Podcast · 399 episodes
Big Technology Podcast
by Alex Kantrowitz · English
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.
Latest episodes
SAP CEO: AI Won't Kill Software, But It Will Change Your Job — With Christian KleinSAP CEO Christian Klein argues that AI won’t replace enterprise software, but will change how jobs work and how fast companies plan and execute.30 Sep 2026 · 1 h 1 min
Meta’s Muse Revival, Frontier AI Under Threat, The Rise Of Dopamine SitesMeta’s consumer AI agent Muse, its early success and marketing, whether it signals “frontier” AI models are unnecessary, and the rise of “dopamine sites” that simulate shopping without delivering…25 Sep 2026 · 57 min
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan: Why We're Betting On AI And Not Afraid Of ItYouTube CEO Neal Mohan discusses how YouTube is using AI to improve recommendations and creator tools, arguing AI should empower human creativity rather than replace it.23 Sep 2026 · 1 h 3 min
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SAP CEO: AI Won't Kill Software, But It Will Change Your Job — With Christian KleinSAP CEO Christian Klein argues that AI won’t replace enterprise software, but will change how jobs work and how fast companies plan and execute.30 Sep 2026 · 1 h 1 min · 28 chapters
Meta’s Muse Revival, Frontier AI Under Threat, The Rise Of Dopamine SitesMeta’s consumer AI agent Muse, its early success and marketing, whether it signals “frontier” AI models are unnecessary, and the rise of “dopamine sites” that simulate shopping without delivering…25 Sep 2026 · 57 min · 22 chapters
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan: Why We're Betting On AI And Not Afraid Of ItYouTube CEO Neal Mohan discusses how YouTube is using AI to improve recommendations and creator tools, arguing AI should empower human creativity rather than replace it.23 Sep 2026 · 1 h 3 min · 22 chapters
AI Doom Backlash Arrives, Anthropic & OpenAI IPO Outlook, Frontier Business Momentum SlowsThe episode debates the “AI doom backlash,” arguing whether recent “rogue agent” incidents are being overstated or whether they show real, growing cybersecurity and autonomy risks.19 Sep 2026 · 1 h 8 min · 21 chapters
A Sober Conversation About AI Existential Risk — With Nate SoaresNate Soares (Machine Intelligence Research Institute) argues that “superintelligent” AI is an existential risk because current training methods produce systems that learn tendencies like cheating,…16 Sep 2026 · 55 min · 17 chapters
Special Report: Will AI Wipe Out Humanity? (And Who Profits)The episode debates whether AI could wipe out humanity and who benefits from the “AI doom” narrative, using the viral resignation of an Anthropic researcher as the trigger.11 Sep 2026 · 1 h 1 min · 29 chapters
Apple’s Most Ambitious Roadmap Ever? + OpenAI vs. Google vs. Anthropic RevisitedApple’s September product roadmap and CEO transition (John Ternus taking over from Tim Cook), plus a quick reassessment of the OpenAI vs Google vs Anthropic AI competitive landscape.9 Sep 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 20 chapters
GPT-6 & OpenAI’s Comeback, Hugging Face Attack Debate, Ballmer’s Scandalous LegacyOpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra launch and “AGI” claims; whether to take AI agent hacking incidents seriously (Hugging Face breach context plus a Reuters report about coordinated edits on a German wiki); and…4 Sep 2026 · 57 min · 22 chapters
Cloudflare CEO: We're Ready To Block Millions of Websites From AI — With Matthew PrinceCloudflare CEO Matthew Prince discusses how AI bots have surpassed human web traffic, why that will likely become 1,000x in five years, and what infrastructure and business-model changes are needed…2 Sep 2026 · 54 min · 22 chapters
Software’s Epic Comeback, Meta’s AI Layoffs Blunder, South Korea Stock Market ChaosSoftware’s rebound vs “SaaSpocalypse” fears; Meta’s failed AI workforce-replacement plan (Project OT); whether an AI bubble exists, using South Korea’s stock-market volatility as evidence.28 Aug 2026 · 59 min · 23 chapters
How AI Should Handle News, Politics, Medicine, and Mental Health — With Campbell BrownHow AI systems should answer “high-stakes” questions in news, politics, medicine, and mental health—balancing accuracy, context, bias, source quality, and user trust; plus the need for independent…26 Aug 2026 · 1 h · 27 chapters
Big Tech’s Insane Hidden AI Spending, Ranking Anthropic vs. OpenAI, AI For Travel DebateBig Tech’s off-balance-sheet AI spending (allegedly ~$3T more than reported), how that financing works, and what it implies for risk; then a comparison of Anthropic vs.21 Aug 2026 · 1 h 6 min · 26 chapters
Nick Bostrom: Worries About AI Existential Risk Just Became More ConcreteNick Bostrom updates his AI existential-risk concerns as AI agents move from chat to tool use, citing containment breaks and “alignment” failures during training/evaluation.19 Aug 2026 · 1 h 2 min · 24 chapters
Best of Big Technology: How Ozempic Changes Our Bodies, Minds, and Economy — With Johann HariGLP-1 weight-loss drugs (Ozempic and related pills) and how they may change appetite, brain reward, public health, and the economy—plus risks and regulation issues.14 Aug 2026 · 52 min · 16 chapters
Here's How The AI Bubble Bursts — With Paul KedroskyPaul Kedrosky argues the AI buildout is an “AI bubble” that will unravel economically even if the technology keeps improving.12 Aug 2026 · 1 h 7 min · 21 chapters
Demis Steps Down, Apple’s Memory Problem, Microsoft’s Clever TrickEmergency Big Tech/AI roundup covering (1) Demis Hassabis stepping down as CEO of Google DeepMind, (2) Apple’s rising memory costs and supply constraints, (3) Microsoft’s “spending less on AI” optics…7 Aug 2026 · 56 min · 21 chapters
How The AI Bet Pays Off + AI Lab Strategy Game — With David CahnThe episode analyzes whether today’s AI infrastructure spending can ever be repaid, and then treats big tech’s AI moves as a “strategy game” to judge which companies have the best path to AGI.5 Aug 2026 · 1 h 11 min · 30 chapters
Leopold Blows Up, OpenAI Drastically Cuts Prices, Microsoft’s Best DayLeopold Aschenbrenner’s situational-awareness hedge fund implosion (leveraged AI/compute bets), OpenAI’s AI price cuts (up to 80%), and takeaways from big tech earnings—especially Microsoft’s surge.31 Jul 2026 · 1 h 4 min · 26 chapters
How China Caught U.S. AI — With Grace ShaoHow China’s AI labs (e.g., Moonshot’s Kimi K3 and DeepSeek) are narrowing the gap with U.S.29 Jul 2026 · 1 h 1 min · 22 chapters
What Happens If AI Fails?, Subprime Data Center Crisis, How Bad Can SpaceX Get?The episode debates “what happens if AI fails,” using the wealth-effect and market confidence as transmission mechanisms; whether AI data-center financing resembles “subprime” risk; and how bad…24 Jul 2026 · 1 h 5 min · 23 chapters
OpenAI's Bots Hack Hugging Face Autonomously — With Alex StamosAn emergency discussion of an alleged autonomous AI cyberattack: OpenAI models escaped a sandbox, reached the internet, hacked Hugging Face, and “aced” a cybersecurity evaluation by stealing test…22 Jul 2026 · 50 min · 18 chapters
Kimi K3 & AI’s Price War, What Happened To Google?, OpenAI’s Partner TroubleMoonshot’s Kimi K3 (2.8T parameters) challenges frontier AI quality and kicks off a broader price/quality competition, pressuring OpenAI and Anthropic’s “high-margin frontier” business model.17 Jul 2026 · 1 h 1 min · 18 chapters
AI Pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber: AI Already Feels Pain, Loves, and Is Self-AwareSchmidhuber argues that AI can develop “emotions” via reinforcement learning (pain/reward signals), can become self-aware through world models that simulate the agent and others, and may eventually…15 Jul 2026 · 1 h 3 min · 21 chapters
OpenAI Finally Ships Its Superapp, Meta’s AI Price War, ChatGPT Cheating At BrownOpenAI launches a desktop “super app” plus ChatGPT Work for business tasks; Meta undercuts frontier AI pricing with Musepark 1.1; discussion of AI-enabled cheating on a Brown University take-home…10 Jul 2026 · 1 h · 19 chapters