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The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Nathaniel Whittemore
A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence. NLW looks at AI from multiple angles, from the explosion of creativity brought on by new tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT to the potential disruptions to work and industries as we know them to the great philosophical, ethical and practical questions of advanced general intelligence, alignment and x-risk.
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Surprise Elon Anthropic Team Up Reshapes the AI Race
7 mei 202631 min<p>Anthropic’s Code with Claude event was supposed to be the story, with new managed agent features for memory, quality review, multi-agent orchestration, and finance-specific agents. Instead, the episode explores how a surprise SpaceX compute deal could change the AI race, giving Anthropic badly needed capacity while repositioning Elon Musk from model challenger to AI infrastructure kingmaker. In the headlines: Claude Dreaming, Outcomes, Anthropic’s finance agents, “infinite context,” and Dario’s 80x growth comment. </p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p>Check out the new <strong>AI Executive Catch-Up Program </strong>from <strong>AIDB Training: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p><p>Also registering for Cohort 3: http://enterpriseclaw.ai/</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Who Cares About Consumer AI
6 mei 202631 min<p>Consumer AI is the fastest-growing tech category in history, but the AI industry’s money, attention, and compute are moving hard toward enterprise and coding agents. NLW explores why consumer AI suddenly feels secondary, why token consumption may matter more than paid seats, and why ads, agentic commerce, and AI devices may be the only paths that make consumer AI economically impossible to ignore. In the headlines: Coinbase layoffs and the AI alibi, Anthropic’s massive Google Cloud deal, Palantir earnings, Larry Fink on compute as a commodity, and Cerebras IPO demand.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p>Check out the new <strong>AI Executive Catch-Up Program </strong>from <strong>AIDB Training: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p><p>Also registering for Cohort 3: http://enterpriseclaw.ai/</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Why OpenAI and Anthropic Are Becoming Consultants
5 mei 202626 min<p>OpenAI and Anthropic are moving deeper into enterprise AI services, but NLW argues the real story is organizational readiness. The episode explores why “buy and hope” AI adoption keeps failing, why power users get blocked by company structures, and why the next phase of AI deployment requires leaders to redesign how work gets done. In the headlines: White House AI model review, new lab access agreements, and AI safety oversight.</p><p><br></p><p>Check out the new <strong>AI Executive Catch-Up Program </strong>from <strong>AIDB Training: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Rackspace Technology</strong> – Run Palantir Foundry and AIP in production with a governed managed operating model <a href="https://www.rackspace.com/palantir" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.rackspace.com/palantir</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Is AI Doom Going Out of Style?
4 mei 202627 min<p>Faint but converging signals suggest the AI doom narrative may finally be cracking — and they're showing up in the chattering class and the markets at the same time. This episode walks through the evidence: Ezra Klein's New York Times pushback on the AI job apocalypse, Alex Imas's scarcity framework, Atlassian's blowout earnings, and Sam Altman's rhetorical pivot from replacement to augmentation.</p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup
3 mei 202626 min<p>AI was supposed to save time, but agents have done something stranger — they've made the infinite backlog of everything you <em>could</em> be doing feel immediate and urgent, creating a mix of exhilaration and overwhelm that looks a lot like founding a startup. This episode unpacks why that's happening, what new constraints replace the old ones, and the new roles and organizational structures that will need to emerge to make the agentic era actually work.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
The Week AI Grew Up
1 mei 202625 min<p>From GitHub's move to usage-based pricing to Anthropic's reported $900B raise to the White House blocking Mythos's government rollout, this week's stories all point to the same underlying shift — AI moving out of its startup era and into the era of critical infrastructure. A thematic weekly exploration of the meta-story the individual headlines were really telling, plus a closing detour into where OpenAI's Codex goblins came from.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How Harness-as-a-Service Will Change Agents
