Today, Alex and Morgan explore three powerful storylines shaping the current AI and social tech landscape. From Meta’s aggressive recruiting to platform growth tactics and hardware hurdles, this episode highlights how strategic ambition, consumer behavior, and silicon realities are colliding in real time.

🤝 Segment 1: Meta Recruits AI Talent in the OpenAI Exodus

Meta is going head-to-head with OpenAI—not just with models, but with people. The company has quietly assembled a high-profile team of former OpenAI researchers, focused on pushing the boundaries of AI reasoning. Alongside this, Meta is continuing to promote its Llama models under the open-source banner, but critics question just how open they truly are. We examine what this means for the broader AI development ecosystem and  ...