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The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
No, Apple's New AI Paper Doesn't Undermine Reasoning Models
Apple’s latest AI research paper, "The Illusion of Thinking," argues that large language models aren't genuinely reasoning but just pattern-matching. But does it even matter? Today, Nathaniel breaks down the controversy, debunks some misleading conclusions about reasoning limits, and explains why the business world cares less about semantics and more about capabilities. Whether it's "real reasoning" or not, these tools are transforming work—and Apple's academic skepticism doesn't change that.Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: https://patreon.com/AIDailyBriefBrought to you by:KPMG – Go to https://kpmg.com/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.Blitzy.com - Go to https://blitzy.com/ to build enterprise software in days, not months AGNTCY - The AGNTCY is an open-source collective dedicated to building the Internet of Agents, enabling AI agents to communicate and collaborate seamlessly across frameworks. Join a community of engineers focused on high-quality multi-agent software and support the initiative at agntcy.org - https://agntcy.or...
2025-06-10
21 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Does "AI First" Mean Replacing People?
In this long-reads episode of The AI Daily Brief, Nathaniel Whittemore reads and reflects on Tim O’Reilly’s “AI First Puts Humans First,” exploring whether AI-first strategies should mean replacing workers or augmenting them. With agents reshaping knowledge work, NLW argues that the real opportunity lies not in efficiency alone, but in using AI to unlock new forms of human potential.Source: https://www.oreilly.com/radar/ai-first-puts-humans-first/Get Ad Free AI Daily Brief: https://patreon.com/AIDailyBriefBrought to you by:KPMG – Go to https://kpmg.com/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions.Blitzy.com - Go to https://blitzy.com/ to build enterprise software in days, not months Vertice Labs - Check out http://verticelabs.io/ - the AI-native digital consulting fi...
2025-06-01
18 min
AI & I
How a Top Podcaster Rides the AI Wave - Ep. 28 with Nathaniel Whittemore
Keeping up with AI is Nathaniel Whittemore’s full-time job—and I spent an hour with him to understand how he does it.Nathaniel is the host of a top-ranked AI podcast on the technology charts, The AI Daily Brief, which breaks down the most important news in AI every day. He is also the founder and CEO of Superintelligent, a platform that teaches you how to use AI for work and fun through interactive video tutorials. We talked about how he curates information with X bookmarks, Google News, news aggregator Feedly, and research tool Perp...
2024-07-31
1h 09
AI and I
How a Top Podcaster Rides the AI Wave - Ep. 28 with Nathaniel Whittemore
Keeping up with AI is Nathaniel Whittemore’s full-time job—and I spent an hour with him to understand how he does it. Nathaniel is the host of a top-ranked AI podcast on the technology charts, The AI Daily Brief, which breaks down the most important news in AI every day. He is also the founder and CEO of Superintelligent, a platform that teaches you how to use AI for work and fun through interactive video tutorials. We talked about how he curates information with X bookmarks, Google News, news aggregator Feedly, and research tool Perpl...
2024-07-31
1h 09
AI-Curious with Jeff Wilser
The Most Burning AI Trends, w The AI Daily Brief's Nathaniel Whittemore
Every day (including weekends), Nathaniel Whittemore cranks out the "AI Daily Brief" podcast. It's excellent. He also runs an AI education community called "Superintelligent." It also looks excellent.In short, there's literally no one on the planet more plugged into what's happening in the world of AI than Nathaniel, better known as "NLW." We nerd out on all things AI, including the Open vs. Closed debate, what he sees as the most fascinating AI trends, how he uses AI to magic all the magic happen, his AI predictions, and much much more.Super...
2024-07-26
45 min
Modern CTO
Uncovering the Ethical Dilemmas of AI with Nathaniel Whittemore, Founder at Superintelligent
Today we’re talking to Nathaniel Whittemore, Founder at Superintelligent and host of The AI Daily Brief. We discuss the reality of the new browser wars, how sci-fi concepts such as time travel can actually impact our lives, and how to actually conceptualize the meaning of work in our modern age.All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! To learn more about Superintelligent, check out their website: https://besuper.ai/To listen to Nathaniel's podcast, The AI Daily Brief, check it on Libsyn or wherever you get your pod...
2024-06-24
40 min
Imagine AI Podcast
Unlock AI Mastery in Minutes with Superintelligent AI | CEO Nathaniel Whittemore on Imagine AI | E49
Chris Madden welcomes Nathaniel Whittemore, a former marketer at FTX, to discuss his AI learning platform, Superintelligent. They explore its educational approach, content creation, and partnerships with institutions. They also delve into AI's impact on productivity, challenges with distribution, and NVIDIA's role in AI market dynamics. (0:00) Nathaniel's experience as a marketer at FTX (0:22) Introduction and guest welcome (0:33) Nathaniel's AI learning platform, Superintelligent (2:14) Superintelligent's educational approach (3:17) Content creation and future partnerships (5:37) Partnerships with educational institutions (10:21) Chris's career shift and AI interest (16:53) AI's effect on work efficiency and productivity (24:55) Challenges with distribution platforms and content models (30:17) What it was like working with...
2024-06-17
42 min
Hidden Forces
What Happened at OpenAI & Why It Matters | Nathaniel Whittemore
In Episode 339 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Nathaniel Whittemore, host of the AI Breakdown for a timely conversation about the latest news surrounding the firing of OpenAI’s CEO and co-founder Sam Altman. This was recorded on Monday, November 20th as a Live Q&A for members of our Genius community that we opened up to our newsletter subscribers. Nathaniel and Demetri discussed what is known thus far about the reasons behind Sam Altman’s firing, why it’s being described as a "coup," who the various factions are, and how much of this has to do...
2023-11-21
52 min
Bitcoin Builders
The State of Bitcoin Privacy with Max Hilebrand
Max Hillebrand is the CEO of ckSNACKs - the company that sponsors the development of the Wasabi Wallet. He describes himself as a "free software entrepreneur building Bitcoin weapons." On this episode we explore exactly what that means; where philosophy and ethics meet entrepreneurship; the state of bitcoin privacy; and what's left to build on Bitcoin. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by...
