Sam Altman’s $7 Trillion Fundraise, Google Gemini Catches OpenAI, The Return To Office Ploy

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Alex Kantrowitz

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4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Sam Altman seeking to raise trillions for a new chip company 2) S&P 5,000 3) Google’s Gemini reaching parity with GPT-4 4) The commoditization of AI models 5) The rise of AI agents 6) Google's looming identity criss 7) What happens if Meta is more valuable than Google 8) FCC bans AI generated robocalls 9) The fallout of failed acquisitions like Amazon - iRobot and Adobe - Figma. 10) Snap doing layoffs and its stock sinks 11) Chris Dixon’s book taking a sketchy route to the best seller list 12) Adam Neumann wants WeWork back 13) Is Return to office a ploy to downsize and hold back raises? 14) Reflections on the Vision Pro --- 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/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Sam Altman wants to raise trillions for a new chip company.
0:03.4	Google's Gemini is on par with GPT4, and that has a heap of implications for the AI world.
0:09.5	Snap is doing layoffs, and its stock is sinking.
0:12.5	Chris Dixon's book took a sketchy route to the bestseller list.
0:16.3	Adam Newman wants WeWork Back and his return to office employ to downsize and holdback races. We're going to
0:22.2	cover that and plenty more right after this. Will AI improve our lives or exterminate the species?
0:30.5	What would it take to abolish poverty? Are you eating enough fermented foods? These are some of the
0:36.8	questions we've tackled recently on the next big idea.
0:40.0	I'm Rufus Griskem, and every week I sit down with the world's leading thinkers for in-depth conversations that will help you live, work, and play smarter.
0:49.5	Follow the next big idea wherever you get your podcasts.
0:55.8	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition, where we break down the news in our
1:00.3	traditional cool-headed and nuanced format.
1:02.7	We have a big week of news to cover with you.
1:05.4	We're going to talk a little bit about my experience with the Vision Pro at the end.
1:08.8	Before we get to that, we have big AI news,
1:11.4	including Sam Altman looking to raise trillions of dollars
1:14.4	for his potential chip business and what that all means.
1:18.1	So that's all coming up.
1:19.3	As always, we're joined by Ron John Roy.
1:21.2	I want to welcome Ron John to the show.
1:22.9	Billions are no longer cool.
1:24.9	I'm only talking trillions this week, Alex. Well, we're going to live that dream very shortly. I also just want to say a quick
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