750: Douchebag Ping Pong
Summary
Jason and Brian celebrate episode 750 with a knife-sharpening injury story before critiquing AI IPOs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX as PR stunts. They discuss Elon Musk’s orbital data centers, Seattle’s data center moratorium, and Meta’s hidden facial recognition code. The hosts also cover Sam Bankman-Fried’s pardon request, a Cambridge AI vaccine trial, and praise Apple’s simple Sports app.
Topics discussed
Intro and Jason's knife cutting mishap
OpenAI and Anthropic funding and IPO news
Critique of AI safety warnings and corporate PR
OpenAI pivots to a super app model
World ID layoffs and biometric data concerns
SpaceX orbital data centers and IPO strategy
Sponsor: Delete Me and Silver Facial
Seattle moratorium on new AI data centers
Meta builds first major AI data center in India
Google AI Plus subscription and token pricing
Lawyers sanctioned for using AI in court filings
AI-designed universal vaccine trial results
Calci prediction market insider trading rules
Trump pardons and crypto market losses
High-end escorts for tech bros in Silicon Valley
Sponsor: Clean My Mac
Apple Sports app vs ESPN and World Cup tickets
Meta hidden facial recognition in smart glasses
Snapchat raises Spotlight age limit to 15
Apple foldable phone rumors and new app review
Book review: Player and Win at Life
PDF to EPUB conversion tool recommendation
Movie and TV recommendations: Hoppers, Downton, Widow's Bay
Review of the new Facebook movie
Patreon, YouTube tips, and show outro
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