Big Technology Podcast

Predicting AI’s Next Advances — With Suhail Doshi

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Suhail Doshi is the CEO and founder of Playground, an AI image generation and editing software company. Doshi joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss ...

Is AI Slowing Down?, Trouble at Tesla, Kate Middleton’s Bad At Photoshop

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) AI sales leaders at Google and Amazon tempering expecta...

TikTok Sale Or Ban Moves Forward In U.S. — With Mike Solana

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Mike Solana is the chief marketing officer at Founders Fund and editor-in-chief of Pirate Wires. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the potent...

OpenAI’s Turmoil Rolls On, Apple Under Siege, Bitcoin Hits $70,000

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's leadership in flux as Mira Murati named in NYT...

Flexport's CEO on Amazon & Shopify, Red Sea Shipping Problems, and Inflation — With Ryan Petersen

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Petersen is the Founder and Co-CEO of Flexport, a supply chain technology company. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether his company...

Elon Sues OpenAI, Should Sundar Stay?, RIP Apple Car

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Elon Musk suing OpenAI for breaching its founding agree...

NVIDIA's AI Moat & Origins — With Bryan Catanzaro

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bryan Catanzaro is NVIDIA's VP of applied deep learning research. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss why NVIDIA is building more than just chi...

Secrets of NVIDIA's Surge, Google Gemini's Image Generation Disaster, Reddit IPO

23 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) NVIDIA's stock market surge 2) How NVIDIA software is b...

Foursquare's Founder on Making the Internet Fun Again + His New App — With Dennis Crowley

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dennis Crowley is the co-founder of Foursquare. He joins Big Technology Podcast to talk about what made the internet fun, why it's lost some of its ma...

OpenAI's New Video Generation Model, Zuck Returns Fire, Tesla's Fatal Crash

16 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) OpenAI's new video generation model Sora 2) Will Sora c...

Perplexity’s CEO on Its Plan to Displace Google Search With AI Answers — With Aravind Srinivas

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Aravind Srinivas is the CEO of Perplexity, an AI-powered search engine that answers queries with a few paragraphs in natural language. Srinivas joins ...

Building One: How Cameron Adams Built Canva

12 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing Building One, a new show from LinkedIn chief product officer Tomer Cohen. Canva co-founder and chief product officer Cameron Adams is the ...

Sam Altman’s $7 Trillion Fundraise, Google Gemini Catches OpenAI, The Return To Office Ploy

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Sam Altman seeking to raise trillions for a new chip co...

Apple Mega-Episode W/ Daring Fireball's John Gruber: AI, Vision Pro, China, App Store & More

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

John Gruber is the author of Daring Fireball. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a mega episode on the state of Apple. We cover: 1) The company's vib...

Hands-On With the Vision Pro, Big Tech's Back in Washington, Elon Musk’s $55 Billion Payday — With Joanna Stern

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joanna Stern from the Wall Street Journal joins us to talk about her hands-on experience with the Vision Pro. We also break down the dramatic big tech...

Robinhood's CEO On Dumb Money, Day Trading, and Retirement — With Vlad Tenev

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Vlad Tenev is the CEO and co-founder of Robinhood. He joins Big Technology Podcast to share what's happened to meme stock traders after the meme stock...

The Taylor Swift Deepfake Problem, Tech All Time Highs + Layoffs, Quitting Amazon Prime

26 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Why nude Taylor Swift deepfakes could be a problem for ...

Why Meta Wants To Build Artificial General Intelligence — With Joelle Pineau

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Joelle Pineau is the head of Meta's AI Research division. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's recent proclamation that it intend...

Microsoft & OpenAI Visit Davos, Is The Vision Pro Dead On Arrival, Google Makes More Cuts

19 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Satya Nadella on the state of Microsoft’s partnership...

Would a World Without Algorithms Be Better? — With Kyle Chayka

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Chayka is a New Yorker staff writer and author of FILTERWORLD: How Algorithms Flattened Culture. Chayka joins Big Technology Podcast to talk abou...

