How Trump’s AI Action Plan could disrupt tech

President Trump is set to lay out his artificial intelligence action plan and deliver a keynote address on Wednesday at a summit in Washington, D.C. Mark Sullivan, a senior writer at Fast Company, joins to discuss. CBS News 24/7 is the premier anchored streaming news service from CBS News and Stations that is available free to everyone with access to the internet and is the destination for breaking news, live events, original reporting and storytelling, and programs from CBS News and Stations’ top anchors and correspondents working locally, nationally and around the globe. It is available on more than 30 platforms across mobile, desktop and connected TVs for free, as well as CBSNews.com and Paramount+ and live in 91 countries.

The 7 Types of AI Agents

Two different ways to categories agents — by functioning and by focus — both of which have seven subcategories. Understanding how to organize different types of agents can help you better plan your agentic strategy.

Oxford’s AI Chair: LLMs are a HACK

This video discusses the capabilities and limitations of large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4, suggesting they are more of a “technological hack” than a deep model of human intelligence. The speaker argues that LLMs excel at pattern recognition rather than genuine problem-solving, and are limited in planning and reasoning, failing when problems are obfuscated. The speaker believes the transformer architecture is fundamentally limited and unlikely to achieve advanced AI capabilities. Despite these limitations, LLMs are acknowledged as impressive and useful, transforming philosophical AI questions into experimental science.

State of AI Mid-2025

At the midpoint of 2025, private markets dominate AI growth, reasoning models spark rapid adoption, and consumer AI reaches unprecedented penetration. NLW analyzes recent reports from Coatue and Menlo, highlighting accelerated IPOs, surging AI coding revenues, shifting public market leaders, and emerging consumer behaviors reshaping the future AI landscape.

Musk Unveils Grok 4 AI Chatbot

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is rolling out Grok 4 just months after releasing its previous iteration. Musk demoed the new bot via a video livestream late Wednesday night. Grok 4’s release comes just a day after xAI was forced to remove inappropriate Grok posts from X that included antisemitic comments and replies to users. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Robert Lea breaks down the situation.

“Imagine You Meet a Hot Girl…” – The Best Explanation of Quantum Computing

This video explains quantum computing as an augmentation of classical computing, using an analogy of finding a phone number in a library to illustrate the difference. It highlights applications like solving complex problems, improving large language models, and material science. Charles Hoskinson also addresses quantum computing’s impact on cryptocurrency, noting that while current public-key cryptography is vulnerable, post-quantum cryptography exists.