Aug 22
Has China Shut The Door On Nvidia?
We talked recently about how Nvidia wasn’t home free in China just yet, and low and behold, they’re stopping H20 chip production over Chinese concerns. Did Elon Musk talk to Mark Zuckerberg about buying OpenAI together? And of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Links: Nvi ... Show More
19m 1s
Jan 2024
The AI Election + Bitcoin’s Wall Street Debut + TikTok’s Doodad Era
OpenAI has released its plan to fight disinformation in elections in 2024, but will its policies be consequential compared to those of other generative A.I. companies? Then, a watershed moment had crypto fans celebrating for the first time in maybe more than a year. And finally, ... Show More
1h 15m
May 2022
BREAKDOWN: Crypto Politics Heats Up in Advance of the Midterm Elections
Politicians are starting to formalize their positions. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US. Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at a set of stories relating to crypto’s place in the political discourse, including:SEC increasing enforcement staff Bitcoin Mining C ... Show More
16m 3s
Jan 2022
BREAKDOWN: Internet Shut Down, Bitcoin Mining Offline as Kazakhstan’s Political Crisis Escalates
A brief overview of the protests that have rocked the Central Asian company over the last week.This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Abra and FTX US.On today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW provides a basic primer on the escalating political crisis in Kazakhstan. He covers:The cou ... Show More
17m 12s
Apr 2022
BREAKDOWN: The Geopolitics of Crypto, With Jill Gunter
The Expresso Systems strategist joins to discuss bitcoin, macro, politics and more. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, Arculus and FTX US. Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW is joined by Espresso Systems co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Jill Gunter. She is also an investor wit ... Show More
55m 36s
Feb 2022
BREAKDOWN: Why a US Senator Just Said the Fed Should Buy Bitcoin
Plus a look at the political debates around inflation.This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US. On today’s episode, NLW looks at the increasingly political discourse around inflation in the United States. The Right is claiming government overspending is to blame whi ... Show More
14m 49s
Apr 2018
The First Computer War - The Electronic Brain | 1
With so much information at our fingertips, it’s hard to remember that we haven’t always walked around with supercomputers in our pockets. In fact, in 1952, CBS thought that Americans would find it SO hard to imagine that a machine could even predict election results accurately t ... Show More
22m 21s
May 2024
UNCHAINED: Erik Voorhees' New Venture | Why AI Desperately Needs Privacy and Uncensorability
Erik Voorhees' latest venture, Venice, is a private, uncensorable, open-source AI agent run on decentralized computation.
Listen to the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pods, Fountain, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Amazon Music, or on your favorite podcast platform. ... Show More
1h 15m
May 2024
TWiT 980: Hed Dek Lede and Nut Graf - OpenAI and Reddit, Signal Smear Campaign
OpenAI and Reddit, Signal Smear Campaign GPT-4o (omni) + new "Her"-style AI assistant (it's nuts) It's Time to Believe the AI Hype The panel discusses their experiences with Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude OpenAI strikes deal to bring Reddit content to ChatGPT OpenAI Superalignment team ... Show More
2h 33m