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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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Is China Outcompeting the US on AI?
Mar 26, 2025 19 min<p>Is China pulling ahead of the US in AI? With new breakthroughs from DeepSeek, cutting-edge Huawei chips, and top Chinese AI talent leaving the US, China appears to be rapidly closing the gap.<br><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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Where AI is Driving Revenue Growth Today
Mar 24, 2025 22 min<p>McKinsey has released their latest State of AI report. NLW breaks down the most interesting findings, including where companies are actually seeing bottom line impact in terms of revenue growth and cost savings. Plus where companies remain behind the curve. </p><p>Read the study: https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai#/</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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Why AGI is a Useless Term for Businesses
Mar 23, 2025 12 min<p>All of the frontier labs are racing for AGI, but in this episode, NLW argues that the concept of AGI is most irrelevant and distracting for all practical purposes for businesses. </p><p>Source piece: https://edave.substack.com/p/escape-velocity-why-we-dont-need</p><p><br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER</strong></p><p>To get your ready-to-go agent from https://www.lindy.ai/ email nlw@besuper.ai with the word "LINDY" in the title</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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6 Hail Mary's to Get Apple Back in the AI Game
Mar 22, 2025 22 min<p>Apple’s AI strategy is struggling, and drastic changes are needed fast. Here are six bold moves like buying Anthropic or killing Siri that Apple could use to reclaim its spot in the AI game. Before that in the headlines, Claude can finally search the web. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER</strong></p><p>To get your ready-to-go agent from https://www.lindy.ai/ email nlw@besuper.ai with the word "LINDY" in the title</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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AI Agent Capabilities Are Doubling Every Three Months
Mar 21, 2025 17 min<p>New research reveals AI agent capabilities are doubling every three months, faster than Moore's Law. A recent study measured agent performance on actual tasks and found an exponential growth trend. Before that in the Headlines, Meta Llama hits a billion downloads. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER</strong></p><p>To get your ready-to-go agent from https://www.lindy.ai/ email nlw@besuper.ai with the word "LINDY" in the title</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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The "AI Super Bowl" Previews the Future
Mar 20, 2025 19 min<p>NVIDIA's annual developer conference, GTC, known as the AI Super Bowl, brought major announcements shaping the future of AI. CEO Jensen Huang unveiled groundbreaking AI chips, partnerships with Disney and GM, advanced robotics, and powerful desktop AI supercomputers.<br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER</strong></p><p>To get your ready-to-go agent from https://www.lindy.ai/ email nlw@besuper.ai with the word "LINDY" in the title</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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The Big Challenge with Agents Today
Mar 19, 2025 17 min<p>AI agents are hyped as the next big thing, but companies like Salesforce are hitting roadblocks. Salesforce's AgentForce faces challenges around high pricing, unclear value, and companies not yet ready to adopt AI agents. Before that in the headlines, a record-setting energy deal to power AI. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER</strong></p><p>To get your ready-to-go agent from https://www.lindy.ai/ email nlw@besuper.ai with the word "LINDY" in the title</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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How the AI Price Wars Will Impact You
Mar 18, 2025 18 min<p>China’s Baidu dropped new AI models at prices far below competitors like OpenAI and DeepSeek. Baidu's Ernie model matches GPT-4.5 at only 1% of its cost, kicking off a significant AI price war. Before that in the Headlines, Apple's AI strategy is officially a dumpster fire. </p><p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER</strong></p><p>To get your ready-to-go agent from https://www.lindy.ai/ email nlw@besuper.ai with the word "LINDY" in the title</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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The Rise of Vibecoding
Mar 16, 2025 15 min<p>Vibecoding -- i.e. speaking to text-to-code tools and programming with your words -- has exploded as a concept and a pursuit. NLW shares a recent essay about how the idea is expanding beyond just coding to a new way of interacting with AI. </p><p>https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/speaking-things-into-existence</p><p><br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER</strong></p><p>To get your ready-to-go agent from https://www.lindy.ai/ email nlw@besuper.ai with the word "LINDY" in the title</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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What the AI Action Plan for the USA Should Be
Mar 15, 2025 20 min<p>The White House asked Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI to weigh in on America's AI policy, and their proposals reveal significant shifts in priorities. OpenAI pushes for reduced regulation and a strong stance against China, Google advocates fair-use AI training exemptions, and Anthropic calls for rigorous national security testing and tighter export controls. Before that in the headlines, everyone is talking about a new image generation model. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER</strong></p><p>To get your ready-to-go agent from https://www.lindy.ai/ email nlw@besuper.ai with the word "LINDY" in the title</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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The State of AI for Robotics
Mar 14, 2025 19 min<p>Google just released Gemini Robotics, a powerful new AI built for humanoid robots, taking robotics beyond simple tasks like opening doors to handling complex actions like folding origami or packing groceries without specific training. Companies like Figure AI, NVIDIA, and startups Unitree, Dexterity, and Apptronic are also pushing ahead. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>SPECIAL OFFER</strong></p><p>To get your ready-to-go agent from https://www.lindy.ai/ email nlw@besuper.ai with the word "LINDY" in the title<br><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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AI to Write 90% of All Code Soon?
