EP 498: Meta drops Llama 4, Microsoft Copilot levels up its AI game, GPT-5 roadmap hits snag and more AI News That Matters | Everyday AI Podcast – An AI and ChatGPT Podcast | Podwise
This episode explores the rapid advancements in AI development during a single week, highlighting significant releases and updates from major tech companies. Against the backdrop of multiple trillion-dollar companies releasing updated AI models and features, the podcast delves into specific examples such as Microsoft's Copilot update, incorporating memory, personalization, and web-based actions. More significantly, the release of Midjourney V7, featuring voice input and faster draft mode, is analyzed, along with its strengths and weaknesses compared to other AI image generators. The discussion then pivots to OpenAI's updates, including the delayed GPT-5 and the release of new O-series models, alongside the surprising news that GPT-4.5 has seemingly passed the Turing test, raising concerns about potential societal impacts. Finally, the podcast covers Amazon's Nova Act, an AI toolkit for autonomous web agents, and Meta's unveiling of Llama 4, a multi-modal open-source large language model with a 10-million token context window, showcasing the intense competition and innovation in the AI agent space. What this means for the future of AI is a landscape of increasingly sophisticated models with enhanced capabilities, raising both exciting possibilities and ethical considerations.
