This Week in Tech 1051: Hype or True?
29 September 2025

This Week in Tech 1051: Hype or True?

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With Nvidia's plan to invest $100 billion over time in OpenAI, is this type of investment in other competitors healthy for AI? Can LLMs actually handle enterprise tools and tasks? Meta launches a new AI short-form video feed. Apple is testing a new internal chatbot called Veritas as part of its efforts to revamp Siri.


    Nvidia (intends to) invest (up to) $100B in OpenAI (over time).
    Spending on AI is at epic levels. Will it ever pay off?.
    Jensen Huang: "We're already seeing trillion-dollar AI investments".
    How Anthropic and OpenAI are developing AI 'co-workers'.
    OpenAI says GPT-5 stacks up to humans in a wide range of jobs.
    OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs.
    Meta launches 'Vibes,' a short-form video feed of AI slop.
    Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership.
    Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement over allegations it misled Prime users.
    Is GenZ unemployable?
    Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z's hiring nightmare is real—and it's not about AI eating entry-level jobs.
    AI startup friend bets on foes with $1M NYC subway campaign.
    Peter Thiel wants everyone to think more about the Antichrist.
    Apple builds a ChatGPT-like App to help test the revamped Siri.

Host: Alex Kantrowitz


Guests: Brian McCullough, Dan Shipper, and Ari Paparo


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