Thoughts Heading Into WWDC 2024
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Thoughts Heading Into WWDC 2024
Happy Thursday. Today’s update will go over my thoughts ahead of next week.
Virtual Member Meetup on Monday. Following the WWDC keynote, there will be a virtual member meetup in the member forum in Slack (available here) on Monday at 6:00 pm ET / 3:00 pm PT. The meet-up will provide an opportunity for members to have conversations in real-time about everything that Apple announced. In addition to participating in the meetup myself, I moderate the discussion topics etc. The discussions are then made available afterwards for other members to read through in Slack. If you have never joined the Above Avalon team in Slack, you can request an invite here. If you have previously been in the Slack team, your email has already been registered and you can just log in. Any updates/changes related to the virtual meet-up will be shared in Slack, so keep an eye there on Monday.
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The OpenAI Saga, AI Shortcomings and Apple’s Opportunity
Today's Above Avalon daily update includes the following stories:
The OpenAI Saga
AI Shortcomings and Apple’s Opportunity
The tech news flow had no interest in taking a breather ahead of Thanksgiving this year.
In today’s update, we will talk about the OpenAI situation which is still unfolding as of Monday afternoon. There are some connections to Apple when it comes to the broader AI space. We go over my prevailing thoughts on Sam Altman’s blindspot, OpenAI’s board, Altman press coverage, Satya Nadella, Microsoft, and corporate governance.
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