TBPN — AI Viruses, OpenAI's First Device, WSJ Mansion Section | Samir Kaul, Patrick Wendell, Grant LaFontaine

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AI Viruses, OpenAI's First Device, WSJ Mansion Section | Samir Kaul, Patrick Wendell, Grant LaFontaine

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(01:31) - AI Viruses (08:18) - OpenAI's Device Takes Shape (16:39) - Meta Faces Major Child Safety Case (25:25) - 𝕏 Timeline Reactions (36:10) - WSJ Mansion Section (43:41) - Samir Kaul, a general partner at Khosla Ventures, discusses the firm’s investment in Jeff Dean’s Discovery Loop and its potential to apply AI…

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