My wife saw the new Air Pods with real-time translation and she was like “I need these because I can get my nails done, pretend like I’m listening to music, and finally know if the nail ladies are talking crap.” Apple should advertise this use-case.
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AI News Roundup: Claude, NotebookLM, ByteDance Updates
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Since last week was a bit slow, here's the AI news roundup from the past 2 weeks. What did I miss? – @AnthropicAI
's Claude can now create and edit Excel, Word, PowerPoint & PDF docs
– @NotebookLM launched new audio formatting for source overviews
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No News Video This Week Due to Travel Schedule
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No news video today due to a heavy travel week and the fact that there's not really much interesting AI news this week. Here's a few things that were interesting that I might cover in a video next week. They were all fairly minor improvements so, if I did make a video, the whole
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VFX Evolution: Practical Effects Versus CGI and AI Capabilities
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Saying that, I do kind of agree that, in the past, using practical effects to their limits and then using CGI to push past those limits typically ends up looking better than purely leveraging CGI… But I also think that window is closing and VFX are getting just as good.
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Artist vs Business Mindset in VFX and Generative AI
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I think it's the difference between an artist mindset and doing it for the love of the craft and the business mindset of making what the masses want to see… The masses clearly don't give AF if VFX is used or not.
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AI Nostalgia: Reflecting on 2023 Viral Trends
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Ah… AI Nostalgia from way back in (checks calendar) 2023. That was quite the viral trick back then. @angrypenguinPNG https://t.co/CAtx1pVzPr
— Matt Wolfe (@mreflow) 1 septembre 2025Ah… AI Nostalgia from way back in (checks calendar) 2023. That was quite the viral trick back then. @angrypenguinPNG
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Lightweight Travel Video Setup for Tech Content Creation
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I typically record a video before I travel so I can release it while I'm away. For the news video, I have a simple travel setup. I do my best to round everything up but the quality is not quite as good normally. Dji Osmo Pocket, some DJi mics and a laptop are really all I need.
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Opposing AI Risk Narratives Shape Current Discourse
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Opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to the dangers of AI… but both have large influence on the current narrative. If you deny that, then you’re just not paying attention.
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Influence of LeCun and Stern versus Pope and Rubin on AI
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So you’re going to argue that the Pope and Rick Rubin have been more influential to AI than Yann LeCun and Joanna Stern? Interesting take.
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Influential Tech Leader Missing Impact on Company Valuations
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Mira missing too… she seems pretty influential as well with the valuations her company is getting…