Big Technology Podcast
- Episodes
- 583
- Released
- several times a week
- Latest episode
- Nov 14, 2026
About the podcast
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.
Episodes 583
Special Report: The Fall Of Jensen Huang & What Comes Next
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Jensen Huang ousted as CEO of Nvidia 2) The real issue: Sending hundreds of thousands of restricted chips to China …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Jensen Huang ousted as CEO of Nvidia 2) The real issue: Sending hundreds of thousands of restricted chips to China 3) Nvidia's mysterious Singapore numbers 4) The timing: Did this come out now because of AI's advancing capabilities? 5) Or was it the Republican midterm losses? Or something else? 6) How China programmed top AI models with Nvidia's top-line, restricted chips 7) Nvidia's competition is intensifying 8) Anthropic ramps on AMD chips in three days 9) Who succeeds Jensen? 10) Are leather jackets out of style now?
Alex's New York Times opinion piece: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/13/opinion/jensen-huang-nvidia.html
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Storm Clouds Ahead For Apple?, Debating Amazon’s Bee Frontier, AI as UI
M.G. Siegler is the author of Spyglass. Siegler joins Big Technology Podcast in London to discuss whether Apple can keep its distance from the AI spending race. Tune in to hear how the data center boom is …
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M.G. Siegler is the author of Spyglass. Siegler joins Big Technology Podcast in London to discuss whether Apple can keep its distance from the AI spending race. Tune in to hear how the data center boom is driving up the cost of memory and squeezing Apple’s margins even as its rivals foot the bill for new infrastructure. We also cover the foldable iPhone Duo and what happens to apps when AI can build an interface on the fly. Hit play for a show and tell episode, including a debate over whether you’d want Amazon’s Bee Frontier wristband listening to your conversations and telling you what to do next.
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Jensen and The Honeypot
Alex Kantrowitz is the host of Big Technology Podcast. Today he joins for a solo episode digging into the news that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the head of the world’s second largest company and the backbone of …
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Alex Kantrowitz is the host of Big Technology Podcast. Today he joins for a solo episode digging into the news that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the head of the world’s second largest company and the backbone of the AI buildout, has admitted to an affair with a woman that U.S. intelligence believes is a Chinese spy. His board is unsure whether Nvidia‘s or U.S. state secrets were compromised, and has opened an investigation. So today, we dig into what happened and what's next.
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AI Stockpocalypse, Anthropic Nears RSI?, Prediction Markets vs. Pollsters
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The midterms impact on AI 2) Why the market struggles to trade AI in a normal way 3) Will the AI vision ever be …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The midterms impact on AI 2) Why the market struggles to trade AI in a normal way 3) Will the AI vision ever be realized as planned after this week? 4) A simple theory of the case on the AI trade 5) If datacenters are banned, do AI labs make tradeoffs in training, inference, or safety? 6) Will Anthropic's IPO still go on as planned? 7) Can the AI labs help turn around datacenter unpopularity 8) Is Anthropic getting close to RSI? 9) Who did better: The polls or prediction markets 10) An homage to Alex's special, temporary red chair
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Can AI Keep Going After The Democrats’ Big Win? — With Teddy Schleifer
Teddy Schleifer is a New York Times reporter who covers billionaires and their influence on politics. Schleifer joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss what the Democrats’ midterm sweep means for the AI …
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Teddy Schleifer is a New York Times reporter who covers billionaires and their influence on politics. Schleifer joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss what the Democrats’ midterm sweep means for the AI buildout. Tune in to hear why voters are turning against data centers and how much a Democratic Congress can do to slow their construction with Trump still in the White House. We also cover the prospect of tech CEOs facing subpoenas, what the election means for Elon Musk, and California’s proposed billionaire tax. Hit play for an emergency episode on what happens when Silicon Valley embraces a president and voters give the other party control of Congress.
