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Episodes
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Monday April 7th 2025.
Today's episode covers major developments across technology, science, and healthcare. Intel and TSMC discuss a landmark partnership amid semiconductor industry shifts. Adobe launches new AI video tools while Meta introduces upgraded AI models. Scientists make breakthroughs in quantum computing and particle physics at CERN. Medical advances include a dissolvable pacemaker and a brain-computer interface helping stroke victims speak. Market updates feature SandboxAQ's major funding round and concerns over chip tariffs. Midjourney releases new architecture, while research shows promising connections between the shingles vaccine and reduced dementia risk.
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Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
This week on the RAIZOR Report, we’re unpacking a pivotal stretch in AI, tech innovation, and business transformation. From AI agents reshaping everyday workflows to major breakthroughs in healthcare, sustainability, and customer experience, the landscape is shifting fast—and we’re here to help you make sense of it all. Whether you're a business leader, marketer, or just trying to keep up with the pace of change, this episode brings practical insights alongside big-picture trends.
What You’ll Learn:
- xAI’s Merger with X and what it means for AI-powered content creation and social platform strategy
- Leadership dynamics at OpenAI and how internal governance decisions shape company direction
- Apple’s AI Health Coach and how it could redefine wellness in the workplace
- Solar-powered jet fuel and its potential impact on sustainable aviation
- Isomorphic’s $600M funding and the road toward faster, AI-driven drug discovery
- How GPT-4.5 passed the Turing Test, and what this means for AI in real-world conversations and customer service
- AI’s growing role in career prep—resume writing, salary research, and interview training
Key Topics Covered:
Strategic AI Application
We explore why 72% of businesses adopting AI in 2024 are still falling short of its potential. The takeaway? AI works best when used as a tool for operational transformation, not a shiny add-on. We’ll cover strategic use cases like supply chain optimization, predictive maintenance, and customer service augmentation.
AI Agents Take Center Stage
From Amazon’s Nova Act to Microsoft Fabric and Temporal’s new funding round, companies are investing heavily in agentic AI. You’ll get a clearer view of how these systems automate routine tasks, interpret complex data, and operate across customer-facing apps—boosting productivity without breaking your tech stack.
The Big AI Platform Moves
Google, OpenAI, and Amazon are in a quiet platform war. This episode breaks down how their latest moves—like Gemini 2.5 going free and ChatGPT’s massive growth—could impact developers, marketers, and small businesses trying to keep pace with rapid AI innovation.
Healthcare Transformed by AI
From a gene-edited pig liver working in human patients to an AI-powered therapy app performing on par with human counselors, we discuss how healthcare innovation is ramping up thanks to AI and biotech convergence—and what that means for hospitals and wellness programs.
The Turing Test Milestone
GPT-4.5 recently passed what many are calling the first credible Turing test. We unpack what that actually means, why contextual framing is everything, and what businesses need to consider for customer service, education, and user trust going forward.
Image Generation and Design Tools Go Mainstream
From ChatGPT’s new image creation tools to Adobe’s Generative Extend, creative workflows are going through a major shift. We’ll talk about how marketers and media teams can reduce lag time and still keep creative control.
AI in Film: From Threat to Creative Partner
Some Oscar-winning films used AI in post-production this year. The conversation around AI in entertainment is evolving, and this episode explains why studios now see these tools not as a threat, but as a way to speed up production without sacrificing quality.
Why This Matters:
This week pulls back the curtain on how AI is moving past buzzwords and into core business functions—from drug development and education to creative production and logistics. You'll walk away with a better grasp of:
- What separates surface-level AI from strategic implementation
- How to think about AI adoption from a business and operational lens
- The ethical and governance challenges we’re only beginning to face
- Which areas of your organization might be ready for AI-driven change right now
Whether you're considering your own AI strategy or just trying to stay informed, this episode offers grounded, practical perspectives that can help you make informed decisions in an accelerating digital world.
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Friday Apr 04, 2025
Friday Apr 04, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Friday April 4th 2025.
The episode covers major developments in AI technology and business, including OpenAI's GPT-4.5 achieving a 73% success rate in the Turing test, Intel and TSMC's potential partnership for semiconductor manufacturing, Adobe's new Generative Extend feature for video editing, Anthropic's research on AI reasoning transparency, AI's impact on financial services, Meta's upcoming smart glasses, Amazon's potential TikTok acquisition, Runway's Gen-4 video model success, and a UN report projecting AI's influence on global employment. These stories highlight the rapid advancement and integration of AI across various industries, from technology and finance to media and manufacturing.
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Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Thursday Apr 03, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Thursday April 3rd 2025.
This episode covers several major AI developments, including Tinder's partnership with OpenAI to create "The Game Game," an AI-powered dating practice feature. Google DeepMind released a paper predicting AGI by 2030, while Anthropic launched an education-focused version of Claude. UC San Diego researchers reported GPT-4.5 passing the Turing test, and Emergence AI introduced a no-code platform for creating AI agents. The episode concludes with news about OpenAI's O3 model's surprisingly high operational costs of $30,000 per task, sparking debates about enterprise adoption.
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Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Wednesday Apr 02, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Wednesday April 2nd 2025.
This episode covers Jon Bain's perspective on AI in business, comparing it to electricity as a fundamental tool, while discussing implementation challenges and benefits. Major news includes Isomorphic Labs' $600M funding for AI-driven drug development, Apple's AI features for Vision Pro, Microsoft's Fabric analytics updates, AMD's acquisition of ZT Systems, and Temporal's $146M raise. Other highlights include ChatGPT's growing paid user base, Tinder's AI conversation practice tool, leadership changes at Meta, Alibaba's upcoming Qwen Three model, and updates in creative AI tools for film, voice generation, and image creation across various platforms.
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Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Tuesday April 1st 2025.
Today's episode explores significant developments in AI technology, from Amazon's Nova Act for web task automation to groundbreaking medical applications. Key stories include Runway's Gen-4 video creation model, OpenAI's new open-weights release, and Google's expanded Gemini 2.5 Pro access. The episode highlights advancements in mental health with Therabot's promising trial results and UC Berkeley's speech-translating neuroprosthesis. The main blog focuses on Agentic AI adoption in business, emphasizing organizational readiness, trust-building, and proper governance as crucial success factors rather than just technological capabilities.
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Monday Mar 31, 2025
Monday Mar 31, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Monday March 31st 2025.
This episode explores the challenges and realities of AI implementation in businesses, highlighting how many companies struggle to move beyond basic applications despite high adoption rates. Major news includes xAI's acquisition of X, revelations about Sam Altman's OpenAI leadership drama, and Apple's development of an AI health coach. The episode also covers breakthrough developments in sustainable aviation fuel, crowd movement modeling, pig liver transplantation, OpenAI's updated image generation policies, and Perplexity's business updates. The coverage emphasizes practical applications and implications for various industry professionals.
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Friday Mar 28, 2025
Friday Mar 28, 2025
Welcome to the RAIZOR Report for Friday March 28th 2025.
This episode explores emotional intelligence in the AI era, highlighting how businesses must balance technological efficiency with human connection. Key news includes Alibaba's release of the multimodal Qwen2.5-Omni-7B system, revelations about China's content monitoring AI, OpenAI's Studio Ghibli-style image generator, Amazon's expanded AI startup investments, Anthropic's legal victory in a music copyright case, and OpenAI's massive $40B funding round led by SoftBank. The coverage emphasizes the growing intersection of AI capabilities with business operations, creative content, legal considerations, and market valuations.
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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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