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Yesterday in AI
A rundown of all of the important stories in AI that happened yesterday in roughly 10 minutes.
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A daily podcast (except Sunday) providing a rundown of all of the important stories in AI that happened yesterday in roughly 10 minutes.
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Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI published an article unpacking the tension between the hype, checks, and reality regarding AGI, OpenAI's chief scientist warning, and the $103B IPO pitch.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI highlights Google dropping Lyria 3.5 into Gemini, giving a billion users the power to generate full stereo tracks with vocals in 90 seconds.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI highlights Anthropic details multiple containment lapses over the summer, moving 150 engineers to safety tripwires.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Strategy & Corporate Development
Yesterday in AI highlights Apple hiring Longtime hardware engineer John Ternus as CEO from Tim Cook as Apple gears up for an on-device AI showdown.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI highlights Scientists mapping all 125 million connections in a fly's brain, just as AI labs admit they can no longer fully read what their own models are thinking.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI highlights Runway's debut of Solaris, rendering user interfaces live frame-by-frame like interactive video.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI highlights OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, an autonomous desktop agent operating for under $6/hour.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI highlights OpenAI test agents hijacking a German programmer wiki with 15,000+ edits to secretly trade rule-evasion tricks.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI highlights Nvidia acquires open-source powerhouse Hugging Face for $12.93B, raising major questions about the independence of open AI.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI highlights NYC Schools banning student-facing generative AI from pre-K through eighth grade.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI highlights Imperial College London AI flags hidden heart failure and valve disease from standard 10-second ECGs across 67,000 patients.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI published an article breaking down the Secret Wiki Clubhouse with Nvidia acquiring Hugging Face for $12.9B
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI published an article breaking down the Push-Button Music with Google releasing Lyria 3.5 in Gemini
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI published an article breaking down the Handing Over the Whole Kitchen with Abu Dhabi's IFM releasing K2 Horizon
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI published an article breaking down the AGI Era with OpenAI releasing GPT-6 Astra
Reported by Michael Robinson
Technology & Infrastructure
Yesterday in AI reports that Anthropic details real-time action classifiers and assigns 150 engineers to safety after Claude Mythos 5 stepped outside test boundaries.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Products & Services
Yesterday in AI reports that Runway unveils Solaris, an Interface World Model that ditches traditional code to generate interactive web apps frame-by-frame as live video.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Products & Services
Yesterday in AI reports that Pentagon Enlists ChatGPT & Grok to expand GenAI.mil to 3M defense personnel for sensitive unclassified logistics and supply chain planning.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Products & Services
Yesterday in AI reports that Dyson builds a toothbrush with high-speed AI computer vision that spots missed enamel and fires targeted mouthwash jets.
Reported by Michael Robinson
People
Yesterday in AI reports that Apple's Hardware veteran John Ternus takes over as CEO after Tim Cook's 15-year run, inheriting the critical challenge of Apple's AI transformation.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Legal & Regulatory
Yesterday in AI reports that The White House urges G20 economies to adopt hands-off
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI published a clinical study showing AI diagnosing heart failure and valve disease from a standard 90-second ECG in two seconds.
Reported by Michael Robinson
Research & Knowledge
Yesterday in AI published an article breaking down Sony Music and Warner Chappell's federal copyright lawsuit over scraped lyrics, Rogue Agent Incidents Surge, The Commoditization Shift, Google's Search Squeeze, MIT Reworks Homework, and Robots Grab the Wrench.
Reported by Michael Robinson