• Ai eats the world
    Dec 8 2024

    For the past decade, Benedict has given an annual presentation on the state of technology, and he did the latest at Slush in Helsinki last month. In this episode we discuss some of the challenges and issues that he tried to cover.

    You can find the full presentation here - https://www.ben-evans.com/presentations

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    42 mins
  • From SAAS software to Formula 1
    Oct 11 2024

    Benedict went from being a consultant to an analyst to having his own business, but in essence, he's always been an analyst. Toni went from policy to consultancy, then from B2B sales to Formula 1. After four years of doing the podcast, we thought it would be interesting to sit down and discuss how we got here and talk all things Formula 1.

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    46 mins
  • Google's Antitrust case
    Aug 19 2024

    A quarter century after 'don't be evil', a judge has found that Google is abusing its monopoly in search. But no-one knows what happens next, and whether this ruling will change anything. Will Apple build a search engine? Will ChatGPT change search? Does it matter? There are many more questions than answers.

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    38 mins
  • The AI summer
    Jul 1 2024

    As we go into the summer, we know a lot more about generative AI than we did six or nine months ago - or at least, we have better questions.

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    38 mins
  • Looking for AI use-cases
    Apr 1 2024

    Generative AI is the thing, and all new software will be built around it. But while everyone is experimenting and some people are getting huge value out of ChatGPT or Midjourney right now, others haven't worked out how to make it useful. Yet. So how do we find use-cases for a universal, general purpose, magical technology, and is that a crazy question?

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    32 mins
  • Tiktok, Apple and Temu
    Mar 13 2024

    Will the US finally break up Tiktok? Will the EU break up the App Store? And why does Temu want to keep your orders under $800?

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    35 mins
  • Google Gemini and AI bias
    Mar 3 2024

    Are there questions that an AI chatbot shouldn't answer? Should it always give the 'right answer'? Are you sure? Google has egg on its face this week, but this isn't easy, and with generative AI, we're going to re-run all the arguments and panics we had over content moderation in the last decade.

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    32 mins
  • Breaking and remaking media
    Feb 16 2024

    We’re past peak TV, the charts are curving down, and Hollywood is pretty sure that streaming was a bad idea. On the other hand, music is growing strongly and might even end up bigger than CDs. Why have newspapers, books, movies, TV and music coped so differently with the internet?

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    39 mins