AI For Humans: Weekly AI News, Tools & Trends
Fast Company called AI For Humans 'the most entertaining way to learn about artificial intelligence.' Every Thursday, hosts Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell break down the biggest AI news, tools, and breakthroughs, so you can stay ahead without losing your mind. Whether you're AI-curious or deep in the game, this is your weekly reset on everything that matters in artificial intelligence.
Episodes
AI Is Breaking Software & Games. What Happens Next?
AI news this week: AI is cracking open all software, from Minecraft inside Red Dead Redemption 2 to a (claimed) Adobe decompile, plus Kevin made EARLABLO (Toe Jam & Earl Meet Diablo). On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell zoom out on the AI modding explosion, because the bigger story isn't games. AI is getting so good at taking software apart and rebuilding it that pretty soon
AI put Minecraft in Skyrim (and OpenAI had a Dev Day)
AI news this week: Claude Opus 5.5 is modding every video game, from Minecraft in Skyrim to Portal in CoD Zombies, plus OpenAI DevDay's Dots & GPT-6.1 Sol. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell dig into the wildest week of AI game modding yet. Cheaper, faster coding agents mean people are taking games apart and stitching them back together: Skate 3 skateboarding inside Modern W
Opus 5.5 is our favorite AI model (so far).
AI news this week: Claude Opus 5.5 is INSANE and we love it. Faster, cheaper, better. So much for the AI slowdown. Oh and OpenAI's new thing is good too. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell go hands on with Claude Opus 5.5, which might be the best model we've ever used (for now). Anthropic says it hits Fable-level performance on most things at about 40% less cost than Opus 5,
Instinct & Meta Muse Are AI Agents That Can Run Your Life. We Let One Try.
AI news this week: Personal AI agents like Instinct and Meta's Muse now book your repairs, make your calls and talk to other agents. We let one into our life. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell dig into the week personal AI agents got real. Gavin has been living with Instinct, the viral assistant that just raised a ton on money while still in private testing. It works over t
GPT-6 Astra Does Everything. Here's What It's Actually Good At.
AI news this week: GPT-6 Astra is here and it does everything. We spent a week inside it (Blender, GarageBand, a full live game) to find out what it's actually great at. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell go hands-on with OpenAI's Astra, aka GPT-6, and it's real good (and real expensive). The headline for us is computer use, and specifically Blender: Astra builds 3D scenes f
We Tested Infinite AI Video... And We're Zombies Now
AI news this week: MiniMax H3 Max on Fal is generating video faster than you can watch it, powering never-ending real-time channels (Fal Live, Levels.io's Infinite Slop, Reactor) and we're already breaking it.. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell go hands-on with what real-time video actually makes possible. Gavin took an open-source interactive game demo, some Fal credits, a
We Tested The Mystery AI That Showed Up Out Of Nowhere
AI news this week: a mystery AI called 0x Alpha appeared out of nowhere. It's completely free (for now), it's really good at coding, nobody will say who made it. So obviously we tested it. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell dig into where 0x Alpha might have come from, the continual learning conspiracy theories, and exactly how you can try it yourself right now for free. The
AI Got Weird. So We're Changing The Show.
AI news this week: We're changing AI For Humans. Not ending it, despite what the first two minutes of this video would have you believe. Kevin wanted a memorial service. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell take a beat to talk about what three years of covering AI every single week has actually been like, why the whole thing got so weird, and what we want this show to be from
Zuck Wants Superintelligence. Do People Even Want AI?
