Alexandru Voica
@alexvoica.com
Corp affairs at @Synthesia.io, advisor at MBZUAI
Guns N' Roses, basketball, Philip K. Dick, intelligent machines, peanut butter + maple syrup are a few of my favorite things.
https://linktr.ee/alexvoica
Guns N' Roses, basketball, Philip K. Dick, intelligent machines, peanut butter + maple syrup are a few of my favorite things.
https://linktr.ee/alexvoica
Whenever someone who works at X or xAI posts on that cursed app, the first and only appropriate reply to anything they say is the Pedobear meme.
January 12, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Whenever someone who works at X or xAI posts on that cursed app, the first and only appropriate reply to anything they say is the Pedobear meme.
OpenAI: 10x engineers, 10x taste
Google DeepMind: 10x engineers, 1x taste
Anthropic: 10x engineers, 100x taste
xAI: 10x engineers, 0x taste
Meta Superintelligence Labs: 1x engineers, 0x taste
Google DeepMind: 10x engineers, 1x taste
Anthropic: 10x engineers, 100x taste
xAI: 10x engineers, 0x taste
Meta Superintelligence Labs: 1x engineers, 0x taste
January 11, 2026 at 7:58 PM
OpenAI: 10x engineers, 10x taste
Google DeepMind: 10x engineers, 1x taste
Anthropic: 10x engineers, 100x taste
xAI: 10x engineers, 0x taste
Meta Superintelligence Labs: 1x engineers, 0x taste
Google DeepMind: 10x engineers, 1x taste
Anthropic: 10x engineers, 100x taste
xAI: 10x engineers, 0x taste
Meta Superintelligence Labs: 1x engineers, 0x taste
For the last few years we’ve lived in a weird split-screen reality: while AI labs have made wild breakthroughs in foundation models, productivity stats and corporate workflows have looked… basically the same.
Here's why that will change in 2026 👇
www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-predict...
Here's why that will change in 2026 👇
www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-predict...
AI predictions for 2026; Startup Coalition publishes the UK's AI Index; Microsoft reshuffles GitHub team; OpenAI says AI will do more housework; how Google got its AI groove back
AI chip startups see a brighter future; some AI startups are reimagining the web browser; AI models are starting to learn by asking themselves questions; Grok generates abusive images at scale
www.computerspeak.co
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
For the last few years we’ve lived in a weird split-screen reality: while AI labs have made wild breakthroughs in foundation models, productivity stats and corporate workflows have looked… basically the same.
Here's why that will change in 2026 👇
www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-predict...
Here's why that will change in 2026 👇
www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-predict...
Will OpenAI be the first company to build an AI consumer superapp?
Fidji Simo tried to build Facebook into a "traditional" superapp (e-commerce, dating, gaming, etc.) but it didn't work out.
Very interesting to see her try again, this time with better tech.
Fidji Simo tried to build Facebook into a "traditional" superapp (e-commerce, dating, gaming, etc.) but it didn't work out.
Very interesting to see her try again, this time with better tech.
January 7, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Will OpenAI be the first company to build an AI consumer superapp?
Fidji Simo tried to build Facebook into a "traditional" superapp (e-commerce, dating, gaming, etc.) but it didn't work out.
Very interesting to see her try again, this time with better tech.
Fidji Simo tried to build Facebook into a "traditional" superapp (e-commerce, dating, gaming, etc.) but it didn't work out.
Very interesting to see her try again, this time with better tech.
Reposted by Alexandru Voica
New: Grok is generating far more graphic sexual content than on X.
Grok’s image generator, Imagine, has been used to create explicit sexual videos of celebrities and violent sexual videos, a review of public posts shows.
70 Imagine URLs appearing to depict minors were sent to regulators today
Grok’s image generator, Imagine, has been used to create explicit sexual videos of celebrities and violent sexual videos, a review of public posts shows.
70 Imagine URLs appearing to depict minors were sent to regulators today
Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X
A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grok’s official website shows it’s being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that includes apparent minors.
www.wired.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
New: Grok is generating far more graphic sexual content than on X.
Grok’s image generator, Imagine, has been used to create explicit sexual videos of celebrities and violent sexual videos, a review of public posts shows.
70 Imagine URLs appearing to depict minors were sent to regulators today
Grok’s image generator, Imagine, has been used to create explicit sexual videos of celebrities and violent sexual videos, a review of public posts shows.
70 Imagine URLs appearing to depict minors were sent to regulators today
We've just launched a landing page where everyone can create videos with our AI Santa for free: www.synthesia.io/santa
With a little help from our new AI video models, he’s now more realistic than ever, and ready to deliver personalized holiday cheer like never before!
With a little help from our new AI video models, he’s now more realistic than ever, and ready to deliver personalized holiday cheer like never before!
Santa Video: Create a FREE Personalized Santa Message
Send personalized Santa video messages. In minutes. Simply type in text. Completely free. Send Christmas videos to your friends and family in minutes.
www.synthesia.io
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We've just launched a landing page where everyone can create videos with our AI Santa for free: www.synthesia.io/santa
With a little help from our new AI video models, he’s now more realistic than ever, and ready to deliver personalized holiday cheer like never before!
With a little help from our new AI video models, he’s now more realistic than ever, and ready to deliver personalized holiday cheer like never before!
With the AI Act, Brussels made a giant gamble: can you design comprehensive AI regulation before the technology settles down, and still stay competitive?
The answer is turning into a bitter lesson in what happens when process gets ahead of practice.
www.computerspeak.co/p/europes-bi...
The answer is turning into a bitter lesson in what happens when process gets ahead of practice.
www.computerspeak.co/p/europes-bi...
Europe's bitter pill; AI can replace 12% of US workers; AI video startup goes for growth; this Thanksgiving, AI slop is on the menu; Google is now fully awake; teens are saying goodbye to Character.AI
Amazon's AI capacity crunch pushes customers to Google; Super PACs enter the AI arena; David Sacks's failed gambit on AI regulation; China dominates in open models; 200m people to use ChatGPT by 2030
www.computerspeak.co
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
With the AI Act, Brussels made a giant gamble: can you design comprehensive AI regulation before the technology settles down, and still stay competitive?
The answer is turning into a bitter lesson in what happens when process gets ahead of practice.
www.computerspeak.co/p/europes-bi...
The answer is turning into a bitter lesson in what happens when process gets ahead of practice.
www.computerspeak.co/p/europes-bi...
Many of us have experienced that moment when we're creating a video, and just need the right image to illustrate a process or show something that supports our script.
Now you can create that cinematic visuals instantly in @synthesia.io with FLUX.2 - the new model from Black Forest Labs!
Now you can create that cinematic visuals instantly in @synthesia.io with FLUX.2 - the new model from Black Forest Labs!
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Many of us have experienced that moment when we're creating a video, and just need the right image to illustrate a process or show something that supports our script.
Now you can create that cinematic visuals instantly in @synthesia.io with FLUX.2 - the new model from Black Forest Labs!
Now you can create that cinematic visuals instantly in @synthesia.io with FLUX.2 - the new model from Black Forest Labs!
Atomico’s annual State of European Tech report is out, and Anna Heim from @techcrunch.com noticed an uptick in scaleups playing a more active role in political debates: techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/e...
A 🧵 on why this is happening
A 🧵 on why this is happening
European tech gets political | TechCrunch
Taking a page from Big Tech, legacy industries, and their U.S. peers, European tech companies are increasingly learning to lobby for themselves.
techcrunch.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Atomico’s annual State of European Tech report is out, and Anna Heim from @techcrunch.com noticed an uptick in scaleups playing a more active role in political debates: techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/e...
A 🧵 on why this is happening
A 🧵 on why this is happening
Sifted's @daphneleprince.bsky.social and @freyapratty.bsky.social have an article out this morning summarizing the reaction from European AI startups on the proposed delays of the AI Act: sifted.eu/articles/eur...
A 🧵with my views on this matter
A 🧵with my views on this matter
European startups welcome expected AI Act delay
Startups have welcomed reports that the European Union is set to delay a key part of its AI Act.
sifted.eu
November 17, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sifted's @daphneleprince.bsky.social and @freyapratty.bsky.social have an article out this morning summarizing the reaction from European AI startups on the proposed delays of the AI Act: sifted.eu/articles/eur...
A 🧵with my views on this matter
A 🧵with my views on this matter
This week, Accel published their Globalscape report which paints a rosy future for European AI.
One possible explanation is that European companies aren’t paying the ASI hype tax.
Here's what that means 👇
www.computerspeak.co/p/european-t...
One possible explanation is that European companies aren’t paying the ASI hype tax.
Here's what that means 👇
www.computerspeak.co/p/european-t...
European tech is making a comeback, according to Accel; workplace influencers drive AI adoption; inside Microsoft's mega data center; AI is upending jobs; AI relationships are on the rise
AI companies want to change ticket sales; data centers are becoming a political issue on the left; EU plans to streamline rules on AI and data; OpenAI moving into consumer healthcare;
www.computerspeak.co
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This week, Accel published their Globalscape report which paints a rosy future for European AI.
One possible explanation is that European companies aren’t paying the ASI hype tax.
Here's what that means 👇
www.computerspeak.co/p/european-t...
One possible explanation is that European companies aren’t paying the ASI hype tax.
Here's what that means 👇
www.computerspeak.co/p/european-t...
