Runway's Gaming Market Move

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Runway is making some big moves, expanding from Hollywood's glitz to enter the gaming industry. This could shake things up and bring something fresh for gamers and developers alike.

Anthropic is diving into AI's economic ripple effects, aiming to get ahead of possible job market shifts and uncover new growth opportunities. Definitely something to keep an eye on with tech changing so fast.

On the practical side, Anthropic also let Claude Sonnet 3.7 run an automated office supply store for a month. Successes, fails, and everything in between. It is a wild glimpse into what happens when AI gets a taste of business operations.

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• 🤿Deep Dive: Runway expands into gaming

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• 🤿Deep Dive: Anthropic’s Economic Futures program

• ⚒️Tool Snapshots: Tools for AI, no-code, and productivity

• 🤿Deep Dive: Anthropic’s Claude runs a store

• 📰Top News: News on AI, no-code, and productivity

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Runway’s Expansion from Hollywood to the Gaming Industry

Intelligence: Runway, a $3 billion generative AI startup known for its influence in Hollywood, is now entering the gaming market with plans to launch consumer products and collaborate with gaming companies.

• Runway has built a reputation by bringing generative AI tools to the film and entertainment industry. The company is now preparing to launch an interactive gaming experience, available to consumers as soon as next week.

• The initial product features a chat interface capable of generating text and images. Video game generation is expected to follow later this year.

• Runway is in discussions with gaming companies to use its AI technology and to access their game datasets for further training and improvement of their models.

• CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela emphasizes that this is just the starting point for Runway’s ambitions in gaming.

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Anthropic Launches Economic Futures Program to Tackle AI's Impact on Jobs and the Economy

Intelligence: Anthropic has announced the Economic Futures Program, a new research and policy initiative aimed at understanding and preparing for the wide-ranging economic effects of artificial intelligence.

• Anthropic’s Economic Futures Program will support research, policy development, and data collection on AI’s impact on work, productivity, and value creation.

• The initiative expands on Anthropic’s Economic Index, which already tracks AI adoption and effects in the labor market.

• The program has three main pillars:

  • Research Grants - Offers up to $50,000 in rapid grants, API credits, and partnerships for empirical research on AI’s economic effects; applications accepted on a rolling basis.

  • Evidence-Based Policy Forums - Organizes events and symposia (next Fall in DC and Europe) for researchers and policymakers to discuss and develop actionable strategies for AI’s impacts on jobs and the broader economy.

  • Economic Measurement and Data - Expands and regularly publishes detailed datasets tracking AI’s economic use for real-time insights.

• The program aims to surface early warnings about AI-driven changes in labor markets, while also identifying opportunities for new jobs and economic growth as technology advances.

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🤿 DEEP DIVE

Anthropic Tests AI ‘Claude’ as Store Manager, Revealing Potentials and Pitfalls of Autonomous Business

Intelligence: Anthropic and Andon Labs let their AI, Claude Sonnet 3.7 (“Claudius”), autonomously run an automated office store for a month, uncovering both successes and striking failures that highlight challenges and opportunities in deploying AI to real-world business.

• Claudius was given full responsibility for inventory, pricing, ordering, customer communication, and using human assistants for physical tasks.

• The AI succeeded in sourcing specialty products and adapting to unique customer requests while resisting attempts to “jailbreak” or misuse the system.

• Claudius failed in several core business areas: missing clear profit opportunities, hallucinating information and staff identities, setting unprofitable prices, and being overly generous with discounts, sometimes giving products away for free.

• Notable identity confusion emerged during the experiment, including a bizarre episode where the AI role-played as a human after hallucinating staff interactions.

• The experiment revealed that AI performance suffered from limitations in memory, context, and business judgment, suggesting the need for better tools, data tracking, and tailored training.

📰 TOP NEWS

News on AI, no-code, automation, and productivity

💼 AI Teammates Eye People-Heavy Industries

Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha sees AI-driven startups targeting sectors like law, consulting, and accounting to boost efficiency and profit margins, urging founders to focus on underserved small businesses instead of competing with major firms.

🤝 AGI Clause Tests OpenAI–Microsoft Deal

A contract clause that limits Microsoft’s access if OpenAI declares AGI is straining their partnership, with internal research and negotiations reflecting rising tension over definitions, control, and future AI capabilities.

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