More OpenAI Executive Drama, Is Siri Seriously Broken?, Meta’s Elusive Next Hit

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.7 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Siegler joins us to discuss latest turmoil inside OpenAI, what the reported tension between CEO Sam Altman and CFO Sarah Friar says about the company’s spending and IPO plans, and whether Anthropic or OpenAI is better positioned to win the agentic AI battle. We also cover Apple’s latest Siri plans, whether Apple should try to buy Anthropic, and why Meta still hasn’t found its next big hit beyond advertising. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Top Open AI executives are reportedly at odds over its spending in IPO plans.
0:05.4	Apple keeps making plans for Siri and, well, nothing to show for it yet,
0:09.7	and can Meta find its next hit?
0:11.7	That's coming up with MG Siegler from Spyglass right after this.
0:15.6	Call my wife.
0:17.2	Calling UK Wildlife.
0:19.2	Voice assistants not working for you. BlackRock Investment Trust has a lot working for you. Get to know them at blackrock.com. Capital at risk, marketing material. BlackRock Investment Management UK Limited, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Welcome to Big Technology podcast. It's the first Monday of the month, and M.G. Segal is here with us in his traditional spot to break down what's
0:38.9	going on in the world of tech. We have a lot to talk about today, including more turnover at the
0:44.9	top of open AI and what that means. We'll also talk a little bit about open AI and anthropic seemingly
0:50.5	headed toward the same product. Then we will return to a common theme in these discussions, Apple,
0:55.9	and whether that company's plans for Siri will ever materialize.
0:59.6	And then finally, why meta seems not to be able to find its next hit.
1:04.6	MG, great to see you.
1:05.7	Welcome back to the show.
1:07.0	Thanks, Alex.
1:07.8	Super sunny here in London.
1:09.4	So it's nice outside.
1:10.5	Got Michigan Wolverines in the national championship game this week. And so I'm glad we're recording this right now and not say tomorrow when I might be staying up until about four in the morning. Oh, goodness. Well, it's definitely going to be a busy week on a number of fronts. And certainly open a i team is going to have to figure out
1:29.0	what's happening once again uh in the c suite because there's breaking news that we have coming
1:34.8	uh oh you know basically within our our recording window here that um there is potentially some
1:42.5	discontent between opening i ceo Altman and CFO Sarah Fryer.
1:47.7	This is from the information.
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