What People Actually Use ChatGPT For With Gerrit De Vynck
In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Gerrit De Vynck of The Washington Post to discuss what an analysis of 47,000 ChatGPT conversations can tell us about how people use the service - and how willin...
20 Nov 202542min
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference And Its MSFT Revenue Share
In a Better Offline exclusive, Ed Zitron reveals how much OpenAI spent on inference in 2024 and 2025, as well as how much it paid Microsoft as part of its 20% revenue share. Inference costs are much h...
12 Nov 20257min
Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron on Enshittification and the Rot Economy
This week’s Better Offline is a recording of a panel held by Clarion West in Seattle earlier this year with Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron, discussing enshittification, The Rot Economy, and the destructi...
12 Nov 202557min
Monologue: AI's Desperation Era
In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron talks about OpenAI hinting they’d want a federal backstop for data center loans, NVIDIA’s weird, desperate post about China, and his deep suspicion a...
7 Nov 20256min
Vibe Coding is BS w/ Charlie Meyer
Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City. Ed is joined in-studio by founder and writer Charlie Meyer to talk about the BS of vibe c...
5 Nov 202553min
Monologue: Dealing With The Weight Of History
In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron takes a moment to discuss the current state of the bubble, and the way we’re all feeling at this time in history. Want to support me? Get $10 off a y...
31 Okt 202511min
The Internet Is The World's Worst Pharmacy w/ Paris Martineau & Ashwin Rodrigues
Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City. Ed is joined in-studio by Paris Martineau of Consumer Reports and freelance writer Ashwin...
29 Okt 202550min
Monologue: Don't Be Scared Of Sora
In this week's Better Offline monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through why nobody should be afraid of generative video, and how it’s impossible, impractical and expensive to make movies with Sora.https:...
24 Okt 202512min