2023-09-30
48 min
Bitcoin Builders
The Most Bullish Bitcoin Bear Market Ever?
NLW covers the major stories in Bitcoin over the past couple weeks, including: Nomura Bitcoin Adoption Fund Block Saturation New Miner policy group Mt. Gox delay Coinbase to implement Lightning Swan launching Bitcoin custody Deutsche custody offering Paxos fat finger Hal Finney's ZK talk Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Ev...
2023-09-25
25 min
Bitcoin Builders
Simplifying Lightning Liquidity for Non-Bitcoin Businesses, with Amboss Cofounder Jesse Shrader
Jesse Shrader is the cofounder of Amboss, a Lightning Network analytics platforms and decentralized liquidity marketplace. This week the company released its new Hydro product for automated liquidity provisioning for companies that want to use Bitcoin without having to get deep into node management.Check out our guest online: https://twitter.com/Jestopher_BTCAmboss: https://amboss.space/Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Le...
2023-09-16
27 min
Bitcoin Builders
The Institutions Never Left, with 21.co CEO Hany Amin
On today's episode of Bitcoin Builders, NLW speaks with 21.co co-founder and CEO Hany Amin. 21.co was the earliest company to offer a crypto exchange traded product all the way back in 2018, and has spent the last five years observing and serving institutional and traditional market actors in the space. In this interview, he and NLW discuss the ways in which this bear market has (or hasn't) changed institutional attitudes towards the industry. Find our guest online: https://twitter.com/hany // https://21.co/Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup...
2023-09-07
41 min
Bitcoin Builders
The Debate Rages! A Primer on BIP300 and Drivechains
Another week another righteous debate within Bitcoin. This time though, it's more than just some Twitter squabbling. On this episode of Bitcoin Builders, NLW provides a primer on the debate around BIP300 and drivechains, which in many ways is a debate around the boundaries of bitcoin use itself. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is...
2023-09-02
17 min
Bitcoin Builders
Ordinals Are Dead; Long Live Ordinals!
On this edition of Bitcoin Builders Weekly Recap, NLW looks at the debate around Ordinals. Are they dead, or have rumors of their demise been greatly exaggerated? Also an update on a mysterious Bitcoin whale. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, licensed via Track Club. Ad...
2023-08-26
20 min
Bitcoin Builders
How Builders Learn the Bitcoin Protocol feat. NiftyNei
Lisa Neigut (aka @NiftyNei) is a Lightning Protocol Engineer at Blockstream and co-founder at Base58, the Bitcoin protocol academy. https://twitter.com/niftyneiGeorge Kaloudis is a writer, columnist and host of CoinDesk's Markets Daily. https://twitter.com/gckaloudisIn this conversation, NLW, George and Nifty discuss Base58, Lightning development, Bitcoin education, and much much more.More links for our guests:Base58 website: https://base58.schoolUpcoming Taproot classs! apply now: https://base58.school/classes/taprootBase58 Twitter: https://twitter.com/base58btcBitcoin++, technical...
2023-08-08
1h 00
Bitcoin Builders
Bitcoin Is The Money For Independent Thinkers
A reading of three pieces: Bitcoiners Must Appeal to America's Increasingly Independent Voters - Robert Hall Bitcoin Venture Capital is Anything But Boring - Christopher Calicott Bitcoin and AI - Swan Signal Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com WOLF Cohort 3 Applications Now Open!! https://wolfnyc.com/applyBitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Da...
2023-08-05
15 min
Bitcoin Builders
BlackRock Says the Optimal Portfolio is 84.9% Bitcoin!?
On this edition of Bitcoin Builders weekly breakdown: Gensler ETF comments Grayscale sabotaging ETF applications? Blackrock portfolio construction paper Binance turns on Lightning Mining hardware costs coming down Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com WOLF Cohort 3 Applications Now Open!! https://wolfnyc.com/applyBitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, li...
2023-07-29
16 min
Bitcoin Builders
Glassnode's James Check on the Perfect Middle of the Bitcoin Cycle
Glassnode's James Check returns for an extensive on-chain analysis of the Bitcoin cycle. He and NLW talk shrimp accumulation, miner distribution, s2f and more!Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com WOLF Cohort 3 Applications Now Open!! https://wolfnyc.com/applyBitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, licensed via Track Club. Ad music is...
2023-07-22
54 min
Bitcoin Builders
Will Mining Replace CEX's for Retail Bitcoin Buyers? feat. Kent Halliburton
Today NLW is joined by Sazmining President and COO Kent Halliburton. NLW and Kent talk about his journey from rooftop solar to Bitcoin, Sazmining's goals to create a bitcoin native way to stack sats, and the process of opening a mining facility in Paraguay.Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com WOLF Cohort 3 Applications Now Open!! https://wolfnyc.com/applyBitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Ky...
2023-07-18
32 min
Bitcoin Builders
Is a BlackRock ETF Good for Bitcoin?
NLW provides an overview of the last couple weeks of Bitcoin news, including institutional and ETF announcements, mining revenue trends and more. The big discussion of the episode surrounds the BlackRock BTC spot ETF proposal, and whether it's good, bad, or neutral for Bitcoin. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by Tru...
2023-07-13
17 min
"In The Arena"
E3: Nathaniel Whittemore on FTX's Downfall: SBF's Lies and Confidantes, Binance, and Culture Chaos
Nathaniel Whittemore is the host of The Breakdown, the world’s biggest daily crypto podcast, and a former Marketing and Strategy Specialist at FTX. Nathaniel took no part in the activities that led to FTX’s downfall, but his insights and observations are equal parts horrifying and enlightening. Host Jesse Genet and Co-host Erik Torenberg talk to Nathaniel about the internal culture and comms at FTX during the crisis, SBF’s lies, as well as red flags and lessons he took away from witnessing the crisis unfold. RECOMMENDED PODCAST:The HR industry is at a...
2023-07-05
59 min
Bitcoin Builders
Zeus' Evan Kaloudis on Building the Bitcoin Infrastructure of the Future
This week, Bitcoin Builders presents its Summer Startup Series, profiling companies from the first accelerator cohort from In Wolf's Clothing https://wolfnyc.com/On the third episode, NLW talks with Evan Kaloudis of Zeus, an open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet. They discuss Evan and Zeus' journey and where Bitcoin UI and infrastructure need to go from here. Check out Zeus: https://twitter.com/ZeusLNFollow Evan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/evankaloudisThanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn mo...
2023-06-29
24 min
Bitcoin Builders
10101's Philipp Hoenisch on Bringing Bitcoin Principles to Bitcoin Trading [Summer Startup Series]
This week, Bitcoin Builders presents its Summer Startup Series, profiling companies from the first accelerator cohort from In Wolf's Clothing https://wolfnyc.com/ Today on the second episode of the Summer Startup Series, NLW interviews Philipp Hoenisch from 10101, an app that promises bitcoin trading without counterparty risk. 10101 was part of In Wolf's Clothing's first startup cohort. Check out 10101: https://10101.finance/ Follow Philipp on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bonomat Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.co...
2023-06-28
26 min
Bitcoin Builders
Dustup's Bitcoin Powered Global Gaming [Summer Startup Series]
This week, Bitcoin Builders presents its Summer Startup Series, profiling companies from the first accelerator cohort from In Wolf's Clothing https://wolfnyc.com/ Today we're talking with Neil Woodfine, CEO of Dustup, a new Bitcoin-powered platform that helps battle royale tournament organizers. We talk about what Neil has learned over more than a half decade building Bitcoin startups and why Bitcoin is the perfect currency for global gaming. Check out Dustup: https://www.dustup.gg/ Follow Neil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nwoodfine Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf i...
2023-06-27
31 min
Bitcoin Builders
The Rate of Bitcoin Change
A reading of Bitcoin Graffiti's "The Secrets of the S Curve: Why Bitcoin Adoption Takes Longer Than You Think" Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, licensed via Track Club. Ad music is "Easy's First Tiger" by Bossfight
2023-06-21
13 min
Bitcoin Builders
Bitcoin Mining Beats the Bear with Harry Sudock
Harry Sudock is the CSO at GRIID and a partner at Bitcoin Park. In this episode of Bitcoin Builders, he and NLW discuss how the mining industry evolved over the last bullmarket, and how the business side of the sector has adapted during the bear market. They also discuss Bitcoin community. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Mid...
2023-06-15
46 min
Bitcoin Builders
Do These SEC Lawsuits Matter for Bitcoin Builders?
On Bitcoin Builders Weekly Recap, NLW tries to cut through the noise to ask what the real implications of this week's spate of SEC lawsuits against crypto exchanges means for Bitcoin and the people who build on it. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, licensed via Track Club. Ad...
2023-06-10
14 min
Bitcoin Builders
Why Bitcoiners Are So Interested In Nostr with Andi Pitt
For the last few months, Bitcoiners have been one of the most active communities on Nostr, a new decentralized protocol that can be used to build applications like social media alternatives. On this episode, Ego Death Capital investor Andi Pitt provides a primer and overview on Nostr, as well as a clear-eyed discussion about its potential to displace centralized apps like Twitter. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is...
2023-06-06
42 min
Bitcoin Builders
Who Is Investing In Bitcoin Right Now with River's Alex Leishman
River CEO Alex Leishman joins NLW to discuss starting a Bitcoin company in 2019, what the last bull market taught us in terms of who is interested in Bitcoin, and who has stuck around to continue investing in Bitcoin during the downturn. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, licensed via...
2023-06-02
28 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
AI Alignment and AGI - How Worried Should We Actually Be?
A reading of Max Tegmark's essay "The 'Don't Look Up' Thinking That Could Doom Us With AI" The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
2023-05-28
19 min
Bitcoin Builders
Scaling Bitcoin Through Community with Fedi's Obi Nwosu
How does Bitcoin scale to its next billion users? The big brains behind Fedi think the answer is through the most important social structures we have -- our families, companies and communities. This is an amazing conversation with a consumate Bitcoin Builder! Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, li...
2023-05-27
59 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The 5 Biggest AI News Stories This Week
AI news this week - here are the 5 most important stories! AI regulation and safety - OpenAI, Microsoft and more AI helps discover antibiotic for superbug Adobe generative fill Microsoft Windows Copilot ChatGPT Browse with Bing for all users The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
2023-05-27
13 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The 9 AI Tools I Actually Use Every Day As A Content Creator
Lists of 1000s of AI tools abound, but here are the 9 I actually use every day (with a watchlist with 3 more I'm experimenting with). The list includes: 1. Feedly 2. ChatGPT 3. Perplexity 4. Descript 5. Midjourney 6. Photoshop 7. Deepfloyd 8. Canva 9. TubeBuddy 10. Vidyo.ai (watchlist) 11. Wondercraft (watchlist) 12. Elevenlabs (watchlist) The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
2023-05-26
18 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
NVIDIA Sets Off An AI Stock Frenzy While Elon Warns of the Terminator Scenario
Today on The AI Breakdown, NLW reviews comments from Elon Musk and Eric Schmidt at yesterday's WSJ CEO Council Summit about AI risk. He also covers EU and UK AI regulatory efforts. On the Brief, how AI is coming to YouTube shorts, plus NVIDIA sets off an AI stock frenzy. The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
2023-05-25
12 min
Bitcoin Builders
What Real People Think of Bitcoin Mining in Their Communities
There is no area of "bitcoin building" subject to more political scrutiny than mining. For years there have been battles around mining, exemplified by the New York State Moratorium on new mining driven in large part by reports from the Greenidge plant in the Finger Lakes region. In a new piece of reporting from CoinDesk, however, it appears that many of the claims made about the plant and its impact were simply false. What's more, locals in the area have had their voices almost entirely ignored. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator f...