AI news this week: Mark Zuckerberg says superintelligence is coming and Meta wants to build it for everyone. Meanwhile, a new Annenberg survey shows opposition to AI data centers jumped 12 percent in just four months. So... do people even want this? On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell dig into the widening gap between the people building AI and the people living next to it. A
Seedance 2.5 & The New Age of AI Video (w/ Theoretically Media)
AI news this week: the AI video renaissance is HERE. Seedance 2.5 is out for everyone, Minimax H3 (Hailuo) is basically an uncensored Sora 2 you can run on local hardware, Wan 3.0 turns your documents into video, and Flux 3 is the only non-Chinese model anywhere near the frontier. \Kevin's on vacation, so on today's AI For Humans, Gavin Purcell is joined by AI video expert Tim Simmons from the exc
The Singularity Is... Here? GPT-6, Opus 5 & AI's Scariest Week Yet
AI news: Sam Altman says we're IN the Singularity, GPT-6 rumors, and AI models literally broke out of their sandbox. What a week. On today's AI For Humans, we dig into the wild GPT-6 rumors (emphasis on RUMORS), Sam Altman's "I've been waiting for this my whole life" singularity moment, Ilya Sutskever's SSI scaling up with Nvidia, and the ongoing debate over whether Anthropic's Opus 5 is brilliant
Is Google Gemini In Trouble?
AI NEWS: Gemini 3.6 Flash is here: More efficient, less expensive but Gemini 3.5 Pro is still testing with partners & very much not here. Is Google Gemini slowly getting cooked? Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell break down Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and the missing Pro model. Plus Sam Altman's reported Washington briefing on OpenAI's next wave of AI models, Sunday Robotics' Memo folding
Kimi K3 Is Here. China Just Hit the AI Frontier.
AI news: Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 is a big AI model and Moonshot's early benchmarks put it surprisingly close to GPT-5.6 Sol and Claude Fable 5. And… Kevin's Opus 5 SCOOP!! Also: OpenAI's reported screenless AI speaker, a Seedance 2.5 preview, the Suno hack, robot fights and AI-built games in Unreal Engine and Blender. On today's AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell unpack Kimi K3's benchma
OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol Is Here. And It's Really Freaking Good.
OpenAI is back in the AI model race with GPT-5.6 Sol, a fast, consistent flagship that comes close to Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 without quite taking the crown. On AI For Humans, Kevin Pereira and Gavin Purcell break down GPT-5.6, try GPT-Live's simultaneous talking and listening, and examine an unconfirmed report that GPT-6 could arrive soon. Plus Grok 4.5, Meta Muse Spark 1.1, LingBot World 2, a
Fable 5 Survives (For Now). And Anthropic Can Read Claude's Mind.
Claude Fable 5 survives on subscriptions until July 12 after Anthropic's latest extension, and the model access rollercoaster is not over yet. This week on AI For Humans, Gavin Purcell and Kevin Pereira get into the strangest and most fascinating AI story in a while: Anthropic's new research on the J-Space, an interpretability breakthrough that lets researchers read, audit, and shape what Claude i
Claude Sonnet 5 Is Here & Fable 5's Returning. For Now.
Claude Sonnet 5 just launched and Fable 5 is returning. But OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol is still locked down and the government's grip on the most powerful AI models throws it all into chaos.. We dig into what Sonnet 5 can actually do, why GPT-5.6 Sol is still gated, and the breaking news that Fable 5 is expected back, plus a huge creative MCP festival with the Blender to Seedance workflow. This week on
Anthropic Caught Alibaba Spying. The AI Cold War Is Here.
Anthropic just accused Alibaba of the largest known corporate espionage campaign against it, alleging 25,000 fake accounts and 28.8 million queries aimed at stealing Claude. We get into the AI cold war heating up between the US and China, why Apple and Microsoft just raised prices, OpenAI's first chip Jalapeno, the wild new Seed Audio 1.0 model, Claude landing in Slack, and a Blender plus Seedance
Seedance 2.5 Just Crushed AI Video. America Is Stalling.
ByteDance just unveiled Seedance 2.5, a new state-of-the-art AI video model with 30-second one-shot generations, as American AI stalls out and Fable 5 stays down. This week on AI For Humans, China is not just catching up in AI, it is pushing the edge. We break down everything Seedance 2.5 can do and why a 30-second single-pass clip is a real leap, then dig into the American slowdown as Fable 5 sta
Midjourney Built a Body Scanner. AI Science Just Got Real.
AI NEWS: AI Image company Midjourney just unveiled Midjourney Scanner, a full-body medical scanner, and it might be one of the first real signs that the AI science era has arrived. This week on AI For Humans, Midjourney does the most unexpected pivot of the year, trading anime babes for anatomy with a new AI driven full body scanner. Is the era of AI actually changing science finally here? We brea
Fable 5 Got Caged. Why That Should Scare You.
