Big Technology Podcast

Dec 20 2024 358 ep. 53 mins 1.2k
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The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.

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1-800-Chat-GPT, Neuralink’s Potential, Meta's Live AI

Dec 20 2024 54 mins  
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's o3 reasoning model 2) Is reasoning a real step forward or a head fake after other methods hit a wall 3) Is AI reasoning too expensive 4) AI models attempt to trick their trainers 5) Are we getting close to AGI? 6) Is it silly to start discussing AI sentience now? 7) 1-800-CHAT-GP

Neuralink's First Patient Controls Computers With His Mind — With Noland Arbaugh

Dec 18 2024 68 mins  
Noland Arbaugh is a 30 year old quadriplegic who can control computers with nothing but his mind. Earlier this year, he allowed Elon Musk’s Neuralink to drill a hole in his skull, insert more than one thousand electrodes into his motor cortex, and translate his brain signals into cursor movement and clicks. In this week's Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz interviews Arbaugh

What is OpenAI's Sora For?, Big Tech’s Trump Strategy, GM Kills Cruise

Dec 13 2024 52 mins  
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) What's the use case for OpenAI's Sora video generator? 2) Maybe Sora helps OpenAI understand physics and sets up world models + robotics 3) Siri is still bad 4) Check in on OpenAI's shipmas 5) OpenAI o1 tries to escape being shut down 6) Time Magazine's Person of the Year AI 7) Gemini 2.0

AI Predictions for 2025: Geopolitics, Agents, and Data Scaling — With Alexandr Wang

Dec 11 2024 58 mins  
Alexandr Wang is the CEO and co-founder of Scale AI. He joins Big Technology Podcast to share his predictions for AI in 2025, including insights about emerging geopolitical drama in the AI field, AI agents for consumers, why data may matter more than computing power, and how militaries worldwide are preparing to deploy AI in warfare. We also cover quantum computing and why Wang bel

Amazon’s New AI Model, Bitcoin $100,000, TikTok 'Ban' Upheld

Dec 06 2024 58 mins  
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Amazon's new Nova AI model 2) How Nova is differentiated 3) OpenAI heading to AWS in 2025? 4) OpenAI's 12 days of Shipmas 5) OpenAI's $200/month ChatGPT PRO 6) Google's new Veo video generation model 7) Will OpenAI's Sora video generation model measure up? 8) Jeff Bezos talks at Dealbook

AWS CEO Matt Garman on Amazon's Big AI Chips Bet, Working With OpenAI, and Nuclear Energy

Dec 04 2024 43 mins  
Matt Garman is the CEO of Amazon Web Services. Garman joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss Amazon's AI strategy and future plans. Tune in to hear Garman's insights on AWS's AI chips, partnerships with leading AI companies including OpenAI, the ROI of generative AI, and how AWS is helping customers leverage AI while managing costs. We also cover AWS's investment in nuclear energy

Musk vs. OpenAI, Artists Leak Sora, Temu Black Friday

Dec 01 2024 62 mins  
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Elon Musk tries to stop OpenAI from going for-profit 2) Should OpenAI be able to convert to for profit? 3) Should OpenAI be able to prevent investors from investing in competitors 4) What happens if OpenAI delays the for-profit conversion 5) State of GenAI 6) Musk's xAI raise and scale up

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Has Thoughts on AI Agents, Automation, and The Future of Your Job

Nov 27 2024 49 mins  
Marc Benioff is the CEO and co-founder of Salesforce. Benioff joins Big Technology Podcast for a wide ranging discussion on AI agents, automation, and the future of labor. In this episode, we discuss his vision for AI agents and how they'll transform the way companies interact with customers. Tune in to hear why Benioff believes the future isn't about personal AI assistants, but ra

OpenAI Builds A Browser, Microsoft Copilot’s Struggles, Jaguar Rebrand

Nov 22 2024 62 mins  
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's browser initiative 2) Can the ChatGPT browser succeed 3) DOJ wants to split off Chrome 4) Is spinning off Chrome a just punishment? 5) Would we be better off with Google services disconnected from each other? 6) Apple is trying to improve Siri with LLMS 7) Microsoft's copilot has

Rivian's CEO on Elon's Influence, Affordable EVs, and The Grid's Risky Future — With RJ Scaringe

Nov 20 2024 54 mins  
RJ Scaringe is the CEO of Rivian. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a deep discussion about the state of electric vehicles and where Rivian goes from here. We go into depth about Elon Musk's role in the coming Trump administration and what Scaringe would do if he was the "first buddy." Then we talk about Rivian's affordability, its partnership with VW, its road to profitability,