E9 – Tech Happenings

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. ---- Links * Sign up for our amazing newsletter https://www.themerge.co * Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/the_merge * 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 ---- Follow us on... * Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merge_newsletter * Facebook https://www.facebook.com/themergenews * Twitter https://twitter.com/MergeNewsletter * LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerge * Website https://www.themerge.co ---- 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