A lot has been written about the Make It Fair campaign launched by representatives of the UK creative industry earlier this week.

I look at the solutions proposed by @ukdayone.bsky.social One, @imogenheapsort.bsky.social , and @johnthornhill.bsky.social:

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Elon Musk recently said that superintelligence will be among the top 10 most important milestones in the history of life on Earth.

I explain the consequences of his statement in this week's @computerspeak.co newsletter:

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For more than two years, we’ve had to endure the droning of a vocal group who have hijacked the public discourse around generative AI.

Thankfully, at the #AIActionSummit in Paris, we've finally said adieu et à bientôt to most of them:

www.computerspeak.co/p/rip-to-the...

In this week's @computerspeak.co newsletter, I look at four developments from the world of reasoning models, and how they challenge the established narrative around AI agents:

www.computerspeak.co/p/reasoning-...

When DeepSeek released R1, a well-performing open weights reasoning model, the response from many in the American media and industry was to frame it as the latest salvo in the US-China "AI war."

For @computerspeak.co, my AI avatar explains why that framing is unhelpful 👇

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This was a productive week for people keen to share cringe geopolitical takes on X, many of whom positioned @deepseeks.bsky.social's new R1 model as a "Sputnik moment" in a zero-sum war between the United States and China:

www.computerspeak.co/p/deepseek-b...

The Stargate Project is a new company set to invest $500 billion over the next four years to build AI infrastructure in the United States.

So what exactly does that get you in terms of real-world infrastructure? We do the math in this week’s @computerspeak.co

www.computerspeak.co/p/the-math-o...

When Mark Zuckerberg went on the Joe Rogan podcast last week, he tried to explain how Meta will reduce the number of mistakes the company makes when moderating content using classifiers.

For @computerspeak.co, I provide a better explanation - with trees! 🌲🌲🌲

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A new AI model called GET (General Expression Transformer) detailed in a @nature.com paper this week by researchers from MBZUAI, @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and @carnegiemellon.bsky.social promises to rewrite the rulebook for gene transcriptional regulation:

www.computerspeak.co/p/get-is-a-n...

Here's an example for how short-form video can be a more effective way of communication compared to text or images.

I've used @synthesia.io to create a one-minute introductory video about myself and then posted it as the welcome message on my website alexvoica.com

A new report from MMC Ventures discusses the ethical challenges of training AI models, drawing parallels between today's data gathering practices and the Napster-to-Spotify transition.

I break it down in @computerspeak.co:

www.computerspeak.co/p/how-gen-ai...

Multiples used to be a safe metric for investors to compare a company to other businesses. But with AI companies, multiples are no longer an option.

I explain why in this week's @computerspeak.co:

www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-valuati...

People increasingly want to watch and listen, not read. So starting today, I'm publishing AI-narrated versions of my weekly newsletter Computerspeak.co featuring my AI avatar.

You can subscribe on:

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X-Portrait 2 from ByteDance is the latest among a string of portrait animation models that have trended on social media over the last few months.

How do they work and what are they useful for? Read (and watch!) this week's Computerspeak to find out

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