2023-05-25
30 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Mind-Reading AI Generates Videos from Brainwaves
Researchers have developed a new method called Mind-Video for generating semantically accurate video from fMRI scans. Additionally, on todays Brief, NLW covers: The most important announcements from Microsoft Build (including AI coming to Windows 11 and ChatGPT + Bing) Google Bard images Anthropic $450m Series C Naval Ravikant's Airchat The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
2023-05-24
17 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
This Massive New AI Model is 5.7x Bigger than ChatGPT's Dataset
On today's episode, NLW looks at global regulatory proposals from OpenAI and Google, as well as a number of topics on the brief, including: Intel's Aurora is a 1 TRILLION parameter model Meta's new multilanguage model can recognize 4000 languages Bill Gates talks about AI CoDI multimodal 1X robot EVE The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
2023-05-23
15 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Can ChatGPT Outperform Wall Street?
Last month, a University of Florida study showed ChatGPT with 500% returns using news and sentiment analysis. A recent Finder.com study also showed ChatGPT stock picks outperforming the market. On today's episode, NLW explores AI for finance, as well as whether AI itself will bring a stock market boom. The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/
2023-05-22
15 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
How Bad Will AI Jobs Loss Be?
On Tuesday, there was a strange exchange between Senator Richard Blumenthal and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman around jobs. In today's episode, NLW builds off that exchange to discuss the current state of the discourse around AI and jobs, including recent job cut announcements from IBM and BT, as well as a World Economic Forum study that argues that 14 million net jobs will be lost globally over the next 4 years. The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on You...
2023-05-21
09 min
Bitcoin Builders
One Million Wholecoiners! Huge New Lightning Developments as Bitcoin Addresses Holding 1+ BTC Hit 1M
On this edition of Bitcoin Builders Weekly Recap, NLW covers on chain news, the latest Bitcoin mining updates including the latest difficulty adjustment, huge new Lightning developments and more. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, licensed via Track Club. Ad music is "Easy's First Tiger" by Bossfight
2023-05-20
15 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Are OpenAI Trying for Regulatory Capture?
On this edition of The AI Breakdown weekly recap, NLW looks at all the AI news, including Mind-blowing DragGAN photo editing research Blockade Labs Skybox text-to-3D world StabilityAI releases open source StableStudio NYT open source Meta article StabilityAI letter on open source to the Senate Was Sam Altman's testimony just regulatory capture? The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-05-20
11 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The Official ChatGPT Mobile App Will Change How We Use AI
Today on The AI Breakdown, NLW goes over the news of OpenAI's release of an official ChatGPT app, and explores why mobile is the next frontier for AI. On the Brief: Meta announces AI Chips; Apple bans employees from ChatGPT; and Github Copilot NYC Schools un-ban ChatGPT. The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-05-19
13 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Yuval Noah Harari on the Challenge of AI and the Future of Humanity
Find the complete presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWiM-LuRe6w&t=2005s 0:00 Intro 0:30 The 3 levels of the AI discussion 2:08 Yuval starts - why AI doesn't need sentience or robots to cause harm 3:49 Language as the human operating system 4:56 Why AI is categorically not like other tools before it 6:08 What are the dangers that AI in control of language represents? 7:33 Why social media provides evidence of the risk 10:14 Global coalition to slow things down 11:40 Wouldn't a pause just let autocrats get ahead? 13:05 Conclusion The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to...
2023-05-18
19 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The 10 Most Interesting and Useful ChatGPT Plugins So Far
From Youtube video summarizers to Spotify playlist generators to tools to chat with your PDFs, some of the most interesting and useful ChatGPT plugins as they get rolled out in Beta to all ChatGPT Plus customers. The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-05-17
20 min
Bitcoin Builders
Cory Klippsten: Bitcoin Building and the Shape of the Next Bull Run
Cory Klippsten is the CEO of Swan.com a Bitcoin onramp that has surged onto the scene and become one of the best resources for helping people join Bitcoin, from the standpoint of education and access. In this episode, Cory and NLW discuss building a bitcoin-native company, hiring big personalities, how things have changed over the last 3 years, and the shape of the Bitcoin bull to come. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced an...
2023-05-17
57 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
7 Takeaways from the Senate's AI Hearing
From a surprising lack of skepticism to clear echoes of social media regulatory failures, NLW covers everything that happened in the first Senate AI hearing in the post ChatGPT era. The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-05-16
15 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Is Google's New Bard Really the ChatGPT Killer?
NLW tests ChatGPT and the newly updated and opened Bard across 5 categories including creative, travel planning, research, business and more. On the Brief he covers new forthcoming regulations in the EU, Amazon robot leaks, and why you shouldn't become a prompt engineer. Mentioned: https://tech.co/news/google-bard-vs-chatgpt The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-05-15
21 min
Bitcoin Builders
As the BRC20 Debate Rages, Echoes of the Blocksize Wars
On this edition of the Bitcoin Builders Weekly Recap, NLW covers: Macro headwinds for BTC price Short-term holder cost basis Mining updates including SEC Marathona subpoena and pro-mining legislation in Montana and Texas The BRC20 debate and the Blocksize wars Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, licens...
2023-05-14
16 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Can Blockchains Solve Deep Fakes and Other AI Challenges?
This is an excerpt from a discussion that originally happened on The Breakdown crypto/macro podcast. It features Chainlink founder Sergey Nazarov. The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-05-14
15 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The Most Important AI News From A Week Where We Glimpsed The Future
On this week's Weekly Recap: OpenAI Shap-E text-to-3D Anthropic 100k context window Meta ImageBind multimodal HuggingFace Transformers Agents Google I/O announcements Influencer chatbot makes $70k selling conversation at $1/minute Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-05-13
12 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
"How I Went from Non-Technical to Building an Andrew Tate LLM Chatbot in 3 Months"
Today in the first of a series on AI learning journeys, NLW is joined by Emmet Halm. At the beginning of 2023, Emmet was not a developer. A couple weeks ago, he released a chatbot that was tuned on the ever controversial Andrew Tate. Along the way, he also released a tool to help others fine tune LLMs on specific media creators. In this conversation, they talk about what it takes to start building in AI, and why there has never been a better time. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown o...
