Monologue: Jony Ive and OpenAI's New BS Machine
Better Offline23 Maj 2025

Monologue: Jony Ive and OpenAI's New BS Machine

In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through the ridiculousness of OpenAI acquiring Jony Ive’s pre-product hardware startup for $6.5bn in stock - and why it only proves how washed the company might be.

YOU CAN NOW BUY BETTER OFFLINE MERCH! Go to https://cottonbureau.com/people/better-offline and use code FREE99 for free shipping on orders of $99 or more.

WSJ: What Sam Altman Told OpenAI About the Secret Device He’s Making With Jony Ive
https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-sam-altman-told-openai-about-the-secret-device-hes-making-with-jony-ive-f1384005

Bloomberg: OpenAI to Buy AI Device Startup From Apple Veteran Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/openai-to-buy-apple-veteran-jony-ive-s-ai-device-startup-in-6-5-billion-deal

---

LINKS: https://www.tinyurl.com/betterofflinelinks

Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BetterOffline/

Discord: chat.wheresyoured.at

Ed's Socials:

https://twitter.com/edzitron

https://www.instagram.com/edzitron

https://bsky.app/profile/edzitron.com

https://www.threads.net/@edzitron

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Avsnitt(213)

Radio Better Offline: Adam Becker

Radio Better Offline: Adam Becker

Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city.Ed Zitron is joined in studio by astrophysicist Adam Becker to talk about his new book Mor...

24 Sep 20251h 7min

AI Isn't Making Engineers 10x As Productive with Colton Voege

AI Isn't Making Engineers 10x As Productive with Colton Voege

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by software engineer Colt Voege to talk about how AI isn’t 10xing the productivity of software engineering, the truth about coding LLMs, and what we can actually e...

19 Sep 202537min

Radio Better Offline: Edward Ongweso Jr. & Allison Morrow

Radio Better Offline: Edward Ongweso Jr. & Allison Morrow

Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City. Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Allison Morrow of CNN, Ed Ongweso Jr. of the Tech Bubble...

17 Sep 202555min

How To Argue With An AI Booster, Part Three

How To Argue With An AI Booster, Part Three

In the final part of this week's three-part Better Offline Guide To Arguing With AI Boosters, Ed Zitron walks you through why generative AI is nothing like Amazon Web Services, how the media misled th...

12 Sep 202537min

How To Argue With An AI Booster, Part Two

How To Argue With An AI Booster, Part Two

In part two of this week's three-part Better Offline Guide To Arguing With AI Boosters, Ed Zitron walks you through why the AI bubble is nothing like the dot-com bubble, how the cost of inference is a...

11 Sep 202532min

How To Argue With An AI Booster, Part One

How To Argue With An AI Booster, Part One

In part one of this week's three-part Better Offline Guide To Arguing With AI Boosters, Ed Zitron walks you through why AI is nothing like the early days of the internet, why it isn’t the early days o...

10 Sep 202535min

Monologue: Tech Skepticism Is Going Mainstream

Monologue: Tech Skepticism Is Going Mainstream

In this week’s Better Offline monologue, Ed walks you through how tech and business skepticism has begun to go mainstream, and how it can be the force to push back against the Rot Economy.Ed On CNN: h...

5 Sep 202513min

The Black Market for AI GPUs with Steve Burke

The Black Market for AI GPUs with Steve Burke

In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Steve Burke of GamersNexus to talk about the black market for AI GPUs in China - and how Bloomberg suspiciously forced YouTube to take his video down. Premium N...

3 Sep 202537min

Populärt inom Teknik

uppgang-och-fall
market-makers
elbilsveckan
natets-morka-sida
rss-elektrikerpodden
gubbar-som-tjotar-om-bilar
skogsforum-podcast
rss-laddstationen-med-elbilen-i-sverige
bilar-med-sladd
rss-technokratin
rss-uppgang-och-fall
bli-saker-podden
rss-it-sakerhetspodden
developers-mer-an-bara-kod
bosse-bildoktorn-och-hasse-p
rss-sakerhetspodcasten
rss-kack-tech-podcast
rss-en-ai-till-kaffet
rss-sogeti-sweden-podcasts
rss-milpodden