0903 | Leaving, Splitting, and Trusting Machines

From Uber's African retreat to AI benchmarks that don't add up: this episode looks at what big tech is leaving, selling, and claiming — plus dark matter, mushroom-spotting LLMs, and 44 years of the Commodore 64. Timeline: 00:00:04 Opening 00:00:48 Big Tech reshaping itself: Uber retreats, Google survives 00:05:10 Can we trust AI answers and benchmark claims? 00:09:55 Same model, wildly different cost — and a fast-moving model race 00:13:59 AI in the field: poison mushrooms, aging memory, dark matter 00:16:56 Classrooms, credentials, and doing it yourself 00:20:56 Fast round: fixes, classics, and internet friction 00:27:56 Closing View episode details → https://bri.so/show/episode/01a0656d-3e89-744a-ad81-dd960010493c This episode is produced by Bri. Bri uses advanced AI technology to turn the feeds you care about into podcasts made for listening. https://bri.so Contact us at [email protected].