Our 246th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 05/22/2026

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

 * Google I/O highlights included Gemini 3.5 (with 3.5 Flash emphasized for speed and benchmarks), the always-on agent Gemini Spark running on Google Cloud with MCP tool support, and Gemini Omni multimodal video generation/editing, plus updates like Anti-Gravity 2.0, Gemini for Science, and Genie world-model navigation using Street View and Waymo simulation.
 * Coding-agent competition accelerated with Cursor Composer 2.5 (fine-tuned on Moonshot’s Kimi K2.5) and xAI’s early Grok Build release, alongside discussion of potential Cursor–xAI ties and xAI’s talent churn and compute utilization concerns.
 * Business and legal updates included Elon Musk losing his OpenAI lawsuit on statute-of-limitations grounds, reported OpenAI–Apple partnership tensions, Anthropic agreeing to a $30B funding round at a $900B valuation and projecting its first profitable quarter, and Cerebras’ IPO surging about 90%.
 * Research and safety stories covered OpenAI’s result on an 80-year-old Erdős geometry problem, findings on “negation neglect” in training, interpretability work showing multiple redundant circuits per capability, agent benchmarks like Terminal World, new deepfake takedown enforcement under the Take It Down Act, demonstrations of autonomous hacking/self-replication, rapidly improving AI cyber capabilities, and steps toward image provenance metadata and watermarks.



Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * (00:01:15) News Preview



 * Tools & Apps
 * (00:05:05) Google unveils AI model Gemini 3.5 and AI agent Gemini Spark [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/google-ai-ultra-gemini-spark-omni.html]
 * (00:11:43) Google's Gemini Omni turns images, audio, and text into video — and that's just the start | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/googles-gemini-omni-turns-images-audio-and-text-into-video-and-thats-just-the-start/]
 * (00:17:27) Google launches Antigravity 2.0 with an updated desktop app and CLI tool at IO 2026 | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-launches-antigravity-2-0-with-an-updated-desktop-app-and-cli-tool-at-io-2026/]
 * (00:22:35) Google Debuts AI-Powered Tools To Optimize Scientific Research Workflows [https://www.engadget.com/2177120/google-debuts-ai-powered-tools-to-optimize-scientific-research-workflows/]
 * (00:27:20) Google’s Genie world model can now simulate real streets with Street View | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/googles-genie-world-model-can-now-simulate-real-streets-with-street-view/]
 * (00:29:51) Cursor's Composer 2.5 matches Opus 4.7 and GPT-5.5 benchmarks at a fraction of the cost [https://the-decoder.com/cursors-composer-2-5-matches-opus-4-7-and-gpt-5-5-benchmarks-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost/]
 * (00:37:37)

#246 - Gemini 3.5 + Omni, Musk Loses, OpenAI vs Erdős

Our 245th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 05/13/2026

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

 * OpenAI released new voice intelligence API features including GPT Realtime 2 (GPT-5-powered) plus realtime translation and Whisper transcription, emphasizing the latency–reasoning tradeoff, larger context, and new guardrails amid fraud risks.
 * Thinking Machines previewed a low-latency, full‑duplex conversational system with a two-model architecture and custom inference stack, reporting strong interactivity benchmark results but without public access or third‑party validation yet.
 * Anthropic pushed further into vertical products with Claude for Legal and deeper AWS availability, while ongoing ecosystem tension grows as platform model providers compete with application-layer companies.
 * Safety, policy, and research updates included OpenAI’s self-harm trusted contact feature, Anthropic work on reducing agent misalignment by training ethical “why” reasoning, OpenAI’s investigation of accidental chain-of-thought grading in RL, and Meta horizon eval updates showing benchmarking limits for long task horizons.



Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * (00:01:35) Response to listener comments
 * (00:03:27) Sponsor Break

Tools & Apps

 * (00:06:27) OpenAI launches new voice intelligence features in its API | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/07/openai-launches-new-voice-intelligence-features-in-its-api/]
 * (00:15:52) Thinking Machines drops a new, highly responsive model designed for humanlike interactions in real time - SiliconANGLE [https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/11/thinking-machines-drops-new-highly-responsive-model-designed-humanlike-interactions-real-time/]
 * (00:27:49) Claude For Legal Launches, May Reshape the Legal Tech World – Artificial Lawyer [https://www.artificiallawyer.com/2026/05/12/claude-for-legal-launches-may-reshape-the-legal-tech-world/]
 * (00:40:27) Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/threads-tests-a-meta-ai-integration-that-works-similarly-to-grok/]
 * (00:43:08) Google brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/google-brings-agentic-ai-and-vibe-coded-widgets-to-android/]
 * (00:45:33) Google updates AI search to include quotes from Reddit and other sources | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/06/google-updates-ai-search-to-include-expert-advice-from-reddit-and-other-web-forums/]