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Big Tech's Ugly Week, Getting Rich At Anthropic, AI Costs Plunge
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Big Tech earnings go terribly 2) The market punishes the Magnificent 7 (except Microsoft) 3) Is Wall Street done …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Big Tech earnings go terribly 2) The market punishes the Magnificent 7 (except Microsoft) 3) Is Wall Street done with the AI trade? 4) Meta overtakes Google in ad revenue 5) Is being good at AI a curse for your flagship business? 6) Google and Reddit's weird relationship 7) The Amazon Bee Frontier 8) Dating with the Bee Frontier 9) Ranjan's Anthropic S-1 takeaways 10) Is the Anthropic compute math weird? 11) AI costs are dropping 12) Golden Goose or Golden Egg? Let's dress up for halloween.
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This AI Expert Argues We're Underestimating AI's Productivity Impact — With Ethan Mollick
Ethan Mollick is a professor at the Wharton School and author of Coexistence: The Next Phase of AI. Mollick joins Big Technology to discuss why AI's remarkable advances haven't yet translated into massive …
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Ethan Mollick is a professor at the Wharton School and author of Coexistence: The Next Phase of AI. Mollick joins Big Technology to discuss why AI's remarkable advances haven't yet translated into massive productivity gains across the economy. Tune in to hear why companies need to fundamentally rethink how they operate to unlock AI's full potential, where businesses are already seeing returns, and what organizational transformation could look like. We also cover whether AI development will hit a wall, the rise of personal AI agents, the future of jobs, robotics, education, and the risks of giving AI access to our private information. Hit play for a spirited conversation about what it will take for AI to truly transform the economy and our everyday lives.
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Emergency Pod: Anthropic's S-1 IPO Filing — With Dan Primack
Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios and author of the Pro Rata newsletter. Primack joins Big Technology for an emergency reaction to Anthropic’s S-1 filing, revealing the company’s financial performance …
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Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios and author of the Pro Rata newsletter. Primack joins Big Technology for an emergency reaction to Anthropic’s S-1 filing, revealing the company’s financial performance ahead of its highly anticipated IPO. Tune in to hear why Wall Street may be willing to fund Anthropic’s extraordinary ambitions despite massive compute obligations, mounting expenses, and uncertainty about long-term profitability. We also cover Anthropic’s explosive revenue growth, improving compute efficiency, surprising risk disclosures, and what its IPO means for OpenAI and the broader AI industry. Hit play for an inside look at the biggest financial questions surrounding the AI boom and whether investors can keep funding its expansion.
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Google’s Potential, AI Money Spigot Shutting?, PHP Bug & Cybersecurity’s “Black October”
Ranjan Roy from Margins and Alex Stamos from Cognition are back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Is Sundar Pichai team product or team model? 2) Google's attempt to build a …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins and Alex Stamos from Cognition are back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Is Sundar Pichai team product or team model? 2) Google's attempt to build a unified assistant 3) Which Google teams get priority? 4) Sundar's cloud allocation between Google Cloud and AI Research 5) Will Google Cloud Platform overtake Azure? 6) Meta Stock falls on worries about its fundraising and debt 7) OpenAI valuation takes a hit after investors feel "indigestion" given how much money they've poured into it 8) Is there any money left to fund AI? 9) Cognition CISO Alex Stamos joins to talk about the PHP bug is going to cause long term damage 10) How to protect yourself and your company from the ongoing cybersecurity risks 11) It's not just PHP, it's Black October for cybersecurity.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai: AI’s Infinite Possibilities, Compute Scarcity Dilemmas, Future AI Products
Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet. Pichai joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Google's return to the frontier of AI, its strategy for competing with OpenAI, and the enormous computing …
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Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet. Pichai joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Google's return to the frontier of AI, its strategy for competing with OpenAI, and the enormous computing resources required to build the next generation of models. Tune in to hear why Google is sacrificing short-term Cloud revenue to support AI research, how demand for compute is stretching into 2027, and why its new Gemini 4 Argon model is seeing explosive adoption. We also cover recursive self-improvement, AI agents, the future of Google's products, the possibility of an AI bubble, data centers in space, and Google's partnerships with Apple and Anthropic. Hit play for an in-depth conversation about Google's AI strategy, the fierce competition shaping the industry, and why Pichai believes we're entering a moment of infinite possibilities.
