Weekly AI News - Mar. 07, 2025

This week on our show, the hosts delve into Anthropic's AI Action Plan aimed at securing America's position in the AI landscape, while scientists debate the true potential of AI as a research collaborator. The discussion also highlights groundbreaking advancements, including China's development of the world's first carbon nanotube chip, Zoom's innovative "Chain of Draft" AI training method for increased efficiency, and Google's release of the Data Science Agent in Colab. The hosts also acknowledge the achievements of reinforcement learning pioneers honored with the prestigious Turing Award, examine Southeast Asia's anxieties amidst the US-China AI rivalry, and discussed Trump's contentious proposal to cut semiconductor manufacturing subsidies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.