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November 22, 2023
IT'S OVER! Sam Altman BACK as CEO of OpenAI
After 5 days of tense negotiations, Sam Altman has returned as CEO of OpenAI, bringing Greg Brockman with him. That doesn't mean nothing has changed however. Jo…
Andrew Roberts — Why Hitler lost WWII, Churchill as applied historian, & Napoleon as startup founder
Andrew Roberts is the world's best biographer and one of the leading historians of our time.We discussed* Churchill the applied historian,* Napoleon the startup…
#156 Gordon Crovitz: Will AI SPREAD Misinformation & Fake News?
This episode is sponsored by Celonis, the global leader in process mining. AI has landed and enterprises are adapting. To give customers' slick experiences and…
We Got AIs Drunk For Thanksgiving | AI For Humans Ep33
It's a day-early Thanksgiving special episode of AI For Humans, where we test three popular AIs (Anthropic's Claude2, Google's Bard & Pi) on how well they can g…
AI Solutions for B2B Customer Experiences - with Shahar Chen of Aquant
Today's guest is Shahar Chen, CEO and Co-founder of Aquant. Aquant is an AI-powered tech company that builds a co-pilot platform for service workflows. Shahar j…
November 21, 2023
OpenAI Board Asked Anthropic For Merger
Apparently in addition to asking half of Silicon Valley to be the new CEO, over the weekend the OpenAI Board asked Dario Amodei to take over and bring Anthropic…
The Role of Humans in AI-Enhanced Logistics Workflows - with Dr. Yossi Sheffi
Today's guest is Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems and Director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics at the Massachusetts Institute o…
Afresh Co-Founder Nathan Fenner On How AI Can Help Grocers Manage Supply Chains - Ep. 208
Talk about going after low-hanging fruit. Afresh is an AI startup that helps grocery stores and retailers reduce food waste by making supply chains more efficie…
November 20, 2023
Prof. BERT DE VRIES - ON ACTIVE INFERENCE
Watch behind the scenes with Bert on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bert-de-vries-93230722 https://discord.gg/aNPkGUQtc5 https://twitter.com/MLStreetTal…
Emergency Episode: OpenAI Fires Sam Altman & The Ongoing Drama
The OpenAI Board on Friday dropped a bombshell: The biggest AI start-up was firing its CEO and Co-Founder Sam Altman. Then a weekend of chaos: Sam is going back…
Latest OpenAI Drama: Altman/Brockman to Microsoft, Board Hires Former Twitch CEO; Employees Rebel
WTAF is going on? First the board announced former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear as new CEO. Then Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said Sam Altman and Greg Brockman were r…
#143 - OpenAI CEO FIRED, Cruise halts driving, xAI’s Grok, DeepMind defines AGI, actor strike over
Our 143rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news, now back with the usual hosts! Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podca…
November 19, 2023
Sam Altman and Greg Brockman COMING BACK to OpenAI?!
Act 3 of the Dumbest Palace Coup Ever, as employees and investors revolt and the board appears forced to capitulate. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Breakdown he…
#155 Alex Wiltschko: From Molecules to Memories & The AI Approach to Scent Detection
This episode is sponsored by Celonis, the global leader in process mining. AI has landed and enterprises are adapting. To give customers' slick experiences and…
November 18, 2023
What REALLY Happened at OpenAI?
Backstabbing. Ambition. Betrayal. After Sam Altman was fired and Greg Brockman quit, NLW digs in to what we've learned so far. ABOUT THE AI BREAKDOWN The AI Br…
#401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3
John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at University of Chicago. He is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on th…
November 17, 2023
BREAKING: Sam Altman FIRED from OpenAI
OpenAI has announced that Sam Altman has been removed over failures of communication with the board. NLW gets into speculation about what it all means. ABOUT T…
The State of Silicon and the GPU Poors - with Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis
This episode came together at ~4 hrs notice since Dylan had just landed in SF and we had to setup quickly; you might notice some small audio issues in some segm…
Gemini Delayed: Is Google In the Innovator's Dilemma?
The Information reports that much-anticipated Gemini has been officially delayed. NLW explores interpretations for why Google has struggled to keep pace with Op…
The Implications of Generative AI on Investment Banking - with Andrea Haskell and Val Srinivas of Deloitte
Today's guests are Andrea Haskell, Principal of Strategy and Analytics at Deloitte Consulting, and Val Srinivas, Research Leader in Banking and Capital Markets…
E154: Presidential Candidate Dean Phillips in conversation with the Besties + Xi's SF visit & more
(0:00) Bestie intros! (1:25) Democratic Presidential Candidate Dean Phillips shares his business background (13:11) Dean's time in Congress: witnessing legal co…
November 16, 2023
The Biggest AI Announcements from Microsoft Ignite
Microsoft confirms long speculated Project Athena with the announcement of its first custom chips for AI including the Maia and Cobalt. They also announce a new…
AI Agents That Reason and Code with Imbue Co-Founders Kanjun Qiu and Josh Albrecht
The future of tech is 25-person companies powered by AI agents that help us accomplish our larger goals. Imbue is working on building AI agents that reason, cod…
You Can Make an AI Chatbot, Humane's AI Wearable & Chat With "Internet Comment Eric" | AI For Humans Ep32
This week… GPTs took over the internet, OpenAI is training GPT-5, there's a new AI wearable from Humane the SAG/AFTRA strike decided on AI and OH SO MUCH MORE…
#142 - Humanoid Robots, Video-To-Text, Habitat 3.0, Cruise troubles, data poisoning
Our 142nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI new. Apologies for this one coming out after a pause, episodes will resume being released…
The Benefits of AI-Enhanced Developer Workflows - with Jason Wells of Pattern
Today's guest is Jason Wells, Chief Technology Officer at Pattern. Pattern is a tech company that builds an AI-driven platform to help businesses grow faster an…
November 15, 2023
OpenAI's AGI Committee
OpenAI has a 6-person committee that will decide when AGI is achieved, with major implications for their relationship with Microsoft. NLW also explores the batt…
Dominic Cummings - COVID, Brexit, & Fixing Western Governance
Here is my interview with Dominic Cummings on why Western governments are so dangerously broken, and how to fix them before an even more catastrophic crisis.Dom…
#154 Sal Khan: Revolutionizing Education with AI
This episode is sponsored by Oracle. AI is revolutionizing industries, but needs power without breaking the bank. Enter Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI): the o…
Generative AI Approaches for eCommerce and Retail Fraud - with Srihari Govindarajan of Paypal
Today's guest is Srihari Govindarajan, Senior Director of Finance Transformation at PayPal. Srihari joins Emerj CEO and Head of Research Daniel Faggella on toda…