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The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Nathaniel Whittemore
A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence. NLW looks at AI from multiple angles, from the explosion of creativity brought on by new tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT to the potential disruptions to work and industries as we know them to the great philosophical, ethical and practical questions of advanced general intelligence, alignment and x-risk.
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The 4 AI Team Members Execs Should Hire Right Now
May 25, 202632 min<p>NLW is joined by Nufar Gaspar for an Operators Bonus episode on the practical AI systems leaders should build for themselves right now. They discuss why executive AI usage is often the strongest signal for broader organizational adoption, then walk through four “digital employees” every leader can start using today: a research analyst, a strategic thought partner, a communication expert, and an operational powerhouse.</p><p><strong>Sign up for the new AI Executive Catch Up program: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p>
Why Agents Still Need Humans
May 24, 202626 min<p>NLW explores the next wave of human-agent collaboration, using Dan Shipper’s “After Automation” essay and Every’s agent experiments to argue that automation is creating more expert human work, not less. The episode looks at shared team agents, the “human sandwich” model, the limits of fully autonomous OpenClaw-style agents, and why Codex and Claude Code point toward a more semi-synchronous future of managing agent work across devices.</p><p>After Automation: <a href="https://every.to/p/after-automation" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://every.to/p/after-automation</a></p><p><strong>Enterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: </strong><a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
AI’s New Acceleration Phase
May 22, 202624 min<p>A week of AI news added up to something bigger than any single story: Anthropic’s path to profitability, OpenAI’s math breakthrough, Google pushing AI deeper into Search and Docs, Cursor’s cheaper coding model, SpaceX becoming an AI compute player, Andrej Karpathy joining Anthropic, and the political fight over AI policy all pointed in the same direction. AI acceleration is showing up across business models, model capabilities, consumer products, compute infrastructure, and regulation at the same time.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Enterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: </strong><a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Anthropic Just Reset AI Expectations
May 21, 202626 min<p>Anthropic delivered one of the most consequential weeks any AI lab has had yet: Andrej Karpathy joined to work on AI-accelerated pre-training research, new financials suggested the company is already profitable, and its deepening SpaceX compute partnership added fuel to the acceleration story. NLW breaks down why this is bigger than a lab horse race, why recursive research and compute constraints matter, and how Anthropic’s momentum is forcing a reset in how markets understand the AI boom. In the headlines: OpenAI’s IPO plans, Cursor’s efficient coding model, and more.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Apply for our Growth Engineering role: </strong><a href="https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/">https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Enterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: </strong><a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Why Google Isn't Chasing Claude Code
May 20, 202636 min<p>Google I/O showed a company with enormous AI advantages and a surprisingly confusing product map. NLW breaks down Omni, Spark, Antigravity 2.0, Gemini 3.5 Flash, and the deeper strategic question underneath it all: whether Google is really trying to beat Claude Code and Codex at their own game, or whether its real bet is on consumer distribution, multimodal world models, TPUs, and embedding AI across everything people already use.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Apply for our Growth Engineering role: </strong><a href="https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/">https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Enterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: </strong><a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
9 Codex Tips From the Codex Team
May 19, 202630 min<p>Codex is quickly becoming a full work environment for agentic building, and today’s episode breaks down nine practical tips from one of OpenAI’s Codex team for getting more out of it. NLW covers durable long-running threads, voice as a way to give agents richer context, steering while work is still in progress, structured memory, tool access, remote control, heartbeats, goals, and the side panel as the place where human and agent work stay in motion together. In the headlines: Cursor’s Composer 2.5, Cloudflare’s review of Anthropic’s Mythos Preview, and the verdict in Elon Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit.</p><p><strong>Source: </strong> <a href="https://jxnl.github.io/blog/writing/2026/05/10/codex-maxxing/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://jxnl.github.io/blog/writing/2026/05/10/codex-maxxing/</a></p><p><strong>Apply for our Growth Engineering role: </strong><a href="https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/">https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Enterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: </strong><a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Beating the AI Doom Cycle
May 18, 202633 min<p>NLW introduces the AI Doom Cycle: the emotional arc from skepticism, to AI mania, to job-loss panic, to a more grounded view of how AI is actually spreading through society. From Ken Griffin’s AI reversal and Silicon Valley’s doom psychology to commencement backlash, Meta layoffs, token pricing, enterprise friction, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman, and new compute-policy ideas, the episode argues that the best AI conversation starts when panic gives way to specificity, constraints, and agency.</p><p><strong>Apply for our Growth Engineering role: </strong><a href="https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Enterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: </strong><a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
