E9 – Tech Happenings

Mike, Jake, and Tim reunite to catch up on three tech topics: the SVB bank run, national security concerns with TikTok, and the latest with generative AI.----Links* Sign up for our amazing newsletter https://www.themerge.co * Support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/the_merge * Ask Sage (GPT for US govt CUI data) https://www.asksage.ai * Creating a task-driven autonomous agent using GPT4 https://yoheinakajima.com/task-driven-autonomous-agent-utilizing-gpt-4-pinecone-and-langchain-for-diverse-applications* Jake’s AI book recommendation (Daemon, by Daniel Suarez): https://www.amazon.com/DAEMON-Daemon-Daniel-Suarez/dp/0451228731  ----Follow us on...* Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merge_newsletter* Facebook https://www.facebook.com/themergenews* Twitter https://twitter.com/MergeNewsletter* LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/themerge* Website https://www.themerge.co----Show Notes(00:31) intro(1:25) Jake’s SVB steak dinner (2:00) SVB bank run(4:51) SVB and national security(16:57) TikTok(19:46) the upside of TikTok(23:56) TikTok's algorithm after the hearing(27:18) TikTok's big China problem(34:08) The Restrict Act(39:33) Generative AI(41:08) BingAI vs ChatGPT(43:53) AI story time(44:55) Ask Sage(49:18) ChatGPT for legal help(58:42) outro