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How Vibecoding Unlocks AI feat. Riley Brown

Riley Brown joins AI Daily Brief to explain Vibecoding, an accessible way to build software with AI. Riley shares how he went from content creator to Vibecoder, the tools that made coding easy for anyone, and the types of apps people build. Riley also reveals how Vibecoding might evolve and his goal of making app development as simple and fun as Canva made graphic design. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The AI Daily Brief

Andrej Karpathy on How AI Empowers

OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy makes an argument that the normal patterns of technology diffusion have been upended with AI, to the benefit of regular people. Source: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1909308143156240538Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solution

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The 2025 AI Index

Stanford's 2025 AI Index reviews 2024's artificial intelligence trends. Performance benchmarks improved as AI appeared more in daily life and business, leading to high US corporate investment and adoption. China is rapidly closing the AI model performance difference.Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG

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The AI Daily Brief

Google Cloud Next is All About Agents [Shocker!]

Google Cloud Next was all about one thing: agents. Google officially backed the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for tool use and introduced a new Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication standard to make multi-agent systems easier to build.Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI sol

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How Will Tariffs Impact the AI Industry?

The new explosion of US tariffs (alongside the broader trade tensions between the U.S. and China) could reshape the AI industry dramatically. GPU costs, data center construction, AI startup funding, and even jobs in tech face significant uncertainty as trade wars escalate.Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠⁠Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG ca

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Shopify's AI Memo Shows the Future of AI at Work

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke generated some serious buzz with a leaked internal memo where he laid out 6 mandates regarding "reflexive AI usage" inside the company, including the media attention capturing pronouncement that no teams would be able to hire new employees until they had demonstrated that AI couldn't do the job. Plus, Cursor hits 1m users.Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠⁠Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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The AI Daily Brief

How Big a Deal is Llama 4's 10M Token Context Window?

Meta’s new Llama 4 models have a massive 10 million token context window and a fresh architecture using a mixture of experts. Scout and Maverick are out now, and Behemoth is still training. Despite strong benchmark scores, many users report underwhelming real-world performance.Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠⁠Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG can h

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The AI Daily Brief

Why AI Will Take Over the $20T Professional Services Industry

AI and agents aren't just competing for software budgets. In today's episode, NLW reads and discusses a piece by VC Ethan Batraski about how AI-native firms will increasingly out-compete legacy professional services firms.Source: https://ethanjamesb.substack.com/p/the-great-legacy-extinction-ais-20tGet Ad Free AI Daily Brief: ⁠https://patreon.com/AIDailyBrief⁠Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more ab

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The AI Daily Brief

OpenAI Says Next Reasoning Model Coming in a "Couple of Weeks"

OpenAI confirms it will release new reasoning models, O3 and O4 Mini, in the next few weeks, with GPT-5 coming shortly after. Sam Altman says GPT-5 is performing better than expected. Also in this episode, a Pew study shows wildly divergent attitudes on AI between normies and experts. Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: https://patreon.com/AIDailyBriefBrought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG can h

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The AI Daily Brief

5 New Startups That Explain AI's Most Important Trends

Five new startups mark a sharp shift in how people use and build with AI. General Agents debuts ACE, a computer autopilot that uses a mouse and keyboard to complete tasks faster than any previous system. Lindy rolls out Swarms, letting cloned agents handle hundreds of tasks simultaneously, from research to outreach. Plus Vibecode and Mocha.Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG can help yo

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The AI Daily Brief

5 Fast-Changing AI Transformations To Keep You Up At Night

AI is changing faster than anyone imagined, and these five transformations could rewrite how we work, build, and create. Inspired by Greg Isenberg’s viral breakdown of what’s keeping him up at night, this episode zooms out to explore major shifts in AI. Brought 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.Vanta - Simplify compliance - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://vanta.com

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The AI Daily Brief

Is OpenAI Actually Going to Be Open Again?

OpenAI just raised the largest private funding round in history at a whopping $40 billion valuation. But the bigger news? They're returning to open source for the first time since GPT-2, promising an open-weight language model that anyone can run on their own hardware. Interested in the Disruption Incubator?Email agent@besuper.ai Brought to you by:KPMG – Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://kpmg.com/ai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value

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