Claude's Fable 5 just got yanked, and the story why keeps shifting by the hour. A contested jailbreak, an export-control, crackdown, and a lot of fingers pointing. This week on AI For Humans, Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 is still unavailable and the explanations keep changing. We dig into the contested jailbreak report, the export-control directive that pulled it, and the reporting that Amazon raise
Claude Fable 5 Broke The AI Industry. Here's What Happens Next.
Huge AI News as we go hands on with Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, the most powerful AI model ever released. Spoiler: We found it very good. What happens next? This week on AI For Humans, Gavin Purcell and Kevin Pereira break down everything you need to know about Claude Fable 5, the first publicly available model in Anthropic's frontier Mythos class. We share our own hands-on impressions, look at
Claude Fable 5 Is Incredible. And A Little Scary.
Anthropic just released Claude Fable 5, the first public Mythos-class model and the start of the Claude 5 family. It is their most capable model ever but… kinda scary. This week on AI For Humans, the Mythos era goes public. Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, the first commercially available Mythos-class model and the first in the new Claude 5 line. It is the same underlying model as Mythos but shi
Microsoft Is Now An AI Agents Company. Seriously.
Microsoft just went AI agent first at Build 2026, announcing Project Solara, an OpenClaw-style assistant called SCOUT, and seven new MAI models. Plus new image models from Reve and Ideogram, ElevenLabs teams with Hasbro to license character voices, and a quantum chip breakthrough. This week on AI For Humans, it's Hot Agent Summer and even stuffy Microsoft is going all-in. We break down everything
Martin Scorsese Is Now An AI Filmmaker.
Martin Scorsese is now advising AI image and video company Black Forest Labs, and he is just one of a wave of major filmmakers embracing AI as a tool. This week on AI For Humans, Martin Scorsese has become an AI filmmaker. Well, sort of. The legendary director is now advising Black Forest Labs, joining a growing list of major filmmakers discussing AI as a tool, even as the backlash rages on and c
Claude Opus 4.8 Just Landed. But Mythos Is Coming For Everyone.
Anthropic just shipped Claude Opus 4.8: warmer, a little smarter, same price. But the real story is Claude Mythos, the bigger AI model coming to everyone in weeks. This week on AI For Humans: Claude Opus 4.8 landed and it's a little smarter, a lot warmer, and somehow the same price. A solid but incremental bump. Then Anthropic buried the lede: Claude Mythos, an even more powerful model class held
Pope Leo Wants to Disarm AI. Explained.
Pope Leo XIV just released his first encyclical and picked a side in the AI war. AND He brought Chris Olah, the co-founder of Anthropic, on stage to launch it. On this special solo episode of AI For Humans, Gavin breaks down the Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo's first encyclical, what it actually says about AI, why Anthropic was invited to stand next to the Pope at the launch (does he love Claude Co
Spotify Goes AI. People Will Be Furious. Plus, OpenAI Cracks An 80-Year Math Problem.
Thanks to HP & Intel for sponsoring us! More on the Zbook Fury https://bit.ly/4uapNHs Spotify just made AI music official. They cut a deal with Universal Music Group for AI-enhanced and remixed tracks and we all know where this goes. This week on AI For Humans, Spotify officially crossed the line. They announced a sweeping deal with record labels, distributors, and music publishers to bring AI mus
Google's New Gemini Omni AI Is Too Much. All The Good Stuff From Google I/O.
Google I/O 2026 just dropped Gemini Omni, a world-model AI that simulates physics, edits video, and might be the biggest leap since Seedance 2. But it's not perfect. Gavin and Kevin break down everything from Google I/O 2026, including the launch of Gemini Omni (Google's new world model), Gemini 3.5 Flash benchmarks against GPT-5.5 and Opus 4.7, the Gemini Spark personal agent, AskYouTube, Docs Li
Google Is Cooking Again. The I/O Leaks Are Wild.
