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Jan 2023
1h 24m

OpenAI’s endgame, DeepMind’s chatbot, Un...

Jason Calacanis
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Molly and Jason kick off the show about social taboo topics and getting to the bottom of Covid-19.(2:22) Following the two discuss Molly attending Strictly VC, DeepMind’s new chatbot Sparrow and OpenAI’s end game. (15:43) Then Molly interviews LAUNCH Accelerator founder United by Zero CEO and Founder Lex Kiefhaber (52:34). Then we cap off the episode with another great edition of Ok Boomer featuring Juliet Meskers, co-founder and CEO of MOTH (1:08:45)

(0:00) M+J kick off the show

(2:22) Covid-19 and cultural taboo topics

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(12:01) Getting to the bottom of Covid-19

(15:43) Molly attended Strictly VC to hear Sam Altman speak about AI

(19:33) Crowdbotics - Get a free scoping session for your next big app idea at crowdbotics.com/twist

(21:06) The difference between creating and packaging AI

(28:42) DeepMind’s chatbot Sparrow + AI infringing on intellectual property

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(38:49) What is OpenAI’s end game?

(52:34) Molly interviews LAUNCH Accelerator founder United by Zero CEO and Founder Lex Kiefhaber

(1:08:45) Ok Boomer featuring Juliet Meskers, co-founder and CEO of MOTH


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