🎙️ EP 184: Meta Just Gave Up on the Metaverse… and Bet $72B on AI Instead

Zuck just pulled the plug on his VR dream, shutting down studios, firing 1,500 people, and quietly turning Horizon Worlds into a mobile Roblox copy. But at the same time, Meta’s smartglasses are exploding in sales, and its next-gen AI model is weeks away.

We’ll talk about:

• Why Meta’s Reality Labs got gutted and what Zuck is really betting on now
• Google’s huge medical AI update (MedGemma 1.5 + MedASR) and what makes it different
• Veo 3.1’s new vertical video & character upgrades, finally usable for creators
• A wild legal mess: Grok’s “spicy mode” under AG investigation, while it’s being deployed in the Pentagon

Keywords: Meta layoffs, MedGemma 1.5, AI smartglasses, Veo 3.1, Slackbot AI, Skild AI

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