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A Draft Republican Exec Order Calls for AI "Manhattan Projects"

NLW covers reporting about a draft Republican AI executive order. Also, Menlo Ventures and Anthropic partner on a $100m fund. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠https://venice.ai/nlw⁠ and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF. Learn how to use AI with the world's biggest library of fun and useful tutorials: https://besuper.ai/ Use code 'podcast' for 50% off your first month. The AI Daily Brief helps y

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Why Republican VP Nominee JD Vance is Loudly For Open Source AI

NLW covers the pro-open source AI statements of JD Vance and situates his previous VC career. Before that in the Headlines, is Microsoft building Agents? Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠https://venice.ai/nlw⁠ and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF. Learn how to use AI with the world's biggest library of fun and useful tutorials: https://besuper.ai/ Use code 'podcast' for 50% off your first month

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OpenAI's Q* Reasoning AI is Now Code-Named "Strawberry"

Discover OpenAI’s latest breakthrough with the newly announced reasoning AI, code-named “Strawberry.” This episode examines the features and capabilities of “Strawberry,” its potential impact on the AI industry, and what this means for the future of artificial intelligence. Explore this exciting development and its implications for AI research and applications. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠https

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AI Is The Fastest Adopted Work Tech Ever, But Still Not Fast Enough for Some

Explore why AI is the fastest adopted work tech ever, yet still not fast enough for some. A nuanced discussion on AI’s current place in the hype cycle, insights from former a16z partner Benedict Evans, and the gap between managerial and user perceptions of AI. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠https://venice.ai/nlw⁠ and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF. Learn how to use AI with the world's bigge

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OpenAI's New System for Determining How Close AGI Is

OpenAI introduces a new leveling system to track the progress towards AGI. Learn about the five stages of AI development and what each level signifies. Explore the insights from Bloomberg’s scoop and the implications for the future of AI. Also, discover why Microsoft and Apple are stepping back from their OpenAI board observer roles amid antitrust concerns. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠https://v

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Marc Andreessen Gives a Meme-Obsessed AI Agent $50k in BTC

In one of the wilder stories we've had here at The AI Daily Brief for some time, NLW covers the story of Terminals of Truth and Marc Andreessen. It's a story of AI agents, emerging AI consciousness, internet culture and more. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠https://venice.ai/nlw⁠ and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF. Learn how to use AI with the world's biggest library of fun and useful tutori

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Goldman Sachs Is Wrong About AI (Why AI Isn't A Bubble)

Recently, Goldman Sachs made waves in the AI space with their report "Gen AI: too much spend, too little benefit?" In this extra long episode, NLW explains what he sees as problems with the arguments of the skeptics featured in the piece, as well as why the report actually isn't nearly as negative as people are presenting it. Read the report: https://www.goldmansachs.com/intelligence/pages/gen-ai-too-much-spend-too-little-benefit.html Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses?

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The AI Daily Brief

What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About Sequoia's $600B AI Gap Argument

Sequoia recently published a blog post about AI's $600B problem. The piece has been used as evidence that AI is a massive bubble. NLW argues that the piece isn't actually arguing what people think it's arguing. Read the original piece: https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/ais-600b-question/ Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠https://venice.ai/nlw⁠ and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF. Learn how to

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The AI Daily Brief

Can AI Keep Propping Up the Stock Market?

NLW covers recent comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell on AI; a shifting narrative around AI and stocks; a data breach at OpenAI; and a new poll that finds American's care more about AI safety than beating China. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠https://venice.ai/nlw⁠ and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF. Learn how to use AI with the world's biggest library of fun and useful tutorials: https://b

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How AI Could Accelerate Digital Nations

A reading of Balaji's 2013 ""How Software is Reorganizing the World" with a discussion about how AI is accelerating these trends. Read the original: https://www.wired.com/2013/11/software-is-reorganizing-the-world-and-cloud-formations-could-lead-to-physical-nations/ Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠https://venice.ai/nlw⁠ and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF. Learn how to use AI with the world's

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Privacy, Censorship and AI: A Conversation with Venice.ai

On this holiday weekend bonus episode, NLW is joined by Erik Voorhees and Teana Baker-Taylor of Venice.ai, a new LLM focused on data privacy and anti-censorship. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠⁠https://venice.ai/nlw⁠⁠ and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF. Learn how to use AI with the world's biggest library of fun and useful tutorials: https://besuper.ai/ Use code 'summerfun' to join the summ

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The AI Daily Brief

Apple is Getting an OpenAI Board Observer Seat

Plus, Figma pulls its AI after claims it produces results too close to existing apps. NLW covers all the AI details on this holiday week. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠⁠https://venice.ai/nlw⁠⁠ and enter the discount code NLWDAILYBRIEF. Learn how to use AI with the world's biggest library of fun and useful tutorials: https://besuper.ai/ Use code 'youtube' for 50% off your first month. The AI Daily

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