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1. Radio Better Offline: Brian Koppelman, Cherlynn Low & Mike Drucker

   16 juli 2025 · 1 uur 16 min

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   Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City. Lees meer

   Ed Zitron is joined in studio by actor, writer and producer Brian Koppelman, Engadget Managing Editor Cherlynn Low and comedian Mike Drucker to talk about the current state of the tech industry, what AI can actually do, and what the tech industry looks like in the next year.

   Anthropic and OpenAI Have Begun The Subprime AI Crisis
   https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-and-openai-have-begun-the-subprime-ai-crisis/
   Anthropic Is Bleeding Out
   https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropic-is-bleeding-out/

   Brian Koppelman
   https://www.instagram.com/briankoppelman/

   Mike Drucker
   https://bsky.app/profile/mikedrucker.bsky.social
   https://mikedrucker.substack.com/
   Good Game, No Rematch: A Life Made of Video Games
   https://www.harpercollins.com/products/good-game-no-rematch-mike-drucker?variant=43103018024994
   https://www.amazon.com/Good-Game-No-Rematch-Video/dp/1335012699
   https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/good-game-no-rematch-mike-drucker/1145272268

   Cherlynn Low
   https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/cherlynn-low
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   https://www.instagram.com/cherlynnstagram/

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2. Make Fun Of Them, Pt. 2

   11 juli 2025 · 26 min

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   In part two of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron makes a plea to the tech media - to stop automatically accepting what the tech executives have to say, and to admit that these people sound really, really stupid, even if they use long words. Lees meer

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3. Monologue: Is Anthropic Killing Cursor?

   10 juli 2025 · 11 min

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   In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how Anthropic jacked up prices on its largest customer Cursor - and how it’s a sign that the Subprime AI Crisis has begun. Lees meer

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4. Make Fun Of Them, Pt. 1

   9 juli 2025 · 30 min

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   In part one of this week's two-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through a radical new idea: make fun of CEOs, tear down their legacies and push back on their empty promises. Lees meer

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5. Monologue: You Should Get Into Vinyl

   4 juli 2025 · 11 min

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   In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron talks about why you should get into vinyl, and why analog music is so much fun in the digital age. Lees meer

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6. Radio Better Offline: Gare Davis, Victoria Song, Allison Morrow

   2 juli 2025 · 1 uur 15 min

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   Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city. Lees meer

   Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Allison Morrow of CNN, Victoria Song of The Verge and Gare Davis of It Could Happen Here to talk about the fairy tale of AGI, AI boosters’ religious attachment to the industry’s success, and how the tech industry fears admitting they’re out of ideas.

   Allison Morrow

   https://www.cnn.com/profiles/allison-morrow
   https://bsky.app/profile/amorrow.bsky.social
   AI warnings are the hip new way for CEOs to keep their workers afraid of losing their jobs
   https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/business/ai-warnings-ceos

   Victoria Song

   https://www.theverge.com/authors/victoria-song
   https://bsky.app/profile/vicmsong.bsky.social

   The Unbearable Obviousness of AI Fitness Summaries
   https://www.theverge.com/fitness-trackers/694140/ai-summaries-fitness-apps-strava-oura-whoop-wearables

   Gare Davis
   https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jm6ufvsw3hg5zgdpnd3zb4tv
   https://www.instagram.com/hungrybowtie

   It Could Happen Here
   https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/

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7. Monologue: Did OpenAI Steal Another Startup's Idea?

   27 juni 2025 · 11 min

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   In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the murky lawsuit between OpenAI’s soon-to-be-acquired hardware wing and Iyo, a company they met with multiple times that makes a similar-sounding product with a near-identical name. Lees meer

   Sam Altman tweets: https://x.com/sama/status/1937606794362388674
   Jason Rugolo tweets: https://x.com/jasonRugolo/status/1936933761964511721

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8. NVIDIA Vs. The Media ft. GamersNexus

   25 juni 2025 · 47 min

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   In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Steve Burke of GamersNexus to talk about NVIDIA’s approach to the media, AI pushing out real tech at Computex, and the weird world of consumer graphics. Lees meer

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9. Monologue: OpenAI Vs. Microsoft

