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The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

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Last Checked: 2025-09-04 22:53:47
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OpenAI Gives Up On For-Profit Conversion

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI has stopped its plan to switch from a nonprofit to a for-profit company after months of debat...

7 Lessons for Enterprise AI

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI shared a short report with seven things they’ve seen work for companies using AI. These les...

The AGI Company of the Future

04 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

NLW looks at a recent prediction for what a true AGI company will look like. Are we radically undert...

Nvidia and Anthropic Trade Barbs Around AI Chip Rules

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A growing rift between Nvidia and Anthropic has spilled into public view over U.S. AI export rules. ...

Half of Employees Still Hiding AI from Their Bosses (And It's Their Bosses Faults)

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new global survey shows 57% of employees still hide their AI use at work, and half present AI-gene...

Is Open Source AI Falling Behind?

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meta’s LlamaCon event showed progress but left many wondering if open source is losing ground. Met...

What Are People Actually Using AI For?

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new report from Anthropic shows people are using Claude mostly for coding, especially simple apps ...

The Problem with GPT-4o Sycophancy

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Recent updates to GPT-4o have sparked criticism for making the model overly agreeable, leading to co...

Why Agency Could Be The Most Important Attribute in the AI Economy

27 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

NLW builds off an essay by Replit's Gian Segato arguing that in a world where AI is the ultimate...

How to Price AI Agents (And Why It Matters)

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI agent pricing influences how companies plan and allocate their spending. Windsurf initiated a pri...

How Every Employee Becomes an "Agent Boss"

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index reveals a major shift in enterprise AI: we’re entering the e...

Agent Performance Is Accelerating...Fast

24 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New research suggests that AI agents are improving at a rate far faster than expected, and their tas...

Is the Future of AI "Cheating on Everything?"

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

NLW covers the intense debate around AI startup "Clearly." Founded by 21-year-old Roy Lee,...

Agent Pilots Nearly Doubled Last Quarter

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Enterprise adoption of AI agents surged significantly, with pilots nearly doubling from 37% to 65% i...

Is o3 Functionally AGI?

20 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

From the launch of o3 and o4-Mini to the US considering a DeepSeek ban, these are the biggest storie...

Building a Voice Agent: A Case Study

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Eddie and Chris from Fractional AI discuss building a practical voice agent. They s...

The Agent Use Cases Most Ready for Primetime

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this discussion, AI strategist Nufar Gaspar explains the top AI agent use cases companies current...

MCP, Agents and What AI Engineers Are Thinking About Right Now feat. Swyx

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What's at the top of AI engineers' minds? Swyx, organizer of the AI Engineer Summit and host...

The 7 Biggest Mistakes Companies Are Making with AI and Agent Adoption

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Companies keep repeating these costly mistakes when adopting AI and agents. Nufar Gaspar, an AI adop...

How Vibecoding Unlocks AI feat. Riley Brown

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Riley Brown joins AI Daily Brief to explain Vibecoding, an accessible way to build software with AI....

Andrej Karpathy on How AI Empowers

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy makes an argument that the normal patterns of technology diffusion ...

The 2025 AI Index

12 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Stanford's 2025 AI Index reviews 2024's artificial intelligence trends. Performance benchmarks impro...

Google Cloud Next is All About Agents [Shocker!]

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Google Cloud Next was all about one thing: agents. Google officially backed the Model Context Protoc...

How Will Tariffs Impact the AI Industry?

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The new explosion of US tariffs (alongside the broader trade tensions between the U.S. and China) co...

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

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke generated some serious buzz with a leaked internal memo where he laid out 6 m...

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

08 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Meta’s new Llama 4 models have a massive 10 million token context window and a fresh architecture ...

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

06 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI and agents aren't just competing for software budgets. In today's episode, NLW reads and ...

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

05 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI confirms it will release new reasoning models, O3 and O4 Mini, in the next few weeks, with GP...

5 New Startups That Explain AI's Most Important Trends

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Five new startups mark a sharp shift in how people use and build with AI. General Agents debuts ACE,...

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

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI is changing faster than anyone imagined, and these five transformations could rewrite how we work...

Is OpenAI Actually Going to Be Open Again?

02 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI just raised the largest private funding round in history at a whopping $40 billion valuation....

Grok's xAI Acquires X.com

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk merged xAI and X.com (formerly Twitter), reshaping the battle for AI dominance. Valued at ...

10 Things Transformed by ChatGPT's New Image Generation Model

30 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New aesthetic filters on movies and websites. A new era of books. An absolutely bulldozer to the ad ...

Should Anyone Learn to Code Anymore?

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is learning to code still valuable when AI can write most code better and faster? The old paradigm i...

Why MCP Won the Agent Tooling Wars (And How It Will Speed Up Agents)

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI's latest announcement confirms that MCP (Model Context Protocol) has become the universal...

