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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · 1d

I had an amazing chat with @bernardmarr.bsky.social and Sasha Rubel from @awscloud.bsky.social about how organizations can speed up AI adoption, how we can scale infrastructure and build regulatory regimes that favor responsible innovation, and deploy AI agents across multiple industries.

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · 14d

New data from @nathanbenaich.bsky.social's State of AI Report released this week shows how AI adoption is doing something unfashionable for a bubble: it’s compounding.

www.computerspeak.co/p/the-2025-s...

The 2025 State of AI Report shows an industry maturing; business leaders learn to live in the AI bubble; Sora 2 reignites AI slop debate; how AI became personal assistants; updates from OpenAI DevDay

A startup aims to create a new DeepSeek moment; ASML exec slams EU AI overregulation; AI is now in every industry; AI toys and sexy chatbots come to America; how AI is changing white-collar work

www.computerspeak.co

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · 21d

This week, it’s become painfully obvious that OpenAI, YouTube, TikTok and Meta are all gunning for the same prize: the default feed for AI native video.

Here's why: www.computerspeak.co/p/ai-video-c...

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · 22d

Learn more about Synthesia 3.0 here: www.synthesia.io/post/synthes...

With Synthesia 3.0, the next era of video is here

Today we’re excited to show you Synthesia 3.0, a new AI video platform reimagined for the future of video

www.synthesia.io

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · 22d

Synthesia 3.0 is our new AI video platform reimagined for the future of video.

Victor Riparbelli went on Bloomberg Technology to chat with Ed Ludlow and Caroline Hyde about @synthesia.io's new products and the benefits they will bring to businesses: youtu.be/t319kg2yT5A

AI Video Clone Startup Launches New Tools

YouTube video by Bloomberg Technology

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · 23d

It's very clear that Meta's Vibes launch was rushed to pre-empt the Sora 2 release.

The strategy backfired because it attracted a wave of people predictably dumping on Vibes and AI video as a social experience, clearing the way for Sora to get a more neutral reception.

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · 25d

More than 10,000 people have signed up for our LinkedIn event on October 1 to learn how @synthesiaIO will change video as a format, and what's coming next for conversational agents that are built to work in the real world and deliver business value:

lnkd.in/esjikxvp

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 24

Congratulations to Germany's Minister of State for
@bundeskultur.bsky.social Wolfram Weimer for launching Weimatar – the first AI avatar of a German government member created with @synthesia.io

More information here about the project: kulturstaatsminister.de/erster-virtu...

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 23

I answered a few questions for the Friday Q&A section in @politico.eu's Morning Tech UK newsletter.

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 19

AI grifters such as Eliezer Yudkowsky or Ed Newton-Rex, once dressed in TED-stage gravitas and penning op-eds for The Guardian, are now pivoting to the more niche corners of the MAGA mediasphere:

www.computerspeak.co/p/the-ai-gri...

The AI grift, a tragedy of mainstream media failures in three acts; the US and UK sign tech deal; Google's plan to generate more AI training data; meet the new AI startup whisperer

Why AI won't replace junior engineers; the AI movie factory is ramping up; Hangzhou is China's answer to Silicon Valley; life at Lovable; how people use OpenAI and Anthropic's chatbots

www.computerspeak.co

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 5

For me, generative AI’s best trick isn’t replacing people, it’s compressing the cost of quality.

In other words, there’s a meaningful line between influencers creating with AI and influencers who are AI:

www.computerspeak.co/p/you-cant-y...

You can't (yet) fake influence; Anthropic's approach to red teaming; Synthesia's AI clones are more expressive than ever; Chinese companies still want Nvidia's chips; meet the AI gambling agents

AI is outperforming human recruiters; AI is getting cheaper and more expensive at the same time; AI labs struggle to keep chatbots from talking about suicide; how AI is affecting software engineering

www.computerspeak.co

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 4

In an in-depth feature for MIT Technology Review,
@rhiannonwilliams.bsky.social writes about (and becomes one of!) @synthesia.io's new Express-2 avatars:

technologyreview.com/2025/09/04/1...

📰 @technologyreview.com | tip @techmeme.com

Synthesia’s AI clones are more expressive than ever. Soon they’ll be able to talk back.

The uncanny valley is narrowing. Are we ready for what comes next?

technologyreview.com

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 1

If you want to learn more about our vision for the future of AI video, then don't miss out on our Synthesia 3.0 event on October 1: www.linkedin.com/events/intro...

