The AI Model Wars Just Heated WAY Up
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s AI Daily Brief dives into the escalating model wars between OpenAI, Google, and Apple. Ope...
Can AI Trade Stocks?
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can AI really pick winning stocks? In this episode, we dive into the wild world of AI trading—wher...
AI Starting to Self-Improve Says Zuckerberg
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Zuckerberg just published a major essay on Meta’s vision for “Personal Superintelligence,”...
Is Global AI Cooperation Even Possible?
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The episode investigates the escalating AI rivalry between the US and China, triggered by the releas...
Walmart Blasts Past Agent Experimentation
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Walmart has evolved from individual AI agents to "agent orchestration" - a unified system ...
Ambient Agents and 6 Other Big Ideas Coming Out of AI
27 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ambient Agents. Pay per crawl. User experience to agent experience. On this weekend episode, NLW exp...
9 AI Predictions from Jensen Huang
26 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s five‑minute headlines cover the strongest signal yet that GPT‑5 will drop in early Aug...
How One Company Saved 213,000 Hours with AI
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Norway’s $1.8T Sovereign Wealth Fund made AI core to how it works—unlocking 213,000 hours in ann...
America's AI Action Plan
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The White House just released a 28-page AI Action Plan alongside Anthropic's infrastructure repo...
Are World Models the Key to AGI?
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A groundbreaking Harvard study trained AI on 10 million solar systems and found it perfectly predict...
AI Just Achieved Something No One Thought it Would Until Years From Now
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An experimental reasoning model from OpenAI and Deep Thinking model from Gemini just achieved a Gold...
A Free Course on Using Agents Created by ChatGPT Agent
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today's episode, NLW puts ChatGPT's new Agent (and Manus) to the test to see how well the...
All the Cool Things People are Vibe Coding
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vibe coding is exploding in 2025, and it's way more than just a tech trend – it's revoluti...
5 Uses for the New ChatGPT Agent
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ChatGPT Agent just launched, and it's already showing impressive results - beating humans on abo...
How Much AI Do Workers Actually Want?
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NLW explores a groundbreaking Stanford study of 15,000+ workers across 100+ occupations that reveals...
Does AI Secretly Slow Developers Down?
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are AI coding tools actually making developers less productive? A new study from Meta’s AI researc...
Are AI Acquihires Screwing Up Startups?
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google just pulled off a $2.4 billion acquihire of AI coding startup Windsurf—but the way it happe...
15 Ways I Use AI (And the Models I Use for Each)
13 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AI Daily Brief, Nathaniel Whittemore walks through 15 practical ways he uses ...
Are AI Browsers the Next Big AI Trend?
12 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI browsers could be the next transformative trend in how we interact with the internet. This week, ...
Is Grok 4 the Best LLM Yet?
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk's XAI has dropped Grok 4, and early benchmarks are raising eyebrows across the AI worl...
Everything We Know About GPT-5 So Far
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a year of speculation and shifting narratives, GPT-5 appears to be nearing release—and it co...
The 7 Types of AI Agents
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NLW looks at two different ways to categories agents -- by functioning and by focus -- both of which...
The Latest AI Job Loss Predictions
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we dive into the latest predictions around AI-driven job displacement, highl...
The State of AI - Mid-2025
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
At the midpoint of 2025, private markets dominate AI growth, reasoning models spark rapid adoption, ...
Velvet Sundown, or, How Scared Should We Be of AI Music?
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new band called Velvet Sundown appeared on Spotify with two albums and hundreds of thousands of li...
How AI Companies Are Using AI
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores a recent report on how AI companies themselves are utilizing AI. The discussio...
How AI Eats Consulting
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI is hiring forward deployed engineers and building services that overlap with Palantir, Accent...
How the War for Talent Will Shape AI
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The talent war between Meta and OpenAI is intensifying. Meta is handing out massive offers, some rum...
AI, Agents and Software 3.0
29 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Andrej Karpathy's Software 3.0 talk reframes LLMs as a new kind of software—programmable, agen...
Agent Deployments Tripled Last Quarter
28 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprise AI agents are moving past experiments and into real use at a record pace. KPMG’s latest...
Everything is Now a Vibe Coding App
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vibe coding has taken over. Google’s Gemini CLI and Anthropic’s latest Claude update are making ...
Context Engineering: What It Is and Why It Matters
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Context engineering quickly becomes a core skill for anyone working with large language models (LLMs...
The Quest for the One-Person One-Billion Dollar Company
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As tiny team Base44 sells for $80m just six months after being launched by a single vibecoding found...
Can Buying Perplexity Save Apple on AI?
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apple missed the early AI wave and is struggling to catch up. Could acquiring the AI search startup ...
3 Ways To Get Better at AI Right Now
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Although many of the formal AI learning resources are stuck 6-12 months ago, NLW argues that there a...
10 AI Video Trends Taking Over the Internet
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google’s Veo 3 launch changed AI video overnight. Suddenly, TikTok and Instagram are full of AI vi...
20+ New Jobs that AI Will Create
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI might change or even replace many existing roles, but new jobs will emerge to bridge human needs ...
Should You Build Single Agents or Multi Agent Systems?
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Companies have two main options for building agent systems. Anthropic suggests multi-agent setups, d...
16 Ways Enterprise AI is Changing
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprise AI is evolving quickly. Budgets are rising, agents are becoming essential, and companies ...
Sam Altman on The Singularity
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The CEO of OpenAI reflects on the radical transformation we've already beheld and what's to ...
Why Your Company Needs to Move Faster on AI
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NLW argues that 1) things are moving faster than we think; 2) AI will be even more transformative th...
How This Totally Unhinged AI Ad Shows the Future of Advertising
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An off-the-wall AI generated ad will run in the NBA finals. The ad took two days to make and cost at...
What's the Bigger Deal for AI: o3 Pro or o3's 80% Price Drop?
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NLW dives into OpenAI’s dual announcements—the release of the highly anticipated O3 Pro model, d...
No, Apple's New AI Paper Doesn't Undermine Reasoning Models
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apple’s latest AI research paper, "The Illusion of Thinking," argues that large language...
How to Design an AI-Native Engineering Organization
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NLW is joined by Sid Pardeshi and Brian Elliot from Blitzy.com to discuss the radically changes comi...
Why AI Skeptics Are Nuts
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the AI Daily Brief, NLW dives into a provocative essay that's shaking up the AI convers...
The Biggest Trends from the AI Engineer World's Fair
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AI Engineer World’s Fair highlighted key AI and agent world shifts. Top themes: evals, tiny te...
Is OpenAI Going to Kill Your Startup?
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI’s latest product updates have people asking if startups can still compete when big platform...
How AI Solved a Massive Coding Challenge for Morgan Stanley
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI coding tools are now fixing problems in old software, helping non-coders build apps, and making w...
Inside the White-Hot AI Rollup Trend
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI rollups are gaining attention as venture capital and private equity firms buy established busines...
5 Ways AI is Different Than Past Tech Trends
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary analyst Mary Meeker returns with a massive new report highlighting AI outpacing all past t...
Does "AI First" Mean Replacing People?
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this long-reads episode of The AI Daily Brief, Nathaniel Whittemore reads and reflects on Tim O’...
Nvidia CEO Says China AI is Catching Up Fast
31 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns that China’s AI sector is advancing quickly, as new chips from Huawe...
The 6 AI Use Case Primitives
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI just released a new report breaking down the six core ways businesses are using AI today. The...
Is AI Already Shrinking Entry-Level Tech Jobs?
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is AI starting to cut entry-level tech jobs? New research says entry-level hiring in tech is way dow...
What to Use Claude 4 For
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4 and Sonnet 4, their newest AI models. Both are better at long t...
How to Make AI Work at Work
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI races forward, yet organizations remain behind. In this piece, NLW explores Professor Ethan Molli...
Rick Rubin on Art, Life and Vibe Coding
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary music producer Rick Rubin joins NLW on The AI Daily Brief for a singular conversation abou...
OpenA-IPhone? Legendary Designer Joins OpenAI
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI has purchased the AI hardware design firm of legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive. The plan is,...
The Push to Productize AI
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Following Microsoft Build kicking off the announcement week, Google followed with their I/O event. S...
Here Comes the Internet of Agents
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft Build 2025 opened, focusing on AI agents and the open agent web. Announcements included a ...
The Five Vectors of AI Competition
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Microsoft Build, Google I/O, and Code with Claude all happening this week, the battle between m...
The Vibe Coding Landscape 2025
18 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vibe coding is among the biggest AI themes and trends of the year, opening up incredible new possibi...
The "Wave of Crazy New AI Stuff" Coming Next Month
17 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A flood of major AI updates is right around the corner. New models from Anthropic, OpenAI’s autono...
How AI Is Already Changing Jobs
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is transforming the job market, reshaping roles from software engineers to customer service agent...
The Age of AI Diplomacy
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is becoming a central pillar of geopolitical strategy, as highlighted by a series of landmark AI ...
What to Use Different AI Models For
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve ever stared at OpenAI’s model selector and thought, “Which one am I supposed to use?...
AI Competition Shifts From Model to App Layer
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI has named former Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as its first CEO of Applications, signaling a major...
How AI Will Force Education to (Finally) Change
11 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is rapidly exposing the flaws in education—highlighting the disconnect between traditional scho...
13 Ways AI Will Change Consulting and Professional Services
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is rapidly transforming consulting and professional services, fundamentally changing how firms op...
Does AI Search Threaten the Business Model of the Internet?
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI search engines like OpenAI and Perplexity are changing how we find information online, moving use...
The Era of AI Experimentation is Over
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Companies have moved past the phase of simply experimenting with AI. Enterprises like IBM now view A...
OpenAI Gives Up On For-Profit Conversion
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI has stopped its plan to switch from a nonprofit to a for-profit company after months of debat...
7 Lessons for Enterprise AI
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI shared a short report with seven things they’ve seen work for companies using AI. These les...
The AGI Company of the Future
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NLW looks at a recent prediction for what a true AGI company will look like. Are we radically undert...
Nvidia and Anthropic Trade Barbs Around AI Chip Rules
03 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A growing rift between Nvidia and Anthropic has spilled into public view over U.S. AI export rules. ...
Half of Employees Still Hiding AI from Their Bosses (And It's Their Bosses Faults)
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new global survey shows 57% of employees still hide their AI use at work, and half present AI-gene...
Is Open Source AI Falling Behind?
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meta’s LlamaCon event showed progress but left many wondering if open source is losing ground. Met...
What Are People Actually Using AI For?
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A new report from Anthropic shows people are using Claude mostly for coding, especially simple apps ...
The Problem with GPT-4o Sycophancy
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Recent updates to GPT-4o have sparked criticism for making the model overly agreeable, leading to co...
Why Agency Could Be The Most Important Attribute in the AI Economy
27 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NLW builds off an essay by Replit's Gian Segato arguing that in a world where AI is the ultimate...
How to Price AI Agents (And Why It Matters)
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI agent pricing influences how companies plan and allocate their spending. Windsurf initiated a pri...
How Every Employee Becomes an "Agent Boss"
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft’s latest Work Trend Index reveals a major shift in enterprise AI: we’re entering the e...
Agent Performance Is Accelerating...Fast
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
New research suggests that AI agents are improving at a rate far faster than expected, and their tas...
Is the Future of AI "Cheating on Everything?"
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NLW covers the intense debate around AI startup "Clearly." Founded by 21-year-old Roy Lee,...
Agent Pilots Nearly Doubled Last Quarter
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Enterprise adoption of AI agents surged significantly, with pilots nearly doubling from 37% to 65% i...
Is o3 Functionally AGI?
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the launch of o3 and o4-Mini to the US considering a DeepSeek ban, these are the biggest storie...
Building a Voice Agent: A Case Study
19 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Eddie and Chris from Fractional AI discuss building a practical voice agent. They s...
The Agent Use Cases Most Ready for Primetime
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this discussion, AI strategist Nufar Gaspar explains the top AI agent use cases companies current...
MCP, Agents and What AI Engineers Are Thinking About Right Now feat. Swyx
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What's at the top of AI engineers' minds? Swyx, organizer of the AI Engineer Summit and host...
The 7 Biggest Mistakes Companies Are Making with AI and Agent Adoption
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Companies keep repeating these costly mistakes when adopting AI and agents. Nufar Gaspar, an AI adop...
How Vibecoding Unlocks AI feat. Riley Brown
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Riley Brown joins AI Daily Brief to explain Vibecoding, an accessible way to build software with AI....
Andrej Karpathy on How AI Empowers
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI cofounder Andrej Karpathy makes an argument that the normal patterns of technology diffusion ...
The 2025 AI Index
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stanford's 2025 AI Index reviews 2024's artificial intelligence trends. Performance benchmarks impro...
Google Cloud Next is All About Agents [Shocker!]
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Google Cloud Next was all about one thing: agents. Google officially backed the Model Context Protoc...
How Will Tariffs Impact the AI Industry?
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The new explosion of US tariffs (alongside the broader trade tensions between the U.S. and China) co...
Shopify's AI Memo Shows the Future of AI at Work
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke generated some serious buzz with a leaked internal memo where he laid out 6 m...
How Big a Deal is Llama 4's 10M Token Context Window?
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meta’s new Llama 4 models have a massive 10 million token context window and a fresh architecture ...
Why AI Will Take Over the $20T Professional Services Industry
06 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI and agents aren't just competing for software budgets. In today's episode, NLW reads and ...
OpenAI Says Next Reasoning Model Coming in a "Couple of Weeks"
05 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI confirms it will release new reasoning models, O3 and O4 Mini, in the next few weeks, with GP...