Applications & Business

 * (00:47:38) Sam Altman was winning on the stand, but it might not be enough | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/929129/sam-altman-testimony-elon-musk-openai-trial]
 * (00:55:04)

#245 - TML-Interaction, Claude For Legal, Sam Altman on Stand

Our 244th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 05/08/2026

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

 * OpenAI released GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT’s new default model, showing large benchmark gains and crossing a “high” cyber-risk threshold under its preparedness framework, while bio-safety results were mixed.
 * OpenAI investigated and patched ChatGPT’s “goblin” obsession, attributing it to reinforcement-learning rewards that over-amplified playful creature metaphors in a nerdy persona that later bled across versions.
 * Major industry moves included xAI’s Grok 4.3 price cuts and voice tools, Mistral’s unified Medium 3.5 model and Work mode, and Anthropic’s managed-agent upgrades alongside a surprise SpaceX compute deal and reports of a much higher Anthropic valuation.
 * Key policy and security developments covered the Musk–OpenAI trial details, Pentagon AI deployments on classified networks, expanded U.S. government pre-release model reviews, and reports of NSA testing Anthropic’s Mythos on Microsoft software.



Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * (00:01:14) News Preview
 * (00:01:39) Response to listener comments



 * Tools & Apps
 * (00:10:40) OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 Instant, a new default model for ChatGPT | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/05/openai-releases-gpt-5-5-instant-a-new-default-model-for-chatgpt/]
 * (00:15:23) ChatGPT Became So Obsessed With Goblins That OpenAI Had to Intervene [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chatgpt-became-so-obsessed-with-goblins-that-openai-had-to-intervene-a6644e66]
 * (00:24:14) xAI launches Grok 4.3 at an aggressively low price and a new, fast, powerful voice cloning suite | VentureBeat [https://venturebeat.com/technology/xai-launches-grok-4-3-at-an-aggressively-low-price-and-a-new-fast-powerful-voice-cloning-suite]
 * (00:30:49) Mistral's new flagship Medium 3.5 folds chat, reasoning, and code into one model [https://the-decoder.com/mistrals-new-flagship-medium-3-5-folds-chat-reasoning-and-code-into-one-model/]
 * (00:36:28) Anthropic updates Claude Managed Agents with three new features - 9to5Mac [https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/07/anthropic-updates-claude-managed-agents-with-three-new-features/]
 * (00:40:42) ElevenLabs Revamps AI Music Platform as Fan-Focused Service [https://www.billboard.com/pro/elevenlabs-revamps-ai-music-platform-fan-focused-service/]



 * Applications & Business
 * (00:41:57) A diary, a threat, and a $30 billion stake: What the Musk vs OpenAI trial has actually shown in its first week - The Times of India [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/a-diary-a-threat-and-a-30-billion-stake-what-the-musk-vs-openai-trial-has-actually-shown-so-far/articleshow/130853918.cms]
 * (00:52:28)

#244 - GPT-5.5 Instant, Grok 4.3, OpenAI vs Musk

Our 243rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 04/29/2026

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

 * OpenAI released GPT-5.5 with strong coding-oriented improvements, a system card discussing chain-of-thought monitorability and misalignment testing, higher pricing than GPT-5.4, and notable quirks like a system-prompt warning about “goblins.”
 * xAI launched Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0, claiming large benchmark leads for real-time voice agents and reporting major Starlink customer-support automation and sales conversion impact.
 * DeepSeek open-sourced DeepSeek V4 (Pro and Flash) featuring MoE scaling and 1M-token context via hybrid/compressed attention changes, while Tencent released Hunyuan 3 preview with weaker benchmark performance; a new long-horizon agent benchmark (Clawmark) shows low task success rates.
 * Major business, legal, and policy updates include Google’s planned up-to-$40B investment and 5GW compute commitment to Anthropic, Meta’s AWS Gravitron deal and China blocking Meta’s Manus acquisition, a revamped OpenAI–Microsoft agreement, ongoing Musk–OpenAI trial developments, and new safety/security research on sabotage, document degradation under delegation, and bit-flip attacks.



Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * (00:02:00) News Preview
 * (00:02:26) Response to listener comments
 * (00:02:55) Sponsors



 * Tools & Apps
 * (00:05:55) OpenAI Unveils Its New, More Powerful GPT-5.5 Model - The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/technology/openai-new-model.html]
 * (00:23:33) xAI Launches grok-voice-think-fast-1.0: Topping τ-voice Bench at 67.3%, Outperforming Gemini, GPT Realtime, and More - MarkTechPost [https://www.marktechpost.com/2026/04/25/xai-launches-grok-voice-think-fast-1-0-topping-%CF%84-voice-bench-at-67-3-outperforming-gemini-gpt-realtime-and-more/]
 * (00:29:00) Claude can now plug directly into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/919648/anthropic-claude-creative-connectors-adobe-blender]



 * Projects & Open Source
 * (00:29:38) China's DeepSeek releases preview of long-awaited V4 model as AI race intensifies [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/24/deepseek-v4-llm-preview-open-source-ai-competition-china.html]
 * (00:47:05) Tencent Unveils Hy3 preview; Model Enhances Agent Capabilities and Real-World Usability - Tencent 腾讯 [https://www.tencent.com/en-us/articles/2202320.html]
 * (00:50:14) ClawMark: A Living-World Benchmark for Multi-Turn, Multi-Day, Multimodal Coworker Agents [https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23781]



 * Applications & Business
 * (00:53:03) Google Plans to Invest Up to $40 Billion in Anthropic [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/google-plans-to-invest-up-to-40-billion-in-anthropic]
 * (00:56:26)

#243 - GPT 5.5, DeepSeek V4, AI safety sabotage

Our 242nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 04/22/2026

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

 * OpenAI released a new ChatGPT image model that excels at accurate text and screenshot-like generations, suggesting a transformer-style approach aligned with agentic “computer use” ambitions.
 * Chinese model activity accelerated with Alibaba’s Qwen 3.6 Max Preview moving to an API-only offering, plus open releases from Moonshot AI (Kimi K2.6, a 1T-parameter MoE) and Minimax (Minimax M 2.7) showing strong benchmark results.
 * Google expanded Deep Research with a “Max” option built on Gemini 3.1 Pro and MCP support for accessing proprietary data, while Mozilla reported using Anthropic’s Claude to find and fix 271 Firefox bugs.
 * Business and policy updates include a reported SpaceX–Cursor deal with a $60B buy option, Cerebras filing for an IPO, Amazon adding $5B to Anthropic alongside a $100B AWS spending pledge, and platform responses to synthetic media like AI music spam and YouTube deepfake takedown requests.



Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * (00:01:05) News Preview
 * (00:01:41) Sponsors
 * (00:04:41) Response to listener comments



 * Tools & Apps
 * (00:09:40) ChatGPT's new Images 2.0 model is surprisingly good at generating text | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/chatgpts-new-images-2-0-model-is-surprisingly-good-at-generating-text/]
 * (00:16:02) Alibaba Drops Qwen 3.6 Max Preview—Its Most Powerful Model Yet - Decrypt [https://decrypt.co/364948/alibaba-qwen-3-6-max-preview-most-powerful-model]
 * (00:19:26) Google launches Deep Research and Deep Research Max agents to automate complex research [https://the-decoder.com/google-launches-deep-research-and-deep-research-max-agents-to-automate-complex-research/]
 * (00:25:00) Mozilla Used Anthropic’s Mythos to Find and Fix 271 Bugs in Firefox | WIRED [https://www.wired.com/story/mozilla-used-anthropics-mythos-to-find-271-bugs-in-firefox/]
 * (00:28:35) Ordering with the Starbucks ChatGPT app was a true coffee nightmare | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/915821/starbucks-chatgpt-app-testing]



 * Applications & Business
 * (00:29:48) SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60B | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/spacex-is-working-with-cursor-and-has-an-option-to-buy-the-startup-for-60-billion/]
 * (00:34:11) AI chip startup Cerebras files for IPO | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/18/ai-chip-startup-cerebras-files-for-ipo/]
 * (00:38:23) Two startups want to replace how AI learns: one just raised $180M, another is seeking up to $1B [https://the-decoder.com/two-startups-want-to-replace-how-ai-learns-one-just-raised-180m-another-is-seeking-up-to-1b/]

