Show Notes
Andrew and Justin discuss the recent acqui-hire Peter Steinberger, the founder behind OpenClaw (né Clawdbot, né Moltbot), with his project remaining open-source. The two also discuss the reaction to the depreciation of GPT-4o, which left plenty of users feeling burned, and the recent high-profile departures of various employees who got their exit letters published in outlets like The New York Times. Is it a sign of the times, or just evidence of culture clash?
Chapters
00:00 - Intro 01:49 - OpenClaw Acqui-hire 14:03 - Death of GPT-4o 28:29 - Departure Letters and AI Work Culture 48:08 - Brief Codex Thoughts 49:19 - Wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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