AI Inequality
May 17, 202626 min<p>A new divide is emerging in AI: who gets access to the most powerful models, and who gets pushed into weaker, more limited tiers. NLW explores how compute scarcity, security restrictions, API pricing, and frontier model rationing could end the current era of broadly equal access to state-of-the-art AI — and why slowing data center construction could make that inequality worse.</p><p><strong>Source essay:</strong> <a href="https://writing.antonleicht.me/p/cut-off" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://writing.antonleicht.me/p/cut-off</a></p><p><strong>Apply for our Growth Engineering role: </strong><a href="https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/">https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Enterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: </strong><a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Google’s Big AI Test Comes Next Week
May 15, 202630 min<p>NLW previews Google I/O and the bigger question hanging over it: whether Google can turn its massive AI advantages into products people actually want to use. The episode connects Codex coming to ChatGPT mobile, the rise of always-on agents, rumors around Gemini Spark, and Google’s potential opening as a cheaper high-performance model provider for builders and enterprises. In the headlines: Cerebras’ explosive IPO debut, Figma’s AI recovery, OpenAI and Apple tensions, Anthropic’s massive new valuation, and more.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Apply for our Growth Engineering role: </strong><a href="https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/">https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Enterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: </strong><a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
RIP Golden Age of Agent Experimentation 2026-2026
May 14, 202632 min<p>Anthropic’s new Claude pricing changes are the clearest sign yet that the freewheeling agent experimentation era is ending. NLW explains why the developer backlash is real, but the deeper story is bigger than one company’s comms: demand for high-end AI compute is exploding faster than supply, and the cheap-token subsidy that made endless agent experimentation possible is starting to disappear. In the headlines: the US AI envoy lands in Beijing, Cerebras prices a massive IPO, Gallup finds broad opposition to local data centers, OpenAI shifts its regulatory posture, and an AI art prank shows how entrenched anti-AI sentiment has become.</p><p><strong>Apply for our Growth Engineering role: </strong><a href="https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Enterprise Claw Cohort 3 Registration: </strong><a href="https://enterpriseclaw.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
In Defense of Tokenmaxxing
May 13, 202628 min<p>NLW argues that the backlash to tokenmaxxing misses the bigger enterprise AI shift. Token leaderboards can create bad incentives, but companies still need aggressive experimentation as work moves from assisted AI to agentic AI. Many “wasted” tokens are really the cost of learning, and organizations willing to burn tokens on valuable mistakes will outpace those waiting for perfect ROI. In the headlines: Google previews Gemini Intelligence ahead of I/O, orbital data centers gain momentum, Google builds out forward-deployed AI teams, and Anthropic expands Claude for Legal.</p><p><strong>Apply for our Growth Engineering role: </strong><a href="https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/">https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Towards AI That Can Actually Interact
May 12, 202630 min<p>Thinking Machines Lab shows off a new kind of AI model built for real-time collaboration — one that can listen, watch, respond, interrupt, and work in the background without forcing humans into awkward prompt-and-response mode. NLW argues this may be an early glimpse of what comes after chat. In the headlines: OpenAI’s new DeployCo, private-market AI stock chaos, AI safety regulation walkbacks, and Trump’s China tech delegation.</p><p><strong>Apply for our Growth Engineering role: </strong><a href="https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://jobs.aidailybrief.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Scrunch -</strong> The AI customer experience platform - <a href="https://scrunch.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://scrunch.com/</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
The Best Way to Talk to Your AI Agents
May 11, 202630 min<p>As agents become a bigger part of how people work, the format of the handoff starts to matter. NLW explores the debate over Markdown versus HTML, why the argument is really about a deeper shift from producing final outputs to staging the conditions for agents to produce them, and what that means for the emerging skill of agent management. In the headlines: Anthropic weighs a massive pre-IPO raise, Cerebras IPO demand surges, TSMC hits capacity constraints, Apple signs a preliminary chipmaking deal with Intel, household data centers get tested, and OpenAI launches a new Chrome plugin for Codex.</p><p>Source essay: https://x.com/trq212/status/2052809885763747935</p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p>See previous results: <a href="https://pulse.aidailybrief.ai/">https://pulse.aidailybrief.ai/</a></p><p>Check out the new <strong>AI Executive Catch-Up Program </strong>from <strong>AIDB Training: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p><p>Also registering for Cohort 3: <a href="http://enterpriseclaw.ai/">http://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
The New Jobs AI Will Create
May 10, 202631 min<p>The AI jobs debate has spent years asking which roles will disappear. This weekend long-read asks the more important question: what becomes possible when AI expands the amount of useful work the economy can support? NLW lays out a first-principles case for why better AI does not simply mean less human work, exploring how cheaper services, broader access, continuous support, personalization, and human trust can create new demand. From there, he introduces the “human premium” that remains even as AI capabilities advance, then uses healthcare to show how entire new categories of work could emerge in an AI-enabled economy.</p><p><strong>Companion experience:</strong> <a href="https://play.aidailybrief.ai/episodes/ai-jobs-and-the-demand-frontier/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://play.aidailybrief.ai/episodes/ai-jobs-and-the-demand-frontier/ </a></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p>See previous results: <a href="https://pulse.aidailybrief.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pulse.aidailybrief.ai/</a></p><p>Check out the new <strong>AI Executive Catch-Up Program </strong>from <strong>AIDB Training: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p><p>Also registering for Cohort 3: <a href="http://enterpriseclaw.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How to Build an AI Native Team with Mike Cannon-Brookes
May 9, 202630 min<p>In this sponsored bonus episode, NLW is joined by Atlassian co-founder and CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes for a conversation about how to build AI native teams. They discuss what separates enterprise AI leaders from laggards, why context is becoming a critical layer of AI adoption, how agents and MCPs are changing the way people work with software, and why 2026 may be the year AI moves beyond chat into more natural product experiences. This episode is presented in partnership with Atlassian, and includes a companion quiz to help you find out what kind of AI team you are.</p><p><strong>Sponsored by Atlassian </strong><a href="https://www.atlassian.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.atlassian.com/</a></p><p><strong>Find our what kind of team you are: </strong><a href="https://play.aidailybrief.ai/episodes/ai-team-archetypes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The AI Native Team Quiz </a> - <a href="https://play.aidailybrief.ai/episodes/ai-team-archetypes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://play.aidailybrief.ai/episodes/ai-team-archetypes/</a></p><p><br></p>
The Week the AI Story Shifted
May 8, 202631 min<p>This week-in-review episode looks at a week when the AI narrative started to fork, from job-apocalypse panic toward a more mature picture of how AI will actually diffuse through the economy, markets, infrastructure, and enterprise work. NLW connects Ezra Klein’s job-apocalypse rethink, Wall Street’s renewed confidence in AI infrastructure, the Elon–Anthropic deal, the rise of harness engineering, and new voice and coding agent tools into one bigger story.</p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p>See previous results: <a href="https://pulse.aidailybrief.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://pulse.aidailybrief.ai/</a></p><p>Check out the new <strong>AI Executive Catch-Up Program </strong>from <strong>AIDB Training: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p><p>Also registering for Cohort 3: <a href="http://enterpriseclaw.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">http://enterpriseclaw.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Surprise Elon Anthropic Team Up Reshapes the AI Race
May 7, 202631 min<p>Anthropic’s Code with Claude event was supposed to be the story, with new managed agent features for memory, quality review, multi-agent orchestration, and finance-specific agents. Instead, the episode explores how a surprise SpaceX compute deal could change the AI race, giving Anthropic badly needed capacity while repositioning Elon Musk from model challenger to AI infrastructure kingmaker. In the headlines: Claude Dreaming, Outcomes, Anthropic’s finance agents, “infinite context,” and Dario’s 80x growth comment. </p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p>Check out the new <strong>AI Executive Catch-Up Program </strong>from <strong>AIDB Training: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p><p>Also registering for Cohort 3: http://enterpriseclaw.ai/</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Who Cares About Consumer AI
May 6, 202631 min<p>Consumer AI is the fastest-growing tech category in history, but the AI industry’s money, attention, and compute are moving hard toward enterprise and coding agents. NLW explores why consumer AI suddenly feels secondary, why token consumption may matter more than paid seats, and why ads, agentic commerce, and AI devices may be the only paths that make consumer AI economically impossible to ignore. In the headlines: Coinbase layoffs and the AI alibi, Anthropic’s massive Google Cloud deal, Palantir earnings, Larry Fink on compute as a commodity, and Cerebras IPO demand.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p>Check out the new <strong>AI Executive Catch-Up Program </strong>from <strong>AIDB Training: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p><p>Also registering for Cohort 3: http://enterpriseclaw.ai/</p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Why OpenAI and Anthropic Are Becoming Consultants
May 5, 202626 min<p>OpenAI and Anthropic are moving deeper into enterprise AI services, but NLW argues the real story is organizational readiness. The episode explores why “buy and hope” AI adoption keeps failing, why power users get blocked by company structures, and why the next phase of AI deployment requires leaders to redesign how work gets done. In the headlines: White House AI model review, new lab access agreements, and AI safety oversight.</p><p><br></p><p>Check out the new <strong>AI Executive Catch-Up Program </strong>from <strong>AIDB Training: </strong><a href="https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aiexecutivecatchup.com/</a></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Rackspace Technology</strong> – Run Palantir Foundry and AIP in production with a governed managed operating model <a href="https://www.rackspace.com/palantir" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.rackspace.com/palantir</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Is AI Doom Going Out of Style?
