#222 - Sora 2, Sonnet 4.5, Vibes, Thinking Machines | Last Week in AI

In this episode of Last Week in AI, Andrey Kurenkov and guest co-host Jon Krohn discuss the latest AI news, including OpenAI's Sora 2 and its new iOS app, Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Code 2.0 releases, Meta's Vibes video platform, and OpenAI's ChatGPT Pulse. They also cover OpenAI's safety routing system, Google's Gemini 2.5 Flash updates, Microsoft's AI agents for Office 365, and OpenAI's agentic shopping system. Additionally, they touch on Thinking Machines Lab's new product, OpenAI's valuation, Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, and Periodic Labs' seed funding. The episode further explores new benchmarks like SWE Bench Pro, mechanistic interoperability work, and empirical evaluations of reasoning and financial models, as well as California's AI transparency laws and Spotify's struggles with AI-generated content.

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#222 - Sora 2, Sonnet 4.5, Vibes, Thinking Machines

Last Week in AI

Introduction to the Podcast and Guest Host

OpenAI Sora 2: Text-to-Video Model and Social Media App

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Code 2.0

Claude Code Updates and Agentic AI

Meta's Vibes, OpenAI's ChatGPT Pulse, and AI Slop

ChatGPT Pulse, Data Privacy, and AI Business Models

OpenAI Safety Routing, Gemini 2.5 Flashlight, and Model Efficiency

The Megatrend of Model Efficiency and Microsoft's AI Agents

OpenAI's Agentic Shopping System and Thinking Machines Lab's Tynker

OpenAI's Valuation, Elon Musk's Lawsuit, and the OpenAI Movie

Periodic Labs and SWE Bench Pro

Mechanistic Interoperability Work

Effective Reasoning in Language Models

Financial Reasoning and Short Window Attention

Attention Windows and AI Safety

California AI Transparency Act and Character.ai

Spotify and AI Slop

#222 - Sora 2, Sonnet 4.5, Vibes, Thinking Machines

Last Week in AI

00:11Introduction to the Podcast and Guest Host

Introduction to the Podcast and Guest Host

04:53OpenAI Sora 2: Text-to-Video Model and Social Media App

OpenAI Sora 2: Text-to-Video Model and Social Media App

11:35Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Code 2.0

Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Claude Code 2.0

17:36Claude Code Updates and Agentic AI

Claude Code Updates and Agentic AI

22:27Meta's Vibes, OpenAI's ChatGPT Pulse, and AI Slop

Meta's Vibes, OpenAI's ChatGPT Pulse, and AI Slop

27:07ChatGPT Pulse, Data Privacy, and AI Business Models

ChatGPT Pulse, Data Privacy, and AI Business Models

33:36OpenAI Safety Routing, Gemini 2.5 Flashlight, and Model Efficiency

OpenAI Safety Routing, Gemini 2.5 Flashlight, and Model Efficiency

37:23The Megatrend of Model Efficiency and Microsoft's AI Agents

The Megatrend of Model Efficiency and Microsoft's AI Agents

42:46OpenAI's Agentic Shopping System and Thinking Machines Lab's Tynker

OpenAI's Agentic Shopping System and Thinking Machines Lab's Tynker

49:54OpenAI's Valuation, Elon Musk's Lawsuit, and the OpenAI Movie

OpenAI's Valuation, Elon Musk's Lawsuit, and the OpenAI Movie

55:43Periodic Labs and SWE Bench Pro

Periodic Labs and SWE Bench Pro

1:01:01Mechanistic Interoperability Work

Mechanistic Interoperability Work

1:05:20Effective Reasoning in Language Models

Effective Reasoning in Language Models

1:09:37Financial Reasoning and Short Window Attention

Financial Reasoning and Short Window Attention

1:15:28Attention Windows and AI Safety

Attention Windows and AI Safety

1:21:21California AI Transparency Act and Character.ai

California AI Transparency Act and Character.ai

1:28:45Spotify and AI Slop

Spotify and AI Slop