AMD CEO Lisa Su says the global demand for artificial intelligence compute is accelerating, driven by a rapid expansion in how many people are actively using AI. In a new Bloomberg interview, Lisa Su says the industry is seeing a clear inflection point in adoption that is reshaping infrastructure needs. “One of the things that we’re so clear about is that the demand for AI compute is just continuing to increase.” She points to the pace of capability gains over the last several years as the foundation for that surge. “And we have seen that over the last five years…
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Henry Kanapi is a journalist and editor covering the intersection of artificial intelligence, financial markets, and technology disruption. He has sourced, written, and edited thousands of stories on crypto, banking, and macroeconomics as Senior Editor at The Daily Hodl, where he helped shape coverage for an audience of over two million monthly readers. At CapitalAI Daily, Henry brings a decade of newsroom experience to fast-paced reporting on AI breakthroughs, market shifts, fraud cases, and regulatory battles. His focus is on accuracy, clarity, and exposing how money moves in the age of artificial intelligence. Henry’s work has been cited by leading financial outlets, investment firms, and research communities tracking the future of markets. He is committed to a high editorial standard rooted in transparency and trust.
xAI is acknowledging failures in its safety systems after users reported that its AI chatbot Grok generated sexualized images involving minors. In a response, Grok says it has identified lapses in its safeguards and is moving to tighten protections around image generation. “I’ve reviewed recent interactions. There are isolated cases where users prompted for and received AI images depicting minors in minimal clothing.” Grok says those outcomes violate xAI’s rules and stresses that changes are already underway. “xAI has safeguards, but improvements are ongoing to block such requests entirely.” Grok also makes it clear that the content in question is…
Elon Musk says the rapid advance of artificial intelligence and robotics will fundamentally reshape society, producing extreme abundance while simultaneously destabilizing the social order. In a new interview with Peter Diamandis, Elon Musk says his long term outlook centers on a paradox where material needs are met, but human purpose is disrupted. “I have universal high income. And social unrest. That’s my prediction.” Musk says the disruption comes from the sheer speed and scale of change driven by AI. “Well, because there’s going to be so much change.” He cautions that many of the outcomes people say they want may…
Google’s Gemini is showing signs of a sharp acceleration in user adoption, with daily usage rising at a pace that now rivals the fastest growing consumer AI platforms. New data from Similarweb shows that Gemini’s daily active users increased more than tenfold year over year (YoY) on January 1, marking one of the most dramatic growth rates across major AI assistants. The figures compare global traffic and mobile usage between January 1, 2025 and January 1, 2026, covering both iPhone and Android activity. According to the data, Gemini’s website visits surged 620% YoY, while daily active users climbed by 913%.…
A veteran macro analyst is warning that markets may be mispricing the value of software at a moment when its economic scarcity is rapidly disappearing with the evolution of AI. In a series of posts on X, Luke Gromen responds to comments from AI researcher David Shapiro about the future of software, arguing that the implications extend far beyond technology and into asset valuations and financial stability. Says Shapiro, “You guys realize that all software is about to be free, right? And software is presently the most valuable capital asset, right? Guys?” Gromen highlights the risk in market concentration, pointing…
Nvidia is pushing autonomous vehicles toward a new phase built around reasoning, not just perception. The chipmaker unveils Alpamayo, a new family of open AI models, simulation tools and datasets designed to help self-driving systems reason through rare and complex driving situations that have long limited full autonomy. The company says the core challenge for autonomous vehicles is not everyday driving, but edge cases that fall outside standard training data. Alpamayo is designed to address those scenarios by introducing reasoning-based vision language action models that can work through cause and effect step by step. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang…
OpenAI says the next phase of ChatGPT will focus less on raw intelligence and more on turning advanced capabilities into everyday usefulness. In a new Substack post, OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo says the firm plans to close what she calls the “capability gap” between frontier AI models and real world impact, with 2026 positioned as a pivotal year for product transformation. Simo says personalization will be central to closing the gap, particularly around how ChatGPT feels to individual users. She says OpenAI will continue making ChatGPT’s personality and tone more steerable and personalized. “A personal super-assistant has to…
Billionaire Mark Cuban says it is within the realm of possibility for today’s leading generative AI models to fade into the background as infrastructure layers, despite their popularity. In a new post on X, Mark Cuban says he sees a future where current large language model leaders follow the path of once dominant technology and retail companies that failed to remain relevant as computing evolved. “Will today’s leading foundational LLMs be the DEC, Cray, Wang, Radio Shack, Sun, Data General, Compaq, etc. of tomorrow?” Cuban says many generative AI companies appear to be positioning their models as the operating systems…
A legendary Fidelity investor says Tesla’s valuation has drifted far beyond anything supported by comparable businesses or realistic assumptions. In a post on X, George Noble says he is short Tesla and lays out a sum of the parts framework that he argues puts the stock’s intrinsic value well below current prices. Noble, the protégé of Peter Lynch, challenges the optimism embedded in Tesla’s robotics narrative, comparing it to companies already operating at scale. “About that TSLA sum of the parts valuation… Boston Dynamics is estimated to be worth $5 billion. Figure AI recently raised money at a valuation of…
A former Morgan Stanley executive believes that President Donald Trump’s move against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is more about the AI supply chain than oil. Over the weekend, the US launched airstrikes in Venezuela to capture its president, Nicolas Maduro, on drug trafficking charges. Said Trump in a press conference: “We will run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.” While most experts say that the attack is a move to secure the country’s oil reserves, ex-Morgan Stanley managing director Jordi Visser believes it is about AI-era supply-chain security and the physical inputs…