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Artwork for (Preview) The Continuing Adventures of OpenAI, Apple’s Trade Secrets Lawsuit, Q&A on Mainframes, Meta, Daylight Savings Time
Sharp Tech

(Preview) The Continuing Adventures of OpenAI, Apple’s Trade Secrets Lawsuit, Q&A on Mainframes, Meta, Daylight Savings Time

Ben Thompson and Andrew Sharp focus on OpenAI’s reported consumer hardware plans, arguing the battery-powered, screenless device is best understood as a portable home companion rather than a phone replacement. They then widen out to strategic fights over AI distribution and consumer touchpoints, with side trips to the Apple-OpenAI trade secrets lawsuit, mainframes, Meta recruiting, software UX, and daylight saving time.

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Big Technology PodcastAndrew Bosworth

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth: Our Path To Frontier AI, Renting Models, Consumer AI's Struggles

Andrew Bosworth says Meta’s AI comeback is shifting from chasing one giant model to layering frontier, distilled, and task-specific models inside products people actually use. He also argues the company’s long-term edge will come from glasses, distribution, and consumer workflows—not from model benchmarks alone.