🔥 Impact and influence
Sept. 8, 2025 | From misinformation to job market shifts
🐾 IN TODAY'S WILD
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I’ve added a new weekly column every Monday. What happened in tech that mattered, and what did it mean? Once a week, I sift through the changes and ideas, picking the one you don’t want to miss in all the noise, and provide it with context and analysis.
+ This week’s important news 🗞️ “Microsoft has officially signaled a major strategic shift in its AI ambitions with the release of its first proprietary foundation model, MAI-1. Led by AI veteran Mustafa Suleyman, the new Microsoft AI (MAI) division is no longer just a partner to OpenAI but a direct competitor in the race to develop powerful, in-house language models.” Continue reading below.
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NewsGuard's audit shows the false information rate of leading AI tools has nearly doubled. Meanwhile, Gemini has a major new upgrade to its image editing features. Andrew Ng points out a growing disconnect where there's high demand for AI-savvy developers but increasing unemployment for recent computer science graduates. Other news includes Anthropic revealing that its Claude AI was misused for ransomware and scams, and Alibaba launching a new open-source model for audio-driven animation.
🦾 AI daily pulse
AI false information rate nearly doubles in one year
NewsGuard’s audit of the 10 leading generative AI tools and their propensity to repeat false claims on topics in the news reveals the rate of publishing false information nearly doubled — now providing false claims to news prompts more than one third of the time. [LINK]
Image editing in Gemini just got a major upgrade
Transform images in amazing new ways with updated native image editing in the Gemini app. [LINK]There is significant unmet demand for developers who understand AI.
At the same time, because most universities have not yet adapted their curricula to the new reality of programming jobs being much more productive with AI tools, there is also an uptick in unemployment of recent CS graduates.
Andrew Ng, Founder of DeepLearning.AI [LINK]
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⚡️ Top trends
A new generative AI approach to predicting chemical reactions
A system developed at MIT could provide realistic predictions for a wide variety of reactions while maintaining real-world physical constraints. [LINK]Who expands the human creative frontier with generative AI: Hive minds or masterminds? [LINK]
💻 Top techies
Anthropic reveals Claude misuse in ransomware, scams, and data theft. [LINK]
Alibaba unveils open-source model for audio-driven animation. [LINK]
🔮 What else
Palantir CEO Alex Karp says top tech talent is about to get 'crazy valuable' [LINK]
🗞️ In the news
While Microsoft's $13 billion investment and deep integration with OpenAI have been key to its re-emergence in the AI space, the relationship has been fraught with tension.
Microsoft's decision to build its own models is a direct response to this.
Let’s unpack this, understand why it matters, and what to expect next.