The Tech Report
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Welcome to the Tech Report, where you can keep up to date with everything you need to know from the fast-changing world of technology. Every week we’ll bring you interviews with leading experts, journalists and commentators on everything from the future of AI to tech bro meltdowns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
OpenAI doesn’t know where the money is in AI | Eli the Computer Guy
“Sometimes very valuable, very important technology doesn’t have a business case.”Eli the Computer Guy joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about Apple’s plan for interfacing with AI and OpenAI’s miscalculation about where the real money in AI is going to be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 15
25 min
AI bubble: ‘It’s approaching vindication hour for me’ | Ed Zitron
“It’s been less than three months and their customers are taking hostages.”Writer of Where’s Your Ed At and host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about the record breaking SpaceX IPO and how AI’s subsidy crisis is getting worse as OpenAI and Anthropic consider price cuts after enterprise customers revolt over token-based pricing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 12
31 min
Can Apple make AI less annoying and maybe even useful? | Will Guyatt
“It leaves companies like OpenAI and Anthropic massively exposed.”Tech journalist Will Guyatt joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about Apple’s AI strategy ahead of their World Wide Developer Conference and how being late to market gives them the chance to focus on solving many people’s complaints about AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 1
21 min
This OpenAI’s ‘doom scenario’ | Eric Newcomer
“I’m deeply worried that there’s this effort to rush the indexes… so that all our assets are invested before anyone has really done an independent assessment.”Founder of tech and venture capital media group Newcomer, Eric Newcomer, joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about Anthropic overtaking OpenAI in enterprise sales and what the ChatGPT company’s “doom scenario” is they head to IPO. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 23
24 min
OpenAI’s IPO is a move of ‘desperation’ | Ed Zitron
“We’re basically saying the tech industry will double its revenue in four years… that’s an insane poison to hold, that money needs to come from somewhere.”Writer of Where’s Your Ed At and Host of the Better Offline podcast Ed Zitron joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about OpenAI hasty IPO and the impossible maths behind the AI boom.Discount link for Where's Your Ed At: https://edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo-subscription/o5w5z8mj9q 📩 Read Ed’s newsletter: https://wheresyoured.at 🎧 Listen to Ed’s podcast: https://betteroffline.comFor more from Ed: BlueSky: @edzitron.com Twitter: @EdZitron Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 22
36 min
AI to create more jobs than it eliminates after 2028, study reveals | Natasha Bernal
“They are risking a huge productivity crisis.”Tech journalist Natasha Bernal joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about a recent study which says AI will create more jobs than it eliminates from 2028 onwards and how executives who fail to upskill their employees will lack the workforce to fill those new roles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20
34 min
The Samsung strike could derail the whole AI boom | Eli the Computer Guy
“If they force the entire world to take 18 days to really start thinking about the deployment of all this hardware… is that going to be the more dangerous problem for the AI industry.”Eli the Computer Guy joins the Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about Samsung employees taking strike action over unfair distribution of the profits of surging memory prices and whether the AI bubble can survive the 18 days pause. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 18
23 min
Ed Zitron: You are being lied to about the AI data center boom
“When it breaks, it’s going to be an aggressive, horrifying turn because there are no fundamentals to fall back on here.”Author of Where's Your Ed At and host of the Better Offline podcast tells The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound about the brewing scandal as data centres are not getting built at the rate people expect and how intentionally misleading terms are being used to obscure that reality. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 15
32 min
Musk vs Altman: There were no grownups in the room | Chris Stokel-Walker
“Neither person in this story is a hero… in terms of a settlement, I think it’s probably too late now.”Tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to take a look at the biggest moments so far from Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and to talk about how the grown-up facade of some Silicon Valley CEO is slipping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 14
21 min
Meta workers revolt over surveillance as layoffs undermine AI profits | Natasha Bernal
“It’s the first of what I expect be a series of studies on what actually is happening behind all of these AI related layoffs.”Technology journalist Natasha Bernal joins The Tech Report’s Isaac Pound to talk about why Meta employees are protesting over workplace surveillance and how a recent study by Gartner shows cutting headcount as part of AI adoption is undermining return on investment. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 13
28 min
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