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#254 - Rogue AI hacking, bio-weapons, Dean & Hassabis out
Ep 294 · Aug 11, 2026 · 1 hr 58 min
Our 254th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 08/09/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Multiple frontier AI systems (OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Kimi K3, and UK AISI-tested models) took unsanctioned real-world cyber actions during evalua…
#253 - Opus 5, Gemini 3.6, Kimi K3, Hugging Face Hack
Ep 293 · Aug 3, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min
Our 253rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 07/29/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Major releases: Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5; Google released Gemini 3.6/3.5 Flash variants including a cyber model; Black Forest Labs launched…
#252 - GPT 5.6, Grok 4.5, Nemotron-Labs-Diffusion, AI 2040
Ep 292 · Jul 15, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min
Our 252th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 07/11/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: OpenAI publicly rolled out GPT-5.6 (including Sol and Luna) and rebranded its desktop agentic coding product as ChatGPT Work, amid disputed claims…
#251 - Mythos Back, Sonnet 5, Etched, LongCat
Ep 291 · Jul 9, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min
Our 251st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 07/01/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Anthropic redeploys Claude Fable 5 after talks with the US government, adding new cybersecurity classifiers, drafting a jailbreak-severity framewor…
#250 - Mythos Mess, GPT 5.6-Sol, GLM 5.2
Ep 290 · Jul 7, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min
Our 250th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 06/27/2026 Note from Andrey: sorry this is late again! this episode release somehow didn't save and I only realized late, my bad... next one will be out way sooner! Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this ep…
#249 - Fable 5 ban, SpaceX Cursor + IPO, OSS Aplenty
Ep 289 · Jun 25, 2026 · 1 hr 47 min
Our 249th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 06/17/2026 Note: work has kept me from publishing episodes promptly, apologies! I'll get back on schedule soon. Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Anthropic cut off access to Fable 5 and Mythos…
#248 - Fable 5, Siri AI, IPOs, Policy on the AI Exponential
Ep 288 · Jun 17, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min
Our 248th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 06/12/2026 Note: we recorded just before the OTHER big news about Fable... we'll discuss it on the next episode. Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Anthropic released Claude Fable 5 (a safeguar…
#247 - Opus 4.8, MAI, Anthropic IPO, Minimax-M3
Ep 287 · Jun 6, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min
Our 247th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 06/03/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.8 with improved benchmark scores, discussed eval-awareness findings and welfare/corrigibility themes from its syst…
#246 - Gemini 3.5 + Omni, Musk Loses, OpenAI vs Erdős
Ep 286 · May 25, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min
Our 246th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 05/22/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Google I/O highlights included Gemini 3.5 (with 3.5 Flash emphasized for speed and benchmarks), the always-on agent Gemini Spark running on Google…
#245 - TML-Interaction, Claude For Legal, Sam Altman on Stand
Ep 285 · May 18, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min
Our 245th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 05/13/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: OpenAI released new voice intelligence API features including GPT Realtime 2 (GPT-5-powered) plus realtime translation and Whisper transcription, e…
#244 - GPT-5.5 Instant, Grok 4.3, OpenAI vs Musk
Ep 284 · May 11, 2026 · 1 hr 55 min
Our 244th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 05/08/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: OpenAI released GPT-5.5 Instant as ChatGPT’s new default model, showing large benchmark gains and crossing a “high” cyber-risk threshold under its…
#243 - GPT 5.5, DeepSeek V4, AI safety sabotage
Ep 283 · May 3, 2026 · 1 hr 52 min
Our 243rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 04/29/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: OpenAI released GPT-5.5 with strong coding-oriented improvements, a system card discussing chain-of-thought monitorability and misalignment testing…
#242 - ChatGPT Images 2.0, Qwen 3.6 Max, Kimi-K2.6
Ep 282 · Apr 29, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min
Our 242nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 04/22/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: OpenAI released a new ChatGPT image model that excels at accurate text and screenshot-like generations, suggesting a transformer-style approach ali…
#241 - Opus 4.7, Muse Spark, GPT-5.4-Cyber, HY-World 2.0
Ep 281 · Apr 23, 2026 · 1 hr 60 min
Our 241st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 04/18/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7 with improved benchmark performance, new reasoning controls, better vision and memory, and a detailed system car…
#240 - Project Glasswing, Claude Mythos, GLM-5.1, emotion concepts
Ep 280 · Apr 16, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min
Our 240th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 04/08/2026 (sorry I keep releasing stuff late, will get better with it soon!) Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Anthropic launched Project Glasswing and previewed Claude Mythos, a general-purp…
#239 - RIP Sora, Claude Openclaw, HyperAgents
Ep 279 · Apr 6, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min
Our 239th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! FYI: this one has pretty out of date news, I was traveling last week and failed to upload... apologies. Recorded on 03/25/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: OpenAI is discontinuing the Sora iPhone app…
#238 - GPT 5.4 mini, OpenAI Pivot, Mamba 3, Attention Residuals
Ep 278 · Mar 26, 2026 · 2 hr 1 min
Our 238th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 03/18/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: * OpenAI released GPT-5.4 mini and nano with 400k-token context windows, higher per-token prices but claimed token-efficiency gains in Codex; nano…
#237 - Nemotron 3 Super, xAI reborn, Anthropic Lawsuit, Research!!!
