Fri. 03/17 – Midjourney 5 Is Amazing

Microsoft surged 15% on its fastest cloud growth since 2022, while Meta slid 10% defending its AI spending. Aschenbrenner's hedge fund unwound positions after the AI rout, the EU targeted ChatGPT under the DSA, and airlines let AI set fares. Microsoft's Shares Surge on Fastest Cl ...  Show more

Over 1,100 AI staffers signed a letter asking Washington to help pace frontier development. Wall Street got nervous as AI capex ballooned, Silicon Valley's backlash against Anthropic built over open weights, and the argument that this is all about recursive self-improvement eithe ...  Show more

Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO (but will stick around Amazon). Google releases how much money it made (and lost) in cloud services. Gearbox Software has a new owner, and more! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener ...  Show more

Lots of news to cover today, including an update on Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, Meta is scaling back on some departments within the company, and Google's Russian subsidiary declares bankruptcy. Plus, learn how some engineers created a scientific breakthrough meant to make ...  Show more

Timestamps: 0:00 YSK about tech news 0:13 Intel may kill hyperthreading 1:38 HP CEO's bizarre claims 3:14 4070 Super’s “disappointing” sales? 4:38 Blinkist 5:38 QUICK BITS INTRO 5:48 RTX Remix in open beta 6:33 Japan’s SLIM moon mission 7:18 Vision Pro’s big sales 7:59 Meta bows ...  Show more

Timestamps: 0:00 expectations subverted 0:08 Snapdragon X Elite laptop reviews 2:39 Forbes threatens to sue Perplexity 4:25 QUICK BITS INTRO 4:30 Nvidia is the world's most valuable company 5:14 Ilya Sutskever starts new AI company 5:51 Vision Pro 2, Meta layoffs, Xreal not-phone ...  Show more