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Mark Cuban @mcuban just called AI a drunk intern 😂 (and admitted he was one too)

Seinfeld bombed in its pilot. Focus groups hated it. If today's algorithms had run the room, the greatest sitcom ever wouldn't exist. - Carissa Véliz

.@mcuban is not impressed with OpenAI's business: "They're shitting away money at scale," he told me. Full discussion live on Big Technology Podcast.

Mark Cuban's advice to his college-grad daughter heading into consulting: "Learn AI or someone else will take your place." And his message to bosses who hold them back? "Tell me, so I can start a company to kick their ass." 😤

Emergency Big Technology Podcast 🚨 @OpenAI President @gdb on GPT 5.5 — a.k.a "Spud" — and what it means for the company's direction, competitiveness, and the notion of a "compute-powered economy." Lots here! Chapters: 00:00 Intro: GPT-5.5 “Spud” 00:57 What GPT-5.5 Can Do 02:56 OpenAI’s Agent Roadmap 05:49 Training and Real-World Tasks 09:55 Model Moats and Distillation 15:55 Cybersecurity Risks 21:01 Trusting Agents 23:36 The Compute-Powered Economy

New: I went to the Pentagon and spoke with Under Secretary of War @emilmichael about AI warfare, the Anthropic ban, drone swarms, and the Pentagon Pizza Index. Full episode below --> Chapters: 0:39 How AI Changes Warfare 3:01 Maven Smart System 7:01 What LLMs Do in the Military 11:29 Is Less Friction Dangerous? 14:30 Can AI Fundamentally Change War? 16:04 The China Threat 17:04 Will the Pentagon Use AI Agents? 21:18 Drone Warfare: Ukraine and Iran 27:53 AI and Cyber Warfare 29:32 The Anthropic Fight Explained 39:11 Could Anthropic Come Back? 53:21 Fixing Pentagon Procurement 55:39 The Pentagon Pizza Index

OpenAI President Greg Brockman says the AI industry needs to do a better job explaining how it can help people.

OpenAI President Greg Brockman says the company will continue to rely on Nvidia GPUs even as inference becomes a bigger part of the AI pie.

OpenAI President Greg Brockman says it's easier to see AI's negatives and not imagine it's positives, and that the job picture

OpenAI President Greg Brockman says the company is developing an autonomous AI researcher to help build AI faster

OpenAI President Greg Brockman says we're in AI takeoff and the models will keep improving faster from here.

I spoke at length with @OpenAI President @gdb about the company's double-down bet on text models, AI takeoff, Codex, infrastructure scaling, and plenty more. Full episode below: 0:00 Introduction 4:06 Why OpenAI Pulled Back From Sora 11:24 The OpenAI Super App Plan 22:59 OpenAI's Forthcoming “Spud” Model 28:13 OpenAI’s Automated AI Researcher Plan 31:12 AI Risk, Safety, and Takeoff 55:15 The Logic Behind OpenAI’s Compute Spending 1:03:24 Why So Many People Still Distrust AI

The biggest IPO in history might be coming and it’s not who you think CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin says SpaceX’s IPO could be the largest we’ve ever seen. Bigger than Google. Bigger than Meta. Bigger than anything Are you ready for it? Big Technology Podcast YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

Everyone’s waiting for the crash before they invest. But what if that’s exactly the wrong move? CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin breaks down why trying to time the market might be hurting you more than helping you and what actually makes sense right now. Full episode on Big Technology Podcast YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

There’s a reason you need $1 million to invest in private equity or venture capital. It’s not gatekeeping it’s because if it all goes wrong, you’re supposed to be able to absorb the loss yourself. But what happens when the loss is too big for anyone to absorb? We all foot the bill. Quietly. Every time. Andrew Ross Sorkin breaks it all down on Big Technology Podcast YouTube | Spotify | Apple Podcasts

You can't buy a lottery ticket with a credit card in most states. But you can bet your money on a Sunday game and the app will send you a notification to do it. Andrew Ross Sorkin's called this out years ago and got labelled paternalist for it. Meanwhile, we watched SPACs, GameStop, FanDuel, and prediction markets quietly build a casino with a better UX. The double standard was always hiding in plain sight. Full episode on Big Technology Podcasts. YouTube| Spotify| Apple Podcast

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