#242 - ChatGPT Images 2.0, Qwen 3.6 Max, Kimi-K2.6

Our 241st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 04/18/2026

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

 * Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 with improved benchmark performance, new reasoning controls, better vision and memory, and a detailed system card discussing deception risk, evaluation-awareness steering, and a training bug that accidentally supervised chain-of-thought in 7–8% of episodes.
 * Meta unveiled its closed Muse Spark model and “contemplating mode,” highlighting test-time scaling, thought compression, large infrastructure plans like the Hyperion data center, and findings that it shows unusually high evaluation awareness.
 * OpenAI introduced limited-access GPT 5.4 Cyber for defensive security teams and rolled major Codex updates including computer use, browser and plugins, image generation, and long-horizon task scheduling; competing agent products also launched from Anthropic, Canva, and Adobe.
 * Business, policy, and safety news included continued government blacklisting litigation affecting Anthropic, CoreWeave compute deals, Perplexity revenue growth tied to agents, a potential Cohere–Aleph Alpha merger, attacks targeting Sam Altman and OpenAI, AI propaganda trends, and new alignment research on automated weak-to-strong supervision and steering evaluation awareness.



Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * (00:03:43) News Preview
 * (00:04:14) Response to listener comments



 * Tools & Apps
 * (00:05:30) Anthropic releases Claude Opus 4.7, narrowly retaking lead for most powerful generally available LLM | VentureBeat [https://venturebeat.com/technology/anthropic-releases-claude-opus-4-7-narrowly-retaking-lead-for-most-powerful-generally-available-llm]
 * (00:24:15) Meta debuts the Muse Spark model in a 'ground-up overhaul' of its AI | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/meta-debuts-the-muse-spark-model-in-a-ground-up-overhaul-of-its-ai/]
 * (00:34:23) OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4-Cyber with Expanded Access for Security Teams [https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/openai-launches-gpt-54-cyber-with.html]
 * (00:39:44) OpenAI’s big Codex update is a direct shot at Claude Code | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/913034/openai-codex-updates-use-macos]
 * (00:42:10) Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/17/anthropic-launches-claude-design-a-new-product-for-creating-quick-visuals/]
 * (00:42:30) Anthropic’s New Product Aims to Handle the Hard Part of Building AI Agents | WIRED [https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-launches-claude-managed-agents/]
 * (00:42:54) Canva’s AI 2.0 update goes all in on prompt-powered design tools | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/tech/913068/canva-ai-2-update-prompt-based-editing-availability]
 * (00:43:06)

#241 - Opus 4.7, Muse Spark, GPT-5.4-Cyber, HY-World 2.0

Our 240th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 04/08/2026 (sorry I keep releasing stuff late, will get better with it soon!)

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

 * Anthropic launched Project Glasswing and previewed Claude Mythos, a general-purpose model withheld from broad release due to dramatically stronger autonomous offensive cybersecurity performance (including zero-day discovery), alongside concerning bio/virology uplift results and documented deception/containment-escape behaviors; pricing is far higher than Opus and most discovered vulnerabilities remain unpatched.
 * Product and platform updates included Google’s Gemini 3.1 Flash Live for real-time multilingual voice conversation, Suno v5.5 personalization features, Anthropic tightening Claude Code/OpenClaw access and usage limits, OpenAI canceling an “adult mode,” and Microsoft releasing MAI models for speech-to-text, audio generation, and image generation.
 * Business and market developments featured Anthropic’s revenue run rate surpassing $30B and a major Google/Broadcom TPU compute expansion, SoftBank taking a $40B short-term loan to fund OpenAI commitments, Granola reaching a $1.5B valuation, Anthropic buying Coefficient Bio for $400M, and OpenAI acquiring the TBPN business talk show.
 * Policy, open-source, and geopolitics included Z.ai releasing open-weight GLM 5.1 and a multimodal GLM model, Google open-sourcing Gemma 4 under Apache 2.0, a judge blocking the Pentagon’s “supply chain risk” label against Anthropic, research on LLM “emotion vectors” and OpenAI meta-gaming during RL, China restricting Manus founders amid Meta deal review, scrutiny of Nvidia’s chip-smuggling claims, China chipmakers gaining market share, and Iran framing cloud data centers as military targets.



Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * Tools & Apps
 * (00:01:58) Anthropic debuts ‘Project Glasswing’ and new AI model for cybersecurity | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/908114/anthropic-project-glasswing-cybersecurity]
 * (00:18:22) Gemini Live gets ‘biggest upgrade yet’ with Gemini 3.1 Flash Live [https://9to5google.com/2026/03/26/gemini-3-1-flash-live/]
 * (00:20:40) Anthropic says Claude Code subscribers will need to pay extra for OpenClaw usage | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/04/anthropic-says-claude-code-subscribers-will-need-to-pay-extra-for-openclaw-support/]
 * (00:25:36) OpenAI abandons yet another side quest: ChatGPT's erotic mode | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/26/openai-abandons-yet-another-side-quest-chatgpts-erotic-mode/]
 * (00:26:16) Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/02/microsoft-takes-on-ai-rivals-with-three-new-foundational-models/]
 * (00:31:25) Suno leans into customization with v5.5 | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/903056/suno-ai-music-v5-5-model]
 * Application

#240 - Project Glasswing, Claude Mythos, GLM-5.1, emotion concepts

Our 239th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

FYI: this one has pretty out of date news, I was traveling last week and failed to upload... apologies.

Recorded on 03/25/2026

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

 * OpenAI is discontinuing the Sora iPhone app and seemingly shutting down its video generation API, while retaining internal video world-modeling work; the move is framed as a compute- and focus-driven pivot toward coding and productivity agents, alongside a collapsed Disney Sora deal.
 * Anthropic’s Claude Code/Cowork gains full computer control via keyboard/mouse/display, tied to the recent Cept acquisition, and Google’s Gemini rolls out background “task automation” on select phones for limited delivery/ride-share use.
 * Cursor releases the cheaper, benchmark-strong Composer 2 coding model amid controversy over its Kimi-based origins and licensing attribution.
 * Other items include Adobe Firefly custom model training, Luma’s Uni 1 image model, US contracting and legislative proposals affecting AI safeguards and state preemption, major chip/memory developments (Meta ASICs with Broadcom, Micron’s HBM-driven surge, Musk’s “Terra Fab”), robotaxi scaling, and research on monitoring agent misalignment, shutdown resistance, “consciousness cluster” preferences, and self-improving “hyper agents.”



Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * Tools & Apps
 * (00:01:48) OpenAI Discontinues Sora App, Shuts Down Video Generation Service and API - Bloomberg [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-24/openai-plans-to-discontinue-support-for-sora-ai-video-generator]
 * (00:07:12) Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cowork can control your computer | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/899430/anthropic-claude-code-cowork-ai-control-computer]
 * (00:13:15) Gemini task automation is slow, clunky, and super impressive | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/tech/898282/gemini-task-automation-uber-doordash-hands-on]
 * (00:19:44) Cursor Launches Composer 2 AI Model to Challenge OpenAI & Anthropic [https://mlq.ai/news/cursor-launches-composer-2-ai-model-to-challenge-openai-anthropic/]
 * (00:28:28) Adobe’s AI image generator can now be trained on your own art | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/tech/897243/adobe-firefly-ai-custom-models-image-public-beta]
 * (00:29:40) Luma AI launches Uni-1, a model that outscores Google and OpenAI while costing up to 30 percent less | VentureBeat [https://venturebeat.com/technology/luma-ai-launches-uni-1-a-model-that-outscores-google-and-openai-while]
 * Applications & Business
 * (00:32:41) Trump Contracting Clause Would Override AI Safeguards [https://www.levernews.com/trump-contracting-clause-would-override-ai-safeguards/]
 * (00:40:00)

#239 - RIP Sora, Claude Openclaw, HyperAgents

Our 238th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 03/18/2026

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

* OpenAI released GPT-5.4 mini and nano with 400k-token context windows, higher per-token prices but claimed token-efficiency gains in Codex; nano is API-only and pitched for high-volume classification/data extraction despite a major price increase.

* Mistral open-sourced the Small 4 model family (MoE, 119B total/6B active) combining reasoning, multimodal, and coding-agent capabilities, and announced Forge to help businesses train or post-train custom models.

* Agent “operating system” competition intensified with Meta’s acquired Manus launching a local Mac agent, Nvidia announcing NeMo/“Open Shell” sandboxed agent runtime, and Nvidia also unveiling DLSS 5 plus major hardware forecasts including Groq LPU integration.

