A New Trend in AI is Emerging: Efficiency

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🗓️ 26 March 2026

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The approach to AI so far can be best described as a using brute force to make things happen. It’s been effective so far, but the approach starts to run into problems when the numbers get really big. Thankfully, some new developments in AI could help alleviate that challenge. Matt, Jon, and Tyler discuss how Google and ARM are advancing AI efficiency. Plus, social media’s bad week in court and the mailbag. Tyler Crowe, Jon, Quast, and Matt Frankel discuss: Meta and Alphabet losing watershed social media cases Is a “tobacco moment” as bad as it sounds? Advancements in AI efficiency Mailbag: Auto invest or buy the dip? Companies discussed: GOOG, META, BP, DD, DOW, MMM, ARM, AAPL, MU, SNDK, INTC, NVDA, AMD Got investing questions for the podcast? Email us at podcasts@fool.com Host: Tyler CroweGuests: Matt Frankel, Jon QuastEngineer: Bart Shannon Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, "TMF") do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Efficiency in AI could be just what the doctor ordered.
0:08.8	This is Motley Full Money.
0:10.0	Welcome to Motley Full Money. I'm Tyler Crow, and today I'm joined by longtime full contributors,
0:25.9	Matt Frankel and John Kost. We got a really interesting show today. We're going to talk about
0:29.8	some stepwise gains in the world of AI, but not in the way we've been talking about it for quite
0:35.4	some time. And we're going to hit a mailbag question
0:38.9	because we're already getting them even after announcing that we're going to start taking them at our
0:43.0	email address. We'll get into that in a second. But first, probably the biggest newsday's story
0:47.3	outside of, you know, global war conflicts and things like that was there was some pretty big
0:52.0	legislative decisions that happened for big tech, and it wasn't
0:57.1	exactly the way they wanted to go. In a couple of Pibble cases, one of them, META, platforms, and Alphabet
1:02.7	were found liable for a woman's mental health straddles related to social media addiction,
1:08.0	and they had to pay punitive damages.
1:16.0	Also, Meta lost a similar case in New Mexico related to misleading statements about safety on their sites.
1:17.0	Now, admittedly, this one's kind of a hard one to discuss on an investing podcast.
1:20.5	I think there's a lot of emotions wrapped up in our use of social media and how that affects
1:25.6	things.
1:26.2	But there is going to be some investing takeaways here.
1:28.5	But I wanted to get your guys' thoughts here.
1:30.2	Are either of you shareholders in meta, and as you kind of like viewed these verdicts and
1:36.3	things like that, has it really changed your view of the company?
1:39.0	So to your first question, Tyler, no, I'm not a meta shareholder personally.
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