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Why Getting Data Right Could Be The Key To Effective AI Projects — With Charles Sansbury
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-11-05 17:30
What does AI need to do to deliver real economic value. Let's talk about it with Charles Sansbury, the CEO of Cloudera, who is here with us in studio for a video brought to you by Cloudera. Charles, great to see you.How are you. >> Great to see you and thanks for having me. >> Thanks for being here.We've been talking on the show so much about the economic value of artificial intelligence. Um whether or not there there will be an ROI on this technology. >> I'm so happy to be speaking with you today because y ...
OpenAI’s IPO Plan, Deconstructing The AI Bet, Apple’s iPhone 17 Revival
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-11-04 11:13
M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back for our monthly tech news discussion. Today we dig into OpenAI’s newly cleared path to an IPO, what trillion-scale capex vs. current revenue implies, and how Microsoft’s 27% stake, IP rights, and fresh AWS entanglements complicate the story. We debate whether the market can stomach years of heavy losses, why “AGI or bust” creates systemic risk, and what happens if model gains plateau, compute economics flip, or fast followers erase any AGI edge. Finally, we look at Apple’s i ...
OpenAI and Microsoft’s Grand Bargain, Sam Altman’s Next Three Years, A New Humanoid Robot
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-11-03 14:14
OpenAI's Transformation & Strategy - OpenAI converts to a public benefit corporation, signaling a shift in its organizational structure [1] - Sam Altman outlines OpenAI's next three years, indicating future strategic direction [7] - OpenAI aims to become its own AI cloud, suggesting a move towards infrastructure independence [9] - OpenAI is becoming similar to Facebook, raising questions about its future role and impact [10] Microsoft's AI Ambitions & Partnership - Microsoft aims to host every AI model on Azure, highlighting its cloud computing strategy [4] - Microsoft's negotiation with OpenAI is discussed, revealing the dynamics of their partnership [6] AI Development & Industry Concerns - The discussion questions whether AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) is dead, reflecting on the progress and future of AI development [5] - The report questions the value of building automated AI researchers, prompting reflection on the goals of AI research [8] - OpenAI employees express concerns about becoming "engagement farmers", highlighting ethical considerations [11] - The discussion considers whether the current situation is an "AI wobble" instead of an "AI bubble", suggesting potential instability in the AI field [13] Competitive Landscape - Meta's threat from OpenAI is analyzed, indicating the competitive dynamics in the AI industry [12] - The discussion questions the desirability of the 1X Technologies Neo humanoid robot, raising questions about the future of robotics [14]
Condoleezza Rice Knows Football
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-11-01 21:36
A couple years ago, you were rumored as someone who could be the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. You said you're not doing it, but I want to test your football knowledge to see if this could be something that you could do. All right, second and goal.>> Yeah, >> you're down four. 25 seconds left to go. The ball's at the oneyd line.Are you passing or are you running. >> Well, if I have Josh Allen, I'm going to run. If I have Jaylen Herz and uh you know, the the brotherly uh push, then I'm going to run.Any ...
Medium's CEO on How AI Changes Writing — With Tony Stubblebine
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-10-30 16:30
Tony Stubblebine is the CEO of Medium. He joins Big Technology to discuss the future of writing in the age of AI and how platforms should handle AI-generated content. Tune in to hear fresh data on ChatGPT vs. Google referral quality, Gemini’s impact on click-throughs, and Medium’s anti-spam approach. We also cover the RSL licensing push, Cloudflare blocking, creator payouts, and Medium’s writing app. Hit play for a candid operator’s view of what survives—and thrives—as AI floods the web. Chapters: 00:00 Ope ...
Is AI Really Replacing Thousands Of White Collar Jobs??
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-10-29 18:45
Hey everyone, this article, tens of thousands of white collar jobs are disappearing as AI starts to bite. It's one of the most irresponsible pieces of journalism I've seen on artificial intelligence yet. It is an atrocious article.It suggests that AI is taking tens of thousands of white collar jobs. It's going to make so many people fear that their jobs are about to be automated by AI and it's just completely unsupported by anything in the body. This headline is unsupported.Uh, and I think frankly it was im ...
AI Agents: Hype or Hope
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-10-29 16:30
What next steps do AI agents need to take to have a chance at widespread adoption. Let's talk about it with Octa President and Chief Operating Officer Eric Keller, who joins us to talk about it today in a conversation brought to you by Octa. Eric, great to see you.Welcome to the show, >> Alex. Thanks. Thanks for having me on.>> Great to have you here. you know a lot about where AI agents are today, how far they have to go um and what the necessary ingredients are to get them to the state that I think the en ...
Digital Memory vs. Bio Memory
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-10-27 21:43
from memory. It's important to understand that the way the brain stores memory is very different from the way we think of memory being stored in the digital world. >> This is important.>> Yeah, I think this is important to understand that um memory as it's stored in the digital world really the bits have a physical manifestation um that on some level you could you interrogate them, right. When you when you store a bit it's a spin state or you know uh or something like that. Um and so the reading of those me ...
Google Research Head Yossi Mathias: AI For Cancer Research, Quantum's Progress, Researchers' Future
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-10-26 13:59
Research Focus Areas - Google Research explores cancer treatment using LLMs to generate hypotheses validated in living cells [1] - Google Research is working on Quantum computing, with a "13,000x" result [1] - Google Research is involved in long-term research projects like Earth AI and flood forecasting [1] Research & Product Relationship - The discussion covers the relationship between research and product development at Google [1] - The research product loop turns research papers into products [1] - The conversation touches on the balance between breakthrough research and innovation [1] AI & Researchers - The podcast explores whether AI can automate a researcher's job [1] - Google believes AI will lead to more, not fewer, researchers [1] - Google is attracting researchers across various disciplines beyond GenAI [1]
OpenAI’s Risky Browser Bet, Amazon’s Mass Automation Plan, Clippy’s Back
Alex Kantrowitz· 2025-10-26 10:55
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI's Atlas browser is here 2) Atlas plays 2048 3) The danger of AI browser prompt injection 4) Will Atlas be around in five years? 5) Why Dave's Hot Chicken is the world's top app 6) Amazon has plans to automate hundreds of thousands of jobs 7) OpenAI is paying investment bankers to train its models 8) If we automate all the work, who will be left to buy stuff? 9) Meta cuts 100 AI jobs 10) Reddit fools AI cra ...