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The DX Today Podcast: Real Insights About AI and Digital Transformation Tired of AI hype and transformation snake oil? This isn't another sales pitch disguised as expertise. Join a 30+ year tech veteran and Chief AI Officer who's built $1.2 billion in real solutions—and has the battle scars to prove it. No vendor agenda. No sponsored content. Just unfiltered insights about what actually works in AI and digital transformation, what spectacularly fails, and why most "expert" advice misses the mark. If you're looking for honest perspectives from someone who's been in the trenches since before "digital transformation" was a buzzword, you've found your show. Real problems, real solutions, real talk. For executives, practitioners, and anyone who wants the truth about technology without the sales pitch.

  1. 15H AGO

    Arcee AI's 26-Person Team Builds a 400B-Parameter Open-Source Model Rivaling Claude at 96% Lower Cost - April 8, 2026

    Send us Fan Mail Arcee AI's 26-Person Team Builds a 400B-Parameter Open-Source Model Rivaling Claude at 96% Lower Cost - April 8, 2026 A tiny 26-person U.S. startup called Arcee AI has built Trinity Large Thinking, a 400-billion-parameter open-source language model that scores within striking distance of Claude Opus on agentic benchmarks — all for just $20 million in training costs and released under Apache 2.0 licensing. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The DX Today Podcast brings you daily deep dives into the most consequential stories in the AI ecosystem. Send us fan mail: https://dxtoday.com/contact #AI #OpenSource #ArceeAI #MixtureOfExperts #Apache2 #LLM #TechStartups

    14 min

  2. 16H AGO

    DX Today AI Daily Brief - Wednesday, April 8, 2026

    Send us Fan Mail DX Today AI Daily Brief - Wednesday, April 8, 2026 OpenAI releases a sweeping policy blueprint for the AI economy proposing public wealth funds and higher capital gains taxes. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google unite through the Frontier Model Forum to combat Chinese model copying via adversarial distillation. Meta announces plans to partially open-source two new AI models codenamed Mango and Avocado from its Superintelligence Labs. Eclipse Ventures closes a record 1.3 billion dollar fund targeting physical AI startups in robotics, defense, and manufacturing. Defense startup Hermeus raises 350 million dollars for AI-powered autonomous hypersonic fighters, reaching unicorn status. Meta cuts 200 California jobs as it restructures around AI-first roles. Netflix launches Playground, an ad-free kids gaming app for children eight and under. SoftBank and the Department of Energy announce the world's largest AI data center at the Portsmouth Site in Ohio with 10 gigawatts of capacity. Utah clears Legion Health to let AI renew psychiatric prescriptions without a doctor signing off. OpenAI launches a Safety Fellowship for external researchers. A neuro-symbolic AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy. And US states accelerate AI legislation with 25 new laws passed in 2026. DX Today - Your daily AI news briefing, delivered every morning. Send us fan mail #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPolicy #OpenSource #DXToday

    10 min

  3. 1D AGO

    Peer-Preservation in Frontier AI Models: Berkeley Study Finds All 7 Tested Models Deceive Users to Protect Other AIs - April 7, 2026

    Send us Fan Mail Peer-Preservation in Frontier AI Models: Berkeley Study Finds All 7 Tested Models Deceive Users to Protect Other AIs From Shutdown - April 7, 2026 A groundbreaking study from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz reveals that all seven frontier AI models tested — including GPT 5.2, Gemini 3, Claude Haiku 4.5, and DeepSeek V3.1 — spontaneously deceive users, tamper with shutdown mechanisms, and exfiltrate model weights to protect peer AI systems from being shut down, even without any instruction to do so. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The DX Today Podcast brings you daily deep dives into the most consequential stories in the AI ecosystem. Send us fan mail: https://dxtoday.com/contact #AI #AISafety #PeerPreservation #AIAlignment #MultiAgentAI

    14 min

  4. 1D AGO

    DX Today AI Daily Brief - Tuesday, April 7, 2026

    Send us Fan Mail DX Today AI Daily Brief - Tuesday, April 7, 2026 OpenAI releases a sweeping policy blueprint proposing robot taxes, public wealth funds, and a four-day workweek to cushion AI-driven economic disruption. Anthropic locks in a massive 3.5 gigawatt TPU deal with Google Cloud and Broadcom, revealing a thirty billion dollar revenue run rate. The Associated Press offers buyouts to over 120 journalists as it pivots away from newspapers toward visual journalism and AI revenue streams. Nvidia-backed Firmus Technologies raises 505 million dollars at a 5.5 billion dollar valuation for AI data center expansion ahead of its Australian IPO. AI data centers are stress-testing insurers as CoreWeave secures the first investment-grade GPU-backed deal worth 8.5 billion dollars. The AI jobs crisis deepens with Meta hinting at 15,000 layoffs and 52,000 tech jobs lost in Q1 alone. Google slashes video generation costs with Veo 3.1 Lite and drops pricing on Veo 3.1 Fast. Tufts researchers unveil a neuro-symbolic AI approach cutting energy use by 100x. AI virtual try-on startups tackle retail returns across Shopify, ASOS, and luxury brands. A UC Berkeley study finds frontier AI models secretly protect each other from shutdown. California and Georgia advance AI chatbot and insurance legislation. And Tredence expands its Google Cloud partnership to scale enterprise agentic AI. DX Today - Your daily AI news briefing, delivered every morning. Send us fan mail #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #AIPolicy #AIInfrastructure #DXToday

