Ben Smith is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, and the author of Traffic: Genius, Rivalry, and Delusion in the Billion-Dollar Race to Go Viral (available for preorder now). He joins Big Technology Podcast for a discussion of social media's divorce from the news industry, and what it means for the platforms and publishers. We talk plenty about Semafor, including how it's working to build an audience, distribute its work, run a business, and get scoops. Stay tuned for the second half where we discuss Elon's Twitter, chatbots, the lab leak hypothesis, and Trump's potential in 2024. Yes, we cover a lot. Hit play for a fun listen!
Economics of OpenAI, Tesla’s Robotics Pivot, Hedonic Treadmill — With Slate Money
Emails From Elon, AI Revenue Questions, Chatbot Boyfriends
Teaching AI To Read Our Emotions — With Alan Cowen
Are LLMs Hitting A Wall, Microsoft & Alphabet Save The Market, TikTok 'Ban'
Apple's AI Play — With M.G. Siegler
Meta's Big Llama 3 Release, Google's New Culture, MKBHD vs. Humane
Kara Swisher Rates Tech Leaders — With Kara Swisher
Google's AI Narrative Is Flipping, Microsoft Hedges Its OpenAI Bet, AI Clones Are Here
Anthropic's Co-Founder on AI Agents, General Intelligence, and Sentience — With Jack Clark
Why Crypto’s Thriving Post-SBF, Sports Betting Crisis Deepens, Jon Stewart vs. AI
Why Marissa Mayer Is Betting Big On Consumer Tech
SBF Sentenced, OpenAI’s $100 Billion Supercomputer, Neuralink’s Potential
The Yahoo Episode — With Jim Lanzone
OpenAI's GPT-5 Looms, Apple's Antitrust Problem, Sports Betting's Big Scandal
Predicting AI’s Next Advances — With Suhail Doshi
Is AI Slowing Down?, Trouble at Tesla, Kate Middleton’s Bad At Photoshop
TikTok Sale Or Ban Moves Forward In U.S. — With Mike Solana
OpenAI’s Turmoil Rolls On, Apple Under Siege, Bitcoin Hits $70,000
Flexport's CEO on Amazon & Shopify, Red Sea Shipping Problems, and Inflation — With Ryan Petersen
Elon Sues OpenAI, Should Sundar Stay?, RIP Apple Car
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