Unburdn AI: 💥 The AI Bubble Needs to Pop (Sooner Is Kinder) A handful of giant AI/tech players are driving outsized market gains—and parts of the revenue look circular View this email in your browser

The Weekly AI Briefing

🧑‍🏫 Latest AI thoughts, tools, and news from unburdn Fun first: If you need a Sora 2 invite code, hit me up—I’ve got a few left. A couple of ridiculous Nick + AI videos: How we train the Nicks Enough play time. Main idea time…

Main Idea:

A handful of giant AI/tech players are driving outsized market gains—and parts of the revenue look circular: chipmakers, cloud providers, and AI labs funding (or guaranteeing) each other’s purchases with credits and long-term contracts. That financing web can puff up demand—and deflate fast if real end-customer demand lags. I run an AI business. Why the heck would I root for a pop? I don’t want economic pain. But here’s the bigger picture: It’s inevitable. AI is real and valuable—not the metaverse—but hype has pushed valuations into fantasy land. The longer this runs, the uglier the landing. It quiets the noise. You can’t “buy AI” and automate 90% of a business. Post-pop, leaders will relearn patience and see AI’s deeper payoffs beyond raw efficiency. It trims the fat. The single-purpose SaaS flood makes SMBs tune out. A correction clears the stage for real builders. It makes smart regulation possible. A breather beats a 50-state rule scramble. Selfishly: maybe I get a week at home without giving AI lectures. (Kidding—I love slanging AI.)

Here’s the play:

-De-risk a bit. I’m not your investment guy, but if you’ve crushed it in U.S. stocks, know they’re propped up by AI hype. Consider taking a few chips off the table. -Don’t write off AI when it pops. The value is real—we see it daily at Unburdn. Writing off AI after a correction is like quitting the internet in 2001. -Spend smart, start small. Get good at the basics. Use AI to amplify accuracy, creativity, and speed. Then scale—or outsource—deliberately. PS: Keep reading for hot-takes on headlines, AI tools, and a personal story + pic Nano Banana 🍌 and little business cats (this is what my mind looks like)

📰 AI News Worth Knowing

🤖 OpenAI’s “always‑on” gadget = Black Mirror starter kit OpenAI is exploring a voice-first device that’s “accessible but not intrusive,” aiming for a Siri-like experience—but better—and reportedly always on, gathering data throughout your day. Read Here 🧬 AI vs. Biosecurity: the arms race is here Microsoft researchers showed AI-generated DNA sequences can evade current screening tools used by manufacturers. Read Here 🧑‍💻 OpenAI doubles down on personalization (brace for spillover) Acqui-hire signals a big bet on personalized consumer AI and life-management features. Great for individuals—but mixing personal history into work contexts is maddening. You need to isolate contexts and set clear data boundaries. Read Here 📰 Young race ahead on AI; info-seeking dominates (yikes) New research shows a growing age gap in AI proficiency, and people increasingly use AI to find information—despite models being confidently wrong. Train teams on verification, not just prompts. Read Here 🧩 Want a simple explainer on how AI “thinks”? A clear, non-technical walk-through of training, “learning,” and next-word prediction. Read Here

🛠️ AI Tools You Need to Try

📝 Granola — My team’s AI note-taker and “second brain” of choice. How to use it: Auto-capture meetings, tag decisions, and push action items to your PM tool. Try it. 🎥 Sora 2 — Recommending again because it’s so dang fun. How to use it: RIP the rest of your day… Play here. 🧰 Unburdn’s Vault. A curated library of AI tools mapped to Crawl → Walk → Run stages. Great cheat‑sheet for leveling up your team’s stack. Explore Here.

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From the Field: 🔎 A Week in the Life

Last week was nuts. Q4 planning with the Unburdn team Monday. Tuesday was back-to-back meetings. Then a podcast interview. Then monthly dinner with my dad (the best time!). Led all day workshops Wednesday and Thursday (with super fun groups BTW—shoutout to you if you were in one of those rooms). Then jetted off to Sun Valley, ID Thursday night. Led a group for 4-hours Friday (also super fun team—thank you!). Now writing this email (thanks Starlink via United!). I’ve been doing this AI slanging career v2.0 full time for over a year now. Things have seriously leveled up. Beyond overbooked (good problem) and climbing the ladder to bigger and higher stakes engagements. Couldn’t have dreamed up this path. It’s amazing. So grateful. Also working on some big bets (stay tuned!). Just wanted to take a few minutes to reflect. And share a picture of me doing what I love (TALKING!!! Haha—and wearing athleisure). Thanks for reading. 🙏 Copyright (C) 2025 AI for the Rest of Us LLC dba Unburdn. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe