Wed. 04/12 - Twitter Inc. No Longer Exists?

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🗓️ 12 April 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Elon Musk did a big spontaneous interview with the BBC last night on Twitter Spaces, but here’s two things that didn’t make the interview: Twitter appears to be working on generative AI for reasons yet unknown and Twitter Inc. doesn’t exist as a company anymore. Global VC funding for crypto startups fell to $2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2023, down 80% from an all-time high in 2022. Video game illustrators in China say AI image generators are causing them to lose their jobs. And Reddit moderators saying AI-generated spam is rapidly mounting as they brace themselves for a spam apocalypse. Links: Elon Musk is moving forward with a new generative-AI project at Twitter after purchasing thousands of GPUs (Insider) Twitter Inc. has been merged with X Corp. and “no longer exists,” Elon Musk’s company says in a court filing. (Slate) Six things we learned from Elon Musk interview (BBC) Crypto VC Funding Plunges by 80% in Dire Quarter for Startups (Bloomberg) AI is already taking video game illustrators' jobs in China (Rest of World) Reddit Moderators Brace for a ChatGPT Spam Apocalypse (VICE) NPR to Suspend Twitter Use After ‘Government-Funded’ Label (NY Times) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tech Meme Ride Home for Wednesday, April 12th, 2023.
0:08.8	I'm Jackson Bird filling in for Brian McCullough.
0:11.7	Today, Elon Musk did a big spontaneous filling in for Brian McCullough today.
0:12.8	Elon Musk did a big spontaneous interview with the BBC last night on Twitter spaces,
0:18.8	but here's two things that didn't make the interview.
0:22.0	Twitter appears to be working on generative AI
0:25.2	for reasons yet unknown,
0:27.6	and Twitter Inc. doesn't exist as a company anymore.
0:32.4	Global VC funding for crypto startups fell to 2.4 billion dollars in the first quarter of
0:38.0	2023, down 80% from an all-time high in 2022.
0:44.0	Video game illustrators in China say AI image generators are causing them to lose their jobs.
0:51.0	And Reddit moderators are saying AI-generated spam is rapidly mounting as they
0:56.8	braced themselves for a spam apocalypse. Here's what you missed today in the world of
1:02.3	tech.
1:05.0	Last night, Elon Musk did an impromptu interview with BBC reporter James Clayton on Twitter
1:11.0	spaces and it was pretty frank.
1:14.6	Seemingly in part because as Musk said at one point he considered it as much a
1:19.2	chance for him to interview the BBC as them to interview him.
1:23.0	him.
1:24.0	A few of the big headline-making statements include his admission that at a certain point he
1:29.0	only went through with the purchase of Twitter eventually because he knew a court was going to make him do it.
1:35.2	And he insisted on the joke that he's been making for a while that his dog Floki is
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