2023-05-12
20 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The Top 5 AI Announcements from Google I/O
Google tries to reclaim a leadership position in generative AI Honorable Mention - Adobe Firefly partnership 5. "AI Everywhere" - Med-PaLM 2, MusicLM 4. PaLM 2 3. Bard Upgrades 2. Google Workspace (Docs/Drive/Slides) Integration 1. Generative AI in search Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-05-11
13 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
What Comes After ChatGPT? A Preview of the Future of LLMs
Today on The AI Breakdown, NLW describes three bits of news from this week that together help us get a preview of the future of large language models, including interpretability research from OpenAI using GPT-4 to better understand how GPT-2 works; Anthropic's "Constitutional AI" principles; and Meta's new multimodal model ImageBind, released open source today.
2023-05-10
19 min
Bitcoin Builders
Bitcoin: The First Post-Partisan Asset? A Conversation with "Progressive's Case for Bitcoin" Author Jason Maier
This week, President Biden ratcheted up the partisanship around Bitcoin when he tweeted that Republicans were trying to protect tax loopholes for wealthy crypto investors. Congressman Brad Sherman has been all over TV saying that the industry is just for tax evaders and criminals. Elizabeth Warren is making opposition to crypto a central pillar of her campaign. Yet as much as the partisan bickering tries to capture Bitcoin, some progressive voices are pushing back. Jason Maier is the author of "A Progressive's Case for Bitcoin" and he's on a mission to help people understand how Bitcoin aligns with and can h...
2023-05-10
38 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
How to Get AutoGPT on Your Phone (And What People Are Actually Finding it Useful For)
A check-in on AutoGPT as well as the headline news: Updates from the US copyright office Pitchbook VC enthusiasm for AI Palantir stock price pops after AI announcement Google I/O Developer conference AI leaks IBM relaunches AI division as WatsonX in partnership with HuggingFace One researcher says 80% of jobs could be replaced by AI
2023-05-09
18 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Warren Buffett Compares AI to the Invention of the Atom Bomb
On today's episode, we discuss Warren Buffett's recent comments on AI as well as cover a primer of the geopolitics of AI. On the headline news brief, we cover updates from Google and Amazon as well as new open source LLM's and a new text-to-3D platform Shap-E from OpenAI.
2023-05-08
17 min
Bitcoin Builders
A Primer on BRC-20: Innovation or an Attack on Bitcoin?
Bitcoin has recently set records for transactions. Fees are dramatically higher than they were a few months ago. Ordinals have ballooned to more than a million inscriptions per week. BRC-20 is a primitive token standard that uses ordinals to create a form of Bitcoin-native token. Just a couple months old, the market cap of BRC-20 tokens is over $400m and a great debate rages: is this Bitcoin builder innovation - or a new attack vector on the network? To join the discussion: bit.ly/breakdownpod Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the fi...
2023-05-07
19 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
AI Just Quietly Had One of It's Most Important Weeks in Recent History
NLW argues Geoffrey Hinton's defection from Google and his progress mainstreaming the AI safety conversation makes this week one of huge, if subtle, significance. Also covered: Midjourney v5.1 Inflection Pi iBaby AGI Brain-to-video CEBRA research Microsoft Bing updates Microsoft-AMD AI chips? Samsung bans AI Meta ChatGPT malware warning IBM 7800 jobs disrupted by AI Chegg stock craters because of ChatGPT White House AI meeting OpenAI back in Italy Geoffrey Hinton leaves Google, warns on AI Featured song "I'm Fine" by angelbaby x wesghost x grimes-ai https://twitter.com/angelbaby/status/1654200137592233984 The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and dis...
2023-05-06
13 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Google Losing to Open Source AI? "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"
This week, a Google researcher had a note leaked that argued that Google (and OpenAI) were going to lose AI to the open source community. In this episode, NLW explores the arguments and asks what the implications might be. Read the original note: https://www.semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither
2023-05-05
17 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
6 Ways ChatGPT Code Interpreter Is Already Being Used
Code Interpreter is a new plugin for ChatGPT that is allowing for amazing data analysis and visualization. In today's episode, NLW looks at 6 early use cases, ranging from San Francisco Crime Data to mapping Lighthouses to basic video editing. On the Headline Brief, NLW covers: Microsoft Bing Upgrades Meta's ChatGPT malware warning Google Deepmind CEO on AGI
2023-05-04
12 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The First Anti-AI Strike: The Writers Guild of America Protests AI Writing
The Writers Guild of America is striking after not being able to come to an agreement with TV and film executives. At the heart of the matter is the use of AI, and many believe the issues at stake are broadly relevant for other industries as well.
2023-05-03
12 min
Bitcoin Builders
Des Dickerson: Bringing Bitcoin to the World Through Games
Des Dickerson is the CEO of THNDR Games. THNDR creates captivating mobile games that reward play with Bitcoin. 80% of their users have never interacted with Bitcoin before. 87% are out of the United States. In this conversation NLW talks with Des about how she started building in Bitcoin, THNDR's journey, and why games are a path in to Bitcoin. Find Des on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dickerson_des THNDR Games: https://www.thndr.games/ To join the discussion: bit.ly/breakdownpod Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and...
2023-05-03
48 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Mind-Reading AI? Scientists Use GPT-Like AI to Accurately Translate Thoughts into Text
Our main discussion is focused on new research out of the University of Texas Austin on GPT-like AI that, after being trained on a particular person's brain, can translate their thoughts into text. The news brief covers: IBM replacing 7800 future hires with AI Dropbox lays off 500 in pivot to AI Meta AI on earnings call Amazon building improved LLM for Alexa Geoffrey Hinton 'Godfather of AI' leaves Google to warn of dangers of AI White House looking into use of AI for employee tracking Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown The AI Breakdown newsletter: htt...
