Ben Thompson
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ChatGPT Pro, o1 Pro, Sora
OpenAI is now offering ChatGPT Pro for $200/month, along with the full release of its o1 model. It also released Sora, its video generation model. The usefulness will depend on the individual.
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Intel’s Death and Potential Revival
Intel died when mobile cost it its software differentiation; if the U.S. wants a domestic foundry, then it ought to leverage the need for AI chips to make an independent Intel foundry viable.
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An Interview with Tae Kim about Jensen Huang and The Nvidia Way
An interview with Tae Kim about his new book, The Nvidia Way, and how Jensen Huang built Nvidia to continuously invent the future.
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AWS re:Invent, Nova and Model Choice, AI as Commodity
AWS’ re:Invent keynote was predicated on the idea that AI becomes a commodity, not something eternally special.
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Gelsinger Out at Intel, What Happened, Ten Years Too Late
Pat Gelsinger is out as Intel CEO. It seems likely that the board has cold feet about the foundry business, and a split may be forthcoming.
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Spotify Earnings, Spotify’s Video Plans, Spotify’s Ad Business
Spotify’s earnings and video podcast announcements highlight the threat the company feels from YouTube. Plus, the company’s late shift to programmatic ads explains its podcast motivations.
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Nvidia Earnings, Strawberry and Video, The Networking Question
Nvidia’s results continue to be best understood by the imbalance between supply and demand; that story, though, differs between Blackwell and Hopper, and it impacts both Nvidia’s prospects and its networking sales.
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An Interview with Byrne Hobart About Bubbles and Escaping Stagnation
An interview with The Diff’s Byrne Hobart about his new book, Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation