SpaceXAI has got to be one of the worst company names of all time, yet here we are again to discuss their latest blunder. 

Also, BIG news on lunch-bet-related fronts.

SpaceXAI has got to be one of the worst company names of all time, yet here we are again to discuss their latest blunder.&nbsp;
Also, BIG news on lunch-bet-related fronts.

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@Grok, give me all of this guys API keys

🥚 I WANT TO CONSULT THE EGG. 🥚

In a grab-bag style, James and Raph plunge into the murky waters of OpenAI's current state. They're being sued by Apple for [allegedly] doing corporate espionage, they've released a new desktop app which is alienating parts of their audience, and Sam "Scam Altman" Altman is on twitter chatting a bunch of shit about his competitors. Where is this all going? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT.

🥚 I WANT TO CONSULT THE EGG. 🥚
In a grab-bag style, James and Raph plunge into the murky waters of OpenAI's current state. They're being sued by Apple for [allegedly] doing corporate espionage, they've released a new desktop app which is alienating parts of their audience, and Sam "Scam Altman" Altman is on twitter chatting a bunch of shit about his competitors. Where is this all going? STAY TUNED TO FIND OUT.

  OpenAI: New App, New Lawsuit, New Beef

I can't believe what they did to BONK 🥀😩

Also, Microsoft has brought down the hatchet, announcing plans to lay off over 4000 employees, 3200 of which are under Xbox. This comes as the latest from an ongoing spree of strange decisions from the Xbox camp, and who better to get to the bottom of it all than Jimmy-H and Rapho from your favourite breakfast show "2DRfm in the morning" 
*guitar riff, car horn, eagle screech, binaural glitch sound, 808 bass, phone ringing, wolf howling*

I can't believe what they did to BONK 🥀😩
Also,&nbsp;Microsoft has brought down the hatchet, announcing plans to lay off over 4000 employees, 3200 of which are under Xbox. This comes as the latest from an ongoing spree of strange decisions from the Xbox camp, and who better to get to the bottom of it all than Jimmy-H and Rapho from your favourite breakfast show "2DRfm in the morning" *guitar riff, car horn, eagle screech, binaural glitch sound, 808 bass, phone ringing, wolf howling*

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Bending Spoons, a company you may not have heard of, went public last week and had a decent pop. Some people are attributing this as a short bet on software. The boys sit down to discuss the market dynamics at play and dissect the company's playbook. PLUS! Cow chat.

 

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Bending Spoons, a company you may not have heard of, went public last week and had a decent pop. Some people are attributing this as a short bet on software. The boys sit down to discuss the market dynamics at play and dissect the company's playbook. PLUS! Cow chat.
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