TWiT 1051: Hype or True? - Nvidia's $100 Billion Dollar Investment in OpenAI (Over Time)

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Leo Laporte

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🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 185 minutes

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Summary

With Nvidia's plan to invest $100 billion over time in OpenAI, is this type of investment in other competitors healthy for AI? Can LLMs actually handle enterprise tools and tasks? Meta launches a new AI short-form video feed. Apple is testing a new internal chatbot called Veritas as part of its efforts to revamp Siri.

Nvidia (intends to) invest (up to) $100B in OpenAI (over time).
Spending on AI is at epic levels. Will it ever pay off?.
Jensen Huang: "We're already seeing trillion-dollar AI investments".
How Anthropic and OpenAI are developing AI 'co-workers'.
OpenAI says GPT-5 stacks up to humans in a wide range of jobs.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs.
Meta launches 'Vibes,' a short-form video feed of AI slop.
Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership.
Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement over allegations it misled Prime users.
Is GenZ unemployable?
Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z's hiring nightmare is real—and it's not about AI eating entry-level jobs.
AI startup friend bets on foes with $1M NYC subway campaign.
Peter Thiel wants everyone to think more about the Antichrist.
Apple builds a ChatGPT-like App to help test the revamped Siri.

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Guests: Brian McCullough, Dan Shipper, and Ari Paparo

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0:00.0	It's time for Twit, this week in tech.
0:02.3	I'm Alex Cantorwitz, host of Big Technology Podcasts, subbing in for Leo Laporte.
0:07.5	We're going to talk about the AI bubble and whether we should worry about the Antichrist
0:11.9	and we're going to do it with a spectacular panel of brilliant tech experts.
0:16.3	We have Brian McCullough, the host of the Tech Brew Ride Home podcast.
0:20.4	Dan Shipper, the CEO of Evry and Ari Paparo, the host of the TechBrew Ride Home Podcast. Dan Shipper, the CEO of Every and Ari Paparo, the host of the Markitecture podcast.
0:26.0	Stay tuned for a show you do not want to miss.
0:32.2	Podcasts you love.
0:33.8	From people you trust.
0:36.3	This is Twit.
0:42.3	You're watching This Week in Tech, episode 151, recorded on September 28th, 2025, hype or true.
0:55.0	It's time for Twit, This Week in tech, the show where we cover the week's tech news.
0:59.6	Are we in an AI bubble?
1:01.4	Let's find out with an exceptional panel of guests.
1:04.5	I'm Alex Cantorwich, host of Big Technology Podcast, in for Leo, who's on vacation this week.
1:09.9	So thank you, Leo, and the Twit team for trusting me with the show this week. So thank you, Leo and the Twitter team for
1:11.7	trusting me with the show this week. And thanks to everybody here in the audience. I promise you,
1:16.9	as we go through the show, you are not going to be disappointed. We have so much to talk about
1:21.0	everything from the big AI investments to the antitrust, the state of big tech antitrust, the TikTok deal, whether that's ever
1:29.5	going to happen.
1:30.6	We're going to talk about whether AI is replacing jobs, and then we'll have some fun at the end.
1:34.3	And we're joined by a killer group to talk with us about all of these fascinating news stories,
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