Are AI agent swarms here?
Paul and Mike break down the viral "Moltbook" phenomenon, OpenAI’s massive funding talks, and the sobering new essay from Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. Plus: Google’s Project Genie, Microsoft’s stock dip, and the new Marketing Talent AI Impact Report.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 — Intro
00:02:38 — AI Pulse Results
00:05:27 — Moltbot and Moltbook Take the World by Storm
00:19:06 — OpenAI’s Insatiable Need for Funding
00:25:56 — Marketing AI Council Report
00:34:19 — AI for Departments Webinar Series
00:35:30 — Google Introduces Project Genie
00:40:49 — Dario Amodei Publishes “The Adolescence of Technology”
00:47:42 — Microsoft’s Rocky Week
00:51:47 — More Details Revealed About ChatGPT Ads
00:55:23 — Rumors of a SpaceX/xAI Merger
00:59:05 — METR Releases New AI Time Horizon Estimates
01:03:42 — Google DeepMind Researcher Founds New AI Startup
01:05:57 — New Anthropic Research on How AI Affects Knowledge Work
01:09:13 — New Gallup Research on AI Usage in the Workplace
01:11:50 — AI Product and Funding News
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