Our 208th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 05/02/2025

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In this episode:

OpenAI showcases new integration capabilities in their API, enhancing the performance of LLMs and image generators with updated functionalities and improved user interfaces.
Analysis of OpenAI's preparedness framework reveals updates focusing on biological and chemical risks, cybersecurity, and AI self-improvement, while tone down the emphasis on persuasion capabilities.
Anthropic's research highlights potential security vulnerabilities in AI models, demonstrating various malicious use cases such as influence operations and hacking tool creation.
A detailed examination of AI competition between the US and China reveals China's impending capability to match the US in AI advancement this year, emphasizing the impact of export controls and the importance of geopolitical strategy.

Timestamps + Links:

Tools & Apps

Applications & Business:

(00:28:41) Thinking Machines Lab CEO Has Unusual Control in Andreessen-Led Deal
(00:33:36) Chip war heats up: Huawei 910C emerges as China’s answer to US export bans
(00:34:21) Huawei to Test New AI Chip
(00:40:17) ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent stockpile billions worth of Nvidia chips
(00:43:59) Speculation mounts that Musk will raise tens of billions for AI supercomputer with 1 million GPUs: Report

Projects & Open Source:

(00:47:14) Alibaba unveils Qwen 3, a family of ‘hybrid’ AI reasoning models
(00:54:14) Intellect-2
(01:02:07) BitNet b1.58 2B4T Technical Report
(01:05:33) Meta AI Introduces Perception Encoder: A Large-Scale Vision Encoder that Excels Across Several Vision Tasks for Images and Video

Research & Advancements:

Policy & Safety:

#208 - Claude Integrations, ChatGPT Sycophancy, Leaderboard Cheats

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