Wed. 04/16 – Why Does OpenAI Want A Social Network?
Apr 16, 2025•19 min
Episode description
Well, it looks like DOGE has finally come for cybersecurity. It sounds like the tariff stuff is already biting Nvidia to the tune of $5 billion. Why is OpenAI building a social network? The government would have settled the antitrust case with Meta to the tune of $30 billion. And why did Mark Zuckerberg consider spinning off Instagram voluntarily?
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Links:
- Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program (The Register)
- Nvidia says it will record $5.5 billion charge tied to H20 processors exported to China (CNBC)
- OpenAI is building a social network (The Verge)
- Figma confidentially files for IPO more than a year after ditching Adobe deal (CNBC)
- Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Failed Negotiations to End Antitrust Case (WSJ)
- Zuckerberg Says He Considered Spinning Off Instagram in 2018 (Bloomberg)
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