30 apr 202629 min<p>A new layer of AI infrastructure is emerging as Cursor, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft all push beyond models into the runtime environments that make agents useful. NLW explains why “harness-as-a-service” may become one of the defining categories of the agent era, how it changes what builders can create, and why the next wave of agentic apps may come from renting the runtime instead of assembling every piece from scratch. In the headlines: blowout AI earnings from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
AI Lab Power Rankings
29 apr 202625 min<p>NLW introduces the first AI Lab Power Rankings, comparing OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, xAI, and Apple across compute, enterprise, platforms, models, momentum, and X-factor. The episode explores who looks strongest on paper, who has the most real-world momentum, and why the agent era likely has room for multiple winners. In the headlines: Microsoft and OpenAI amend their partnership, OpenAI comes to AWS, Amazon launches Quick, Claude adds new connectors, and Wall Street reacts to outdated OpenAI growth data.</p><p><strong>Make your own rankings: </strong>https://ai-power-rankings-rho.vercel.app/<a href="https://ai-power-rankings-rho.vercel.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://ai-power-rankings-rho.vercel.app/</a></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
The AI Subsidy Era is Over
28 apr 202626 min<p>The AI discount is ending as agentic usage drives token consumption through the roof, forcing companies from GitHub to Anthropic to rethink pricing, limits, and compute access. NLW breaks down why usage-based billing is becoming inevitable, what it means for markets and job displacement, and how enterprises can adapt with cheaper models, cost audits, model bake-offs, escape-hatch architectures, and clearer AI cost scoreboards.</p><p><strong>5 Moves for Enterprises to Reduce the Cost of Agents: </strong><a href="https://play.aidailybrief.ai/episodes/the-ai-subsidy-era-ends/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://play.aidailybrief.ai/episodes/the-ai-subsidy-era-ends/</a></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How DeepSeek V4 Connects to the US Power Grid
27 apr 202625 min<p>Today's episode connects two stories that look unrelated on the surface — the White House invoking the Defense Production Act around US grid infrastructure, and DeepSeek's long-awaited V4 release. Together they point to a single conclusion, that energy has become the real frontline of the US-China AI competition. In the headlines: Google commits up to $40 billion to Anthropic, the AI trade roars back as hyperscalers push markets to new highs, and Nvidia becomes the first $5 trillion company.</p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Where the Economy Thrives After AI
26 apr 202630 min<p>A new economic argument suggests AI won’t simply wipe out work, but will shift value toward the parts of the economy where human presence, provenance, care, taste, and relationship matter most. NLW explores Alex Imas' case for a post-commodity economy, why automation may make relational work more valuable, and how the AI jobs debate is missing the question of what new demand gets unlocked when supply becomes abundant.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://aleximas.substack.com/p/what-will-be-scarce" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://aleximas.substack.com/p/what-will-be-scarce</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How To Build a Personal Agentic Operating System
25 apr 202629 min<p>On our latest Operators Bonus Episode, Nufar Gaspar returns to introduce Agent OS, the latest free AIDB training program for building a personal agentic operating system that travels with you across any tool, model, or harness. As every agent tool converges on the same set of capabilities, the system you build underneath is what actually matters — and Nufar walks through the seven layers using a chief of staff as the running example.</p><p>Sign up for the free AgentOS program: <a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p>
What I Learned Testing GPT-5.5
24 apr 202637 min<p>GPT 5.5 is here, and the first reactions are split between benchmark dominance, coding debates, Anthropic comparisons, and questions about whether the upgrade will feel dramatic to everyday users. NLW breaks down the launch, the “real work” positioning, the Mythos backdrop, and what changed in OpenAI’s communication strategy, then shares what he learned testing GPT 5.5 across writing, coding, strategy, design, spreadsheets, and data analysis.</p><p><strong>AI Practitioner's Credential Survey - </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4">https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How Headless Agents Will Change Work
