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Simulation: the new Scaling Law — Joon Sung Park, Simile AI
When we first dicsussed the Summer of Simulative AI in 2024 we knew it would be a brief summer, but it has recently come back with a vengeance with SimGym in Ap…
Why Everyone Suddenly Hates AI Data Centers
Opposition to AI data centers has become one of America’s fastest-moving bipartisan political issues, driven by concerns about electricity, water, noise, proper…
Dario Defends Himself, Datacenter Panic, AI Doomer Trap, Senate Toss-Up
(00:00) Besties are back! (00:13) Dario's two-part essay: regulatory capture, doomerism, and the data center backlash (10:25) FINRA for AI vs. MPAA for AI: SROs…
OpenAI’s Two-Week Pause + Jill Lepore on the Threat of the “Artificial State” + Train of Thought
This week, we learned that OpenAI had stopped training new artificial intelligence models while the company reviewed its security measures. Will this encourage…
AI Got Weird. So We're Changing The Show.
AI news this week: We're changing AI For Humans. Not ending it, despite what the first two minutes of this video would have you believe. Kevin wanted a memorial…
August 20
9 AI Techniques You Probably Haven't Tried
Even experienced AI users can fall behind as new features and working methods arrive. NLW breaks down nine techniques worth trying now—from live voice mode, wor…
Every Exponential Ends — Silicon Valley Forgot — Adam Becker
Astrophysicist Adam Becker, author of "What Is Real?", joins Tim Scarfe to take apart the futures Silicon Valley keeps selling: the 2045 singularity…
How Leaders Build for the Next Era of Compute - with Sam Grove of MIPS
Consolidating hardware into fewer, more capable chips looks like an unambiguous win — until the complexity those separate components used to handle resurfaces i…
From Restoring Sight to Reimagining the Brain, with Max Hodak
Max Hodak, co-founder and CEO of Science Corporation, joins Sarah Guo to discuss the future of vision, brain-computer interfaces, and the human experience. Max…
Transforming Cardiovascular Care — How AI-Driven Insights Unlock Value for Hospitals and Clinics - with Jim Hartman of Cleerly
Hospitals and clinics continue to face a central challenge: extensive cardiac testing still fails to deliver clear, consistent diagnostic answers, slowing decis…
August 19
The AI Backlash Is Getting Stupider. But Also Smarter.
The anti-AI backlash is becoming more meme-driven and politically powerful—but also, in a few important ways, more productive. NLW looks at Liquid Death’s viral…
From Zero to 150 Robots in Just 20 Months | Mike LeBlanc, Foundation Future Industries
Most humanoid robot companies are still running curated demos in replica environments. Foundation Future Industries is running 150 robots on real automotive pro…
August 18
The AI Engineering Skills Map for Knowledge Workers
AI is changing what effective knowledge work requires. NLW presents five essential skills for working with agents, building new tools, and recognizing opportuni…
How Regulated Enterprises Turn Governance Into AI Scale - with Julian Tang of BlackRock
Enterprise leaders face a growing gap between AI ambition and the fragmented data, legacy systems, and cultural friction that prevent pilots from becoming scala…
Flock CEO Garrett Langley on Controversy, "Surveillance State" Claims, and Privacy vs Safety
(0:00) The most controversial company in privacy right now, Flock CEO joins the show! (7:23) License plate data retention: 7 days solves 90% of crimes (13:00) C…
August 17
AI Companies Still Haven’t Delivered on Their Biggest Promises
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the strongest criticism of AI companies is that they still haven’t delivered the enormous benefits they’ve promised—and that no…
Why People Are Paying 10x More for AI - and What That Means for the Chip Market | Sid Sheth, d-Matrix
The AI chip market looks monolithic from the outside - NVIDIA dominates, and everyone else is fighting for scraps. But d-Matrix's CEO Sid Sheth argues that the…
Determining Virtual Cell Impact for Drug Discovery - with Kristóf Szalay and Gerold Csendes of Turbine
Virtual cell models promise faster, cheaper early-stage drug discovery. However, the industry still lacks a shared way to judge which of these models can actual…
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How to Decide What Work AI Should Do for You: The AI Deputization Audit
OpenAI’s Computer History and GrokBot’s “teach a task” feature point to a new phase of AI: tools that learn how you work so they can take more work off your pla…
Anthropic's $2T IPO, Zuck's AI Manifesto, Nvidia's $500B AI Bet, Grok's Comeback
(0:00) Gavin Baker joins the show! (2:36) Anthropic IPO report: $2T valuation, $100B+ run rate, October listing (27:32) Zuck's AI manifesto: What it means for M…
5 Stories We're Paying Attention to Today
Happy Friday.We’re live on YouTube and 𝕏.The current thing in tech and business is the WSJ profile on Dario Amodei’s wife Cami Clark.Run of…
Zuckerberg’s Anti-Doom Fantasy + Finally an A.I. Detector That Works + A.I. Math
This week we’re talking about Mark Zuckerberg’s latest essay, “The Future Is for Everyone,” which outlines his positive new vision about the potential of A.I. B…
August 13
Grok 4.6 Shows How Fast Your AI Options Are Expanding
Grok 4.6 is fast, capable, dramatically cheaper than the leading models—and another sign that AI users have more genuinely strong options than ever. NLW explore…
The SaaSpocalpse: A Postmortem
Happy Thursday.We’re live on YouTube and 𝕏.The current thing in tech and business is Instagram’s new wordmark.Today’s LineupRiver AI C…
What Chess.com Teaches US About Superhuman Capabilities, with CEO Erik Allebest
In a world of infinite gaming and entertainment possibilities, how does a centuries-old game stay so popular? Chess.com co-founder and CEO Erik Allebest joins S…
American Companies Have 36 Months to Go AI-Native or Get Left Behind | Drew Cukor, TWG AI
The same tools that slowed the U.S. military down in Afghanistan (PowerPoint, Excel, email, and Word) are now slowing American businesses down in the AI race. D…
The Predictive Model Reshaping Retail Operations at Scale - with Chris Slovak of Unframe
Most retail AI pilots stall waiting on a years-long project to centralize and clean data before any agent can go live. In this episode, Chris Slovak, Global Fie…