Podcast Episodes

Amazon says 97% of its devices can support Alexa+

Announced early last year, Alexa+ is Amazon’s future in the generative AI market, offering more expressive voices, access to world knowledge similar …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is launching its own AI infrastructure initiative

“Meta is planning to build tens of gigawatts this decade, and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time. How we engineer, invest, and partner to build …

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Google announces a new protocol to facilitate commerce using AI agents

The standard, developed with companies like Shopify, Etsy, Wayfair, Target, and Walmart, lets agents work across different parts of customer buying p…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

Indonesia and Malaysia block Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes

These are the most aggressive moves so far from government officials responding to a flood of sexualized, AI-generated imagery — often depicting real…

7 months, 4 weeks ago

The venture firm that ate Silicon Valley just raised another $15 billion; plus, X restricts Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers only

In a blog post published Friday morning, Ben Horowitz writes that "as the American leader in Venture Capital, the fate of new technology in the Unite…

8 months ago

Critics pan spyware maker NSO’s transparency claims amid its push to enter US market

The infamous spyware maker released a new transparency report claiming to be a responsible spyware maker, without providing insight into how the comp…

8 months ago

Ford has an AI assistant and new hands-free tech on the way; plus, OpenAI unveiled ChatGPT Health

Ford says the new generation of BlueCruise will be 30% cheaper to build than the current technology.

Also, the new ChatGPT Health feature is expected…

8 months ago

Caterpillar taps Nvidia to bring AI to its construction equipment; plus, General Catalyst execs say the era of ‘learn once, work forever’ is over

Caterpillar is piloting Cat AI, a system of AI agents in one of its excavators built on Nvidia's physical AI platform.

Also, Calacanis, General Catal…

8 months ago

Warner Bros. Discovery rejects Paramount’s bid again, calls it a ‘leveraged buyout’; plus, Wearable health devices could generate a million tons of e-waste by 2050

The studio's board unanimously rejected Paramount Skydance's revised $108.4 billion bid, calling the proposal a "leveraged buyout" that would saddle …

8 months ago

Narwal adds AI to its vacuum cleaners; plus, AMD unveils new AI PC processors for gaming

Narwal's new robo vacuum cleaner switches to quiet mode near a baby's crib.

Also, AMD announced the latest version of its AI-powered PC chips designe…

8 months ago