Bill Ackman’s Crusade, A Rabbit Wins CES, Apple Boosts Meta  

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Bill Ackman’s crusade against Harvard & Business Insi...

Will AI Really Take Our Jobs? And If So, Then What? — With Albert Wenger

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Albert Wenger is a partner at Union Square Ventures, and author of The World After Capital. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a frank conversation a...

Generative AI Might Just A Be Feature, Crypto is Back, Substack’s Nazi Problem

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Whether generative AI is a feature or the underlying te...

Signal’s President on AI, Advertising, and Running a Popular Messaging App — With Meredith Whittaker

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Meredith Whittaker is the President of Signal and chief advisor to the AI Now Institute. She joins Big Technology Podcast for a lively discussion abou...

New York Times Sues OpenAI, Apple Watch Ban's Implications, Snapchat Rising On AI Success

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) The New York Times' Lawsuit against OpenAI 2) Whether t...

Palantir and Clearview Are Turning Ukraine’s War Into an R&D Lab — With Vera Bergengruen

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vera Bergengruen is a senior correspondent at Time. She joins Big Technology Podcast after a recent trip to Ukraine, where she reported on how Palanti...

2023 In Review, 2024 Predictions — With Casey Newton

22 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Casey Newton is the editor of Platformer and co-host of Hard Fork. He joins Big Technology Podcast for our annual look back and forward at the year th...

Is Generative AI Killing Creativity Or Enhancing It? — With Scott Belsky

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Scott Belsky is the chief strategy officer and executive vice president of design and emerging products at Adobe. He joins Big Technology Podcast to e...

AI Scandals Rock Newsrooms, Uber’s Road to Profitability, NVIDIA’s Underappreciated Weakness

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Alex’s meeting with Sam Altman 2) Publishers using AI...

Intel's CEO Shares His Plan To Win The AI Chip War — With Pat Gelsinger

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pat Gelsinger is the CEO of Intel. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss how the AI chip war is playing out and why it's growing more competitive...

2024's Big Ideas — With Jessi Hempl and Hello Monday

11 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jessi Hempel is the host of Hello Monday and a senior editor at large at LinkedIn. Today, we're running a crossover episode where we talk about the fu...

Google’s Deceptive Gemini Release, More Tech Layoffs, George Santos Saves Cameo

08 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Google releases its Gemini large language model 2) Why...

Tech's Big November Rally, Apple's Path Forward, The State of Tesla — With Dan Ives

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Ives is the managing director and senior equity research analyst at Wedbush Securities. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a broad discussion of...

ChatGPT Gets Lazy, Elon Musk Blasts Advertisers and Releases The Cybertruck, Jack Ma Returns

01 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Louise Matsakis is a reporter at Semafor covering AI. She joins us for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) ChatGPT getting l...

Silicon Valley's Effective Altruist vs. Accelerationist Religious War

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Molly White, Ryan Broderick, and Deepa Seetharaman join Big Technology Podcast to dive deep into the Effective Altruism (EA) vs. Effective Acceleratio...

OpenAI's 'Worrying' Q-Star Breakthrough, Google's Culture Problem, Crypto After CZ & SBF

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Malcolm Ethridge is the executive vice president at CIC Wealth a CNBC Contributor, and the host of the Tech Money Podcast. He joins for our weekly d...

Sam Altman Returns to OpenAI. Now What? — With Aaron Levie

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. He joins Big Technology Podcast to look forward at the AI field now that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has returned. In this ep...

Sam Altman To Microsoft, OpenAI In Flux — With Dan Primack

20 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Primack is the business editor at Axios and author of the daily Axios Pro Rata newsletter. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down ex-OpenAI...

What We Know About Sam Altman's Ouster, The Morning After

18 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A quick solo podcast on what we know about OpenAI firing CEO Sam Altman with Big Technology host Alex Kantrowitz. Tune in for a discussion of what mig...

