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A jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021 Apple's New 'Answers' Team Eyes ChatGPT-Like Product in AI Push Apple says DOJ's antitrust lawsuit would 'reduce consumer choice' Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecast Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections Amazon to Pay New York Times $20 Million a Year in AI Deal A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like N.B.A. Stars. Anthropic studied what gives an AI system its 'personality' — and what makes it 'evil' AI Capex is Eating the Economy Will data centers crash the economy? What content strategy looks like in the age of AI Inside the LG G5's shocking last-place finish at the 2025 TV Shootout Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under Trump How Podcast-Obsessed Tech Investors Made a New Media Industry Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything Lina Kahn Takes a Victory Lap for Figma IPO Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Richard Campbell, Brian McCullough, and Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/Twit zscaler.com/security miro.com uscloud.com
The Senate confirms a new national cyber director. A new commission explores the establishment of a separate Cyber Force. Cybercriminals exploit link wrapping to launch sophisticated phishing attacks. AI agents are hijacked, cameras cracked, and devs phished. Gene sequencers and period trackers settle allegations of oversharing personal data and inadequate security. Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing how China accuses the US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in a cyberattack. OpenAI scrambles after a chat leak fiasco. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. You can read Tim's article on the topic here. CyberWire Guest Today we are joined by Tim Starks from CyberScoop discussing how China accuses the US of exploiting Microsoft zero-day in a cyberattack. Selected Reading Sean Cairncross confirmed as national cyber director (The Record) Panel to create roadmap for establishing US Cyber Force (The Record) Microsoft 365: Attackers Weaponize Proofpoint and Intermedia Link Wrapping to Steal Logins (WinBuzzer) When Public Prompts Turn Into Local Shells: ‘CurXecute' – RCE in Cursor via MCP Auto‑Start (Aim Security) LegalPwn Attack Tricks GenAI Tools Into Misclassifying Malware as Safe Code (Hackread) Bitdefender Warns Users to Update Dahua Cameras Over Critical Flaws (Hackread) Mozilla warns of phishing attacks targeting add-on developers (Bleeping Computer) Gene Sequencing Giant Illumina Settles for $9.8M Over Product Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek) Flo settles class action lawsuit alleging improper data sharing (The Record) ChatGPT users shocked to learn their chats were in Google search results (Ars Technica) Audience Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week's education news brings critical warnings every educator needs to hear. We're covering a major Apple security update, OpenAI's new Study Mode (and why a Cambridge expert gives it a C+), and most importantly - alarming findings about AI social companion apps that 70% of students are already using. Plus, concerning comments from OpenAI's CEO about the future of education. If you work with students, this episode could be a game-changer for the conversations you need to start having. Visit coolcatteacher.com/e909 for all the links and resources mentioned. This 8-12 minute news segment always is the start to my weekly radio show, Cool Cat Teacher Talk. Sometimes I cross post them to 10 minute teacher. Both are available wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss a thing!
A jury orders Tesla to pay more than $240 million in Autopilot crash Apple reports biggest revenue growth since December 2021 Apple's New 'Answers' Team Eyes ChatGPT-Like Product in AI Push Apple says DOJ's antitrust lawsuit would 'reduce consumer choice' Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecast Australia widens teen social media ban to YouTube, scraps exemption YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections Amazon to Pay New York Times $20 Million a Year in AI Deal A.I. Researchers Are Negotiating $250 Million Pay Packages. Just Like N.B.A. Stars. Anthropic studied what gives an AI system its 'personality' — and what makes it 'evil' AI Capex is Eating the Economy Will data centers crash the economy? What content strategy looks like in the age of AI Inside the LG G5's shocking last-place finish at the 2025 TV Shootout Senate confirms Sean Cairncross to be national cyber director under Trump How Podcast-Obsessed Tech Investors Made a New Media Industry Y2K38 bug? Debian switching to 64-bit time for everything Lina Kahn Takes a Victory Lap for Figma IPO Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Richard Campbell, Brian McCullough, and Mike Elgan Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT ZipRecruiter.com/Twit zscaler.com/security miro.com uscloud.com
OpenAI's Sam Altman, flanked by President Trump and Softbank's Masayoshi Son, announced a hugely ambitious investment in data centers across America to support all the artificial intelligence we're going to be using. Months in, the project has been scaled back to a single, power-hungry data center in Ohio. Guest: Berber Jin, reporter covering A.I. for the Wall Street Journal Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
OpenAI's Sam Altman, flanked by President Trump and Softbank's Masayoshi Son, announced a hugely ambitious investment in data centers across America to support all the artificial intelligence we're going to be using. Months in, the project has been scaled back to a single, power-hungry data center in Ohio. Guest: Berber Jin, reporter covering A.I. for the Wall Street Journal Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
OpenAI's Sam Altman, flanked by President Trump and Softbank's Masayoshi Son, announced a hugely ambitious investment in data centers across America to support all the artificial intelligence we're going to be using. Months in, the project has been scaled back to a single, power-hungry data center in Ohio. Guest: Berber Jin, reporter covering A.I. for the Wall Street Journal Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
OpenAI's Sam Altman, flanked by President Trump and Softbank's Masayoshi Son, announced a hugely ambitious investment in data centers across America to support all the artificial intelligence we're going to be using. Months in, the project has been scaled back to a single, power-hungry data center in Ohio. Guest: Berber Jin, reporter covering A.I. for the Wall Street Journal Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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OpenAI's Sam Altman, flanked by President Trump and Softbank's Masayoshi Son, announced a hugely ambitious investment in data centers across America to support all the artificial intelligence we're going to be using. Months in, the project has been scaled back to a single, power-hungry data center in Ohio. Guest: Berber Jin, reporter covering A.I. for the Wall Street Journal Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
OpenAI's Sam Altman, flanked by President Trump and Softbank's Masayoshi Son, announced a hugely ambitious investment in data centers across America to support all the artificial intelligence we're going to be using. Months in, the project has been scaled back to a single, power-hungry data center in Ohio. Guest: Berber Jin, reporter covering A.I. for the Wall Street Journal Want more What Next TBD? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Today's AI Daily Brief dives into the escalating model wars between OpenAI, Google, and Apple. OpenAI seems to have leaked GPT-5 and their open weights model temporarily, plus the surprise launch of Google's Gemini 2.5 Deep Think, and why Apple is scrambling to catch up—with M&A as its only viable AI strategy. We also explore new AI interface innovations from Manus and Perplexity, plus the implications of China's probe into Nvidia's H20 chips. Ask GPT about our Agent Readiness Audits - https://bit.ly/supersuperagentBrought to you by:KPMG – Go to https://kpmg.com/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.Blitzy.com - Go to https://blitzy.com/ to build enterprise software in days, not months AGNTCY - The AGNTCY is an open-source collective dedicated to building the Internet of Agents, enabling AI agents to communicate and collaborate seamlessly across frameworks. Join a community of engineers focused on high-quality multi-agent software and support the initiative at agntcy.org Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlwPlumb - The automation platform for AI experts and consultants https://useplumb.com/The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ to request your company's agent readiness score.The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownInterested in sponsoring the show? nlw@breakdown.network
On this episode of Unsupervised Learning, in the wake of Elon Musk's xAI Grok chatbot turning anti-Semitic following a recent update, Razib catches up with Nikolai Yakovenko about the state of AI in the summer of 2025. Nearly three years after their first conversations on the topic, the catch up, covering ChatGPT's release and the anticipation of massive macroeconomic transformations driven by automation of knowledge-work. Yakovenko is a former professional poker player and research scientist at Google, Twitter (now X) and Nvidia (now the first $4 trillion company). With more than a decade on the leading edge computer science, Yakovenko has been at the forefront of the large-language-model revolution that was a necessary precursor to the rise of companies like OpenAI, Anthropic and Perplexity, as well as hundreds of smaller startups. Currently, he is the CEO of DeepNewz, an AI-driven news startup that leverages the latest models to retrieve the ground-truth on news-stories. Disclosure: Razib actively uses and recommends the service and is an advisor to the company. Razib and Yakovenko first tackle why Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is offering individual pay packages north of $200 million, poaching some of OpenAI's top individual contributors. Yakovenko observes that it seems Meta is giving up on its open-source Llama project, their competitor to the models that underpin OpenAI and ChatGPT (he also comments that it seems that engineers at xAI are disappointed in the latest version of Grok). Overall, though the pay-packages of AI engineers and researchers are high; there is now a big shakeout as massive companies with the money and engineering researchers pull away from their competitors. Additionally, in terms of cutting-edge models, the US and China are the only two international players (Yakovenko notes parenthetically that Chinese engineers are also the primary labor base of American AI firms). They also discuss how it is notable that almost three years after the beginning of the current booming repeated hype-cycles of artificial intelligence began to crest, we are still no closer to “artificial general intelligence” and the “intelligence super-explosion” that Ray Kurzweil has been predicting for generations. AI is partially behind the rise of companies like Waymo that are on the verge of transforming the economy, but overall, even though AI is still casting around for its killer app, big-tech has fully bought in and believes that the next decade will determine who wins the future.
