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Yesterday · 6 min
Meta warns that election backlash against data centers could make AI expansion harder
Plus - Amazon now lets users text Alexa to help them shop; The New York Times reportedly in talks to buy Letterboxd for $330 million Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Friday · 8 min
Amazon ditches GrubHub, taps Uber Eats for Prime
OpenAI’s chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane thinks the 2028 presidential election could be a defining moment for AI. And he wants politicians to start developing policies that address Americans’ concerns about the technology, rather than simply paying lip service to anti-AI sentiment and the backlash against data centers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thursday · 6 min
Google faces backlash for school AI plan
Plus - Canva lays off over 1,200 people amid slowing growth; Waymo confirms it will split with Uber in January 2028 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wednesday · 6 min
Apple says it’s ‘hard to predict’ when iPhone Duo constraints will improve
Plus - Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing; Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tuesday · 7 min
SpaceX reportedly wants to buy Boost Mobile
OpenAI might rebrand its data centers as ‘AI compute campuses’; Ford launches a ‘privacy promise’ and explains how and why it uses customer data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 31 · 8 min
Prime Video is on track to earn ‘tens of billions of dollars’
Plus - Can AI data centers be mass-produced like cars? This startup aims to find out; DoorDash said it’s only received ‘several hundred’ orders from AI agents Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 30 · 7 min
Microsoft recorded $10 billion in revenue from OpenAI
Amazon updates Alexa to help you manage shopping lists and subscriptions and update delivery instructions; DoorDash to acquire Instacart for $17B Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 29 · 7 min
Meta has a new AI pet app called Waddle World
Plus - GM is embracing hybrids now; Discord is making its public communities more searchable, and people have concerns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 28 · 7 min
Instagram goes from short-form to 90-minute videos
Plus - It sounds like the iPhone Duo keeps cracking and users aren’t happy about it; X is nudging users to promote their posts with a pointing hand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 27 · 7 min
Anthropic officially files for its public debut
Plus - Instacart reportedly discussed selling itself with DoorDash and Uber; Apple unveils new iPad mini with OLED display and faster A20 Pro chip Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 24 · 8 min
Spotify confirms Family Plan crackdown
Plus - OpenAI working on new $30B raise at $1.25T valuation ahead of IPO; 1Password launches a way for AI agents to log in on your behalf without seeing your password Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 23 · 9 min
Spotify’s current AI bet is about being the music service that agents choose
Plus - Airbnb limits chores for guests, sparking backlash from hosts; DeepSeek reportedly raises $15B days after US restrictions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 22 · 7 min
SpaceX’s AI business is beating expectations
Plus - Waymo starts offering rides at the Las Vegas airport; Anthropic’s cloud partnerships are getting messy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 21 · 8 min
Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days
Spotify launches paid podcast memberships with perks beyond bonus content; Yelp can now call on your behalf to check wait times at a restaurant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 20 · 7 min
People are using AI to make their smart TVs dumb again
Plus - Elon Musk pledges to give ‘every kid in America’ one of his SpaceX shares; Nvidia launches new open models to run agents in the enterprise and on PCs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 17 · 7 min
Mark Wahlberg talks about using AI in film ‘the right way’
Plus - Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs; Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 16 · 7 min
Flock CEO defends surveillance technology
Plus - Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US; YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 15 · 7 min
Netflix to lay off 1,000 staff
Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm; Deezer will soon let you filter out AI-generated music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 14 · 7 min
Bumble agrees to a $1.3B acquisition deal
Spotify users on iOS 27 can now ask Siri to play music without having to say ‘on Spotify’; Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
October 13 · 7 min
Ben Affleck is an AI nerd, and the internet is impressed
They cast the wrong lead in “Good Will Hunting,” apparently, because it’s Ben Affleck who is the secret genius, as it turns out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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