This week our hosts, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput, unpack Sam Altman’s bold claims about the rapid pace of AI advancements, OpenAI’s latest moves in the world of reasoning models, and new safety measures from Anthropic, Google, and Meta to keep AI development in check. They also explore the California State University system's ambitious ChatGPT integration for 500,000 students and faculty, ByteDance's groundbreaking deepfake system, and the EU’s latest AI bans.

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Timestamps:

00:04:22 — Sam Altman on GPT-5

00:26:55 — The Anthropic Economic Index

00:33:31 — OpenAI and the CSU system bring AI to 500,000 students & faculty

00:41:40 — Gemini 2.0 

00:46:34 — Meta, Google, Anthropic Safety Measures

00:54:19 — Boom Times For ChatGPT

00:58:42 — Omni-Human1

01:02:13 — New EU AI Bans

01:08:25 — Figure and OpenAI Breakup

01:11:01 — Schulman Leaves Anthropic, Joins OpenAI Ex-CTO’s Company

01:12:46 — Sutskever’s startup to fundraise at $20B valuation

01:14:53 — New AI Case Studies from Google and Microsoft

01:17:18 — Listener Questions

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