   20 juni 2025 · 9 min

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   In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through OpenAI’s desperate attempts to lean on Microsoft to change the terms of their agreement, and how the entire AI bubble may rest on this negotiation. Lees meer

   WSJ: OpenAI and Microsoft Tensions Are Reaching a Boiling Point https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/openai-and-microsoft-tensions-are-reaching-a-boiling-point-4981c44f
   The Information: OpenAI Seeks New Financial Concessions From Microsoft, a Top Shareholder https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-seeks-new-financial-concessions-microsoft-top-shareholder?rc=kz8jh3
   The Information: OpenAI Starts Selling ChatGPT at a Discount, Hurting Microsoft
   https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-starts-selling-chatgpt-discount-hurting-microsoft?rc=kz8jh3
   Data Center Dynamics: Crusoe secures $750m credit facility from Brookfield
   https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/crusoe-secures-750m-credit-facility-from-brookfield/
   The Information: Oracle CEO Says OpenAI’s Stargate Venture ‘Not Formed Yet’
   https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/oracle-ceo-says-openais-stargate-venture-formed-yet?rc=kz8jh3

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10. Radio Better Offline: Pablo Torre and David Roth

    18 juni 2025 · 1 uur 25 min

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    Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city. Lees meer

    Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Pablo Torre of Pablo Torre Finds Out and David Roth of Defector to talk about independent media, what makes a compelling show, and what it’s like raising a turtle.

    Pablo Torre Finds Out: https://www.youtube.com/@PabloTorreFindsOut
    Investigating Belichick's Girlfriend: The Power of Jordon Hudson, Revealed
    https://youtu.be/As5P5TA-ERk?si=-PfM7fZ-Tw8S-yQc
    Hank Azaria on His Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band, Apu and Finding His True Voice
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rnyMXm1ThQ

    David Roth
    https://defector.com/author/david-roth
    https://bsky.app/profile/davidjroth.bsky.social

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11. The Era of the Business Idiot, Part 3

    13 juni 2025 · 35 min

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    In part three of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how the era of the Business Idiot has led to a dramatic deceleration in innovation - and how the tech media must fight back against their ridiculous narratives to save Silicon Valley. Lees meer

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12. The Era of the Business Idiot, Part 2

    12 juni 2025 · 33 min

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    In part two of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how Business Idiots demanded we all return to the office to hide their own lack of utility - and how this directly led to their desperation to adopt generative AI. Lees meer

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13. The Era of the Business Idiot, Part 1

    11 juni 2025 · 27 min

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    In part one of this week's three-part Better Offline, Ed Zitron walks you through how Business Idiots have captured our society, with middle management losers breeding out true meritocracy and value-creation in favor of symbolic growth and superficial intelligence. Lees meer

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14. Monologue: The AI Job Loss Con

    6 juni 2025 · 6 min

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    In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how the media is misleading you about AI job loss as a form of propaganda for OpenAI and Anthropic - and the Business Idiots behind it. Lees meer

    CNN - The ‘white-collar bloodbath’ is all part of the AI hype machine - https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/30/business/anthropic-amodei-ai-jobs-nightcap
    Oxford Economics - Educated but unemployed, a rising reality for college grads - https://www.oxfordeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/US-Educated-but-unemployed-a-rising-reality-for-college-grads.pdf
    Axios - AI is keeping recent college grads out of work - https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/ai-college-grads-work-jobs

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15. The Truth About Software Development with Carl Brown

    4 juni 2025 · 58 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Carl Brown, a veteran software developer and host of The Internet of Bugs, to talk about the realities of software development, what coding LLMs can actually do, and how the media gets it wrong about software engineering at large. Lees meer

    https://www.youtube.com/@InternetOfBugs

    New GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality' - https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2024/01/25/copilot-research.aspx
    Report: AI coding assistants aren’t a panacea - https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/21/report-ai-coding-assistants-arent-a-panacea/

    Internet of Bugs Videos to watch:
    Debunking Devin: "First AI Software Engineer" Upwork lie exposed!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNmgmwEtoWE&t=3s
    AI Has Us Between a Rock and a Hard Place
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJGNqnq-aCA
    Software Engineers REAL problem with "AI" and Jobs
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQmN6xSorus&list=PLv0sYKRNTN6QhoxJdyTZTV6NauoZlDp99
    AGILE & Scrum Failures stuck us with "AI" hype like Devin
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C1Rxa9DMfI&t=1s

