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GPT in 2023: A Marriage with Microsoft, The Bull and Bear Case for Google, Compute Questions and More

Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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What Language Is a Word Guy?

We've never had the ability to generate images on a zero marginal cost basis. There will be an abundance going forward and the question is how quickly we get there. Dan says in the last episode, Ben mentioned that a big problem with windows phone was its lack of a good app ecosystem. Microsoft spent $7.2 billion Propping up the phones through the Nokia headset acquisition. The reality is that you don't building an app is a big commitment. You have to build it. It's been ongoing thing. And it doesn't matter ifMicrosoft got some apps on their store today in part because they paid the developers to get them.

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