Episode 467: Multimodal

This week, we discuss ChatGPT-4o, Google I/O Announcements, the impact of AI on smartphones, and executive shuffling at OpenAI and Amazon. Plus, we share some thoughts on how to plan your wedding.

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Runner-up Titles

• Do what works
• Blame the children
• I had an alphanumeric pager in 1993
• I like carrots

Rundown

• A.I. Announcements
  • Introducing GPT-4o
  • ‎Gemini Apps’ release updates & improvements
  • Google I/O 2024
• Palace Intrigue
  • Andy Jassy makes AWS leadership announcement
  • Ilya and OpenAI are going to part ways.
  • Sam Altman gracefully thanked his OpenAI cofounder who quit. Then another exec quit hours later.

Relevant to your Interests

• Leaked memo: Amazon requires cloud events to spend up to 80% of their time talking about generative AI
• Should Cisco Have Paid $3.7 Billion for AppDynamics?
• Boomi Dismembers The TIBCO Frankenstein
• Apple to Power AI Tools With In-House Server Chips This Year
• Cyberattack disrupts operations at major US health care network | CNN Business
• Did IBM make a $6.4 billion blunder by buying HashiCorp?
• How Ahrefs gets a Billion dollar-worth infrastructure with a 90% discount
• Was VMware's takeover by Broadcom a terrible mistake?
• Apple Will Revamp Siri to Catch Up to Its Chatbot Competitors
• DHH: ZIRP driving microservices is quite the take!
• Squarespace to go private in $7 billion private-equity deal
• Aligning with User Needs with Rod Johnson
• Meta will shut down its Teams competitor Workplace next year
• Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’
• DHH: ZIRP driving microservices is quite the take!

Nonsense

• YETI 34 oz French Press - in NL, €125!
• Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed
• World's Largest Vacuum to Suck Carbon From Atmosphere Turns On for First Time

Conferences

• Executive Dinner in Atlanta, May 22nd
• MS Build, Seattle May 21-23, Matt will be there
• NDC Oslo, Coté speaking, June 12th.
• DevOpsDays Amsterdam, June 19-21, 2024, Coté speaking.
• DevOpsDays Birmingham, August 19–21, 2024.
• SpringOne/VMware Explore US, August 26–29, 2024.
• SREday London 2024, September 19th to 20th, Coté speaking. 20% off with the code SRE20DAY.

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Recommendations

• Brandon: Dark Matter
• Coté: The Business of Open Source podcast, e.g., episode with Rod Johnson.

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