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Google's Agentic Era - Sync #497

Plus: Sora is out; OpenAI vs Musk drama continues; GM closes Cruise; Amazon opens AGI lab; Devin is out; a humanoid robot with artificial muscles…

Dec 15 •

OpenAI o1 goes Pro - Sync #496

Plus: DeepMind Genie 2; Google released Veo and Imagen 3 on Vertex AI; Tesla Optimus shows off new hand; Grok is free for all X users; ads might be…

Dec 8 •

Artists against AI - Sync #495

Plus: Amazon's AI chips; OpenAI web browser with ChatGPT; new humanoid robot video; Human Cell Atlas releases its first draft; can humans hibernate?; AI…

Nov 30 •

OpenAI's turbulent early years - Sync #494

Plus: Anthropic and xAI raise billions of dollars; can a fluffy robot replace a living pet; Chinese reasoning model DeepSeek R1; robot-dog runs full…

Nov 24 •

Cracks in the Scaling Laws - Sync #493

Plus: OpenAI's new AI agent; AlphaFold3 is open-source... kind of; Amazon releases its new AI chip; Waymo One is available for everyone in LA; how can…

Nov 17 •

Robotics is the new AI - Sync #492

Plus: OpenAI's and Google's new models leaked; the state of robotic investments in 2024; pest control with CRISPR; drone with a flamethrower…

Nov 10 •

ChatGPT Search and Apple Intelligence are out; Waymo raises $5.6 billion; whispers of Gemini 2; new videos of humanoid robots doing things; and more!

Nov 3 •

Claude can now control your computer - Sync #490

Plus: OpenAI plans to release Orion by December; DeepMind open-sources SynthID-Text; Tesla has been secretly testing Robotaxi; US startup that screen…

Oct 27 •

State of AI Report 2024 - Sync #489

Plus: The New York Times warns Perplexity; have we reached peak human lifespan; tech giants tap nuclear power for AI; OpenAI projects billions in losses…

Oct 20 •

Machine learning wins two Nobel Prizes - Sync #488

Plus: Tesla reveals Cybercab; Meta Movie Gen; Nobel Prize for microRNA; how a racist deepfake divided a community; how the semiconductor industry…

Oct 13 •

OpenAI raises over $6.6 billion - Sync #487

Plus: SB 1047 has been vetoed; a new humanoid robot has been revealed; the dark side of AI voice cloning; a new episode in the fight over the CRISPR…

Oct 6 •

Meta's new empire: VR, AR and AI - Sync #486

Plus: Mira Murati leaves OpenAI; Microsoft to revive a nuclear plant for its AI data centre; bioengineered trees that capture more carbon; stem cell…

Sep 28 •

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