May 4, 202627 min<p>Faint but converging signals suggest the AI doom narrative may finally be cracking — and they're showing up in the chattering class and the markets at the same time. This episode walks through the evidence: Ezra Klein's New York Times pushback on the AI job apocalypse, Alex Imas's scarcity framework, Atlassian's blowout earnings, and Sam Altman's rhetorical pivot from replacement to augmentation.</p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Why Agents Make Every Job a Startup
May 3, 202626 min<p>AI was supposed to save time, but agents have done something stranger — they've made the infinite backlog of everything you <em>could</em> be doing feel immediate and urgent, creating a mix of exhilaration and overwhelm that looks a lot like founding a startup. This episode unpacks why that's happening, what new constraints replace the old ones, and the new roles and organizational structures that will need to emerge to make the agentic era actually work.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
The Week AI Grew Up
May 1, 202625 min<p>From GitHub's move to usage-based pricing to Anthropic's reported $900B raise to the White House blocking Mythos's government rollout, this week's stories all point to the same underlying shift — AI moving out of its startup era and into the era of critical infrastructure. A thematic weekly exploration of the meta-story the individual headlines were really telling, plus a closing detour into where OpenAI's Codex goblins came from.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Section</strong> - Section turns AI investment into workforce transformation and ROI - <a href="https://www.sectionai.com/">https://www.sectionai.com/</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ " target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How Harness-as-a-Service Will Change Agents
Apr 30, 202629 min<p>A new layer of AI infrastructure is emerging as Cursor, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Microsoft all push beyond models into the runtime environments that make agents useful. NLW explains why “harness-as-a-service” may become one of the defining categories of the agent era, how it changes what builders can create, and why the next wave of agentic apps may come from renting the runtime instead of assembling every piece from scratch. In the headlines: blowout AI earnings from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
AI Lab Power Rankings
Apr 29, 202625 min<p>NLW introduces the first AI Lab Power Rankings, comparing OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, xAI, and Apple across compute, enterprise, platforms, models, momentum, and X-factor. The episode explores who looks strongest on paper, who has the most real-world momentum, and why the agent era likely has room for multiple winners. In the headlines: Microsoft and OpenAI amend their partnership, OpenAI comes to AWS, Amazon launches Quick, Claude adds new connectors, and Wall Street reacts to outdated OpenAI growth data.</p><p><strong>Make your own rankings: </strong>https://ai-power-rankings-rho.vercel.app/<a href="https://ai-power-rankings-rho.vercel.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://ai-power-rankings-rho.vercel.app/</a></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
The AI Subsidy Era is Over
Apr 28, 202626 min<p>The AI discount is ending as agentic usage drives token consumption through the roof, forcing companies from GitHub to Anthropic to rethink pricing, limits, and compute access. NLW breaks down why usage-based billing is becoming inevitable, what it means for markets and job displacement, and how enterprises can adapt with cheaper models, cost audits, model bake-offs, escape-hatch architectures, and clearer AI cost scoreboards.</p><p><strong>5 Moves for Enterprises to Reduce the Cost of Agents: </strong><a href="https://play.aidailybrief.ai/episodes/the-ai-subsidy-era-ends/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://play.aidailybrief.ai/episodes/the-ai-subsidy-era-ends/</a></p><p><strong>April AI Usage Pulse Survey: </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://tally.so/r/LZEyGy</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How DeepSeek V4 Connects to the US Power Grid
Apr 27, 202625 min<p>Today's episode connects two stories that look unrelated on the surface — the White House invoking the Defense Production Act around US grid infrastructure, and DeepSeek's long-awaited V4 release. Together they point to a single conclusion, that energy has become the real frontline of the US-China AI competition. In the headlines: Google commits up to $40 billion to Anthropic, the AI trade roars back as hyperscalers push markets to new highs, and Nvidia becomes the first $5 trillion company.</p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
Where the Economy Thrives After AI