Today, @synthesia.io is releasing a new family of customizable avatars that don't just talk, but also take action: www.synthesia.io/post/synthes...
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today, @synthesia.io is releasing a new family of customizable avatars that don't just talk, but also take action: www.synthesia.io/post/synthes...
Michael Burry is betting $1bn against Palantir because he sees them as a proxy for the AI bubble.
What he fails to understand is that the next leg of the AI cycle will be decided in the boiler rooms of the enterprise: www.computerspeak.co/p/palantir-i...
What he fails to understand is that the next leg of the AI cycle will be decided in the boiler rooms of the enterprise: www.computerspeak.co/p/palantir-i...
Palantir is the world's must successful forward-deployed engineering company
The future of ads is AI personalization; Apple Watches use AI to detect heart damage; free from OpenAI, Microsoft charts their own AI destiny; AI data centers are warping the US economy
www.computerspeak.co
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Michael Burry is betting $1bn against Palantir because he sees them as a proxy for the AI bubble.
What he fails to understand is that the next leg of the AI cycle will be decided in the boiler rooms of the enterprise: www.computerspeak.co/p/palantir-i...
What he fails to understand is that the next leg of the AI cycle will be decided in the boiler rooms of the enterprise: www.computerspeak.co/p/palantir-i...
My conversation with Bernard Marr and Sasha Rubel from AWS about AI adoption and innovation is now live on YouTube: youtu.be/HbaEH2bU800
Mind the Gap - Navigating The AI Innovation Frontier
YouTube video by Bernard Marr
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
My conversation with Bernard Marr and Sasha Rubel from AWS about AI adoption and innovation is now live on YouTube: youtu.be/HbaEH2bU800
In an article for Transformer, I argue (based on lessons learned at @synthesia.io) that drafting lengthy applied AI strategies and coming up with new pilots/sandboxes is not the way forward if we're serious about AI adoption:
transformernews.ai/p/audits-not...
transformernews.ai/p/audits-not...
Audits, not essays: How to win trust for enterprise AI
Opinion: Alexandru Voica argues that application-layer AI companies are best off opening themselves up to rigorous testing rather than opining on AI safety
transformernews.ai
October 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
In an article for Transformer, I argue (based on lessons learned at @synthesia.io) that drafting lengthy applied AI strategies and coming up with new pilots/sandboxes is not the way forward if we're serious about AI adoption:
transformernews.ai/p/audits-not...
transformernews.ai/p/audits-not...
Are you a company looking to adopt AI but unsure how to navigate Europe's complex AI regulations? 🇪🇺
Join me for @synthesia.io's webinar on November 5th as I talk to experts who are making great-tasting lemonade out of the lemon that has been the EU AI Act: synthesia-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join me for @synthesia.io's webinar on November 5th as I talk to experts who are making great-tasting lemonade out of the lemon that has been the EU AI Act: synthesia-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Are you a company looking to adopt AI but unsure how to navigate Europe's complex AI regulations? 🇪🇺
Join me for @synthesia.io's webinar on November 5th as I talk to experts who are making great-tasting lemonade out of the lemon that has been the EU AI Act: synthesia-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join me for @synthesia.io's webinar on November 5th as I talk to experts who are making great-tasting lemonade out of the lemon that has been the EU AI Act: synthesia-io.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
I had an amazing chat with @bernardmarr.bsky.social and Sasha Rubel from @awscloud.bsky.social about how organizations can speed up AI adoption, how we can scale infrastructure and build regulatory regimes that favor responsible innovation, and deploy AI agents across multiple industries.
#AWS
#AWS
October 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I had an amazing chat with @bernardmarr.bsky.social and Sasha Rubel from @awscloud.bsky.social about how organizations can speed up AI adoption, how we can scale infrastructure and build regulatory regimes that favor responsible innovation, and deploy AI agents across multiple industries.
#AWS
#AWS
New data from @nathanbenaich.bsky.social's State of AI Report released this week shows how AI adoption is doing something unfashionable for a bubble: it’s compounding.
www.computerspeak.co/p/the-2025-s...
www.computerspeak.co/p/the-2025-s...
The 2025 State of AI Report shows an industry maturing; business leaders learn to live in the AI bubble; Sora 2 reignites AI slop debate; how AI became personal assistants; updates from OpenAI DevDay
A startup aims to create a new DeepSeek moment; ASML exec slams EU AI overregulation; AI is now in every industry; AI toys and sexy chatbots come to America; how AI is changing white-collar work
www.computerspeak.co
October 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
New data from @nathanbenaich.bsky.social's State of AI Report released this week shows how AI adoption is doing something unfashionable for a bubble: it’s compounding.
www.computerspeak.co/p/the-2025-s...
www.computerspeak.co/p/the-2025-s...
