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Fri. 05/05 – Can Open Source Win Out Over Open AI? (Corrected)

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🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Apple earnings recap. A new, free code generating AI tool. Which, actually, lots of people are starting to ask the question: will open source AI actually come out on top in the AI revolution? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: Mindbloom.com/techmeme and promocode techmeme OregonState.edu/believe-it Links: Apple CEO Tim Cook says AI is "huge," but care is needed (Axios) Hugging Face and ServiceNow release a free code-generating model (TechCrunch) Google Is Falling Behind in AI Arms Race, Senior Engineer Warns (Bloomberg) OpenAI’s Losses Doubled to $540 Million as It Developed ChatGPT (The Information) Weekend Longreads Suggestions AI Singers Are Unnervingly Good and Already Ubiquitous (Vulture) Is the Federal Government Trying to Kill Off Crypto? (Intelligencer/NYMag) Why Chatbots Are Not the Future (Amelia Wattenberger) ESPN’s Jimmy Pitaro Will Decide the Fate of Cable Television (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech Meme Right Home for Friday, May 5th, 2023. I'm Brian McCullough today.

0:08.8

Apple Earnings Recap, a new free code generating AI tool, which actually lots of people are also starting

0:16.8

to ask the question, will open source AI actually come out on top in the AI revolution.

0:22.6

And of course, the weekend long-range suggestions.

0:24.7

Here's what you missed today in the world of tech.

0:26.6

Apple earnings, you know, you know, fine. It was all fine. Overall revenue was down 3%.

0:40.1

Its second quarter of declining revenue actually but

0:43.4

Apple did beat on estimates in terms of the product mix

0:47.7

iPhone revenue was down and expected 2%.

0:50.5

Mac revenue was down a whopping 31%, but for the services segment which includes

0:55.8

Apple TV Plus and Apple Music that grew 5.5% and is now coming in at $20 billion a quarter.

1:03.3

Addressing something that I mentioned on this show recently on the earnings called

1:06.9

Tim Cook said Apple views AI as huge,

1:11.1

but there are quote a number of issues that need to be sorted and he didn't expand

1:16.1

on how Apple plans to use AI in its products.

1:20.0

Quoting Axios.

1:21.0

Speaking to analysts after a better than expected earnings report, Cook noted that

1:24.3

Apple has used machine learning and other AI approaches to power features such as crash detection

1:29.5

and heart rate monitoring. We view AI as huge and'll continue weaving it into our products on a very

1:34.8

thoughtful basis. Cook said, while noting the company doesn't talk about its future

1:38.8

roadmap. The potential is certainly very interesting, he said.

1:43.0

Yes, but, Cook also sounded a cautious note,

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