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E9 – Tech Happenings

Apr 09, 202359 min
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Episode description

Mike, Jake, and Tim reunite to catch up on three tech topics: the SVB bank run, national security concerns with TikTok, and the latest with generative AI.

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* Ask Sage (GPT for US govt CUI data) https://www.asksage.ai

* Creating a task-driven autonomous agent using GPT4 https://yoheinakajima.com/task-driven-autonomous-agent-utilizing-gpt-4-pinecone-and-langchain-for-diverse-applications

* Jake’s AI book recommendation (Daemon, by Daniel Suarez): https://www.amazon.com/DAEMON-Daemon-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451228731  


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Show Notes

(00:31) intro

(1:25) Jake’s SVB steak dinner

(2:00) SVB bank run

(4:51) SVB and national security

(16:57) TikTok

(19:46) the upside of TikTok

(23:56) TikTok's algorithm after the hearing

(27:18) TikTok's big China problem

(34:08) The Restrict Act

(39:33) Generative AI

(41:08) BingAI vs ChatGPT

(43:53) AI story time

(44:55) Ask Sage

(49:18) ChatGPT for legal help

(58:42) outro

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