The speaker believes that the AI industry will find a way to establish payment deals and move forward. They foresee potential business models, including ad-supported models for AI similar to search engines. However, they express concerns about the impact on the open source community and the difficulty of funding new models. The speaker also questions the feasibility of paying every data source for training AI systems, suggesting that it could lead to a metered usage model with minimal payments.
The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft last week for copyright infringement. Kevin Roose and Casey Newton walk through the lawsuit and discuss the stakes for news publishers. Then, they talk about Apple’s “walled garden,” which is facing threats from both regulators and 16-year-olds. Finally, we set our tech resolutions for the new year.
Today’s guest: Eric Migicovsky, co-founder of Beeper
Additional Reading:
- The New York Times sued OpenAI.
- Apple’s latest headache in the debate over blue vs. green bubbles.
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