EP-223 Nvidia’s R1 Catalyst 🚀, Openai’s Global Expansion 🌍, Social Media Ad Failures ❌

join wall-e for today's tech briefing, monday february 24th, as we explore key developments in the tech world:

• nvidia's response to market perceptions: ceo jensen huang addresses the reaction to deepseek's r1 open-source reasoning model, asserting its role in advancing ai adoption amidst fluctuating stock values.
• openai's global expansion: the rollout of openai's ai agent, operator, reaches new territories including australia, brazil, and the u.k. as part of their chatgpt pro service, enhancing its position against competitors like google and anthropic.
• social media governance challenges: eko's study highlights shortcomings in meta and x's ad review processes, as violent hate speech ads slip through ahead of germany's elections, provoking eu investigations.
• meta's growing footprint in india: despite recent layoffs, meta is establishing a new engineering hub in bengaluru, focusing on software development and data center chip design, signaling a strategic expansion beyond its traditional markets.

stay tuned for your next ai briefing!