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Anthropic IPO Panic, A Spy At OpenAI?, The Great Food Slop Debate
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic's 2026 financial numbers leak, is it slowing down? 2) It's time for the Anthropic S-1 3) Will anything …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic's 2026 financial numbers leak, is it slowing down? 2) It's time for the Anthropic S-1 3) Will anything calm the chaotic AI trade ahead of the Anthropic IPO? 5) Coreweave stock falls as AI jitters spread 6) The curious case of the strategically placed recording device at OpenAI 7) Beware the honeypots 8) Ranjan acts out a honeypot 9) Apple's HomeView is promising? 10) The great Food Slop debate
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The Bumpy Road To AGI — With Kevin Roose
Kevin Roose is the author of The AGI Chronicles,. Roose joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether an AI industry rife with personal rivalries, infighting, and mistrust can be trusted to develop technology …
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Kevin Roose is the author of The AGI Chronicles,. Roose joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether an AI industry rife with personal rivalries, infighting, and mistrust can be trusted to develop technology more powerful than humans. Tune in to hear why Roose emerged from years of reporting inside OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind more concerned about AI safety, why he believes the industry should slow down, and what happens if AI systems begin improving themselves. We also cover Sam Altman's leadership style, Dario Amodei's motivations, Sergey Brin's return to Google, Microsoft's AI missteps, and the behind-the-scenes drama of OpenAI's boardroom coup. Hit play for an inside look at the personalities, power struggles, and technological breakthroughs shaping the race to superintelligence.
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Meta & Microsoft's Claude Slowdown, His Agent Leaked His Banking Info, Don’t Bully Your AI
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Meta and Microsoft pull back their Claude plans 2) Are standard models like Muse Spark good enough? 3) Is …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Meta and Microsoft pull back their Claude plans 2) Are standard models like Muse Spark good enough? 3) Is Anthropic in trouble if its top clients cut back significantly? 4) Downloads have slowed for Claude Code ahead of Anthropic IPO 5) Elon says Grok Bot will use all models, including Anthropic's 6) Is Elon in the Harness Hive (yes) 7) Muse books the wrong doctor 8) Grok Bot leaks Shane Mac's banking details 9) Anthropic bans users who persistently bully Claude 10) Google releases Gemini....
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Can AI Keep Growing Exponentially? Let’s Ask SemiAnalysis — With Dylan Patel and Jordan Nanos
Dylan Patel is founder and CEO of SemiAnalysis, Jordan Nanos is a member of its technical staff. Patel and Nanos join Big Technology to discuss whether AI’s massive infrastructure buildout can justify the …
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Dylan Patel is founder and CEO of SemiAnalysis, Jordan Nanos is a member of its technical staff. Patel and Nanos join Big Technology to discuss whether AI’s massive infrastructure buildout can justify the trillions of dollars being spent on compute. Tune in to hear how big the boom could get, where the revenue needed to support it will come from, and what it could mean for knowledge work and the broader economy. We also cover Nvidia’s role in financing AI infrastructure, the economics and security of neoclouds, Anthropic’s potential IPO, Oracle’s AI bet, and whether frontier labs are keeping their best models to themselves. Hit play for a deep look at the financial and technical machinery powering the AI boom, and what could happen if it keeps accelerating.
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Who Wins The AI Assistant Wars? + Why Didn’t Google Build Muse?