Emergency Podcast: Sam Altman Fired At OpenAI

18 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI fired CEO Sam Altman today, a stunning move that will reshape the AI wars and open new avenues for its competitors. Sharon Goldman, Senior AI w...

Xi Visits San Francisco, Microsoft’s Big AI Event, Bin Laden on TikTok

17 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Reed Albergotti is the tech editor at Semafor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We cover: 1) Xi Jinping’s visit to San...

Google's Search VP on Generative AI in Search, User Notes on Search Results, and SEOs — With Cathy Edwards

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Cathy Edwards is the VP of Search at Google. Edwards joins Big Technology Podcast to break some news about Google's two newest search features, includ...

OpenAI's Big Week, The Pin Is Here, Cruise's Major Recall

10 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Big Technology Podcast hits 1 million downloads 2) Op...

The Secrets Of Ray Dalio and His Dot Collector Transparency Software — With Rob Copeland

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rob Copeland is the author of The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend and a New York Times reporter. H...

SBF Convicted, OpenAI Is Vulnerable, Ozempic Effect Gone Overboard

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) SBF's conviction 2) Whether FTX will cover the full s...

Waymo's Co-CEO on Its New Uber Partnership, Safety, and Driverless Trucking — With Tekedra Mawakana

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tekedra Mawakana is the Co-CEO at Waymo. She joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss the company's new partnership with Uber, which is making Waymo's ...

Why Google Never Shipped Its ChatGPT Predecessor — With Gaurav Nemade

30 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Gaurav Nemade was the founding product manager on LaMDA, Google's ChatGPT predecessor that never shipped. He explains why the product got stuck at Goo...

Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta & Tesla Earnings, Cruise Pauses Operations, Zuck vs. Sam Altman

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Ranjan's Taylor Swift costume 2) The broader picture ...

New Release at Big Technology, AI Bubble Looms, Apple's Next Event — With Brian McCullough

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian McCullough is the host of Techmeme Ride Home and general partner of the Ride Home Fund. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a deep dive into the...

Apple's Problem With Jon Stewart, Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimism, Middle East Misinformation

20 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) A quick review of Michael Lewis' SBF book 2) The impac...

SBF's Last Stand — With Molly White

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Molly White is a crypto researcher and critic. She joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the latest in the U.S. case against ex-FTX CEO Sam Bankm...

Hamas vs. Israel Rewrites Social Media Norms, Live At The SBF Trial, OpenAI's New Values

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Reed Albergotti is the tech editor at Semafor. He joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We cover: 1) Whether social media is use...

Is The Federal Reserve Manufacturing a Financial Crisis? — With Christopher Leonard

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Leonard is the author of The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy. Ranjan Roy is the author of Margins....

The Case Against SBF, Temu vs. Amazon, AI Therapy

06 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Plans to attend the SBF Trial 2) Welcome to Compound ...

The Joy, Misery, and Fame Of An Extremely Online Life — With Taylor Lorenz

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Taylor Lorenz is a technology columnist at the Washington Post and author of Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the I...

Zuck's Lucid Metaverse Vision, X CEO Bombs an Interview, Ex-FTC Chair on the Amazon Case

29 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Meta Connect, and Zuck's new vision for the Metaverse...

How Ad Dollars, And Some AI, Might Restore Our Shared Truth — With Vanessa Otero

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vanessa Otero is the CEO of Ad Fontes Media. The company rates publications based on their biases, and allows advertisers to concentrate their spendin...

More on Airbnb, Jack Dorsey's Return to Square, Generative AI News Bonanza

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) An update on our Yahoo episode quest 2) A recap and f...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on Cleaning Fees, Apple vs. Amazon, Building Products, and New York

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Chesky is the CEO of Airbnb. He joins Big Technology Podcast for an in-depth discussion covering Airbnb's product, business, culture, and roadma...

Tech IPOs Are Back, Google's In Court, Tom Brady's Working For Delta

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) The return of tech IPOs 2) Is Arm's stock bounce real...

A Dozen Grueling Years At Amazon — With Kristi Coulter

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kristi Coulter worked at Amazon for twelve years and is the author of the new book, Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career. She joi...