Introducing Synthesia 3.0 | LinkedIn

Five years from now, you'll never just watch a video again. Bold claim, but we mean it. For decades, video has been passive, static — a one-way broadcast. AI is changing this. Soon, video will talk...

www.linkedin.com

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 1

Instead, our goal is to give every business, large and small, a platform to create and distribute more engaging and informative content, whether it's for sharing knowledge with their employees or communicating with their customers.

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 1

Of course, incentives matter - if your goal as a generative AI company is to build tools that replace people (and their creativity) with AI, then good luck to you. It's not for me, and it's not what @synthesia.io is doing.

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 1

If used responsibly, it means smaller businesses can finally compete on experience, tell their stories in new ways, and reach audiences they never could have before.

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 1

Until now, only the biggest companies with the deepest pockets could afford polished, studio-quality content at scale. With AI, that same creative power will be in the hands of a two-person startup as much as a global brand.

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Sep 1

Spoke with @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social at the @financialtimes.com about the rise of AI influencers: ft.com/content/cb85...

I believe gen AI is going to be a great equalizer across many industries, particularly in the creative industry where 𝒘𝒉𝒐 you know can be just as important as 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 you know.

The rise of the AI influencer

Computer-generated profiles are gaining traction with brands but may pose a threat to real life endorsers

ft.com

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Aug 29

NEW: I spoke to three of the winners of the International Olympiad in AI, an annual competition for high schoolers that took part earlier this month:

www.computerspeak.co/p/inside-202...

Talent won over teraflops at the 2025 International Olympiad in AI; data center investments are showing up in GDP data; the AI bubble is fuelled by ARR but doomed by churn; meet the AI hype house

Young grads are making hundreds of thousands with AI; Agents4Science is a scientific conference powered by AI; how AI startups can hire or retain staff in the talent war; inside DHL's AI upgrade

www.computerspeak.co

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Aug 18

Just out on @bloomberg.com: @synthesia.io CEO Victor Riparbelli sits down with Tom Mackenzie to discuss how AI is reshaping the workplace, including through products such as AI dubbing or AI avatars designed to make video more engaging, personal, and effective at scale: youtu.be/nxgpCr9oULY

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Aug 15

This week, the UK government suggested that deleting old emails can help address water shortages.

Instead of wasting hours on performative actions, spend five minutes reading about how AI is affecting water consumption:

www.computerspeak.co/p/is-ai-real... 🌊💻

Is AI really draining our water supply? Alan Turing Institute on the brink of collapse; Meta's struggles to build its AI team; how top chatbots change your mind; Amazon ventures into neurosymbolic AI

Meta AI allowed "sensual chats" between its chatbots and children; Mistral sets its sights on the Middle East; companies are still struggling to see the ROI of AI; China's lead in open source AI

www.computerspeak.co

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Aug 8

Sam Altman described "a model that continuously learns as it's deployed from the new things it finds" something that to him "feels like AGI."

In this week's Computerspeak, I attempt a more detailed spec for what AGI (or superintelligence) could mean: www.computerspeak.co/p/a-definiti...

A definition of superintelligence for the real world; Nvidia warns against GPU "kill switches"; Harvard and MIT students are leaving university because of AGI; Demis Hassabis on the future of AI

Business Insider profiles Cloudflare's CEO; Google introduces new Genie 3 world model; Why Anthropic has an edge in the AI talent war; Trump admin's pitch to Asian countries: don't over-regulate AI

www.computerspeak.co

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Jul 25

Learn more about AI dubbing on our blog: www.synthesia.io/post/ai-dubb...

See examples and and give it a try for free: www.synthesia.io/features/ai-...

www.synthesia.io

Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Jul 25

Introducing AI Dubbing in @synthesia.io 🎉

Now you can dub your existing videos into 30+ languages while keep the original speaker’s voice, with perfect lip-sync — all done in minutes.

And for full and safe control over machine translations, we've built a Secure Editing feature.

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Alexandru Voica @alexvoica.com · Jul 18

In this week's newsletter, I'm an old man yelling at the clouds about AI products designed by the socially disengaged, policed by the epistemically fragile, and deployed to users who mostly just want a powerful assistant and not an anime AI girlfriend:

www.computerspeak.co/p/are-we-bui...

Are we building machines to replace human connection? ChatGPT reaches 900 million downloads; chatbots in the classroom; Nvidia CEO travels to China; AI is reshaping Salesforce;

Grandmaster beats ChatGPT at chess without losing one piece; the AI startups focused on drug discovery; OpenEvidence has built the ChatGPT for doctors; inside Helsing's race to build AI for defense

www.computerspeak.co

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