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Big Tech Spending Big Money On AI

Season 1, Ep. 214

The four biggest tech companies in the world are spending $650 billion on AI infrastructure, Uber is being found liable in a sexual assault case against one of its drivers, and out of 160 companies in New York that did layoffs last year, not a single one of them said it was due to AI.


Hosts:


Robb Dunewood – @RobbDunewood

Stephanie Humphrey – @TechLifeSteph

Terrance Gaines – @BrothaTech


Links:


Big Tech Is Spending Big On AI Infrastructure — Morning Brew

Uber Found Liable In A Sexual Assault Case — CNN

No New York-based Company Laid Off Workers Due To AI — Wired


Spotlight:


Dr. David Harold Blackwell — The Dig


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