Big Technology Podcast
The Big Technology Podcast takes you behind the scenes in the tech world featuring interviews with plugged-in insiders and outside agitators. Alex Kantrowitz, a Silicon Valley journalist who's interviewed the world's top tech CEOs — from Mark Zuckerberg to Larry Ellison — is the host.
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- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 53 minutes
- Episodes
- 441
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Google’s Best Week Ever, AI’s Rising Costs, Putin and Xi’s Immortality Quest
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Google's Gemini may power Siri 2) Google gets to keep Chrome and Android 3) Google can keep paying Appl…
00:56:25 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
Brain Computer Interface Frontier: Movement, Coma, Depression, AI Merge
Dr. Ben Rapoport and Michael Mager are the co-founders of Precision Neuroscience, a company building a minimally invasive, high-resolution brain-computer interface. The two join Big Technology to dis…
01:13:42 |
Wed 03 Sep 2025
Did OpenAI Break ChatGPT?, Apple’s New iPhones, Saving Intel
M.G. Siegler is the author of Spyglass. He joins Big Technology podcast for the latest of our monthly discussions about Big Tech strategy and AI. Today we cover whether OpenAI broke ChatGPT with its …
00:59:27 |
Fri 29 Aug 2025
The Hidden Science Behind Brain-Computer Interfaces — With Sally Adee
Sally Adee is the author of We Are Electric: Inside the 200-Year Hunt for Our Body's Bioelectric Code, and What the Future Holds. Adee joins Big Technology Podcast to pull back the curtain on the b…
00:53:13 |
Wed 27 Aug 2025
The Big GPT-5 Debate, Sam Altman’s AI Bubble, OnlyFans Chatbots
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Did AI take a step back with GPT-5? 2) Is AI hype going to cool off? 3) GPT-5's switching problem 4) Do…
00:53:51 |
Fri 22 Aug 2025
Inside Google's Generative AI Reinvention — With Nick Fox and Liz Reid
Nick Fox is the SVP of Knowledge and Information at Google. Liz Reid is the VP of Search at Google. The two join Big Technology Podcast to discuss the way Google plans and builds in the generative AI…
01:04:30 |
Wed 20 Aug 2025
Can The Web Survive Generative AI? — With Matthew Prince
Matthew Prince is the CEO of Cloudflare. He joins Big Technology podcast to discuss whether the web can withstand a wave of generative AI companies scraping content, summarizing it, and not cutting t…
00:54:44 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Is The AI Going To Escape? — With Anthony Aguirre
Anthony Aguirre is the executive director of the Future of Life Institute. He joins Big Technology to discuss how AI could fail in the worst case and whether our push toward increasingly autonomous, …
00:58:40 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Does GPT-5 Live Up To the Hype?, AGI Wait Continues, Self-Loathing Gemini
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAI's launch of GPT-5 2) Whether GPT-5's tool calling ability is its hidden strength 3) GPT-5 is go…
00:53:55 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap: GPT-5's Capabilities, Why It Matters, and Where AI Goes Next
Brad Lightcap is the Chief Operating Officer of OpenAI. Lightcap joins Big Technology to discuss the launch of GPT-5, how it works, what sets it apart from previous models, and whether it's AGI. We …
00:30:38 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Vibe Coding: Everything You Need To Know — With Amjad Masad
Amjad Masad is the CEO of Replit. Masad joins Big Technology podcast for a frank discussion about vibe coding, or building software via prompt. We discuss all the use cases, whether anyone can do it …
01:05:31 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Mark Zuckerberg’s Personal Superintelligence, Layoffs and Payoffs, Writing With AI — With M.G. Siegler
M.G. Siegler is the author of Spyglass. He joins Big Technology podcast for the latest of our first Monday of the month discussion about Big Tech strategy and AI. Today we cover Mark Zuckerberg's vi…
00:58:38 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Anthropic’s Potential, AI Video Gets Crazy, Market Bubble Approaching?
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Alex's profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei + extra reporting 2) Are Anthropic's convictions earnest …
00:51:20 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei: AI's Potential, OpenAI Rivalry, GenAI Business, Doomerism
Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a raw, unfiltered conversation about AI's potential, its stakes, and the source of his outspokenness. The interview is part o…
01:08:49 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Countdown to GPT-5, OpenAI’s Stargate Sputters, AI Math Wars
Financial Times San Francisco Bureau Chief Stephen Morris joins for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Is GPT-5 really on its way? 2) GPT-5's reported capabilities 3) Is Sam …
01:04:21 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
Are AI's Economics Unsustainable? — With Ed Zitron
Ed Zitron is the owner of EZPR, host of Better Offline, and author of the Where’s Your Ed At newsletter. Zitron joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether the generative-AI boom is an unsustaina…
01:35:01 |
Wed 23 Jul 2025
Grok's AI Lovebot, Aqui-Hire-Sition Backlash, OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent Debuts
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Can Zuck and Elon buy their way into the AI race? 2) Will scaling laws turn AI progress over to the big…
00:55:30 |
Fri 18 Jul 2025
Condoleezza Rice: U.S. Tech at Risk Amid University Cuts, China Threat
Condoleezza Rice is a former U.S. Secretary of State and current director of Stanford’s Hoover Institution. Rice joins Big Technology to discuss whether the United States can hold its technological e…
00:45:41 |
Wed 16 Jul 2025
Big Technology @ Five Years
Big Technology Podcast is five years old. Today, we share a quick update with 1) Gratitude for our listeners 2) A change in ad network and what our ads will sound like next 3) Our editorial philosoph…
00:08:16 |
Mon 14 Jul 2025
OpenAI’s Windsurf Crash, Grok’s Wild Week, Replace Tim Cook? — With Aaron Levie
Box CEO Aaron Levie is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) OpenAi's Windsurf deal falls through 2) Is OpenAI okay? 3) What percentage of all AI spend goes to coding? …
00:48:02 |
Sat 12 Jul 2025
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