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The Neuron covers the latest AI developments, trends and research, hosted by Pete Huang. Digestible, informative and authoritative takes on AI that get you up to speed and help you become an authority in your own circles. Available on all podcasting platforms and YouTube.

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The Neuron: AI Explained episodes:

06.11.2024
Apple’s AI Announcements, Apple Intelligence, The Real Personal AI Assistant
After a long wait, Apple is finally in the game with AI. They’re launching Apple Intelligence with MacOS Sequoia and iOS 18. Pete breaks down some top features and how our devices will change moving forward. Transcripts: ⁠https://www.theneuron.ai/podcast⁠ Subscribe to the best...
06.08.2024
US Government Cranks Up the Heat, FTC vs. Big Tech, Microsoft’s Inflection Deal
The US government is opening up antitrust inquiries into the likes of Nvidia, OpenAI and Microsoft. Who's leading the charge, and what could they be looking at? Transcripts: ⁠https://www.theneuron.ai/podcast⁠ Subscribe to the best newsletter on AI: ⁠https://theneurondaily.com ⁠Listen to The Neuron: https://lnk.to/theneuron Watch The...
06.06.2024
“Artificial General Intelligence Is Coming”, Ex-OpenAI Leopold Aschenbrenner, Situational Awareness
Former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner has released a series of essays talking about how he sees AI playing out and what we should all do about it. Pete digs into his extremely impressive background and his arguments around why we’re...
06.04.2024
Nvidia is Taking Over, Data Centers and Intelligence Factories
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has announced their next line of products called Rubin as Nvidia races to build what he calls “intelligence factories”. Pete breaks down the big picture and what it all means for us. Transcripts: ⁠https://www.theneuron.ai/podcast⁠ Subscribe to the best...
05.23.2024
Anthropic’s “Brain Surgery” Research, Clarity into Black Boxes, What’s Next
Anthropic did something no other AI lab has done: cracked the code on what’s happening while an AI model is working. Pete breaks down the latest research and what it means for steering AI models. Transcripts: ⁠https://www.theneuron.ai/podcast⁠ Subscribe to the best newsletter...
05.21.2024
Secret Microsoft Launch Event, Microsoft Copilot+ PCs, Eyes on Apple
Microsoft’s launch event for Copilot+ PCs was only available to press and content creators. Pete’s taking you through the launch, what stands out and what to look for next. Transcripts: ⁠https://www.theneuron.ai/podcast⁠ Subscribe to the best newsletter on AI: ⁠https://theneurondaily.com⁠ Listen to The Neuron:...
05.18.2024
Political Battles at OpenAI, Safety vs. Capability in AI, Superalignment’s Death
OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever and Head of Alignment Jan Leike have left the company, with the latter citing concerns around OpenAI’s approach to building safe AI systems. Pete gives you the 101 on the debate at hand, the history...
05.16.2024
Google I/O 2024 Launches, Unpacking Google vs. OpenAI, Project Astra
Google I/O 2024 was a laundry list of AI launches, with Google trying their best to position themselves as the leading company in AI. Pete breaks down the key parts of their long keynotes and how to understand Google’s approach...
05.14.2024
OpenAI Drops GPT-4 Omni, New ChatGPT Free Plan, New ChatGPT Desktop App
In a surprise launch, OpenAI dropped GPT-4 Omni, their new leading model. They also made a bunch of paid features in ChatGPT free and announced a new desktop app. Pete breaks down what you should know and what this says...
05.11.2024
OpenAI's New Model Spec, Gen Z Loves AI Customer Support, OpenAI's Media Deals Revealed
OpenAI releases its Model Spec, which tries to define how AI models should behave. Some highlights and examples, along with some more existential questions. Next, you know what Gen Z ought to really love about AI? Customer support. The patterns in...
05.09.2024
AI Hospital Simulation Produces AI Doctors!?
Researchers designed AI agents that simulated doctors and patients, and they found surprisingly good results from the experiment. Pete breaks down how we got here and what it all means. Transcripts: ⁠https://www.theneuron.ai/podcast⁠ Subscribe to the best newsletter on AI: ⁠https://theneurondaily.com⁠ Watch The Neuron...
05.07.2024
OpenAI’s New Competitor?, MAI-1 and Synthetic Data, Mustafa Suleyman
Microsoft is opening up new competition with MAI-1, it’s large language model effort that will compete with OpenAI, Meta and Google. It’s led by Mustafa Suleyman. Pete found some spicy quotes about him. Transcripts: ⁠https://www.theneuron.ai/podcast⁠ Subscribe to the best newsletter on AI:...
05.04.2024
New ChatGPT Search Engine, Google's Weakness, Perplexity vs. ChatGPT Search
ChatGPT Search is expected to launch May 9th. Pete breaks down how we know it's happening, the big moment of weakness for Google and what startups like Perplexity and You.com need to win. Transcripts: https://www.theneuron.ai/podcast Subscribe to the best newsletter on AI:...
05.02.2024
“Is this GPT-5?!”, Inside Microsoft’s $10B Deal with OpenAI, California Bill 1047
A mysterious new chatbot hit the market, blew everyone away, then disappeared. I unpack some of the leading hypotheses behind it. An email surfaced in court uncovering the motivation behind Microsoft’s deal with OpenAI. I unpack the scene at the time...
04.30.2024
Apple’s OpenAI Plans, How Meta’s Llama 3 Will Make Money, Verge’s AI Survey
Apple is talking with OpenAI about powering AI features in iOS. The story to-date with Apple and AI and what type of new features we could see in the new iOS. Meta has been releasing AI models for free. I break...
04.27.2024
Elon Musk’s xAI Raising $6B, Worldcoin and OpenAI, Synthesia Expressive Avatars
Elon’s raising $6 billion for his AI lab. I dig into how much of this is Elon hype versus banking on real potential. Worldcoin and OpenAI. What this eyeball-scanning, crypto fever dream has to do with the leading AI company. Synthesia’s new...
04.25.2024
Rabbit R1’s launch, ChatGPT memory, Perplexity and Devin’s crazy fundraising
The launch of Rabbit R1. After a disastrous launch by their competitor Humane, how is Rabbit faring in the public eye? Next, ChatGPT now has memory. How does it work, and does this direction make sense for ChatGPT? Finally, Perplexity and Devin...
04.23.2024
Meta's New Llama, Microsoft's Deepfake AI, Microsoft Jailbroke Every AI Model
Meta’s new model called Llama 3 beats OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. The reason the AI community is hailing this as a big win and where you can try it out for yourself. Microsoft made a crazy new AI deepfake model. What...
04.19.2024
Introducing The Neuron: your go-to AI podcast, hosted by Pete Huang.
The Neuron covers the latest AI developments, trends and research, hosted by Pete Huang. Digestible, informative and authoritative takes on AI that get you up to speed and help you become an authority in your own circles. Catch us on...