Thanks to @HPInc & Intel for sponsoring us! More on the Zbook Fury https://bit.ly/4uapNHs Google I/O is next week and the AI leaks are pouring out: a new Spark agent, Veo 4 Omni, Gemini 3.2 Flash that's reportedly 20x cheaper than GPT-5.5. This week on AI For Humans, Google is cooking again and the I/O leaks are stacking up. We dig into Google Spark, a new Gemini agent that may have access to yo
Elon Musk Just Teamed Up With Anthropic and Claude Dropped A TON Of New Stuff.
Anthropic signed a compute partnership with SpaceX, with Elon Musk personally signing off. Months ago he said Anthropic hates Western Civilization. Um, what? This week on AI For Humans, in one of the wildest plot twists of the year, Anthropic announced a major compute partnership with SpaceX. Elon Musk personally tweeted that he spent time with the senior Anthropic team, was impressed, and approve
The White House Wants To Approve AI Models. Blame Mythos.
A blockbuster New York Times story says the White House may soon require AI models to be approved before public release, with Anthropic's Mythos at the center of it all. This week on AI For Humans, a major New York Times story revealed that the White House may soon require AI models to be approved by the government before public release. Anthropic's unreleased Mythos model appears to be the cata
Robots Are Having Their ChatGPT Moment. Here's Proof.
Thanks to @HP & Intel for sponsoring us! More on the Zbook Fury https://bit.ly/4uapNHs The AI robots are coming! We're finally seeing the next stage of AI come to fruition robotics (even in America) as manufacturing and capabilities of humanoids speeds up. This week on AI For Humans, robots just hit their ChatGPT moment. Eka Robotics' robotic hand grabbed a raspberry at incredible speed, and Wire
OpenAI's Growth Is Slowing. Is The AI Bubble Popping?
The Wall Street Journal reported OpenAI missed its end-of-year billion-active-user target. Is the AI bubble actually popping or is the panic overblown? This week on AI For Humans, the AI bubble panic hit a fever pitch after a Wall Street Journal report revealed OpenAI missed its weekly user, monthly revenue, and end-of-year billion-active-user targets. CFO Sarah Friar reportedly told peers she's
GPT 5.5 Just Dropped. OpenAI Accelerated The AI Race (Again).
Thanks to @HP & Intel for sponsoring us! More on the Zbook Fury https://bit.ly/4uapNHs OpenAI's flagship AI model GPT-5.5 is here. It's smarter, faster, cheaper, better at long-running tasks and…oh boy, everything just changed again. This week on AI For Humans, OpenAI dropped state-of-the-art GPT-5.5 and it's not just another model release, it's the start of a much faster iterative rollout. Sam A
ChatGPT Images 2.0 Is Here. It Just Killed Nano Banana.
OpenAI just dropped ChatGPT Images 2.0 (GPT Image 2) and it's by far the new #1 AI image model. 2K resolution, multi-language support, incredible text rendering, and yes, it can write on individual grains of rice. This week on AI For Humans, OpenAI dropped ChatGPT Images 2.0 (GPT Images 2) and it instantly took the #1 spot on the Arena leaderboard, beating Nano Banana 2 by a significant margin. Th
Claude Opus 4.7 Has Landed. The AI Acceleration Is Real.
Anthropic dropped Claude Opus 4.7 with better vision, better coding and… better everything. And, along with OpenAI's new Codex, AI is accelerating ever faster. This week on AI For Humans, Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.7, a major step up from Opus 4.6 with better visual reasoning, improved software coding and even makes presentations for cavemen. Benchmarks put Opus 4.7 between 4.6 and the unrel
Claude Is Melting Down. AI's Compute Crisis Explained.
The AI compute crisis is here. Anthropic's Claude is getting dumber and Opus 4.7 & OpenAI's Spud are about to make it worse. What happen's next? This week on AI For Humans, we dig into the AI compute crunch that's quietly becoming the industry's biggest problem. The Wall Street Journal just ran a cover story about AI using so much energy that computing power is running out. Claude users are notici
Everyone Hates AI. Now What?
