KPop Demon Hunters breaks records, Grok speeds up, and an AI-powered browser deep dive | E2171

Today’s show:

*“KPop Demon Hunters” is one of the year’s biggest smashes… AFTER Sony sold it off to Netflix for cheap! Hear about what went wrong with one of the year’s worst deals…

PLUS Grok is counting on SPEED to help it outpace rivals… How Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) ran into trouble on the podcast circuit… Nvidia’s big earnings report, and why everyone is watching that company in particular SO closely… PLUS a new Polymarket predicting the future of OpenAI!

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(0:00) How Sony missed out on “Kpop Demon Hunters”

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(11:20) Show continues…

(13:59) Why some politicians struggle so much on podcasts

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(31:37) Grok is relying on SPEED to outpace rivals… and it’s working

(41:23) Are AI companies playing a mega-budget game of chicken?

(42:31) Why everyone’s watching Nvidia’s earnings so closely

(47:50) Jason says he’ll NEVER go back to a non-AI browser

(53:32) Polymarket: Is OpenAI going to release their own browser?

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