Vogue's AI Backlash, Figma's IPO, Fixed Careers Are Over, Is Tim Cook's Time Up? Ft. Dominic-Madori Davis

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This week on Techish, host Michael Berhane teams up with TechCrunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis to unpack how AI is shaking up the fashion and film industries. They also cover Vinod Khosla’s take on ditching traditional careers, Figma’s IPO, why former FTC chair Lina Khan feels vindicated, and why Apple is in need of a shake-up.
And for our Patreon listeners: could the UK’s new Online Safety Act spell the end of free speech?

Chapters

00:36 Guess's AI Model in Vogue Sparks Backlash

08:17 Billionaire Investor Says Ditch the Idea of a Fixed Career

13:21 Figma Goes Public

20:10 Is It Time for Tim Cook to Step Down?

27:05 The UK’s Online Safety Act: The End of Free Speech? [Patreon-Only]

Follow Dom on Instagram (@dominicmadori) and subscribe to her Substack, The Black Cat.

Extra Reading & Resources

• The Brutalist and Emilia Perez’s voice-cloning controversies make AI the new awards season battleground [The Guardian]
• Amazon’s Alexa Fund Invests in ‘Netflix of AI’ Start-Up Fable, Which Launches Showrunner: A Tool for User-Directed TV Shows [Variety]
• Vinod Khosla says young people should plan their careers for flexibility instead of one profession [Business Insider, $]
• Lina Khan points to Figma IPO as vindication of M&A scrutiny [TechCrunch]

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1. Vogue's AI Backlash, Figma's IPO, Fixed Careers Are Over, Is Tim Cook's Time Up? Ft. Dominic-Madori Davis (00:00:00)

2. Guess's AI Model in Vogue Sparks Backlash (00:00:36)

3. Billionaire Investor Says Ditch the Idea of a Fixed Career (00:08:17)

4. Figma Goes Public (00:13:21)

5. Is It Time for Tim Cook to Step Down? (00:20:10)

6. The UK’s Online Safety Act: The End of Free Speech? [Patreon-Only] (00:27:05)