Wed. 05/29 – Did The Secret Sauce Of Google Search Just Leak?

05/29/24 • 16 min

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A big leak at Google might be the tech equivalent of the secret formula for Coca-Cola being revealed for the first time. The ex-OpenAI board members are starting to explain why they tried to fire Sam Altman. Did the Biden administration pass on TikTok’s concessions to avoid a ban? And remember delivery apps? How they doin’ these days?

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An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them (SparkToro.com)
Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter (Bloomberg)
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead to head up new team (TechCrunch)
YouTube’s free games catalog ‘Playables’ rolls out to all users (TechCrunch)
How the U.S. ignored a chance to make TikTok safer (Washington Post)
Food delivery apps rack up $20bn in losses in fierce battle for diners (Financial Times)

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An Anonymous Source Shared Thousands of Leaked Google Search API Documents with Me; Everyone in SEO Should See Them (SparkToro.com)
Ex-OpenAI Director Says Board Learned of ChatGPT Launch on Twitter (Bloomberg)
Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead to head up new team (TechCrunch)
YouTube’s free games catalog ‘Playables’ rolls out to all users (TechCrunch)
How the U.S. ignored a chance to make TikTok safer (Washington Post)
Food delivery apps rack up $20bn in losses in fierce battle for diners (Financial Times)

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Previous Episode

Tue. 05/28 – GPT5 Still A Year Out?

We have a rough timeline of when we can expect GPT5 and it looks like it won’t be this summer. xAI has a big raise. Another in-depth look at Apple’s AI strategy. The surprising old school companies getting boosted by the AI boom. And more data on how popular ad-supported streaming is becoming.

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OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship A.I. Model (NYTimes)
Elon Musk’s xAI raises $6 billion to fund its race against ChatGPT and all the rest (The Verge)
Apple Bets That Its Giant User Base Will Help It Win in AI (Bloomberg)
Google adds AI-powered features to Chromebook (TechCrunch)
The future of financial analysis: How GPT-4 is disrupting the industry, according to new research (VentureBeat)
AI Is Driving ‘the Next Industrial Revolution.’ Wall Street Is Cashing In. (WSJ)
What Happened to Our Ad-Free TV? (NYTimes)

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Thu. 05/30 – Biggest Botnet Ever?

Global authorities take down what they say is the biggest botnet of all time. More big AI deals for big media. More on the delicate dance between OpenAI and Microsoft. Why aren’t there more smartwatches for tweens? And the AR laptop that might give the Apple Vision Pro a run for its money.

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