Techmeme Ride Home

Techmeme Ride Home

Brian McCullough

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Mon. 06/10 – The WWDC 2024 Keynote

All the headlines from WWDC. All the AI goodness, even if Apple spent half the time not even mentioning the words Artificial Intelligence. Also, what...

Jun 10, 2024 15m

(Profile) Traceloop

Get observability for your LLM application at TraceLoop.comSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https...

Jun 9, 2024 27m

Fri. 06/07 – It’s Backlash Day

As we prep for WWDC on Monday, word of a completely new Passwords app from Apple. Also, it’s a day of backlashes. The backlash against Adobe’s terms o...

Jun 7, 2024 16m

Thu. 06/06 – Regulators Stirring On AI

Nvidia hits $3T. US regulators aren’t sleeping on the AI market, including Nvidia itself. Humane tells users of the AI Pin to stop using the charging...

Jun 6, 2024 16m

Wed. 06/05 – An Open Letter To OpenAI

As I said on that bonus episode with Alex Kantrowitz, the research side of OpenAI isn’t happy, and they’re starting to speak out. More details on AI a...

Jun 5, 2024 16m

Tue. 06/04 – Wait. Why More Layoffs?

More headlines from Computex. More layoffs at Microsoft, but why? Instagram is copying YouTube’s unskippable ads. Why Samsung is pre-emptively suing O...

Jun 4, 2024 15m

Mon. 06/03 – An AI To Game With

Computex brings a slew of announcements from AMD and Nvidia, including an AI bot to help you with your gaming. Another price hike from Spotify. Perple...

Jun 3, 2024 17m

(BNS) Big Technology Crossover OpenAI Teases GPT-5, Musk Raises $6B for xAI

OpenAI Teases GPT-5, Musk Raises $6B for xAI, Loneliness in Remote Work Era.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...

Jun 1, 2024 56m

Fri. 05/31 – Why Not Just Kill Siri?

OpenAI has a new “affordable” version of ChatGPT for universities and schools. They also are planning to get back into robotics in a big way. Behind t...

May 31, 2024 17m

Thu. 05/30 – Biggest Botnet Ever?

Global authorities take down what they say is the biggest botnet of all time. More big AI deals for big media. More on the delicate dance between Open...

May 30, 2024 17m

Wed. 05/29 – Did The Secret Sauce Of Google Search Just Leak?

A big leak at Google might be the tech equivalent of the secret formula for Coca-Cola being revealed for the first time. The ex-OpenAI board members a...

May 29, 2024 16m

Tue. 05/28 – GPT5 Still A Year Out?

We have a rough timeline of when we can expect GPT5 and it looks like it won’t be this summer. xAI has a big raise. Another in-depth look at Apple’s A...

May 28, 2024 15m

Fri. 05/24 – Now ETH Gets An ETF

Out of nowhere, the SEC has approved spot ETFs for ether. Spotify is killing its Car Thing. Google’s AI Overview is giving crazy answers all over the...

May 24, 2024 17m

Thu. 05/23 – Nvidia: Still Killing It

Nvidia’s earnings are still historic, but what could upset their apple cart? A few things, actually. I think we know the truth or at least the timelin...

May 23, 2024 17m

Wed. 05/22 – Humane Already To The Deadpool?

All the AI announcements from Microsoft Build. I know it’s only been a minute, but is Humane already circling the Deadpool? They’re supposedly shoppin...

May 22, 2024 16m

Tue. 05/21 – Now You’ve Pissed Off Scar-Jo

There are only 2 stories today, but they’re big ones. First, at an event yesterday, Microsoft showed off what they want the PC to look like in the AI...

May 21, 2024 17m

Mon. 05/20 – That GPT Voice Is NOT Scar-Jo

No, that ChatGPT voice is not Scarlett Johansson, stop asking. In fact, that voice is going away. What does it mean if OpenAI’s entire superalignment...

May 20, 2024 15m

Fri. 05/17 – Reddit Embraces Its AI Role

As telegraphed for the last year, Reddit is going all in on being an all you can eat buffet for AI companies. Will new batteries give iPhones longer b...

May 17, 2024 17m

Thu. 05/16 – Instagram Founder To Anthropic

Some AI companies want to go after web search. But by hiring an Instagram founder, is Anthropic going in a social or app direction? Will AI kill the c...

May 16, 2024 15m

Wed. 05/15 – Google’s I/O Announces.

All the announces from Google’s massive I/O event yesterday, including, yes, generative AI summaries are fully coming to Google Search. Plus, the came...

May 15, 2024 15m

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