The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz and M.G. Siegler discuss the evolving landscape of AI, focusing on OpenAI's strategic partnerships with AMD and NVIDIA, and the potential financial risks involved in these deals. They analyze Sam Altman's vision for AI infrastructure and the implications of Ope...
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz interviews Max Zeff, a senior AI reporter at TechCrunch, to discuss the latest developments in AI and their potential impact on society and the creator economy. They delve into OpenAI's Sora 2 and its implications for social media, questioning whether it's a fr...
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, host Alex interviews Scott Guthrie, Microsoft's head of cloud and AI, about the massive AI data center buildout. They discuss whether the current level of investment is sustainable, Microsoft's strategy compared to other big players like NVIDIA and Oracle, and the potential fo...
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz interviews Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, about the application of AI in business. They discuss an MIT study suggesting that most organizations see no return on their AI investments, with Aaron expressing strong disagreement, highlighting the early stage of AI adopti...
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz interviews Bill Vass, CTO of Booz Allen, about the use of AI in government. They discuss the challenges of technology centralization, the perception of outdated government technology, and the potential of AI to improve efficiency and citizen services. Vass high...
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz and Ranjan Roy discuss Google's recent successes, including the potential integration of its Gemini AI model into Apple's Siri, its victory in fending off antitrust challenges, and the impressive capabilities of its new image generation model, Nano Banana. They...
In this edition of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz and M.G. Siegler discuss the recent GPT-5 rollout and the backlash OpenAI faced, framing it as a typical tech product update issue amplified by the deep relationships users have formed with AI models. They explore whether OpenAI broke ChatGPT and debate the eth...
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz interviews science journalist Sally Adee, author of "We Are Electric," about the role of electricity in the human body and the potential of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). They discuss how electrical signals drive bodily functions, the rapid advancements in B...
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz and Ranjan Roy discuss the backlash against GPT-5, debating whether it signals the end of AI progress or is simply misunderstood. They analyze Sam Altman's comments about a potential AI bubble and Eric Schmidt's call to shift focus from AGI to practical applica...
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz interviews Nick Fox, SVP of Knowledge and Information at Google, and Liz Reid, VP of Search at Google, about Google's approach to generative AI and its impact on search. They discuss the company's strategy for integrating AI into its products, including the dev...
In this episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz and Ranjan Roy discuss the release of GPT-5, OpenAI's new flagship model. They debate whether GPT-5 lives up to the hype, with Ranjan admitting he was wrong about users needing to choose the right model for the task, as GPT-5's "switcher" intelligently selects ...
In this emergency episode of Big Technology Podcast, Alex Kantrowitz interviews Brad Lightcap, the COO of OpenAI, about the newly released GPT-5. Lightcap explains that GPT-5 is a next-generation model that dynamically chooses whether to reason about a problem to provide an answer, improving upon previous models by abs...
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