AI Interns

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Adam Smith
July 09, 2025

Howdy! Stop what you’re doing and go place your order for Hugging Face’s open source mini desktop robot (after you finish this newsletter of course). It feels important, but we’re not really sure why. We just think it’s adorable and is likely going to be used in a new Star Wars film in the future.

What’s in this issue?

  • AI Markets remained resilient against the broader downturn

  • AI’s impact on Prime Day(s)

  • How AI is coming for your intern’s job

  • Build an AI business with us

  • Other stuff

AI Markets

Ticker

Price

Daily Change

QQQ

552.34

+ 0.056 %

BOTZ

32.36

+ 0.62 %

ROBO

60.16

+ 1.13%  

AIQ

43.68

+ 0.32 %

Data is provided by Google Finance as of market close 7/8/2025.

Markets Summary: AI and robotics ETFs closed in the green yesterday largely because of strong demand for AI chips and a surprise drop in Samsung’s profit, which signaled less competition for U.S.-based players like Micron, Nvidia, and AMD.

Samsung reported a 56% decline in operating profit, raising concerns about its production capacity and leaving room for rivals to gain market share in the booming AI hardware space. Investors interpreted this as a bullish sign for companies more directly aligned with the U.S. AI infrastructure buildout.

Business News

This week’s Prime Day is breaking more than sales records. Adobe projects U.S. shoppers will spend $23.8 billion between July 8 and 11, jumping 28% from last year.

But the real shift? How people are shopping.

Traffic from AI shopping assistants like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Amazon’s Rufus is up 3,200% year over year.

Over 55% of shoppers now use AI to research purchases, and nearly 90% say it improves their experience.

Shoppers are asking AI for the best deals, personalized recommendations, and price comparisons instead of browsing manually.

Key Takeaways: If you’re a small business, this trend is massive. AI is becoming the first filter between your product and your customer. If your offer doesn’t show up in an assistant’s suggestions, you may not get seen at all.

It’s not just about what you sell, but how easily AI can find and recommend you.

At Work

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has issued a serious warning about the impact of AI on the job market. In a recent interview, he said that advanced AI models could replace up to 50 percent of entry-level white-collar roles within the next one to five years.

He also projected that U.S. unemployment could rise to between 10 and 20 percent as a result. Companies are already slowing down junior hiring and leaning on AI tools to fill in the gaps.

Amodei believes this wave of disruption could happen faster than most people expect. He has proposed an "AI usage tax" to help fund retraining programs and distribute the benefits more evenly across the workforce.

For businesses, this shift means that many repetitive or research heavy tasks can now be automated. This could cut costs, but it also requires a rethink of hiring, onboarding, and training strategies.

Key Takeaways: For individuals (especially those just starting their careers) this is a call to upskill quickly. Fluency in AI tools will be a key differentiator for employment. Relying on traditional career paths may no longer be a safe bet.

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