Anthropic Economic Index, Virtual Agent Economies, AlterEgo and How People Use ChatGPT
A discussion on a new report detailing how people use ChatGPT, the global AI adoption trends from Anthropic's Economic Index, the future of AI agent economies, and the practicality of emerging AI wearables like AlterEgo and Meta's smart glasses.
Ask the Experts: Gen AI, Cybersecurity, & AI Agent Questions Answered
Experts Martin Keen and Jeff Crume differentiate between Generative and Agentic AI, delve into the nature of AI hallucinations, and explore critical cybersecurity topics like the permanence of the dark web and the dangers of zero-click attacks.
Why 70% of Companies Are FAILING at AI Safety (Shocking Survey Data): 2025 AI Governance Survey:
Ben Lorica and David Talby of 'The Data Exchange' podcast analyze the 2025 AI Governance Survey, revealing a significant gap between AI adoption and mature risk management. While 30% of organizations have models in production, many lack robust governance frameworks, incident response plans, and comprehensive monitoring, often prioritizing speed-to-market over safety and compliance.
The Top 100 Most Used AI Apps in 2025
In the fifth edition of the a16z Consumer AI 100, an analysis of the most-used AI-native products reveals a market that is beginning to stabilize after a period of chaotic growth. Key trends identified include the continued dominance of AI companionship and creative tools, the significant market entry of major players like Google and xAI's Grok, the rise of Chinese AI companies on the global stage, and the emergence of a powerful new category: "vibe coding." The data suggests a future of increased verticalization, prosumer tool adoption, and the development of more sophisticated network effects beyond simple data acquisition.
Perceptual Evaluations: Evals for Aesthetics — Diego Rodriguez, Krea.ai
KREA.ai's cofounder Diego Rodriguez discusses the critical failure of current AI evaluation metrics in understanding human perception and aesthetics, advocating for a new paradigm of personalized, perceptually-aware evals.
Gen AI pilots fail, GPT-5's hidden prompt revealed, reasoning model flaws and Claude closing chats
A deep dive into why most enterprise GenAI pilots are failing, the debate around hidden system prompts in models like GPT-5, new research questioning the reliability of "chain of thought" reasoning, and the controversy over Anthropic's "AI welfare" justification for shutting down conversations.