Mar 13, 2025 21 min<p>Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei predicts AI will write 90% of all code within 3-6 months, sparking debate across tech. As AI coding accelerates, questions arise about job changes for software engineers, the future of programming languages, and how quickly industries will adopt this shift. Plus OpenAI releases their Agents SDK. </p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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How the OpenAI-Microsoft Frenemy-Ship is Shaping AI Development
Mar 12, 2025 19 min<p>Microsoft and OpenAI's complex relationship is heating up, shaping the future of AI in unexpected ways. As tensions grow, Microsoft pushes forward independently with new models called MAI, which directly compete with OpenAI’s reasoning models. Meanwhile, OpenAI diversifies its partnerships, signing a massive cloud deal with CoreWeave and teaming up with Oracle and SoftBank for Project Stargate. <br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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Is the Manus AI Agent Another DeepSeek Moment?
Mar 11, 2025 19 min<p>Manus, a new AI agent from China, is creating excitement similar to DeepSeek by showcasing advanced autonomous capabilities. It went viral overnight, offering functionalities such as website building, financial analysis, and business assistance. Although it uses existing models like Claude 3.7 Sonnet, Manus impresses users through exceptional user experience and task integration, marking a pivotal shift towards highly effective multipurpose AI agents.<br><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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Is AI Weird Enough to Actually Make Scientific Discoveries?
Mar 9, 2025 13 min<p>A reading and discussion inspired by <a href="https://thomwolf.io/blog/scientific-ai.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://thomwolf.io/blog/scientific-ai.html</a><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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The Top GenAI Apps Right Now
Mar 8, 2025 15 min<p>AI powered apps are growing fast, with ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and coding assistants leading. Reports from SimilarWeb, SensorTower, and A16Z show that AI tools for coding, data analysis, and content creation are getting the most traction. Apps like Cursor, Bolt, and Lovable make building software easier for coders and non-coders. DeepSeek’s chatbot has quickly become a major player, forcing competitors to rethink pricing. Before that in the Headlines, Google cofounder has a new AI startup. </p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p><p><br></p>
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Can OpenAI Really Charge $20k/Month for Agents?
Mar 7, 2025 15 min<p>A leaked investor deck suggests OpenAI plans to charge up to $20,000 monthly for its most advanced AI agents. Lower-tier agents focused on knowledge work and software development would cost between $2,000 and $10,000. The AI community is debating whether these prices make sense, how they compare to human labor costs, and whether competition will push them down. <br><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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The US Government Knows AGI Is Near
Mar 6, 2025 14 min<p>A recent New York Times interview arguing that the US Gov't knows AGI is coming (and coming soon) is generating a lot of chatter about what the response should be. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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Are Voice Agents the Next Big Computing Platform?