This week, it’s become painfully obvious that OpenAI, YouTube, TikTok and Meta are all gunning for the same prize: the default feed for AI native video.
Here's why: www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-video-c...
Here's why: www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-video-c...
October 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This week, it’s become painfully obvious that OpenAI, YouTube, TikTok and Meta are all gunning for the same prize: the default feed for AI native video.
Here's why: www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-video-c...
Here's why: www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-video-c...
Synthesia 3.0 is our new AI video platform reimagined for the future of video.
Victor Riparbelli went on Bloomberg Technology to chat with Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde about @synthesia.io's new products and the benefits they will bring to businesses: youtu.be/t319kg2yT5A
Victor Riparbelli went on Bloomberg Technology to chat with Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde about @synthesia.io's new products and the benefits they will bring to businesses: youtu.be/t319kg2yT5A
AI Video Clone Startup Launches New Tools
YouTube video by Bloomberg Technology
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Synthesia 3.0 is our new AI video platform reimagined for the future of video.
Victor Riparbelli went on Bloomberg Technology to chat with Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde about @synthesia.io's new products and the benefits they will bring to businesses: youtu.be/t319kg2yT5A
Victor Riparbelli went on Bloomberg Technology to chat with Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde about @synthesia.io's new products and the benefits they will bring to businesses: youtu.be/t319kg2yT5A
It's very clear that Meta's Vibes launch was rushed to pre-empt the Sora 2 release.
The strategy backfired because it attracted a wave of people predictably dumping on Vibes and AI video as a social experience, clearing the way for Sora to get a more neutral reception.
The strategy backfired because it attracted a wave of people predictably dumping on Vibes and AI video as a social experience, clearing the way for Sora to get a more neutral reception.
September 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It's very clear that Meta's Vibes launch was rushed to pre-empt the Sora 2 release.
The strategy backfired because it attracted a wave of people predictably dumping on Vibes and AI video as a social experience, clearing the way for Sora to get a more neutral reception.
The strategy backfired because it attracted a wave of people predictably dumping on Vibes and AI video as a social experience, clearing the way for Sora to get a more neutral reception.
More than 10,000 people have signed up for our LinkedIn event on October 1 to learn how @synthesiaIO will change video as a format, and what's coming next for conversational agents that are built to work in the real world and deliver business value:
lnkd.in/esjikxvp
lnkd.in/esjikxvp
September 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
More than 10,000 people have signed up for our LinkedIn event on October 1 to learn how @synthesiaIO will change video as a format, and what's coming next for conversational agents that are built to work in the real world and deliver business value:
lnkd.in/esjikxvp
lnkd.in/esjikxvp
Congratulations to Germany's Minister of State for
@bundeskultur.bsky.social Wolfram Weimer for launching Weimatar – the first AI avatar of a German government member created with @synthesia.io
More information here about the project: kulturstaatsminister.de/erster-virtu...
@bundeskultur.bsky.social Wolfram Weimer for launching Weimatar – the first AI avatar of a German government member created with @synthesia.io
More information here about the project: kulturstaatsminister.de/erster-virtu...
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Congratulations to Germany's Minister of State for
@bundeskultur.bsky.social Wolfram Weimer for launching Weimatar – the first AI avatar of a German government member created with @synthesia.io
More information here about the project: kulturstaatsminister.de/erster-virtu...
@bundeskultur.bsky.social Wolfram Weimer for launching Weimatar – the first AI avatar of a German government member created with @synthesia.io
More information here about the project: kulturstaatsminister.de/erster-virtu...
I answered a few questions for the Friday Q&A section in @politico.eu's Morning Tech UK newsletter.
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I answered a few questions for the Friday Q&A section in @politico.eu's Morning Tech UK newsletter.
AI grifters such as Eliezer Yudkowsky or Ed Newton-Rex, once dressed in TED-stage gravitas and penning op-eds for The Guardian, are now pivoting to the more niche corners of the MAGA mediasphere:
www.computerspeak.co/p/the-ai-gri...
www.computerspeak.co/p/the-ai-gri...
The AI grift, a tragedy of mainstream media failures in three acts; the US and UK sign tech deal; Google's plan to generate more AI training data; meet the new AI startup whisperer
Why AI won't replace junior engineers; the AI movie factory is ramping up; Hangzhou is China's answer to Silicon Valley; life at Lovable; how people use OpenAI and Anthropic's chatbots
www.computerspeak.co
September 19, 2025 at 11:59 AM
AI grifters such as Eliezer Yudkowsky or Ed Newton-Rex, once dressed in TED-stage gravitas and penning op-eds for The Guardian, are now pivoting to the more niche corners of the MAGA mediasphere:
www.computerspeak.co/p/the-ai-gri...
www.computerspeak.co/p/the-ai-gri...