This week, we discuss the 12 Days of OpenAI, the latest in quantum computing, and Nvidia’s unique management style. Plus, Coté shares his thoughts on turkeys and BBQ.
Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuxa1FqX4tw) 497 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuxa1FqX4tw)
Runner-up Titles
Go full-on American
Multiple days of meat
Advent of Meat
Fowl Day
ChopOps
Fractured and Scattered
Mr. Mahalo
Rundown
12 Days of OpenAI (https://openai.com/12-days/)
Update on ChatGPT's impressive growth (https://www.threads.net/@ociubotaru/post/DDLN7i2NKxT?xmt=AQGzdg4NWoYwDHDBtKHGLrqrlUrEWSELSfF5FjD3z-yo1g)
The phony comforts of AI skepticism (https://www.platformer.news/ai-skeptics-gary-marcus-curve-conference/?ref=platformer-newsletter)
Quantum Computing
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip (https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/)
Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c791ng0zvl3o)
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Intel’s Search for a CEO (https://www.threads.net/@carnage4life/post/DDMgH0eJRPS?xmt=AQGzYswkrS4wmq1DZVn9YIyulb7odNRA717aPumWg0lRxg)
Intel names two chip industry veterans to its board amid CEO search (https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-names-two-chip-industry-veterans-its-board-amid-ceo-search-2024-12-05/)
Why Gelsinger was wrong for Intel | The Observation Deck (https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2024/12/08/why-gelsinger-was-wrong-for-intel/)
Ousted Intel CEO asks people to “pray and fast” for staff (https://www.thestack.technology/intel-ceo-pray/?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content)
He Was Going to Save Intel. He Destroyed $150 Billion of Value Instead. (https://www.wsj.com/tech/intel-ceo-pat-gelsinger-chips-bd4d61f9)
Sundar Pichai says Google Search will ‘change profoundly’ in 2025 (https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/5/24314245/sundar-pichai-google-search-change-profoundly-2025)
Broadcom reverses controversial plan in effort to cull VMware migrations (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/12/new-broadcom-sales-plan-may-be-insignificant-in-deterring-vmware-migrations/)
Dev-Led Landscape: Transforming a Middle-Aged Startup (https://tylerjewell.substack.com/p/dev-led-landscape-transforming-a?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content&utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true)
China launches antitrust probe into Nvidia (https://on.ft.com/4gtEvm1)
Confidential computing at 1Password (https://blog.1password.com/confidential-computing/?ck_subscriber_id=512840665)
The 50 best video games of 2024 (https://www.polygon.com/what-to-play/24078256/best-video-games-2024)
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Cohesity completes its merger with Veritas; here's how they'll integrate (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/10/cohesity-completes-its-merger-with-veritas-heres-how-theyll-integrate/)
Automattic acquires WPAI, a startup that makes AI products for WordPress (https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/automattic-acquires-wpai-a-startup-that-creates-ai-solutions-for-wordpress/)
The low-hanging fruit is gone; the hill is steeper now: Sundar Pichai on AI, Future of engg jobs (https://www.nextbigwhat.com/p/the-low-hanging-fruit-is-gone-the)
What Analysts Are Saying After Oracle's Results Underwhelmed Investo (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysts-saying-oracles-results-underwhelmed-154416031.html)rs (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysts-saying-oracles-results-underwhelmed-154416031.html)
Bill Staples on LinkedIn: I am honored and excited to lead GitLab into its next chapter as CEO (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/williamstaples_i-am-honored-and-excited-to-lead-gitlab-into-activity-7270549076067135488-2QeY)
From where I left (https://antirez.com/news/144) (Redis)
Amazon sued by DC attorney general for allegedly excluding neighborhoods from Prime delivery (https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/04/amazon-sued-by-dc-ag-over-excluding-areas-from-prime-delivery.html)
Nonsense
Sinister USB-C connector (https://x.com/jonbruner/status/1864377520835174450?s=46&t=tKrY7ObmfMDBTim-ug3gOw)
Listener Feedback
Intel after Gelsinger / Oxide (https://oxide.computer/podcasts/oxide-and-friends/2218242)
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