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February 25 · 5 min
OpenAI COO says ads will be ‘an iterative process’; plus, OpenClaw's creator has some advice for AI builders
OpenAI introduced ads to ChatGPT earlier this month Also, Peter Steinberger talks about the creation of his viral AI agent OpenClaw and how being more "playful" makes for a better way to learn AI coding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 25 · 8 min
Spotify and Liquid Death release a limited-edition speaker shaped like… an urn?
Spotify and Liquid Death launched what might be the wildest product of the year: a speaker shaped like a urn. Also, earlier this month, OpenAI launched a new platform called OpenAI Frontier for enterprises to build and manage agents, but OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap said that businesses haven’t yet seen AI adoption at scale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 24 · 8 min
Meta strikes up to $100B AMD chip deal as it chases ‘personal superintelligence’; plus, Mogul says it has tracked $1.5B in music royalties
Meta is buying billions of dollars in AMD AI chips in a multiyear deal tied to a 160 million-share warrant, deepening its push to diversify beyond Nvidia and expand data center capacity. Also, Mogul, which helps artists track royalties and value their catalogs, raised $5 million in a round led by the Yamaha Music Innovations Fund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 24 · 5 min
Anthropic accuses Chinese AI labs of mining Claude as US debates AI chip exports
Anthropic accuses DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax of using 24,000 fake accounts to distill Claude’s AI capabilities, as U.S. officials debate export controls aimed at slowing China’s AI progress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 23 · 5 min
Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras; plus, OpenAI calls in the consultants for its enterprise push
While some cities are moving to end their contracts with Flock over its links to ICE, others are taking matters into their own hands. Also, OpenAI is partnering with four consulting giants in an effort to see more adoption of its OpenAI Frontier AI agent platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 23 · 7 min
China’s brain-computer interface industry is racing ahead
China’s brain-computer interface industry is rapidly scaling from research to commercialization, driven by strong policy support, expanding clinical trials, and growing investor interest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 20 · 7 min
Why investors are going gaga over solid-state transformers
The technology promises to replace several parts of the grid with one device that’s both controllable and updatable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 20 · 7 min
An AI data center boom is fueling Redwood’s energy storage business; plus, Toyota hires seven Agility humanoid robots for Canadian factory
Redwood Materials says its new energy storage business is the fastest growing unit within the company. Plus, Toyota's robots will be unloading totes full of auto parts from an automated warehouse tugger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 19 · 6 min
OpenAI reportedly finalizing $100B deal; SoftBank spending $33B to build huge U.S. gas power plant; and New York hits the brakes on robotaxi expansion
OpenAI is reportedly getting close to closing a $100 billion deal, with backers including Amazon, Nvidia, SoftBank, and Microsoft. The deal would value the ChatGPT-maker at $850 billion. SoftBank's project would be among the largest and most expensive natural gas power plants. And, New York pulled a robotaxi expansion proposal that was viewed as a win for Waymo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 19 · 6 min
Amazon halts Blue Jay robotics project after less than six months; plus, Mastodon plans to target creators with new features
Amazon said Blue Jay's core tech will be used for other robotics projects and the employees who worked on it were moved to other projects. Also, Mastodon is looking to grow its open source, decentralized social network with new features aimed at creators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 18 · 7 min
Audible’s new ‘Read & Listen’ feature syncs your with Kindle; plus, X continues to bet on vertical video
Audible's feature will require customers to buy discounted versions of both versions of the title. Also, X's new immersive video player is designed to offer a more mobile-friendly experience, optimized especially for portrait-oriented videos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 18 · 7 min
Meta’s own research found parental supervision doesn’t really help curb teens’ compulsive social media use; plus, Apple may be cooking up a trio of AI wearables
An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media. Also, as the AI hardware space heats up, the iPhone maker has multiple smart products in development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 17 · 6 min
Running AI models is turning into a memory game
When we talk about the cost of AI infrastructure, the focus is usually on Nvidia and GPUs -- but memory is an increasingly important part of the picture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 17 · 5 min
Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next European unicorn
According to a16z, it has eyes around the world in order to spot companies as early as local funds might. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 16 · 9 min
After all the hype, some AI experts don’t think OpenClaw is all that exciting
"From an AI research perspective, this is nothing novel," one expert told TechCrunch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 16 · 6 min
Anthropic and the Pentagon arguing over Claude usage; plus, the great computer science exodus
The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back, according to a new report in Axios. The government is reportedly making the same demand to OpenAI, Google, and xAI. Also, college students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 13 · 7 min
For $1M, you can pay Bryan Johnson to teach you how to live longer; plus, Amazon’s Ring cancels partnership with Flock
For $1 million, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to teach you how to live longer Also, Ring's Super Bowl commercial stoked controversy over the company's capacity for mass surveillance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 13 · 5 min
Aurora’s driverless trucks can now travel farther distances faster than human drivers
CEO Chris Urmson called it a “superhuman” moment, adding that Aurora’s trucks can now carry freight 1,000 miles in 15 hours — faster than what a human driver can legally accomplish. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 12 · 6 min
OpenAI disbands mission alignment team; plus, xAI lays out interplanetary ambitions in public all-hands
The team's leader has been given a new role as OpenAI's Chief Futurist, while the other team members have been reassigned throughout the company. Also, xAI took the rare step of publishing its full 45-minute all-hands presentation to the X platform, making it widely available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
February 12 · 6 min
UpScrolled’s social network is struggling to moderate hate speech after fast growth; plus,
Upscrolled, a social network that surged in the wake of the U.S. TikTok deal, has seen an uptick in harmful content, including user names and hashtags that contain racial slurs. Also, Threads' new feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices