Good morning, AI enthusiasts. Anthropic’s CEO is sounding the alarm on a mass job extinction coming in the next five years due to AI… One he believes nobody is taking seriously enough.

With a potential 50% wipe-out of entry-level jobs and unemployment as high as 20%, Dario Amodei sees an economic upheaval unlike anything we’ve ever seen on the horizon — and is urging lawmakers and AI leaders to start preparing now.

In today’s AI rundown:

• Anthropic CEO: AI threatens job extinction

• xAI brings Grok to Telegram's billion users

• How to create lifelike AI voices for your content

• Opera launches first “AI agentic browser”

• 4 new AI tools & 4 job opportunities

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DARIO AMODEI

💼 Anthropic CEO: AI threatens job extinction

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The Rundown: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just warned lawmakers and the public that AI could eliminate 50% of entry-level white-collar positions in the next five years and drive unemployment as high as 20%.

The details:

• Amodei predicts AI will write 90% of software code within 6 months and virtually all code within a year, completely reshaping tech employment.

• He also believes the impact extends to finance, law, consulting, and other white-collar jobs, with entry-level positions most vulnerable to automation.

• Amodei urged lawmakers and AI companies to take action, saying most workers are “unaware that this is about to happen” and “just don’t believe it”.

• The CEO provided several ideas for addressing the issue, including better AI skilling and support, and policy solutions like a “token tax” on AI companies.

Why it matters: We all likely have friends or family who are completely unaware of the drastic changes underway — and many will choose to ignore Amodei’s warnings. While AI can bring massive changes for good, it will also come with what’s likely to be the swiftest transformation of the economy and society in history.

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XAI & TELEGRAM

💬 xAI brings Grok to Telegram's billion users

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The Rundown: Elon Musk's xAI just struck a 1-year deal with Telegram, bringing its Grok chatbot to over a billion messaging app users this summer in exchange for $300M and a revenue-sharing agreement.

The details:

• Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced the deal (agreed in principle) on X, with the partnership including $300M paid to Telegram in both cash and equity.

• Telegram will also receive 50% of all revenue generated from xAI subscriptions purchased through its platform.

• Grok will integrate into Telegram with features like chat pinning, search bar access, writing assistance, avatar creation, and document summarization.

• Durov also clarified that xAI would only access user data shared through direct interactions with Grok, not all content on the platform.

Why it matters: This is a big distribution win for xAI, instantly doubling its potential user base and integrating Grok across a brand new ecosystem outside of X. With AI companies continuing to scramble for both users and data, platform partnerships that blend distribution with data access will likely continue to be an attractive option.

AI TRAINING

🎤 How to create lifelike AI voices for your content

The Rundown: In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Google AI Studio’s new speech generation feature to create natural-sounding voice content in single and multi-speaker formats for diverse audio projects.

Step-by-step:

1. Visit Google AI Studio, and select “Native Audio Generation”

2. Choose between “Single-speaker” for narrations or “Multi-speaker” for dialogues

3. Create your script, adding style instructions and selecting voices for each speaker

4. Click “Run” to generate your audio and download it for your projects!

Pro tip: Try the quick preset buttons like “Movie Script Scene” to instantly see different speech styles in action before creating your own custom audio.

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⚙️ HackerRank embraces AI in hiring

The Rundown: Traditional hiring can’t assess how developers work with AI. HackerRank is paving the way for a new era of hiring — one where AI is an integral part of the process.

With HackerRank, you can:

• Test developers’ ability to review code and debug issues in real code repositories

• Watch as the candidate prompts the built-in AI agent to complete tasks across the SDLC

• Measure understanding of prompt engineering, RAG, and vector databases

Learn more and improve your hiring process for the AI era of development.

OPERA

🖥️ Opera launches first ‘AI agentic browser’

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The Rundown: Opera just introduced Neon, a new web browser that automates web tasks, creates content with AI agents, and enables users to code using natural language — claiming to be the world’s first AI agentic browser.

The details:

• Neon’s AI assistant integrates directly in-browser, handling searches, providing contextual info, and answering questions.

• Users can automate routine web tasks like booking hotels, filling forms, or shopping through a feature previously teased as its "Browser Operator".

• Neon also hosts cloud-based AI agents that work independently, allowing users to create digital assets like games, websites, or code even when offline.

• The browser will be available as a premium subscription (no pricing details yet), with Opera releasing a waitlist for early access.

Why it matters: Like the news yesterday about Arc pivoting to a fully AI-focused product, the future of web browsing is clearly one that is AI native and integrated. But with Google’s Chrome behemoth, Perplexity, and OpenAI also rumored to be interested in building a browser, it’s going to be a difficult space for non-AI leaders to compete.

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📰 Everything else in AI today

DeepSeek released a ‘minor trial update’ to its R1 model, reportedly bringing upgraded reasoning, longer thinking, and other general improvements.

Anthropic announced that Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has joined the company’s board of directors.

OpenAI opened a form for developers interested in a “sign in with ChatGPT” option for third-party apps, indicating the functionality may get a broader release in the future.

Odyssey showcased a demo of its “interactive video” world model, which generates AI video that users can interact with in real-time.

Chinese researchers developed FLARE, a new AI model capable of predicting stellar flares and uncovering new insights about stars and potential habitable exoplanets.

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Rowan, Joey, Zach, Alvaro, and Jason—The Rundown’s editorial team