AI Adoption Challenges, Waymo’s Big Expansion, Amazon hits $2 Trillion

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Companies that bought AI services are struggling to make them work 2) Is an AI 'trough of disillusionment' coming? 3) Consultants are cashing in on the AI boom 4) Is consultants' heavy involvement in AI work good? 5) Examining Perplexity's IP issues more closely 6) Suno gets sued 7) Waymo's massive, underappreciated expansion in San Francisco 8) Waymo vs. Tesla - who wins? 9) Amazon hits a $2 trillion market cap 10) Amazon considers a Temu copycat 11) Amazon's reliance on China 11) Ranjan hits the Reddit frontpage and the fundamentals of his Doordash writing remain true. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 40% off for the first year: https://tinyurl.com/bigtechnology Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Companies that spent big on AI are struggling to get it working reliably.
0:04.5	Consultants, meanwhile, are cashing in.
0:06.8	Waymo is ditching its wait list in San Francisco and opening up to everyone.
0:11.2	And Amazon hits $2 trillion in market cap as it teases Atimu and Shia and competitor.
0:16.8	All that more is coming up right after this.
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1:11.0	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition,
1:13.5	when we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced fashion.
1:17.4	We have such a good show for you today.
1:19.0	We're going to talk about the practical issues that companies are running into
1:22.3	as they try to implement AI in their workplaces,
1:26.2	along with an important update on Robotaxy expansion, and then
1:30.1	this big moment for Amazon, where it hits $2 trillion, as almost nobody's actually thinking
1:35.0	we're talking about it, but we will.
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