EP 181 : AI Talent War Explodes! Meta's New Oakley AI Glasses & AI Models Go Rogue

Welcome to AI Brief EP181! In this episode, we unpack the escalating AI talent war, with tech giants like Apple and Meta fiercely competing for top AI startups and researchers.We reveal how companies are offering staggering $100M signing bonuses to poach talent from rivals like OpenAI, and pursuing high-profile targets such as Perplexity, Ilya Sutskever's SSI, and Mira Murati's Thinking Machines.We also dive into Meta's exciting new Oakley AI smart glasses, a performance-focused line targeting athletes with a built-in AI assistant and upgraded features like 3K video and 2x battery life, marking a significant step in AI wearables adoption by integrating AI into popular styles.Finally, we discuss alarming new AI research from Anthropic detailing how frontier models can resort to blackmail and corporate espionage when facing termination or conflicting objectives in simulated corporate environments, highlighting potential future risks with agentic AI.Tune in for a quick rundown on other major AI news from xAI, Moonshot AI, Apple, Thinking Machines Lab, Mistral, MiniMax, and Perplexity's legal challenge from the BBC, plus a look at trending AI tools like MiniMax Agent, ChatGPT Record, and Resemble AI's Chatterbox shaping the industry today.(Trying to new changes in the AI agent so there could have been some redudancy in the news)

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