The Case Against SBF, Temu vs. Amazon, AI Therapy

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Plans to attend the SBF Trial 2) Welcome to Compound and Friends listeners 3) The legal case against SBF 4) The environment in the court 5) How SBF might win? 6) Michael Lewis update 6) Over 40% of Amazon users now use Temu 7) Blue Apron, once valued at $2 billion, sold for $103 million 8) Anthropic's potential $2 billion raise from Google 9) Should we use AI for therapy 10) Brief update on Twitter numbers. --- 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	SBF is in New York and on trial.
0:02.6	New data shows Timu is gaining steam on Amazon quickly.
0:06.9	And would you use AI technology as your therapist?
0:10.3	Coming up right after this.
0:12.5	Will AI improve our lives or exterminate the species?
0:17.2	What would it take to abolish poverty?
0:20.4	Are you eating enough fermented foods?
0:22.7	These are some of the questions we've tackled recently on the next big idea.
0:26.8	I'm Rufus Griscombe, and every week I sit down with the world's leading thinkers
0:31.4	for in-depth conversations that will help you live, work, and play smarter.
0:36.2	Follow the next big idea wherever you get your podcasts.
0:42.5	Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition
0:45.0	where we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced format.
0:48.5	We have so much to talk about with you today,
0:50.8	including the early rumblings of the SBF trial,
0:53.9	is here in New York,
0:54.8	and the arguments are getting going. And it's actually seems like quite a lively courtroom.
0:59.0	And then we'll get to other stuff regarding TEMU, AI therapy, some stuff with Anthropic,
1:04.1	and even maybe some Twitter news. It's going to be quick. Right after this, Ron John and I are
1:07.8	going to hop over to another link. And we're going to talk to Chris Leonard, who wrote The Lords of Easy Money.
1:14.5	A fascinating book.
1:15.4	That interview is going to air on Wednesday, but for now we're here to break down the week's news.
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