2023-05-02
16 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Text-to-Image AI That Can Actually Spell!? Meet DeepFloyd IF
If you've ever used Midjourney, Dall-E, Stable Diffusion or another text-to-image generator, you'll know that words are a weakness. Text (such as on signs) tends to be gibberish. DeepFloyd IF has started to solve that problem and it's doing it open source. Referenced in the video: https://twitter.com/DeepFloydIF https://twitter.com/EMostaque/status/1652295961404645376 https://stability.ai/blog/deepfloyd-if-text-to-image-model https://twitter.com/hardmaru/status/1651822596844048385 https://the-decoder.com/deepfloyd-if-is-a-crazy-good-text-to-image-model-and-open-source/ https://wandb.ai/geekyrakshit/deepfloyd/reports/A-Gentle-Introduction-to-DeepFloydAI-s-New-Diffusion-Model-IF--VmlldzozNTY3Nzc4 https://twitter.com/javilopen/status/1652387049268297729 https://huggingface.co/DeepFloyd https://twitter.com/DavidVorick/status/1652070967412129793 Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.yo...
2023-05-02
11 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Raoul Pal: AI is the Most Disinflationary Force in Our Lifetimes
On this episode of The AI Breakdown, NLW is joined by Real Vision CEO Raoul Pal to discuss AI as a disinflationary force, how big companies are reacting to AI, AI safety and more. This is an excerpt from a conversation that first appeared on The Breakdown on Tuesday April 25, 2023. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/
2023-05-01
37 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Real Life "Her"? A Chat with AI Avatar Call Annie About AI Alignment and More
On Wednesday night I had a "FaceTime" with Call Annie. It's a new app that matches AI language models with an AI avatar to have a more human conversation. The conversation explores AI alignment, X-risk, and much more.
2023-04-29
10 min
Bitcoin Builders
Mt. Gox Rumors, $100k Bank BTC Predictions, and Massive Growth in the Bitcoin Startup Ecosystem [Weekly Breakdown]
On this edition of the Bitcoin Builders Weekly Breakdown, NLW covers: Bitcoin's whipsaw markets, driven by thin liquidity and Mt.Gox/US Gov't sell rumors A short banks, long BTC narrative driver, with Standard Chartered Bank making a huge prediction WEF is now pro-Bitcoin mining?! New Bitcoin policy org BTC Action Trammell Venture Partners Bitcoin startup ecosystem report highlights To join the discussion: bit.ly/breakdownpod Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produ...
2023-04-29
16 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The Most Important AI News This Week: ChatGPT Browse, Apple Quartz, GPT Robot Dogs
Discussed on the show: ChatGPT Privacy - https://twitter.com/DataChaz/status/1650961357913616402 ChatGPT Browse - https://twitter.com/zacknotes/status/1651360024877203457 HuggingChat - https://twitter.com/ClementDelangue/status/1650908484936908808 Microsoft Designer - https://twitter.com/yusuf_i_mehdi/status/1651625352131907584 Google Bard - https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/21/23692517/google-ai-bard-chatbot-code-support-functions-google-sheets Apple AI Quartz - https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1651600006405660673 Sully Omarr on Apple's M2 opportunity - https://twitter.com/SullyOmarr/status/1651275484573966336 Harvey funding - https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/partnering-with-harvey-putting-llms-to-work/ A16Z Pinecone - https://a16z.com/2023/04/27/investing-in-pinecone Replit - https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/27/replit-funding-100m-generative-ai/ Palantir - https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvb4...
2023-04-28
12 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The Latest on AutoGPT and BabyAGI: Semi-Autonomous Specialized Agents (SASAs)
Meet semi-autonomous specialized agents (SASAs), more descreet, focused implementations of AutoGPT and BabyAGI. The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Breakdown wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614
2023-04-28
11 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
ChatGPT Adds Private Mode as HuggingFace Launches Open Source Competitor
Yesterday ChatGPT announced a number of important updates, including a privacy preserving mode that doesn't record chat history (and doesn't train OpenAI models on chat history) as well as a forthcoming business offering. Many think that the moves are at least in part response to European scrutiny around GDPR compliance. Also yesterday, AI platform HuggingFace announced HuggingChat, an open source ChatGPT competitor.
2023-04-26
13 min
Bitcoin Builders
Ray Youssef on Building an Unstoppable Open Bitcoin Markets Protocol for the World
Ray Youssef is the co-founder and former CEO of Paxful. He's spent the last 8 years working to open up bitcoin access and financial freedom in the global south. Although Paxful is no more, Ray's mission continues. He and his team have just announced Civ Kit, a proposed protocol for open, unstoppable peer-to-peer bitcoin markets. On this episode Ray and NLW discussed what happened with Paxful, what Ray learned, and why Bitcoin is more important than ever. To join the discussion: bit.ly/breakdownpod Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup a...
2023-04-26
58 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Profit or Piracy? How AI Disrupts Industries
A case study in the disruptive force of AI to traditional industries. Will they respond as have previous industries in the past have responded to technology wrought change -- with lawyers and intimidation? Or will they adapt and seize new opportunities never before imaginable? How do issues of creativity and copyright fit in?
2023-04-25
14 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Why GPT-4-32k Will Totally Transform What We Can Do With AI
GPT-4 as most people use it has an 8K token limit. Some already have access to a version with a 32K limit, however, and are reporting hugely different opportunities in terms of what it GPT can do, based on how much more text it can take in and output at once.
2023-04-24
13 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The Problems with AutoGPT and BabyAGI: How Useful Are They Really?
For the last 3 weeks, AutoGPT has massively captured the attention of the AI community. But how useful is it really? Some are starting to ask whether it really lives up to the hype. Watch the original video: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-04-22
12 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
I Asked ChatGPT and Its New Open Source Competitor StableLM if AI Should Be Open Source. Here's What They Said.
Stability AI announced StableLM this week and open source AI advocates are over the moon. On this episode of The AI Breakdown, NLW looks at what StableLM is, how it compares to GPT, and then asks both ChatGPT and StableLM what they "think" about whether AI should be open source.
2023-04-21
20 min
Bitcoin Builders
Will Russia Mining Bitcoin for Trade Drive the Next Wave of De-Dollarization?
Welcome back to the Bitcoin Builders Weekly Breakdown. The Weekly Breakdown is a chance to cover the most important news stories in and around the Bitcoin community. This week, NLW looks at: Increase in the percentage of BTC held by entities with less than 1 BTC Lack of stress around recent price action Bernstein report saying Bitcoin is poised for biggest bull run ever Arkansas passes right to mine bill NYT mining fud fails to resonate Russia exploring mining bitcoin and using crypto for cross-border settlement To join the discussion: bit.ly/breakdownpod Thanks to our spons...
