You might remember Maya decided her life had no value after the pod read AI 2027 a couple of months ago, which outlines a doomsday AI scenario where the human race goes extinct.After this week’s OpenAI GPT-5 launch, Maya has hope again. Sam Altman says GPT-5 is as smart as any PhD student, but the pod discusses why many people aren’t buying into the hype, especially since OpenAI’s own announcement had incorrect charts that GPT-5 generated. Although the model is still doing well on benchmarks.The hosts also discuss why OpenAI is choosing to go with a unified model for the first time, which means user queries will automatically be routed to a longer or shorter “thinking” model behind the scenes.They also discuss the gpt-oss release, which are open weight, something OpenAI hasn’t done in a while. The pod discusses the difference between open weight and open source, and why DeepSeek isn’t actually open source. Additionally, what an OpenAI open weight model means for the industry.Finally, they discuss if Joby would “Get the Check” after announcing it is acquiring Blade’s passenger business for $125M. Blade is keeping their medical organ transportation business and rebranding to Strata.Please like and subscribe so that one day the pod can afford to fly to the Hamptons via Joby.00:00 Intro01:52 OpenAI announces GPT-521:01 OpenAI releases gpt-oss which is open weight34:50 Joby Aviation acquires Blade’s passenger unit for $125M