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AI Daily Podcast 11/14/2025
Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories:
OpenAI’s open-weight models are coming to the US military
Source: Read the full story | By Paresh Dave | Nov 13, 2025
OpenAI’s new open-weight models (gpt-oss-120b and 20b) can run locally, making them attractive for air-gapped military uses and bespoke fine-tuning. Early testers report mixed performance versus rivals and text-only limits, but the Pentagon and vendors are already prototyping systems, with Army and Air Force trials starting. The move intensifies the open vs. closed model debate around capability, cost, and control.
Unstable genius: DeepMind cracks a century-old physics mystery with AI
Source: Read the full story | By Alistair Barr | Nov 13, 2025
DeepMind used physics-aware machine learning to uncover new families of unstable singularities across key fluid-dynamics equations, achieving precision sufficient for formal mathematical verification. The work offers a fresh path to understanding turbulence, with implications for aircraft drag, weather, and biomedical flows. It’s a reminder that AI’s biggest wins may come from fundamental science, not just chatbots.
The new AI warnings popping up in SEC filings
Source: Read the full story | By Sarah E. Needleman | Nov 13, 2025
At least 418 large public companies now warn in SEC filings that AI poses reputational and operational risks—from biased outputs to security and IP issues. Examples span Visa (agentic AI and disputed payments) to Clorox and ELF, even as enterprises double AI spend and embrace productivity gains. Leaders say the bigger risk may be failing to adopt AI at all, highlighting a dual reality of urgency and caution.
AI is shaking up online ads and shopping. Google just showed us how it’s adapting.
Source: Read the full story | By Hugh Langley | Nov 13, 2025
Google is reshaping shopping in its AI Mode as queries get 2–3x longer, adding richer comparisons and an agentic checkout that buys when prices hit your target. Shorter paths from search to purchase are great for users but upend keyword-driven ad playbooks, so Google is rolling out agent tools to help marketers adapt. Expect fewer clicks, more decisions—and higher stakes for attribution.
Tesla AI boss tells staff 2026 will be the ‘hardest year’ of their lives in all-hands meeting
Source: Read the full story | By Grace Kay | Nov 13, 2025
Tesla’s VP of AI software, Ashok Elluswamy, told Autopilot and Optimus staff that 2026 will be their hardest year as the company pushes Robotaxi and humanoid-robot milestones. Musk is targeting Robotaxi pilots in 8–10 metros by end-2025 and Optimus production toward late-2026, with aggressive internal timelines and regular CEO reviews. The message: extreme execution will determine whether these bets scale beyond demos.
OpenAI、ChatGPTのアプデ｢GPT-5.1｣をリリース。より会話がスムーズに
Source: Read the full story | By AJ Dellinger – Gizmodo US（ Kenji P. Miyajima ） | Nov 13, 2025
OpenAI released GPT-5.1 in two flavors—Instant and Thinking—with smarter instruction following, faster simple responses, and more persistent reasoning for complex tasks. Users can now select from expanded conversation styles (including professional, candid, and playful) to personalize tone across ChatGPT. The update underscores a shift toward more natural, customizable assistants.
CollectWise: Automating consumer debt collection with AI
Source: Visit the site | By Sean OBrien | Date not provided
YC-backed CollectWise is using autonomous AI agents to automate consumer debt collection and claims 2x performance over human collectors at lower cost. The startup is hiring a forward-deployed engineer as it scales integrations and client deployments on its path from $1M to $10M ARR. It’s another sign of AI moving from pilots to hard-nosed back-office automation.
