Apple After Tim Cook, OpenAI’s New Mojo, Meta’s Internal Tracking Escapade
4/25/202657 min
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus's biggest challenge 2) Is turnover at Apple a good thing 3) The products Ternus will take to market 4) What is Apple's tabletop robot all about 5) OpenAI is communicating differently 6) Is TBPN helping OpenAI messaging? 7) Anthropic's Mythos rollout vs. OpenAI's Spud rollout 8) Meta's latest layoffs. 9) Meta tracks employees keystrokes 10) Is Meta's tracking a reinforcement learning play? 11) Ranjan's Streamflation rant. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here’s 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAlex Kantrowitz· Host0:00
What does Apple look like after Tim Cook? We have a preview of new CEO John Ternus' opportunity and challenges. OpenAI seems to be getting its mojo back, and Meta employees are now part of a weird AI tracking experiment. That's coming up right after this. This episode is brought to you by ServiceNow. If you wanna see where enterprise AI is actually headed, Knowledge 2026 is the place to be. It's ServiceNow's annual conference, May fifth through seventh in Las Vegas, where thousands of business and tech leaders come together. Expect headline keynotes from ServiceNow Chairman and CEO Bill McDermott, real stories from companies running AI at scale, and major partnership announcements turning AI ambition into actual business results. I'll be there in person, sitting down with some of the most influential voices in the space, and we'll be bringing those conversations back to you here on Big Technology. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, Friday edition, where we break down the news in our traditional cool-headed and nuanced format. We have a great show for you today. A lot to cover. We're gonna talk about what's ahead for incoming Apple CEO, John Ternus. We're also gonna talk about, uh, what seems to be an improvement of messaging for OpenAI, and we'll also discuss Meta employees getting their keystrokes tracked with screenshots that may be training the next generation of AI. So lots to cover today, and we are joined, as always, by Ranjan Roy of Margins. Ranjan, great to see you.
Ranjan Roy· Host1:29
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