Well, it looks like Tech IPO's might be back on the menu because Figma's first day pop was like the good old days. Anthropic seems to be getting traction, OpenAI raises again. Earnings from Apple and Amazon, and of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions. Chapters: 00:33 Figma IPO 04:57 Anthropic And Open AI Numbers 08:45 New Deep Think Model 11:08 Tech Earnings Omnibus 14:35 Longreads Links: Figma more than triples in NYSE debut after selling shares at $33 (CNBC) Anthropic Revenue Pace Nears $5 Billion in Run-Up to Mega Round (The Information) Exclusive: OpenAI Secures Another Giant Funding Deal (NYTimes) Google rolls out Gemini Deep Think AI, a reasoning model that tests multiple ideas in parallel (TechCrunch) Reddit wants to be a search engine now (The Verge) Weekend Longreads Suggestions: The first commercial space station is nearly here. And it could change space forever (BBC Science Focus) A Deadly Fungus Killed 10 Scientists Working in a Tomb. It Could Be a Breakthrough in Curing Cancer. (Popular Mechanics) What happens once we spot the asteroid that will hit Earth? (FT)
Today's show:Alex is back with three more awesome interviews with founders on the bleeding edge of innovative tech.Dr. Hon Weng Chong walks us through the basics of biological computing and Cortical Labs' first-ever commercial computer running on living human cells.Turing founder Jonathan Siddarth unpacks the secrets of LLM benchmarking, and explains why even our most advanced tests need to get much much harder right away.Finally, Mercor founder Brendan Foody on how AI is about to reinvent the hiring process, and marrying the effectiveness of recruiters with the ease of online job boards.It's three — count 'em, three — can't miss TWiST interviews guaranteed to make you smarterTimestamps:(0:00) OpenAI's GPT-5: When is it coming out? Is it going to be TOO smart?(08:06) Cortical Labs' Hon Weng Chong on the electric connection between neuroscience and machine learning(10:20) Northwest Registered Agent. Form your entire business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes. Get more privacy, more options, and more done—visit https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist today!(11:27) Show Continues…(15:17) The extreme difficulty of going from the lab to a shippable product(20:00) .TECH: Say it without saying it. Head to www.get.tech/twist or your favorite registrar to get a clean, sharp .tech domain today.(21:05) Show Continues…(28:15) Why data is a factor of time(29:52) AWS Activate - AWS Activate helps startups bring their ideas to life. Apply to AWS Activate today to learn more. Visit aws.amazon.com/startups/credits(31:16) Show Continues…(42:44) Turing CEO Jonathan Siddarth explains why it's so important to keep benchmarking our LLMs(47:24) What it means when a model “saturates” a test, and why benchmarks need to get HARDER(50:22) What happens with the LLMs can answer all of our smartest questions?(53:44) AI Agents train in gyms? Wait, really?(01:01:33) Coding teaches models how to think, and more training mysteries don't understand(01:03:11) Brendan Foody from Mercor explains the “matching problem” that makes hiring such a pain(01:07:02) How Mercor combines a job board's distribution with the value of a recruitment agency(01:10:49) Brendan recalls building his first AI interviewer in his college dorm(01:20:16) Mercor has the opposite of a retention problem and crazy growthSubscribe to the TWiST500 newsletter: https://ticker.thisweekinstartups.comCheck out the TWIST500: https://www.twist500.comSubscribe to This Week in Startups on Apple: https://rb.gy/v19fcpFollow Lon:X: https://x.com/lonsFollow Alex:X: https://x.com/alexLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwilhelmFollow Jason:X: https://twitter.com/JasonLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncalacanisThank you to our partners:(10:20) Northwest Registered Agent. Form your entire business identity in just 10 clicks and 10 minutes. Get more privacy, more options, and more done—visit https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/twist today!(20:00) .TECH: Say it without saying it. Head to www.get.tech/twist or your favorite registrar to get a clean, sharp .tech domain today.(29:52) AWS Activate - AWS Activate helps startups bring their ideas to life. Apply to AWS Activate today to learn more. Visit aws.amazon.com/startups/creditsGreat TWIST interviews: Will Guidara, Eoghan McCabe, Steve Huffman, Brian Chesky, Bob Moesta, Aaron Levie, Sophia Amoruso, Reid Hoffman, Frank Slootman, Billy McFarlandCheck out Jason's suite of newsletters: https://substack.com/@calacanisFollow TWiST:Twitter: https://twitter.com/TWiStartupsYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinstartupsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thisweekinstartupsSubstack: https://twistartups.substack.comSubscribe to the Founder University Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@founderuniversity1916
In this episode, Scott Becker shares seven key business stories, including a weakening US labor market, steep market drops, major investor interest in OpenAI, and more.
