
Employee reactions to Google layoffs, Microsoft & OpenAI codify deal + NVIDIA's new feature | E1663
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Join Molly and Jason as they react to TikToks posted by former Google employees who have recently been let go. They discuss why Google is letting people go despite their massive profits (8:54). They also explore Open AI and Microsoft's codified partnership (38:39) and the report from the WSJ that activist investor Elliot Management has invested billions into Salesforce (45:06). To end the show, we have another great edition of WLITF featuring NVIDIA's new AI-generated eye contact feature (49:16).
(0:00) M+J kick off the show
(2:35) Jason is still on the mend + vaccine talk
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(8:54) The difference between Meta, Amazon and Google's layoffs + Employee reaction to getting laid off
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(20:16) Why Google is doing layoffs + more employee reactions
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(38:29) OpenAI codified its deal with Microsoft
(45:06) Elliot Management invests billions in Salesforce
(49:16) WLITF: NVIDIA's insane update
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