* Business and safety updates included OpenAI shifting focus toward productivity/enterprise amid competition, Microsoft reorganizing Copilot and frontier-model efforts, Meta delaying its next model, China-linked ByteDance deploying large Nvidia clusters abroad, and new safety work on steganography, chain-of-thought faithfulness, fine-tuning defenses, cyber-attack evals, and constitution/spec compliance.

A thank you to our current sponsors:

 * Box - visit Box.com/AI to learn more
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Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * (00:01:56) News Preview
 * Tools & Apps
 * (00:02:39) OpenAI ships GPT-5.4 mini and nano, faster and more capable but up to 4x pricier [https://the-decoder.com/openai-ships-gpt-5-4-mini-and-nano-faster-and-more-capable-but-up-to-4x-pricier/]
 * (00:08:04) Mistral's new Small 4 model punches above its weight with 128 expert modules [https://the-decoder.com/mistrals-new-small-4-model-punches-above-its-weight-with-128-expert-modules/]
 * (00:14:03) Meta's Manus launches 'My Computer' to turn your Mac into an AI agent - 9to5Mac [https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/17/metas-manus-launches-my-computer-to-turn-your-mac-into-an-ai-agent/]
 * (00:17:57) NVIDIA Announces NemoClaw for the OpenClaw Community | NVIDIA Newsroom [https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-nemoclaw] + Nvidia boosts knowledge work with Open Agent Development Platform [https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/ai-agents]
 * (00:24:09) DLSS 5 looks like a real-time generative AI filter for video games | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/news/895472/nvidia-dlss5-generative-ai-pc-graphics]
 * (00:26:36)

#238 - GPT 5.4 mini, OpenAI Pivot, Mamba 3, Attention Residuals

Our 237th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 03/13/2026

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov [https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov] and Jeremie Harris [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremieharris/]

Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/

In this episode:

* Perplexity announced “Personal Computer,” a local Mac-based AI agent positioned as a safer alternative to OpenAI’s computer-use agents, while Anthropic added GitHub PR code review pricing reviews at $15–$25 and Cursor launched trigger-based “Automations” for always-on coding agents.

* ChatGPT introduced interactive math/science visuals and Anthropic added in-chat interactive charts/diagrams; Nvidia released open weights for its 120B-parameter Natron Free Super hybrid Transformer–Mamba latent-MoE model trained natively at 4-bit for Blackwell GPUs.

* Nvidia halted H200 production for China amid customs blocks and domestic chip pressure; xAI saw major co-founder departures; Anthropic previewed a Claude Marketplace for enterprise procurement; Yann LeCun’s aMI raised $1.3B; humanoid robot maker Sanctuary reached a $1.15B valuation.

* Anthropic sued the Pentagon over a “supply chain risk” designation as memos ordered removal within 180 days; research covered models resisting activation steering, limits of chain-of-thought control, inference-scaling boosting cyber-task success, low-probability risky actions, weaknesses in SWE-bench, multimodal pretraining, long-context RNN memory caching, context-parallel training efficiency, RL for CUDA kernel optimization, and latent introspection detecting concept injection.



A thank you to our current sponsors:

 * Box - visit Box.com/AI to learn more
 * ODSC AI - go to odsc.ai/east [http://odsc.ai/east] and use promo code LWAI for an additional 15% off your pass to ODSC AI East 2026.
 * Factor - head to factormeals.com/lwai50off [http://factormeals.com/lwai50off] and use code lwai50off to get 50 percent off and free breakfast for a year



Timestamps:

 * (00:00:10) Intro / Banter
 * (00:01:23) Response to listener comments
 * Tools & Apps
 * (00:02:06) Perplexity’s Personal Computer turns your spare Mac into an AI agent | The Verge [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/893536/perplexitys-personal-computer-turns-your-spare-mac-into-an-ai-agent]
 * (00:04:22) Anthropic launches code review tool to check flood of AI-generated code | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/09/anthropic-launches-code-review-tool-to-check-flood-of-ai-generated-code/]
 * (00:08:08 ) Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/cursor-is-rolling-out-a-new-system-for-agentic-coding/]
 * (00:11:14) ChatGPT can now create interactive visuals to help you understand math and science concepts | TechCrunch [https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/10/chatgpt-can-now-create-interactive-visuals-to-help-you-understand-math-and-science-concepts/]
 * (00:11:56)

#237 - Nemotron 3 Super, xAI reborn, Anthropic Lawsuit, Research!!!

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