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news. We cover: 1) Alex's profile of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei + extra reporting 2) Are Anthropic's convictions earnest or marketing? 3) Where does Anthropic fit in the broader AI landscape 4) Will one AI company 'win it all' 5) Anthropic is raising at a new, $170 billion valuation 6) OpenAI hits 700 million ChatGPT users 7) Hyped for GPT-5? 8) AI video creation's promise 9) Videos in Google's NotebookLM 10) Is the stock market in a bubble or hitting real returns. --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here's 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com
OpenAI's GPT-5 is coming soon and it is…good?. Mystery models have been testing on various platforms that may show us the future of OpenAI's newest AI & the future of the space. Sam Altman's company has been ramping up the hype machine entering next week when most expect GPT-5's release (as well as a new possible Google model). Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg is talking up Meta's personal Super Intelligence plans. Also, Runway's Aleph & Ideogram's Character mode give us more AI video tools while new emergent behavior lets you prompt Google's VEO 3 in amazing ways. And a very *spooky* new Robot Watch where we foreshadow our impending doom! IT'S NOT SO BAD IF THE ROBOTS TAKE CARE OF US IS IT?? #ai #ainews #openai Join the discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // GPT-5 Finally Coming? https://x.com/ChatGPTapp/status/1950675512625705337 Zenith, Lobster & Nectarine Models *Briefly* Appeared On LMArena https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1m9i0i5/gpt5_zenith_is_more_intelligent_than_o3pro/ Rumored To Be Great at Coding https://x.com/Yuchenj_UW/status/1950763090968252582 One Shot Minecraft https://x.com/BLCNYY/status/1949909724876722512 Zenith Coding Examples https://x.com/SadAlbert10/status/1950237091985818034 SVG Pelican https://x.com/benjilona/status/1950736111203954854 New Microsoft Co-Pilot Smart Mode Powered By GPT-5 https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/715849/microsoft-copilot-smart-mode-testing-notepad Microsoft & OpenAI On The Verge of a Deal (Finally) https://x.com/morqon/status/1950212329141879124 ChatGPT Arr to $12b, Anthropic at $9b https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-hits-12-billion-annualized-revenue-breaks-700-million-chatgpt-weekly-active-users?rc=c3oojq&shared=4d1e944ddd2b1508 Zuck's SuperIntelligence Labs Vision Video https://x.com/AIatMeta/status/1950543458609037550 Someone at Mira Murati's Thinky Machines Turned Down 1 BILLION From Meta https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/1950242928917696751 Runway Aleph https://youtu.be/KUHx-2uz_qI?si=-7BRYuPQ0juA9HGr Examples: https://x.com/c_valenzuelab/status/1950691579041124801 https://x.com/blizaine/status/1950007468324491523 https://x.com/ProperPrompter/status/1950721487419097467 https://x.com/ProperPrompter/status/1950002466474410400 Ideogram Character https://x.com/ideogram_ai/status/1950255115753095307 Veo3 Hack: Write The Prompts On The Image https://x.com/jboogx_creative/status/1949230927504371765 https://x.com/Ror_Fly/status/1950352402416115788 https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1948844167603310660 QWEN New AI Models (Open Source + Sonnet 3.5 level on low power computers) https://x.com/MaximeRivest/status/1951011344678846789 Figure 02 Autonomously Doing Laundry (this is WAY too quiet) https://x.com/adcock_brett/status/1950685253447913798 Lume Scary Robot Lights https://x.com/aaronistan/status/1949862617872478664 Unitree G1 Meltdown https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1949187112018034825 YOYO IDE TOOL (nerd alert) https://www.runyoyo.com/ NBA2K With AI Filter https://x.com/willahmed/status/1950246714411036874
In this episode, we sit down with Chase Prather from ARK Invest to break down how private markets work and why most retail investors misunderstand the risk. From SpaceX and OpenAI to the rise of tokenized investing, we explore how early-stage companies get funded, what makes them different from public stocks, and how to evaluate risk before jumping in. Whether you're curious about IPOs, secondary markets, or just want a clearer view of how private investing really works, this episode gives you the clarity you've been missing plus a simple “risk cup” framework you can actually use.What did you think of the episode? Let us know!Support the show
Bret Taylor's legendary career includes being CTO of Meta, co-CEO of Salesforce, chairman of the board at OpenAI (yes, during that drama), co-creating both Google Maps and the Like button, and founding three companies. Today he's the founder and CEO of Sierra, an AI agent company transforming customer service. He's one of the few people I've met who's been wildly successful at every level—from engineer to C-suite executive to founder—and across almost every discipline, including PM, engineer, CTO, COO, CPO, CEO, and board member.In this conversation, you'll learn:1. The brutal product review that nearly ended his Google career—and how that failure led to creating Google Maps2. The question Sheryl Sandberg taught him to ask every morning (“What's the most impactful thing I can do today?”) that transformed how he approached every role3. The three AI market segments that matter4. Why AI agents will replace SaaS products5. His framework for knowing whose advice to actually listen to—and how that came in handy during the OpenAI board drama6. The counterintuitive go-to-market strategy most AI startups get wrong7. Sierra's outcome-based pricing model that's transforming how enterprise software is sold (and why every SaaS company should adopt it)8. What he's teaching his kids about AI that every parent should know—Brought to you by:CodeRabbit—Cut code review time and bugs in half. Instantly: https://coderabbit.link/lennyBasecamp—The famously straightforward project management system from 37signals: https://www.basecamp.com/lennyVanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security: https://vanta.com/lenny—Where to find Bret Taylor:• X: https://x.com/btaylor• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brettaylor/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction to Bret Taylor(04:10) Bret's early career and first major mistake(08:24) The birth of Google Maps(11:57) Lessons from FriendFeed and the importance of honest feedback(31:30) The future of coding and AI's role(45:26) Preparing the next generation for an AI-driven world(48:46) AI in education(52:05) Business strategies in the AI market(01:04:38) Outcome-based pricing in AI(01:09:15) Productivity gains and AI(01:17:35) Go-to-market strategies for AI products(01:21:49) Lightning round and final thoughts—Referenced:• Marissa Mayer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissamayer/• “Lazy Sunday”—SNL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhTeaa_B98• Quip: https://quip.com/• Sierra: https://sierra.ai/• FriendFeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FriendFeed• Sheryl Sandberg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheryl-sandberg-5126652/• Jim Norris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/halfspin/• Paul Buchheit on X: https://x.com/paultoo• Sanjeev Singh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjeev-singh-20a1b72/• Barack