In this episode, Gordon Mullan and Govind Shukla dive into the latest AI news, like the new updates to OpenAI's GPT-4.1, Anthropic’s $50M focus on making models easier to understand, and the UAE’s push to bring AI into lawmaking. Tune in for a look at how AI is shaking up technology, regulation, and society!
In this episode, Gordon Mullan and Govind Shukla dive into the latest AI news, like the new updates to OpenAI's GPT-4.1, Anthropic’s $50M focus on making models easier to understand, and the UAE’s push to bring AI into lawmaking.
Tune in for a look at how AI is shaking up technology, regulation, and society!
NAVIGATION
00:00 - Introduction
01:01 - OpenAI: Rumors (Windsurf acquisition, Cursor IDE, social network prototype)
06:20 - OpenAI: ChatGPT-powered social network prototype
09:30 - OpenAI: GPT-4.1, o3, o4-mini (context window, pricing, limitations)
15:28 - OpenAI: Codex (programming capabilities, 1M token context)
20:30 - Anthropic: $50M investment in Goodfire (model interpretability focus)
23:20 - Anthropic: Dario Amodei’s essay on AI risks (consciousness debate)
44:55 - AI Tools for Audio/Video (Google Lyria 2, Kimi-Audio, Kling AI)
50:50 - Development Tools: Junie (JetBrains), Docker AI, Trae IDE
01:02:30 - Ethics: AI Oscar Rules (creativity vs. human input debate)
01:10:49 - Science & Tech: Robot Marathon (Tiangong Ultra results)
01:13:01 - Law & Order: UAE AI Lawmaking (70% legislative efficiency goal)
01:25:40 - Ethics: Zurich AI Bot Study (Reddit manipulation, persuasion risks)
01:28:53 - Conclusion and Outro
WHERE TO WATCH US AND LISTEN
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SERVICES AND LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
🔹 ZenCoder acquired by Machinet: https://zencoder.ai/blog/zencoder-acquires-machinet
🔹 Rumors about Windsurf acquisition: https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/openai-windsurf-3-billion-microsoft
🔹 OpenAI wants to buy Chrome: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/google-contemplated-exclusive-gemini-ai-deals-with-android-makers-2025-04-22/
🔹 OpenAI developing a social network: https://www.theverge.com/openai/648130/openai-social-network-x-competitor
🔹 New models GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and GPT-4.1 nano: https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/feature/GPT-41-explained-Everything-you-need-to-know
🔹 New reasoning models o3 and o4-mini: https://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/
🔹 OpenAI open-sourced Codex: https://github.com/openai/codex
🔹 OpenAI adds invisible characters to text: https://winbuzzer.com/2025/04/21/openais-new-o3-o4-mini-models-add-invisible-characters-to-text-sparking-watermark-debate-xcxwbn/
🔹 Anthropic's model consciousness research: http://www.anthropic.com/research/exploring-model-welfare
🔹 Claude.ai Research: https://www.anthropic.com/news/research
🔹 Gemini 2.5 Flash: https://developers.googleblog.com/en/start-building-with-gemini-25-flash/
🔹 Nvidia moving AI chip production to the USA: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-manufacture-american-made-ai-supercomputers-us/
🔹 Grok Studio: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/grok-gains-a-canvas-like-tool-for-creating-docs-and-apps/
🔹 Alphabet and Nvidia invest in SSI startup by Ilya Sutskever: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/alphabet-nvidia-invest-openai-co-founder-sutskevers-ssi-source-says-2025-04-12/
🔹 JetBrains released AI assistant Junie: https://blog.jetbrains.com/blog/2025/04/16/jetbrains-ides-go-ai/
🔹 Trae IDE update: https://www.aibase.com/news/17375
🔹 Docker supports MCP installation: https://www.docker.com/blog/introducing-docker-mcp-catalog-and-toolkit/
🔹 Installing models in Docker through Model Runner: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/features/model-runner/?uuid=876943EF-BC63-4608-B5A6-0AE88A153E1B
🔹 Gordon from Docker: https://docs.docker.com/desktop/features/gordon/
🔹 Lyria 2 music generation model: https://deepmind.google/technologies/lyria/
🔹 Character.AI AvatarFX: https://blog.character.ai/avatar-fx-cutting-edge-video-generation-by-character-ai/
🔹 Kling AI 2.0: http://klingai.com/
🔹 Fabula integrates Runway AI into production: https://deadline.com/2025/04/runway-ai-fabula-pablo-juan-de-dios-larrain-production-1236366859/
🔹 Suna official website: https://www.suna.so
🔹 Perplexity Assistant for iOS: https://link.alphasignal.ai/gXmz6e
🔹 UAE integrates AI into lawmaking: https://www.techinasia.com/news/uae-ai-writing-laws
🔹 World’s first half-marathon with humans and robots: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/china-robots-race-humans-half-marathon-rcna195586
🔹 Half-marathon video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zL1a1X3EZj4
🔹 Basic guide to Claude Code agents: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PgzSogefMC2k6k6e5TQ2cxwNbVnPArRf/view
🔹 AI films at the Oscars: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx4y1lrz2vo
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