YouTube is indisputably the king of online video, and has been virtually since it launched in 2005. It's part of the infrastructure of the internet, and has imprinted itself on the culture through a combo of its algorithmic recommendations engine and sheer scale. But in the age of TikTok, can YouTube be toppled?

In this episode, we talk through YouTube's history, key points in its development, and what its future might look like. Also, sadly, YouTubers.

YouTube is indisputably the king of online video, and has been virtually since it launched in 2005. It's part of the infrastructure of the internet, and has imprinted itself on the culture through a combo of its algorithmic recommendations engine and sheer scale. But in the age of TikTok, can YouTube be toppled?
In this episode, we talk through YouTube's history, key points in its development, and what its future might look like. Also, sadly, YouTubers.

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Plenty of tech industry nonsense to chat about this week, folks. Elon Musk is fathering his 13th child (and a new Grok model) and trying to destroy OpenAI. Everyone is trying to match OpenAI's Deep Research with similar products of their own. The markets are back.

As always, Down Round is here to guide you.

Plenty of tech industry nonsense to chat about this week, folks. Elon Musk is fathering his 13th child (and a new Grok model) and trying to destroy OpenAI. Everyone is trying to match OpenAI's Deep Research with similar products of their own. The markets are back.
As always, Down Round is here to guide you.

Do You Grok Me?

We got a few requests last week to talk more about OpenAI's Deep Research feature that everyone's been going wild about. We thought it was a good opportunity to return to a topic that we've touched a few times over the past couple of years — what sort of work is being threatened with change by new systems like this?

In this two parter, we look at Deep Research and the current prospects for automating white collar work with AI.

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We got a few requests last week to talk more about OpenAI's Deep Research feature that everyone's been going wild about. We thought it was a good opportunity to return to a topic that we've touched a few times over the past couple of years &mdash; what sort of work is being threatened with change by new systems like this?
In this two parter, we look at Deep Research and the current prospects for automating white collar work with AI.
To subscribe to Down Round Premium, head here.

Going Deep

Apple is worth $3.5 trillion. Trillion with a T.

But all is not necessarily well in Tim Cook's kingdom. iPhone sales are slowing and the Apple Intelligence rollout was unimpressive and underwhelming. Now rumours abound that they are abandoning their rescue mission for their VR and AR ambitions.

Are Apple floundering? Or just doing things The Apple Way? Who better to discuss than the Down Round boys?

Apple is worth $3.5 trillion. Trillion with a T.
But all is not necessarily well in Tim Cook's kingdom. iPhone sales are slowing and the Apple Intelligence rollout was unimpressive and underwhelming. Now rumours abound that they are abandoning their rescue mission for their VR and AR ambitions.
Are Apple floundering? Or just doing things&nbsp;The Apple Way? Who better to discuss than the Down Round boys?

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