ChatGPT's New Image Model Brings Magic Back to AI

27 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI's latest GPT-4.0 update integrates native image generation directly into ChatGPT, transfo...

Is China Outcompeting the US on AI?

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Is China pulling ahead of the US in AI? With new breakthroughs from DeepSeek, cutting-edge Huawei ch...

Where AI is Driving Revenue Growth Today

24 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

McKinsey has released their latest State of AI report. NLW breaks down the most interesting findings...

Why AGI is a Useless Term for Businesses

23 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

All of the frontier labs are racing for AGI, but in this episode, NLW argues that the concept of AGI...

6 Hail Mary's to Get Apple Back in the AI Game

22 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Apple’s AI strategy is struggling, and drastic changes are needed fast. Here are six bold moves li...

AI Agent Capabilities Are Doubling Every Three Months

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

New research reveals AI agent capabilities are doubling every three months, faster than Moore's ...

The "AI Super Bowl" Previews the Future

20 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

NVIDIA's annual developer conference, GTC, known as the AI Super Bowl, brought major announcemen...

The Big Challenge with Agents Today

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI agents are hyped as the next big thing, but companies like Salesforce are hitting roadblocks. Sal...

How the AI Price Wars Will Impact You

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

China’s Baidu dropped new AI models at prices far below competitors like OpenAI and DeepSeek. Baid...

The Rise of Vibecoding

16 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vibecoding -- i.e. speaking to text-to-code tools and programming with your words -- has exploded as...

What the AI Action Plan for the USA Should Be

15 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The White House asked Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI to weigh in on America's AI policy, and thei...

The State of AI for Robotics

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Google just released Gemini Robotics, a powerful new AI built for humanoid robots, taking robotics b...

AI to Write 90% of All Code Soon?

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts AI will write 90% of all code within 3-6 months, sparking debate...

How the OpenAI-Microsoft Frenemy-Ship is Shaping AI Development

12 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Microsoft and OpenAI's complex relationship is heating up, shaping the future of AI in unexpecte...

Is the Manus AI Agent Another DeepSeek Moment?

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Manus, a new AI agent from China, is creating excitement similar to DeepSeek by showcasing advanced ...

Is AI Weird Enough to Actually Make Scientific Discoveries?

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A reading and discussion inspired by https://thomwolf.io/blog/scientific-ai.htmlBrought to you by:KP...

The Top GenAI Apps Right Now

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI powered apps are growing fast, with ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and coding assistants leading. Reports fro...

Can OpenAI Really Charge $20k/Month for Agents?

07 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A leaked investor deck suggests OpenAI plans to charge up to $20,000 monthly for its most advanced A...

The US Government Knows AGI Is Near

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A recent New York Times interview arguing that the US Gov't knows AGI is coming (and coming soon...

Are Voice Agents the Next Big Computing Platform?

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 03:38:36 GMT

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

A new AI voice model, Sesame, is turning heads with its natural conversations, leaving many wonderin...

Are Voice Agents the Next Big Computing Platform?

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new AI voice model, Sesame, is turning heads with its natural conversations, leaving many wonderin...

The AI Cold War Heats Up

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

China is restricting AI leaders from traveling to the U.S., signaling a new level of national securi...

The Dr. Strange Theory of AI Agent Work

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In today's alt-long-reads episode, NLW explores the future of agentic work. He argues agents won...

What GPT-4.5 Should Be Used For

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI has officially launched GPT-4.5, but it’s not the model most people expected. While it lags...

Why AI Compute Consumption Isn't Slowing Down

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Despite reports of Microsoft canceling data center leases, AI compute demand is still accelerating. ...

Faster/Slower: Where AI Is Moving Ahead of Expectations and Where its Lagging

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 03:10:03 GMT

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

To many, it feels like a moment of significant acceleration. We're getting a new model every few...

Faster/Slower: Where AI Is Moving Ahead of Expectations and Where its Lagging

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To many, it feels like a moment of significant acceleration. We're getting a new model every few...

First Reactions: Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Claude 3.7 Sonnet has launched to much fanfare. Along with it comes Claude Code, reinforcing just ho...

NLW on the Future of AI Agents

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:33:02 GMT

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

A discussion originally from the Tool Use podcast. See full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

NLW on the Future of AI Agents

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A discussion originally from the Tool Use podcast. See full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Agentic AI as a Tool of US Diplomacy?

Sun, 23 Feb 2025 15:01:00 GMT

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

NLW reads two pieces that both discuss how agentic AI changes AI's place in the geopolitical dis...

Agentic AI as a Tool of US Diplomacy?

23 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

NLW reads two pieces that both discuss how agentic AI changes AI's place in the geopolitical dis...