What's The Neuron: AI Explained about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Neuron: AI Explained episodes:

Apple’s AI Announcements, Apple Intelligence, The Real Personal AI Assistant

US Government Cranks Up the Heat, FTC vs. Big Tech, Microsoft’s Inflection Deal

“Artificial General Intelligence Is Coming”, Ex-OpenAI Leopold Aschenbrenner, Situational Awareness

Nvidia is Taking Over, Data Centers and Intelligence Factories

Anthropic’s “Brain Surgery” Research, Clarity into Black Boxes, What’s Next

Secret Microsoft Launch Event, Microsoft Copilot+ PCs, Eyes on Apple

Political Battles at OpenAI, Safety vs. Capability in AI, Superalignment’s Death

Google I/O 2024 Launches, Unpacking Google vs. OpenAI, Project Astra

OpenAI Drops GPT-4 Omni, New ChatGPT Free Plan, New ChatGPT Desktop App

OpenAI's New Model Spec, Gen Z Loves AI Customer Support, OpenAI's Media Deals Revealed

AI Hospital Simulation Produces AI Doctors!?

OpenAI’s New Competitor?, MAI-1 and Synthetic Data, Mustafa Suleyman

New ChatGPT Search Engine, Google's Weakness, Perplexity vs. ChatGPT Search

“Is this GPT-5?!”, Inside Microsoft’s $10B Deal with OpenAI, California Bill 1047

Apple’s OpenAI Plans, How Meta’s Llama 3 Will Make Money, Verge’s AI Survey

Elon Musk’s xAI Raising $6B, Worldcoin and OpenAI, Synthesia Expressive Avatars

Rabbit R1’s launch, ChatGPT memory, Perplexity and Devin’s crazy fundraising

Meta's New Llama, Microsoft's Deepfake AI, Microsoft Jailbroke Every AI Model

Introducing The Neuron: your go-to AI podcast, hosted by Pete Huang.