Apr 26, 202630 min<p>A new economic argument suggests AI won’t simply wipe out work, but will shift value toward the parts of the economy where human presence, provenance, care, taste, and relationship matter most. NLW explores Alex Imas' case for a post-commodity economy, why automation may make relational work more valuable, and how the AI jobs debate is missing the question of what new demand gets unlocked when supply becomes abundant.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://aleximas.substack.com/p/what-will-be-scarce" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://aleximas.substack.com/p/what-will-be-scarce</a></p><p><strong>SIGN UP FOR OUR NEW FREE PROGRAM: AGENTOS</strong></p><p><a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How To Build a Personal Agentic Operating System
Apr 25, 202629 min<p>On our latest Operators Bonus Episode, Nufar Gaspar returns to introduce Agent OS, the latest free AIDB training program for building a personal agentic operating system that travels with you across any tool, model, or harness. As every agent tool converges on the same set of capabilities, the system you build underneath is what actually matters — and Nufar walks through the seven layers using a chief of staff as the running example.</p><p>Sign up for the free AgentOS program: <a href="https://aidbagentos.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://aidbagentos.ai/</a></p>
What I Learned Testing GPT-5.5
Apr 24, 202637 min<p>GPT 5.5 is here, and the first reactions are split between benchmark dominance, coding debates, Anthropic comparisons, and questions about whether the upgrade will feel dramatic to everyday users. NLW breaks down the launch, the “real work” positioning, the Mythos backdrop, and what changed in OpenAI’s communication strategy, then shares what he learned testing GPT 5.5 across writing, coding, strategy, design, spreadsheets, and data analysis.</p><p><strong>AI Practitioner's Credential Survey - </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4">https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
How Headless Agents Will Change Work
Apr 24, 202631 min<p>This week, Salesforce, OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google all made major moves toward "headless" software — platforms designed for agents rather than human users. The episode explores what this shift means for business models, the future of SaaS pricing, and who captures the value when agents become the primary consumers of enterprise tools. In the headlines: OpenAI triples its compute targets to 30 gigawatts, Google unveils separate TPU chips for training and inference, and Mistral may be joining forces with xAI.</p><p><strong>AI Practitioner's Credential Survey - </strong><a href="https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4">https://tally.so/r/vGOLr4</a></p><p><strong>Brought to you by:</strong></p><p><strong>KPMG</strong> – Agentic AI is powering a potential $3 trillion productivity shift, and KPMG’s new paper, <em>Agentic AI Untangled</em>, gives leaders a clear framework to decide whether to build, buy, or borrow—download it at <a href="http://www.kpmg.us/Navigate">www.kpmg.us/Navigate</a></p><p><strong>Granola - </strong>The AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. 100% off your first 3 months with code AIDAILY at <a href="http://granola.ai/aidaily">http://granola.ai/aidaily</a></p><p><strong>Mercury</strong> - Modern banking for business and now personal accounts. Learn more at <a href="https://mercury.com/personal-banking">https://mercury.com/personal-banking</a></p><p><strong>Zenflow Work</strong> - Agents for knowledge work - <a href="https://zenflow.free/">https://zenflow.free/</a></p><p><strong>Drata - </strong>The agentic trust management platform - <a href="https://drata.com/">https://drata.com/</a></p><p><strong>Blitzy - </strong>Want to accelerate enterprise software development velocity by 5x? <a href="https://blitzy.com/">https://blitzy.com/</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>AssemblyAI</strong> - The best way to build Voice AI apps - <a href="https://www.assemblyai.com/brief">https://www.assemblyai.com/brief</a></p><p><strong>Robots & Pencils</strong> - Cloud-native AI solutions that power results <a href="https://robotsandpencils.com/">https://robotsandpencils.com/</a></p><p>The Agent Readiness Audit from <strong>Superintelligent</strong> - Go to <a href="https://besuper.ai/ ">https://besuper.ai/ </a>to request your company's agent readiness score.</p><p>The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: <a href="https://pod.link/1680633614">https://pod.link/1680633614</a></p><p><strong>Our Newsletter is BACK: </strong><a href="https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/">https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/</a></p><p><strong>Interested in sponsoring the show? </strong>sponsors@aidailybrief.ai</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
