ChatGPT could conceivably turn out to be prosumer, not consumer.
ChatGPT could conceivably turn out to be prosumer, not consumer. More like Microsoft Word than Instagram.
Topic: Microsoft
26 mentions · 25 chunks · 21 episodes
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3.5x burst in 2026 Q2
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- Microsoft appears in 25 chunks across 21 episodes, from 2024-02-12 to 2026-08-03.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 8/11/25 (2025-08-11), with 2 observations on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with wild west, Copilot, and Gemini, while by chunk count it sits between agent swarm and duct tape; its yearly rank moved from #81 in 2024 to #25 in 2026.
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Confidential compute is only part of the story.
...he hardware. But it also verifiably locks the cloud host (think Google, Amazon, Microsoft) out from peeking at what is happening. But the risk factor that most people care about as a user is not so much the cloud host, but the service prov...
Apple has made a "sustaining innovation" bet on AI.
...nts removes some of the oxygen in the room for disruptors. This was a play that Microsoft did with browsers back in the day. Apple has done the "simply cut out the edge cases" opinionated cut, which creates a radically simpler thing than a...
Sometimes overly-ambitious technical projects that fail still provide value indirectly.
... go on and be useful inspiration for more realistic systems later. For example: Microsoft's Cairo in the 90's, which gave COM, Plug-and-Play, and others. Google Wave, which gave Operational Transform. Google Turquoise These kinds of high-p...
Microsoft shows how a suite-based approach allows them to be well positioned in multiple eras.
Microsoft shows how a suite-based approach allows them to be well positioned in multiple eras. Which products in the suite are the most important changes, and ...