Exploring the Excitement and Concerns of AI at New York Tech Week

Is open source winning the AI race? In episode 58 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Anthony Annunziata, Ash Minhas and Sarah Amos live from New York Tech Week. First, we dive into the various themes coming out of NY Tech Week, specifically practical uses of AI. Next, we analyze a couple of different reports about the impact of open source on AI. Finally, Claude 4 has some really weird behaviors. What does this teach us about AI safety and model development? All that and more on this week’s Mixture of Experts. 

00:01 -- Intro 

01:09 -- New York Tech Week 2025 

11:36 -- Open source AI reports 

31:33 -- Weird behaviors from Claude 4 

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