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KPop Demon Hunters breaks records, Grok speeds up, and an AI-powered browser deep dive | E2171
“KPop Demon Hunters” is one of the year’s biggest smashes… AFTER Sony sold it off to Netflix for cheap! Hear about what went wrong with one of the year’s worst deals… PLUS Grok is counting on SPEED to help it outpace rivals… How Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) ran into trouble on the podcast circuit… Nvidia’s big earnings report, and why everyone is watching that company in particular SO closely… PLUS a new Polymarket predicting the future of OpenAI!
Key Points
- Chinese companies DeepSeek and Moonshot, as well as Baidu, are entering the competitive landscape of AI models, adding to the diverse global ecosystem alongside the "mag seven" and other native models.
- Netflix's K-pop Demon Hunters has become the most streamed Netflix original film of all time and has set records with its soundtrack, highlighting the potential for new IP to become major franchises.
- Elon Musk's XAI has launched a new coding model, Grok Code Fast One, which is faster and cheaper than its competitors, positioning it as a strong contender in the AI space.
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