TikTok launches a paywall, but it’s all about the creators. Salesforce has its own generative AI product. More layoffs coming for Meta. Another autonomous driving startup bites the dust. Why Twitter broke yesterday, and new speakers from Sonos.
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Aug 20
Tokens As The New Currency?
Stripe made the OpenRouter deal official at $7.5B. Unitree's Shanghai debut popped 460% past a $50B market cap, YouTube dangled millions to keep creators off Netflix, Slack launched Slack Code, and Binance turned AI agents loose on trading. Links Stripe agrees to acquire NYC-base ... Show More
20m 56s
Aug 19
Anthropic Doing 2x OpenAI?
OpenAI paused training and rewrote its Preparedness Framework after Astra flirted with a critical cyber threshold. Leaked numbers showed Anthropic out-earning OpenAI nearly two to one, Anthropic prepped supervoting shares, Amazon expanded drone delivery, and Meta's addiction tria ... Show More
19m 40s
Mar 2023
ChatGPT Will See You Now, and Silicon Valley Bank Fallout Continues
The Biden administration tells Tiktok to leave ByteDance or leave the US. Meta's year of Zuck-ficiency continues, with another 10,000 layoffs. Kara and Scott unpack the decision to backstop Silicon Valley Bank, as Credit Suisse deals with its own potential issues. Also, ChatGPT g ... Show More
1h 4m
Sep 2023
Tech is gamifying your Zs
The tech world finds another thing to gamify, your sleep. Plus: The IRS is taxing ticket resellers, Prime Video’s newest release: ads, Target launches a private-label kitchen brand, and more.
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