Bruce Burke – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:11:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 Nvidia Stock Is Falling. This Huawei AI Chip Breakthrough Is Likely The Reason https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/nvidia-stock-is-falling-this-huawei-ai-chip-breakthrough-is-likely-the-reason https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/nvidia-stock-is-falling-this-huawei-ai-chip-breakthrough-is-likely-the-reason#respond Mon, 28 Apr 2025 14:11:14 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/nvidia-stock-is-falling-this-huawei-ai-chip-breakthrough-is-likely-the-reason

Huawei has approached some Chinese tech companies about testing a new chip, called the Ascend 910D, which it hopes will be more powerful than Nvidia’s H100, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Wants To Open The Black Box Of AI Models By 2027 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-wants-to-open-the-black-box-of-ai-models-by-2027 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-wants-to-open-the-black-box-of-ai-models-by-2027#respond Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:02:56 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-wants-to-open-the-black-box-of-ai-models-by-2027

Anthropic has always stood out from OpenAI and Google for its focus on safety. They are pushing for an industry-wide effort to better understand AI models, not just increasing their capabilities.

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The AI Bros Podcast, With Bruce Burke and John Lawson III https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/the-ai-bros-podcast-with-bruce-burke-and-john-lawson-iii https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/the-ai-bros-podcast-with-bruce-burke-and-john-lawson-iii#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:06:23 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/the-ai-bros-podcast-with-bruce-burke-and-john-lawson-iii In this second episode of the AI Bros podcast Bruce and John go completely unscripted and just letting the conversation flow where it goes.

They talk about everything from Sam Altman’s controversial TED interview to John’s Animated Action Figure that came to life and broke out of its packaging. It’s interesting, fun and informative.

Subscribe, Like, Follow, and Share the AI Bros to your favorite social media platforms. The AI Bros Podcast is where artificial intelligence meets real talk.

Both Bruce and John share their hot takes, perspective and journey with AI as they learn it and use it themselves in their own day to day workflow.

The AI Bros podcast is a weekly series, and a part of the Neural News Network, and the (A)bsolutely (I)ncredible podcast channel. John Lawson III is the CEO of ColderICE Media and is highly recognized in e-commerce, and AI.

John is an Amazon #1 best-selling author, IBM Futurist, and an eBay Influencer.

He’s celebrated as one of the Top 100 Small Business Influencers in America, and crowned “Savviest in Social Medial” by StartUp Nation. You can connect with John directly on his website at www.johnlawson. comJohn is an internationally-recognized keynote speaker, a “Commerce Evangelist” and an absolute wealth of knowledge on all things e-retail, and online marketing strategy.

John is a pioneer in the online retail vertical space, and founder of The E-commerce Group, a global community of e-commerce vendors, and online marketers.

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Draft Executive Order Outlines Plan To Integrate AI Into K-12 Schools In USA https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/draft-executive-order-outlines-plan-to-integrate-ai-into-k-12-schools-in-usa https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/draft-executive-order-outlines-plan-to-integrate-ai-into-k-12-schools-in-usa#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:16:56 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/draft-executive-order-outlines-plan-to-integrate-ai-into-k-12-schools-in-usa

The focus is on K-12 education, but the draft order says, “Our Nation must also make resources available for lifelong learners to develop new skills for a changing workforce.”

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Famed AI Researcher, Tamay Besiroglu, Launches Controversial Startup To Replace All Human Workers https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/famed-ai-researcher-tamay-besiroglu-launches-controversial-startup-to-replace-all-human-workers https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/famed-ai-researcher-tamay-besiroglu-launches-controversial-startup-to-replace-all-human-workers#respond Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:07:11 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/famed-ai-researcher-tamay-besiroglu-launches-controversial-startup-to-replace-all-human-workers

“Completely automating labor could generate vast abundance, much higher standards of living, and new goods and services that we can’t even imagine today.”

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OpenAI Looked At Buying Cursor Creator Before Turning To AI Coding Rival Windsurf https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/openai-looked-at-buying-cursor-creator-before-turning-to-ai-coding-rival-windsurf https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/openai-looked-at-buying-cursor-creator-before-turning-to-ai-coding-rival-windsurf#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:07:23 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/openai-looked-at-buying-cursor-creator-before-turning-to-ai-coding-rival-windsurf

OpenAI met with more than 20 companies in the AI coding domain, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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AI Voice Agents Preserve Product Knowledge and Vital Company Information Says DBC’s Dennis Wilson https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/ai-voice-agents-preserve-product-knowledge-and-vital-company-information-says-dbcs-dennis-wilson https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/ai-voice-agents-preserve-product-knowledge-and-vital-company-information-says-dbcs-dennis-wilson#respond Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:04:35 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/ai-voice-agents-preserve-product-knowledge-and-vital-company-information-says-dbcs-dennis-wilson

Here’s Dennis Wilson of DBC Technologies sharing the many different use cases for AI voice agents.