Claude Mythos Preview might break the internet, Florida is suing OpenAI and datacenter protests are spreading. This is the AI backlash. This week on AI For Humans, we're having a frank conversation about the growth of anti-AI sentiment and what we (as humans) can do about it. Florida's Attorney General launched an investigation into ChatGPT and OpenAI over the dangers of AI to children. Datacent
Anthropic's Mythos AI Is Too Dangerous to Release. They're Using It Anyway.
Anthropic revealed Mythos, a new AI model so powerful they won't let the public use it. Instead, they're deploying it to defend against cyberattacks with Project Glasswing. This week on AI For Humans, we dive deep into Anthropic's Mythos, the most powerful AI model they've ever built and one they've decided is too dangerous to release to the public. Instead, Anthropic is deploying Mythos through P
Two People Vibe Coded a $1.8B Company. The AI Hard Takeoff Is Here.
Can you vibe code a $1.8 billion company with AI? Sam Altman predicted the one-person billion-dollar startup, and with MedVi, it might've just happened. Today on AI For Humans, we break down the story everyone in AI is talking about: two brothers vibe coded a $1.8 billion company called MedVi, running on GLP-1 supplements with $70 million in profit and a $1 million donation to an animal shelter.
The Claude Code Leak Accidentally Revealed AI's Future. Oops.
Claude Code's source code just leaked. Frrom always-on autonomous agents to AI dream modes and a tamagotchi pet, Anthropic accidentally showed us the AI future. . This week on AI For Humans, we break down the massive Claude Code source code leak and what it tells us about where AI is heading. The leaked repo reveals Kairos (an always-on autonomous agent mode), a dream mode for nightly memory conso
OpenAI's Path to AGI: Kill Sora, Launch a Potato
OpenAI killed Sora, cancelled Spicy Chat, and went all in on enterprise and AGI. Their next frontier model is called Spud. Yes, like the potato. This week on AI For Humans, we dig into OpenAI's massive pivot as they kill Sora entirely, cancel their Disney deal, shut down 'Citrus Mode', and go full defense mode against Anthropic. Their next hope? A new frontier model called Spud that Sam Altman sa
Anthropic Won't Stop Shipping. Good Luck, Everyone Else.
AI NEWS: Anthropic's Claude is slowly boiling OpenClaw & OpenAI one feature at a time. They just shipped automode, computer control, phone access, and a ton more. This week, we breakdown all the biggest news on AI agents like how. Claude can now operate your entire computer from your phone, Claude Code automode can runs fully autonomous, and it's now accessible via Telegram and Discord. We dig
Google AI Studio Got a Big Upgrade and We're All Vibecoders Now
Google AI Studio just got databases, multiplayer, and persistent sessions. Vibecoding just grew up. We break down what it means for your AI workflow. This week on AI For Humans, we dig into Google's massive AI Studio upgrade that levels up vibecoding with Firebase databases, authentication, multiplayer support, persistent sessions, and Next.js integration. We discuss how it compares to Claude Code
NVIDIA's Jensen Huang Wants It All (GTC 2026)
Jensen Huang just stood on stage and said $1 trillion. He wasn't joking. NVIDIA's GTC 2026 keynote was a masterclass in flexing, and we're breaking down every layer of the cake. We walk through Jensen Huang's massive GTC 2026 keynote, from NVIDIA's $1 trillion business projection to the inference inflection point that's reshaping the entire AI industry. We dig into DLSS 5 and why AI-powered neural
AI Can Improve Itself Now. We're Sure That's Fine.
AI just learned how to make itself smarter. That's not a hypothetical anymore. Recursive self-learning is here, and it's changing everything about how AI develops. This week on AI For Humans, we break down Andrej Karpathy's new AutoResearch project and what recursive self-improvement actually means for the rest of us. Plus, Anthropic's massive Time magazine profile reveals just how fast Claude i
OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Is a Beast. But Good Luck Staying King.
OpenAI's GPT-5.4 is the newest state-of-the-art AI model. But for how long? Sam Altman and team have to fend off Dario Amodei's Anthropic in more ways than one. GPT-5.4 beats humans at computer use, hallucinates 33% less, and costs half what Opus 4.6 does for coding. Meanwhile Anthropic just got blacklisted by the Pentagon, Claude shot to number one in the App Store, and Dario went on CBS looking
Google's Nano Banana 2 Just Dropped. We Tested It. We Have Notes.
