Ben Thompson
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Walmart on ChatGPT, Walmart (and Amazon) Motivations, Spotify Podcasts on Netflix
Walmart joins ChatGPT Instant Checkout; will Amazon be next? Then, Spotify and Netflix form the anti-YouTube alliance.
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An Interview with Gracelin Baskaran About Rare Earths
An interview with Dr. Gracelin Baskaran about rare earths: how did the U.S. become dependent on China, and how do we fix the problem going forward?
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OpenAI and Broadcom, ChatGPT and XPUs, AMD and Nvidia
OpenAI’s deal with Broadcom makes perfect sense, because OpenAI already knows exactly what workloads it needs to optimize.
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China and Rare Earth Metals, Chips and Rare Earths, The U.S.’s Self-Inflicted Challenge
China is instituting controls on rare earths, which are essential for technology, that look like chip controls; we can fix the problem by building, but we might not be able to.
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The OpenAI Hype Cycle, Microsoft’s Game Pass Failure, Verizon’s Satellites
OpenAI’s DevDay evolution mirrors the hype cycle; Microsoft’s Game Pass price raise is an admission of failure; and Verizon decides it doesn’t want to be under the thumb of SpaceX.
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An Interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman About DevDay and the AI Buildout
An interview with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about the infrastructure buildout, expanding ChatGPT, and the vision that unites it all.
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OpenAI’s Windows Play
OpenAI is making a play to be the Windows of AI: the all-encompassing platform that controls both hardware supplier and software developers.