August 15, 2025
Everyone's Using AI But No One's Quite Sure What to Think About It
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and AnalysisAbout this episode
A Northeastern University survey finds AI use has gone mainstream in the U.S., with half of adults using at least one tool and most states above 40% adoption. While many expect AI to reshape their jobs within five years, a third remain unsure about regulation. At the same time, Anthropic’s new Claude Sonnet 4 boosts capacity to 1 million tokens—enough to analyze entire 75,000-line codebases—while matching OpenAI’s $1 government pricing and acquiring Human Loop to enhance enterprise tools, sharpening its edge against OpenAI and Google. Brought to you by: KPMG – Go to https://kpmg.com/ai to learn more about how KPMG can help you drive value with our AI solutions. Blitzy.com - Go to https://blitzy.com/ to build enterprise software in days, not months Vanta - Simplify compliance - https://vanta.com/nlw Plumb - The automation platform for AI experts and consultants https://useplumb.com/ The Agent Readiness Audit from Superintelligent - Go to https://besuper.ai/ to request your company's agent readiness score. The AI Daily Brief helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to the podcast version of The AI Daily Brief wherever you listen: https://pod.link/1680633614Subscribe to the newsletter: https://aidailybrief.beehiiv.com/Join our Discord: https://bit.ly/aibreakdown Interested in sponsoring the show? nlw@breakdown.network