AI Backlash Intensifies, Nvidia GTC Preview, Meta’s Embarrassing Delay
3/13/20261 hr 1 min
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Backlash against AI & specifically Sam Altman's comments about AI as a utility 2) Is this because people are worried about AI taking their jobs? 3) NBC poll shows AI is one of the least popular things in the U.S. 4) YouGov poll shows broadly negative feelings toward AI 5) Pew finds datacenters are very unpopular 6) Consequences of AI's unpopularity 7) Nvidia GTC preview: A rallying cry for AI 8) Could Jensen Huang be the guy that turns this around? 9) Amazon's AI code is messing things up 10) McKinsey's AI tool hacked 11) Meta can't get its act together with Avocado delayed 12) Should Meta's AI use Google's Gemini tech
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First 90 secondsAlex Kantrowitz· Host0:00
The AI vibes are getting ugly. What exactly is going on? Will Jensen Huang give the AI story a boost at NVIDIA's forthcoming flagship GTC event? And what in God's name is happening at Meta, where the company's latest model is delayed again? That's coming up on a Big Technology Podcast Friday edition right after this.
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