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Canva Acquires Leonardo - Is a Wave of AI M&A Coming?

Canva has acquired AI image generation company Leonardo, marking its second major acquisition this year. What does this mean for the AI startup space and the future of M&A in the industry? Explore the implications of this deal and the potential for increased consolidation in the AI market. Stay updated with the latest in AI by following the AI Daily Brief. 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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Report: Apple Delays Release of AI Features

Bloomberg is reporting that Apple Intelligence will roll out in October, weeks after the launch of iOS18. NLW also discusses a recent op-ed by Sam Altman. 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

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Zuckerberg on Why Open Source AI is the Path Forward

Mark Zuckerberg shares why open source AI is the future. Explore Meta’s recent release of the LLAMA 3.1 models, including the groundbreaking 405B parameter model, and Zuckerberg’s media tour promoting open source AI. Understand the significant implications for the AI space and why open source might be the key to a prosperous and secure AI-driven world. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censored responses? AI Daily Brief listeners receive a 20% discount on Venice Pro. Visit ⁠⁠⁠https://veni

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OpenAI's Potential $5B Hole

Examine the recent report from The Information on OpenAI’s capital expenditures, suggesting it could spend $5 billion this year. This analysis explores the broader context of whether Wall Street views AI as a bubble, comparing OpenAI’s spending and revenue to its competitors. Additionally, discuss how the increasing costs of AI infrastructure impact major tech companies like Google and Meta, and the growing skepticism from analysts about AI’s ROI. Concerned about being spied on? Tired of censore

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What the Senate Wants to Know About OpenAI

A group of 5 Senators sent a letter to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman asking for more information about a slate of recent controversies. Also, Elon Musk asks the Twitterati if Tesla should invest $5B in xAI. 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

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Llama 3.1 405B Eliminates Gap Between Open and Closed Source AI

According to the earliest benchmarks, the newly released Llama 3.1 405B has almost entirely (if not entirely) closed the gap between closed and open source AI. At the very least, it's clear that 405B is a GPT-4o class model. 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

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GPT-4o Mini and the Rise of Smaller, Low Cost AI Models

OpenAI released GPT-4o Mini this week. It's both more powerful and 60% cheaper than GPT-3.5. In this episode, NLW discusses how model competition is moving towards small at the same time it's proceeding towards state of the art. 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 tut

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Elon Turns On "Most Powerful AI Training Cluster In the World"

At 4:20am, Elon Musk turned on the Memphis Supercluster to begin training what he claims will be the world's most powerful AI by December. Also NLW explores a question: is it too late to start AI startups (or at least vertical LLMs)? 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 usefu

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AI and the Necessary Transformation of Education

A reading and discussion inspired by https://hechingerreport.org/opinion-what-teachers-call-ai-cheating-leaders-in-the-workforce-might-call-progress/ 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. Th

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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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