24 apr 202631 min<p>This week, Salesforce, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google all made major moves toward "headless" software — platforms designed for agents rather than human users. The episode explores what this shift means for business models, the future of SaaS pricing, and who captures the value when agents become the primary consumers of enterprise tools. In the headlines: OpenAI triples its compute targets to 30 gigawatts, Google unveils separate TPU chips for training and inference, and Mistral may be joining forces with xAI.</p><p><strong>AI Practitioner's Credential Survey - </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4">https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
What GPT Images 2 Unlocks
22 apr 202625 min<p>OpenAI's GPT Image 2 topped the LM Arena leaderboard by a record 242 points, but the real story is how it fits the agentic stack. This episode digs into the image-to-code workflows driving most of the excitement and where reasoning over images still falls short. In the headlines: SpaceX's new deal with Cursor, an unauthorized group's access to Claude Mythos, and a big upgrade to Google's Deep Research.</p><p><strong>AI Practitioner's Credential Survey - </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4">https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How Apple's AI Strategy Changes with a New CEO
21 apr 202624 min<p>Apple's incoming CEO John Ternus inherits a company that some say brilliantly sat out the AI spending race and others say completely squandered its advantages. Either way, the biggest question he faces is what Apple's AI strategy actually looks like going forward. In the headlines: OpenAI's new Chronicle memory feature, Anthropic's White House meeting, and TSMC posts another record quarter.</p><p><strong>AI Practitioner's Credential Survey - </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4">https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
What To Build First With Claude Design
20 apr 202629 min<p>Anthropic dropped Claude Design on Friday — a new design suite built on top of Opus 4.7 that lets users prototype, wireframe, and iterate on visual projects through natural language, inline comments, and custom sliders. Today's episode walks through the best use cases emerging from the first few days, from marketing assets and pitch decks to mobile app wireframes and launch videos, and explores who this tool is really for, where it shines, and where it still falls short.</p><p><strong>AI Practitioner's Credential Survey - </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How the Best Companies Use AI
19 apr 202627 min<p>A deep dive into what separates the AI leaders from the laggers, drawing on the recent PwC study, McKinsey's AI Transformation Manifesto, George Sivulka's a16z essay on institutional vs. individual AI, and a close look at how Ramp built its internal AI system Glass. The throughline: leading companies treat AI as a growth and opportunity technology, and they build organizational systems that raise the floor for every employee rather than leaving people to figure it out alone.</p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><p>https://www.a16z.news/p/institutional-ai-vs-individual-ai</p><p>https://x.com/sebgoddijn/status/2042285915435937816</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Agent Building Trends [Operator Bonus Episode]
18 apr 202611 min<p>In this Operator's Bonus episode, NLW zooms out from the Agent Madness bracket to share the patterns emerging across nearly 100 agent submissions — from the shift toward AI org charts and "markets of one" software, to the memory gap holding the whole field back. He also previews the Elite Eight matchups.</p>
How to Use Opus 4.7 and the New Codex
17 apr 202624 min<p>Anthropic shipped Opus 4.7 and OpenAI shipped a much more ambitious Codex app on the same day. NLW digs into what's actually new in each, why the emerging "monothread" pattern could be the biggest unlock for knowledge workers, and gives a slew of use cases worth trying this weekend.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
AI's Great Divergence
16 apr 202621 min<p>Stanford's new AI Index and PwC's annual AI performance study reveal a widening gap — between AI experts and the public, and between corporate leaders capturing 75% of AI's economic gains and everyone else. NLW breaks down what's driving the divergence and why some gaps matter more than others. In the headlines: Allbirds pivots to an AI neocloud, OpenAI updates its agents SDK and moves to pay-per-click ads, the Manus investigation chills Chinese founders, and Jensen Huang calls for US-China AI dialogue.</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Vibe Coding Gets an Upgrade
15 apr 202625 min<p>A wave of updates across Claude Code, Lovable, and Google AI Studio shows how fast agentic coding tools are converging — and why enterprise hardening of vibe coding may be one of the biggest building opportunities of 2026. In the headlines: Opus 4.7 rumors, OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Cyber model, Anthropic's shift to usage-based enterprise pricing, and Maine's first-in-the-nation data center moratorium.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
