Exponential View

3 days ago | exponentialview.co | Azeem Azhar |Nathan Warren

Hi all,Here’s your Monday round-up of data driving conversations in AI and tech this week β€” all in less than 250 words. Today’s edition is brought to you by our sponsor, ElevenLabs – the complete AI Audio Developer platform. Build low-latency AI voice agents that sound human and can handle unpredictable conversations in the noisiest environments. Get started free. Engineers on ice ↓. Leading US AI companies have cut software engineering hiring. Unreasonably expensive ↑.

3 days ago | exponentialview.co | Azeem Azhar

Hi, it‚Äôs Azeem. OpenAI‚Äôs $3 billion acquisition of Windsurf isn‚Äôt about code assistants ‚Äď it‚Äôs about controlling the critical feedback cycle where humans evaluate AI outputs. Meanwhile, the search paradigm is crumbling as Google searches in Safari declined for the first time in 22 years, with users flocking to conversational AI tools. The message is clear: in 2025, owning the feedback loop confers strategic advantage.

4 days ago | exponentialview.co | Azeem Azhar

Hi, it‚Äôs Azeem. OpenAI‚Äôs $3 billion acquisition of Windsurf isn‚Äôt about code assistants ‚Äď it‚Äôs about controlling the critical feedback cycle where humans evaluate AI outputs. Meanwhile, the search paradigm is crumbling as Google searches in Safari declined for the first time in 22 years, with users flocking to conversational AI tools. The message is clear: in 2025, owning the feedback loop confers strategic advantage.

5 days ago | exponentialview.co | Azeem Azhar

What does a world with AI look like in 2030? What does your daily life look like in 2030? Today’s commentary comes in two parts. In the first part, I will describe what it might feel like to live with that technology. In the second part, my colleague will provide the data and the underlying directionality that reinforces the description that I lay out. Hannah’s part 2 will be sent to you on Wednesday.

6 days ago | exponentialview.co | Azeem Azhar

What happens when the power to shape AI’s future lies not in the smartest model—but in who controls the compute? This week, I spoke with , researcher at RAND and advisor to Epoch AI, to unpack the geopolitics of compute: why sheer model capability is no longer the only game in town, and how control over compute may define who leads in AI. puWe discussed:Why China matching US models doesn’t mean it’s winning the AI race.