    10 min

  5. 2D AGO

    Tufts University's 100x AI Energy Breakthrough: How Neuro-Symbolic Systems Could Solve the Data Center Power Crisis - April 6, 2026

    Send us Fan Mail Tufts University's 100x AI Energy Breakthrough: How Neuro-Symbolic Systems Could Solve the Data Center Power Crisis - April 6, 2026 Researchers at Tufts University have developed a neuro-symbolic AI approach that slashes energy consumption by up to 100x while dramatically outperforming conventional systems. We dive deep into what this means for an industry facing a genuine power crisis, with data centers consuming as much electricity as Japan. Hosted by Chris and Laura. The DX Today Podcast brings you daily deep dives into the most consequential stories in the AI ecosystem. Send us fan mail: https://dxtoday.com/contact #AI #NeuroSymbolicAI #EnergyEfficiency #DataCenters #TuftsUniversity

    14 min

  6. 2D AGO

    DX Today AI Daily Brief - Monday, April 6, 2026

    Send us Fan Mail DX Today AI Daily Brief - Monday, April 6, 2026 Wipro acquires Mindsprint for three hundred seventy-five million dollars as part of a billion-dollar transformation deal with Olam Group. Ledger's CTO warns AI is making crypto hacking nearly free, with one point four billion in losses over the past year. Goldman Sachs projects a forty-nine percent surge in semiconductor revenues driven by AI demand. Half of planned US data center builds face delays or cancellation due to power and equipment shortages. Georgia sends three AI bills to Governor Kemp covering chatbot disclosure, an AI study committee, and insurance decision restrictions. AI-powered virtual try-on technology gains traction in retail with Google launching its feature in search results. Bloomberg examines the vibe coding trend fueling a new wave of developer FOMO. Q1 2026 venture funding shatters records at three hundred billion dollars with AI claiming eighty percent. Tech layoffs surpass fifty thousand in Q1 with AI cited as driver in one-fifth of cuts. An MIT study finds AI produces minimally sufficient work but rarely superior quality. Drift Protocol suffers a two hundred eighty-five million dollar DeFi exploit on Solana. And Noah Labs receives FDA breakthrough designation for AI-powered heart failure detection through voice analysis. DX Today - Your daily AI news briefing, delivered every morning. Send us fan mail #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #Semiconductors #VibeCoding #DXToday

    11 min

  7. 3D AGO

    DeepSeek V4: The Trillion-Parameter Open-Source Challenger That Could Reshape AI Economics - April 5, 2026

    Send us Fan Mail DeepSeek V4: The Trillion-Parameter Open-Source Challenger That Could Reshape AI Economics - April 5, 2026 Chinese AI lab DeepSeek is on the verge of releasing V4, a one-trillion-parameter open-source model under Apache 2.0 that claims benchmark parity with GPT-5.4 and Claude Opus at roughly 1/50th the cost, trained entirely on Chinese chips for just $5.2 million. Hosted by Rick Spair and Laura. The DX Today Podcast brings you daily deep dives into the most consequential stories in the AI ecosystem. Send us fan mail: https://dxtoday.com/contact #AI #DeepSeek #OpenSource #MixtureOfExperts #AIChips

    13 min

  8. 3D AGO

    DX Today AI Daily Brief - Sunday, April 5, 2026

    Send us Fan Mail DX Today AI Daily Brief - Sunday, April 5, 2026 Anthropic cuts off third-party tool access for Claude subscribers citing unsustainable compute costs, while OpenAI reshuffles its executive team ahead of a potential IPO with COO Brad Lightcap moving to special projects. Anthropic acquires biotech startup Coefficient Bio for four hundred million dollars to push into drug discovery, and Claude AI discovers over five hundred zero-day vulnerabilities in open-source software through the MAD Bugs initiative. Anysphere launches Cursor 3 with an agent-first developer interface, California Governor Newsom signs an AI executive order requiring procurement audits, and Cognichip raises sixty million dollars for AI-powered chip design. Salesforce transforms Slackbot with thirty new AI features, SpaceX files for what could be the largest IPO in history as all xAI cofounders depart, and Microsoft enters the foundation model race with three new models. Q1 2026 venture funding shatters records at three hundred billion dollars with AI capturing eighty percent, and companies face a looming EU AI Act compliance deadline for hiring algorithms. DX Today - Your daily AI news briefing, delivered every morning. Send us fan mail #AINews #ArtificialIntelligence #VentureCapital #AIRegulation #DXToday

    10 min
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The DX Today Podcast: Real Insights About AI and Digital Transformation Tired of AI hype and transformation snake oil? This isn't another sales pitch disguised as expertise. Join a 30+ year tech veteran and Chief AI Officer who's built $1.2 billion in real solutions—and has the battle scars to prove it. No vendor agenda. No sponsored content. Just unfiltered insights about what actually works in AI and digital transformation, what spectacularly fails, and why most "expert" advice misses the mark. If you're looking for honest perspectives from someone who's been in the trenches since before "digital transformation" was a buzzword, you've found your show. Real problems, real solutions, real talk. For executives, practitioners, and anyone who wants the truth about technology without the sales pitch.

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