Show Notes
This week, we discuss Moltbot (née Clawdbot) taking over, Apple’s new AirTags, and finding Enterprise AI ROI. Plus, the tragic demise of the TV dinner.
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Runner-up Titles
The Podcasters’ Choice
I was biding my time
I just want to sell something I believe in
What if you didn’t get chard
Chard as a Service
Let’s be cool
The Human League
Spinning tapes talking to each other
Artisanal tape dispensers
Buying into the Panopticon
Why should only Facebook know where I am?
Root access to your life
The AirTag Family Circus comic
Jar of Airtags
Hold my beer open source
The Value of AI is intuitively obvious
OK, we’re done. Talk to you guys next week.
Rundown
Clawdbot Rebrands to Moltbot After Trademark Request From Anthropic - Laravel News
Clawdbot users are snapping up the Mac Mini — and it’s under $500 at Amazon
Enterprise AI ROI is still elusive. What IT can do to fix it. It's not "culture."
Apple Silicon machine learning code may become more easily portable to Nvidia hardware
Apple introduces new AirTag with expanded range and improved findability
MFi Program
Cords, Cyborgs & Cold Cases: Grandpa Dancy’s Operating System for Life
Anthropic launches interactive Claude apps, including Slack and other workplace tools
AMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Source
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