Microsoft AI head calls out Anthropic for acting like Claude is conscious
Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says it's "really, really dangerous" for Anthropic to speculate about Claude's consciousness inside its "constitution," or the instructions that tell the model how to behave.
The Verge AI · Emma Roth
Microsoft AI chief walks back comments about AI taking over white-collar work
Microsoft AI head Mustafa Suleyman is walking back his statement about AI automating jobs done by white-collar workers, including lawyers, accountants, and project managers.
Axios · Ina Fried
Apple finally ships its AI assistant upgrade
Apple is finally delivering the conversational and context-aware AI that it promised two years ago. Its rivals have already moved on to agents. Why it matters: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and other AI companies are pushing beyond chatbots toward agentic tools that can write code, search through…
Bloomberg Technology
Luma AI Launches Physical AI Lab
The next AI race is in the physical world, according to Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and Luma AI listened. The company is announcing the launch of an open research lab that will allow anyone to train robots on its software.
Simon Willison
FTC to Require Cox Media Group, Two Other Firms to Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle Charges They Deceived Customers
FTC to Require Cox Media Group, Two Other Firms to Pay Nearly $1 Million to Settle Charges They Deceived Customers About “Active Listening” AI-Powered Marketing Service Back in 2024 Cox Media Group were caught trying to sell advertisers packages based on "active listening", with this deck which…
Bloomberg Technology
The 10 Billion Startup Training AI To Do Your Job
San Francisco tech startup, Mercor, is hiring high-skilled workers for a massive undertaking: teaching AI how to do their jobs. On today’s Big Take podcast, reporter Tom Foster and host Sarah Holder break down how Mercor’s college-dropout founders built a $10 billion company aimed at automating the…
MIT Technology Review · MIT Technology Review
Roundtables: Unveiling The 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now
Listen to the session or watch below Watch a special edition of Roundtables simulcast live from EmTech AI, MIT Technology Review’s signature conference for AI leadership.
The Verge AI · David Pierce
This is your laptop… on AI
We're now deep into developer conference season, and one of the themes so far is the relentless conviction from Big Tech companies that AI is going to change everything about how we do everything.
Bloomberg Technology
Markets Are Betting Big on AI. This Harvard Professor Isn’t So Sure
With markets near record highs, driven by demand for artificial intelligence, it certainly seems that investors are betting big on AI growth. On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, Gita Gopinath. Harvard economics professor and the former first deputy managing director of the IMF.
The Guardian AI · Zesha Saleem
Spotify and Universal Music agree deal to let subscribers create AI remixes
Licensing agreement will allow listeners to use AI to create content on streaming platform for first time Spotify and Universal Music Group have agreed on a deal that will allow subscribers to generate song covers and remixes using artificial intelligence.
Bloomberg Technology
Cerebras Pulls Back After IPO Day; Gemini Space Station Rises on $100M Investment | Stock Movers
On this episode of Stock Movers with Alexis Christoforous: - Gemini Space Station (GEMI) is rising after Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss made a $100 million “strategic investment” into the company.
OpenAI
How a reasoning model cracked an 80-year-old math problem. the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 20
The Guardian AI
Are robots nearing their ChatGPT moment? – podcast
Last month at Beijing’s half marathon, a robot named Lightning beat the human world record by nearly seven minutes. It’s the latest in a string of AI-powered milestones that have got people wondering whether robots are about to enter our everyday lives, just as chatbots have.
MIT Technology Review · Grace Huckins
Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting
During Tuesday’s Google I/O keynote, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, proclaimed that we are currently “standing in the foothills of the singularity.” It was a striking statement.
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Roundtables: Can AI Learn to Understand the World?
Listen to the session or watch below AI companies want to build systems that understand the external world and overcome the limitations of LLMs. Recent developments have brought world models to the forefront of the AI discussion.
TWIML AI Podcast
Relational Foundation Models for Enterprise Data with Jure Leskovec - #768
In this episode, Jure Leskovec, co-founder and chief scientist at Kumo and professor of computer science at Stanford, joins us to explore two fronts of his work: AI for science and relational deep learning.
Bloomberg Technology · K Oanh Ha, Naomi Ng
SoftBank Insiders Worry About Masayoshi Son’s Bet on OpenAI
On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, why Masayoshi Son’s $60 billion investment in OpenAI is raising concerns inside SoftBank.
Bloomberg Technology
How Traders Evaluate the Divergence Between US and Chinese AI Models
On this episode of the Odd Lots podcast, Deutsche Bank's Ozan Tarman and Aditya Singhal join Tracy Alloway and Joe Weisenthal to break down the different areas where the East and West are deploying capital and developing AI technology. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Guardian AI · Josh Butler
Pocock urges CGT changes as Albanese laughs off AI meme campaign
Independent senator warns budget reform could drive tech investment offshore, as PM thanks startups for ‘very flattering’ images Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Anthony Albanese has laughed off an AI-generated meme campaign against capital gains tax changes from startup…
The Guardian AI · Josh Butler
Tech founders use AI-generated images to poke fun at Anthony Albanese in protest against tax changes
‘He’s having a great time with his new 47% equity,’ one entrepreneur jokes, warning that some startups may leave Australia behind Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Tech entrepreneurs have mocked the government’s capital gains tax changes by posting AI-generated photos of…
Dwarkesh Podcast · Dwarkesh Patel
Notes on pretraining parallelisms and failed training runs.
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Bloomberg Technology · Tracy Alloway, Joe Weisenthal
Odd Lots: Stripe’s John Collison on Agentic Commerce (Podcast)
The internet is made for shopping. For years, the main inputs for e-commerce transactions involved targeted ads, algorithmic recommendations, SEO, and lots of mindless scrolling.
OpenAI
Inside image generation’s Renaissance moment. the OpenAI Podcast Ep. 19
Practical AI · Practical AI LLC
U.S. Congressman Beyer on AI challenges facing America and the World
U.S. Congressman Don Beyer returns to Practical AI for another far-reaching conversation with Chris about many of the most important AI challenges facing America and the world.