Show Notes
This week, we discuss Zuckerberg's open source AI manifesto, GPUs as securitizable assets, and who actually gets AI ROI. Plus, Buc-ee's goes to war over beavers.
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Law of Unintended Consequences
We’re not lawyers, we just have common sense
Trillion-dollar open source company
The Meta Manifesto
I don’t think self-awareness is their strong point.
Using AI to fight AI
Put me as a strong maybe.
Rundown
Days after John Oliver's dare, Buc-ee's sues again
Meta's Big AI Week
The Future is for Everyone
Meta Unveils ‘Open Source’ Version of Its Most Powerful A.I. Model
Meta debuts first AI coding agent to take on Anthropic and OpenAI
Superintelligence is a dragon
Mistral Is in the Right Place at the Right Time
The AI Money Machine
Nvidia lines up $500 billion in financing as CEO Jensen Huang tells CNBC his chips are ‘investable asset’
48% of Google Cloud Revenue Next Year Could Come From Just 2 Companies That Have Still Never Turned a Profit
Datadog Says Lower Usage From Major AI Customer Could Dent Growth
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Cloudflare OS: an open platform for agents, apps, and work
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The next generation of MCP
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