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Technology's daily show. Hosted by @johncoogan and @jordihays. Streaming live 11AM-2PM PT every weekday and available on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
Morning. On today’s stream: – OpenAI claims an IMO gold medal – GPT Agent review – Stephen Colbert’s Late Show canceled – Mansour Ojjeh’s McLaren collection hits the market – @donetodeath (Done To Death) – @thechrisbuskirk (1789 Capital) – @tbc415 (ex-Tesla) – @singareddynm…
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We talked with @HarperSCarroll about the mental health risks of interacting with AI. "ChatGPT-induced psychosis" is a term used to describe anecdotal reports and cases where individuals have experienced psychosis-like symptoms, such as delusions and paranoia, after prolonged and…
IN NEWS: @hifortunahealth has raised an $18M Series A from @a16z. In our chat with CEO @singareddynm, she shared her thoughts on the future of AI in healthcare: "Conversion of doctors' notes needs to be done in a very specific way (AI can be used for this)." "There is a lot…
Fortuna Health has raised an $18M Series A from @a16z to double down on modernizing Medicaid. 2.5 years ago, we set out with the lofty goal to build the TurboTax for Medicaid and government coverage. Sounds easy… until you’re learning the eligibility, deadline, and…
“Major AI companies want reasoning models to stay open so we can see how they think.” We asked @HarperSCarroll about recent developments in AI reasoning models. "There was research from @AnthropicAI that said that reasoning models are not necessarily showing us what we think…
We asked @jaminball (Partner at Altimeter Capital) about AI's impact on design software and @figma specifically: "When Figma was founded, the entire industry used Sketch. Sketch was the equivalent to Excel for an investment banker." "They can't afford to be 'Sketched.' They…
IN NEWS: Mariana Minerals raises a Series A led by @a16z bringing its total funding to $85M. Mariana coins itself as the world’s only software-first, vertically integrated minerals developer, using an AI platform to turn every step, from discovery to refining, into a live,…
Thrilled to be supporting @tbc415 and the Mariana team as they build the integrated, software-driven mining champion that America needs to secure its industrial future. It's time to mine ⛏️ a16z.com/announcement/i…
Chris Black (@donetodeath) on music in restaurants. "There is a trend where restaurants play hip hop." "I don't want to hear Kanye West while I'm eating spicy penne." "I want to hear nothing." "I'd much rather hear the bustle of the restaurant and the chatter."
In our latest interview, @thechrisbuskirk (Co-Founder & CIO @1789Capital) goes deep on global market dynamics: "Just by getting out of the way and giving people permission, you get a lot of activity." "China subsidizes industries like rare earth magnets, creating geopolitical…
Your girl is going to be on the @TBPN live stream. Catch my hot takes on modernizing government infrastructure and Fortuna Health's Series A at 1.40 PM PT/4.40 PM ET.
Morning. On today’s stream: – OpenAI claims an IMO gold medal – GPT Agent review – Stephen Colbert’s Late Show canceled – Mansour Ojjeh’s McLaren collection hits the market – @donetodeath (Done To Death) – @thechrisbuskirk (1789 Capital) – @tbc415 (ex-Tesla) – @singareddynm…
BREAKING: Polymarket has acquired QCEX for $112M. The deal will allow Polymarket to launch in the US 🇺🇸
FROM THE ARCHIVE: We asked @yacineMTB about his ambitions to become a billionaire through robotics. "I wouldn't do humanoid robots, I would do robots for things that annoy me. For example, dandelions on my lawn." "I'm so sick of going outside and pulling out all these…
"I think talent is very distributed globally." We spoke with Mike Knoop (@mikeknoop) about talent in AI research: "Most teams on the leaderboard from past years of the Arc Contest, a large percentage of them are outside of the United States." "We launched Arc Prize to show…
BREAKING: Full lineup of MSL has been released.
🚨 BREAKING: Detailed list of all 44 people in Meta's Superintelligence team. — 50% from China — 75% have PhDs, 70% Researchers — 40% from OpenAI, 20% DeepMind, 15% Scale — 20% L8+ level — 75% 1st gen immigrants Each of these people are likely getting paid $10-$100M/yr.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: We asked Scott Wu (@ScottWu46) whether an AI would take gold at the International Mathematical Olympiad this year. “I’d be surprised if it doesn’t… our internal bet is that the AI will win.” Yesterday that prediction landed. OpenAI researchers say an…
1/N I’m excited to share that our latest @OpenAI experimental reasoning LLM has achieved a longstanding grand challenge in AI: gold medal-level performance on the world’s most prestigious math competition—the International Math Olympiad (IMO).
We asked @KyleSamani (Managing Partner @multicoincap) about the future of currency globally: "My suspicion is that somewhere between 60% and 80% of the world would say US dollars." "Stablecoins make it trivial for anyone in the world to have dollars in their pocket. You don’t…