M.G. Siegler is the author of Spyglass. Siegler joins Big Technology to discuss the escalating battle to build the dominant personal AI assistant. Tune in to hear why he thinks Meta’s Muse is surprisingly …
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M.G. Siegler is the author of Spyglass. Siegler joins Big Technology to discuss the escalating battle to build the dominant personal AI assistant. Tune in to hear why he thinks Meta’s Muse is surprisingly strong and what will ultimately determine who wins. We also cover Apple’s dark-horse position, Anthropic’s absence from the consumer assistant race, Google’s repeated product missteps, and how AI agents could reshape subscriptions, banking, shopping, and everyday computing. Hit play for a wide-ranging look at the companies fighting to become the AI assistant that runs your digital life.
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Anthropic’s IPO Leak, OpenAI’s Dots vs. Meta’s Muse, Visual Turing Test
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic's IPO S-1 document leaks 2) Anthropic's revenue growth 3) Anthropic's funding commitments 4) Does the …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic's IPO S-1 document leaks 2) Anthropic's revenue growth 3) Anthropic's funding commitments 4) Does the entire stock market hinge on Anthropic pulling it off? 5) Record low S&P 500 breadth 6) Would Big Tech abandon Anthropic if things go wrong? 7) OpenAI introduces its Dots personal agent 8) Alex's Dots review 9) Do you really need frontier models for these AI assistants? 10) Tavus and the visual turning test 11) Shrimp Jesus, avatar style
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SAP CEO: AI Won't Kill Software, But It Will Change Your Job — With Christian Klein
Christian Klein is CEO of SAP. Klein joins Big Technology to discuss whether the Saaspocalypse is over and how AI is reshaping the future of enterprise software. Tune in to hear why he believes AI could soon …
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Christian Klein is CEO of SAP. Klein joins Big Technology to discuss whether the Saaspocalypse is over and how AI is reshaping the future of enterprise software. Tune in to hear why he believes AI could soon become reliable enough to handle mission-critical business tasks and why SAP still has a moat as models get smarter. We also cover job displacement, reskilling, token spending, cheaper AI models, cybersecurity, and Europe’s tech regulation. Hit play for a wide-ranging conversation about what happens to software when AI gets good enough to run more of the business itself.
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Meta’s Muse Revival, Frontier AI Under Threat, The Rise Of Dopamine Sites
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The rise of Muse 2) Is Meta back? 3) OpenAI's consumer blind spot 4) Meta's butthole marketing 5) What Muse means …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The rise of Muse 2) Is Meta back? 3) OpenAI's consumer blind spot 4) Meta's butthole marketing 5) What Muse means for ecommerce 6) Meta's Muse Charm, aka; The Muse Buddy or Muse Tamagotchi 7) Meta introduces camera-free smart glasses 8) What Meta Muse says about Frontier AI's weakness 9) Standard models are on the rise vs. frontier 10) The new Dopamine Site phenomenon is... good?
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YouTube CEO Neal Mohan: Why We're Betting On AI And Not Afraid Of It
Neal Mohan is the CEO of YouTube. Mohan joins Big Technology to discuss how AI is reshaping what we watch and create on the world’s largest video platform. Tune in to hear how much creative control should go to …
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Neal Mohan is the CEO of YouTube. Mohan joins Big Technology to discuss how AI is reshaping what we watch and create on the world’s largest video platform. Tune in to hear how much creative control should go to algorithms, how YouTube plans to handle AI slop, and whether AI answers could take views away from creators. We also cover YouTube’s partnership with Google DeepMind, Netflix’s push into podcasts, NFL Sunday Ticket, and changes to how YouTube counts views. Hit play for an inside look at YouTube’s AI strategy and what it means for the future of entertainment.
