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#96: Google & Meta on Trial, Tesla, AI & Media

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#96: Google & Meta on Trial, Tesla, AI & Media

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2025/04/25
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2025/04/25
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Jess, Sam, Brit, and Dave returned from spring break to catch up on chaotic headlines from the last week — from Tesla’s bad quarter to Google’s courtroom drama. On the docket: – the antitrust cases shaking up Google, Meta, and the entire ad economy –...

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In this episode, the hosts reconvene after spring break to dissect recent developments in the tech world, including antitrust cases against Google and Meta, AI's impact on media companies, and Tesla's financial challenges. They also explore broader societal shifts driven by technological advancements and their implications for content creators, investors, and entrepreneurs.
00:00
OpenAI claims it could compete with and even buy Chrome
06:03
AI has devalued photo filters, making video content more credible
13:41
Gemini has 350 million monthly users.
19:35
LLMs are causing the collapse of the contract between internet content creators and ad networks
22:24
ChatGPT is changing how research is conducted and challenging traditional media models.
28:24
LLMs could collapse if they fail to involve creators economically
36:48
Selling info to AI for little is foolish
45:54
Elon Musk's strategy involves tanking and boosting Tesla's value.
47:33
Elon Musk offers to have a baby with someone
51:42
Incubating projects in the health sector to launch new innovations
52:23
Propose tax breaks for women with a certain number of children.
58:10
Brit says goodbye and will see the others next time.

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Trailer
00:00
Recruiting PMs and hard-to-fake filters
01:25
Google anti-trust legal theater
08:34
Market narratives and fruit monopolies
13:58
LLMs and media companies
22:21
Is the web dying?
25:49
People want resonance
32:05
Adult content and AI
38:19
Meme stock Tesla and messiah Elon
40:59
How Musk handles the poliola
47:30
"Spam" Lessin's factory-farmed VC unicorn end
49:15
National medal of motherhood
52:23
Be the mountain, not the storm
55:48
Outro and announcement
58:10

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Jessica Lessin: We have all these OpenAI people testifying, saying how hard it is to compete with Google. Sam Lessin: Oh, poor, poor OpenAI. Jessica Lessin: We've got the government probably making Google sell off its ad network business, deciding what t...