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The idea of model cards, which was introduced as a measure to increase transparency and understanding of LLMs, has been perverted into the marketing gimmick characterized by OpenAI's o1 system card. To demonstrate the adversarial stance we believe is necessary to draw meaning from these press-releases-in-disguise, we conduct a close read of the system card. Be warned, there's a lot of muck in this one.

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While on the campaign trail, Trump made claims about repealing Biden's Executive Order on AI, but what will actually be changed when he gets into office? We take this opportunity to examine policies being discussed or implemented by leading governments around the world.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:29) - Hot off the press
• (02:59) - Repealing the AI executive order?
• (11:16) - "Manhattan" for AI
• (24:33) - EU
• (30:47) - UK
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Multiple news outlets, including The Information, Bloomberg, and Reuters [see sources] are reporting an "end of scaling" for the current AI paradigm. In this episode we look into these articles, as well as a wide variety of economic forecasting, empirical analysis, and technical papers to understand the validity, and impact of these reports. We also use this as an opportunity to contextualize the realized versus promised f...

October 2024 saw a National Security Memorandum and US framework for using AI in national security contexts. We go through the content so you don't have to, pull out the important bits, and summarize our main takeaways.

• (00:48) - The memorandum
• (06:28) - What the press is saying
• (10:39) - What's in the text
• (13:48) - Potential harms
• (17:32) - Miscellaneous notable stuff
• (31:11) - What's the US governments take on A...

Frontier developers continue their war on sane versioning schema to bring us Claude 3.5 Sonnet (New), along with "computer use" capabilities. We discuss not only the new model, but also why Anthropic may have released this model and tool combination now.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:22) - Hot off the press
• (05:03) - Claude 3.5 Sonnet (New) Two 'o' 3000
• (09:23) - Breaking down "computer use"
• (13:16) - Our understanding
• (...

Brace yourselves, winter is coming for OpenAI - atleast, that's what we think. In this episode we look at OpenAI's recent massive funding round and ask "why would anyone want to fund a company that is set to lose net 5 billion USD for 2024?" We scrape through a whole lot of muck to find the meaningful signals in all this news, and there is a lot of it, so get ready!

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:28) - Hot off the press
• (02:...

The Open Source AI Definition is out after years of drafting, will it reestablish brand meaning for the “Open Source” term? Also, the 2024 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry are heavily tied to AI; we scrutinize not only this year's prizes, but also Nobel Prizes as a concept.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:30) - Hot off the press
• (03:45) - Open Source AI background
• (10:30) - Definitions and changes in RC1
• (18:36) - “Busine...

Why is Mark Ruffalo talking about SB1047, and what is it anyway? Tune in for our thoughts on the now vetoed California legislation that had Big Tech scared.

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:31) - Updates from a relatively slow week
• (03:32) - Disclaimer: SB1047 vetoed during recording (still worth a listen)
• (05:24) - What is SB1047
• (12:30) - Definitions
• (17:18) - Understanding the bill
• (28:42) - What are the players saying abou...

OpenAI's new model is out, and we are going to have to rake through a lot of muck to get the value out of this one!

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• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:25) - Other recent news
• (02:57) - Hot off the press
• (03:58) - Why might someone care?
• (04:52) - What is it?
• (06:49) - How is it being sold?
• (10:45) - How do they explain it, technically?
• (27:09) - Reflection AI Dr...