The 'Creepy' Truth About Meta's New AI App | Pivot

Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway dive into Meta’s new AI app, which is raising major privacy concerns due to its “creepy” personalized data features. They also discuss OpenAI’s structural shift away from for-profit status, and Bill Gates taking a shot at Elon Musk, while announcing the wind-down of the Gates Foundation. Plus, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth face scrutiny for shockingly poor cybersecurity practices, the latest earnings from Disney and Uber, and some serious (and not-so-serious) listener predictions. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 7:27 India/Pakistan Conflict Escalates 10:52 OpenAI Abandons For Profit Plans 20:28 Trump’s Meeting with Carney 29:53 Gabbard and Hegseth’s Sloppy Passwords 36:00 The End of the Gates Foundation 41:54 Disney and Uber Earnings 45:37 Headed for Recession? 49:59 Meta’s “Creepy” AI 54:18 Predictions #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #india #pakistan #openai #carney #donaldtrump #tulsigabbard #petehegseth #disney #uber #recession #meta #ai Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Kevin Oliver Audio Engineer: Ernie Indradat Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

Kara SwisherhostScott GallowayhostMatt MarrguestRich (caller from Germany)guestMike from Oakland (caller)guest

May 9, 20251h 6mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: May 9, 2025
Duration: 1h 6m
Channel: Pivot
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway dive into Meta’s new AI app, which is raising major privacy concerns due to its “creepy” personalized data features. They also discuss OpenAI’s structural shift away from for-profit status, and Bill Gates taking a shot at Elon Musk, while announcing the wind-down of the Gates Foundation. Plus, Tulsi Gabbard and Pete Hegseth face scrutiny for shockingly poor cybersecurity practices, the latest earnings from Disney and Uber, and some serious (and not-so-serious) listener predictions. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 7:27 India/Pakistan Conflict Escalates 10:52 OpenAI Abandons For Profit Plans 20:28 Trump’s Meeting with Carney 29:53 Gabbard and Hegseth’s Sloppy Passwords 36:00 The End of the Gates Foundation 41:54 Disney and Uber Earnings 45:37 Headed for Recession? 49:59 Meta’s “Creepy” AI 54:18 Predictions #pivot #podcast #karaswisher #scottgalloway #india #pakistan #openai #carney #donaldtrump #tulsigabbard #petehegseth #disney #uber #recession #meta #ai Producers: Lara Naaman Zoë Marcus Taylor Griffin Kevin Oliver Audio Engineer: Ernie Indradat Vox Media's Executive Producer of Podcasts: Nishat Kurwa Subscribe to Pivot on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pivot/id1073226719 Subscribe to Pivot on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4MU3RFGELZxPT9XHVwTNPR Follow us on Instagram and Threads at: https://www.instagram.com/pivotpodcastofficial Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@PIVOTPODCAST Send us your questions by calling us at 855-51-PIVOT, or at https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

SPEAKERS

Kara Swisher
host
Scott Galloway
host
Matt Marr
guest
Narrator
other
Rich (caller from Germany)
guest
Mike from Oakland (caller)
guest

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Pivot, featuring Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway, The 'Creepy' Truth About Meta's New AI App | Pivot explores meta’s Guardrail-Free AI, Trump’s Crypto Grift, And AI Power Shifts Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway bounce from personal banter into a wide-ranging discussion of global conflict, AI power structures, tech governance, and political corruption. They explore India–Pakistan tensions and the risk of U.S. diplomatic vacuums, then dissect OpenAI’s corporate reshuffle and Elon Musk’s lawsuit as mostly about control and money. A major segment examines Meta’s LLaMA and new AI app—its data advantages, virtually absent guardrails, and how social plus open source could make Meta the dominant AI player despite serious privacy risks. They also cover Trump-era kleptocracy via tariffs and crypto (Trump Coin), cybersecurity sloppiness by top officials, Bill Gates’s philanthropy and clash with Elon Musk, and solid earnings from Disney and Uber amid looming fears of tariffs and stagflation.

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