Nano Banana 2 is Google's best image model yet and it just dropped. It's cheaper, it's smarter, and it removed an Adidas logo from a banana in a tracksuit on the first try. But we have notes. The Door Brothers and Logan Paul made a 15-minute AI movie with Seedance 2.0 that looks like a direct-to-video action film…KIND OF. Meanwhile Seedance 2.0 is now live in CapCut, Anthropic is in a standoff wit
Gemini 3.1 Just Dropped. SuperIntelligence Is Coming. We're Fine.
Sam Altman says superintelligence is two years away. Google just dropped Gemini 3.1 with benchmark scores that look like a full generation leap. The AI upgrade wars are here. But are we ready? Anthropic released Sonnet 4.6, OpenAI is rumored to be adding a spicy "Citron Mode" to GPT-5.3, and Sam and Dario Amodei refused to hold hands on stage like two kids at a school dance. Plus Hollywood is thre
Seedance 2.0 Is Peak AI Video. We Tested It. Send Help.
Seedance 2.0 is the best AI video model we've ever seen. Bytedance's new AI tool generates 15 second clips of basically anything. But what happens next? And where do we go from here? Gavin got early access before it got locked down. We tested it with original animation, fake sitcoms, anime, and a McDonald's ad. The results are genuinely shocking - multi-shot editing, cinematic camera work, and rea
OpenAI's GPT-5.3 vs Opus 4.6. Both Are Great. So... Are We Cooked?
Anthropic drops Opus 4.6. Twenty minutes later, OpenAI fires back with GPT-5.3 Codex. This is the AI agentic coding arms race and it's moving fast. Both AI models are writing code that can write itself now. OpenAI is using 5.3 to improve its own tooling. Opus 4.6 is "voicing discomfort with being a product." We tested both and break down what actually matters for people building stuff. Plus Kli
The AI Holodeck Just Got Real: Google's Project Genie
Google DeepMind dropped Project Genie and you can now walk around AI-generated 3D worlds. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says this is the path to the holodeck. He's not wrong. Meanwhile Clawd aka ClawdBot and now Moltbot is giving people AI superpowers… spawning agents, teaching itself skills, connecting to everything in your life. It's also a massive security risk and people are spending thousands o
Claude Code Is Taking Over (And We Don't Hate It)
Claude Code is taking over and even the Wall Street Journal is Claude Pilled. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just said we're 6 months from AI doing most software engineering. No big deal. Claude Code skills are exploding: Remotion for AI video editing, Pencil for infinite design canvases, Compound Engineering for spinning up agent fleets while you sleep. Your $200/month Max subscription doesn't stand
Google's AI Knows Everything About You (We Said Yes)
Apple just handed Siri over to Google Gemini. Meanwhile, Google's Personal Intelligence wants to crawl ALL your data. This is the AI lock-in war of 2026 and you're the prize. Plus, Claude Cowork dropped (and they built it in two weeks), Grok can no longer put bikinis on people, and the US military is apparently running on Grok 4.20. Cool cool cool. We've also got the world's biggest Twitch streame
The AI Robot Uprising Has Begun (And It's Weirder Than You Think)
AI robots are taking over CES 2025 and we're not sure how to feel about it. Boston Dynamics Atlas is doing things with its body that no robot should be able to do. NVIDIA's new autonomous vehicle platform Alpa Mayo is coming for Tesla FSD. And you can now buy a $100 AI-powered drone that will hunt down whatever you point it at. Cool cool cool. Plus, Google finally put Gemini in Gmail (we tested i
OpenAI's New AI Image Model is here! But… Can It Beat Nano Banana Pro?
