Last Week in AI
Weekly summaries and discussion about the most interesting developments in AI, deep learning, robotics, and more!
#208 - Claude Integrations, ChatGPT Sycophancy, Leaderboard Cheats
Our 208th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 05/02/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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OpenAI showcases new integration capabilities in their API, enhancing the performance of LLMs and image generators with updated functionalities and improved user i...#207 - GPT 4.1, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Ironwood, Claude Max
Our 207th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 04/14/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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OpenAI introduces GPT-4.1 with optimized coding and instruction-following capabilities, featuring variants like GPT-4.1 Mini and Nano, and a million-token context window. Concerns a...#206 - Llama 4, Nova Act, xAI buys X, PaperBench
Our 206th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 04/07/2025
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Meta releases LlAMA-4, a series of advanced large language models, s...#205 - Gemini 2.5, ChatGPT Image Gen, Thoughts of LLMs
Our 205th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 03/28/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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OpenAI's new image generation capabilities represent significant advancements in AI tools, showcasing impressive benchmarks and multimodal functionalities. OpenAI is finalizing a historic $40 b...#204 - OpenAI Audio, Rubin GPUs, MCP, Zochi
Our 204th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 03/21/2025
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Baidu launched two new multimodal models, Ernie 4.5 and Ernie X1, boasting competitive pricing and capabilities compared to Western counterparts like GPT-4.5 and D...#203 - Gemini Image Gen, Ascend 910C, Gemma 3, Gemini Robotics
Our 203rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 03/14/2025
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OpenAI's new 'deep research' feature has raised concerns about cybersecurity and the potential misuse of AI models for bio-weapons and autonomous capabilities, p...#202 - Qwen-32B, Anthropic's $3.5 billion, LLM Cognitive Behaviors
Our 202nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 03/07/2025
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Alibaba released Qwen-32B, their latest reasoning model, on par with leading models like DeepMindās R1. Anthropic raised $3.5 billion in a fun...#201 - GPT 4.5, Sonnet 3.7, Grok 3, Phi 4
Our 201st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 03/02/2025
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Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and guest host Sharon Zhou
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- The release of GPT-4.5 from OpenAI, Anthropic's Claude 3.7, and Grok 3 from XAI, comparing their features, costs, a...
#200 - ChatGPT Roadmap, Musk OpenAI Bid, Model Tampering
Our 200th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 02/14/2025
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OpenAI announces plans to unify their model offerings, moving away from multiple separate models (GPT-4, Claude, etc.) toward a single u...#199 - OpenAI's 03-mini, Gemini Thinking, Deep Research, s1
Our 199th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 02/09/2025
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In this episode:
- OpenAI's deep research feature capability launched, allowing models to generate detailed reports after prolonged inference periods, competing directly w...
#198 - DeepSeek R1 & Janus, Qwen2.5, OpenAI Agents
Our 198th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 01/31/2024
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In this episode:
- DeepSeek releases R1, a competitive AI model comparable to OpenAIās O1, leading to market unrest and significant dro...
AI Computing Hardware - Past, Present, and Future
A special one-off episode with a deep dive into the past, present, and future of how computer hardware makes AI possible.
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The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing the capabilities of artificial intelligence.In this episode:
Ā - Google and Mistral sign deals with AP and AFP, respectively, to deliver up-to-date news t...
#197 - AI in Gmail+Docs, MiniMax-01, Titans, Transformer^2
Our 197th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 01/17/2024
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Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and guest-hosted by the folks from Latent Space
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Ā - Google and Mistral sign d...
#196 - Nvidia Digits, Cosmos, PRIME, ICLR, InfAlign
Our 196th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news!
*and sometimes last last week'sĀ
Recorded on 01/10/2024
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The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to...#195 - OpenAI o3 & for-profit, DeepSeek-V3, Latent Space
Our 195th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news!
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Recorded on 01/04/2024
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Note: apologies for Andrey's slurred speech and the jumpy editing, will be back to normal next week!
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...#194 - Gemini Reasoning, Veo 2, Meta vs OpenAI, Fake Alignment
Our 194th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news!
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Recorded on 12/19/2024
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#193 - Sora release, Gemini 2, OpenAI's AGI Rule, US AI Czar
Our 193rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news!
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Note: this one was recorded on 12/13, so the news is a bit outdated... will get things back on track soon!
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The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators fr...#192 - ChatGPT Pro, Amazon Nova, GenFM, Llama 3.3, Genie 2
Our 192nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news!
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Note: this one was recorded on 12/04 , so the news is a bit outdated...
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The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to...#191 - Sora leak, Pixtral Large, OpenAI email archives
Our 191st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
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#190 - AI scaling struggles, OpenAI Agents, Super Weights
Our 190th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's* big AI news!
*and sometimes last last week's
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
Note from Andrey: this one is coming out a bit later than planned, apologies! Next one will be coming out sooner.
