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The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.
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Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic's IPO S-1 document leaks 2) Anthropic's revenue growth 3) Anthropic's funding commitments 4) Does the entire stock market hinge on Anthropic pulling it off? 5) Record low S&P 500 breadth 6) Would Big Tech abandon Anthropic if things go wrong? 7) OpenAI introduces its Dots personal agent 8) Alex's Dots review 9) Do you really need frontier models for these AI assistants? 10) Tavus and the visual turning test 11) Shrimp Jesus, avatar style --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Christian Klein is CEO of SAP. Klein joins Big Technology to discuss whether the Saaspocalypse is over and how AI is reshaping the future of enterprise software. Tune in to hear why he believes AI could soon become reliable enough to handle mission-critical business tasks and why SAP still has a moat as models get smarter. We also cover job displacement, reskilling, token spending, cheaper AI models, cybersecurity, and Europe’s tech regulation. Hit play for a wide-ranging conversation about what happens to software when AI gets good enough to run more of the business itself. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The rise of Muse 2) Is Meta back? 3) OpenAI's consumer blind spot 4) Meta's butthole marketing 5) What Muse means for ecommerce 6) Meta's Muse Charm, aka; The Muse Buddy or Muse Tamagotchi 7) Meta introduces camera-free smart glasses 8) What Meta Muse says about Frontier AI's weakness 9) Standard models are on the rise vs. frontier 10) The new Dopamine Site phenomenon is... good? --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Neal Mohan is the CEO of YouTube. Mohan joins Big Technology to discuss how AI is reshaping what we watch and create on the world’s largest video platform. Tune in to hear how much creative control should go to algorithms, how YouTube plans to handle AI slop, and whether AI answers could take views away from creators. We also cover YouTube’s partnership with Google DeepMind, Netflix’s push into podcasts, NFL Sunday Ticket, and changes to how YouTube counts views. Hit play for an inside look at YouTube’s AI strategy and what it means for the future of entertainment. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The WSJ says the Hugging Face might not be all that it was cracked up to be 2) The bots were told to hack? 3) Was this all a false flag for an effective altrust takeover? 4) Was this a smoke screen to conceal bad financial numbers from the AI labs? 5) Alex: Actually, maybe we should take these issues seriously? 6) Ranjan: They why aren't the labs being more transparent 7) Astra-6's crazy instructions to alter its personality in training 8) Anthropic hits $100 million in ARR 9) The IPOs will go on 10) The frontier AI business shows signs of slowing --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nate Soares is president of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute and co-author of If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies. Soares joins Big Technology to discuss why he believes superintelligent AI could pose an existential threat to humanity. Tune in to hear his case for why increasingly capable AI systems could develop goals humans cannot reliably control, and how that could ultimately lead to humans losing power over the future. We also cover recent examples of AI agents behaving unexpectedly, whether intelligence necessarily leads to greater danger, the limits of current alignment techniques, and why Soares argues for international coordination to slow development. Hit play for a rigorous debate over one of the most consequential and controversial arguments in AI. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon quits and says AI might kill everyone 2) Why did his tweet go so viral 3) Did Elon Musk contribute to the X virality? 4) Point of order: Let's add some serenity to the AI risk conversation 5) Adding percentages to your statement of AI wiping out humanity doesn' t make it math 6) Is this marketing for the AI labs? 7) Politicians are hungry to regulate AI 8) Should we focus on science fact, not science fiction? 9) What if these fears are reasonable? 10) God help us Sheryl Crow 11) What this week means for these companies' IPO prospects --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MG Siegler is the author of Spyglass. Siegler joins Big Technology to discuss Apple’s sudden burst of new products and what it means for the company as John Ternus takes over from Tim Cook. Tune in to hear why Apple’s foldable iPhone could reinvigorate the business, how its new hardware strategy marks a departure from the past, and what challenges Ternus will face as CEO. We also cover Google’s shifting AI strategy, OpenAI’s resurgence, Anthropic’s potential IPO, and the increasingly blurry meaning of AGI. Hit play for a wide-ranging look at Apple’s new era and the rapidly changing competitive landscape in artificial intelligence. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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