EP-232 Larry Page’s Ai Manufacturing Revolution 🔧, Chatgpt’s Explosive Growth 📈, Shield Ai’s $240m Defense Tech Boost 🚀

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for friday, march 7. here are the topics we'll cover:

• dynatomics ai initiative: google co-founder larry page's new venture with chris anderson aims to revolutionize product manufacturing using ai for optimized design and processes.
• chatgpt's exponential growth: doubling its weekly active users to 400 million, driven by gpt-4o and advanced voice mode, maintaining its lead over competitors like deepseek.
• shield ai's funding success: secures $240 million, boosting valuation to $5.3 billion, with plans to expand sales of its autonomous flight software hivemind.
• anthropic's policy recommendations: proposals to the white house focus on balancing ai's economic benefits and national security, including ai safety and export controls.
• scale ai labor investigation: ongoing u.s. department of labor probe into labor practices, with scale ai cooperating and defending its flexible work model.

that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow!