The Social Media Era Of News Is Over — With Ben Smith
Ben Smith is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (available for preorder now). He joins Big T...
1 Mars 202354min
Paying For Social, RIP IPOs & Voice Computing, Four Day Work Weeks
The Information's Sr. Reporter Cory Weinberg joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) Paying for social media 2) What's next for the struggling IPO market 3) Wh...
24 Feb 202348min
An AI Chatbot Debate — With Blake Lemoine and Gary Marcus
Blake Lemoine is the ex-Google engineer who concluded the company's LaMDA chatbot was sentient. Gary Marcus is an academic, author, and outspoken AI critic. The two join Big Technology Podcast to deba...
22 Feb 20231h 2min
Bing Breaks Bad, Metaverse Fades, Tesla's Self-Driving Recall
Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Bing's chatbot's dark side and its impact on Microsoft's business. 2) The Metaverse slowly seeming to fade...
17 Feb 202352min
Can Technology Solve Our Climate Crisis — With David Friedberg
David Friedberg is a co-host of the All-In Podcast and the founder and CEO of The Production Board, a holding company focused on addressing the earth’s problems via technology. Friedberg joins Big Tec...
15 Feb 202356min
Google and Microsoft's Chatbot War, How AI Changes Hollywood, Disney In Crisis
The Wrap founder and CEO Sharon Waxman joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) Google and Microsoft's new chatbots. 2) How AI changes the entertainment industr...
10 Feb 202354min
Was The Creator Economy Way Overblown? — With Kaya Yurieff and Joe Caporoso
Kaya Yurieff is a reporter at The Information covering the Creator Economy. Joe Caporoso is the President of Team Whistle and founder of Badlands, a subscription podcast covering the New York Jets. Bo...
8 Feb 202343min
Disinflation Begins, Snap's Cultural Roadblocks, Meta's 'Year Of Efficiency'
Ex-Snap and Instagram executive Meghana Dhar joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover 1) The implications of the Fed's talk of "deflation." 2) Snap's disappointing...
3 Feb 202350min
