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AI's Lock-In: When Ecosystems Trump Compute


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This week's edition unpacks Nvidia's dominance, revealing that compute isn’t the real bottleneck – it’s control of the AI ecosystem. We also explore the surprisingly robust open-source response and the growing concern that application integrity is lagging behind rapid development, posing critical risks to governance and security.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:07 - AI Infrastructure Powerhouses: Nvidia and Compute Limitations
9:38 - The Open Source AI Revolution: From OpenPilot to Agentic Platforms
18:06 - AI Alignment Beyond the Code: Governance, Testing & Integrity
24:56 - Conclusion

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