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AI Daily Podcast 10/28/2025
Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories:
Investors are cheering Qualcomm’s new chip that will rival Nvidia’s AI tech
Source: businessinsider.com
Qualcomm unveiled its AI200 and AI250 accelerator cards alongside new AI server racks, positioning the company to cut inference costs for large language and multimodal models in the data center. The news sent shares up as much as 22%, signaling investor confidence that Qualcomm can challenge Nvidia and AMD in the next phase of AI infrastructure. If its performance-per-dollar claims hold, enterprises could gain a broader set of suppliers—and pricing leverage—across the AI stack.
Rise of the killer chatbots
Source: wired.com
Defense contractor Anduril demonstrated LLMs coordinating autonomous jets, reflecting a broader Pentagon push to inject AI into kill chains, intelligence, and cyber—backed by a proposed $13.4 billion 2026 allocation for AI and autonomy. Tech giants and labs from Anthropic to Google, OpenAI, and xAI are winning contracts, but model unreliability and opacity still limit direct control over weapons. The result is rapid experimentation at the edge of what’s acceptable—and an urgent debate over how to harness AI’s speed without escalating risk.
Pixel 10’s AI-powered Voice Translate launches first in the Netherlands, offering real-time, on-device call translation while Germany waits
Source: androidcentral.com
Google’s on-device Voice Translate is quietly rolling out to some Pixel 10 users in the Netherlands, enabling real-time, two-way call translation that runs entirely on the Tensor G5—no cloud required. The feature preserves privacy and can work offline via downloadable language packs, though German users report it hasn’t arrived yet despite official language support. If the rollout holds, live translated calls could become a mainstream, carrier-agnostic feature.
How to build an AI startup: go big, be strange, embrace probable doom
Source: wired.com
Founders describe shipping in days what once took weeks as LLMs accelerate research, coding, and prototyping—yet product-market fit and “taste” now matter more than raw build speed. From protein-based pesticides to traffic-light vision systems and home robots, teams are pivoting fast and treating code as disposable while competition intensifies. The takeaway: AI lowers the cost of experimentation, but lasting companies will be built on judgment, differentiation, and real customers, not just powerful tools.
Divorced? With kids? And an impossible ex? There’s AI for that
Source: wired.com
BestInterest, a co-parenting app using OpenAI models and advised by psychologist Ramani Durvasula, filters hostile messages to surface only the logistics and coaches calmer replies. Established platform OurFamilyWizard similarly upgraded its ToneMeter with an in-house LLM that suggests clearer, “tone-conscious” phrasing while keeping records court-ready. These tools can’t resolve high-conflict dynamics on their own, but they create emotional space, safer defaults, and better documentation for stressed families.
