An interview with AWS CEO Matt Garman on why AWS will be a better OpenAI partner than Microsoft, chip bubble fears, Jeff Bezos' Project Prometheus, and more (Alex Heath/Sources) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Interviewed AWS CEO Matt Garman about Amazon's big partnership with OpenAI, and he came out swinging: “Obviously, that investment has worked out great for Microsoft. I think we’ll be a better partner to OpenAI… We really do view it as a win-win. We don’t just say that.” sources.news/p/how-amazon...

joined CNBC Squawk Box this morning to discuss the Elon vs OpenAI trial youtu.be/nwiqHCWFJVI?...

New feed check issue: Elon vs. OpenAI goes to court, AGI doesn’t matter, China kills Manus, why an OpenAI phone makes sense, and more sources.news/p/openai-goe...

The Audacity is a really good new AMC show set in Silicon Valley. Loved having the showrunner on the podcast this week. sources.news/p/silicon-va...

Sources: Meta's move to track how employees use their computers to train AI caused such a strong reaction that a follow-up note was posted internally acknowledging “there has been a lot of concern about this." sources.news/p/metamates-...

Sources: - Snap set to announce big layoffs tomorrow. Some teams halved or more. - Specs subsidiary will gain employees ahead of the glasses' imminent launch, which will loosely follow Apple's rollout of the Vision Pro. - The $400m deal with Perplexity is not happening. sources.news/p/snap-cruci...

Today's Stanford AI Index shows that people hate AI. The attacks on Sam Altman's home over the weekend show what's at stake. sources.news/p/ai-reputat...

I spoke with Logan Graham, who is helping lead Anthropic's Project Glasswing, about the reaction to yesterday's announcement He says Glasswing could "transition very quickly into a third-party-led consortium that features all the other model providers," including OpenAI sources.news/p/anthropic-...

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I spoke with the ClawFather for his first interview since joining OpenAI a few weeks ago. He’s already built a bridge between Codex and his personal OpenClaw agent. sources.news/p/clawfather...

New pod: Did Disney dodge a bullet with OpenAI? Is Fortnite the bigger problem? With @alexeheath.com. Listen! Watch! open.spotify.com/episode/79Zn...

Via @alexeheath.com, two more ridiculous bits about OpenAI killing Sora. 1. Lack of focus or internal coordination expressed in executive comms. “This is how fast things move”? Sora has been over for months. 2. They’re splitting safety from security (ok) and putting security under “scaling”?

“I don’t think Claude is going to go build a bank” Mercury CEO Immad Akhund joins us this week on the pod to talk all things AI and banking, thinking outside of the box, companies whitewashing their layoffs with AI, tech's poker culture, and more sources.news/p/mercury-ce...

From my interview with Spotify’s co-CEO at SXSW: Spotify is building the ability to remix and create covers of songs with AI. He calls it a “huge missed opportunity for artists” sources.news/p/inside-spo...

- This week on the pod: Starboy’s creator joined from a hot tub - What I’m up to at SXSW / Nvidia GTC - Notes on news about Meta, xAI, Perplexity, and Travis Kalanick sources.news/p/starboy-an...

I spoke with Anthropic employees in the midst of the company's fight with the Trump administration and Claude hitting the top of the App Store sources.news/p/my-day-ins...

Earlier this week, I spent an afternoon inside Anthropic HQ meeting with various leaders. It was fascinating and I learned a lot. sources.news/p/my-day-ins...

Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome @toni.bsky.team as our interim CEO. More here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...

Google's Liz Reid on the progression of AI in Google Search - here are my notes on that interview by @alexeheath.com www.seroundtable.com/liz-reid-goo... #google #googleai #googleaimode

Sources: OpenAI is pausing the rollout of ChatGPT Adult Mode More in today's newsletter sources.news/p/liz-reid-g...

If you believe what both OpenAI and Anthropic proclaim — that they’re building AGI that will change everything — this bitterness should probably alarm you. sources.news/p/darios-big...

I’ve never seen such a combination of technical and moral (at least perceived) superiority from a tech company since the heyday of Apple. sources.news/p/anthropic-...

No discussion of tech media can get past this basic traffic fact: in the AI world, Google and social no longer refer traffic, which means that the vast majority of readers just never find you in the first place. Analysis: growtika.com/blog/tech-m...