Obama: https://www.obamalibrary.gov/obamas/president-barack-obama• Oprah Winfrey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey• Ashton Kutcher: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashton_Kutcher• PayPal Mafia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia• Sam Altman on X: https://x.com/sama• Warren Buffett on X: https://x.com/warrenbuffett• Unix: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix• Fortran: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran• C: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)• Python: https://www.python.org/• Perl: https://www.perl.org/• Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/• Eleven Labs: https://elevenlabs.io/• The exact AI playbook (using MCPs, custom GPTs, Granola) that saved ElevenLabs $100k+ and helps them ship daily | Luke Harries (Head of Growth): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-ai-marketing-stack• Confluent: https://www.confluent.io/• Databricks: https://www.databricks.com/• Snowflake: https://www.snowflake.com• Harvey: https://www.harvey.ai/• Behind the founder: Marc Benioff: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/behind-the-founder-marc-benioff• Larry Summers's website: https://larrysummers.com/• AutoCAD: https://www.autodesk.com/products/autocad/overview• Revit: https://www.autodesk.com/products/revit/• The art and science of pricing | Madhavan Ramanujam (Monetizing Innovation, Simon-Kucher): https://www.amazon.com/Monetizing-Innovation-Companies-Design-Product/dp/1119240867• Pricing your AI product: Lessons from 400+ companies and 50 unicorns | Madhavan Ramanujam: https://lenny.substack.com/p/pricing-and-scaling-your-ai-product-madhavan-ramanujam• Cursor: https://cursor.com/• CodeX: https://openai.com/codex/• Claude Code: https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code• The rise of Cursor: The $300M ARR AI tool that engineers can't stop using | Michael Truell (co-founder and CEO): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-rise-of-cursor-michael-truell• DirecTV: https://www.directv.com/• SiriusXM: https://www.siriusxm.com/• Wayfair: https://www.wayfair.com/• Akai: https://www.akaipro.com/• Chubbies Shorts: https://www.chubbiesshorts.com/• Weight Watchers: https://www.weightwatchers.com/• CLEAR: https://www.clearme.com/• Stripe: https://stripe.com/• Building product at Stripe: craft, metrics, and customer obsession | Jeff Weinstein (Product lead): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/building-product-at-stripe-jeff-weinstein• Twilio: https://www.twilio.com/• ServiceNow: https://www.servicenow.com/• Adobe: https://www.adobe.com/• Jobs to be done: https://jobs-to-be-done.com/jobs-to-be-done-a-framework-for-customer-needs-c883cbf61c90• The ultimate guide to JTBD | Bob Moesta (co-creator of the framework): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-jtbd-bob-moesta• Inception: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/• Alan Kay's quote: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/alan_kay_100831• Jobs at Sierra: https://sierra.ai/careers—Recommended books:• Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price: https://www.amazon.com/Monetizing-Innovation-Companies-Design-Product/dp/1119240867• Competing Against Luck: The Story of Innovation and Customer Choice: https://www.amazon.com/Competing-Against-Luck-Innovation-Customer/dp/0062435612• Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage: https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Shackletons-Incredible-Alfred-Lansing/dp/0465062881—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. To hear more, visit www.lennysnewsletter.com
Microsoft and Meta earnings suggest AI is paying off so far, at least for the big guys. Has OpenAI's revenues tripled so far in 2025? Devs are using AI more than ever, but that doesn't mean they trust it. And at the end of the show, as promised, the huge podcast announcement. Links: Microsoft officially tops $4 trillion in market cap, joining Nvidia in exclusive club (CNBC) Investors Cheer an A.I. Spending Bonanza (NYTimes) Meta shares climb 10% on revenue beat, raised forecast (CNBC) Apple, Google, OpenAI to Work With Federal Agencies to Make Health Data Helpful (Bloomberg) OpenAI Hits $12 Billion in Annualized Revenue, Breaks 700 Million ChatGPT Weekly Active Users (The Information) Stack Overflow data reveals the hidden productivity tax of ‘almost right' AI code (VentureBeat) Google DeepMind says its new AI can map the entire planet with unprecedented accuracy (VentureBeat)
Interview with Ian Krietzberg Leo's shows off his new AI toys Paris unveils her new desk setup Personal Superintelligence You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it. Source: Yann LeCun will continue to work at Meta as chief scientist of the AI research group FAIR and will report to Alexandr Wang Last Week on My Mac:
The AI Breakdown: Daily Artificial Intelligence News and Discussions
Mark Zuckerberg just published a major essay on Meta's vision for “Personal Superintelligence,” claiming their AI is beginning to show signs of self-improvement. This follows Meta's aggressive talent push, with billion-dollar offers to AI researchers from OpenAI and Anthropic—many of which are being declined. Zuckerberg contrasts competitors by promoting superintelligence as a tool for personal empowerment, not just labor automation and UBI. Reactions are mixed: some praise the individual focus, while others question whether Meta's ad-driven model can deliver—or if it's quietly retreating from open source commitments.Ask GPT about our Agent Readiness Audits - https://bit.ly/supersuperagentBrought to you by:KPMG – Go to https://kpmg.com/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.Blitzy.com - Go to https://blitzy.com/ to build enterprise software in days, not months AGNTCY - The AGNTCY is an open-source collective dedicated to building the Internet of Agents, enabling AI agents to communicate and collaborate seamlessly across frameworks. Join a community of engineers focused on high-quality multi-agent software and support the initiative at agntcy.org Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlwPlumb - The automation platform for AI experts and consultants https://useplumb.com/The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ to request your company's agent readiness score.The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdownInterested in sponsoring the show? nlw@breakdown.network
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Agenda: 00:00 - Why Benchmark Is Bleeding Partners (and Why That's the New Normal) 04:57 - “I Wouldn't Leave Benchmark… Unless I Had THIS” — Jason on Brand vs Autonomy 09:01 - The Rise of the Solo GP & The Death of LP Conventional Wisdom 13:50 - The Unstoppable Force of Elad Gil & The Myth of LP Discipline 18:45 - Is Vibe Coding the New SaaS? Jason's $10K/Month Spend Reveal 26:57 - Cursor's Growth Is Insane—But Is It Sustainable? 31:44 - Will Microsoft, Google, or Amazon Win the AI Infra War? 37:42 - Is GitHub Copilot the Biggest Miss in Microsoft's History? 44:15 - Are Big Tech Incumbents Now Too Powerful to Fail? 48:00 - Apple's AI Problem: Is It Time for a Management Overhaul? 52:30 - Figma's IPO: $30B Return, Zero Hype. What Happened? 1:06:00 - Final Bets: Cursor to $4B ARR, Lovable to $400M ARR, OpenAI to $800BN?
