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NVIDIA Explained: Origins, GPUs and AI stock bump | EP8
NVIDIA has seen their valuation 5x over the last 5 years and is now worth more than $2 trillion.
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
47:43
Reddit's IPO Filing & India's AI Regulation | EP 7
Here are the highlights from the podcast episode.
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
48:10
Tech's Pledge To Fight AI Election Interference & Twillio’s woes with Segment | EP 6
Last week, 20 tech companies across Big Tech, social networks and AI providers signed a voluntary pledge to fight election interference from…
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
58:42
Apple's (reluctant) App Store changes, and Semafor tries AI news
This week, we dive into two meaty topics.
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
1:05:27
Apple Watch pulls blood oxygen feature, and how big a deal is the GPT Store really?
Listen now | In the second episode of this year, we peel a few layers beneath Apple's decision to pull the blood oxygen feature after losing a patent…
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
1:03:49
2024 Predictions: AI, Media, Advertising & more
They say predictions is a bad business - You get it right, people say "duh". You get it wrong, you are terribly wrong. So, of course we are kicking off…
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
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James Watterson
1:01:57
SaaS AI Features Meet Applications Without Moats
Several enterprise SaaS companies have announced generative AI features recently, which is a direct threat to AI startups that lack sustainable…
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
Regulating AI: The case for a mechanisms-based approach
Targeting specific mechanisms mitigates AI risks more effectively, is easier to get consensus on, and avoids unintended consequences of brute force…
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
Zoom's AI policy backlash & customer data in model training
Listen now (27 mins) | Zoom came under fire recently for silently changing their terms of service in a way that allows use of customer data (read your…
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
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James Watterson
26:59
OpenAI's web crawler and FTC missteps
OpenAI launches a default opt-in crawler, continuing to scrape the Internet, while the FTC focuses on an obscure consumer deception investigation into…
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
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StackOverflow's pivot: From disruption to opportunity
OverFlowAI takes the company’s core asset, exposes answers in a highly usable interface, and in turn creates a loop using gen AI to fire up the content…
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
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Generative AI and the Future of News - a tale of two worlds
Last week, the New York Times reported that Google is testing an AI tool that enables news organizations to create content using AI. It is unclear what…
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Viggy Balagopalakrishnan
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