Apple's China Problem, Its Tenuous Valuation, And The iPhone 15 — With Walter Piecyk

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Walter Piecyk is a partner at LightShed Partners and GP at LightShed Ventures. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a special episode looking entirely...

Google’s Weird Year + Neeva Goes to Snowflake — With Sridhar Ramaswamy

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sridhar Ramaswamy is the co-founder of Neeva, SVP at Snowflake and former SVP at Google. He joins Big Technology Podcast to reflect on the strange yea...

Disney's Ten Year Low, Google's AI Attends Meetings For You, Metaverse Gets Legs

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Disney stock hitting a ten year low 2) The rise of wh...

The Path Toward AGI, According to Google's DeepMind — With Colin Murdoch

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Murdoch is the chief business officer at Google DeepMind. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a conversation about artificial general intelligen...

ChatGPT As An Insult, NVIDIA's Moat, A New Musk Profile

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) ChatGPT used as an insult in the Republican debate 2) ...

Betting on the Future of AI – WIth Sarah Guo

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Guo is the founder of VC firm, Conviction, and co-host of the “No Priors” podcast. She joins Big Technology to talk about generative AI, whe...

The Cage Match That Wasn’t, Trouble At Goldman Sachs, Social Algorithms Reality Check

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) How the Zuck v. Musk cage match fell apart. 2) Whether...

Self-Driving's Breakout Moment — With Kyle Vogt

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Vogt is the CEO of Cruise, a self-driving car operator owned mostly by General Motors. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss self-driving's ...

X's CEO Speaks, AI's Real Impact On Hollywood, The Streamflation Crisis — With Julia Boorstin

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Julia Boorstin is a senior media and tech correspondent at CNBC and author of When Women Lead: What We Achieve, Why We Succeed and What We Can Learn. ...

Lyft's New CEO Has a Plan To Compete — With David Risher

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Risher is Lyft's new CEO. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a frank discussion about his plan to put the company back on the right track after...

A New AI Investment Fund's Strategy and Opportunity — With Techmeme Ride Home

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian McCullough and Chris Messina are starting a new, $15 million fund for pre-seed through Series A investments in AI companies. They've already rai...

Self-Driving's Quiet Boom, Tech's New IPO Window, Worldcoin's Strange Debut — With Sarah Kunst

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Kunst is the managing director at Cleo Capital. She joins Big Technology this week for a recap of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Self-drivin...

Amazon Reveals Its AI Master Plan — With Matt Wood

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Wood is the VP of product at Amazon Web Services. He joins Big Technology Podcast live at the AWS Summit in New York City for a conversation abou...

Snapchat's Business Trouble, Adobe's AI Worries, Are Aliens Real?

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy from Margins is back in New York for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Snapchat's disappointing earnings 2) The ...

The Professor Who Required His Students Use ChatGPT In Class — With Ethan Mollick

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ethan Mollick is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton business school and writes One Useful Thing on Substack. He is one of the w...

Meta's New AI Model, AppleGPT's Potential, Is ChatGPT Getting Dumber — With Aaron Levie

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aaron Levie is the CEO of Box. He joins us for a special Friday episode to break down a major week of AI news. We cover: 1) Meta's incentives to open ...

The Declining Half-Life Of Social Media — With Eugene Wei

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eugene Wei is a tech analyst and product veteran, with time spent inside Meta, Amazon, and Hulu. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion of s...

Zuck's New Mojo, Elon's New AI Company, Striking Actors' AI Fears

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) The revitalization of Zuck’s image 2) Twitter’s paym...

Is Threads The Next Twitter Or Clubhouse 2.0? — With Zach Coelius

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Coelius is the managing partner at Coelius Capital. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a conversation about Threads' real potential, asking whet...

The Threads Explosion — With Alex Heath

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Heath is a deputy editor at The Verge who's been reporting on Threads from the first row, including an interview with Instagram head Adam Mosseri...