Google's AI Co Scientist and the True Power of Multi-Agent Systems

Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:24:42 GMT

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Google’s AI Co-Scientist is changing how research gets done, using a system of multiple agents wor...

Google's AI Co Scientist and the True Power of Multi-Agent Systems

22 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Google’s AI Co-Scientist is changing how research gets done, using a system of multiple agents wor...

Why Microsoft's CEO Doesn't Believe in AGI

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At least...not in the same way others think of it. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just sat down for a r...

What AI Coding Agents Can Do Right Now

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:09:34 GMT

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

AI coding tools are advancing rapidly, but how effective are they for freelance jobs? OpenAI's n...

What AI Coding Agents Can Do Right Now

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI coding tools are advancing rapidly, but how effective are they for freelance jobs? OpenAI's n...

Just How Good is Grok-3?

18 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

XAI’s Grok-3 has arrived, but does it meet expectations? Elon Musk’s AI venture asserts that its...

The Push for America to Open Source AI

17 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With China’s DeepSeek making waves in AI, pressure is mounting for the U.S. to rethink its stance ...

Which Jobs Will AI Disrupt Most?

15 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI is reshaping work, but which jobs are most affected? Anthropic’s new Economic Index tracks how ...

OpenAI Just Told Us All About GPT-5

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI has laid out its roadmap for GPT-5, confirming the release of GPT-4.5 (Orion) as the final mo...

The Accelerationist Age of American AI

13 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At the AI Action Summit in Paris, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance made it clear: the U.S. is doubling...

Is Elon's Bid to Buy OpenAI Serious?

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Elon Musk and a group of investors have reportedly offered $97.4 billion to buy OpenAI’s nonprofit...

Sam Altman's Wild 2035 Prediction

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman just dropped a new blog post outlining his vision for AGI, AI economics, and t...

Why Open Source AI is the New Soft Power

09 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Deepseek continues to have the whole world talking and debating. In this long reads episode, NLW dis...

How Google's Latest Gemini Model Stacks Up

08 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Google has released Gemini 2.0 Pro, and the inevitable comparisons to DeepSeek and OpenAI's late...

How AGI Will Impact The Economy

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A special episodes produced with OpenAI Deep Research and Google NotebookLM due to a lost voice! Re...

Jevons Intelligence: Why Agent Coders Will Turn Everyone Into Software Developers

06 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Replit’s new AI agent can turn a simple prompt into a working app straight from your phone. Is thi...

What Comes Next In AI & Agents (According to Y Combinator)

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Y Combinator has just released its latest Request for Startups, which covers nearly every theme rela...

Can OpenAI's Deep Research Really Do 1% of All Work?

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI’s new Deep Research agent claims it can take on a measurable percentage of all economically...

Which AI Models You Should Be Using Right Now

02 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DeepSeek R1 dominated the conversation this week, but should it be the model you're using? NLW r...

The Week Where AI Changed (Or Did It?)

01 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DeepSeek dominated headlines, but did this week actually change the AI landscape, or was it overstat...

A Blueprint for Enterprise Agent Adoption

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI agents are one of the biggest enterprise topics 2025, but where does adoption stand? In this conv...

A Conversation with NotebookLM's Founding Engineer

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Google's NotebookLM has become one of the most compelling AI tools for working with text. In thi...

Separating DeepSeek Hype and Hyperbole

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Markets reacted sharply to DeepSeek's R1 model announcement, sparking debates about its impact on AI...

Yes, DeepSeek IS Actually a Massive Deal for AI

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

DeekSeek has released R1, their answer to OpenAI's O1, and it has Silicon Valley chattering and ...

Just How Fast is AI Evolving?

26 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Between reasoning models and agents, things feel like they're heating up. But just how fast are ...

7 Ways to Use OpenAI's Operator

25 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI's new Operator agent is making waves. In this episode, explore seven real-world ways user...

Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence in 2 Years?

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

At Davos, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei shared bold predictions about AGI arriving by 2027. Discussions...

Stargate: A $500B US AI Initiative Announced by Altman, Ellison and Trump

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On President Trump’s first day back in office, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Oracle’s Larry Ellison, an...

The o3-to-AGI-Hype Pipeline

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

OpenAI's upcoming O3 model has sparked widespread speculation about its capabilities and potenti...

AI and Jobs Disruption

19 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A reading and discussion inspired by: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/opinion/artificial-intelli...

Is the TikTok Ban Actually About AI?

18 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The US ban on TikTok might be less about data privacy and more about the app’s cutting-edge AI rec...

8 Ways Agents Will Improve This Year

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI agents are poised to make significant progress this year. They will improve tool usage, context u...

The Battle Over AI Diffusion

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As President Biden’s term winds down, new policies to bolster U.S. AI leadership are making waves....