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Bye bye Sora! Hardly knew ya!

“The ChatGPT maker and Walt Disney Co. are also winding down their partnership, which had centered on Sora, OpenAI said Tuesday. Disney had previously agreed to license iconic characters including Mickey Mouse and Cinderella to OpenAI for use on Sora and to take a US$1 billion stake in the startup. The deal was entirely in stock warrants rather than a cash licensing fee…”

-means they didn’t pay for anything, just the promissory notes that they COULD get their own shares sometime down the line.

-In contrast to options which only cover existing shares and don’t create anything new.

How’s the state of the site? Basically, if I can’t get this to work with the current tech, then it’s not going to happen. First, I need to AI-ify my site. Second, build an AI-first content creation machine.

What about those annual reports? Why do you have them and what are they good for?

Hey, did we talk about Meta’s takeover of Manus?

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00:00 Cold Open Banter

00:47 AirPods 4 First Impressions

02:12 Gym Test With ANC

03:42 Losing Headphones Cost Math

05:09 Engraving And Delivery Rant

06:07 New Donation Shoutout

07:43 Sora Shutdown News

09:52 Disney OpenAI Deal Breakdown

11:33 Warrants Vs Options Explained

17:24 State Of The AI Site

19:54 Automation Workflow Roadblocks

21:02 Automation Plugin Options

21:46 Launching Anywhere Worldwide

22:18 Monetization Pressure

22:56 Why ESL Is Broken

23:47 Building Duolingo Feel

24:28 Brand Or Standalone

25:35 Annual Reports Reality

32:11 Shareholder Rights Voting

33:07 Executive Pay Envy

34:43 Meta Buys Manus AI

37:04 China Tax And Control

39:05 Wrap Up And Donors