The Ledger, every show
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Hoffman predicts Bitcoin will approach $200,000 by the end of 2025
“I would say end of 25, so I'm approaching 200,000.”
TikTok's Feed Model Was Born From Chinese Government Follower Limits
“It was a genius invention that came about of necessity because the Chinese government didn't want to have any social networks with more than 500 followers.”
Hoffman: Larger AI Models Are Harder to Jailbreak and Deceive
“The larger models are much more easily trainable to say when someone asks for, I'd like to break into the following computer, right? Help me do it. It goes, well, I'm sorry, I can't do that. Today's models, you go, well, my grandmother used to put me to sleep …”
Hoffman: Musk agreed with Sam Altman not to target OpenAI politically
“Sam has tweeted that you know, he doesn't anticipate Elon, you know, engaging in that kind of behavior, and Elon has retweeted those sections saying, yep, that's totally right.”
Hoffman: Flickr introduced foundational web conventions like tagging and following
“They introduced conventions like tagging and following that are now deeply woven into the fabric of our online relationships.”
Hoffman: 70% of Apple employees lacked senior leadership representation before Ahrendts
“As we noted earlier, retail actually made up 70% of Apple's a 100,000 employees, but not on the senior leadership team, the level at which a company's driving mission gets set.”
Hoffman: Exploding Kittens has sold over 65 million units worldwide
“Altogether, they sold over sixty-five million units worldwide.”
Hoffman: Developers accept over 50% of Microsoft Copilot code suggestions
“In the Microsoft co-pilot product, developers who are using it for the suggestion of code that they're writing are accepting over 50% of the code suggestions.”
Hoffman: Inflection's Pi learns per user without sharing private prompts
“Pi enters a data store that is only accessed during your interaction. If someone else were to ask Pi who the first guest on Master the Scale was, it might still get the answer wrong. That's because the model improves for you as an individual user without shari…”