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SXSW AI Preview, Oracle's Cuts Foreshadow Others?, AI Consciousness Debate An AI-filled festival at Austin awaits. Here's what to look out for, and the likely news en route.

SXSW AI Preview, Oracle's Cuts Foreshadow Others?, AI Consciousness Debate • An AI-filled festival at Austin awaits. Here's what to look out for, and the likely news en route.

Hey, You Should Probably Check Your Chatbot’s Privacy Settings Did you know your conversations are default opted-in for use in training by the leading AI labs? Time to check the settings.

Hey, You Should Probably Check Your Chatbot’s Privacy Settings • Did you know your conversations are default opted-in for use in training by the leading AI labs? Time to check the settings.

Dario’s Choice and Anthropic’s Future Is Anthropic feud with the Pentagon similar to Tim Cook's with the FBI, or something different altogether?

Dario’s Choice and Anthropic’s Future • Is Anthropic feud with the Pentagon similar to Tim Cook's with the FBI, or something different altogether?

Most AI Training Is Moving To Reinforcement Learning, Scale AI Says Now that the models are smart enough, reinforcement learning that helps them complete tasks is the focus.

Most AI Training Is Moving To Reinforcement Learning, Scale AI Says • Now that the models are smart enough, reinforcement learning that helps them complete tasks is the focus.

NVIDIA’s Big Week, New AI Models, Social Media On Trial As it closes in on a big investment in OpenAI, Nvidia will report earnings on Wednesday, and the stakes are as high as ever.

NVIDIA’s Big Week, New AI Models, Social Media On Trial • As it closes in on a big investment in OpenAI, Nvidia will report earnings on Wednesday, and the stakes are as high as ever.

Writing Crystalized Thinking At Amazon. Is AI Muddying It? Amazon’s famously writing-centric culture is being aided by generative AI. What does that say about the company’s culture, priorities, and future?

Writing Crystalized Thinking At Amazon. Is AI Muddying It? • Amazon’s famously writing-centric culture is being aided by generative AI. What does that say about the company’s culture, priorities, and future?

Grok Is Gaining on ChatGPT and Gemini. How It Got There Isn’t Pretty. Elon Musk’s chatbot is on the rise, but the path it took to AI relevance is complicated.

Grok Is Gaining on ChatGPT and Gemini. How It Got There Isn’t Pretty. • Elon Musk’s chatbot is on the rise, but the path it took to AI relevance is complicated.

The AI Super Brawl, NVIDIA’s OpenAI Gut Check, The World Eats Software Anthropic and OpenAI take swings around an otherwise-dull Super Bowl + NVIDIA has a very big decision on its hands.

The AI Super Brawl, NVIDIA’s OpenAI Gut Check, The World Eats Software • Anthropic and OpenAI take swings around an otherwise-dull Super Bowl + NVIDIA has a very big decision on its hands.

MoltBook Is A Warning The AI social network was mostly roleplaying this time. What happens when it's not?

MoltBook Is A Warning • The AI social network was mostly roleplaying this time. What happens when it's not?

New Data: OpenAI’s Lead Is Contracting as AI Competition Intensifies Google, Grok are gaining ground on ChatGPT as the chatbot market expands.

New Data: OpenAI’s Lead Is Contracting as AI Competition Intensifies • Google, Grok are gaining ground on ChatGPT as the chatbot market expands.

The Markets' AI Guessing Game, Moltbook Explained, AI-Induced Layoffs? Does the market know who's winning the AI race or is it just pretending?

The Markets' AI Guessing Game, Moltbook Explained, AI-Induced Layoffs? • Does the market know who's winning the AI race or is it just pretending?

OpenAI’s Latest Mega-Fundraise, Big Tech Earnings Week, Amazon Layoffs? Here's the latest edition of our Big Technology Agenda Setter email, coming your way most Mondays. We share what you need to know for the week ahead:

OpenAI’s Latest Mega-Fundraise, Big Tech Earnings Week, Amazon Layoffs? • Here's the latest edition of our Big Technology Agenda Setter email, coming your way most Mondays. We share what you need to know for the week ahead:

AI Davos: Four Reflections From The World’s Most Exclusive Tech Conference Bubble debate and AI devices dominate the World Economic Forum at Davos. Here's what happened during an eventful week.

AI Davos: Four Reflections From The World’s Most Exclusive Tech Conference • Bubble debate and AI devices dominate the World Economic Forum at Davos. Here's what happened during an eventful week.

The Founder Who Lost To TikTok Is Building Its AI Successor

The Founder Who Lost To TikTok Is Building Its AI Successor

Davos Dispatch: Is AI The New Altruism? The WEF this year is a tech conference with a Trump cameo. Is AI its new message of social good?

Davos Dispatch: Is AI The New Altruism? • The WEF this year is a tech conference with a Trump cameo. Is AI its new message of social good?

