235 | Ban Super-intelligence NOW’—850 tech titans sign, ChatGPT’s new Atlas browser may ignites an AI web war, an army of robots influenced by Elon Musk, and more AI news for the week ending October 23, 2025

Could AI really pose an existential threat—or are we all just overreacting?

850 tech leaders, researchers, and AI pioneers don’t think we’re overreacting. This week, they signed a chilling letter urging the world to pause superintelligence development—until safety can be guaranteed.

In this solo Weekend News episode, Isar dives deep into the letter, the conflicting philosophies of AI’s top minds, and what it all means for business leaders trying to stay ahead without stepping into a sci-fi dystopia.

Plus: the battle for AI browser domination, Anthropic’s enterprise blitz, GPT’s awkward math flex, and the $1,300 humanoid robot heading to your kid’s holiday wishlist.

In this session, you’ll discover:

• Why 850 experts—including Hinton, Bengio, and Branson—want a global pause on superintelligence development
• Sam Altman’s unsettling quote: “I expect some really bad stuff to happen…”
• Are AI agents the next big leap—or are we just not there yet?
• Claude vs. ChatGPT: Who’s winning the enterprise AI war?
• Anthropic’s new “agent skills” and what they mean for automation
• OpenAI’s strange math claim that backfired—badly
• Meta’s $27B bet on data centers and why they just laid off 600 AI staff
• Why Europe’s AI spending is stalling
• OpenAI’s new agentic browser—and why it might be their most important move yet
• The $1,370 humanoid robot that could be the next must-have toy
• What Amazon’s smart delivery glasses signal for AI-powered workforces
• Quantum computing breakthrough: 13,000x faster than supercomputers
• The AI bottleneck you’re probably not planning for: inference and redundancy

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