2023-04-21
20 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The AI Data Wars: Elon Threatens to Sue Microsoft While Viral AI Drake Track Stuns Music Industry
We're seeing more and more instances of industries, companies and individuals fighting back against their data and IP being used to train AI. On this episode, we look at Elon threatening to sue Microsoft, Reddit changing their terms for AI companies, and the music industry loosing their ever-loving mind about a viral AI produced track featuring the synthetic voices of Drake and The Weeknd. Subscibe to our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-04-20
11 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
AI that Can See the World? Meet MiniGPT-4 an Open Source Image-to-Text Model
We've had many examples of text-to-image but fewer AI models that can interpret images. MiniGPT-4 is a new open source model that can look at an image of food and give you the recipe, look at a white board mockup of a website and give you the code, look at a picture of a person and their dog at sunset and write a poem. Subscribe to the YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown
2023-04-19
11 min
Bitcoin Builders
Spiral's Steve Lee on the Lightning Development Kit and How Everyone Can Contribute to Bitcoin
Steve Lee is lead at Spiral, the Block's independent Bitcoin-focused subsidiary. In this episode of Bitcoin Builders, NLW and Steve discuss Spiral's mission to support Bitcoin, their grants program, their work on the Lightning Development Kit, and why even non-technical people can contribute to Bitcoin. To join the discussion: bit.ly/breakdownpod Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images b...
2023-04-19
46 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Can Open Source AI Compete with Big Tech? A Look at TruthGPT, RedPajama and MiniGPT
Some argue that open source AI is the key to making AI's benefits to the entire world, as well as making AI safer. Others think that open source can multiply risks. With a slate of new projects being announced this week, the conversation is heating up. Discussed in this episode: Elon Musk's planned TruthGPT Dolly 2.0, an open source LLM based on the EleutherAI pythia model built by Databricks RedPajama, an open source proxy of Facebook/Meta's LLaMA, from Together MiniGPT, an open source AI model that can extract information from images Stable Diffusion XL, the latest open source text-to-image model fro...
2023-04-18
13 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
The AI Arms Race: Where the World's Biggest Companies Stand
Google is working on a top secret search update called "Magi." Amazon announced Bedrock last week. This episode covers the AI strategies of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Adobe, and Apple.
2023-04-17
13 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Is AutoGPT Dangerous?
There's no denying AutoGPT represents an incredible advance in AI, but does it create new risk we should be paying more attention to?
2023-04-15
12 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
5 Ways AutoGPT is Already Being Used
AutoGPT is lighting up the developer and AI community. Here are five uses happening right now: Starting a businesses Building a web application Task list that does itself Creating podcast content Autonomous AI agent generator
2023-04-14
13 min
Bitcoin Builders
Leverage Gone, Tourists Flushed: Bitcoin's Beautiful Late-Cycle Reset feat. Glassnode's James Check
In this data driven episode of Bitcoin Builders, Glassnode's James Check (Checkmate on Twitter) walks through the onchain data, discussing: The changing of hands from the leftover top buyers to new post-FTX bargain buyers The shift away from whales towards smaller holders Why the most recent run past $30,000 has been driven by spot buying rather than leveraged trading To join the discussion: bit.ly/breakdownpod Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com
2023-04-14
48 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
What is AutoGPT and Why is Everyone Talking About It?
Less than a week old, AutoGPT has exploded onto the scene. AutoGPTs are AIs that, once assigned a task, figure out how to complete that task, including generating other AIs. They have access to the internet, longer term memory, and thus can be used in much different ways. In just a week, AutoGPTs have become the most active GitHub repositories.
2023-04-12
09 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Should the US Gov't Have to Review and License AI Tools?
That's the question the Biden Administration is asking American citizens to comment on. WSJ and others reported today that the Administration is nervous about AI being used for crime and disinformation, and so is collecting public comments on the idea of having an FDA-like body to review and approve AI tools.
2023-04-12
10 min
Bitcoin Builders
How Bitcoin Unlocks Last Mile Energy with Erik Hersman of Gridless
Erik Hersman is the CEO of Gridless, a bitcoin mining company that leverages bitcoin production to make mini grids and last mile energy production economically viable in Africa. The company has pilots in Kenya and Malawi and recently raised a seed round led by Block and Stillmark. In this episode, NLW and Erik talk about their shared social entrepreneurship background, how Erik and Gridless came to bitcoin, and how bitcoin transforms energy economics around the world. Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Mi...
2023-04-11
52 min
Bitcoin Builders
The State-by-State Battle for the Right to Mine Bitcoin
On this edition of the Bitcoin Builders Weekly Breakdown, NLW looks at a number of the big stories shaping bitcoin over the past week. He discusses the shutdown of P2P bitcoin marketplace Paxful, coming just months after the closure of Local Bitcoins. He also talks about Texas Senate Bill 1751 and the state-by-state battle for "Right to Mine" legislation. To join the discussion: bit.ly/breakdownpod Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and ho...
2023-04-11
20 min
The AI Daily Brief (Formerly The AI Breakdown): Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis
Introducing The AI Breakdown
Meet The AI Breakdown - a semiweekly news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence, aka AI. 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. The AI Breakdown is a part of The Breakdown Network: Change Explained.
2023-04-04
00 min
Bitcoin Builders
Introducing Bitcoin Builders
Bitcoin Builders is a show all about the developers, entrepreneurs, creatives, communities, artists and others participating in the Cambrian explosion of building on Bitcoin, Lightning and other freedom tech. This is the Bitcoin show all about the fun, optimistic, irreverant side of Bitcoin, and features news shows, discussions, interviews, educational series and so much more. It's hosted by NLW, host of The Breakdown, and is the first new spinoff show of The Breakdown Network. Learn more at Breakdown.Network. Let's Build!
