Did The AI Bubble Just Pop?, Apple Intelligence Beta Arrives, Friend Dot Com

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

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) The week's market selloff 2) Consumer spending declines and other negative economic factors 3) Starbucks as a economic barometer 4) Favorite boba 5) AI spending comes under scrutiny 6) Big Tech earnings performance 7) NVIDIA's resilience 8) Apple Intelligence beta arrives 9) Siri is still bad 10) Ranjan depressed about Siri being bad 11) Review of OpenAI's ChatGPT 4o voice edition 12) Friend dot com launch 13) Olympics recap 14) The case of Gianmarco's lost wedding ring --- 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	Is the AI bubble bursting as the market and tech goes into freefall?
0:04.0	Apple intelligence is here, on my phone. Let's talk about it.
0:08.0	And is an imaginary friend company the next big thing?
0:11.0	That's coming up right after this.
0:13.0	Hi, I'm Jonathan Fields.
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0:22.9	other people's questions about how to get the most out of that thing we call work.
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0:51.8	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional
0:56.1	cool-headed and nuanced format. A big show for you today because right now Wall Street is
1:02.5	in free fall, the S&P 500 down 2% today on Friday after a week where the AI spending numbers
1:10.1	came in and they were big.
1:12.0	So how much is this connected?
1:13.6	We're going to also talk about Apple Intelligence and Open AIs.
1:17.2	ChatGPt 4O Voice Edition coming out at limited preview.
1:21.9	And then, of course, friend.com.
1:23.3	So it's going to be a fun, very jam-packed show, a lot of information coming your way.
1:28.5	I'm joined, as always, here by Ron John Roy of Margins.
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