Big Tech's Comeback And The Spillover to VCs and Startups — With Eliot Brown

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eliot Brown is a reporter at the Wall Street Journal and co-author of The Cult of We: WeWork, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion. He joins B...

Amazon vs. Regulators vs. Walmart

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Del Rey is the author of Winner Sells All Amazon, Walmart, and the Battle for Our Wallets. Matt Stoller is the director of research at the Ameri...

My Experience On The OceanGate Sub — With David Pogue

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

David Pogue is a correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning and host of the Unsung Science Podcast. In November 2022, he boarded the OceanGate sub for a voya...

The Media and The Sub, Musk vs. Zuck, A Key TikTok Exec Exits

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) The OceanGate Sub 2) Whether we should celebrate or con...

ServiceNow CEO On Entrepreneurship, AI, and Automation — With Bill McDermott

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bill McDermott is the CEO of ServiceNow, a $113 billion, publicly-traded cloud computing platform that helps companies manage their operations. He joi...

Reddit Revolts, Media Armageddon, AI Fakes In Politics — With Sara Fischer

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sara Fischer is the senior media reporter at Axios and media analyst at CNN. She joins Big Technology Podcast for our weekly discussion of the week's...

Will AI Save The World + Azure's Origins — With Bob Muglia

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bob Muglia is the former CEO of Snowflake, author of THE DATAPRENEURS: The Promise of AI and the Creators Building Our Future, and ex-head of Server a...

Apple's Future After The Vision Pro — With Mark Gurman

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Mark Gurman is the chief correspondent at Bloomberg covering Apple. He joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for a special episode focused entirely on ...

Alphabet X's CEO Has A Vision For AI Moonshots — With Astro Teller

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Astro Teller is the CEO of X, Alphabet's moonshot division. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a taping in front of a live audience at Summit at Sea ...

Tech Consolidates Stock Market Growth, Lawyer Uses Hallucinating ChatGPT, XR Wars Heat Up

02 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Tech stocks consolidating growth in the S&P 500% 2) The ...

TikTok's Uncertain Future, Twitter's 2024 Election Play, AI Regulation's Feasibility — With Ryan Mac and Bobby Allyn

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Mac is a tech reporter at The New York Times, Bobby Allyn is a technology correspondent at NPR. The two join Big Technology Podcast for a wide-ra...

NVIDIA Takes Off, Temu + Shein Deep Dive

27 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

John Herrman is a contributing editor at New York Magazine. He joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz to break down the week’s news. We cover 1) NVIDI...

Google's Bard Director On His Vision For The Bot — With Jack Krawczyk

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Krawczyk is the director of Bard at Google. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss his vision for the chatbot, where it's heading, and whethe...

Apple's XR Misadventure, An Emerging AI Bubble, Elon vs. Bezos

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ranjan Roy of Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the week's tech news. We cover: 1) Apple's mixed reality struggles 2) Whether the stock mar...

He Helped Train ChatGPT. It Was Traumatizing. – With Richard Mathenge

17 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Mathenge was part of a team of contractors in Nairobi, Kenya who trained OpenAI's GPT models. He did so as a team lead at Sama, an AI training...

Twitter's New CEO, Streaming Wars Are Over, Traffic's Lessons

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Smith is the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral. He's also the editor-in-chief of Semafor. He...

Modern Space Race + State of Elon Musk — With Ashlee Vance

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ashlee Vance is the author of When The Heavens Went On Sale, a new book about the modern day space race. Join us for a conversation about the commerci...

OpenAI's Business Model Problem, Apple's Mixed Reality Vision, Ed Sheeran's Copyright Win — Techmeme Ride Home Crossover

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian McCullough of the Techmeme Ride Home Podcast joins Ranjan Roy and Alex Kantrowitz for our weekly news recap show. We cover: 1) OpenAI's massive...

Is Social Media Doomed To Die? — With Ellis Hamburger

03 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ellis Hamburger is Snap's ex-head of marketing strategy, where he spent seven years before moving to The Browser Company. He joins Big Technology Podc...