AI Populism Turns Violent
15 apr 202632 min<p>After multiple violent attacks on Sam Altman's home this weekend, the AI world erupted in debate over who bears responsibility — X-risk advocates, the media, or the industry itself. But the research on political violence suggests something bigger is happening, and that AI has become a perfect cauldron for economic grievance, perceived inequality, and a growing sense that democratic channels are blocked.</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Harness Engineering 101
13 apr 202625 min<p>We went from prompt engineering to context engineering, and now the discipline everyone in AI is talking about is harness engineering — designing the systems, tools, and context you put around a model so it can actually do real work. Today's episode is a primer on what harness engineering is, why it explains the strange convergence of every AI product into the same shape, and what Anthropic's new managed agents tell us about where it's all heading.</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
The New AI Org Chart
12 apr 202628 min<p>Jack Dorsey and Sequoia's Roelof Botha published a sweeping essay arguing that AI can replace the information-routing function of hierarchy itself — and Block is betting the company on it. Today we read through their vision for the "company as intelligence," then compare it to the messy, bottom-up reality emerging at Every, where agents are already forming a shadow org chart.</p><p>Essay: <a href="https://block.xyz/inside/from-hierarchy-to-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://block.xyz/inside/from-hierarchy-to-intelligence</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Why Enterprise AI Has a Leadership Problem
10 apr 202627 min<p>New studies from A16Z, KPMG, Writer, and WalkMe paint a picture of enterprise AI that's simultaneously accelerating and breaking down — agentic deployment has crossed 50%, but trust gaps, employee resistance, and a 93/7 spending split between tools and people suggest the real bottleneck isn't technology. In the headlines: Wall Street moves past the SaaS apocalypse, Anthropic poaches top talent from Microsoft and Workday, and Intel partners with Elon on TeraFab.</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
All of AI's New Models and Tools
9 apr 202628 min<p>While much of the week's discourse centered on models we can't use yet, the rest of the AI industry shipped a ton. Meta reenters the frontier race with Muse Spark, Z.AI open sources a model rivaling the US leaders, Anthropic launches managed agents, and Google quietly drops one of its most useful Gemini updates yet. In the headlines: Perplexity's revenue doubling, GitHub straining under agentic coding, and Anthropic's latest setback in its Pentagon legal battle.</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Should We Be Scared of Anthropic's Mythos?
8 apr 202632 min<p>Anthropic just announced Mythos, a model so powerful at finding cybersecurity exploits that they won't release it publicly — instead launching Project Glasswing to let select partners harden critical systems first. Today we unpack the capabilities, the discourse, and whether the fear is warranted.</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zencoder</strong> - From vibe coding to AI-first engineering - <a href="http://zencoder.ai/zenflow">http://zencoder.ai/zenflow</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
OpenAI's New Deal
8 apr 202636 min<p>OpenAI released a sweeping policy document proposing everything from public wealth funds to portable benefits — but without a single commitment that would cost the company anything. We dig into what's worth discussing, what's window dressing, and why the AI industry's inability to make the case for its own existence is becoming a serious problem. In the headlines: Anthropic's revenue triples to a $30 billion run rate, a massive new Google-Broadcom compute deal, Gemma 4's breakout moment, and Meta's token maxing culture.</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zencoder</strong> - From vibe coding to AI-first engineering - <a href="http://zencoder.ai/zenflow">http://zencoder.ai/zenflow</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
The Calm Before the AGI Storm
6 apr 202629 min<p>Even during a relatively quiet week in AI, the signals are unmistakable — every major lab is jostling for position ahead of what feels like a dramatic acceleration, from OpenAI's record fundraise and IPO tensions to Anthropic's usage backlash to Google's open source push.</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Recall </strong>- The API for meeting recording. Get Get started today with $100 in free credits at <a href="https://www.recall.ai/aidb">https://www.recall.ai/aidb</a></p><p><strong>AIUC-1</strong> - Get your agents certified to communicate trust to enterprise buyers - <a href="https://www.aiuc-1.com/">https://www.aiuc-1.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p><br></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
