The Wrinkliest Story in Tech 12/8/23

Microsoft’s OpenAI deal is coming under regulatory scrutiny -- why an innovative partnership may now get a second look. 

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Checking in with the FTC vs. Microsoft case. Checking in with the effort to recover funds from FTX. What if OpenAI did its own Copilot? Would Microsoft be pissed? And reviews of the Pixel Fold include one reviewer’s unit dying after a mere few days. Sponsors: stpp.co/techmeme Zoc ... Show More

Microsoft and OpenAI are reportedly having problems deciding how make this whole, reclassifying as for-profit thing work. Oh, also, they secretly decided on a new definition of artificial general intelligence that is tied to tangible dollar value. At the tail end of the year, the ... Show More

Why is OpenAI sitting on technology that could detect AI cheating? Why is Bitcoin so correlated to the stock market? Why is Elon restarting his lawsuit against OpenAI? Why are the Chinese launching a Starlink competitor? And are the go-go days for music streaming over? Sponsors: ... Show More

Looks like Microsoft is inches away from getting the Activision acquisition over the line. Hardware ambitions are one thing, but OpenAI might also design its own silicon. Microsoft’s new version of Teams is finally not the most resource hungry piece of software on your computer. ... Show More

<p>In this week&#39;s deep dive episode of<em>The Rundown</em>, we explore how Big Tech is positioning itself as a dominant player in the race for artificial intelligence. As tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta push to control this next frontier, the Trump administration ... Show More

Why I think yesterday’s Congressional hearings might actually be a tipping point for tech regulation. What would a Kids Online Safety Act actually mean? More proof of YouTube’s dominance. Celsius and FTX customers are about to get some money back. And Google’s new text to image A ... Show More

This week on Prof G Markets, Scott shares his thoughts on Microsoft's plan to invest $10 billion in OpenAI. He also discusses how the concept of anonymity has enabled rampant wash trading in the NFT market. Finally, we check in on the state of EU tech regulations from the DLD con ... Show More

OpenAI and Microsoft say they have ironed out their differences… tentatively. Not officially. I’ll explain why that is interesting. With new FDA clearance for the Apple watch are millions of people about to discover they have hypertension? What if AI is less corrupt than humans? ... Show More

From the outside, OpenAI looked like one of Silicon Valley’s biggest success stories. In 2022, it had stunned the world with the release of ChatGPT3.5, leapfrogging some of the biggest tech companies to be an industry leader in artificial intelligence. But, inside the company wal ... Show More