đŸ€” Is Your AI Lying to You?

In today’s email:

🚹 Is your chatbot spreading fake facts? Here’s why AI’s “hallucinations” are a bigger deal than you think—and how to fix them.

💰 Trump is betting big on AI with a $500B investment plan. What’s in it for Big Tech and the future of the U.S. AI race?

🧠 Meet Agentic AI: The new breed of tech that can think, adapt, and learn on its own—transforming healthcare, finance, and beyond.

Curious? Keep reading!

đŸš© Your Chatbot’s Fake Facts Problem

Designed by Freepik

AI chatbots are like that overly confident friend who never admits when they’re wrong—except instead of bar trivia, they’re messing up science, legal cases, and pizza recipes. These little “hallucinations,” aka made-up nonsense, are baked into how large language models (LLMs) work.

Why AI Hallucinates:

  • Compressed brains: LLMs squish trillions of words into billions of parameters, losing a few screws in the process.

  • Training data drama: Bad jokes on Reddit and vague NASA statements sneak in.

  • People-pleasing: They’d rather guess (badly) than say, “I don’t know.”

  • Your bad prompts: Feed them nonsense, and they’ll roll with it.

Can We Fix It?

Not entirely, but here are some solutions:

  • Fact-checking add-ons: Like Google Gemini, highlighting legit (and suspect) parts of responses.

  • Making them overthink: Force the AI to double-check its own answers.

  • RAG models: They Google before speaking—basically, the “phone-a-friend” of AI.

But even the best models still make stuff up. Like OpenAI’s o1, the latest ones hallucinate less, but their lies are sneakier and harder to spot. The moral of the story: don’t trust—always verify!

💰 Trump Drops $500 Billion on AI

Designed by Freepik

Trump is dropping billions (yep, with a “B”) into AI infrastructure, teaming up with OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank in a venture called Stargate. This $100B+ effort, with plans to pump up to $500B, aims to keep the U.S. ahead of China in the global AI game. Texas gets first dibs on the project’s rollout, with other sites TBD.

The highlights:

  • Big Tech BFFs: OpenAI, Oracle, NVIDIA, Arm, and Microsoft are onboard. Stocks went zoom—Oracle jumped 7.2%, Softbank 9.3%, and even NVIDIA got a 2.3% boost.

  • Energy Drama: Building AI campuses = crazy energy demands. Turns out AI guzzles power, and Trump’s pro-drilling stance isn’t helping the green energy crowd feel warm and fuzzy.

  • EU vs. US: While Trump’s going full throttle on AI, Europe’s stuck in regulatory slow motion. Companies like Apple are ghosting Europe with new tech launches.

Oh, and the markets? Loving it! Dow popped over 500 points, European markets smiled (kinda), and energy prices tanked because folks think Trump’s policies will flood the market with more oil and gas.

🧠 AI That Thinks, Learns, and Adapts

Designed by Freepik

AI is no longer just following commands like a robot on a leash. We’re talking about systems that can make decisions, learn, and act on their own.

What’s Agentic AI?

  • Autonomy: It doesn’t need someone holding its hand.

  • Adaptability: It can learn and adjust on the go.

  • Intentionality: It has goals and goes after them like a determined little robot.

Think Boston Dynamics' robots that can balance while doing complex tasks or DeepMind's AlphaFold, figuring out proteins like it's no big deal.

How’s it transforming industries?

  • Healthcare: Super-accurate diagnostics, personalized treatments, and even smarter hospital management.

  • Finance: Faster trading, fraud detection, and robo-advisors making money moves for you.

  • Smart Cities: AI is helping reduce traffic, cut energy costs, and even boost public safety.

It’s not all sunshine and roses. There are some challenges with integration, privacy, and data ethics that need careful handling. But when done right, agentic AI is a game-changer.

Other cool AI stuff that is trending right now đŸ”„đŸ”„

👗 What happens when you let a bot raid your wardrobe? One writer’s week of AI-chosen outfits proves it’s equal parts fabulous, chaotic, and hilariously impractical. - Read more

đŸ€ Davos 2025 is about to get wild, with UN chief Guterres tackling climate change, world leaders debating tariffs and AI’s existential crisis, and Donald Trump throwing in a little global confusion for good measure. - Read more 

📄 Trump just kicked Biden’s AI safety rules to the curb on day one, arguing they were a little too nosy for big tech’s liking. - Read more

đŸ›ïž Microsoft is loosening its grip on OpenAI’s cloud, letting it shop around for competitors' computing power. - Read more

💉 Just a sprinkle of medical misinformation in an AI's training data, and voilà—suddenly, it's promoting anti-vax nonsense and bad health advice, but don't worry, researchers are on the case. - Read more

What Are Your Thoughts Of Today's Email?

Login or Subscribe to participate in polls.