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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 3d

I spent time with AI and Hollywood folks this week, and it was clear that if nothing changes, Hollywood is going to get mostly steamrolled by technology that’s moving faster than its leaders can comprehend. sources.news/p/hollywood-...

Hollywood has no idea what to do about AI

OpenAI is moving fast while the entertainment industry wrings its hands. Also: this week on ACCESS and some links.

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 4d

at a conference and the guy next to me seemed like he was on the phone talking to a colleague about deal flow or something, kept saying stuff like "it's hard to hear you?"

he's talking to ChatGPT

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 6d

talked with OpenAI's Greg Brockman about Stargate, the deal with AMD, and an AI bubble sources.news/p/openai-sta...

Q&A: OpenAI's Stargate Man

"We see the fundamentals, and we were investing heavily in those." My conversation with Greg Brockman at OpenAI DevDay.

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 7d

Notes from today’s big OpenAI event, including what Sam Altman and Jony Ive talked about plus a bunch of juicy tidbits from a post-keynote exec Q&A sources.news/p/chatgpt-ea...

ChatGPT eats the world

Notes from DevDay, featuring Q&A with Sam Altman and OpenAI execs.

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 13d

wrote about using the new Sora app sources.news/p/openai-mad...

OpenAI made AI Vine

Keep reading for my chat with Daniel Ek about stepping down as CEO of Spotify and some good links.

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 19d

Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3p1KZvk...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Video on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@accesspod

Figma CEO Dylan Field on tech's biggest IPO of the year

open.spotify.com

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 19d

We've got the one and only @zoink.bsky.social on the second episode of ACCESS!

We discuss:
- Figma's IPO and what's next
- MCP / how he's thinking about AI
- The future of design

Out everywhere you can get podcasts

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 19d

SOURCES: OpenAI is planning to bring ads to ChatGPT.

Also: In a message to employees, Sam Altman says he wants 250 gigawatts of compute by 2033.

He calls OpenAI's team behind Stargate a "core bet" like research / robotics.

"Doing this right will cost trillions." sources.news/p/openai-ads...

OpenAI is looking for a head of ads

Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including bringing advertising to ChatGPT. Plus: Sam Altman's internal note to employees about Stargate.

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 24d

Gosh I’m so sorry :(

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 24d

Trump’s EO on H-1B visas has thrown the tech industry into chaos overnight

I just published an email Google sent H-1B employees yesterday warning them to not leave the US / to return by midnight tonight sources.news/p/heres-goog...

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 26d

First issue of Sources is out!

It’s a deep dive into the (very cool) new Meta Ray-Bans. They’ve got a display, neural band that feels like sci fi, & suggest a lot about where things are headed

Feat. my interview w/t Zuck (full convo airs on the Access podcast tomorrow) sources.news/p/meta-ray-b...

Inside Meta’s display glasses with Zuck

I sat down with Mark Zuckerberg to try Meta’s impressive new Ray-Ban Display glasses and its neural band.

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 27d

🙏

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 27d

dangerous

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 27d

More about Sources: sources.news/p/introducin...

Follow Access: link.chtbl.com/access

And special thanks to Sara Fischer at Axios for covering the news: www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Introducing Sources

Alex Heath's new publication about the tech industry's inside conversation.

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 27d

I’m launching Sources, a new publication about the tech industry’s inside conversation, and Access, a tech interview podcast with my friend @hamburger.bsky.social.

The first issue of Sources drops tomorrow, featuring an interview with Mark Zuckerberg, which airs in full on Access this Thursday.

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · 29d

big week

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · Sep 11

I wrote about Charlie Kirk and the viral content machine that sprang to life in the wake of his shooting — and how this time, even people running the country are partaking in the churn.
www.theverge.com/analysis/776...

How Charlie Kirk’s death fed the content machine

Moments after the news broke, the content started

www.theverge.com

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · Sep 5

also: AI tendies are a booming

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · Sep 5

monopoly business is a booming www.theverge.com/command-line...

Silicon Valley’s most powerful alliance just got stronger

Now, the two giants are collaborating on AI.

www.theverge.com

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Steve Kovach @stevekovach.bsky.social · Sep 2

And Apple stock's up 4% after hours because it can keep collecting free money from Google in the search deal.

CNBC @cnbc.com · Sep 2

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta’s ruling comes nearly one year after he ruled Google illegally held a monopololy in internet search.

Google gets to keep Chrome but is barred from exclusive search deals, judge rules

The ruling comes nearly a year after a U.S. judge ruled that Google holds an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search.

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The Verge @theverge.com · Aug 22

The power shift inside OpenAI

Sam Altman wants to focus on getting more GPUs, not running ChatGPT.

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · Aug 19

“It’s never been a better time to be a telegenic nerd, and never a worse time to be only good at delivering clean copy.”
www.deezlinks.com/p/media-comp...

media companies want reporters and writers to become more like creators, yet not TOO creator-like

It’s a good time to be a telegenic journalist…

www.deezlinks.com

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Jake Kastrenakes @jake--k.bsky.social · Aug 15

. @alexeheath.com sat down with Sam Altman for a big, spicy interview:

-Altman says they "totally screwed up" some of the gpt5 rollout
-He thinks they'll overtake IG + FB in web traffic
-OpenAI has "better models" they can't offer!?
-Altman has stopped using Google

www.theverge.com/command-line...

Sam Altman on ChatGPT 5 backlash and the future of OpenAI

The CEO of ChatGPT thinks we’re in an AI bubble.

www.theverge.com

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · Aug 15

🤣 what I get for filing at 5am

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Alex Heath @alexeheath.com · Aug 15

had dinner with sam altman last night and he uh, said some stuff www.theverge.com/command-line...

Sam Altman on ChatGPT 5 backlash and the future of OpenAI

The CEO of ChatGPT thinks we’re in an AI bubble.

www.theverge.com

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