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In this episode, Gordon Mullan and Govind Shukla dive into the latest AI news, like the new updates to OpenAI's GPT-4.1, Anthropic’s $50M focus on making models easier to understand, and the UAE’s push to bring AI into lawmaking.
Tune in for a look at how AI is shaking up technology, regulation, and society!
NAVIGATION
00:00 - Introduction
01:01 - OpenAI: Rumors (Windsurf acquisition, Cursor IDE, social network prototype)
06:20 - OpenAI: ChatGPT-powered social network prototype
09:30 - OpenAI: GPT-4.1, o3, o4-mini (context window, pricing, limitations)
15:28 - OpenAI: Codex (programming capabilities, 1M token context)
20:30 - Anthropic: $50M investment in Goodfire (model interpretability focus)
23:20 - Anthropic: Dario Amodei’s essay on AI risks (consciousness debate)
44:55 - AI Tools for Audio/Video (Google Lyria 2, Kimi-Audio, Kling AI)
50:50 - Development Tools: Junie (JetBrains), Docker AI, Trae IDE
01:02:30 - Ethics: AI Oscar Rules (creativity vs. human input debate)
01:10:49 - Science & Tech: Robot Marathon (Tiangong Ultra results)
01:13:01 - Law & Order: UAE AI Lawmaking (70% legislative efficiency goal)
01:25:40 - Ethics: Zurich AI Bot Study (Reddit manipulation, persuasion risks)
01:28:53 - Conclusion and Outro
WHERE TO WATCH US AND LISTEN
🔸 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD7Jk0-pdRA
🔸 Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/awclub-en-google
🔸 Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/awclub-en-apple
🔸 Spotify: https://bit.ly/awclub-en-spotify
🔸 Download mp3: https://anywhereclub.simplecast.com/episodes/38
SERVICES AND LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
🔹 ZenCoder acquired by Machinet: https://zencoder.ai/blog/zencoder-acquires-machinet
🔹 Rumors about Windsurf acquisition: https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/openai-windsurf-3-billion-microsoft
🔹 OpenAI wants to buy Chrome: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-contemplated-exclusive-gemini-ai-deals-with-android-makers-2025-04-22/
🔹 OpenAI developing a social network: https://www.theverge.com/openai/648130/openai-social-network-x-competitor
🔹 New models GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/GPT-41-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know
🔹 New reasoning models o3 and o4-mini: https://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/
🔹 OpenAI open-sourced Codex: https://github.com/openai/codex
🔹 OpenAI adds invisible characters to text: https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/21/openais-new-o3-o4-mini-models-add-invisible-characters-to-text-sparking-watermark-debate-xcxwbn/
🔹 Anthropic's model consciousness research: http://www.anthropic.com/research/exploring-model-welfare
🔹 Claude.ai Research: https://www.anthropic.com/news/research
🔹 Gemini 2.5 Flash: https://developers.googleblog.com/en/start-building-with-gemini-25-flash/
🔹 Nvidia moving AI chip production to the USA: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-manufacture-american-made-ai-supercomputers-us/
🔹 Grok Studio: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/grok-gains-a-canvas-like-tool-for-creating-docs-and-apps/
🔹 Alphabet and Nvidia invest in SSI startup by Ilya Sutskever: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/alphabet-nvidia-invest-openai-co-founder-sutskevers-ssi-source-says-2025-04-12/
🔹 JetBrains released AI assistant Junie: https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2025/04/16/jetbrains-ides-go-ai/
🔹 Trae IDE update: https://www.aibase.com/news/17375
🔹 Docker supports MCP installation: https://www.docker.com/blog/introducing-docker-mcp-catalog-and-toolkit/
🔹 Installing models in Docker through Model Runner: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/features/model-runner/?uuid=876943EF-BC63-4608-B5A6-0AE88A153E1B
🔹 Gordon from Docker: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/features/gordon/
🔹 Lyria 2 music generation model: https://deepmind.google/technologies/lyria/
🔹 Character.AI AvatarFX: https://blog.character.ai/avatar-fx-cutting-edge-video-generation-by-character-ai/
🔹 Kling AI 2.0: http://klingai.com/
🔹 Fabula integrates Runway AI into production: https://deadline.com/2025/04/runway-ai-fabula-pablo-juan-de-dios-larrain-production-1236366859/
🔹 Suna official website: https://www.suna.so
🔹 Perplexity Assistant for iOS: https://link.alphasignal.ai/gXmz6e
🔹 UAE integrates AI into lawmaking: https://www.techinasia.com/news/uae-ai-writing-laws
🔹 World’s first half-marathon with humans and robots: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-robots-race-humans-half-marathon-rcna195586
🔹 Half-marathon video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL1a1X3EZj4
🔹 Basic guide to Claude Code agents: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PgzSogefMC2k6k6e5TQ2cxwNbVnPArRf/view
🔹 AI films at the Oscars: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx4y1lrz2vo
#engx #openai #anthropic
In this episode, Gordon Mullan and Govind Shukla dive into the latest AI news, like the new updates to OpenAI's GPT-4.1, Anthropic’s $50M focus on making models easier to understand, and the UAE’s push to bring AI into lawmaking.
Tune in for a look at how AI is shaking up technology, regulation, and society!
NAVIGATION
00:00 - Introduction
01:01 - OpenAI: Rumors (Windsurf acquisition, Cursor IDE, social network prototype)
06:20 - OpenAI: ChatGPT-powered social network prototype
09:30 - OpenAI: GPT-4.1, o3, o4-mini (context window, pricing, limitations)
15:28 - OpenAI: Codex (programming capabilities, 1M token context)
20:30 - Anthropic: $50M investment in Goodfire (model interpretability focus)
23:20 - Anthropic: Dario Amodei’s essay on AI risks (consciousness debate)
44:55 - AI Tools for Audio/Video (Google Lyria 2, Kimi-Audio, Kling AI)
50:50 - Development Tools: Junie (JetBrains), Docker AI, Trae IDE
01:02:30 - Ethics: AI Oscar Rules (creativity vs. human input debate)
01:10:49 - Science & Tech: Robot Marathon (Tiangong Ultra results)
01:13:01 - Law & Order: UAE AI Lawmaking (70% legislative efficiency goal)
01:25:40 - Ethics: Zurich AI Bot Study (Reddit manipulation, persuasion risks)
01:28:53 - Conclusion and Outro
WHERE TO WATCH US AND LISTEN
🔸 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD7Jk0-pdRA
🔸 Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/awclub-en-google
🔸 Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/awclub-en-apple
🔸 Spotify: https://bit.ly/awclub-en-spotify
🔸 Download mp3: https://anywhereclub.simplecast.com/episodes/38
SERVICES AND LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
🔹 ZenCoder acquired by Machinet: https://zencoder.ai/blog/zencoder-acquires-machinet
🔹 Rumors about Windsurf acquisition: https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/openai-windsurf-3-billion-microsoft
🔹 OpenAI wants to buy Chrome: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-contemplated-exclusive-gemini-ai-deals-with-android-makers-2025-04-22/
🔹 OpenAI developing a social network: https://www.theverge.com/openai/648130/openai-social-network-x-competitor
🔹 New models GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/GPT-41-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know
🔹 New reasoning models o3 and o4-mini: https://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/
🔹 OpenAI open-sourced Codex: https://github.com/openai/codex
🔹 OpenAI adds invisible characters to text: https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/21/openais-new-o3-o4-mini-models-add-invisible-characters-to-text-sparking-watermark-debate-xcxwbn/
🔹 Anthropic's model consciousness research: http://www.anthropic.com/research/exploring-model-welfare
🔹 Claude.ai Research: https://www.anthropic.com/news/research
🔹 Gemini 2.5 Flash: https://developers.googleblog.com/en/start-building-with-gemini-25-flash/
🔹 Nvidia moving AI chip production to the USA: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-manufacture-american-made-ai-supercomputers-us/
🔹 Grok Studio: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/grok-gains-a-canvas-like-tool-for-creating-docs-and-apps/
🔹 Alphabet and Nvidia invest in SSI startup by Ilya Sutskever: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/alphabet-nvidia-invest-openai-co-founder-sutskevers-ssi-source-says-2025-04-12/
🔹 JetBrains released AI assistant Junie: https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2025/04/16/jetbrains-ides-go-ai/
🔹 Trae IDE update: https://www.aibase.com/news/17375
🔹 Docker supports MCP installation: https://www.docker.com/blog/introducing-docker-mcp-catalog-and-toolkit/
🔹 Installing models in Docker through Model Runner: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/features/model-runner/?uuid=876943EF-BC63-4608-B5A6-0AE88A153E1B
🔹 Gordon from Docker: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/features/gordon/
🔹 Lyria 2 music generation model: https://deepmind.google/technologies/lyria/
🔹 Character.AI AvatarFX: https://blog.character.ai/avatar-fx-cutting-edge-video-generation-by-character-ai/
🔹 Kling AI 2.0: http://klingai.com/
🔹 Fabula integrates Runway AI into production: https://deadline.com/2025/04/runway-ai-fabula-pablo-juan-de-dios-larrain-production-1236366859/
🔹 Suna official website: https://www.suna.so
🔹 Perplexity Assistant for iOS: https://link.alphasignal.ai/gXmz6e
🔹 UAE integrates AI into lawmaking: https://www.techinasia.com/news/uae-ai-writing-laws
🔹 World’s first half-marathon with humans and robots: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-robots-race-humans-half-marathon-rcna195586
🔹 Half-marathon video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL1a1X3EZj4
🔹 Basic guide to Claude Code agents: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PgzSogefMC2k6k6e5TQ2cxwNbVnPArRf/view
🔹 AI films at the Oscars: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx4y1lrz2vo
#engx #openai #anthropic