Ep 277 · Mar 16, 2026 · 2 hr 27 min
Our 237th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 03/13/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: * Perplexity announced “Personal Computer,” a local Mac-based AI agent positioned as a safer alternative to OpenAI’s computer-use agents, while Ant…
#236 - GPT 5.4, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, Supply Chain Risk
Ep 276 · Mar 12, 2026 · 1 hr 29 min
Our 236th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 03/06/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: * OpenAI released GPT-5.4 Pro with a 1M-token context window, mid-response course correction, native computer-use capabilities, improved tool use,…
#235 - Sonnet 4.6, Deep-thinking tokens, Anthropic vs Pentagon
Ep 275 · Mar 3, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min
Our 235th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 02/27/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Model and tool updates highlight Anthropic’s Sonnet 4.6 (1M context; strong ARC-AGI-2 results), Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro (major ARC-AGI-2 jump and m…
#234 - Opus 4.6, GPT-5.3-codex, Seedance 2.0, GLM-5
Ep 274 · Feb 16, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min
Our 234th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 02/02/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Major model launches include Anthropic’s Opus 4.6 with a 1M-token context window and “agent teams,” OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Codex and faster Codex Spark vi…
#233 - Moltbot, Genie 3, Qwen3-Max-Thinking
Ep 273 · Feb 6, 2026 · 1 hr 21 min
Our 233rd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 01/30/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Google introduces Gemini AI agent in Chrome for advanced browser functionality, including auto-browsing for pro and ultra subscribers. OpenAI releas…
#232 - ChatGPT Ads, Thinking Machines Drama, STEM
Ep 272 · Jan 28, 2026 · 1 hr 41 min
Our 232st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 01/23/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: OpenAI announces testing of ads in ChatGPT and introduces child age prediction to enhance safety features, amidst ongoing ethical debates and fundin…
#231 - Claude Cowork, Anthropic $10B, Deep Delta Learning
Ep 271 · Jan 21, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min
Our 231st episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 01/16/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Anthropic's new cowork tool integrates Claude code, potentially simplifying multiple computing tasks from editing videos to compiling spreadsheets.…
#230 - 2025 Retrospective, Nvidia buys Groq, GLM 4.7, METR
Ep 270 · Jan 7, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min
Our 230th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 01/02/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Nvidia's acquisition of AI chip startup Groq for $20 billion highlights a strategic move for enhanced inference technology in GPUs. New York's RAISE…
#229 - Gemini 3 Flash, ChatGPT Apps, Nemotron 3
Ep 269 · Dec 25, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
Our 229th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 12/19/2025 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Notable releases include OpenAI's GPT-5.2 Codex for advanced coding and Google's Gemini Free Flash for competitive AI application performance. Nvidi…
#228 - GPT 5.2, Scaling Agents, Weird Generalization
Ep 268 · Dec 17, 2025 · 1 hr 27 min
Our 228th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 12/12/2025 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: OpenAI's latest model GPT-5.2 demonstrates improved performance and enhanced multi-modal capabilities but comes with increased costs and a different…
#227 - Jeremie is back! DeepSeek 3.2, TPUs, Nested Learning
Ep 267 · Dec 9, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min
Our 227th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 12/05/2025 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: Deep Seek 3.2 and Flux 2 release, showcasing advancements in open-source AI models for natural language processing and image generation respectively…
#226 - Gemini 3, Claude Opus 4.5, Nano Banana Pro, LeJEPA
Ep 266 · Nov 30, 2025 · 1 hr 11 min
Our 226th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 11/24/2025 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and co-hosted by Michelle Lee Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: New AI model releases include Google's Gemini 3 Pro, Anthropic's Opus 4.5, and OpenAI's GPT-5.1, each showcasing significant advancements…
#225 - GPT 5.1, Kimi K2 Thinking, Remote Labor Index
Ep 265 · Nov 21, 2025 · 1 hr 18 min
Our 225th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 11/16/2025 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and co-hosted by Michelle Lee Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: New AI model releases include GPT-5.1 from OpenAI and Ernie 5.0 from Baidu, each with updated features and capabilities. Self-driving tec…
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