AI Device Wars Heat Up, RIP Metaverse?, Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers

In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz and Ranjan Roy dissect the week's major tech news. They delve into Meta's poaching of Apple's design talent and the implications for the emerging AI device war, assessing the competitive positioning of companies like Apple, Meta, OpenAI, Amazon, and Google. The discussion pivots to the apparent decline of the Metaverse and Meta's strategic shift towards AI-integrated hardware. They analyze OpenAI's "code red" situation amid rising competition from Google's Gemini, and the potential acquisition of Warner Brothers Discovery by Netflix, weighing the benefits and potential anti-trust concerns. The episode concludes with a discussion on CNN's partnership with prediction market Kalshi, exploring both the potential benefits and the risks associated with mainstreaming prediction markets in news.