In this jam packed launch episode, Sophia Tung and Zac Hall dive deep into DeepSeek’s arrival to the AI race, how NVIDIA and OpenAI are responding, and the state of current AI tools; this week’s biggest tech surprises, what has us excited and what has us concerned, and much more.
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Sophia Tung
Zac Hall
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- 9to5Neural: DeepSeek explained, deep NVIDIA losses, AI privacy claim debunked
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- Severance season 2 ‘worth the wait’ say reviews; official podcast now available too
- Apple continues high-profile Severance promos with fun homepage panels
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- Tim Cook turns Tim C. after officially getting the Severance treatment in Apple TV+ promo
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- Elon Musk says that Tesla ‘unsupervised self-driving begins’, but don’t get too excited
- Tesla Robotaxi launch news hub and watch party
- Waymo to test in 10 new cities in 2025, starting with Las Vegas and San Diego | The Verge
- Chinese AI Robotaxis Are A Nightmare Experience
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