Zuckerberg's yacht, Meta's layoffs, a robot pizza flameout, and a reality check on AI expenses
About this episode
The episode discusses Mark Zuckerberg's yacht arrival in Seattle, Meta's layoffs, the failure of a robot pizza startup, and the costs associated with AI.
This week on the show: Mark Zuckerberg's superyacht arrives in Seattle the same day Meta discloses nearly 1,400 local layoffs , robot pizza startup Picnic flames out and sells to a mystery buyer , and corporate America confronts the rising cost of AI , including the leaderboard-gaming practice known as "tokenmaxxing." And we return to the theme of billionaire yachts for our trivia challenge. With GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop and John Cook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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