Meta
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Meta is well-positioned to the biggest beneficiary of AI and the largest company in the world.
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Meta is once again facing investor skepticism over its spending; I can understand reasonable doubt in the short and medium term, but the long-term bet on Mark Zuckerberg still seems worth making.
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Meta is making lots of noise about being open, in everything from AI to the metaverse. This isn’t desperation: it’s smart strategy that understands Meta’s true differentiation.
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Meta deserves a bit of a discount off of its recent highs, but a number of myths about its business have caused the market to over-react.
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Meta’s new hardware is more impressive than expected, and the Microsoft partnership makes a lot of sense. The question is if Meta will capture enough value to outweigh their costs.
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Facebook’s reorganization into Meta is the ultimate bet on the power of founder control.
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AI and Ambient Computing, Zuckerberg and The Verge, Amazon and Anthropic
AI will make ambient computing possible, Zuckerberg talks AI with The Verge, and AWS is worried about falling behind.
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AI, Hardware, and Virtual Reality
Defining virtual reality as being about hardware is to miss the point: virtual reality is AI, and hardware is an (essential) means to an end.
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An Interview with Doug O’Laughlin and Dylan Patel about Semiconductors and AI
An interview with Doug O’Laughlin and Dylan Patel about Google, Nvidia, AWS, ASICS, AMD, and the current status of AI.
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Google Cloud Next, The GCP-Nvidia Partnership, Kurian Explains the Deal
Google’s Cloud Next event was highlighted by a Google-Nvidia partnership that appeared to Nvidia’s chip dominance in training; GCP gains, but Nvidia’s DGX Cloud is the biggest winner.
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An Interview with Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman about the AI Hype Cycle
An interview with Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman about the AI hype cycle, what products are working, the current state of ChatGPT, the data constraint, and Nvidia.
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An Interview with Eugene Wei About Twitter, Threads, and Taylor Swift
An interview with Eugene Wei about Elon Musk’s critical mistake with Twitter, the questionable prospects for Threads, and what Taylor Swift and other communal experiences say about the commoditization wrought by technology.
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Amazon Earnings, Amazon and AI, Amazon’s Improved Delivery
Amazon’s earnings touched on its position in AI and the impact of its renewed investments in logistics.
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Meta Blocks News in Canada, LK-99, YouTube and TV Advertisers
Meta is blocking news in Canada after another law requiring Aggregators to pay for links; it’s still an upsetting idea. Then, a brief primer on LK-99, the potential superconducting material.
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Meta Earnings, AI in Meta’s Business, Reality Labs Reality
Meta is already reaping the benefits from AI, even as its metaverse investments seem harder than ever to justify
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Streaming Residuals and Spotify, Llama 2 Open-Sourced, Llama’s License
Streaming residuals might end up looking like Spotify. Then, Meta makes Llama 2 open source — mostly.