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The Generator - An interdisciplinary AI lab empowering i...#189 - Chat.com, FrontierMath, Relaxed Transformers, Trump & AI
Our 189th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
* OpenAI's acquisition of chat.com and internal shifts, including hardware lead hire and hardware model leaks, signal significant strategy pivots and challenges with model scaling and security.Ā
* Saudi Arabia plans a $100 billion AI in...
#188 - ChatGPT+Search, OpenAI+AMD, SimpleQA, Ļ0
Our 188th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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* Meta's open-source models utilized by China's m...
#187 - Anthropic Agents, Mochi1, 3.4B data center, OpenAI's FAST image gen
Our 187th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news, now with Jeremie co-hosting once again!
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(00:00:00) Intro / B...#186 - Adobe AI Tools, Tesla's Cybercab, Nobel Prizes
Our 186th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and guest host Jon Krohn from the SuperDataScience Podcast.
Check out Jonās upcoming agent-focused event here - AI Catalyst: Agentic Artificial Intelligence
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#185 - Movie Gen, ChatGPT Canvas, OpenAI's VC Round, SB 1047 Vetoed
Our 185th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and guest host Gavin Purcell from the AI for Humans podcast.
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In this episode:
Meta's MovieGen introduces innovative features in AI video generation, alongside O...#184 - OpenAI's Voice 2.0 + execs quitting, Llama 3.2, To CoT or not to CoT?
Our 184th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and guest host Jon Krohn.
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In this episode:
OpenAI, Meta, and Google are enhancing their AI assistants with advanced voice modes, while Meta released L...#183 - OpenAI o1, Adobe vid gen, Reflection 70B, DeepMind AlphaProteo
Our 183rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
Note: once again, apologies from Andrey on this one coming out late. Starting with the next one we should be back to a regular(ish) release schedule.
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# 182 - Alexa 2.0, MiniMax, Surskever raises $1B, SB 1047 approved
Our 182nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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#181 - Google Chatbots, Cerebras vs Nvidia, AI Doom, ElevenLabs Controversy
Our 181st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris
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In this episode:
- Google's AI advancements with Gemini 1.5 models and AI-generated avatars, along with Samsung's lithography progress.Ā
#180 - Ideogram v2, Imagen 3, AI in 2030, Agent Q, SB 1047
Our 180th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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<...#179 - Grok 2, Gemini Live, Flux, FalconMamba, AI Scientist
Our 179th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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<...#178 - More Not-Acquihires, More OpenAI drama, More LLM Scaling Talk
Our 178th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
NOTE: this is a re-upload with fixed audio, my bad on the last one! - Andrey
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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If you...
#178 - More Not-Acquihires, More OpenAI drama, More LLM Scaling Talk
Our 175th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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In this episode:
- Notable personnel movements and product updates, such as Character.ai leaders joining Google and new AI features in Reddit and Audible.
- OpenAI's dramatic changes with co-founder exits, extended...
#177 - Instagram AI Bots, Noam Shazeer -> Google, FLUX.1, SAM2
Our 177th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With guest co-host Jon Krohn from the super data science podcast (https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast)!
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In this episode, hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jon Krohn dive into significant updates and discussions in the...
#176 - BIG WEEK for OSS! SearchGPT, Lamma 3.1 405B, Mistral Large 2
Our 176th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
NOTE: apologies for this episode coming out about a week late, things got in the way of editing it...
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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#175 - GPT-4o Mini, OpenAI's Strawberry, Mixture of A Million Experts
Our 175th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
In this episode of Last Week in AI, hosts Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremy Harris explore recent AI advancements including OpenAI's release of GPT 4.0 Mini and Mistralās open-source models, covering their impacts on affordability and performance. They delve into enterprise tools for compliance, text-to-video models like Hyper 1.5, and YouTube Music enhancements. The conversation further addresses AI research topics such as the benefits of numerous small expert mo...#174 - Odyssey Text-to-Video, Groq LLM Engine, OpenAI Security Issues
Our 174rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
In this episode of Last Week in AI, we delve into the latest advancements and challenges in the AI industry, highlighting new features from Figma and Quora, regulatory pressures on OpenAI, and significant investments in AI infrastructure. Key topics include AMD's acquisition of Silo AI, Elon Musk's GPU cluster plans for XAI, unique AI model training methods, and the nuances of AI copying and memory...
#173 - Gemini Pro, Llama 400B, Gen-3 Alpha, Moshi, Supreme Court
Our 173rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
With hosts Andrey Kurenkov (https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris (https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris)
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In this episode of Last W...#172 - Claude and Gemini updates, Gemma 2, GPT-4 Critic
Our 172nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
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(00:00:00) Intro / Banter Tools & Apps (00:03:02) Anthropic Debuts Collaboration Tools for Claude AI Assistant (00:08:32) G...#171 - Apple Intelligence, Dream Machine, SSI Inc
Our 171st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
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(00:00:00) Intro / Banter Tools & Apps(00:03:13) Apple Intelligence: every new AI feature coming to the iPhone and Mac (00:10:03) āWe donāt need Sora...