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16. Monologue: Don't Buy A Switch 2, Get A Handheld Gaming PC

    30 mei 2025 · 7 min

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    In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the awesome world of handheld gaming PCs - and why you should pick one up over a Nintendo Switch 2. Lees meer

    Rog Ally X: https://rog.asus.com/us/gaming-handhelds/rog-ally/rog-ally-x-2024/
    Lenovo Legion Go S: https://amzn.to/4kgZCKD
    MSI Claw: https://amzn.to/43PPNNG

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17. The Better Offline Mailbag

    28 mei 2025 · 42 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by producer Sophie Lichterman to answer questions about life, technology, and Better Offline itself. Lees meer

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18. Monologue: Jony Ive and OpenAI's New BS Machine

    23 mei 2025 · 11 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through the ridiculousness of OpenAI acquiring Jony Ive’s pre-product hardware startup for $6.5bn in stock - and why it only proves how washed the company might be. Lees meer

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    WSJ: What Sam Altman Told OpenAI About the Secret Device He’s Making With Jony Ive
    https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/what-sam-altman-told-openai-about-the-secret-device-hes-making-with-jony-ive-f1384005

    Bloomberg: OpenAI to Buy AI Device Startup From Apple Veteran Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-21/openai-to-buy-apple-veteran-jony-ive-s-ai-device-startup-in-6-5-billion-deal

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19. Saving Games Journalism With Giant Bomb

    21 mei 2025 · 44 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Dan Ryckert, Jeff Bakalar and Jeff Grubb, the new owners of gaming website Giant Bomb, to talk about the hopeful, independent future for games journalism - and media at large. Lees meer

    http://www.giantbomb.com/join

    Dan Ryckert: https://bsky.app/profile/danryckert.com
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    Jeff Bakalar: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tyuqlcnoqijzqor53ka2a7o2

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20. Monologue: How Better Offline Saved Me

    16 mei 2025 · 9 min

    Afspelen
    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the story of how writing The Man That Destroyed Google Search saved his life. Lees meer

    The Man That Destroyed Google Search: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-man-that-destroyed-google-search/id1730587238?i=1000653621646

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21. Empires of AI With Karen Hao

    14 mei 2025 · 52 min

    Afspelen
    Ed Zitron is joined by Karen Hao, author of the book Empire of AI, to talk about the confusing world of OpenAI and the associated mind-poison of artificial general intelligence. Lees meer

    Book link: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743569/empire-of-ai-by-karen-hao/
    (all the buy links are available there)
    Karen’s website: https://karendhao.com/
    Twitter: https://x.com/_karenhao
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karendhao/
    BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/karenhao.bsky.social

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22. Monologue: Sam Altman's BS Eye Scanning Startup

    9 mei 2025 · 12 min

    Afspelen
    In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through World, Sam Altman’s meaningless new “World” startup that trades you cryptocurrency for a scan of your eyeballs, and how it proves something is deeply wrong with our society. Lees meer

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23. Tariffs and The End Of Affordable Computing w/ Steve Burke

    7 mei 2025 · 38 min

    Afspelen
    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Steve Burke of GamersNexus to talk about how tariffs are throwing the PC gaming industry into disarray, and how the era of affordable computing is coming to an end. Lees meer

    GamersNexus:
    The End Of Affordable Computing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W_mSOS1Qts&t=2s&ab_channel=GamersNexus
    https://www.youtube.com/gamersnexus
    https://gamersnexus.net/
    https://bsky.app/profile/gamersnexus.bsky.social
    https://x.com/GamersNexus

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24. I'm Mad As Hell, And I'm Not Gonna Take It Anymore

    2 mei 2025 · 28 min

    Afspelen
    In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through all the signs that the bubble is bursting, and how hysterical boosters continue to desperately keep it from doing so. Lees meer

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25. Monologue: Why We Need Tech Criticism More Than Ever

    1 mei 2025 · 7 min

    Afspelen
    In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through why better tech criticism will lead to a better tech industry - and a better society at large. Lees meer

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26. The BS Bubble

    30 april 2025 · 31 min

    Afspelen
    In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through why it’s so harmful that the media keeps taking OpenAI at its word - and responds to the most common critiques from AI boosters. Lees meer

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27. Monologue: The Tech I Actually Like

    25 april 2025 · 13 min

    Afspelen
    In this week’s monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the tech he actually likes, and how digital connections give him hope in the darkest times. Lees meer

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    Sasmsung 49” Odyssey OLED G9 https://amzn.to/3Gg5Qvb
    Ascrono Macbook Dock https://amzn.to/3YHfSeO
    Anker Nano Power Bank (10k mAh, USB-C Cable) https://amzn.to/44zjC5R
    Anker 165W USBC battery with retractable cable: https://amzn.to/445Dwpa
    Anker 250W GaN Prime Charger: https://amzn.to/42QOEVH
    Anker MagGo 3-in-1 Charger: https://amzn.to/3YK26bt
    Macbook Pro 16”: https://amzn.to/42HtiJc
    Apple Watch Series 10: https://amzn.to/43XQ3uF
    Apple Airpods Max: https://amzn.to/4cLb12n
    Airpods Pro 2: https://amzn.to/3Er5SQd
    Moonlander ZSA: https://www.zsa.io/moonlander
    Apple Magic Trackpad: https://amzn.to/3GhYPtw
    Pakt 25L Duffel: https://paktbags.com/products/25l-travel-duffel
    Tonal: tonal.com

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28. How Big Tech Is Losing Their Antitrust Trials feat. Jason Kint

    23 april 2025 · 34 min

    Afspelen
    Ed Zitron is joined by Jason Kint, CEO of DCN, to talk about Google's recent antitrust trial losses, Meta's FTC case, and why it should give you hope for the future. Lees meer

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    Follow Jason: https://x.com/jason_kint

    https://www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025/04/17/google-ad-tech-illegal-monopoly-doj
    https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5364789/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ftc-antitrust-trial

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29. OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry

    18 april 2025 · 43 min

    Afspelen
    In the second part of this week’s two-part episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how OpenAI has become a systemic risk, one that may destroy CoreWeave, cost NVIDIA and Oracle billions, and break the back of an ailing tech industry. Lees meer

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30. Monologue: How The Media Keeps Inflating Bubbles

    17 april 2025 · 10 min

    Afspelen
    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how the media's lackluster approach to critiquing the powerful led to the needless, unsustainable AI bubble - and how things could change for the better. Lees meer

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31. OpenAI Cannot Survive

    16 april 2025 · 40 min

    Afspelen
    In the first part of this week's two-part episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how impossible it will be for OpenAI to stay alive - and how SoftBank’s attempts to help are materially harming the company. Lees meer

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32. Monologue: OpenAI's Non-Profit Problem

    11 april 2025 · 8 min

    Afspelen
    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the precarious nature of OpenAI's non-profit status - and how a petition to the California Attorney general is an existential threat to the company. Lees meer

    Petition: https://aboutblaw.com/bhNa

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33. Radio Better Offline: Allison Morrow, Paris Martineau & Ed Ongweso Jr.

    9 april 2025 · 1 uur 25 min

    Afspelen
    Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city. Lees meer

    Ed Zitron is joined in studio by Allison Morrow of CNN, Ed Ongweso Jr. of the Tech Bubble newsletter, and Paris Martineau of The Information to talk about the collapse of the AI bubble, the goofy “AI 2027” fan fiction that has gone viral in the tech industry, and how the tech media faces a reckoning once the bubble truly bursts.

    Vote for Better Offline's "Man Who Killed Google Search" as the best business podcast episode in this year's Webby's! Open until April 17! Vote today!
    https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/business

    Vote for Weird Little Guys in this year’s Webby’s! https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2025/podcasts/individual-episode/crime-justice

    Allison Morrow
    https://www.cnn.com/profiles/allison-morrow
    https://bsky.app/profile/amorrow.bsky.social

    Ed Ongweso Jr.
    https://thetechbubble.substack.com/
    https://bsky.app/profile/edwardongwesojr.com

    Paris Martineau
    https://www.theinformation.com/u/parismartineau?rc=kz8jh3
    https://bsky.app/profile/paris.nyc

    https://ai-2027.com/

    New York Times article on AI 2027 - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/technology/ai-futures-project-ai-2027.html

    CNN - Apple’s AI isn’t a letdown. AI is the letdown - https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/tech/apple-ai-artificial-intelligence/index.html

    CNN - The AI bubble may not be bursting, but tariff chaos is sure helping to deflate it https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/business/ai-bubble-markets-tariffs-nightcap/index.html

    WSJ - How Is SoftBank Funding Its Mega Investment in OpenAI? A Lot of Debt - https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/openai-softbank-investment-debt-51b4a130

    TechCrunch - OpenAI reportedly mulls buying Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI hardware startup - https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/07/openai-reportedly-mulls-buying-jony-ive-and-sam-altmans-ai-hardware-startup/

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34. Monologue: OpenAI's Albatross

    4 april 2025 · 10 min

    Afspelen
    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through how OpenAI's new image generator has become a massive burden on the company, and how OpenAI’s melting GPUs are a bad omen for the future. Lees meer

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    OpenAI’s new image generator is now available to all users - https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/31/openais-new-image-generator-is-now-available-to-all-users/

    OpenAI Forecast Shows Shift From Microsoft to SoftBank (citation for $13 billion number) - https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-forecast-shows-shift-from-microsoft-to-softbank?rc=kz8jh3

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35. Radio Better Offline: David "Shingy" Shing

    2 april 2025 · 1 uur

    Afspelen
    Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York City. Lees meer

    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by famed “digital prophet” David “Shingy” Shing, who calls himself a “creative omnivore,” to talk about adtech, being a "digital prophet," and society's attraction to nostalgia.

    https://www.shingy.com/

    Vote for Better Offline's "Man Who Killed Google Search" as the best business podcast episode in this year's Webby's! Open until April 17! Vote today!

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36. Monologue: High Noon for CoreWeave & AI

    28 maart 2025 · 13 min

    Afspelen
    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the wretched vibes surrounding CoreWeave's IPO and OpenAI's new funding, and the brittle state of the finances holding everything together. Lees meer

    Semafor: Microsoft chose not to exercise $12 billion Coreweave option

    https://www.semafor.com/article/03/20/2025/microsoft-chose-not-to-exercise-12-billion-coreweave-option

    The Information: CoreWeave Faces Reality Check on Bullish Growth Forecasts https://www.theinformation.com/articles/coreweave-faces-reality-check-bullish-growth-forecasts?rc=kz8jh3

    The Financial Times: CoreWeave tests investor risk appetite with $7.5bn in looming debt repayments

    https://www.ft.com/content/163c6927-2032-4346-857e-8e3787e4babc

    Bloomberg: OpenAI Close to Finalizing Its $40 Billion SoftBank-Led Funding https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-26/openai-close-to-finalizing-its-40-billion-softbank-led-funding

    My Newsletter: CoreWeave Is A Time Bomb

    https://www.wheresyoured.at/core-incompetency/

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37. Radio Better Offline: Andy Richter

    26 maart 2025 · 1 uur 6 min

    Afspelen
    Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in Los Angeles. Lees meer

    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by comedian Andy Richter to talk about how comedy and broadcast have evolved thanks to the internet.

    Follow Andy: https://bsky.app/profile/andyrichter.co
    The Three Questions: https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/the-three-questions-with-andy-richter
    The Andy Richter Call-in Show: https://www.siriusxm.com/blog/andy-richter-call-in-show
    Sixteenth Minute (of Fame): https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-sixteenth-minute-of-fame-172216473/

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38. Monologue: We Need To Talk About CoreWeave

    21 maart 2025 · 9 min

    Afspelen
    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through CoreWeave, the first IPO of the AI bubble, and how its terrible finances, burdensome loans and questionable partners are cause for concern. Lees meer

    Newsletter: https://www.wheresyoured.at/core-incompetency/

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39. Radio Better Offline: Cherlynn Low, Alex Cranz & Victoria Song

    19 maart 2025 · 1 uur 27 min

    Afspelen
    Welcome to Radio Better Offline, a tech talk radio show recorded out of iHeartRadio's studio in New York city. Lees meer

    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by tech reporters Alex Cranz, Cherlynn Low and Victoria song to talk about the broken promises of generative AI, and how useless things get funded far more than useful ones.

    Alex Cranz:
    https://bsky.app/profile/cranz.bsky.social

    Cherlynn Low:
    https://www.engadget.com/about/editors/cherlynn-low/
    https://x.com/cherlynnlow
    https://bsky.app/profile/cherlynn.bsky.social

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40. SoftBank and OpenAI's Dangerous Game

    14 maart 2025 · 34 min

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    In the second of this week's two-part series, Ed Zitron walks you through how SoftBank is mortgaging its future to keep OpenAI alive - and the dangerous consequences of over-funding an unprofitable, unsustainable company. Lees meer

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41. Monologue: How Does This End?

    13 maart 2025 · 6 min

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    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks through how reckless members of the media continue to inflate the AI bubble - and the detailed notes he's been taking along the way. Lees meer

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42. Microsoft Cuts The Power To AI

    12 maart 2025 · 25 min

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    In the first of this week's two-part series, Ed Zitron walks you through how Microsoft pulling back from over a gigawatt of compute capacity is a dark omen for the so-called AI Revolution. Lees meer

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43. Monologue: OpenAI Is Getting Desperate

    7 maart 2025 · 9 min

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    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron goes through the underwhelming release of OpenAI's GPT-4.5 - and how OpenAI's rumored new pricing structure suggests this company is in trouble. Lees meer

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44. How Growth Is Killing Video Games

    5 maart 2025 · 1 uur 14 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron is joined by Gita Jackson and Nathan Grayson of worker-owned games site Aftermath to talk about how the growth-at-all-costs mindset is destroying games, how fandom culture naturally feeds extremism, how Aftermath does games journalism differently, and how despite everything, great games are still being made. Lees meer

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    Stream Big: The Triumphs and Turmoils of Twitch and the Stars Behind the Screen
    https://www.amazon.com/Stream-Big-Triumphs-Turmoils-Twitch/dp/1982156767

    Article on Skin Deep from Aftermath: https://aftermath.site/skin-deep-steam-next-fest-demo-impressions-pc

    The New York Times: Video Games Can’t Afford to Look This Good
    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/arts/video-games-graphics-budgets.html

    Aftermath - Fuck WB
    https://aftermath.site/warner-bros-discovery-games-wonder-woman-monolith-shut-down

    Pyre - https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/pyre/
    Supergiant Games - https://www.supergiantgames.com
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45. Generative AI Is Not A Real Industry

    28 februari 2025 · 43 min

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    In the second of this week's two-part episode, Ed Zitron walks you through the dark truth of the generative AI industry - that consumer adoption of Claude, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity is incredibly small, and it’s time to accept that there is nothing coming to justify the ruinous costs of Large Language Models. Lees meer

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46. Monologue: What Bursts A Bubble?

    27 februari 2025 · 11 min

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    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through what's making everybody worried about the bubble bursting - and what other signs might tell you that the party's over for AI. Lees meer

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47. OpenAI Is Not A Real Company

    26 februari 2025 · 36 min

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    In this episode (the first of a two-parter), Ed Zitron walks you through how OpenAI isn’t a real company, but a venture-backed welfare recipient that spent $9 billion to lose $5 billion in 2024 with little product-market fit and a stagnant API business that suggests that there’s little adoption of generative AI. Lees meer

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48. What We're Fighting For

    21 februari 2025 · 34 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through the how the tech media misses the stories that hurt billions of people every day - and how deep down, most people really do like technology and miss when it wasn’t so actively harmful. Lees meer

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49. Monologue: OpenAI Was Never A Non-Profit

    20 februari 2025 · 11 min

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    In this week's monologue, Ed Zitron walks you through the early days of OpenAI - and the simmering war between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over its non-profit status. Lees meer

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50. How The Tech Media Can Beat The Rot Economy

    19 februari 2025 · 28 min

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    In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through how the growth-at-all-costs Rot Economy has used software to poison so many parts of our lives - and how the tech media can rise to the challenge and fight for a better Silicon Valley by aligning with consumers against big tech. Lees meer

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