Supplementary Materials 7: 2025 in Tech with Ajay and Harsha

We are joined once again by Ajay and Harsha, as we discuss the major tech breakthroughs of 2025 and the major theme of this progress: AI.

Recommendations and References:

• ⁠It’s surprisingly easy to stumble into a relationship with an AI chatbot

• The MIT List

• Anthropic Coverage:

  • Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic in battle over AI use

  • Trump Orders Government to Stop Using Anthropic After Pentagon Standoff

  • Anthropic boss rejects Pentagon demand to drop AI safeguards

  • Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance

• OpenAI Coverage: 

  • OpenAI: "Our agreement with the Department of War"

  • OpenAI’s Sam Altman announces Pentagon deal with ‘technical safeguards’

    
    

Previous Episodes with Harsha and Ajay:

• S11E1: Pivoting from a PhD- navigating an alternative career path with Harsha
• Supplementary Materials 4: Tech Wrap 2024 with Ajay and Harsha
• S4E1- Conversation around Drug discovery Ft. Harsha