He also shares how AI can retain the expertise and tribal knowledge that lives in your most capable people.

If your organization needs AI Agents for sales, service, orders, surveys or product information contact me.

I look forward helping you get started!


In this episode of the (A)bsolutely (I)ncredible podcast, Bruce Burke sits down with Dennis Wilson, Founder and CEO of DBC Technologies. Dennis is a graduate of the British Columbia Institute of Technology, and attended the University of British Columbia. DBC provides AI Voice Agents for small to medium enterprise businesses. Dennis is deeply involved in Jim Roddy’s Retail Solution Providers Association (RSPA), and is a featured speaker at their events. Dennis teaches and demonstrates the benefits of AI to these providers of solutions for retailers. Dennis is a passionate marketer, who has developed a platform that utilizes the best the AI industry offers. DBC stands for Doing Business Creatively, which defines Dennis’ approach with his customers. With over 25 + years of software, marketing, CRM, and sales automation experience, they have been integrating Artificial Intelligence capabilities into their internal software stack, and into their client’s businesses since the launch of ChatGPT. Experience DBC’s Inbound AI Voice Agents For Yourself Dial any of the numbers below to interact with DBC’s AI Agents. Ask questions, and dig deep to understand the complexities of these Agentic AI personalities from DBC. * Inbound AI Voice Agent | Claire Fox: 1–888-887‑9862 * Outbound AI Voice Agent | Susan Brown: 1–888-988‑1783 * Cannabis Dispensary Agent | May Bud: 1–888-628‑7858 DBC helps enterprise companies equipment manufacturers, payments providers, cannabis dispensaries, POS equipment manufacturers, and software companies, break free of legacy automated attendant technologies that frustrate customers, decrease customer satisfaction, and waste money. Their services can relieve cost of staffing for tier one, and tier two technical support teams, and the associated employee churn. Dennis and company can automate your customer service center with AI voice agents, and turn it into a profit center with AI’s advanced abilities to resolve problems and then suggestively upsell new products and services, monetizing customer service calls. DBC Technologies helps retailers enhance their marketing with automated marketing solutions using an AI+Human approach. At any time, customers can be connected with a live person to help resolve issues that may need a human touch. Dennis also created an AI-powered Social Media, E-mail, and Text, marketing engine that can work along with your AI Agents to further amplify and promote your brand. Dennis and company enable independent restaurants to compete with the big money chains by implementing AI marketing and automation solutions to grow both dine-in and take out sales — without losing 30% of the order to 3rd party delivery apps. DBC is a leader in Enterprise level AI Voice Agent and ChatBot technology with both being capable of taking orders in the restaurant and cannabis industries. Your inbound calls are answered by AI Agents trained for taking customer orders at an improved level of efficiency compared with similarly human-staffed positions. DBC Technologies Specialties: * AI Automated Voice Agents * AI RAG Bots (Advanced Website Chatbots) * AI Written with Human Edited Marketing * Retail Sales Growth Consulting Services * Bespoke Software Development Services For more information about DBC Technologies Agentic AI and how to get started contact Bruce Burke directly, directly using the links provided. Thank you!

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Anthropic Chief Says AI Tools Can Be A ‘Force Multiplier’ For Business https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/anthropic-chief-says-ai-tools-can-be-a-force-multiplier-for-business https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/anthropic-chief-says-ai-tools-can-be-a-force-multiplier-for-business#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:12:22 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/anthropic-chief-says-ai-tools-can-be-a-force-multiplier-for-business

Amodei stressed that the integration of AI into daily life in the coming years should be a boon to humanity, not a menace or a job-destroying machine.

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Forbes Announces Seventh Annual AI 50 List, Featuring The Most Prominent AI Startups In The World https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/forbes-announces-seventh-annual-ai-50-list-featuring-the-most-prominent-ai-startups-in-the-world https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/forbes-announces-seventh-annual-ai-50-list-featuring-the-most-prominent-ai-startups-in-the-world#respond Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:02:52 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/forbes-announces-seventh-annual-ai-50-list-featuring-the-most-prominent-ai-startups-in-the-world

More than two years after the blockbuster launch of ChatGPT, artificial intelligence continues to be the white hot center of venture capital and the business world at large.

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Mira Murati Doubled Fundraising Target For Her New AI Startup To $2 Billion https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/mira-murati-doubled-fundraising-target-for-her-new-ai-startup-to-2-billion https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/mira-murati-doubled-fundraising-target-for-her-new-ai-startup-to-2-billion#respond Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:06:41 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2025/04/mira-murati-doubled-fundraising-target-for-her-new-ai-startup-to-2-billion

Even by the standards of today’s AI market, $2 billion of funding for a startup less than a year old with no product is a gargantuan sum and would rank as one of the largest seed rounds in history.

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