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Software’s Epic Comeback, Meta’s AI Layoffs Blunder, South Korea Stock Market Chaos Aug 31, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 42:48 Alex Kantrowitz Some of those are brands, but more so, like, the whole experience, I think, is just to get you in that Reels feed.

Leopold Blows Up, OpenAI Drastically Cuts Prices, Microsoft’s Best Day Aug 3, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 55:25 Alex Kantrowitz But if a company can figure out how to like build an AI companion, which I think is going to be even stickier than reels or tick tock, because come on, it's just like, you've, you've built a digital friend.

Big Technology AI Summit (full): Greg Brockman, Mike Krieger, Aaron Levie & Friends of The Podcast Jun 26, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:55:17 Mike Krieger I think that is much harder now when you think about how consolidated the top 10 is and how much time spent is spent on like the tech talks and reels of the world.

Anthropic's Labs Lead On Fable's Capabilities + Building AI-Native Products — With Mike Krieger Jun 25, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 35:45 Mike Krieger I think that is much harder now when you think about how consolidated the top 10 is and how much time spent is spent on like the tech talks and reels of the world.

Predicting the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs — With Dick Costolo May 27, 2026 · 4 mentions

AI’s Unpopularity + Competing With ChatGPT — With Olivia Moore Mar 12, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 48:43 Olivia Moore Um, but because the videos were exportable, what would happen is that the best Sora videos would get uploaded onto TikTok or Reels, and then they would compete against the best human-made videos, and so the overall feed experience was just…

Can We Trust Silicon Valley With Superintelligence? — With Nick Clegg Nov 19, 2025 · 1 mention

Erotic ChatGPT, Zuck’s Apple Assault, AI’s Sameness Problem Oct 20, 2025 · 1 mention

Anthropic Chief Product Officer: Why AI Model Development Is Accelerating Oct 8, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 36:14 Mike Krieger I think they've since done it with reels, uh, but it's almost like one, you get one per generation.

OpenAI’s & NVIDIA's $100 Billion Marriage, Meta’s Sloppy Vibes, TikTok Deal Arrives? Sep 29, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 45:47 Alex Kantrowitz Think TikTok or Instagram reels, but every single video you come across is essentially AI Slop.

Revealed: OpenAI Tells Us ChatGPT's Major Use Cases Sep 22, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 40:24 Alex Kantrowitz Instagram will initially only support direct messages, but Meta plans to add Reels viewing later this year because that's apparently what you have to do on your glasses is sit back and watch a Reel. 3 times in the scene

Grok's AI Lovebot, Aqui-Hire-Sition Backlash, OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent Debuts Jul 21, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 5:26 Alex Kantrowitz And, you know, all they have to do really is slow down the growth of ChatGPT, similar to the way that they did to TikTok with Reels, similar to the way that they did to Snapchat with Stories, and they've served their purpose.

Why China's AI Strategy Just Might Work — With Grace Shao Apr 16, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 11:13 Alex Kantrowitz And that's clearly what Zuckerberg has done with him copying stories with Snapchat and copying reels, uh, copying TikTok with reels.

The Formula for Capturing Your Attention, Price of Fame, & Algorithms as Editors — With Chris Hayes Feb 26, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:32 Chris Hayes Like, there are people who do great stuff on TikTok, great stuff on Instagram Reels.

Why The Costco Guys And Hawk Tuah Took Over The Internet Jan 9, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 7:38 Ryan Broderick Right, like this morning my mom sent me an Instagram reel making fun of the United Healthcare shooter.

Bold Predictions For Tech and AI in 2025 — With Casey Newton Jan 5, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 31:52 Casey Newton For all of that to just disappear overnight, like, that energy is going to want to go somewhere, and it's gonna primarily go to reels and shorts.

Meta's Chief Technology Officer On Its Augmented Reality Dreams — With Andrew Bosworth Oct 4, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:46 Andrew Bosworth It's also a great way to scroll Instagram and like enjoy the reels and tap on those things, um, and to watch videos.

Decoding the NVIDIA Trade - With Michael Batnick Jun 26, 2024 · 1 mention

Nas Daily, Sarati, and Caspar Lee On Building A Social Media Following Nov 4, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 4:24 Caspar Lee For example, Reels on Instagram, that was a great way, there was a short supply. 2 times in the scene
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