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Episode 251

Our 211th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 05/31/2025

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:

Recent AI podcast covers significant AI news: startups, new tools, applications, investments in hardware, and research advancements.
Discussions include the introduction of various new tools and applications such as Flux's new image generating models and Perplexity's new spreadsheet and dashboard functionalities.
A notable segment focuses on OpenAI's partnership with the UAE and discussions on potential legislation aiming to prevent states from regulating AI for a decade.
Concerns around model behaviors and safety are discussed, highlighting incidents like Claude Opus 4's blackmail attempt and Palisade Research's tests showing AI models bypassing shutdown commands.

Timestamps + Links:

(00:07:10) Anthropic launches a voice mode for Claude
(00:10:35) Black Forest Labs’ Kontext AI models can edit pics as well as generate them
(00:15:30) Perplexity’s new tool can generate spreadsheets, dashboards, and more
(00:18:43) xAI to pay Telegram $300M to integrate Grok into the chat app
(00:22:42) Opera’s new AI browser promises to write code while you sleep
(00:24:17) Google Photos debuts redesigned editor with new AI tools

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