{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695ead68a32e86d775858194/6a9b27ef2a7730b8966c1bde?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The $12.93 Billion Emoji Joke","description":"<p>This week: Nvidia joined Silicon Valley’s A.I. investment frenzy and bought Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zxqezqfhjwidbrsvk66ded57\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Felix Salmon</a>, <a href=\"https://www.elizabethspiers.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Elizabeth Spiers</a>, and <a href=\"https://www.axios.com/authors/epeck\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Peck</a> discuss what this deal signals about the astounding amounts of money being thrown around the relatively niche market of A.I. investment. Then, bond yields are on the rise and the hosts discuss why global concern is rising with them. And finally, what do George Santos and Steve Ballmer have in common? Felix will explain.</p><p><br></p><p>In the Slate Plus episode: The $500 A.I.-powered Mouth Camera</p><p><br></p><p>Want to hear that discussion and hear more Slate Money? Join Slate Plus to unlock weekly bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. You can subscribe directly from the Slate Money show page on<a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slate-money/id876523888\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Apple Podcasts</a> and<a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/2AgxNbNcUOckZSww9mk8mX\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Spotify</a>. Or, visit<a href=\"https://slate.com/podcast-plus?utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=plus_pod&amp;utm_content=Money&amp;utm_source=episode_summary\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> slate.com/moneyplus</a> to get access wherever you listen. </p><p><br></p><p>Podcast production by Jessamine Molli.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}