Hamas vs. Israel Rewrites Social Media Norms, Live At The SBF Trial, OpenAI's New Values

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

🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Reed Albergotti is the tech editor at Semafor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We cover: 1) Whether social media is useful during times of crisis. 2) Cancel culture "switcheroo" 3) The value of free speech in conflict 4) Is social media a moderating force after all? 5) Do we actually want news on Threads? 6) NPR leaves Twitter and finds it didn't matter 7) Reflections from the SBF trial 8) Is Apple building a search engine 9) OpenAI puts building human-level intelligence at the top of its value list 10) Wait, did we already reach AGI? 11) The impact of the AI 'pause' letter, six months later.

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0:00.0	Is the Israel Hamas war rewriting some of the norms of social media?
0:04.5	Will Apple build a search engine to compete with Google?
0:07.5	We have the latest from the SBF trial and a big new change from OpenAI
0:11.6	that's focusing on achieving human level intelligence.
0:15.9	All that and more coming up right after this.
0:18.2	Hey, I'm Michael Kovnet, host of The Next Big Idea Daily.
0:21.9	The show is a masterclass in better living from some of the smartest writers around.
0:26.6	Every morning, Monday through Friday, we'll serve up a quick 10-minute lesson on how to strengthen
0:31.4	your relationships, supercharge your creativity, boost your productivity, and more.
0:36.7	Follow the next big idea daily wherever you get your podcasts.
0:42.2	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation of the
0:46.5	tech world and beyond.
0:47.6	We're here on Friday to break down the news in our traditional format, and joining us
0:52.0	is a special guest all the way from semifor.
0:54.8	Reid Albuquerque is here.
0:56.2	Reid, welcome.
0:57.9	Thank you so much for having me.
1:00.1	Thanks for being here.
1:01.0	So you're the technology editor at Semaphore.
1:03.3	We quote your work all the time in the big technology newsletter.
1:07.0	It's great to have you here to talk about a very eventful week of news.
1:10.8	Ron John Roy is out this week.
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