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Todd Cochrane

Todd Cochrane is the Founder of Geek News Central and host of the Geek News Central Podcast. He is a Podcast Hall of Fame Inductee and was one of the very first podcasters in 2004. He wrote the first book on podcasting, and did many of the early Podcast Advertising deals in the podcasting space. He does two other podcasts in addition to Geek News Central. The New Media Show and Podcast Legends.

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OpenAi in total Chaos Demand Sam Altman’s Reinstatement!

OpenAI faces internal unrest as employees demand the reinstatement of ousted CEO Sam Altman and the resignation of the board. The turmoil follows Altman's unexpected dismissal, with staff threatening to join him and Greg Brockman at a new Microsoft AI unit. The move has raised questions about OpenAI's leadership, governance, and Microsoft's involvement, given its significant stake in OpenAI. Subscribe

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OpenAI’s Bold Move: Offering $10 Million to Attract Google’s AI Experts

OpenAI's aggressive recruitment strategy, offering substantial pay packages to Google AI researchers. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is in negotiations for an employee share sale potentially valuing the company at $86 billion. This move follows a previous share sale that valued OpenAI between $27 billion and $29 billion. Compensation for top talent from Google could range from $5 million to

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OpenAi Custom GPTs Change Everything

Today, I created 4 OpenAI custom GPTs that is the beginning of something completely revolutionary. I will never ever look at task the same going forward I will make a determination can I help myself or my company or my others. This is the start of Agent AI's and I am as convinced of anything I have been in my

Meta Platforms Enforces Disclosure of AI-Altered Media in Political Ads

Meta Platforms has introduced a new policy necessitating advertisers to reveal when political ads include media manipulated by AI or other software before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Political ads featuring significantly altered images, videos, or audio must be marked starting from the new year. This measure follows the surge in generative AI technology post-ChatGPT's release by OpenAI in November

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OpenAI Revolutionizes with Assistants and GPT-4 Turbo Enhancements

OpenAI's latest offering, the Assistants API, enables developers to integrate sophisticated, agent-like experiences into their apps. This tool allows the creation of specialized "assistants" capable of handling tasks ranging from data analysis to vacation planning, powered by OpenAI's Code Interpreter. This feature enables the execution of Python code and the generation of visual data representations. Moreover, the API can access

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Apple Accuses Android of Being a ‘Massive Tracking Device’

Apple Goes for Juggler An internal Apple presentation, disclosed as part of the Department of Justice's evidence in the ongoing Google antitrust trial, blasts Google's approach to user privacy, mainly targeting Android as a "massive tracking device." The 2013 presentation, revealed in an email by Apple's Eddy Cue to CEO Tim Cook, suggests that Apple prioritizes user privacy more conscientiously

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Big Tech & AI: Power Play or Genuine Concern?

Todd breaks down four AI articles, leading with an article by Andrew Ng, the co-founder of Google Brain, lifting the veil on the strategies employed by Big Tech giants in the realm of artificial intelligence. He posits that some of these companies might be inflating the risks associated with AI. But what's the endgame? According to Ng, it's all about