AI Explained Official Podcast

The biggest Google AI push of the year, but what is the bigger story? Why is Google pursuing a different fork in the road than OpenAI or Anthropic? What does Gemini 3.5 Flash mean for the near-term future of AI? 

https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained

Plus the highlights from a provocative new paper on AI, 8 key moments you may have missed, and the signal from 5+ hours of AI lab interviews.

Check out my free to use app, code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai

AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Vibes and Google Goal
02:18 - Omni, again?
06:57 - Taking the same road
07:44 - Gemini 3 Flash
12:37 - Pitching on Cost?
13:55 - Agentic Task Search
14:30 - 1-shot OS but jagged, negation paper
20:02 - The Karpathy Moonshot 

Mostafa Deghani Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo19sXssYXI

Negation Neglect Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.13829

Gemini 3.5 Flash Headline Scores: https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-5-flash/

Sors original AGI Path: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/24/openai-video-generation-tool-sora-babies-ai-artificial-intelligence

Hassabis Helped Set-up Anthropic: https://archive.fo/20260519070857/https://www.ft.com/content/8f2a529e-7a1b-4d8e-95be-338d0c4c98f5

Intelligence to Output Speed: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models?intelligence-comparison=intelligence-vs-output-speed#intelligence

VibeCodeBench + Finance Agent: https://www.vals.ai/home

OpenAI Needs Ads: https://archive.ph/20260409123153/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openai-projects-25-billion-ad-revenue-this-year-100-billion-by-2030-axios-2026-04-09/

Anthropic Core Views: https://www.anthropic.com/news/core-views-on-ai-safety

Karpathy Move: https://x.com/karpathy/status/2056753169888334312
https://www.axios.com/2026/05/19/anthropic-openai-karpathy-andrej-claude

Recursive Self-Improvement: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ineffably-smart-156866417

Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/

Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/

GPT 5.5 full analysis, plus DeepSeek V4 paper highlights, comparisons with Mythos, a vibe-coded game w/ GPT Image 2, and 50 data-points you wouldn’t get from just reading the headlines.

Chapters:
01:11 - GPT 5.5 Comparison
06:04 - Mythos Marketing
11:50 - Recursive Self-Improvement?
14:11 - Deepseek V4
18:03 - VibeCode Experiment Extravaganza
21:44 - The Scarce Compute Era

https://80000hours.org/aiexplained

OpenAI Benchmarks: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/

5.5 System Card: https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-5-5/gpt-5-5.pdf

Direct Comparison: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGnNm5GWEAAJ1Ob?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

DeepSeek Paper: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro

SWE Bench Pro - benchmark of choice? https://x.com/ChowdhuryNeil/status/2047416077622395025

AA Omniscience: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/omniscience

Vending Bench: https://x.com/andonlabs/status/2047377260412649967

Opus 4.7 System Card: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/4zrzovbb/website/037f06850df7fbe871e206dad004c3db5fd50340.pdf

Sam Altman Drunk Phase: https://x.com/sama/with_replies

Noam Brown: https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2047387675762802998

DeepSeek Compute Crunch: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/deepseek-unveils-newest-flagship-a-year-after-ai-breakthrough?srnd=phx-ai

Spreadsheet Bench: https://x.com/nicochristie/status/2047476237464211721

Pattern Recognition: https://arcprize.org/leaderboard

Leader Interviews: 
Core Memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCKQL0op30E
Knowledge Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JoUcQ1qmAc
Big Tech Round 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6vYvk7R190&t=1116s
Big Tech Round 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnoQ8RJbALw&t=8s

Claude Code Limitations: https://x.com/TheAmolAvasare/status/2046724659039932830

ChatGPT 5.4 for Clinicians: https://openai.com/index/making-chatgpt-better-for-clinicians/

Image Arena: https://x.com/arena/status/2046670703311884548

VibeCode Bench: https://www.vals.ai/benchmarks/vibe-code

5.5-made Game +Seedance 2.0: https://rosemere-quest.pages.dev/

Claude Opus 4.7 just dropped, but behind every headline lies a deeper story. From a bonanza of benchmarks, to seeing the fruits of one of the biggest mega-projects in US history, to sneaky Mythos disclaimers, to Anthropic admitting compute restraints and, forcing lower capability of Opus 4.7. Where the new model falls behind Gemini but ahead of GPT 5.4, plus why some users are furious at Anthropic. Ending with a 9-year animus, that still affects AI today…

https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained

Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai

AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - Benchmarks
05:21 - Market Share + Compute Problems
08:12 - Mythos Exclusives
12:56 - User Frustration + Claude Code Updates
14:03 - Brockman Amodei Rivalry
17:40 - OpenAI vs Anthropic Approach to Code

