#130: Worrying Future of Jobs Report, Altman: “Confident We Know How to Build AGI,” Why OpenAI’s Agents Are Delayed & Trump $20B Data Center Investment

A groundbreaking World Economic Forum report reveals massive shifts
ahead in how we work, while Sam Altman drops major hints about AGI
and superintelligence in a new Bloomberg interview.  Plus,
surprising new data on why enterprises are choosing proprietary AI
over open source, unpack a $20B investment in U.S. data centers,
and examine Anthropic's massive new funding round. In this packed
episode, Paul and Mike break down these developments and much more
reshaping the AI landscape. Access the show notes and show links
here Timestamps: 00:04:55 — World Economic Forum Releases Future of
Jobs Report 00:17:35 — Sam Altman’s “Reflections” and Bloomberg
Interview  00:28:31 — Prophecies of the Flood by Ethan Mollick
00:40:17 — The Law of Uneven AI Distribution 00:44:35 — Notes on
the State of AI in the Enterprise from Box CEO Aaron Levie 00:48:47
— Why OpenAI Is Taking So Long to Launch Agents 00:53:11 —CES + AI
00:58:41 — AI Startup Anthropic Raising Funds Valuing It at $60
Billion 01:02:16 — Trump Announces $20B Foreign Investment in New
US Data Centers 01:05:52 —Grok/xAI Updates 01:10:02 — AI Researcher
François Chollet Co-Founding Nonprofit to Build AGI Benchmarks
01:13:46 — Why Businesses Are Skipping Open-Source Models This
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