Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

208 Episodes

1. Why the Internet Is Getting Worse and Why That Might Be Good for Society

   Published: 12/7/2023
2. (Preview) Elon at the DealBook Summit, The Strategic and Technical Failures at X, What Musk Might Be Getting Right

   Published: 11/30/2023
3. (Preview) Altman Returns to OpenAI, Governments and the AI Ecosystem, Q* Questions and Hitchhiking Robots

   Published: 11/27/2023
4. OpenAI and Microsoft, Human Nature and the Not-So-Effective Altruists, Imperfect Information and the Cult of Sam Altman

   Published: 11/21/2023
5. A Stratechery, Sharp Tech, and Sharp China Crossover on the Chip Ban, Taiwan, TikTok and More

   Published: 11/16/2023
6. Will We Speak to Chatbots or Write to Them?, Obstacles for Apple and OpenAI, Follow-Up on Tech and Real Estate

   Published: 11/15/2023
7. Waiting for Immersive ChatGPT, ChatGPT and the Consumer Challenge, OpenAI’s Enterprise vs. Consumer Balancing Act

   Published: 11/9/2023
8. (Preview) The Future of Buying and Selling Houses, Two Price Fixing Lawsuits, The In-Season Tournament and Ronald Reagan

   Published: 11/6/2023
9. Biden’s Executive Order on AI, Innovation and the Steve Jobs Approach, Balancing AI Risks and Upside

   Published: 11/2/2023
10. (Preview) 100th Episode Mailbag: New MacBooks, CarPlay Closure, Dennard Scaling and the Chip Ban, Netflix and a Prestige Tier, Hardware as a Service

    Published: 10/31/2023
11. Netflix Revives the Monoculture, The NBA and Its Rights Fee Future, The Bidding Calculus for Amazon and Disney

    Published: 10/26/2023
12. (Preview) Google’s Calculus with Mobile Search, What US v. Google Makes Clear About Apple, Two Types of Regulation

    Published: 10/23/2023
13. (Preview) The New York Times, Fake News, and Seven Years of Misdirected Energy

    Published: 10/19/2023
14. College Students and Chips, The Future of Computing (and the Limits of Physics), Formula 1 and Apple

    Published: 10/17/2023
15. The Hamas Attacks and Social Media, Competing Public Interests, Efforts to Stay Sane in a New Information Ecosystem

    Published: 10/12/2023
16. (Preview) The Sphere is Here, Collapsing Distinctions Between Physical and Digital Reality, Emails on Amazon and Antitrust

    Published: 10/5/2023
17. (Preview) Amazon and the FTC, Antitrust Laws and Big Tech, Consumer Welfare and American Welfare

    Published: 10/3/2023
18. Voice and Video Demos with ChatGPT, How AI Could Redeem Meta’s Mixed Reality Bets, OpenAI Explores Hardware

    Published: 9/29/2023
19. New Features for ChatGPT and Spotify, Revisiting the CarPlay Discussion, TikTot on Advertising and Time Management

    Published: 9/26/2023
20. (Preview) Microsoft’s Snafu and Apple’s Shenanigans, Car Companies with SaaS Envy, The Logic Behind Delta's SkyMiles Move

    Published: 9/21/2023