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The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis

Nathaniel Whittemore

A daily news analysis show on all things artificial intelligence. NLW looks at AI from multiple angles, from the explosion of creativity brought on by new tools like Midjourney and ChatGPT to the potential disruptions to work and industries as we know them to the great philosophical, ethical and practical questions of advanced general intelligence, alignment and x-risk.

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00:28:43

The OpenClaw-ification of AI

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2026/02/26

Anthropic rolls out Claude Code Remote Control and Scheduled Tasks, Perplexity launches Perplexity Computer, Notion unveils Custom Agents, and suddenly every major AI player is shipping always-on, agentic workflows that look a lot like OpenClaw. This episode explores why this isn’t about copying a hot project, but about the emergence of new primitives in the agent era—persistent work, multimodal orchestration, scheduled autonomy, and AI that follows you across devices. In the headlines: Anthropic’s

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00:30:25

The Rise of the Anti-AI Movement

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2026/02/24

Public skepticism toward AI is rising, and it’s not just media hype. From job displacement fears and artist backlash to data center protests, child development concerns, AI safety debates, and growing distrust of Big Tech, resistance to AI is taking many different forms. This episode breaks down the emerging “anti-AI movement” into its distinct camps, explores why economic anxiety and social media disillusionment are shaping the moment, and argues that most critics aren’t anti-technology

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00:27:34

The Perils of the AI Exponential

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2026/02/23

As METR releases the results of their long-horizon test for Claude Opus 4.6, the benchmark shows just how fast things are moving. In fact, one recent market report suggests that not only is AI not a “bubble” — it’s success might be a problem. In the headlines: Claude code turns one, OpenAI ups its projections and much more. Want to build with OpenClaw?LEARN MORE ABOUT CLAW CAMP: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://campclaw.ai/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Or for enterprises, check out: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://enterpriseclaw.ai/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Brought to you

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00:22:56

Why AI Could Be Better for Plumbers than Programmers

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2026/02/22

AI is reshaping the economy—but not always in the way most leaders expect. This episode explores why AI could matter more for plumbers than programmers, shifting leverage to trade entrepreneurs by removing operational friction rather than replacing skilled labor. From Gen Z’s growing pivot toward the trades to the rise of agentic tools that unlock scale without headcount, the real opportunity isn’t cost cutting—it’s empowering small operators to run dramatically better businesses.Want to build with

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00:26:54

Does Gemini 3.1 Pro Matter?

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2026/02/20

Gemini 3.1 Pro arrives with big benchmark gains and a sharp jump in reasoning, coding, and efficiency—but in a world where the frontier rotates weekly, raw performance isn’t the story. This episode looks at what actually matters: cost per task, multimodal dominance, and where Gemini fits in a model portfolio that now demands specialization over supremacy. In the headlines: India’s AI Impact Summit and the Altman-Amodei moment, Walmart bets on AI for growth, Amazon tracks employee AI usage, and

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00:26:11

How People Actually Use AI Agents

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2026/02/19

A new Anthropic study shows that AI agents are being used far more conservatively than their capabilities suggest, with short sessions, heavy human oversight, and growing use beyond coding into back office, marketing, sales, and finance. The data highlights that autonomy is shaped as much by trust and interaction design as raw model power. In the headlines: Gemini adds music generation, Anthropic clarifies its OAuth policy, Meta revives its AI smartwatch, Grok expands to 16 debating subagents, and

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00:26:01

Sonnet 4.6 Changes the Agent Math

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2026/02/18

Anthropic drops Sonnet 4.6 with a million-token context window and major gains in computer use, coding, and agentic workflows at a dramatically lower price point—immediately reshaping the economics of OpenClaw-style agents. Meanwhile, Grok 4.2 enters public beta with a multi-agent debate system and promises rapid weekly improvement, and Apple ramps up AI wearables. In the headlines: Apple’s AI glasses push, Spotify engineers stop writing code by hand, Meta commits to millions of Nvidia GPUs, Chinese

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00:26:03

The AI Productivity Boom Finally Shows Up

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2026/02/17

For years, AI felt transformative in anecdotes but invisible in macroeconomic data. That may be changing. Revised labor statistics suggest stronger-than-expected productivity growth despite weaker hiring, raising the possibility that the long-anticipated AI productivity surge is finally appearing in national numbers. In the headlines: Anthropic’s clash with the Pentagon, Alibaba’s latest model release, Hollywood’s AI panic, and Apple teases a March event.Want to build with OpenClaw?LEARN MORE ABOUT

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00:30:29

OpenClaw Goes to OpenAI

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2026/02/16

OpenClaw’s meteoric rise—from a weekend Claude experiment to the fastest-growing open source AI project in the world—just culminated in Peter Steinberger joining OpenAI to build the next generation of personal agents. This episode unpacks the agentic inflection point, why OpenClaw became the Schelling point for builders, what Anthropic may have fumbled, and what it means for multi-agent futures, coding models, and the broader AI power struggle. In the headlines: GPT-5.3 Codex Spark’s speed play,

