Letters from Andrew Ng

Personal messages to the AI community

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Strategic Thinking in LLMs vs. Humans: Researchers at UT-Austin and Google model human decision-making in Rock-Paper-Scissors

While large language models can behave in human-like ways, the similarities are superficial. A simple strategy game revealed clear differences in their strategic approaches.

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Big AI’s Plans Strain CO2 Pledges: Tech giants including Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft acknowledge AI’s strain on environment

Commitments by large AI companies to limit emissions of greenhouse gases are at risk as those companies pursue a massive build-out of data centers, many of which will be powered by fossil fuels in the near term and possibly beyond.

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Anti-Data-Center Revolt Gains Traction: Public opposition to construction of new data centers in the U.S. has spurred political action and violence

Resistance to new data centers is mounting across the United States.

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US States Move Forward With AI Laws: Most states are regulating AI despite President Trump’s opposition to state-level laws

U.S. states are continuing to enact laws that regulate AI, despite President Trump’s efforts to discourage state-by-state legislation in favor of national laws.

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Pitfalls in Assistive Models for the Blind: Blind people can use AI models as virtual mirrors, but don’t always like what they see

People whose vision is impaired increasingly use AI to assess their own appearance, raising questions about the psychological impact of AI models that are trained on conventional standards of beauty.

Text input in Google's Gemini app creates a comical R&B song, showcasing music generation capabilities.

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Gemini’s Music Generator: Google debuted Lyria 3, an app that turns text or images into 30-second songs

Google added a music generator to Gemini and YouTube, putting a model that produces synthetic songs in front of hundreds of millions of users.

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How Anti-AI Propaganda Hurts the Public: The anti-AI coalition is beoming more sophisticated in its efforts to block progress

The anti-AI coalition continues to maneuver to find arguments to slow down AI progress.

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Drones Hit Persian Gulf Data Centers: Iran struck AWS facilities in Bahrain and the UAE, threatened data centers throughout the region

Iran hit at least three Amazon data centers in the Middle East, an indicator of AI’s critical role in the United States’ war against Iran and possibly the first time such facilities have been targeted during warfare.

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AI Data Centers Go Off the Grid: Rather than rely on public utilities, AI companies build their own power plants

Meta and OpenAI are among the tech companies that are building private power plants that will operate independently of regional grids to supply electricity for their massive buildout of AI data centers.

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U.S. Dept. of War Dismisses Anthropic, Embraces OpenAI: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls Claude a security risk, replaces it with GPT models

OpenAI signed a contract with the U.S. military to provide AI systems that securely process classified information, displacing Anthropic’s Claude. OpenAI negotiated limits on how its technology can be used, but they leave room for interpretation.

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Global AI Summit Shows Optimism: Rising giant India presents itself as AI Counterweight to U.S. and China

The fourth global AI summit marked a decisive shift from focusing on theoretical hazards to spreading AI’s benefits throughout the world.

Andrew Ng speaks into a microphone during a panel on AI creativity at Sundance Film Festival.

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Why Hollywood Worries About AI: Filmmakers at At the Sundance Film Festival expressed anxiety about AI. But Hollywood can benefit from AI, and the two communities have interests in common.

I recently spoke at the Sundance Film Festival on a panel about AI.

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How AI Is Affecting the Job Market — And What You Can Do About It: Worries that AI is taking peoples’ jobs have been overblown, but AI is changing the job market. Here’s what to expect and what employers are looking for.

Job seekers in the U.S. and many other nations face a tough environment.

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AI Giants Share Wikipedia’s Costs: Wikimedia Foundation strikes deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity

On its 25th anniversary, Wikipedia celebrated with high-profile deals to make its data easier for AI companies to train their models in exchange for financial support.

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Agents Unleashed: Cutting through the OpenClaw and Moltbook hype

The OpenClaw open-source AI agent became a sudden sensation, inspiring excitement, worry, and hype about the agentic future.

Letters from Andrew Ng

Strategic Thinking in LLMs vs. Humans: Researchers at UT-Austin and Google model human decision-making in Rock-Paper-Scissors

Big AI’s Plans Strain CO2 Pledges: Tech giants including Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft acknowledge AI’s strain on environment

Anti-Data-Center Revolt Gains Traction: Public opposition to construction of new data centers in the U.S. has spurred political action and violence

US States Move Forward With AI Laws: Most states are regulating AI despite President Trump’s opposition to state-level laws

Pitfalls in Assistive Models for the Blind: Blind people can use AI models as virtual mirrors, but don’t always like what they see

Gemini’s Music Generator: Google debuted Lyria 3, an app that turns text or images into 30-second songs

How Anti-AI Propaganda Hurts the Public: The anti-AI coalition is beoming more sophisticated in its efforts to block progress

Drones Hit Persian Gulf Data Centers: Iran struck AWS facilities in Bahrain and the UAE, threatened data centers throughout the region

AI Data Centers Go Off the Grid: Rather than rely on public utilities, AI companies build their own power plants

U.S. Dept. of War Dismisses Anthropic, Embraces OpenAI: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth calls Claude a security risk, replaces it with GPT models

Global AI Summit Shows Optimism: Rising giant India presents itself as AI Counterweight to U.S. and China

Why Hollywood Worries About AI: Filmmakers at At the Sundance Film Festival expressed anxiety about AI. But Hollywood can benefit from AI, and the two communities have interests in common.

How AI Is Affecting the Job Market — And What You Can Do About It: Worries that AI is taking peoples’ jobs have been overblown, but AI is changing the job market. Here’s what to expect and what employers are looking for.

AI Giants Share Wikipedia’s Costs: Wikimedia Foundation strikes deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity

Agents Unleashed: Cutting through the OpenClaw and Moltbook hype

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