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The Sam Altman thing is nowhere near resolved, and what does that mean, especially for Microsoft? Elon sues Media Matters. And if your YouTube videos have been behaving strangely of late, I think I can tell you why. Sponsors: Earin App (enter code techmeme) Traceroute Podcast Links: Sam Altman is still trying to return as OpenAI CEO (The Verge) OpenAI’s Board Approached Anthropic About Merger (The Information) @eastdakota's Tweet Thread on Microsoft and OpenAI Elon Musk Sues Media Matters for ‘Knowingly and Maliciously’ Misrepresenting Amount of Antisemitic Content on X (TheWrap) YouTube is reportedly slowing down videos for Firefox users (Update: Statement) (AndroidAuthority) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Nov 202317min

There’s really only one story today, the whole, Sam Altman got fired by OpenAI’s board but then they tried to get him back, but then Microsoft hired him, and now OpenAI employees are threatening to quit en masse, story. But also, the CEO of Cruise has stepped down. And Linda Yaccarino’s friends are suggesting she should step down as CEO of X. Sponsors: DraftKings code Techmeme DrinkTrade.com/ride Links: Inside the Chaos at OpenAI (The Atlantic) Cruise co-founder and CEO Kyle Vogt resigns (TechCrunch) GM boss Mary Barra’s high-tech bet unraveling after Kyle Vogt departs as CEO of embattled Cruise robotaxi unit (Fortune) Yaccarino On Hot Seat As Ad Execs Urge Twitter CEO To Resign (Forbes) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Nov 202317min

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19 Nov 202342min

Links: "Securities" newsletter "Securities" podcast Danny's twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Nov 202336min

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

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

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

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