305 episodes

The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.

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The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.

    AI, Elon, Abundance, and Longevity — With Peter Diamandis

    AI, Elon, Abundance, and Longevity — With Peter Diamandis

    Peter Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, a New York Times bestselling author, and host of the Moonshot Podcast. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a fun, wide-ranging conversation touching on his belief around AI, his friendship with Elon Musk, Abundance and happiness, and how we can live longer, including an incoming lifespan explosion. Tune in for a fun, thought provoking conversation that covers a lot of ground on today's crucial topics.
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    • 53 min
    Gurman on Apple, OpenAI’s Deal Terms, Forbes vs. Perplexity

    Gurman on Apple, OpenAI’s Deal Terms, Forbes vs. Perplexity

    Mark Gurman is Chief Correspondent at Bloomberg. He stops by Big Technology Poddcast for a brief recap of the week's Apple news, including its no-money deal with OpenAI. Ranjan Roy from Margins is also back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Alex's Visit to NVIDIA 2) The Gurman interview - which covers a) Apple + OpenAI b) The stock market reaction to WWDC c) Apple's Robotics future 3) Ranjan and Alex react to the Gurman interview 4) OpenAI's relative strength after this week 5) Apple's position after this week 6) Microsoft's position after this week 7) Forbes vs. Perplexity 8) A new era of IP fights? 9) Elon's pay package
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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Apple Fails to Overreact to the AI Revolution — With M.G. Siegler

    Apple Fails to Overreact to the AI Revolution — With M.G. Siegler

    M.G. Siegler of Spyglass is back to recap Apple's big AI-themed WWDC event and look ahead to AI's broader potential moving forward. Tune for an in-depth analysis of Apple's new AI features, and what they say about the strengths and limitations of the current AI models. We cover whether the new features will lead to an iPhone upgrade cycle, the stock market's reaction, Elon Musk getting angry about the event, why OpenAI played a smaller role than many anticipated, Apple's potential robotics future, and where Apple stands after the big reveal. Hit play for a timely conversation that goes beyond the hype to examine the real-world implications of Apple's foray into AI.
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    • 51 min
    Dispatch from WWDC: Apple AI News + Reaction

    Dispatch from WWDC: Apple AI News + Reaction

    Alex Kantrowitz joins on site from WWDC, where Apple just made its big AI announcement. Tune in for a quick recap of the event's news and the implications. We cover Apple Intelligence, Genmoji, Writing Tools, & more. And what it meens: 1) Apple needing to go bold 2) Opening the device up to take advantage of the next 18 months of AI development 3) The OpenAI parternship 4) How Google reacts to this 5) How Microsoft reacts to this 6) The financial implications.
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    Apple’s AI WWDC Approaches, Nvidia $3 Trillion, OpenAI Safety Concerns

    Apple’s AI WWDC Approaches, Nvidia $3 Trillion, OpenAI Safety Concerns

    Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover 1) Apple's WWDC AI preview 2) Apple's willingness to change its operating system with AI 3) Were Humane and Rabbit on the right track with bad execution? 4) Will the market react well to WWDC? 5) Apple is going to put cameras in AirPods? + Alex's experience with the Ray-Ban Metas 6) NVIDIA's $3 trillion market cap 7) NVIDIA surpasses Apple for a minute in valuation 8) Are we at the NVIDIA top? 9) Roaring Kitty is back in the Gamestop trade 10) OpenAI's current an ex-employee write an open letter about safety disclosure 11) Sam Altman narrative change - is it fair? 12) Leopold Aschenbrenner's public rollout 13) Alex's chances of turning into a paperclip next week
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    • 57 min
    Can The News Industry Survive The AI Era? — With Ben Smith, Nayeema Raza, and Joe Marchese

    Can The News Industry Survive The AI Era? — With Ben Smith, Nayeema Raza, and Joe Marchese

    Ben Smith and Nayeema Raza host Mixed Signals, a new media podcast from Semafor. And Joe Marchese is the general & build partner at Human Ventures. The three join Big Technology Podcast for a VC + Journalist conversation on whether the news industry can survive its dealings with generative AI tech providers, like OpenAI, after several publications inked multi-million dollar content deals. Tune in for a conversation that explores whether the news industry is setting itself up for a repeat of past mistakes made with Facebook and Google. We also cover whether the news industry can harness AI, what the value of news is to AI companies, and whether AI can be taught to emulate media brands and pay a licensing fee. Plus much more. Tune in for a lively conversation about a core issues facing the AI field today.
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    • 53 min

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