#205 - Gemini 2.5, ChatGPT Image Gen, Thoughts of LLMs
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Exploring a New Complex Benchmark in AI Through Sudoku Variations
This chapter explores a new benchmark by Sakana AI dedicated to evaluating the performance of AI models on diverse Sudoku puzzles. It highlights the challenges these models face with intricate rule sets and the implications for AI reasoning capabilities.
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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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In this episode:
- OpenAI's new image generation capabilities represent significant advancements in AI tools, showcasing impressive benchmarks and multimodal functionalities.
- OpenAI is finalizing a historic $40 billion funding round led by SoftBank, and Sam Altman shifts focus to technical direction while COO Brad Lightcap takes on more operational responsibilities.,
- Anthropic unveils groundbreaking interpretability research, introducing cross-layer tracers and showcasing deep insights into model reasoning through applications on Claude 3.5.
- New challenging benchmarks such as ARC AGI 2 and complex Sudoku variations aim to push the boundaries of reasoning and problem-solving capabilities in AI models.
Timestamps + Links:
- (00:00:00) Intro / Banter
- (00:01:01) News Preview
- Tools & Apps
- (00:02:46) Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent AI model
- (00:08:41) OpenAI rolls out image generation powered by GPT-4o to ChatGPT
- (00:16:14) Ideogram presents version 3.0 of its AI image generation system
- (00:19:20) New Reve Image Generator Beats AI Art Heavyweights MidJourney and Flux at a Penny Per Image
- (00:21:56) Alibaba Releases Qwen2.5 Omni, Adds Voice and Video Modes to Qwen Chat
- (00:23:58) The official version of Tencent's Hunyuan Deep Thinking Model T1 is here, with fast articulation, instant responses, and a decoding speed increase of 2 times
- Applications & Business
- (00:25:45) OpenAI Close to Finalizing $40 Billion SoftBank-Led Funding
- (00:29:26) OpenAI reshuffles leadership as Sam Altman pivots to technical focus
- (00:33:23) Nvidia shows off Rubin Ultra with 600,000-Watt Kyber racks and infrastructure, coming in 2027
- (00:35:23) China's SiCarrier emerges as challenger to ASML, other chip tool titans
- (00:38:24) Pony.ai wins first permit for fully driverless taxi operation in the center of China’s Silicon Valley
- Projects & Open Source
- (00:40:27) A new, challenging AGI test stumps most AI models
- (00:45:16) Challenging the Boundaries of Reasoning: An Olympiad-Level Math Benchmark for Large Language Models
- (00:48:13) Wan: Open and Advanced Large-Scale Video Generative Models
- (00:50:38) DeepSeek V3-0324 tops non-reasoning AI models in open-source first
- (00:54:46) OpenAI adopts rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to data
- Research & Advancements
- (00:55:56) Anthropic can now track the bizarre inner workings of a large language model
- (01:06:00) Chain-of-Tools: Utilizing Massive Unseen Tools in the CoT Reasoning of Frozen Language Models
- (01:11:50) Inside-Out: Hidden Factual Knowledge in LLMs
- (01:15:14) Sakana AI super-powers AI reasoning using Japan’s own Sudoku Puzzles
- Policy & Safety
- (01:18:38) Senator Wiener Introduces Legislation to Protect AI Whistleblowers & Boost Responsible AI Development
- (01:21:50) NVIDIA & Other Tech Giants Demand Trump Administration To Reconsider “AI Diffusion” Policy Which Is Set To Be Effective By May 15
- (01:23:17) U.S. blacklists over 50 Chinese companies in bid to curb Beijing's AI, chip capabilities
- (01:26:44) Netflix’s Reed Hastings Gives $50 Million to Bowdoin for A.I. Program
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