We chat for a bit about Trump's AI Action Plan – more to come on this next week – before getting into broader questions about Silicon Valley imperialism, American force projection and soft power through AI, the endlessly convenient competition against China, the impossibility of winning an AI arms race with no defined finish line, among other things. Plus a new addition to our tech freak watch. ••• Come to Jathan's book launch in Melbourne on August 14th at 6:00pm! There will be fun conversation, an open bar, and books for sale! Register for free here: https://events.humanitix.com/sadowkski-the-mechanic-and-the-luddite-launch ••• Trump's AI Action Plan is a blueprint for dystopia https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/trumps-ai-action-plan-is-a-blueprint ••• Trump Plans to Give A.I. Developers a Free Hand https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/technology/trump-ai-executive-orders.html ••• Why Big Tech is threatened by a global push for data sovereignty https://restofworld.org/2025/big-tech-data-sovereignty/ ••• OpenAI signs deal with UK to find government uses for its models https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/21/openai-signs-deal-with-uk-to-find-government-uses-for-its-models ••• The metamorphosis of Shaun Maguire https://www.businessinsider.com/shaun-maguire-silicon-valleys-most-maga-firebrand-sequoia-mamdani-2025-7 Standing Plugs: ••• Order Jathan's new book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite ••• Subscribe to Ed's substack: https://substack.com/@thetechbubble ••• Subscribe to TMK on patreon for premium episodes: https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (bsky.app/profile/jathansadowski.com) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.x.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (bsky.app/profile/jebr.bsky.social)
Interview with Ian Krietzberg Leo's shows off his new AI toys Paris unveils her new desk setup Personal Superintelligence You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it. Source: Yann LeCun will continue to work at Meta as chief scientist of the AI research group FAIR and will report to Alexandr Wang Last Week on My Mac:
John is joined by Renny Hwang, Deputy General Counsel and Head of Litigation at OpenAI and former Head of Litigation at Google. They discuss the legal issues surrounding AI technology. Renny explains that he believes that existing law is well equipped to deal with copyright, fair use and product liability issues raised by AI, but the challenge the industry faces is that most people do not understand how AI works. He also explains that he believes other legal issues, such as corporate transparency and governance, might require new regulations. John and Renny discuss the likely impact of patent and trade secret law on the AI industry in light of the industry's tendency to publish significant research and findings. They also discuss the effect of the absence of comprehensive federal AI regulation, including the difficulty companies have in to implementing different compliance regimes for different jurisdictions and the possibility that the European AI Act will become the de facto default standard for AI regulation globally. Finally, Renny explains that OpenAI is a mission-driven company focused on building safe and beneficial AI and that commitment is reflected in OpenAI's Board-level Safety Committee.Podcast Link: Law-disrupted.fmHost: John B. Quinn Producer: Alexis HydeMusic and Editing by: Alexander Rossi
Interview with Ian Krietzberg Leo's shows off his new AI toys Paris unveils her new desk setup Personal Superintelligence You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it. Source: Yann LeCun will continue to work at Meta as chief scientist of the AI research group FAIR and will report to Alexandr Wang Last Week on My Mac:
AI for lawyers isn't about replacing attorneys—it's about helping law firms work smarter. In this episode, trial lawyer Jack Zinda explains how lawyers can use AI tools like OpenAI and ChatGPT to streamline their practice, save hours of work, and improve client service.You'll learn how to: Use AI for intake call reviews & case spotting Analyze deposition transcripts before trial Run deep AI research on experts, companies, & venues Review medical records faster & more accurately Draft better client letters & marketing contentPlus Jack shares what AI should NEVER do for lawyers (and how to protect your bar card).
Google is rolling out AI age verification along with the rest of the internet, Tea data breach reveals sensitive info but it's still a top downloaded app, Zuckerberg's superintelligence memo, and where is Apple on AI?Bonus Episode: iPad vs Mac for family. Listen here!------------------------------Show Notes via EmailSign up to get exactly one email per week from the Primary Tech guys with the full episode show notes for your perusal. Click here to subscribe.------------------------------Watch on YouTube!Subscribe and watch our weekly episodes plus bonus clips at: https://youtu.be/PCkr_twPj5o------------------------------Join the CommunityDiscuss new episodes, start your own conversation, and join the Primary Tech community here: social.primarytech.fm------------------------------Support the showGet ad-free versions of the show plus exclusive bonus episodes every week! Subscribe directly in Apple Podcasts or here if you want chapters: primarytech.memberful.com/join------------------------------Reach out:Stephen's YouTube Channel@stephenrobles on ThreadsStephen on BlueskyStephen on Mastodon@stephenrobles on XJason's Inc.com Articles@jasonaten on Threads@JasonAten on XJason on BlueskyJason on Mastodon------------------------------We would also appreciate a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts and SpotifyPodcast artwork with help from Basic Apple Guy.Those interested in sponsoring the show can reach out to us at: podcast@primarytech.fm------------------------------Links from the showAI Bunnies on Trampoline Causing Crisis of Confidence on TikTokReady or not, age verification is rolling out across the internet | The VergeGoogle is using AI age checks to lock down user accounts | The VergeA Second Tea Breach Reveals Users' DMs About Abortions and CheatingDaring Fireball: Tea, the Women's Dating Gossip App Riddled With Security Vulnerabilities, Remains #3 on the US iPhone App StoreiPhone 17 Pro in the WildThese Shoes Let You Track Your Child's Location With Apple's AirTag - MacRumorsTikTok videos are about to get crowdsourced fact checks on them | The VergePersonal SuperintelligenceDecoding Zuck's Superintelligence Memo – On my OmSteve Jobs - Apple Is Software - YouTubeMeta (META) Q2 earnings report 2025Microsoft market cap tops $4 trillion after earnings beatAstronomer's Response to Its CEO's Viral Scandal Is The Most Brilliant Thing I've Seen Yet (00:00) - Intro (05:36) - I Was Fooled... (10:16) - Google AI Age Verification (17:07) - Tea App Data Breach (19:49) - iPhone 17 Pro Leak (22:33) - Skechers AirTag Shoes (27:46) - Find My All the Things (34:09) - TikTok Fact Checking (35:21) - Zuck's Superintelligence Manifesto (46:01) - Apple's Out of the AI Loop (01:08:50) - Microsoft Hits $4T (01:10:17) - Astronomer's Genius Move ★ Support this podcast ★
Interview with Ian Krietzberg Leo's shows off his new AI toys Paris unveils her new desk setup Personal Superintelligence You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it. Source: Yann LeCun will continue to work at Meta as chief scientist of the AI research group FAIR and will report to Alexandr Wang Last Week on My Mac:
The Automotive Troublemaker w/ Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier
Shoot us a Text.Episode #1109: Today we're digging into Ford's $3B tariff troubles, why commercial EV fleets are booming even as consumer demand cools, and how OpenAI's new “Study Mode” could change the way students learn (without just handing out the answers).Show Notes with links:Ford Motor is bracing for a tougher financial year as U.S. tariffs on vehicles, steel, and aluminum cut deeper than expected. Shares dipped 3% after the automaker raised its tariff cost estimate by half a billion dollars.Q2 results were down $800 million from tariffs, less than GM's $1.1 billion hit.Full-year tariff cost now projected at $3 billion, up from $2.5 billion.Ford sees 80% of U.S. sales from domestic production, cushioning some impact.CFO Sherry House said tariffs on Mexico and Canada stayed higher for longer than expected, with steel and aluminum levies adding to the strain.CEO Jim Farley: “We see there's a lot of upside depending on how the negotiation goes with the administration.”While consumer EV demand has cooled, the commercial EV market is charging forward, with fleet operators driving massive growth. The shift presents new opportunities — and challenges — for dealers, utilities, and policymakers.Commercial EV registrations soared 274% to nearly 25,000, led by delivery vans, utility trucks, and big rigs.Class 2 EVs used for work jumped 69%, while light consumer EVs slipped 2%.Amazon already runs 25,000 Rivian vans, building its own charging network of 32,000+ stations.Dealers remain a critical link, but many fleets report visiting stores where sales teams weren't ready to support EV conversions.Calstart's Jacob Richard said state incentives and programs are key “When looking at that total cost of ownership, you kind of need to have those upfront incentives in the near term.”OpenAI is taking a swing at the “CheatGPT” label with a major update designed to help, not hand out answers. The new “study mode” in ChatGPT aims to guide students through learning rather than doing the work for them.Study Mode is live for all users now, with ChatGPT Edu access coming soon.It uses Socratic questioning and scaffolded responses to build understanding.Offers personalized support and quizzes for deeper learning.Students are calling it “a live, 24/7, all-knowing office hours.”OpenAI is partnering with Stanford to evaluate its real educational impact.“It helped me finally understand a concept I'd struggled with for months,” said one college tester.Join Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier every morning for the Automotive State of the Union podcast as they connect the dots across car dealerships, retail trends, emerging tech like AI, and cultural shifts—bringing clarity, speed, and people-first insight to automotive leaders navigating a rapidly changing industry.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/
