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The Daily Former is here to make sure you know one thing- you're not alone. Samantha has been speaking publicly for years and was tired of how often and how poorly mainstream media told Former's stories. So, she's taking matters into her own hands. Listen to Formers, friends, experts, journalists, and anyone the TDF crew thinks is worth the time talk about change, fear, freedom, everything we like and don't like about having our worst moments broadcasted across the world, and more (we contai ...
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The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
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A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence. NLW looks at AI from multiple angles, from the explosion of creativity brought on by new tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT to the potential disruptions to work and industries as we know them to the great philosophical, ethical and practical questions of advanced general intelligence, alignment and x-risk.
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Send us a text Ernest has never told his story- until now. Ernest was in the White Power movement in the late 90's through early 2000's and he is still thinking about what he can do to make up for it. Ernest talks about his childhood and adolescence, not quite finding his place and trying on different hats until the movement convinces him to try th…
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The White House asked Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI to weigh in on America's AI policy, and their proposals reveal significant shifts in priorities. OpenAI pushes for reduced regulation and a strong stance against China, Google advocates fair-use AI training exemptions, and Anthropic calls for rigorous national security testing and tighter export c…
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Google just released Gemini Robotics, a powerful new AI built for humanoid robots, taking robotics beyond simple tasks like opening doors to handling complex actions like folding origami or packing groceries without specific training. Companies like Figure AI, NVIDIA, and startups Unitree, Dexterity, and Apptronic are also pushing ahead. SPECIAL OF…
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts AI will write 90% of all code within 3-6 months, sparking debate across tech. As AI coding accelerates, questions arise about job changes for software engineers, the future of programming languages, and how quickly industries will adopt this shift. Plus OpenAI releases their Agents SDK. Brought to you by: KPMG – …
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Microsoft and OpenAI's complex relationship is heating up, shaping the future of AI in unexpected ways. As tensions grow, Microsoft pushes forward independently with new models called MAI, which directly compete with OpenAI’s reasoning models. Meanwhile, OpenAI diversifies its partnerships, signing a massive cloud deal with CoreWeave and teaming up…
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Manus, a new AI agent from China, is creating excitement similar to DeepSeek by showcasing advanced autonomous capabilities. It went viral overnight, offering functionalities such as website building, financial analysis, and business assistance. Although it uses existing models like Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Manus impresses users through exceptional user …
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A reading and discussion inspired by https://thomwolf.io/blog/scientific-ai.html Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to www.kpmg.us/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions. Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw The Agent …
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AI powered apps are growing fast, with ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and coding assistants leading. Reports from SimilarWeb, SensorTower, and A16Z show that AI tools for coding, data analysis, and content creation are getting the most traction. Apps like Cursor, Bolt, and Lovable make building software easier for coders and non-coders. DeepSeek’s chatbot has …
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A leaked investor deck suggests OpenAI plans to charge up to $20,000 monthly for its most advanced AI agents. Lower-tier agents focused on knowledge work and software development would cost between $2,000 and $10,000. The AI community is debating whether these prices make sense, how they compare to human labor costs, and whether competition will pu…
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A recent New York Times interview arguing that the US Gov't knows AGI is coming (and coming soon) is generating a lot of chatter about what the response should be. Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to www.kpmg.us/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI sol…
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A new AI voice model, Sesame, is turning heads with its natural conversations, leaving many wondering if this is a turning point for AI assistants. Companies are racing to build AI-powered voice tools for customer service, sales, education, and more. Is this the future of computing, or will people resist talking to machines? Plus Anthropic raises $…
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China is restricting AI leaders from traveling to the U.S., signaling a new level of national security focus. Meanwhile, Beijing is ramping up investment, with Alibaba committing $53 billion to AI infrastructure and DeepSeek claiming massive profit margins. On the U.S. side, policymakers debate whether export controls are working, and former offici…