Mar 5, 2025 19 min<p>A new AI voice model, Sesame, is turning heads with its natural conversations, leaving many wondering if this is a turning point for AI assistants. Companies are racing to build AI-powered voice tools for customer service, sales, education, and more. Is this the future of computing, or will people resist talking to machines? Plus Anthropic raises $3.5B. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown<br></p>
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The AI Cold War Heats Up
Mar 4, 2025 16 min<p>China is restricting AI leaders from traveling to the U.S., signaling a new level of national security focus. Meanwhile, Beijing is ramping up investment, with Alibaba committing $53 billion to AI infrastructure and DeepSeek claiming massive profit margins. On the U.S. side, policymakers debate whether export controls are working, and former officials push for open-source AI to counter China's growing influence. The AI arms race is accelerating. Tune in for the latest.<br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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The Dr. Strange Theory of AI Agent Work
Mar 2, 2025 10 min<p>In today's alt-long-reads episode, NLW explores the future of agentic work. He argues agents won't be a 1-to-1 replacement for today's labor, but will totally transform how we think about how jobs get done. </p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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What GPT-4.5 Should Be Used For
Mar 1, 2025 20 min<p>OpenAI has officially launched GPT-4.5, but it’s not the model most people expected. While it lags behind reasoning focused models like O1 and DeepSeek, it shines in creativity, writing, and emotional intelligence. Sam Altman calls it the first model that “feels like talking to a thoughtful person.” But with high API costs and limited reasoning improvements, who is GPT-4.5 actually for? Before that in the headlines, AI is growing faster than SaaS ever did. </p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">https://kpmg.com/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown<br></p>
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Why AI Compute Consumption Isn't Slowing Down
Feb 28, 2025 21 min<p>Despite reports of Microsoft canceling data center leases, AI compute demand is still accelerating. This episode breaks down Wall Street’s ongoing AI skepticism and the reasons why companies like Meta, OpenAI, and Apple are making massive infrastructure bets. Plus, key takeaways from Nvidia’s latest earnings and what reasoning models mean for the future of computing. <br><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">www.kpmg.us/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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Faster/Slower: Where AI Is Moving Ahead of Expectations and Where its Lagging
Feb 27, 2025 18 min<p>To many, it feels like a moment of significant acceleration. We're getting a new model every few days, major advances in agents, and generally there's a sense of things getting faster. And yet, not everything is moving in lock-step. NLW breaks down what in AI is moving faster than expected, vs what's moving slower.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">www.kpmg.us/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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First Reactions: Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code
Feb 26, 2025 16 min<p>Claude 3.7 Sonnet has launched to much fanfare. Along with it comes Claude Code, reinforcing just how much Anthropic has found Claude's core use case in coding. NLW shares the first reactions. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">www.kpmg.us/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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NLW on the Future of AI Agents
Feb 24, 2025 24 min<p>A discussion originally from the Tool Use podcast. </p><p>See full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fDu52FzmJc // https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/will-ai-agents-be-your-automation-breakthrough-ft-nlw/id1773693853?i=1000693646455</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">www.kpmg.us/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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Agentic AI as a Tool of US Diplomacy?
Feb 23, 2025 17 min<p>NLW reads two pieces that both discuss how agentic AI changes AI's place in the geopolitical discourse. One of the pieces argues strenuously that America should be viewing AI and agents as a tool for softpower, and NLW expands the economic argument. </p><p><strong>Sources:</strong></p><p>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5149319-us-soft-power-ai-foreign-aid/</p><p><a href="https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3299013/rise-autonomous-agentic-ai-raises-geopolitical-stakes?registerSource=loginwall&onboard=true&firstTimeRegister=true">https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3299013/rise-autonomous-agentic-ai-raises-geopolitical-stakes</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">www.kpmg.us/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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Google's AI Co Scientist and the True Power of Multi-Agent Systems
Feb 22, 2025 15 min<p>Google’s AI Co-Scientist is changing how research gets done, using a system of multiple agents working together to generate and refine scientific ideas. This approach has already led to drug repurposing, treatment discovery, and antimicrobial resistance research breakthroughs. But beyond science, this model hints at a more significant shift in multi-agent AI systems tackling real problems. Are we about to see a wave of AI teams replacing single models?<br>Brought to you by:</p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">www.kpmg.us/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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Why Microsoft's CEO Doesn't Believe in AGI
Feb 21, 2025 20 min<p>At least...not in the same way others think of it. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella just sat down for a rare in-depth interview, sharing his thoughts on AGI, Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, and the risks of overbuilding AI infrastructure. He argues that AGI should be measured by real economic growth, not benchmarks, and warns that businesses may be overinvesting in AI data centers. Is Microsoft pulling back while others go all in?<br>Brought to you by:</p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">www.kpmg.us/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
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What AI Coding Agents Can Do Right Now
Feb 20, 2025 24 min<p>AI coding tools are advancing rapidly, but how effective are they for freelance jobs? OpenAI's new SWE Lancer benchmark evaluated top AI models on 1,400 software engineering tasks from Upwork. The outcome? Claude 3.5 Sonnet surpassed OpenAI’s models, completing more tasks and earning the highest simulated payout. Additionally, "vibe coding" is transforming software development into a more interactive, less technical process. <br>Brought to you by:</p><p>KPMG – Go to <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/ai">www.kpmg.us/ai</a> to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.</p><p>Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw</p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ 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: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown</p>
