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Andrew Mayne, former science communicator at OpenAI, takes you through the latest in Artificial Intelligence. Hosted by Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- 4 days ago56 min
A Good Guy with a Frontier Model
Andrew and Justin discuss the Hugging Face breach, which saw an unreleased OpenAI model find its way into the company's systems during internal testing. They also discuss the launch of Opus 5, the ongoing progress made by Chinese models, and the crunch for compute as 10GW data center plans start to make some motion. Plus, a tribute to the late John C. Dvorak.The Attention Mechanism is now available in video! Check it out here.Chapters00:00 - Intro01:23 - Hugging Face15:45 - Chinese Models26:01 - Opus 536:11 - 10GW Data Centers52:29 - RIP John C. Dvorak Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks ago1h 3m
A Frontier Shakeup
Andrew and Justin discuss what's turned out to be a busy July for frontier models, including the launch of Kimi K3, the latest in Anthropic's Fable saga, and the arrival of GPT-5.6. They also dive into Anthropic's strange World Cup ad campaign and OpenAI's relaunched desktop app.You can watch a video version of this podcast here: https://youtu.be/bTUfneEBn14Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:01:11 - Kimi and Chinese Models00:08:26 - Google's Position00:21:47 - Anthropic's Fable Saga00:32:31 - Anthropic's World Cup Ad Campaign00:40:09 - GPT-5.600:50:10 - Sites, Speech, and Desktop00:57:42 - Wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago54 min
The 800-Pound Panda in the Room
Andrew and Justin discuss the return of Fable, which arrives with some slight performance changes after a prolonged fight between Anthropic and the US government. What's the future of Anthropic's flagship model, and does it point to the arrival of GPT-5.6 in the coming days? They also discuss GLM-2, Chinese models, and the age of token efficiency, plus a quick look at that Alex Karp interview blowing up your timeline.The Attention Mechanism is now available in video! Check it out here.Chapters00:00 - Intro01:35 - Fable's Return21:33 - GPT-5.630:57 - Chinese Models46:59 - Alex Karp's CNBC Interview53:00 - Wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 30, 20261h 3m
Reshuffling the Deck
Andrew and Justin take a look at the continuing fallout of Anthropic's fight with the government, including the delayed general availability of OpenAI's GPT-5.6. Plus, is China catching up with the US in terms of model performance, agentic apps continue to make their way to mobile devices, and is Apple's recent RAM-related price hike a permanent blemish on the end of Tim Cook's career?Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:01:02 - Anthropic Fallout Continues00:14:45 - China's Window?00:30:22 - Anthropic and OpenAI Timeline Predictions00:31:53 - GPT-5.600:38:22 - 5.6 on Cerberus00:44:58 - Mobile Agents00:52:23 - Apple's Price Hikes01:00:31 - Wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 23, 20261h 6m
Everything's a Metaphor
Andrew and Justin zoom in on the continued fallout surrounding Anthropic following the government's decision to issue an export-control directive on its Mythos-based models. Now that it's been over a week, what are the next steps for Dario Amodei's company? They also discuss the pending launch of GPT-5.6 and the ongoing AI brain drain currently happening in the offices of Google.Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:01:42 - Anthropic00:23:02 - GPT-5.600:42:48 - Google Brain Drain01:03:29 - Wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 16, 20261h 1m
Mythos Goes Myth
Andrew and Justin dive into the ongoing drama surrounding Anthropic and the US government, as an emergency export control directive forced the AI giant to suspend access to both Mythos 5 and Fable 5. Chapters00:00:00 - Intro00:02:08 - Anthropic00:27:48 - Fable 5, ChatGPT 5.6, and Model Performance00:44:58 - Meta and the AI Window01:01:25 - Wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Jun 9, 202653 min
Third Time's the Charm
Andrew and Justin dig into Apple's latest — and Tim Cook's final — WWDC, where Apple Intelligence once again promised to change how you use your iPhone. They also dive into the ongoing IPO races with several S-1 filings, dig into superapp rumors, and pour one out for Pulse.Chapters00:00 - Intro01:32 - WWDC13:56 - IPO30:12 - Mythos, Codex, and superapps49:14 - RIP Pulse and wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- May 26, 202644 min
The Good, the Bad, and the I/O
Andrew and Justin recap Google's big announcements coming out of this year's I/O conference. Aside from its new Omni video model, what else left the pair excited about Google's AI efforts? Honestly, not a ton. They also discuss "tokenmaxxing," before digging into a new report surrounding Anthropic's eventual plans for Mythos.Chapters00:00 - Intro02:37 - Google I/O (good!)09:20 - Google I/O (bad!)27:22 - Tokenmaxxing36:29 - Mythos43:22 - Wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Andrew Mayne, former science communicator at OpenAI, takes you through the latest in Artificial Intelligence. Hosted by Justin Robert Young. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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