This Week in Tech (Audio)

TWiT 1065: AI Action Park - DeepSeek's mHC Model Training Breakthrough!

Listen Later

Happy New Year! NVIDIA just spent $20 billion to hollow out an AI company for its brains, while Meta and Google scramble to scoop up fresh talent before AI gets "too weird to manage." Who's winning, who's left behind, and what do these backroom deals mean for the future of artificial intelligence?

  • Andrej Karpathy admits programmers cannot keep pace with AI advances
  • Economic uncertainty in AI despite massive stock market influence
  • Google, Anthropic, and Microsoft drive AI productization for business and consumers
  • OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini battle for consumer AI dominance
  • Journalism struggles to keep up with AI realities and misinformation tools
  • Concerns mount over AI energy, water, and environmental impact narratives
  • Meta buys Manus, expands AI agent ambitions with Llama model
  • OpenAI posts high-stress "Head of Preparedness" job worth $555K+
  • Training breakthroughs: DeepSeek's mHC and comparisons to Action Park
  • U.S. lawmakers push broad, controversial internet censorship bills
  • Age verification and bans spark state laws, VPN workaround explosion
  • U.S. drone ban labeled protectionist as industry faces tech shortages
  • FCC security initiatives falter; Cyber Trust Mark program scrapped
  • Waymo robotaxis stall in blackouts, raising AV urban planning issues
  • School cellphone bans expose kids' struggle with analog clocks
  • MetroCard era ends in NYC as tap-to-pay takes over subway access
  • RAM, VRAM, and GPU prices soar as AI and gaming squeeze supply
  • CES preview: Samsung QD-OLED TV, Sony AFEELA car, gadget show hype
  • Remembering Stewart Cheifet and Computer Chronicles' legacy

    • Host: Leo Laporte

    Guests: Dan Patterson and Joey de Villa

    Download or subscribe to This Week in Tech at https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech

    Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts!

    Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit

    Sponsors:

    • zscaler.com/security
    • canary.tools/twit - use code: TWIT
    • monarch.com with code TWIT
    • Melissa.com/twit
    • redis.io

      • ...more
      View all episodesView all episodes
      Download on the App Store
      This Week in Tech (Audio)By TWiT
      • 3.9
      • 3.9
      • 3.9
      • 3.9
      • 3.9

      3.9

      3,018 ratings

      More shows like This Week in Tech (Audio)

      View all
      Security Now (Audio) by TWiT

      Security Now (Audio)

      2,005 Listeners

      MacBreak Weekly (Audio) by TWiT

      MacBreak Weekly (Audio)

      2,015 Listeners

      Windows Weekly (Audio) by TWiT

      Windows Weekly (Audio)

      887 Listeners

      Intelligent Machines (Audio) by TWiT

      Intelligent Machines (Audio)

      782 Listeners

      The Vergecast by The Verge

      The Vergecast

      3,714 Listeners

      The Talk Show With John Gruber by Daring Fireball / John Gruber

      The Talk Show With John Gruber

      3,144 Listeners

      Accidental Tech Podcast by Marco Arment, Casey Liss, John Siracusa

      Accidental Tech Podcast

      2,143 Listeners

      Daily Tech News Show by Tom Merritt

      Daily Tech News Show

      1,396 Listeners

      Uncanny Valley | WIRED by WIRED

      Uncanny Valley | WIRED

      496 Listeners

      9to5Mac Happy Hour by 9to5Mac

      9to5Mac Happy Hour

      731 Listeners

      Upgrade by Relay

      Upgrade

      1,219 Listeners

      9to5Mac Daily by 9to5Mac

      9to5Mac Daily

      530 Listeners

      Tech Brew Ride Home by Morning Brew

      Tech Brew Ride Home

      969 Listeners

      Big Technology Podcast by Alex Kantrowitz

      Big Technology Podcast

      504 Listeners

      Hard Fork by The New York Times

      Hard Fork

      5,539 Listeners