Anthropic CEO issues stark employment warning

Good morning, AI enthusiasts. Anthropic’s CEO is sounding the alarm on a mass job extinction coming in the following five years as a result of AI… One he believes no one is taking seriously enough.

With a possible 50% wipe-out of entry-level jobs and unemployment as high as 20%, Dario Amodei sees an economic upheaval unlike anything we’ve ever seen on the horizon — and is urging lawmakers and AI leaders to begin preparing now.

In today’s AI rundown:

• Anthropic CEO: AI threatens job extinction

• xAI brings Grok to Telegram’s billion users

• The way to create lifelike AI voices on your content

• Opera launches first “AI agentic browser”

• 4 recent AI tools & 4 job opportunities

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DARIO AMODEI

💼 Anthropic CEO: AI threatens job extinction

The Rundown: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just warned lawmakers and the general public that AI could eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar positions in the following five years and drive unemployment as high as 20%.

The main points:

• Amodei predicts AI will write 90% of software code inside 6 months and virtually all code inside a yr, completely reshaping tech employment.

• He also believes the impact extends to finance, law, consulting, and other white-collar jobs, with entry-level positions most vulnerable to automation.

• Amodei urged lawmakers and AI corporations to take motion, saying most staff are “unaware that that is about to occur” and “just don’t imagine it”.

• The CEO provided several ideas for addressing the difficulty, including higher AI skilling and support, and policy solutions like a “token tax” on AI corporations.

Why it matters: All of us likely have friends or family who’re completely unaware of the drastic changes underway — and plenty of will select to disregard Amodei’s warnings. While AI can bring massive changes for good, it should also include what’s more likely to be the swiftest transformation of the economy and society in history.

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XAI & TELEGRAM

💬 xAI brings Grok to Telegram’s billion users

The Rundown: Elon Musk’s xAI just struck a 1-year take care of Telegram, bringing its Grok chatbot to over a billion messaging app users this summer in exchange for $300M and a revenue-sharing agreement.

The main points:

• Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced the deal (agreed in principle) on X, with the partnership including $300M paid to Telegram in each money and equity.

• Telegram may even receive 50% of all revenue generated from xAI subscriptions purchased through its platform.

• Grok will integrate into Telegram with features like chat pinning, search bar access, writing assistance, avatar creation, and document summarization.

• Durov also clarified that xAI would only access user data shared through direct interactions with Grok, not all content on the platform.

Why it matters: This can be a big distribution win for xAI, immediately doubling its potential user base and integrating Grok across a brand recent ecosystem outside of X. With AI corporations continuing to scramble for each users and data, platform partnerships that mix distribution with data access will likely proceed to be a lovely option.

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🎤 The way to create lifelike AI voices on your content

The Rundown: On this tutorial, you’ll learn find out how to use Google AI Studio’s recent speech generation feature to create natural-sounding voice content in single and multi-speaker formats for diverse audio projects.

Step-by-step:

1. Visit Google AI Studio, and choose “Native Audio Generation”

2. Choose from “Single-speaker” for narrations or “Multi-speaker” for dialogues

3. Create your script, adding style instructions and choosing voices for every speaker

4. Click “Run” to generate your audio and download it on your projects!

Pro tip: Try the fast preset buttons like “Movie Script Scene” to immediately see different speech styles in motion before creating your personal custom audio.

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⚙️ HackerRank embraces AI in hiring

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• Test developers’ ability to review code and debug issues in real code repositories

• Watch because the candidate prompts the built-in AI agent to finish tasks across the SDLC

• Measure understanding of prompt engineering, RAG, and vector databases

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OPERA

🖥️ Opera launches first ‘AI agentic browser’

The Rundown: Opera just introduced Neon, a brand new web browser that automates web tasks, creates content with AI agents, and enables users to code using natural language — claiming to be the world’s first AI agentic browser.

The main points:

• Neon’s AI assistant integrates directly in-browser, handling searches, providing contextual info, and answering questions.

• Users can automate routine web tasks like booking hotels, filling forms, or shopping through a feature previously teased as its “Browser Operator”.

• Neon also hosts cloud-based AI agents that work independently, allowing users to create digital assets like games, web sites, or code even when offline.

• The browser will likely be available as a premium subscription (no pricing details yet), with Opera releasing a waitlist for early access.

Why it matters: Just like the news yesterday about Arc pivoting to a completely AI-focused product, the long run of web browsing is clearly one which is AI native and integrated. But with Google’s Chrome behemoth, Perplexity, and OpenAI also rumored to be fascinated by constructing a browser, it’s going to be a difficult space for non-AI leaders to compete.

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📰 Every little thing else in AI today

DeepSeek released a ‘minor trial update’ to its R1 model, reportedly bringing upgraded reasoning, longer considering, and other general improvements.

Anthropic announced that Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has joined the corporate’s board of directors.

OpenAI opened a form for developers fascinated by a “register with ChatGPT” option for third-party apps, indicating the functionality may get a broader release in the long run.

Odyssey showcased a demo of its “interactive video” world model, which generates AI video that users can interact with in real-time.

Chinese researchers developed FLARE, a brand new AI model able to predicting stellar flares and uncovering recent insights about stars and potential habitable exoplanets.

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Rowan, Joey, Zach, Alvaro, and Jason—The Rundown’s editorial team