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Jacob Kastrenakes

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    “There’s been a bunch of leaks about first party silicon,”

    says Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott. So is he confirming that Microsoft is developing AI chips with AMD? “I’m not confirming anything,” he adds. But it sure sounds like something is in the works.

    “We’re doing a bunch of interesting work with [AMD CEO Lisa Su], and I think they’re making increasingly compelling GPU offerings,” Scott says. “I think they are gonna become more and more important in the marketplace in the coming years.”

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Scott is talking about how AI will change search engines

    — and whether everyone will stop visiting news sites once AI just sums them up.

    “I don’t think that’s actually the thing anybody wants,” he says.

    He doesn’t have a specific answer yet, but he says transparency will be key. “You at least understand what’s going on,” he says. “It’s not arbitrary and capricious, and you know how to viably run your business.”

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott is up first.

    He’s speaking with The Verge’s EIC, Nilay Patel. Expect a lot of questions on AI — and probably some pointed questions about whether he’s working with AMD on custom chips.

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Day two of the Code Conference starts in 30 minutes.

    The day kicks off with Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, Getty Images CEO Craig Peters, and Allen Media Group CEO Byron Allen.

    We’ll be in the audience all day covering the updates.

    The Code Conference 2023: all the news as it happens

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    What do you think about Tesla’s Cybertruck, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe?

    Really though, what about the wiper?

    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Jacob Kastrenakes
    That’s all for tonight.

    We’ll be back bright and early tomorrow (at least, early on the West Coast) with coverage of Code day two, featuring Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott, X CEO Linda Yaccarino, and more. The show kicks off around 12PM ET / 9AM PT.

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    “I think you can pay more,”

    WMG CEO Robert Kyncl jokes about the price of music services like Spotify. Basically: he’d like to see them go up.

    “The price elasticity is generally high around it,” he says. He floats $20 per month for a music family plan — the same price as Netflix for four.

    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Warner Music Group CEO Robert Kyncl is up.

    He’s speaking with Vox’s Peter Kafka.

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Runway CEO Cristobal Valenzuela is onstage now.

    He’s talking about the rapid advancement of AI and history of visual storytelling.

    The company has shown off some impressive text-to-video tech.

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    Jacob Kastrenakes
    Is Roblox moving away from the term “metaverse?”

    “I wouldn’t say it’s a distancing. We have evolved the terminology we’ve used,” Baszucki says.

    He prefers the term “human co-experience” or “communication and connection platform.”

    I have to wonder if a certain brand’s renaming has anything to do with it.

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