OpenAI's Opportunistic and Sloppy Deal
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the implications of OpenAI's deal with the Pentagon and various developments in the AI industry.
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at airia.com. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis unpack the Pentagon's fallout with Anthropic over military AI, OpenAI's rushed deal to replace them, Block cutting 40% of staff, blaming AI, Perplexity launching a multi-agent computer system, a whistleblower exposing Meta smart glasses privacy issues, and the Supreme Court rejecting AI copyright claims. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Start 0:01:59 - A ‘Fight About Vibes’ Drove the Pentagon’s Breakup with Anthropic 0:05:34 - OpenAI amends Pentagon deal as Sam Altman admits it looks ‘sloppy’ 0:05:34 - SAMA's prevaricating, planicked posts 0:12:33 - Anthropic Nears $20 Billion Revenue Run Rate Amid Pentagon Feud 0:28:04 - Jack Dorsey’s Latest Far-Out Bet: An AI Future With Fewer Employees 0:28:36 - Jack Dorsey’s Block to Lay Off 40% of Its Workforce in AI Remake 0:30:16 - The Week the Dreaded AI Jobs Wipeout Got Real 0:31:20 - Tech Has Never Caused a Job Apocalypse. Don’t Bet on It Now. 0:37:21 - Perplexity announces “Computer,” an AI agent that assigns work to other AI agents 0:39:16…
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