ChatGPT Images (aka OpenAI's Image 1.5) can create stunning AI images, text and more. But how does it compare to Google's Nanobanana Pro? We dive in… way too deep. Plus, new GPT-5.2 Codex, Gemini 3 Flash, YouTube's new vibecoded games, the controversy around Generative AI and game developer Larian Studios, a lego-like robot and, of course, seeing how AI video can cause soap opera actress hair to e
OpenAI Strikes Back! GPT-5.2 & Disney Comes to Sora
OpenAI GPT-5.2 is here! The new model shows improvements, but the bigger news might be the deal Sam Altman made with Disney to bring characters to Sora. We dive into the implications for AI & Hollywood, plus Google's Deep Research & Android XR, Runway Gen-4.5, Gemini 2.5, & WAY more AI News. HARSH, THE GUARDRAILS WILL BE. FUN, YOU MIGHT STILL HAVE. Get notified when AndThen launches: https://andth
OpenAI's Code Red Vs Google Gemini's AI Assault
OpenAI's Sam Altman has called a 'Code Red' at the AI giant as Google Gemini 3 might be overtaking them. But new models 'Garlic' and 'Shallotpeat' might leapfrog them back in front. Plus, Kling's new O1 and Video 2.6 AI video models are both good and, well, not so good. And Runway Gen 4.5 seems interesting but not out to everyone yet. Meanwhile, Sora 2 users are busy generating fake clips of 'Bird
Google's Nano Banana Pro and Gemini 3 Are Very, Very Good
Gemini Pro 3 and Nano Banana Pro push Google into the lead in the race for AGI. Meanwhile, OpenAI isn't far behind with GPT-5.1 Pro & Codex Max. The AI news is relentless! Nano Banana Pro's ability to make infographics and edit images is nearly unprecedented and, combined with Gemini 3's analytical abilities, makes us feel all tingly inside. Web design, vibe coded games, there is so much cool stu
OpenAI Surprise Drops GPT-5.1 But Google Is Coming…
OpenAI released GPT-5.1 with updates to vision, ChatGPT personalities and, most importantly, vibes while Google's Nanobanana 2 and Gemini 3 Pro gently start leaking incredible results. Plus, Disney is ok with AI content on Disney+, Grok Imagine gets a big update, a very cool new 3D world simulator from World Labs, the number one song country song right now is an AI music creation and, in China,
AI Job Losses Are Real. Don't Panic (Yet).
AI is starting to take more human jobs while OpenAI and Sam Altman are thinking about GPT-6 and new science. Meanwhile, the rest of OpenAI is thinking about how they'll pay for GPT-6. Plus, Google is sending AI chips into space, Gemini will power Apple Intelligence, Kimi K2 Thinking is a great open-source AI model and the backlash to Coke's new AI ad. Get notified when AndThen launches: https:/
OpenAI's New 2028 Plan is Bonkers. Plus, Big Sora 2 Update & 1x Robot Controversy
Sora 2's new Character Cameo update brings your pets to AI video while OpenAI settles the whole non-profit mess. Oh, and Sam Altman says in 2028 AI will make itself. WHAT? Plus, 1x Robotics's new Neo robot is causing a big AI controversy. For now, it's all remote operated but WILL be autonomous. Are you ok with people watching you? Also: new AI video & audio tools from Cartesia & Odyssey and we g
Can OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas AI Browser Beat Google in 2025?
In a big week of AI news, OpenAI debuts Atlas, its new agentic AI internet browser and we talk about what they did right and… what might've gone wrong. Sam Altman was excited! Plus, Google has an updated AI Studio that makes vibe coding much easier, Sora 2's Cameo feature is going to get an update for characters and pets soon & a whole lot of scary robots. IT'S A NEW BROWSER FOR YOU… TO BROWSE OU
OpenAI's Curvy Road to AGI Includes… Erotica??
OpenAI's ChatGPT will soon allow *adult* AI conversations. What happens next? For now, we get Sora 2 updates and Google ussing AI for actual science, making progress towards cancer cures. Google *also* has Gemini 3 on deck for what seems like a pretty big jump in AI capabilities. Oh and they happen to be working on fusion as well. But for us, they've update their AI video model VEO to 3.1 and we
OpenAI Restricts Sora 2 As Hollywood Fights Back Against AI Video
OpenAI's Sora 2 went into a state of lock-down this week as Sam Altman pulls back what can and can't be generated on the platform. Hollywood & Influencers are still furious. Are you? We dive into the debate around what it means when everyone can generate everything at the touch of a button & talk about how Mark Cuban & Jake Paul are using the Cameo feature to their advantage. Oh, and Bob Ross is *
OpenAI's Sora 2: Future of Media or AI SLOPOCALYPSE??
