Weekly Brief 29 Sept- 5 Oct - Week 40

What to Watch This Week:

AI is moving deeper into daily infrastructure — from your laptop to your heating system and even into government training programs. Here are the shifts to watch in the week ahead.

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Theme / Development	Why It Matters for Your Work & Life	Source
Faster AI Ahead (Nvidia & OpenAI $100B Deal)	A new $100B partnership could mean faster, more capable tools in sight — apps like ChatGPT and Gemini will feel quicker and more powerful.	AI Marketwave
Data Sovereignty Matters (Cisco in Europe)	EU-only data centers mean clearer control of where your data lives, building trust and compliance into the services you rely on.	AI Marketwave
Devices Get AI-Ready (Qualcomm & TSMC Chips)	Next laptops and PCs are being designed with on-device AI — meaning faster performance and better privacy without relying only on the cloud.	AI Marketwave
AI Literacy as a Job Skill (Singapore Training Mandate)	Singapore is training every civil servant in AI. A signal that AI literacy is becoming a workplace baseline — something companies elsewhere may soon follow.	AI Marketwave
AI’s Energy Paradox (UN on AI & Climate)	AI consumes massive energy today, but the UN argues it could also be key to solving future energy efficiency and climate challenges.	AI Marketwave

🔭 Future Signal

Open-source in government → Meta’s Llama approved for US federal use, showing transparency entering public AI.

AI-driven science → MIT’s SCIGEN points toward greener materials and better batteries, though impact is mid-term.

Global race → South Korea’s new AI plan, China’s 1,500+ models, and Musk’s xAI valuation highlight the scale of competition.

💡 Weekly Kick-Off

This week, AI is less about new “features” and more about the systems beneath them: compute power, home energy, data infrastructure, workplace skills, and even climate policy. It’s not hype — it’s the scaffolding for how AI will be part of our everyday lives.

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Don't miss our latest Episode 17: From Typing to Talking: How Voice Is Changing Work

– With Oliver Åstrand

In this episode, we talk to Oliver Åstrand, co-founder and CTO of Tandem Health—a fast-growing health tech company using voice technology to radically reduce admin in healthcare and give clinicians back their time.

From the evolution of speech recognition to the role of large language models, we explore how voice is reshaping real work—starting in the treatment room. We also unpack the challenges of privacy, personalization, trust, and tone—and what it means when machines don’t just listen… but respond.

Key Takeaways

• Thanks to AI, speech tools can now understand context, nuance, and complexity—even in clinical settings.

• Clinicians using Tandem spend less time on admin and more time with patients. The result? Less stress, better care.

• Voice could reshape how we work—not just in healthcare, but anywhere focus and presence matter.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify!

Host: Kristine Lium

About the guest

Name: Oliver Åstrand

Title: CTO & Co-founder Tandem Health

Background: Tandem Health is a Swedish health tech company focused on simplifying clinical documentation through voice dictation. By enabling clinicians to journal via speech, they’re helping reduce screen time and increase presence with patients. Oliver has previously been part of Researched AI at GoogleX & Uber and developed AI products at startups Depict & Mavenoid

Contact: LinkedIn Website

Listen here!

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