AI and the Age of Individual Empowerment Enterprise projects move slow, people move fast.

AI and the Age of Individual Empowerment • Enterprise projects move slow, people move fast.

Seven Big Predictions For Tech in 2026 Which big tech lab might IPO? Is Apple going to keep the momentum up? And will there be a breakout AI device?

Seven Big Predictions For Tech in 2026 • Which big tech lab might IPO? Is Apple going to keep the momentum up? And will there be a breakout AI device?

Seven Big Thoughts on OpenAI's Strategy & Future Following My Sam Altman Conversation Altman shared lots of detail about OpenAI's future plans in his Big Technology Podcast appearance. Here are the most important revelations.

Seven Big Thoughts on OpenAI's Strategy & Future Following My Sam Altman Conversation • Altman shared lots of detail about OpenAI's future plans in his Big Technology Podcast appearance. Here are the most important revelations.

Sam Altman on OpenAI’s Plan to Win, AI Personalization, Infrastructure Math, and The Inevitable IPO OpenAI's CEO joins Big Technology for a candid discussion covering OpenAI's strategy, its product ambitions, its ability to pay for $1 trillion+ in infrastructure, going public, and much more.

Sam Altman on OpenAI’s Plan to Win, AI Personalization, Infrastructure Math, and The Inevitable IPO • OpenAI's CEO joins Big Technology for a candid discussion covering OpenAI's strategy, its product ambitions, its ability to pay for $1 trillion+ in infrastructure, going public, and much more.

Enterprise Will Be a Top OpenAI Priority In 2026, Sam Altman Tells Editors at NYC Lunch OpenAI’s CEO says the company wants to sell to businesses, also fields an Oppenheimer question.

Enterprise Will Be a Top OpenAI Priority In 2026, Sam Altman Tells Editors at NYC Lunch • OpenAI’s CEO says the company wants to sell to businesses, also fields an Oppenheimer question.

The AI Device Wars Just Kicked Off In A Big Way Apple design leadership moving to Meta might well be the start of a long series of battles to come.

The AI Device Wars Just Kicked Off In A Big Way • Apple design leadership moving to Meta might well be the start of a long series of battles to come.

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Big Technology's Cyber Monday Discount! • Get access to special perks and support our reporting via our biggest deal of the year.

Okta’s Ric Smith: Your AI Agent Is Roaming The Office Hallway. Do You Know What It's Doing? As companies rush to roll out AI agents, Okta's president of products and technology says they often overlook the governance.

Okta’s Ric Smith: Your AI Agent Is Roaming The Office Hallway. Do You Know What It's Doing? • As companies rush to roll out AI agents, Okta's president of products and technology says they often overlook the governance.

Big Technology Reader Survey 2025! Just a few questions to learn more about you, and what you'd like us to cover.

Big Technology Reader Survey 2025! • Just a few questions to learn more about you, and what you'd like us to cover.

How Google Pulled Off Its Stunning, Rapid-Fire AI Turnaround A lot of focus, the right long-term investments, and a bit of luck helped Google surge in 2025.

How Google Pulled Off Its Stunning, Rapid-Fire AI Turnaround • A lot of focus, the right long-term investments, and a bit of luck helped Google surge in 2025.

Can AI's Sameness Problem Be Solved? This Founder Thinks So. Runway co-founder and CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela thinks it’s not actually a technology problem.

Can AI's Sameness Problem Be Solved? This Founder Thinks So. • Runway co-founder and CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela thinks it’s not actually a technology problem.

SAP's Muhammad Alam: Here’s How You Can Actually Get ROI From AI The company's head of product and engineering says that AI is most valuable when it comes together with the application layer that produces the data.

SAP's Muhammad Alam: Here’s How You Can Actually Get ROI From AI • The company's head of product and engineering says that AI is most valuable when it comes together with the application layer that produces the data.

OpenAI, The ‘Bailout,' and The Likely Path Forward It's the largest private company of all time, and every executive utterance matters more. Welcome to OpenAI's new normal.

OpenAI, The ‘Bailout,' and The Likely Path Forward • It's the largest private company of all time, and every executive utterance matters more. Welcome to OpenAI's new normal.

Wait, Are 74% Of Businesses Actually Seeing An ROI From Generative AI? A new Wharton study finds two thirds of businesses are actually seeing a positive ROI from generative AI. Is it a watershed moment?

Wait, Are 74% Of Businesses Actually Seeing An ROI From Generative AI? • A new Wharton study finds two thirds of businesses are actually seeing a positive ROI from generative AI. Is it a watershed moment?

Google Research Head Yossi Matias: AI Will Lead To More Researchers, Not Fewer If AI can automate research, what chance do the rest of us have?

Google Research Head Yossi Matias: AI Will Lead To More Researchers, Not Fewer • If AI can automate research, what chance do the rest of us have?