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00:28:09

Something Big Is Happening

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2026/02/15

An 80-million-view post by Matt Schumer ignited one of the most important AI debates of 2026—are we underestimating how fast AI is transforming work, or overhyping disruption before it reaches the real economy? This episode breaks down the original argument that a shift has already occurred inside tech, the sharp critiques that followed, and what the back-and-forth reveals about risk, mindset, and adaptation. From “tool-shaped objects” to the seen vs. the unseen, the core question isn’t whether AI

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00:20:36

The Time Savings Era of AI Is Over

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2026/02/13

The latest AIDB Intelligence January AI Usage Pulse Survey of 583 highly active AI users reveals a decisive shift in how value is being created with AI. Time savings is no longer the dominant benefit. Instead, increased output and entirely new capabilities are taking the lead, especially among heavy users. Claude has emerged as the primary model for the most agentic, builder-oriented workflows, while multi-model portfolios are becoming the norm. Vibe coding has gone mainstream beyond engineering,

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00:22:57

How I Built My 10-Agent OpenClaw Team

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2026/02/12

I built a 10-agent digital employee team using OpenClaw—and I’m walking through exactly how it works, what’s actually valuable, what’s not, and how a non-technical operator can go from zero to a persistent, always-on agent stack. This episode breaks down the architecture behind my builder bot, research agents powering AIDB Intelligence, project manager agents for Superintelligent and growth initiatives, a chief of staff layer, and the task agent that’s quietly become indispensable—plus lessons on

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00:24:38

How the Global AI Race Has Shifted

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2026/02/11

The AI race in 2026 looks very different than it did a year ago. Chinese labs are closing the gap, export controls are shifting, markets are reacting to real AI disruption, and new players like the UAE—and even space-based compute—are entering the picture. This episode unpacks how models, chips, geopolitics, and markets are converging—and why that directly shapes the AI tools you use. In the headlines: OpenAI’s hardware timeline slips to 2027, turmoil at xAI, and AI disruption hits financial

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00:23:37

Why AI Leads to More Work, Not Less

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2026/02/10

A new embedded workplace study finds that AI isn’t shrinking work—it’s expanding it, as power users take on more tasks, blur boundaries between work and downtime, and juggle parallel projects once thought impossible. The result isn’t reduced relevance or less value, but a new kind of pressure driven by expanded capability and rising expectations, especially as agentic tools accelerate what individuals and teams can attempt. This episode digs into what that shift really means for productivity, job

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00:26:20

Did the Super Bowl Make Americans Like AI Any More?

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2026/02/09

A look at whether this year’s Super Bowl ads from OpenAI, Google, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Anthropic, and a wave of smaller AI startups actually shifted public perception of AI, or just reinforced existing fears and hype. Drawing on audience reaction data, ad rankings, and the broader context of American skepticism toward AI, this episode breaks down which spots connected, which backfired, and why advertising AI is fundamentally different from advertising soda or trucks. In the headlines: the SaaS

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00:24:09

Claude Code Killed the AI Bubble

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2026/02/08

For months, critics have warned that AI is a bubble built on hype, overinvestment, and tools that don’t deliver real value. Over the last few weeks, that argument has started to fall apart. The widespread adoption of Claude Code and agentic coding tools has made it unmistakably clear that AI systems can now do meaningful, end-to-end work, not just generate impressive demos. This episode explores why Claude Code feels like an inflection point, how it changes the economics of software and information

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00:17:01

How to Learn AI With AI

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2026/02/08

Learning AI is no longer about tutorials, courses, or step-by-step guides. It’s about working with AI as a learning and building partner. In this AI Operators bonus episode, NLW breaks down the mindset shifts and practical tactics needed to learn faster by pairing directly with models—covering vision-first thinking, messy exploration, productive pushback, handoff documents, prompt chaining, and when to stop or reset a thread. The core idea is simple: high-agency learners can access frontier-level

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00:27:47

Opus 4.6 and ChatGPT 5.3-Codex Are Here and the Labs...

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2026/02/06

Anthropic dropped Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI responded with GPT 5.3 Codex just 20 minutes later — the most intense head-to-head model release we've ever seen. Here's what each model brings, how they compare, and what the first reactions are telling us. In the headlines: Google and Amazon share their capex plans, and we're about to spend 2.5 moon landings on AI. Brought to you by:KPMG – Discover how AI is transforming possibility into reality. Tune into the new KPMG 'You Can with

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00:28:15

Is Software Dead?

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2026/02/05

SaaS stocks are selling off hard as investors start pricing in AI agents as a direct threat to software’s growth, margins, and seat-based business models. This episode unpacks why markets suddenly believe something fundamental has shifted — and why claims of a full software apocalypse are overstated but directionally real. In the headlines, a rare public fight breaks out after Anthropic uses its first Super Bowl ads to attack AI advertising itself, prompting an unusually sharp response from OpenAI

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00:24:10

The Dawn of the Agent Age

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2026/02/05

January marked a clear break between the AI era people thought they were in and the one that actually arrived. Agentic coding crossed from novelty to default, tools like Claude Code reset expectations for what individuals can build, and systems such as OpenClaw and Moltbook showed how quickly agents are becoming ecosystems, not just features. This episode explains why the shift felt sudden, why it caught so many off guard, and why the real story isn’t sentient agents but a widening gap between AI

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