Today’s show: Jason and Alex interview Aarush Selvan, lead PM at Google Gemini Deep Research, and discuss what's going on with the application and their groundbreaking work. They also take a moment to cover TikTok’s dire situation and AI investment to start the year.
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(1:26) Jason Calacanis shares his Japan skiing experience
(6:18) Arush Selvan from Google Gemini team background discussion
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(14:23) Deep research demonstration and server resource usage
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(22:11) Google's business model and AI-generated research reports
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(32:00) Personalized data integration and content permissions in AI tools
(34:22) Differentiation and hallucinations in AI-generated content
(44:11) Business models for AI search engines and OpenAI's new task feature
(54:30) Synthesia's AI-generated video tool demo and privacy in biometric payments
(59:36) Investments in AI companies and TikTok's potential ban
(1:04:17) Chinese government influence and US rule of law in tech
(1:07:29) Irony of migrating to Little Red Book and upcoming inauguration
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