In this episode of Apple Crunch, Thomas Domville, John Gassman, and Desiree Renae discuss Apple news and other topics of interest.Chapters:OpeningApple Explores AI-Powered Scene Description with 'SceneScout'Internal Tensions Stirring Within AppleAugmented Reality Glasses Create Industry BuzzAnticipation Builds for Apple's Fall Launch of the iPhone 17ClosingResources:Apple researching AI agent that can describe Street View scenes to the blindApple faces AI talent turmoil as senior Siri researcher departsApple Weighs Using Anthropic or OpenAI to Power Siri in Major ReversalOakley Meta Glasses Announced With Longer Battery Life, Improved Cameras, and MoreA new look at how Android XR will bring Gemini to glasses and headsetsApple Smart Glasses: Everything We Know So FarApple to Launch 7 AR Headsets, Starting 2025Introducing EchoVisionI don't like the idea of my conversations with Meta AI being public – here's how you can opt outiPhone 17: Everything We KnowiPhone 17 models rumored to feature a redesigned Dynamic Island user interfaceLeaked iPhone 17 Air battery capacity reveals new model's biggest weaknessIf you have feedback or questions for the Apple Crunch team, you can reach them at AppleCrunch@AppleVis.comTranscriptDisclaimer: This transcript was generated by AI Note Taker – VoicePen, an AI-powered transcription app. It is not edited or formatted, and it may not accurately capture the speakers' names, voices, or content.Thomas: Hello and welcome to Apple Crunch for July of 2025. My name is Thomas Domville, also known as AnonyMouse. And alongside with me today, let's introduce you to John Gassman. How are you, John? I'm doing good. How are you?John: Wonderful.Thomas: How was your trip to Dallas? Did you have a good time?John…
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Dario Amodei is the CEO of Anthropic. He joins Big Technology Podcast for a raw, unfiltered conversation about AI's potential, its stakes, and the source of his outspokenness. The interview is part of a major Big Technology profile about Amodei, ft. interviews with more than two dozen of his colleagues, friends, and critics. You can read that story for free here: https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/the-making-of-dario-amodei We also cover Mark Zuckerberg's AI talent spending spree, Amodei's rivalry with OpenAI, his response to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang's criticism, the state of the AI scaling laws, and whether there's a risk we'll lose control of the technology. Tune in for a candid, emotional, and high energy conversation with one of the leaders driving the AI wave today. --- Audio and Video by Matt Breetzke of Fireside Visuals: https://www.firesidevisuals.com/ --- Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. Want a discount for Big Technology on Substack + Discord? Here's 25% off for the first year: https://www.bigtechnology.com/subscribe?coupon=0843016b Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com
Is this the best collab ever? Also, what is your ideal Airbnb? We talk about Deion Sanders' new brand deal, ChatGPT being used against you in court, and lots more!
Owen Poole runs through the tech news of the day, including OpenAI's new "Study Mode" for ChatGPT, a popular dating safety app that got hacked, and Domino's debut of a pizza delivery robot that can protect your pizza from seagulls on Tech Today.
Welcome to episode 314 of The Cloud Pod, where your hosts, Matt and Ryan, are holding down the fort in Justin's absence and bringing what's left of our audience (those of you still here after the last time they were left in charge) the latest and greatest in cloud and tech news. We've got undersea cables, vector storage, and even some hobos – but not the kind on trains. Plus, AWS S3 gets its Vector Victor. Let's get started! Titles we almost went with this week: S3 Gets Direction: AWS Points to Vector Storage Vector? I Hardly Know Her! S3’s New AI Storage Play S3 Finds Its Magnitude and Direction Claude Goes to Wall Street Anthropic’s Bull Run Into Financial Services AI Assistant Gets Its Series 7 License Nova Scotia: AWS Brings Regional Flavor to AI Models The Fine-Tuning of the Shrew: Teaching Nova Models New Tricks Nova-caine: Numbing the Pain of Model Customization AgentCore Blimey: AWS Gives AI Agents Their License to Scale The Agent Infrastructure: Mission Deployable From Zero to Agent Hero: AWS Tackles the Production Problem SageMaker Gets Its Data Act Together From Catalog to QuickSight: A Data Love Story The Great Data Unification of 2024 AWS Free Tier Gets a $200 Makeover EKS-treme Makeover: Cluster Edition #⃣100K Nodes Walk Into a Cluster… S3 Gets Direction: Amazon Points to Vector Storage Amazon S3: Now with 90% Less Vector Bills and 100% More Dimensions Follow Up 01:03 SoftBank and OpenAI's $500 Billion AI Project Struggles to Get Off Ground The $500 billion AI effort unveiled at the White House has struggled to get off the ground and has scaled back its near-term plans. It’s been six months since the announcement, where they said they would spend $100B almost immediately, but now they have a more modest goal of building a small data center by the end of the year in Ohio. Softbank committed to $30 billion earlier this year, and it is one of the largest ever startup investments by them, which led them to take on new debt and sell assets. This investment was made alongside Stargate, giving them a role in the physical infrastructure needed for AI. Altman, though, has been eager to secure computing power as quickly as possible and has proceeded without Softbank. Publicly, they say it’s a great partnership, and they look forward to advancing projects in multiple states Oracle was part of Stargate, but the recent 30B deal just signed with includes a commitment of 4.5 gigawatts of capacity, and would consume the equivalent power of more than two Hoover Dams, or about 4 million homes. Oracle was also named part of the deal with UAE firm MGX as a partner, but Oracle CEO Safra Catz said that Stargate hadn't been formed yet, as of last month. 02:31 Matthew – “…everyone’s like, how hard can it be to build a data center? But it’s c
The Automotive Troublemaker w/ Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier
Shoot us a Text.Episode #1108: Today we're joined by Ben Hadley to talk about Toyota's exports to the US rising in June, and get Ben's thoughts on AI use by dealers and tech partners.Show Notes with links:Despite U.S. tariffs on Japanese auto imports, Toyota kept exports rolling in June, posting record-breaking sales powered by booming hybrid demand and resilient U.S. shipments. The move highlights both consumer appetite and Toyota's ability to shrug off trade turbulence.Toyota's U.S. exports rose 16% in June, totaling 52,745 vehicles.Global sales hit 937,246 vehicles for the month, a 2.7% increase.First-half sales reached a record 5.54 million, with electrified models leading growth.Hybrid sales in North America jumped 38% to 651,000 vehicles.A Toyota spokeswoman credited “strong demand” but declined comment on future tariff impacts.OpenAI is taking a swing at the “CheatGPT” label with a major update designed to help, not hand out answers. The new “study mode” in ChatGPT aims to guide students through learning rather than doing the work for them.Study Mode is live for all users now, with ChatGPT Edu access coming soon.It uses Socratic questioning and scaffolded responses to build understanding.Offers personalized support and quizzes for deeper learning.Students are calling it “a live, 24/7, all-knowing office hours.”OpenAI is partnering with Stanford to evaluate its real educational impact.“It helped me finally understand a concept I'd struggled with for months,” said one college tester.Join Paul J Daly and Kyle Mountsier every morning for the Automotive State of the Union podcast as they connect the dots across car dealerships, retail trends, emerging tech like AI, and cultural shifts—bringing clarity, speed, and people-first insight to automotive leaders navigating a rapidly changing industry.Get the Daily Push Back email at https://www.asotu.com/ JOIN the conversation on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asotu/
