OpenAI's GPT-5 In 2025?, Big Tech’s Big AI Spend, The Polymarket Election

OpenAI Sam Altman says GPT-5 isn't coming this year. We discuss why. Plus big tech is spending big on AI. Alexa can't get his head straight. Meta says yes to AI Slap. And is this the poly market election? All that and more is coming up right after this. How do you price intelligence as a service? How do you charge for delivering end-to-end work, not just access?

Those questions remain front and center for AI founders and operators, and getting to the right fit business model, whether that's selling usage credits, outcomes, seats, or a hybrid combination, requires constant iteration. ChargeBe is the billing and monetization infrastructure that powers just that for ambitious, fast-scaling AI businesses. Visit chargeb.com slash Alex to learn more. That's C-H A R G E B E E dot com. Slash Alex.

Welcome to Big Technology Podcast Friday edition, where we break down the news and our traditional cool headed. A nuanced format. What a show for you today. We have so many forces colliding, big moments and AI combined with big moments and big tech earnings. And of course, we have an election that's just a few days away here in the United States. So there's so much to talk about, and we're gonna do it as always with Ron John Roy of Margins. Ron John, good to see you. Welcome to the show. It's seventy five degrees here in New York on November first, so

We already have this episode, so unlocking it is cheap and permanent: the full transcript (57 minutes, 10,021 words), segment and word-level timestamps, and .txt, .srt, .vtt and word-level JSON downloads, as many times as you like, forever.

No account needed, we create one from your checkout email. With credits it is 1 credit; packs start at 5 episodes for $3.49, and monthly plans are cheaper still.