#212 - o3 pro, Cursor 1.0, ProRL, Midjourney Sued
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AI and Voice Actors: Ethical Implications
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Our 212th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 06/13/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
- OpenAI introduces O3 PRO for ChatGPT, highlighting significant improvements in performance and cost-efficiency.
- Anthropic sees an influx of talent from OpenAI and DeepMind, with significantly higher retention rates and competitive advantages in AI capabilities.
- New research indicates that reinforcing negative responses in LLMs significantly improves performance across all metrics, highlighting novel approaches in reinforcement learning.
- A security flaw in Microsoft Copilot demonstrates the growing risk of AI agents being hacked, emphasizing the need for robust protection against zero-click attacks.
Timestamps + Links:
- (00:00:11) Intro / Banter
- (00:01:31) News Preview
- (00:02:46) Response to Listener Reviews
- Tools & Apps
- (00:04:48) OpenAI adds o3 Pro to ChatGPT and drops o3 price by 80 per cent, but open-source AI is delayed
- (00:09:10) Cursor AI editor hits 1.0 milestone, including BugBot and high-risk background agents
- (00:13:07) Mistral releases a pair of AI reasoning models
- (00:16:18) Elevenlabs' Eleven v3 lets AI voices whisper, laugh and express emotions naturally
- (00:19:00) ByteDance's Seedance 1.0 is trading blows with Google's Veo 3
- (00:22:42) Google Reveals $20 AI Pro Plan With Veo 3 Fast Video Generator For Budget Creators
- Applications & Business
- (00:25:42) OpenAI and DeepMind are losing engineers to Anthropic in a one-sided talent war
- (00:34:32) OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats
- (00:37:24) Nvidia’s Biggest Chinese Rival Huawei Struggles to Win at Home
- (00:43:06) Huawei Expected to Break Semiconductor Barriers with Development of High-End 3nm GAA Chips; Tape-Out by 2026
- (00:45:21) TSMC’s 1.4nm Process, Also Called Angstrom, Will Make Even The Most Lucrative Clients Think Twice When Placing Orders, With An Estimate Claiming That Each Wafer Will Cost $45,000
- (00:47:43) Mistral AI Launches Mistral Compute To Replace Cloud Providers from US, China
- Projects & Open Source
- Research & Advancements
- Policy & Safety
- (01:20:07) Large Language Models Often Know When They Are Being Evaluated
- (01:24:56) Beyond Induction Heads: In-Context Meta Learning Induces Multi-Phase Circuit Emergence
- (01:31:16) Exclusive: New Microsoft Copilot flaw signals broader risk of AI agents being hacked—‘I would be terrified’
- (01:35:01) Claude Gov Models for U.S. National Security Customers
- Synthetic Media & Art
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