This Week in AI: Elon vs OpenAI, Pentagon’s $22B Super Soldiers & The Future of Video
From OpenAI’s $97B standoff to $22B AI-powered super soldiers, this was one of the biggest weeks in AI, geopolitics, and tech. Here’s the full breakdown with detailed analysis.
Dearest subscriber,
Today, I want to share a 44-minute weekly digest video on what a wild and seemingly pivotal week it has been in the world of AI, defense, geopolitics & media. And that’s no exaggeration:
From Elon Musk's surprise bid for OpenAI to USA VP's clear message for Europe and China at the Paris AI Summit, the power plays are intensifying. Meanwhile, Palmer Luckey is creating super soldiers with next-gen AR/VR headsets, picking up the $22B Army IVAS program.
AI video generation also hit new milestones with Google's Veo 2 in YouTube Shorts, Adobe Firefly Video, and Luma Labs Ray 2. Plus, LiDAR technology uncovers ancient cities in the Amazon, showing how tech reveals both our past and future.
Ok, here’s the video (watch now on YouTube):
This Week in AI
Topic Chapters
(00:34) Elon's Bid To Buy OpenAI
(03:43) Paris AI Summit (VP Vance's Message To EU & China)
(11:00) Defense Tech Contracts
(14:54) Palmer Luckey's Superhuman Soldiers ($22B IVAS Program)
(21:53) AI Is Dual Use Tech (Even Anthropic Is Working with DoD)
(23:15) Adobe FireFly Video
(25:08) Google Veo 2 in YouTube Shorts
(28:42) ByteDance Goku Foundation Model
(31:37) Luma Ray 2 Image-to-Video
(33:24) Topaz Project Starlight Hands On
(35:51) Google Imagen 3 Tops LMArena Charts
(37:11) YouTube Is The New TV & Creators The New Hollywood
(41:33) LiDAR Finds Another Lost City in Amazon Jungle
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