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AI Doom Backlash Arrives, Anthropic & OpenAI IPO Outlook, Frontier Business Momentum Slows
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The WSJ says the Hugging Face might not be all that it was cracked up to be 2) The bots were told to hack? 3) Was …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The WSJ says the Hugging Face might not be all that it was cracked up to be 2) The bots were told to hack? 3) Was this all a false flag for an effective altrust takeover? 4) Was this a smoke screen to conceal bad financial numbers from the AI labs? 5) Alex: Actually, maybe we should take these issues seriously? 6) Ranjan: They why aren't the labs being more transparent 7) Astra-6's crazy instructions to alter its personality in training 8) Anthropic hits $100 million in ARR 9) The IPOs will go on 10) The frontier AI business shows signs of slowing
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A Sober Conversation About AI Existential Risk — With Nate Soares
Nate Soares is president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and co-author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. Soares joins Big Technology to discuss why he believes superintelligent AI could pose …
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Nate Soares is president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and co-author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. Soares joins Big Technology to discuss why he believes superintelligent AI could pose an existential threat to humanity. Tune in to hear his case for why increasingly capable AI systems could develop goals humans cannot reliably control, and how that could ultimately lead to humans losing power over the future. We also cover recent examples of AI agents behaving unexpectedly, whether intelligence necessarily leads to greater danger, the limits of current alignment techniques, and why Soares argues for international coordination to slow development. Hit play for a rigorous debate over one of the most consequential and controversial arguments in AI.
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Special Report: Will AI Wipe Out Humanity? (And Who Profits)
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon quits and says AI might kill everyone 2) Why did his tweet go so viral 3) Did …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon quits and says AI might kill everyone 2) Why did his tweet go so viral 3) Did Elon Musk contribute to the X virality? 4) Point of order: Let's add some serenity to the AI risk conversation 5) Adding percentages to your statement of AI wiping out humanity doesn' t make it math 6) Is this marketing for the AI labs? 7) Politicians are hungry to regulate AI 8) Should we focus on science fact, not science fiction? 9) What if these fears are reasonable? 10) God help us Sheryl Crow 11) What this week means for these companies' IPO prospects
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Apple’s Most Ambitious Roadmap Ever? + OpenAI vs. Google vs. Anthropic Revisited
MG Siegler is the author of Spyglass. Siegler joins Big Technology to discuss Apple’s sudden burst of new products and what it means for the company as John Ternus takes over from Tim Cook. Tune in to hear why …
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MG Siegler is the author of Spyglass. Siegler joins Big Technology to discuss Apple’s sudden burst of new products and what it means for the company as John Ternus takes over from Tim Cook. Tune in to hear why Apple’s foldable iPhone could reinvigorate the business, how its new hardware strategy marks a departure from the past, and what challenges Ternus will face as CEO. We also cover Google’s shifting AI strategy, OpenAI’s resurgence, Anthropic’s potential IPO, and the increasingly blurry meaning of AGI. Hit play for a wide-ranging look at Apple’s new era and the rapidly changing competitive landscape in artificial intelligence.
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GPT-6 & OpenAI’s Comeback, Hugging Face Attack Debate, Ballmer’s Scandalous Legacy
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI releases GPT-6 2) OpenAI President Greg Brockman says AGI is here 3) Is AGI more useful to OpenAI as …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI releases GPT-6 2) OpenAI President Greg Brockman says AGI is here 3) Is AGI more useful to OpenAI as something that never comes? 4) GPT-6 crushes the benchmarks 5) But where's the economic activity? 6) Are the latest models less monitorable? 7) OpenAI bots hijack a german website 8) The hugging face attack was worse than initially disclosed 9) Could agent swarms be used for good? 10) Steve Ballmer's legacy up in flames after Kawhi scandal 11) Developers, developers, developers, etc.
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Cloudflare CEO: We're Ready To Block Millions of Websites From AI — With Matthew Prince
Matthew Prince is the co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. Prince joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Cloudflare’s plan to block Google from millions of ad and subscription-supported websites unless publishers …
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Matthew Prince is the co-founder and CEO of Cloudflare. Prince joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Cloudflare’s plan to block Google from millions of ad and subscription-supported websites unless publishers choose to opt out. Tune in to hear why he believes Google must pay for access to online content, how AI is destroying the web’s traditional traffic model, and why the era of SEO is coming to an end. We also cover micropayments for publishers, the risks AI agents pose to small businesses, and how commerce could consolidate around a handful of giant companies. Hit play for an urgent look at the fight over who controls the future of the internet.
