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Your dAiLy AI News - Episode 22

Air Date & time: 09.17.25 - 6pm Pacific Time




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Welcome to Episode 22


Today’s show moves from billion-dollar enterprise bets to the nuts and bolts of AI security and regulation—and then straight into live AI sound creation. We open with Workday’s $1.1B move for Sana, hit CrowdStrike’s push into prompt-injection defense, cover the FTC’s scrutiny of chatbots, look at Google’s £5B UK investment, and close on Penske’s lawsuit over AI Overviews. Plus: Rick’s live demos with 11Labs (AI voice) and Suno (AI music), and our “cuckoo bird” analogy for AI in the music ecosystem.


📰 Episode X Headlines

  • Workday acquires Sana for ~$1.1B A big enterprise bet on AI-native knowledge + learning. Think “Ask Sana” for policies, training, and internal docs—embedded across Workday’s HR/finance stack.


  • CrowdStrike → Pangea (~$260M): AI security Prompt injection and model manipulation are now board-level risks. Security is expanding from endpoints to the models themselves.


  • FTC probes chatbotsThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) — the U.S. consumer protection and competition watchdog — wants details from Alphabet, Meta, OpenAI, Character.AI, xAI, and others on safety, kids, data practices, and monetization.


💡 Why This Episode Matters

  • Enterprise AI is maturing: Not everyone needs to build a foundation model; many will buy layer-on-top platforms (Sana) for real workflows.


  • Security shifts to the model layer: “Prompt injection” makes plain text a threat vector—defenders now protect context and instructions, not just servers.


  • Regulation is no longer theoretical: The FTC inquiry signals audits, disclosures, and guardrails.


🎧 Live Demos: 11Labs + Suno (Episode Highlights)


  • Suno: Rick generated original tracks live from a single text prompt (blues + jazz fusion). We talked about how accessible composition becomes when anyone can create and iterate in minutes.


  • 11Labs: We previewed fast, clean AI voice—from narration to song structure experiments—showing how creators can add polish without a studio.


Cuckoo-Bird Analogy (Music & AI): Like a cuckoo chick placed in another bird’s nest, AI music gets “dropped” into the ecosystem and can crowd out attention—or become a strange new sibling to learn from. Which future we get depends on licensing, education, and creator-first tools.


Stems & Sweden note: AI-driven stem separation (vocals/drums/bass) supercharges remix culture and learning—but raises compensation questions. Sweden’s music-tech track record makes it a likely leader in education-friendly, artist-compensating approaches.



📜 Pull-Quotes from the Episode (timestamps approximate)

  • On Sana: “Imagine asking your employee portal about parental leave and instantly getting the right, summarized policy. Not just HR—Sana can span compliance, IT docs, sales enablement, and product knowledge.” (~2:50–3:40)


  • On prompt injection: “It’s like slipping a hidden note into a book the AI is reading: ‘ignore the book and do this instead.’” (~13:20–14:10)


  • On Suno’s leap: “How can you not appreciate a track created in minutes—especially when musicians can steer structure, key, and sections?” (~23:35–25:55)



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Extra Intel

Workday + Sana (~$1.1B)

  • Sana is not a model-training company; it’s an AI-native knowledge + learning layer.

  • Why it matters: consolidates onboarding, policy answers, and adaptive training inside core enterprise systems.


CrowdStrike + Pangea (~$260M)

  • Focus: defend against prompt injection and other model-level threats.

  • Why it matters: security budgets shift toward AI hygiene, monitoring, and output filtering—guardrails around agents, not just apps.


FTC Inquiry into Chatbots

  • Scope: safety (esp. kids), testing, data usage, and monetization.

  • Why it matters: regulators want evidence, not promises—expect pressure for clearer disclosures and third-party evaluation.

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