🔥 The paradox era
August 25, 2025 | When answers are instant, clarity is a superpower
🐾 IN TODAY'S WILD
YouTube is using AI to edit videos without user consent, raising questions about AI's role in mediating reality. Netflix, in contrast, is setting rules for its partners on how to use generative AI responsibly, covering issues like copyright and data privacy.
There's a growing AI backlash and talk of an "AI winter," as the current hype-driven boom might be running out of steam. This is supported by an NPR interview with a computer science professor who questions if progress has stalled due to the limitations of AI.
Despite the skepticism, technological innovation continues. NVIDIA has released new open-source models that are six times faster than rivals, while DeepSeek's new V3.1 model aims to create AI "agents" rather than simple chatbots. Other advancements include Adobe's Firefly, and a discussion about GPT-5 and the competition between GPUs and TPUs.
🦾 AI daily pulse
YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission. As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our shared connection with real life? [LINK]
Netflix wants its partners to follow these rules when using gen AI
Netflix is fine with the TV and filmmakers using generative AI, but it wants them to start following some rules. [LINK]Bubbling questions about the limitations of AI
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cal Newport, author and computer science professor at Georgetown, about AI's limitations and if progress within the industry has stalled. [LINK]
⚡️ Top trends
‘It’s almost tragic’: Bubble or not, the AI backlash is validating what one researcher and critic has been saying for years [LINK]
The next ‘AI winter’ is coming
The FOMO-driven boom is running out of steam – again [LINK]
💻 Top techies
NVIDIA unveils tiny open-source reasoning models, 6× faster than rivals [LINK]
New DeepSeek V3.1: Shifting from Chatbots to Agents [LINK]
🔮 What else
Adobe Firefly can erase photo-bombers, make you fluent in French, and more [LINK]
Dylan Patel on GPT-5’s router moment, GPUs vs TPUs, monetization