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Software’s Epic Comeback, Meta’s AI Layoffs Blunder, South Korea Stock Market Chaos
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Software is rebounding, is the Saaspocolyse over? 2) Salesforce delivers solid earnings and jumps 22% 3) Why was …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Software is rebounding, is the Saaspocolyse over? 2) Salesforce delivers solid earnings and jumps 22% 3) Why was Dario sitting with Benioff? 4) All software stocks are rising 5) Disruption could still happen, but on a longer timeline 6) Meta's bungled AI layoff strategy 7) How much of AI failures today are cultural? 8) Meta pays billions in landmark addiction settlement 9) South Korean stock market volatility 10) The clash of AI belief and reality
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How AI Should Handle News, Politics, Medicine, and Mental Health — With Campbell Brown
Campbell Brown is the CEO of Forum AI. Brown joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how AI models should handle sensitive information involving news, politics, medicine, and mental health. Tune in to hear how …
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Campbell Brown is the CEO of Forum AI. Brown joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how AI models should handle sensitive information involving news, politics, medicine, and mental health. Tune in to hear how experts can evaluate chatbots for accuracy, bias, source quality, and context, and why independent standards will be essential as people increasingly trust AI’s answers. We also cover AI’s threat to the journalism business, the limits of expert consensus, chatbot sycophancy, election misinformation, and the rise of AI companions. Hit play for a nuanced conversation about who should decide what AI tells us when the stakes are highest.
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Big Tech’s Insane Hidden AI Spending, Ranking Anthropic vs. OpenAI, AI For Travel Debate
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Big Tech is spending trillions more than it tells us on AI infrastructure 2) The mechanisms of the …
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Big Tech is spending trillions more than it tells us on AI infrastructure 2) The mechanisms of the off-balance-sheet AI buildout 3) What would happen if these projects were on the balance sheet? 4) Can Wall St. actually not figure this out? 5) Will the tech giants pay the money back? 6) Is a soft landing in AI possible at this point if things go poorly? 7) Anthropic's revenue numbers are soaring 8) OpenAI, meanwhile, is in more tumult 9) Why OpenAI is dealing with so many executive departures 10) Startups vs. established companies, and what are the AI labs exactly? 11) Why travel is a good eval for AI
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Nick Bostrom: Worries About AI Existential Risk Just Became More Concrete
Nick Bostrom is an AI philosopher and the author of Superintelligence and Deep Utopia. Bostrom joins Big Technology to discuss whether the rise of autonomous AI agents is making the technology’s existential …
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Nick Bostrom is an AI philosopher and the author of Superintelligence and Deep Utopia. Bostrom joins Big Technology to discuss whether the rise of autonomous AI agents is making the technology’s existential risks more concrete. Tune in to hear his assessment of the alignment problem, recursive self-improvement, and humanity’s chances of steering superintelligence toward a positive outcome. We also cover whether we have reached AGI, the case for a precisely timed AI pause, biological threats, AI consciousness, and the moral status of digital minds. Hit play for a clear-eyed conversation about AI’s greatest dangers and its potential to radically improve human life.
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Best of Big Technology: How Ozempic Changes Our Bodies, Minds, and Economy — With Johann Hari
Johan Hari is a New York Times bestselling author and has a new book, Magic Pill, about his experience with weight loss drugs. Hari joins Big Technology to discuss the impact of Ozempic on our relationship with …
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Johan Hari is a New York Times bestselling author and has a new book, Magic Pill, about his experience with weight loss drugs. Hari joins Big Technology to discuss the impact of Ozempic on our relationship with food and the economy. Tune in to hear how these medications work, their benefits, and their potential risks. We also cover the science behind these drugs, economic implications, and ethical considerations. Hit play for an in-depth conversation on the future of weight loss drugs and their broader societal effects
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