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Episodes
Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
Tuesday Jan 06, 2026
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Tuesday January 6th 2026.
This podcast dives into Yann LeCun's critique of Meta's AI strategy, his new venture AMI, and shifts in generative AI talent. It highlights Amazon's enhanced Alexa features, Google’s Stitch redesign tool, and ByteDance’s StoryMem for video consistency. Samsung is advancing AI across its Galaxy devices, while OpenAI reveals ChatGPT’s growing role in health inquiries. The U.S. Army launches a new AI officer role, showcasing AI integration in defense. Jaana Dogan emphasizes AI's role in accelerating software development, Nvidia debuts its Vera Rubin platform, and Meta announces AI models Mango and Avocado to rival industry leaders.
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Monday Jan 05, 2026
Monday Jan 05, 2026
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Monday January 5th 2026.
This episode covers innovations in AI, including Notis for workflow management via messaging apps, Mapify for creating mind maps from digital content, and Sequenzy for SaaS email automation. Topics also include AI-assisted oral exams at NYU, Amazon’s dominance in AI-driven referral traffic, and Demis Hassabis’s predictions on economic shifts from autonomous AI agents. It highlights regulations on deepfake misuse, OpenAI’s "Gumdrop" audio-first hardware project, and global memory supply challenges due to AI demand. Overall, the discussed advancements underline AI’s transformative potential in business, education, and technology while emphasizing ethical and resource management considerations.
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Sunday Jan 04, 2026
Sunday Jan 04, 2026
How is AI reshaping industries with speed, infrastructure, and autonomy?
Explore how AI is driving profound change across industries with massive investments, autonomous systems, and ethical considerations. Key topics include:
- AI’s role as a core operational driver in businesses
- SoftBank's and NVIDIA’s game-changing infrastructure investments
- The rise of autonomous agents in workflows and coding
- Challenges in AI safety, governance, and trust
- Real-world applications in mobility, retail, and robotics
Join us to uncover how AI is reshaping industries, enhancing efficiency, and tackling critical challenges.
CHAPTER MARKERS
00:00 Introduction
00:22 AI Arms Race Overview
01:26 Three Critical AI Movements
02:19 Investment and Infrastructure
03:14 SoftBank's $40 Billion Investment
04:19 Training vs Inference Explained
06:00 Global Competition and Valuations
07:39 Strategic Acquisitions
09:25 Google's Financial Success
10:44 Capacity Wars and Power Requirements
12:36 Deployment Strategies
13:44 Rise of Autonomous Workflows
15:00 Self-Sufficient Code Development
16:48 Global Coding Model Competition
18:30 Visual Editor and Design Tools
19:15 Multi-App AI Agents
21:40 Safety and Governance
22:40 Preparedness and Risk Management
24:20 Real-World Deployments
26:55 AI Slop and Quality Control
29:00 Creative Industry Applications
31:15 Robotics and Physical Systems
33:00 Hyper-Personalization Tools
35:20 Strategic Takeaways
37:00 Final Thoughts
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Friday Jan 02, 2026
Friday Jan 02, 2026
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Friday January 2nd 2026.
This episode covers major AI advancements, including China's R-One model, Claude Code’s launch, and Instagram’s efforts to label AI-generated content. Alphabet’s stock surged due to Gemini AI’s success, while Leonardo DiCaprio criticized AI in art for lacking humanity. Innovations like Nebius’ fine-tuning platform, DeepSeek’s cost-efficient training methods, and IQuest-Coder-V-one highlighted AI’s expanding capabilities. Highlights also included Nvidia’s gaming model NitroGen, SoftBank’s DigitalBridge acquisition for infrastructure, and AR glasses by Pickle that organize personal data. From autonomous farming experiments to record-breaking funding rounds like Kimi’s, the episode explores AI’s growing impact on industries and innovation globally.
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Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Thursday Jan 01, 2026
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Thursday January 1st 2026.
This episode covers Cursor’s new browser-based design editor simplifying web development, Satya Nadella’s vision of AI delivering real-world impact, China’s push to strengthen AI infrastructure, Zhipu AI’s major funding round reflecting confidence in their advancements, xAI’s expansion to boost computational power, Alibaba’s MAI-UI automating complex smartphone tasks, and Tencent’s release of Hunyuan Motion 1.0 for text-to-3D animation. These developments highlight advancements in AI innovation, collaboration tools, automation, and creative production, showcasing the growing influence of artificial intelligence across industries.
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Wednesday Dec 31, 2025
Wednesday Dec 31, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Wednesday December 31st 2025.
This episode covers the rise of low-quality, AI-generated videos on YouTube and their implications, Anthropic's experiments with its AI assistant Claude in retail roles, and advancements in AI-powered search metrics. It explores Claude Code’s self-generated updates, Meta’s acquisition of Manus, and SoftBank’s $40B investment in OpenAI. Liquid AI's new model focuses on localized, privacy-friendly solutions, while Adobe partners with Runway on AI-driven creative tools. Additionally, Waymo integrates Google Gemini as an in-car assistant for autonomous taxis, showcasing AI's transformative role across industries. The insights highlight opportunities for businesses to innovate, streamline workflows, and embrace AI’s rapidly evolving potential.
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Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Tuesday Dec 30, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Tuesday December 30th 2025.
This episode covers Z.ai’s groundbreaking open-source coding model surpassing 73% on key benchmarks, setting a new standard for AI in programming. Zara has embraced AI-edited imagery to replace traditional photo shoots, cutting costs and streamlining marketing. Resemble AI introduced Chatterbox Turbo, a tool creating lifelike voice clones from just five seconds of audio, opening new doors in personalization. Meta unveiled an AI system capable of self-debugging and improving code autonomously via reinforcement learning, promising faster, more reliable software development. These advancements highlight AI’s growing influence across industries, from coding and retail to voice tech and autonomous software improvement.
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Monday Dec 29, 2025
Monday Dec 29, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Monday December 29th 2025.
This episode covers OpenAI’s hiring of a Head of Preparedness to address AI risks, Nvidia’s acquisition of Groq to boost AI performance, and China’s proposed regulations to curb AI chatbot misuse. It also highlights Google’s year-end AI breakthroughs, OpenAI’s testing of sponsored answers in ChatGPT, and Disney’s autonomous Olaf robot, showcasing AI’s impact across industries like tech, governance, entertainment, and healthcare. The topics underscore how strategic collaborations, ethical frameworks, and innovative applications are shaping the AI landscape and driving advancements that enhance efficiency, safety, and interactivity in diverse sectors.
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About the RAIZOR Report
In early 2024 RAIZOR started scanning all the latest AI news and delivering it as a daily digest to our internal team via email to keep them up to date. The team liked it so much that we turned it into our daily public newsletter, which features AI news, tools and job postings.
The newsletter features all the links in the podcasts, as well as the latest tools and job postings. It goes out every weekday morning. You can see an example and sign up here.
How the Podcast Began
As a relentless lover of all things automation, our founder, Douglas Campbell, then thought it would be fun to clone his voice and have it read the high level news article summaries to him each morning while he made his coffee.
He shared the result with the RAIZOR team and they found it so useful that we decided to turn it into this automated mini podcast. Every weekday we cover the latest AI news every weekday, all in less than 5 minutes, so you can get back to what you’re working on.
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