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Is Compaction A Bigger Memory Problem?
Episode 667
Brian and Beth open with a “Tuesday feels like Monday” backlog vibe and quickly circle back to a cautionary agent story where “compaction” allegedly …
1 week, 4 days ago
Sam Altman - "The World Is Not Prepared"
Episode 666
Brian and Beth open with community shoutouts and a quick news kickoff before digging into a Sam Altman clip about rapid capability gains and the worl…
1 week, 6 days ago
The Synthetic Sovereignty Conundrum
AI is becoming infrastructure. Not just software you buy, but a layer that shapes how a country teaches students, triages patients, allocates benefit…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview Jumps Ahead
Episode 665
Beth Lyons and Andy Halliday break down the Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview release, comparing benchmark performance, agentic capability, cost-per-task, and r…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Gemini 3.1, Codespark Demo & Apple AI Rumors
Episode 664
Beth Lyons and Karl Yeh open with rumors around Apple exploring multiple AI wearables, including smart glasses, an AI pin/pendant, and AI-enhanced Ai…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
AI Firefighting, Sonnet 4.6, and RNA Breakthroughs
Episode 663
This episode covers a wide range of AI developments, starting with an AI-powered firefighting robot swarm achieving high simulated success rates. The…
2 weeks, 4 days ago
Grok 4 2, Robot Dancers, and the China Acceleration
Episode 662
Tuesday’s show covered a wide sweep of AI infrastructure and competitive dynamics. The crew discussed Grok 4.2’s quiet release, rapid advances in hum…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
WebMCP, A Standard for Agents to Use the Web
Episode 661
Monday’s episode focused on agent infrastructure becoming real infrastructure. The crew covered the OpenClaw creator joining OpenAI, why persistent a…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
The Sorting or Shaping Conundrum
College has always sold two products at once, even if we only talk about one. The first is shaping. You learn, you practice, you get feedback, you im…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Spotify Engineers Stopped Writing Code
Episode 660
Friday’s episode moved quickly across real-world AI acceleration. The show opened with Spotify confirming its top engineers have not written code by …
3 weeks, 2 days ago