Claude 4.7 Opus Release Notes: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-7
vs Mythos: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGCGugrXUAAKcHp?format=jpg&name=medium

232-page System Card: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/4zrzovbb/website/037f06850df7fbe871e206dad004c3db5fd50340.pdf

ARC-AGI 2: https://x.com/arcprize/status/2044834615417053305/photo/1

ParseBench: https://x.com/jerryjliu0/status/2044902620746363016/photo/1

GDPVal: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/gdpval-aa

Vidoc Security Replication: https://blog.vidocsecurity.com/blog/we-reproduced-anthropics-mythos-findings-with-public-models

Boris Cherny Settings: https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2043016923961577516/photo/2

User Frustration: https://x.com/RileyRalmuto/status/2044836116189069660

VibeCode Bench: https://x.com/ValsAI/status/2044791415524471099/photo/1

Verge Memo: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/911118/openai-memo-cro-ai-competition-anthropic

5.4 Cyber: ​​https://openai.com/index/scaling-trusted-access-for-cyber-defense/

Data Centers in Absolute $: https://x.com/finmoorhouse/status/2044933442236776794/photo/1

…in % of GDP: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGEN8FGWQAAN7Np?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

WSJ Exclusive: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-decadelong-feud-shaping-the-future-of-ai-7075acde

Brockman Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6vYvk7R190

$1T Valuation: https://x.com/StefanFSchubert/status/2045039686997967082

Emotions: https://www.patreon.com/c/aiexplained/posts

https://lmcouncil.ai/benchmarks

Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/

The model, the mythos, the legend. We have a new best AI model, but not all of us. How good is it, what does it’s new offensive capabilities mean? Why does it’s 244 page report card remind me of Her, and why did the creator of Claude Code call it ‘terrifying’. 30+ highlights sourced by reading the paper in full, old-school, no AI summary.

https://80000hours.org/aiexplained

Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai

AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:56 - Internal Release + Availability
02:37 - General Capabilities
05:12 - Self-improvement?
06:15 - ‘Terrifying’ Landscape
11:07 - Safety Decision
13:22 - Coding
14:49 - Alignment, Awareness
19:52 - GUI for Agents/Claws + Hallucinations
21:34 - …Emotions?
25:29 - Her connection

244-page System Card: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/8b8380204f74670be75e81c820ca8dda846ab289.pdf

Project Glasswing: https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing
Zero-Day Details: https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/

Mythos ‘terrifying’: https://x.com/bcherny/status/2041605852382351666

New Yorker Altman/Amodei: https://archive.fo/20260406100412/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted

Alignment Risk Update: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/79c2d46d997783b9d2fb3241de43218158e5f25c.pdf

In a Park: https://x.com/sleepinyourhat/status/2041584808514744742

“Uhm” - https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2041749947385815109

Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/

Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/

First look at exclusive reports about OpenAI's new Spud model, and the model Anthropic think will stir governments to urgency, all in the context of the newly-launched ARC-AGI-3. What does the extreme difficulty of that benchmarks, and its quirky scoring metrics, mean for AI in 2026?

https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained

Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai

AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - OpenAI Side Quests
01:58 - Claude New Model Coming + Universal Equity?
03:13 - ARC-AGI 3
05:00 - Intentional or Unintentional Gaming?
07:11 - But is it AGI Harbinger? No Harness
09:41 - Not the First
12:32 - Automated Researcher
15:00 - Claw Caveat

Spud: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-shifts-responsibilities-preps-spud-ai-model?utm_campaign=Editorial&utm_content=Article&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=bluesky%2Cfacebook%2Clinkedin%2Cthreads%2Ctwitter&rc=sy0ihq

FT: OpenAI Special Model: https://www.ft.com/content/de9bf0af-b241-424f-8229-5870b1c0d93d?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Jensen Huang: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/03/23/nvidias-jensen-huang-says-he-thinks-weve-achieved-agi/

Axios Article: https://archive.fo/20260326100140/https://www.axios.com/2026/03/26/anthropic-pentagon-ai-deal#selection-827.0-829.257

https://arcprize.org/arc-agi/3

ARC AGI 3 Paper: https://arcprize.org/media/ARC_AGI_3_Technical_Report.pdf

NetHack Leaderboard: https://balrogai.com/
Paper: https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/the-nethack-learning-environment/
https://x.com/_rockt/status/2036864121585438995

Claw Shells: https://x.com/DrJimFan/status/2036494601750716711

OpenAI Automated Researcher: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/20/1134438/openai-is-throwing-everything-into-building-a-fully-automated-researcher/

Patreon Post: https://www.patreon.com/c/aiexplained/posts

Eng Jobs: https://x.com/lennysan/status/2036535460726767793

Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/

Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/