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The State of AI with Rowan Cheung
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The State of AI is a podcast hosted by Rowan Cheung, where he talks with experts in the AI industry about the latest developments, why they matter, and how you can leverage them for the future of work. This podcast is produced by rundown.ai, the world's largest daily AI newsletter.
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Meta just unveiled its latest AI glasses at Connect 2025 – including Ray-Ban's with a built-in display, controlled by a band that reads muscle signals. In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) to unpack: The timeline for glasses replacing smartphonesHow the Neural Band will personalize to you over timeBuilding "personal superintelligence" while raising kidsWhy Zuck rebuilt Meta's AI lab within 15 feet of his desk __ Join our ...
Google just revealed a ton of AI developments at Google I/O 2025 - from AI Mode in Search, VEO 3, proactive agents, Gemini 2.5 upgrades, AI shopping assistants, and more. In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) to unpack: -How AI could cure all diseases -Advice to the education system -Relationships and reliance on AI -Are humans at risk of becoming dumber? __ Join our daily AI newsletter: https://www.theru...
Microsoft just revealed its next big AI bets at Build 2025 - from autonomous coding agents, Copilot Tuning, Windows AI Foundry, and more. In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) to unpack: -Microsoft’s vision for the “agentic web” -Why your next job might be AI agent manager -What happens when 95% of code is AI-generated -Where AI agents will create the most value first __ Join our daily AI newsletter: https://www...
Google just launched Gemini 2.0, Project Astra, and AI agents for gaming & web browsing. Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down for an exclusive interview with Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind (@demishassabis), to discuss the launch, why it matters, and Google’s entry into the AI agent era. __ Join our daily AI newsletter: https://www.therundown.ai/subscribe Learn AI hands-on with our AI University: https://rundown.ai/ai-university/
Exclusive: Microsoft just launched Copilot Vision in Edge—the first AI that can navigate the internet with you in real time. Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down for an exclusive interview with Mustafa Suleyman (@mustafasuleyman), CEO of Microsoft AI, to discuss how it works, infinite memory, AI companions, agents, and more. Find all the details of Copilot Vision on Microsoft’s official announcement blog post. __ Join our daily AI newsletter: https://www.therundown.ai/subscribe Learn AI hand...
Google just released two upgraded Gemini 1.5 models 1.5-Pro-002 and 1.5-Flash-002 — achieving new, state-of-the-art performance across math benchmarks. Rowan Cheung (https://x.com/rowancheung) sat down with Logan Kilpatrick (https://x.com/OfficialLoganK), product lead for Google AI Studio, to discuss what makes these models so unique, AI agents, AGI, and more. Listen to the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQvMdmk8IkM Try the new models on Google AI Studio: https://s...
Meta just released Llama 3.1 405B — the first-ever open-sourced frontier AI model, beating top closed models like GPT-4o across several benchmarks. Rowan Cheung (https://x.com/rowancheung) sat down with Mark Zuckerberg for an exclusive interview, diving into why this marks a significant moment in AI history. Find all the details about Llama 3.1 405B on Meta's official announcement page. Read our exclusive deep dive with the most important quotes here. __ Join our daily AI newsletter: http...
This is a rundown of the top AI News on May 26th, 2023.(00:40) Swiss scientists rebuild spinal cord with AI (02:01) Neuralink gets the FDA go-ahead(03:27) Tako the TikTok counterpart takes the stage(04:16) Hottest tools - Check out the newsletter for the full list with links(06:07) Insight into the numbers of the pod over the first five daysJoin the Newsletter to receive the top AI news every day in your inbox. And checkout our database of the top AI supertools.This podcast was produced using Wondercraft AI.
This is a rundown of the top AI News on May 25th, 2023.(00:40) Opera unveils “Aria,” the AI browser sidebar(02:01) Google’s Flamingo VLM fixes YouTube Shorts(03:07) Nvidia earnings skyrocket stock price(04:26) Hottest tools - Check out the newsletter for the full list with links Join the Newsletter to receive the top AI news every day in your inbox. And checkout our database of the top AI supertools.This podcast was produced using Wondercraft AI.
This is a rundown of the top AI News on May 24th, 2023.(00:40) Microsoft Goes HAM at Build 2023 (02:30) Photoshop Just Got AI Superpowers (03:21) Google Adds Generative AI to Ads and Product Photos (04:26) Hottest tools - Check out the newsletter for the full list with links Join the Newsletter to receive the top AI news every day in your inbox. And checkout our database of the top AI supertools.This podcast was produced using Wondercraft AI.
This is a rundown of the top AI News on May 22nd, 2023.(00:46) The First AI Robot Officially Entered the Workforce(01:58) Adobe Firefly is Available to Everyone(03:02) OpenAI Released the ‘Governance of Superintelligence‘ (04:24) Hottest tools - Check out the newsletter for the full list with links Join the Newsletter to receive the top AI news every day in your inbox. And checkout our database of the top AI supertools.This podcast was produced using Wondercraft AI.
This is a rundown of the top AI News on May 22nd, 2023.(01:02) AI is fueling the stock market (02:28) Global leaders collaborate for AI governance(03:28) AI uncovers rare DNA sequence (04:48) Hottest tools - Check out the newsletter for the full list with links Join the Newsletter to receive the top AI news every day in your inbox. And checkout our database of the top AI supertools.This podcast was produced using Wondercraft AI.