Welcome to the AI Rollup, your weekly ride through the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence! This week, we’re joined by frontier tech enthusiast Josh Kale to unpack the drama around Meta’s controversial launch of Llama 4, scrutinized for potentially overstating its capabilities. We dive into “AI 2027,” a provocative roadmap predicting espionage, geopolitical turmoil, and runaway intelligence, and explore Shopify’s bold move making AI usage mandatory for employees. Plus, we cover Claude Education’s groundbreaking efforts to boost student performance with tailored AI tutors and a16z’s massive $20 billion AI startup fund aiming to shape the industry’s next era.

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TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES

00:00:00 AI Generated Tarriff’s

00:03:58 Meta’s Huge New LLAMA 4 Announcement

https://x.com/ahmad_al_dahle/status/1908595680828154198?s=46

https://x.com/alexocheema/status/1908651942777397737?s=46

00:11:54 Did Meta Cheat?

https://x.com/Yuchenj_UW/status/1909061004207816960

https://x.com/andrewallenxo/status/1909143884321481157

https://x.com/ahmad_al_dahle/status/1909302532306092107?s=46

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4mvphwx5pdsZLMmpY/recent-ai-model-progress-feels-mostly-like-bullshit

00:20:45 AGI Is Coming in 2027

https://ai-2027.com/

https://situational-awareness.ai/

00:28:02 What Happens After AGI

https://ai-2027.com/

https://situational-awareness.ai/

00:39:58 Shopify And The Employment Crisis

https://x.com/tobi/status/1909251946235437514

00:48:34 The Future Of Education

https://www.anthropic.com/news/introducing-claude-for-education

https://x.com/jowettbrendan/status/1907695965726978184

https://x.com/cryptopunk7213/status/1907969387958513727

https://x.com/itsPaulAi/status/1907122207136137368

https://www.foxnews.com/media/texas-private-schools-use-ai-tutor-rockets-student-test-scores-top-2-country

00:59:55 How Much Does AI Know About You

01:04:58 A16Z’s $30B Fund

https://x.com/tkexpress11/status/1909626333711548526

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/andreessen-horowitz-seeks-raise-20-billion-megafund-amid-global-interest-us-ai-2025-04-08/

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