MSG's facial recognition software, BuzzFeed's deal with Meta, The Creator Economy and more | E1667
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
4.2 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Molly and Jason chop it up about New York Attorney General Letitia James probing into MSG's alleged use of facial recognition to identify and target specific patrons (1:46). This segues into a great discussion about Meta's $10M deal with BuzzFeed and The Creator Economy as a whole (21:41). We cap off the week with two great interviews, one with LA26 graduate Nevsah Karamehmet of Breath Hub (36:17) and another with Brett Bauman, the creator of PlaylistAI (48:09).
(0:00) M+J kick off the show
(1:46) WLITF WTF: Facial recognition software at MSG
(8:33) Lemon.io - Get 15% off your first 4 weeks of developer time at https://Lemon.io/twist
(10:03) More on the NYAG case regarding MSG's facial recognition software
(20:11) Linode - Apply to Linode's Rise program for up to six figures in discounts at https://linode.com/twist
(21:41) BuzzFeed's lucrative deal with Meta + Revenue share with creators
(35:07) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at crowdbotics.com/twist
(36:17) LA26 Founder: Nevsah Karamehmet of Breath Hub
(48:09) Ok Boomer with Brett Bauman
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| 0:00.0 | Okay, everybody, happy Friday, first up, |
| 0:01.5 | we're gonna talk about dystopian, |
| 0:03.7 | we live in the future, yes. |
| 0:05.4 | Madison Square Garden seems to be tracking fans |
| 0:07.4 | as they come in and out of the arena. |
| 0:10.2 | Yeah. |
| 0:11.2 | And the New York Attorney General |
| 0:13.2 | and A.G. Leticia James are concerned |
| 0:16.8 | that there could be some minor civil rights violations |
| 0:19.2 | happening here of lawyers, of all people. |
| 0:21.7 | Violating the civil rights of lawyers. |
| 0:23.8 | Yeah, never a good look. |
| 0:25.4 | And then we talk about how Facebook |
| 0:27.4 | has maybe missed the boat with creators |
| 0:29.4 | and how YouTube core to them successfully. |
| 0:31.5 | We move on to a great L.A.26 Founder interview. |
| 0:35.3 | Now that helps you breathe better |
| 0:37.8 | and work on your breath work. |
| 0:39.9 | And then finally, |
| 0:41.3 | another edition of Okay Boomer AI |
| 0:43.9 | is coming for everything, including, |
| 0:47.2 | and I think that people get very precious about their art, |
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