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Big Technology Podcast

Why OpenAI Killed Sora, Did Apple Just Save Siri?, Meta’s Big Loss

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

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

4.7595 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Why AI-video didn't take off 2) Who wins now that OpenAI is shutting down Sora 3) The real reason OpenAI shut down Sora 4) What happens now that OpenAI and Anthropic are competing for similar AI assistant customers 5) Anthropic's new 'Capybara' model class is coming 6) OpenAI has a big new model called Spud in the works 7) Apple's Siri fix isn't much of a fix at all 8) Meta and Youtube lose a precedent-setting court case 9) Should Big Tech be liable for teen mental health? 10) Tech stocks tank 11) OpenAI shelves ChatGPT adult mode, probably forever --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

OpenAI is giving up on video generation. Here's the real story behind it. Apple is going to make a bunch of AI assistance available in Siri, and Meta loses a landmark court case that could spell even more trouble ahead. That's coming up on a Big Technology podcast Friday edition right after this.

0:18.6

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in all states or situations. Welcome to Big Technology Friday edition where we break down the news

0:55.0

in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced format.

0:58.0

We have a great show for you today.

1:00.0

We're going to talk all about why OpenAI killed Sora

1:03.0

and really the bigger story about what it means

1:05.0

for the company's ambitions.

1:07.0

We're also going to talk about a couple new models

1:09.0

coming out from OpenAI and Anthropic that has people on the inside buzzing. This new upgrade for Apple and Siri

1:15.4

is going to amount to anything. We'll touch on that. And then finally, met a loss big in court

1:20.4

this week. And that may be news that will harm it in the future. Joining us, as always, on

1:26.6

Friday to do it is Ron John Roy of Margins. Ron John,

1:29.2

welcome. Sora is dead. Erotic chatbots are no more. Apple might be fixing Siri. This feels like a good

1:38.5

week. I'm currently in Park City, Utah, and there's no snow. So I'm not very happy about that.

1:43.6

But I'm happy about all this news. Well, we will dig into it, and there's no snow. So I'm not very happy about that. But I'm happy about all this news.

1:46.0

Well, we will dig into it, and clearly the SideQuest era is over. And the biggest casualty so far has been

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