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We are underestimating how cheap it’s going to be to copy an existing business in 2024.

You’re no longer measuring in decades when a company will be subject to disruption, I think you’re measuring it in—frankly—months.

If you’re profitable, you have a chance to survive. If you’re unprofitable, you’re going to be under a lot of pressure.

-All-In Podcast

Distinctiveness is the key to brand survival.

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When you have a generic content generator, everything looks generic content

generating the content isn’t the expensive part, generating the knowledge is where the cost (and the competitive advantage) lies. AI helps with both, but you need an internal culture that understands the difference.

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Re: Apple paying for training data

Meta is in the best position here because of its social graph and user engagement history.

Apple’s privacy stance means no real user data but it has a massive bank account and history of working with rights holders (see: iTunes).

The hardware platform is its killer feature though. It doesn’t need to be the fastest scaling consumer app in history to become relevant, it just needs to ship via software update.

Imagine a day where you wake up, your Apple Watch recognizes you put your AirPods in and starts a personalized podcast via Siri of relevant news, stock updates, weather, and your calendar. Maybe even your recent messages and emails and reminders.

It’s mostly just plumbing and PR at this point.

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Techmeme Ride Home with some interesting Apple AI bits:

  • has an open source LLM
  • working on deals with publishers for training data
  • research towards complex AI on device (custom AI-friendly chips already in use)

Apple has the best shot of shifting AI from data centers to the edge, is it beginning?

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Meta is aware of a loophole that lets the message spam tsunami through & engineering is working on a fix.

In the meantime, this might help. Navigate to:

  • Business Suite
  • Inbox
  • Settings
  • Chat Plugin
  • Customize your Chat Plugin
  • Turn off Guest chat
A screenshot from Meta showing the Guest chat option enabled. From the setting details: Let people chat with your business without logging into Messenger while using the Chat Plugin on your website.