Welcome to episode 277 of The Cloud Pod, where the forecast is always cloudy! Justin, Ryan, and Matthew are your hosts this week for a news packed show. This week we dive into the latest in cloud computing with announcements from Google’s new AI search tools, Meta’s open-sourced AI models, and Microsoft Copilot’s expanded capabilities. We’ve also got Oracle releases, and some non-liquid Java on the agenda (but also the liquid kind, too) and Class E IP addresses. Plus, be sure to stay tuned for the aftershow!
Titles we almost went with this week:
Which cloud provider does not have llama 3.2
Vmware says we will happily help you support your old Microsoft OS’s for $$$$
Class E is the best kind of IP Space
Microsoft says trust AI, and so does Skynet
3.2 Llama’s walked into an AI bar…
Google gets cranky about MS Licensing, join the club
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Oracle releases Java 23, Cloud Pod Uses Amazon Corretto 23 instead
Oracle releases Java 23, Cloud Pod still says run! MK
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AI Is Going Great – Or How ML Makes All It’s Money
01:06 OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, 2 other execs announce they’re leaving
- Listener Note: paywall article
- OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati is leaving, and within hours, two more OpenAI executives joined the list of high-profile departures.
- Mira Murati spent 6.5 years at the company, and was named CEO temporarily when the board ousted co-founder Sam Altman.
- “It’s hard to overstate how much Mira has meant to OpenAI, our mission, and to us all personally,” Altman wrote. “I feel tremendous gratitude towards her for what she has helped us build and accomplish, but most of all, I feel personal gratitude towards her for her support and love during all the hard times. I am excited for what she’ll do next.”
- Mira oversaw the development of ChatGPT and image generator Dall-E. She was also a pretty public face for the company, appearing in its videos and interviewing journalists.
- The other two departures were Barret Zoph, who was the company’s Vice President of Research and Chief Research officer Bob McGrew.
02:26 Ryan
