The Web’s ‘Existential’ AI Threat, OpenAI’s Microsoft Office Competitor, Tesla Robotaxi Launch

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Alex Kantrowitz

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🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Reed Albergotti is the technology editor at Semafor. He's back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince says AI is disappearing the web 2) Will there be new business models that replace the current web-based models? 3) Is the AI Agent thing really happening? 4) Vibecoding riches 5) Court rules Anthropic can train on books (but not steal them) 6) Anthropic will study AI’s economic impact 7) Is chatbot companionship good for us? Anthropic says yes 8) OpenAI works on office productivity tools 9) Why OpenAi and Microsoft have tension 10) Will Stargate work? 11) Mira Murati’s Think Machines plan 12) Tesla Robotaxi Rollout 13) Jeff Bezos gets married, who's coming?? --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Questions? Feedback? Write to: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Is the web about to collapse as generative AI sends a tiny amount of traffic to websites,
0:06.1	according to Cloudflare's CEO?
0:08.9	Meanwhile, OpenAI might be building a Microsoft Office competitor.
0:13.7	Mirroo Moradi is starting to tell people what she's doing at Thinking Machines Labs,
0:18.3	and Tesla's Robotaxyi initiative is out the gate.
0:22.7	We'll cover it all on a Big Technology Podcast Friday edition right after this.
0:26.9	From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to personal development.
0:33.1	Join me every week for captivating stories and research to find more fulfillment in your work and personal
0:38.2	life. Listen to every day better on the LinkedIn podcast network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your
0:42.7	podcasts. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition where we break down the news in our traditional
0:48.3	cool-headed and nuanced format. We have so much to speak with you about this week in another big
0:53.1	week of tech and AI news. We are so much to speak with you about this week and another big week of tech and AI news.
0:55.9	We are going to cover the tiny amount of traffic that AI has been sending to websites and whether
1:01.4	that is a sign of a greater collapse to come. We'll also talk about the latest in the Open AI
1:07.9	Microsoft Wars. Some interesting news coming from Anthropic that we can drop
1:11.6	today and talk to you about. We also have some news about what Mira Muradi is up to at
1:16.9	thinking machine labs. Of course, Tesla has gotten its Robotaxi initiative underway and Jeff
1:23.7	Bezos is getting married. So joining us as always, not as always, joining us as a special
1:29.8	guest here to speak with us about this is our regular Reed Albergotti, the technology editor
1:34.4	at 7-4. Reed, great to see you. Thanks so much for coming on. Yeah, absolutely. I just got back from the
1:39.2	wedding. I'm just kidding. I was not there. Wasn't at the Bezos wedding. This is my Easter egg for listeners.
1:46.5	I have a list of celebrities that will be at the Bezos wedding, including one who was listed as
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