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In today's alt-long-reads episode, NLW explores the future of agentic work. He argues agents won't be a 1-to-1 replacement for today's labor, but will totally transform how we think about how jobs get done. Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to www.kpmg.us/ai to learn more about how KPMG…
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OpenAI has officially launched GPT-4.5, but it’s not the model most people expected. While it lags behind reasoning focused models like O1 and DeepSeek, it shines in creativity, writing, and emotional intelligence. Sam Altman calls it the first model that “feels like talking to a thoughtful person.” But with high API costs and limited reasoning imp…
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Despite reports of Microsoft canceling data center leases, AI compute demand is still accelerating. This episode breaks down Wall Street’s ongoing AI skepticism and the reasons why companies like Meta, OpenAI, and Apple are making massive infrastructure bets. Plus, key takeaways from Nvidia’s latest earnings and what reasoning models mean for the f…
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To many, it feels like a moment of significant acceleration. We're getting a new model every few days, major advances in agents, and generally there's a sense of things getting faster. And yet, not everything is moving in lock-step. NLW breaks down what in AI is moving faster than expected, vs what's moving slower. Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to …
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet has launched to much fanfare. Along with it comes Claude Code, reinforcing just how much Anthropic has found Claude's core use case in coding. NLW shares the first reactions. Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to www.kpmg.us/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive va…
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Send us a text In this session, we answer the questions: 1. What organizations do you support? 2. What kept you in the movement? 3. What do you tell someone who is afraid of being dox'd? 4. How do you know you're a Former? 5. What are the physical traits of the current iterations of the movement? 6. What's with all the gay stuff? 7. How has your st…
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A discussion originally from the Tool Use podcast. See full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fDu52FzmJc // https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/will-ai-agents-be-your-automation-breakthrough-ft-nlw/id1773693853?i=1000693646455 Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to www.kpmg.us/ai to learn…
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NLW reads two pieces that both discuss how agentic AI changes AI's place in the geopolitical discourse. One of the pieces argues strenuously that America should be viewing AI and agents as a tool for softpower, and NLW expands the economic argument. Sources: https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5149319-us-soft-power-ai-foreign-aid/ https://www.sc…
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Google’s AI Co-Scientist is changing how research gets done, using a system of multiple agents working together to generate and refine scientific ideas. This approach has already led to drug repurposing, treatment discovery, and antimicrobial resistance research breakthroughs. But beyond science, this model hints at a more significant shift in mult…
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At least...not in the same way others think of it. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just sat down for a rare in-depth interview, sharing his thoughts on AGI, Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, and the risks of overbuilding AI infrastructure. He argues that AGI should be measured by real economic growth, not benchmarks, and warns that businesses may be…
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Send us a text Sam and Jamie talk to Tyler about his childhood as the son of a tough guy and self-destructive woman, how his family was surprisingly supportive of his transition, although it had conditions. We discuss how terror cells don't always live in the dark corners of the internet, and how maybe not every book deserves a press tour. www.thed…
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AI coding tools are advancing rapidly, but how effective are they for freelance jobs? OpenAI's new SWE Lancer benchmark evaluated top AI models on 1,400 software engineering tasks from Upwork. The outcome? Claude 3.5 Sonnet surpassed OpenAI’s models, completing more tasks and earning the highest simulated payout. Additionally, "vibe coding" is tran…
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XAI’s Grok-3 has arrived, but does it meet expectations? Elon Musk’s AI venture asserts that its newest model competes with GPT-4 and DeepSeek, introducing features such as Big Brain Mode and Deep Search. While benchmarks indicate encouraging performance, is this truly revolutionary or merely incremental? Additionally, OpenAI has turned down Musk’s…
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With China’s DeepSeek making waves in AI, pressure is mounting for the U.S. to rethink its stance on open-source models. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt argues that America's edge in AI may depend on supporting open development. Meanwhile, Sam Altman suggests OpenAI may need a new approach. Is the era of closed AI coming to an end? Brought to you by…
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AI is reshaping work, but which jobs are most affected? Anthropic’s new Economic Index tracks how AI is used across industries, which professions are adopting it fastest, and where automation is already replacing tasks. Software engineers are leading AI adoption, but some fields remain untouched. Are fears of AI replacing jobs overblown, or is it h…
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