La inteligencia artificial está cambiando nuestros hábitos en internet. Hoy se navega menos en la web. En lugar de recurrir a motores de búsqueda tradicionales, los usuarios consultan cada vez más chatbots como ChatGPT, Gemini o Grok que proporcionan respuestas directas. Esto ha provocado una importante caída en el tráfico para los grandes editores de contenido, desde periódicos y foros hasta la Wikipedia. Esta transformación altera el equilibrio económico de la red. Durante años, el tráfico se monetizó mediante la publicidad en los sitios web. Ahora los que crean el contenido exigen que las empresas de IA les compensen por el uso que sus sistemas hacen de su información. Desde el lanzamiento de ChatGPT a finales de 2022 la búsqueda de información en internet ha cambiado mucho. OpenAI, su creador, tiene ya unos 800 millones de usuarios. Es, de hecho, la app más descargada en la App Store de Apple. Para Google, que reina sobre el mercado de búsquedas desde hace dos décadas, supone toda una amenaza. Esa es la razón por la que han empezado a integrar a su propio chatbot, Gemini, en las búsquedas para poder competir. El problema radica en que, al obtener de un vistazo lo que buscan, los usuarios rara vez visitan el sitio de donde proviene la información original. SimilarWeb, un servicio que rastrea más de 100 millones de dominios, estima una caída del 15% en tráfico de búsquedas en lo que va de año. Para los que dependen de la publicidad y las suscripciones esto significa pérdidas millonarias. Estas empresas se quejan de que Google y otros servicios de IA les roban el contenido y ellos no ven un céntimo. Esto ha motivado que empresas como OpenAI se hayan abierto a negociar con los gigantes de los contenidos como los grandes medios de comunicación. Pero, aparte de estos sitios, internet está formado por millones de webs de pequeño tamaño con las que nadie negociará nada. Están atrapadas entre la espada y la pared. Pueden bloquear el acceso de los chatbots, pero eso les hará perder visibilidad. Para resolver esta paradoja algunos empresarios tecnológicos como Bill Gross han propuesto que las compañías de IA paguen a los proveedores de contenido compartiendo con ellos una parte de los beneficios que consiguen por publicidad. El proyecto está aún en una fase muy embrionaria, pero podría terminar siendo una solución. El hecho es que, bien mirado, el descenso en el uso de la web no se debe sólo a la IA. Es una tendencia que viene desde hace ya un tiempo. El uso que hacemos de la red es muy distinto al de hace veinte años. La aparición de las redes sociales, de las aplicaciones para teléfonos móviles y de las grandes plataformas de vídeo y audio a la demanda han sacado a muchos usuarios de las búsquedas y la navegación convencionales. Los chatbots no han hecho más acelerar una tendencia que ya estaba ahí y que muchos analistas habían hecho notar hace años. Para tratar este tema, que ya abordé brevemente hace unos días en un vídeo en mi canal de YouTube, nos visita Francisco, el corresponsal tecnológico de La ContraCrónica, desde Georgia. No es un asunto sencillo, tiene muchas capas e iremos desentrañándolas en el programa de hoy. · Canal de Telegram: https://t.me/lacontracronica · “Contra la Revolución Francesa”… https://amzn.to/4aF0LpZ · “Hispanos. Breve historia de los pueblos de habla hispana”… https://amzn.to/428js1G · “La ContraHistoria de España. Auge, caída y vuelta a empezar de un país en 28 episodios”… https://amzn.to/3kXcZ6i · “Lutero, Calvino y Trento, la Reforma que no fue”… https://amzn.to/3shKOlK · “La ContraHistoria del comunismo”… https://amzn.to/39QP2KE Apoya La Contra en: · Patreon... https://www.patreon.com/diazvillanueva · iVoox... https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-contracronica_sq_f1267769_1.html · Paypal... https://www.paypal.me/diazvillanueva Sígueme en: · Web... https://diazvillanueva.com · Twitter... https://twitter.com/diazvillanueva · Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/fernandodiazvillanueva1/ · Instagram... https://www.instagram.com/diazvillanueva · Linkedin… https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernando-d%C3%ADaz-villanueva-7303865/ · Flickr... https://www.flickr.com/photos/147276463@N05/?/ · Pinterest... https://www.pinterest.com/fernandodiazvillanueva Encuentra mis libros en: · Amazon... https://www.amazon.es/Fernando-Diaz-Villanueva/e/B00J2ASBXM #FernandoDiazVillanueva #ia #web Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals
In this episode of 'Cybersecurity Today,' host Jim Love covers several significant cybersecurity incidents. Hackers disrupt all Aeroflot flights, causing massive delays in Russia. The women-only dating app 'Tea' faces a second serious data leak, exposing 1.1 million private messages. A game on Steam named 'Camia' is found to contain three types of malware, including Info Stealers and a Backdoor. Additionally, researchers discover that OpenAI's GPT-4 agent can bypass CAPTCHAs, raising concerns about the future of this security measure. 00:00 Introduction and Headlines 00:28 Tea App's Major Data Breaches 02:29 Aeroflot Cyber Attack Disrupts Flights 04:22 Malware Found in Steam Game 06:27 OpenAI's GPT-4 Bypasses Captchas 08:59 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
In just two months, a scrappy three-person team at OpenAI sprinted to fulfill what the entire AI field has been chasing for years—gold-level performance on the International Mathematical Olympiad problems. Alex Wei, Sheryl Hsu and Noam Brown discuss their unique approach using general-purpose reinforcement learning techniques on hard-to-verify tasks rather than formal verification tools. The model showed surprising self-awareness by admitting it couldn't solve problem six, and revealed the humbling gap between solving competition problems and genuine mathematical research breakthroughs. Hosted by Sonya Huang, Sequoia Capital
The rapid development of artificial intelligence has the potential to spur amazing advances in human society that are definitely worth pursuing. That said, AI also has the potential to do dreadful harm that we must guard against. As one of the nation's tech leaders, OpenAI's Sam Hartman, explained recently, for all of AI's amazing […]
Welcome back to Digital Coffee: Marketing Brew! In this episode, host Brett Deister sits down with Michael Buckbee, co-founder of Noa Toa, to dive deep into the rapidly evolving world of AI-driven search and what it means for marketers and brands alike. Together, they explore how AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google Gemini are set to reshape search marketing, why traditional SEO isn't dead—but is quickly changing—and what marketers must do to prepare for this new era.Michael shares his expertise as both a technologist and a marketer, revealing not just how AI is transforming search results and search user behavior, but also what practical steps brands can take right now to protect and enhance their online reputation. From addressing the realities of AI “hallucinations” to rethinking content strategy for maximum ROI, this episode packs actionable advice for anyone looking to get ahead in digital marketing.Whether you're curious about the interplay between PR, SEO, and AI, questioning the role of brand reputation in AI search, or just want to know how to ensure your content is visible in a fractured, AI-integrated landscape, you'll find tons of insight here.Stick around to hear Michael's tips on how to audit your keyword strategy, make friends with your PR team, and why empathy—and actual human voices—will continue to matter even as AI becomes ubiquitous. Plus, learn about free tools and tactical tips to make sure your brand isn't left behind as search marketing enters a whole new era.Three Fun Facts:Michael Buckbee drinks an entire pot of coffee a day—he claims his "large mug" makes it only 2 or 3 cups!OpenAI's ChatGPT is now considered by some companies as their "most popular and least well-trained representative."Amazon's new AI-powered shopping assistant "Rufus" is actually powered by the Claude LLM model, letting users ask much more specific, conversational questions while searching for products.Key Themes:AI search vs. traditional search enginesChanging strategies for SEO and marketingImpact of AI on brand reputationPreparing websites for AI indexingEvolving content marketing strategiesImportance of empathy and human voiceFuture opportunities and challenges with AI
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Cash App launches a new payment option that supports Apple Pay and Google Pay for the first time. Elgato has launched the Facecam 4K webcam that allows users to attach 49mm lens filters. OpenAI introduces a new Study Mode feature that lets students be queried by an LLM instead of just regurgitating information. And we test our understanding of texting etiquette. Starring Sarah Lane, Tom Merritt, Roger Chang, Joe. To read the show notes in a separate page click here! Support the show on Patreon by becoming a supporter!
