI’s are coming to the Wendy’s drive through lane. An AI startup to protect against AI. And more of what we can expect from Google’s big day tomorrow. Sponsors: Grammarly.com/go Notion.com/ride Links: Coinbase CEO says SEC is on ‘lone crusade,’ dials back on suggestion exchange may relocate (CNBC) Ripple will have spent $200 million fighting SEC lawsuit, CEO says (CNBC) U.S. Crypto Exchange Bittrex Files for Bankruptcy in Delaware (CoinDesk) Nintendo Warns of Big Slowdown in Switch Console Sales (Bloomberg) Apple announces Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro coming to iPad (9to5Mac) Wendy’s, Google Train Next-Generation Order Taker: an AI Chatbot (WSJ) GPTZero App Seeks to Thwart AI Plagiarism in Schools, Online Media (Bloomberg) Alphabet to unveil A.I. updates at Google I/O, showing off creative writing and coding capabilities (CNBC) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Mai 202318min

What to expect from Google IO. The big discord username switch. Sam Altman’s side hustle is launching a thing. But also a look at the regulatory issues his OpenAI is facing in Europe. And what if I told you an Ikea chair can short out your monitor. It’s weird, but it can. Sponsors: ZocDoc.com/techmeme Grammarly.com/go Links: Google Plans to Make Search More ‘Personal’ with AI Chat and Video Clips (WSJ) Discord’s username change is causing discord (The Verge) Sam Altman’s Worldcoin rolls out app as token launch looms (The Block) OpenAI’s regulatory troubles are only just beginning (The Verge) Popular IKEA Chair Turns Computer Monitor Off, Baffling Everyone (Motherboard) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

8 Mai 202317min

This is the crossover episode of when I went on the Big Technology podcast on Friday. We ask where the moat is in AI? And we celebrate Ed Sheeran if you can believe it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Mai 202356min

This is the book I've been dying for someone to write! This is how digital media happened for 20 years! Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral. Yay to finally having Ben Smith on the pod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

6 Mai 202344min

Apple earnings recap. A new, free code generating AI tool. Which, actually, lots of people are starting to ask the question: will open source AI actually come out on top in the AI revolution? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Mindbloom.com/techmeme and promocode techmeme OregonState.edu/believe-it Links: Apple CEO Tim Cook says AI is "huge," but care is needed (Axios) Hugging Face and ServiceNow release a free code-generating model (TechCrunch) Google Is Falling Behind in AI Arms Race, Senior Engineer Warns (Bloomberg) OpenAI’s Losses Doubled to $540 Million as It Developed ChatGPT (The Information) Weekend Longreads Suggestions AI Singers Are Unnervingly Good and Already Ubiquitous (Vulture) Is the Federal Government Trying to Kill Off Crypto? (Intelligencer/NYMag) Why Chatbots Are Not the Future (Amelia Wattenberger) ESPN’s Jimmy Pitaro Will Decide the Fate of Cable Television (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Mai 202318min