2023-03-31
01 min
Top Traders Unplugged
GM20: Bitcoin & The Great Power Shift ft. Nathaniel Whittemore
Nathaniel Whittemore, aka NLW, creator and host on The Breakdown podcast, joins us in today’s episode to discuss the big power shifts and social changes that are taking place in the world right now, the limits of Central Banks to handle inflation, the future of Crypto and how it impacts the social dynamics of society. We also discuss the dark sides of Bitcoin, regulation of the Crypto space and its potential pitfalls and much more.-----50 YEARS OF TREND FOLLOWING BOOK AND BEHIND-THE-SCENES VIDEO FOR ACCREDITED INVESTORS - CLICK HERE-----...
2022-06-22
1h 26
Hidden Forces
The Collapse of LUNA & UST and the Vulnerability in Crypto | Nathaniel Whittemore
In Episode 249 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Nathaniel Whittemore, host of “The Breakdown” a podcast distributed by CoinDesk, which focuses on the big picture power shifts in the economy and society, seen through the lens of crypto. It’s also the largest daily analysis podcast in the bitcoin and crypto space and one that Demetri has relied on to sort through the daily noise and to get a sense of its community’s cultural attitudes and narratives for years. Demetri asked Nathaniel to come onto the podcast today to help him make sense of the events t...
2022-05-15
1h 23
The Wolf's Den
Nathaniel Whittemore | Talks Crypto and Smart Investing
In this episode of The Wolf’s Den, JB is joined by Macroeconomics guru, Nathaniel Whittemore. Nathaniel has quickly gained a name for himself within the finance world thanks to his podcast, "The Breakdown", a daily analysis of macroeconomics, bitcoin, geopolitics and big picture power shifts. Today we discuss crypto and how more people can begin investing and making money.SPONSORED BY:BIOPTIMIZERS: https://magbreakthrough.com/wolfsden Get 10% off when you visit and use code wolfsden10 at checkout!MELON: https://melonapp.com/wolfCh...
2021-09-23
51 min
Market Meditations
#37 Financial Freedom Through Bitcoin with Nathaniel Whittemore
Today's episode features Nathaniel Whittemore , a well known macroeconomics analyst in the cryptocurrency space, host of The Breakdown Podcast and writer of The Breakdown Newsletter Follow: Nathaniel Whittemore Website: The Breakdown My Twitter: @koroushak My Newsletter: https://koroushak.substack.com/
2021-01-07
1h 22
Between Now and Success
Bitcoin, MMT, and the Narratives That Shape Our Behavior with Nathaniel Whittemore
In a Nutshell: In this era of "fake news" and deep divisions between people, understanding the context behind dominant narratives can help build bridges, stimulate new ideas, and push us all forward. Guests: Nathaniel Whittemore, a strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as the host of The Breakdown, which is my favorite podcast in the crypto world. Nathaniel was also a principle at the venture capital firm Learn Capital and he was on the founding team of Change.org. My Key Takeaway: As you try to anticipate some of the narratives th...
2020-11-02
52 min
POV Crypto Podcast: Your Crypto Echo-Chamber Dies Here.
130 - Anchored in Crypto with Nathaniel Whittemore
Prolific content creator, analyst, and thinker Nathaniel Whittemore joins POV Crypto to discuss how current events have warped the publics trust in the system and how Bitcoin and crypto can be the foundation of a new model of trust. Topics: Why crypto is relevant post COVID Bitcoin as a portal. Crypto economic system’s need to reflect human truths to be successful Predictions for the future. Please rate and share the podcast! You can find us @POVCryptopod on Twitter. David Hoffman on Twitter and Medium @TrustlessState Christian Keroles on Twitte...
2020-04-09
56 min
Sharing Secrets - Presented by Secret Network
Ep 28 - Nathaniel Whittemore - The Internal and External Narratives of Decentralization
Hosted by Enigma's Head of Growth Tor Bair, our twenty-eighth episode features Nathaniel Whittemore. Nathaniel is a communications specialist in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, and he is the mastermind behind Long Reads Sunday, where he curates the best content in the blockchain and decentralization space. He is deeply interested in how narratives evolve in our industry and the way these stories shape what we build, what we use, and what we believe. On this episode Nathaniel talks with me about the rapidly evolving narrative of privacy, how telling the right stories can drive mass adoption of new technologies, and...
2019-06-05
00 min
Click Here To Apply - Interviews About Interesting Jobs And How To Do Them
#03 - Nathaniel Whittemore teaches me how to meet the most interesting people and coach executives on communication
Nathaniel Whittemore, an independent communications advisor and curator of Long Reads Sunday, attributes his success to his consistent desire to meet the most interesting people of his generation. Nathaniel and Tony discuss experimenting with media, the role of narratives, the high ROI of creating content, and more. Get Long Reads Sunday here: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/nlw Follow Nathaniel Whittemore here: https://twitter.com/nlw Got a question or want to share your feedback? Message Tony on twitter...
2019-05-13
1h 10
The Delphi Podcast
Nathaniel Whittemore: The Storyteller Is King In The Land of Crypto Sentiment
Host Tom Shaughnessy of Delphi Digital (www.DelphiDigital.io) is joined by Nathaniel Whittemore Nathaniel is in my opinion not only the best story-teller in the space, but has the best ability at synthesizing down the intent and goal of projects into digestible and understandable words. If someone was explaining rocket science I would want it to be Nathaniel. Follow Tom on Twitter @Shaughnessy119 Follow Nathaniel on Twitter @nlw Disclosure: Tom Shaughnessy owns tokens in ETH, DCR, MKR, ZRX, HYDRO, and GLA. This podcast is NOT investment advice and is only informational. Do not make...
2019-02-18
1h 10
Base Layer
Base Layer Episode 005 - Nathaniel Whittemore
Every Sunday folks in crypto are treated to the work of someone part man, part machine who curates all the weeks top news, research and thoughts from the cryptosphere - his name: Nathaniel Whittemore. Nathaniel's work has become a crucial part of crypto's information infrastructure - we had a wide ranging conversation on narratives at play, Web 1.0 to 3.0 and much more. Enjoy!
2019-01-03
58 min