This week on The AI in IA Podcast, we're taking a closer look at one of the newest AI developments: ChatGPT's autonomous agents. What can they actually do and more importantly, what are the risks? We break down OpenAI's own policy to highlight security concerns that internal auditors (and really, any user) need to know. From real-world examples like booking a dinner or a haircut to the dangers of prompt injection attacks, we explain how these agents operate, how they interact with sensitive data, and what safeguards are (or aren't) in place. Be sure to follow us on our social media accounts on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-audit-podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theauditpodcast TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theauditpodcast?lang=en Also be sure to sign up for The Audit Podcast newsletter and to check the full video interview on The Audit Podcast YouTube channel. * This podcast is brought to you by Greenskies Analytics. the services firm that helps auditors leapfrog up the analytics maturity model. Their approach for launching audit analytics programs with a series of proven quick-win analytics will guarantee the results worthy of the analytics hype. Whether your audit team needs a data strategy, methodology, governance, literacy, or anything else related to audit and analytics, schedule time with Greenskies Analytics.
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Rory Sutherland is one of the world's leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author. The world is evolving at an unprecedented pace. With the rise of AI, we're witnessing a collision between the old world and the new. As technology advances, the question becomes: how can innovation repair outdated systems and shape the future in marketing and beyond? Expect to learn about Rory's first experience to Buccee's, what Rory's thoughts are on Waymo, Autonomous driving and the current experience of going through airports, what are some unknown gems in the UK to visit that no one knows about, how Rory would improve food delivery apps, the future of AI in marketing and AI wearables, Rory's advice for what people should do to optimise for attention, and much more… Sponsors: See me on tour in America: https://chriswilliamson.live See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 35% off your first subscription on the best supplements from Momentous at https://livemomentous.com/modernwisdom Get a 20% discount on Nomatic's amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom Get a Free Sample Pack of LMNT's most popular Flavours with your first purchase at https://drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom Get the best bloodwork analysis in America at https://functionhealth.com/modernwisdom Timestamps: (0:00) Don't Mess with Texas (3:31) Driving Etiquette in the Us vs the UK (13:02) The Genius Behind Reverse Benchmarking (20:13) Improving the Airport Experience (36:28) How AI Changes Your Decision-Making (45:50) How Can Businesses Generate Repeat Purchase? (55:31) Should We All Start Using Blimps? (01:03:12) Improving Food Delivery Apps (01:12:46) Is it an Option or an Obligation? (01:19:18) Is Money Becoming Unhealthily Concentrated? (01:31:10) How to be Smart with Your Money (01:40:31) Should We Get Rid of 'Adults Only' Areas? (01:44:37) The Great Complaint of Calvin Klein's Daughter (01:46:25) The Brilliance of Cuddly Animal Marketing (01:52:08) Rory's Product Ad Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Could GPT-5 only be weeks away?Why are Microsoft and Google going all in on vibe coding?What's the White House AI Action Plan actually mean?Don't spend hours a day trying to figure out what AI means for your company or career. That's our job. So join us on Mondays as we bring you the AI News That Matters. No fluff. Just what you need to ACTUALLY pay attention to in the business side of AI. Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageJoin the discussion: Thoughts on this? Join the convo and connect with other AI leaders on LinkedIn.Upcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTopics Covered in This Episode:GPT-5 Release Timeline and FeaturesGoogle Opal AI Vibe Coding ToolNvidia B200 AI Chip Black Market ChinaTrump White House AI Action Plan DetailsMicrosoft GitHub Spark AI Coding LaunchGoogle's AI News Licensing NegotiationsMicrosoft Copilot Visual Avatar (“Clippy” AI)Netflix Uses Generative AI for Visual EffectsOpenAI Warns of AI-Driven Fraud CrisisNew Google, Claude, and Runway AI Feature UpdatesTimestamps:00:00 "OpenAI's GPT-5 Release Announced"04:57 OpenAI Faces Pressure from Gemini07:13 EU AI Act vs. US AI Priorities12:12 Black Market Thrives for Nvidia Chips13:46 US AI Action Plan Unveiled19:34 Microsoft's GitHub Spark Unveiled21:17 Google vs. Microsoft: AI Showdown25:28 Google's New AI Partnership Strategy29:23 Microsoft's Animated AI Assistant Revival33:52 Generative AI in Film Industry38:55 AI Race & Imminent Fraud Crisis40:15 AI Threats and Future InnovationsKeywords:GPT 5 release date, OpenAI, GPT-4, GPT-4O, advanced reasoning abilities, artificial general intelligence, AGI, O3 reasoning, GPT-5 Mini, GPT-5 Nano, API access, Microsoft Copilot, model selector, LM arena, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Google Vibe Coding, Opal, no-code AI, low-code app maker, Google Labs, AI-powered web apps, app development, visual workflow editor, generative AI, AI app creation, Anthropic Claude Sonet 4, GitHub Copilot Spark, Microsoft GitHub, Copilot Pro Plus, AI coding tools, AI search, Perplexity, news licensing deals, Google AI Overview, AI summaries, click-through rate, organic search traffic, Associated Press, Condé Nast, The Atlantic, LA Times, AI in publishing, generative AI video, Netflix, El Eternauta, AI-generated visual effects, AI-powered VFX, Runway, AI for film and TV, job displacement from AI, AI-driven fraud, AI voice cloning, AI impersonation, financial scams, AI regulation, White House AI Action Plan, executive orders on AI, AI innovation, AI deregulaSend Everyday AI and Jordan a text message. (We can't reply back unless you leave contact info) Ready for ROI on GenAI? Go to youreverydayai.com/partner