Interviewed Reddit CEO Steve Huffman about AI slop, agents, his deals with OpenAI and Google, becoming a better platform for creators, his worry about prediction markets, and a lot more sources.news/p/steve-huff...

What AI bubble? In an interview, Stripe co-founder John Collison said the payments giant isn't seeing the signs “No one’s looking for a refund of their tokens” sources.news/p/why-stripe...

I spoke with the co-author of the Citrini viral AI prediction post that tanked stock prices. sources.news/p/the-ai-doo...

Sources: Snap’s SVP of Specs, who had been leading the hardware effort for six years, is out after a “blow-up” with CEO Evan Spiegel about the company’s strategy sources.news/p/figmas-ans...

“I don’t do this for the money… I want to have fun and have impact.” sources.news/p/how-did-me...

The comfortable industry narrative is that AI is a tool. The 4o saga is a window into how many people view LLMs as companions and even lovers. sources.news/p/openais-4o...

Lots of chatter this week about what’s behind all the departures at xAI Turns out the reason mostly boils down to what all-too-often actually drives the AI industry’s drama: money sources.news/p/what-happe...

New interview: OpenAI's CEO of Applications. Fidji Simo, on how ads in ChatGPT will work, what will end the Code Red, a social network for AI agents, the state of Sora, and a lot more Her first in-depth pod since joining OpenAI www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmBK...

Last week, Jony Ive showed me the interior of the first Ferrari electric car that LoveFrom designed. He was candid about his philosophy on who he works with post-Apple and where his head is as he builds OpenAI's first device. sources.news/p/jony-ive-i...

Inside Reflection: the new AI lab that's coming for DeepSeek: Just published my full Sources Live interview with Reflection AI’s co-founder from Davos sources.news/p/inside-ref...

This week's pod was a fun one: we had Sari Azout join to discuss taste as a differentiator in the age of AI, founder life in Miami, and what she learned from the crypto bubble Ellis and I also talk Clawdbot mania and the new essay from Anthropic's CEO Available everywhere now: access.show

Just published my full interview with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth in Davos. We discuss: - Why the recent VR layoffs happened - Meta's new AI model, which just dropped internally - Glasses production ramping up - The new Compute org - Building a humanoid sources.news/p/metas-cto-...

Just published my full interview with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis in Davos Some things we discuss: - Gemini 4 - The Apple deal - Robotics - BCI - Post-AGI life sources.news/p/interview-...

The three main AI labs got messy this year at Davos sources.news/p/davos-kick...

Demis Hassabis told me Google has no plans to put ads in Gemini It's interesting they've gone for that so early,” he said of OpenAI putting ads in ChatGPT. “Maybe they feel they need to make more revenue.” sources.news/p/googles-ai...

You’d think a recap of a lawsuit’s public filings would be boring but no, this is incredibly revealing Getting ready to file my Helen Toner Apology Form

I read thousands of pages in Musk v Altman so you don't have to The case is going to jury trial in April, and based on the evidence that has been unsealed so far, it's going to be a wild one sources.news/p/20-revelat...

As I first reported earlier today, more Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join the 3 founding members who just rejoined OpenAI Sources say TM lacks a clear product/business strategy and has been struggling to raise a new round of financing sources.news/p/thinking-m...

Sources: Google wants Gemini in iOS like ChatGPT Today's model partnership is just the beginning, as Google hopes it's the first step to getting a deeper, product-facing integration like OpenAI enjoys on Apple devices More in today's newsletter: sources.news/p/google-wan...

- Lenovo’s AI strategy matters more than you may think - Weird scenes from the CES show floor - What folks here are saying about the weird Nvidia keynote yesterday sources.news/p/lenovos-ai...

An update on Sources: - Now publishing 4 days a week - Raising subscription prices - First-ever Sources Live in Davos later this month sources.news/p/whats-next...

New details on the Nvidia/Groq deal: - The whole process took less than 2 weeks and was personally driven by Jensen Huang - No other bidders - Huang wired money early and really wanted the deal closed before the new year sources.news/p/behind-nvi...

Probably the most entertaining -and unlikely!- story in tech this year: A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/the-10x-ov...

an interview with the head of Threads sources.news/p/whats-next...

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