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With Nvidia's plan to invest $100 billion over time in OpenAI, is this type of investment in other competitors healthy for AI? Can LLMs actually handle enterprise tools and tasks? Meta launches a new AI short-form video feed. Apple is testing a new internal chatbot called Veritas as part of its efforts to revamp Siri.

  • Nvidia (intends to) invest (up to) $100B in OpenAI (over time).
  • Spending on AI is at epic levels. Will it ever pay off?.
  • Jensen Huang: "We're already seeing trillion-dollar AI investments".
  • How Anthropic and OpenAI are developing AI 'co-workers'.
  • OpenAI says GPT-5 stacks up to humans in a wide range of jobs.
  • OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse to proactively write you morning briefs.
  • Meta launches 'Vibes,' a short-form video feed of AI slop.
  • Trump signs executive order supporting proposed deal to put TikTok under US ownership.
  • Amazon reaches $2.5 billion settlement over allegations it misled Prime users.
  • Is GenZ unemployable?
  • Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z's hiring nightmare is real—and it's not about AI eating entry-level jobs.
  • AI startup friend bets on foes with $1M NYC subway campaign.
  • Peter Thiel wants everyone to think more about the Antichrist.
  • Apple builds a ChatGPT-like App to help test the revamped Siri.

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    Guests: Brian McCullough, Dan Shipper, and Ari Paparo

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