OpenAI and Microsoft's Tension, Apple Screens Everywhere, Meta’s Toothpaste Massacre

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. Cory Weinberg from The Information joins us for the first half! We cover 1) Open AI and Microsoft’s relationship starting to fray 2) Microsoft rebuffing OpenAI's fundraising efforts 3) Mustafa Suleyman's impact on the Microsoft - OpenAI dynamic 4) Why OpenAI sought Apple and NVIDIA's investment 5) Softbank from the top rope 6) When might OpenAI declare it's reached AGI? 7) Microsoft and OpenAI sort out ownership stakes in a new for-profit entity 8) Apple's new smart home strategy 9) Netflix's earnings and engagement questions 10) Meta fires employees for using meal money on toothpaste 11) Silicon Valley and FIRE --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 40% off for the first year: https://tinyurl.com/bigtechnology Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	OpenAI and Microsoft's relationship is starting to fray. Apple wants its screens all over your home.
0:05.6	Netflix kicks off tech earnings and Meta fires a bunch of employees for using meal credits for toothpaste.
0:11.6	All that and more is coming up right after this.
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1:08.3	when we break down the news in our traditional coolheaded and nuanced
1:11.4	format, we have a great show for you today because we're going to talk about how Microsoft
1:15.5	and Open AI have all this really weird tension between the two, especially after Microsoft
1:20.5	invested almost $14 billion in the company. But now things are starting to get weird and we love
1:26.4	talking about that on this show. So we're going to talk about that. We're also going to talk about Apple's starting to get weird, and we love talking about that on this show.
1:28.0	So we're gonna talk about that.
1:29.3	We're also gonna talk about Apple Strategy
1:30.9	to get screens in your house.
1:33.0	A little bit on Netflix earnings this week,
1:34.7	which just came in and beat expectations.
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