Introducing Sora, our text-to-video model. Sora can create videos of up to 60 seconds featuring highly detailed scenes, complex camera motion, and multiple characters with vibrant emotions. openai.com/sora Prompt: “Beautiful, snowy

This is easily the best walk-through of the creation process for the #bitcoin ETFs. Specifically $BITB with real world examples. I am bookmarking this for when people continue to ask: "BUT WHEN DOES THE ETF ACTUALLY BUY THE BITCOIN?!"

This is an awesome read...

Sam Altman: I don't care if we burn $50 billion a year, we're building AGI and it's going to be worth it

Apple's new "Crush" ad (let's call it "2024") is a visual & metaphorical bookend to the 1984 ad. 1984: Monochome, conformist, industrial world exploded by colourful, vibrant human 2024: Colourful, vibrant humanity is crushed by monochrome, conformist industrial press

Changes to the basket of goods that Stats NZ uses to help measure inflation = a mini social history of NZ (via Clare Capital)

He was a big name in 1980's Wall Street, one of the inspirations for Gordon Gekko. But he traded inside information - and paid the price. | Ivan F. Boesky, Rogue Trader in 1980s Wall Street Scandal, Dies at 87 nytimes.com/2024/05/20/bus…

This is really good...

I didn't always agree with everything he wrote, but he was always worth reading...

When you perform you don’t need a size up narrative and can remain boutique

"Alphabet (Google and YouTube) generates more revenue from advertising than New Zealand’s GDP." 🤯 - Clare Capital

We are selling pad thai in installments to willing buyers at the current fair market price

"They're called collateralized music festival loan obligations... and they're awesome"

This observation is right on the money...

Really really good thread. We operate (and negotiate) in a small market (New Zealand and with international parties). There is a reason why our firm strategy is "long-term games with long-term people". We are paid to get outcomes, but we typically will see counterparties again...

This is bonkers, but you can see where things are headed...

Huge congrats 🇳🇿 Auckland City FC, fantastic result. I (Mark Clare) played at the level 🇳🇿 Auckland City FC do in the New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 pyramid back in the 1990s. A lot of proud New Zealand Football 🇳🇿 players, current and former, out here today.

This is really good.

This is a crazy story. May you live in interesting times...

Any time someone looks closely at airline economics, there is ALWAYS some crazy insight. Making money flying passengers is a hard business. You gotta be getting creative to turn a dime...