Meta Wants to Take On ChatGPT & Duolingo Replaces Workers With AI?

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

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Episode 572: Neal and Toby recap the whirlwind situation over at Amazon after the White House got wind that it was going to display which products are affected by tariffs in its pricing, which Trump publicly rebuked. Then, Meta throws its hat in the ring with a standalone AI chatbot that directly aims at ChatGPT. Also, Duolingo’s CEO causes a stir by announcing the company plans to eventually replace the work from contractors with AI. Meanwhile, the EU shuts down Malta’s ‘golden passport’ program. Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Visit https://planetoat.com/ to learn more! Vote for us! https://shortyawards.com/17th/morning-brew-daily-show Vote for us! https://shortyawards.com/17th/morning-brew-daily-show Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow 00:00 - Jeopardy Masters Tournament 03:00 - Amazon Tariff Prices 09:15 - Meta AI App 12:45 - Duolingo Replacing Contractors with AI 18:00 - Golden Passports 21:45 - Headlines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Race the rudder, raise the sails, raise the sales!
0:05.0	Captain, an unidentified ship approaching. Over.
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0:31.2	Good morning, Brew Daily show. I'm Neil Fryman. And I'm Toby Howell.
0:35.3	Today, Meta puts a social media spin on its AI chatbot, but will people like it?
0:40.3	Then Amazon flirted with the idea of listing a tariff surcharge next to its products, but then the White House called.
0:47.3	It's Wednesday, April 30th. Let's ride. Good morning, everyone. Toby, I am hype. The biggest competition of the year kicks off tonight, Jeopardy Masters.
1:02.6	The game show is bringing back its top-ranked players to compete in a tournament for a $500,000 prize.
1:09.1	Everything about this is going to be supersized. Nine hour-long episodes
1:13.4	consisting of two games each with the hardest questions, well answers you could think of.
1:19.1	Jeopardy has done a great job of turning its all-star contestants into household names.
1:23.6	We're also at the point in our lives, Neil, where we are seated for Jeopardy at 7 p.m.
1:29.0	So this is appointment viewing for our crew here at MBD.
1:32.6	But also, Neil, I am talking to a bit of a Jeopardy legend here.
1:36.5	You were on the show many moons ago.
1:38.9	Tell MBD listeners about that lore.
1:41.7	I don't know about legend, but yeah, in 2001, when I was 10 years old,
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