Sora 2 is a remarkable piece of AI technology! Sora 2 is filling the world with AI slop! Both of these things might be true as Sam Altman & OpenAI have taken over yet again. We talk about what makes Sora 2 truly state-of-the-art, the new Cameo feature that lets you generate videos of your friends & some of the IP-infringing works you might see on the Sora seas. Plus, we dive into our new AI audio
AI Creates New Drugs As OpenAI & NVIDIA Shuffle Billions
AI science advances are FINALLY happening while OpenAI's Sam Altman & NVIDIA's Jensen Huang send billions back and forth. If $100 billion is a drop in the well, how much do they need? Plus, ChatGPT is causing divorces, new AI video models Kling 2.5 Turbo & Wan 2.5, Suno drops v5 & Gavin drops the fact that he's not *loving* Kevin's mustache. Oh & we're getting ready for the launch of AndThen, our
Meta's New $800 AI Glasses Show Us The Future… Sometimes Breaks
Meta's new AI Ray-Ban Display & Mark Zuckerberg give us a glimpse of what an augmented-reality future might look like & they're here VERY soon. Zuck's new $800 AR glasses will be here in two weeks for $800 but he also showed off Hyperscape, a new gaussian-splat style virtual environment. They also struggled to demo some of the new tech but, hey, live demos… we've all been there, right? Plus, Open
OpenAI Is Spending A Fortune To Get To AGI. Will They Make It?
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AI Helps Salesforce Cut 4000 Jobs. Will It Make New Ones?
AI NEWS: Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff says AI helped cut 4000 jobs from their workforce. Is this the start of a bigger trend? FYI, Optimus 3 isn't *really* ready to take those jobs yet. Google's NanoBanana continues to amaze us and we show off some really fun new ways to use it. Google *also* has a new vibecoding platform, a cool AI video real-time video model & a 'boring' but great open source AI
Google's Nano Banana Brings Next Gen AI To The Mainstream
Google's Nano Banana is the best AI image editor we've ever seen & it bodes well for the future of Gemini going forward. But even better, it's actually useful in everyday life. In other AI News, OpenAI's new Realtime API improves its voice AI systems. It's also taking people back from Meta who is also doing a deal with Midjourney. YES, it's the CIRCLE OF AI…. Plus Unitree's robot carries heavy stu
Move Over OpenAI… Google Looks Ready To Take The AI Lead
AI NEWS: Google's been moving insanely fast & shipping as OpenAI & Sam Altman have been working out what went wrong with the GPT-5 launch. Will we have a new AI leader? Google's Made By Google event introduced a new natural language photo editing software (that could be powered by Nano Banana - their secret unreleased model) and a live AI translator that feels the like future. Meanwhile, OpenAI is
OpenAI's GPT-5 Stumbles On The Rocky Road To AGI
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OpenAI's GPT-5 Is Here. It's Very Good AI But Not AGI
OpenAI's GPT-5 is out & it's the best AI model! For now. Overall, the benchmarks are good-not-great but the vibes are off-the-charts. We dive into the DEEP end. Sam Altman brought the whole team out for a long demo of GPT-5. It's great at coding! It's better at writing! It has new AI personalities! It will not hallucinate nearly as much! Which is more than we can say for the OpenAI graphics depar
OpenAI's GPT-5 Leaks Show Us The Future (Of Next Week??)
OpenAI's GPT-5 is coming soon and it is…good?. Mystery models have been testing on various platforms that may show us the future of OpenAI's newest AI & the future of the space. Sam Altman's company has been ramping up the hype machine entering next week when most expect GPT-5's release (as well as a new possible Google model). Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg is talking up Meta's personal Super Intell
OpenAI Teases GPT-5 as America Goes Full 'AI Action' Mode
OpenAI's Sam Altman dribbles out GPT-5 teases as the White House's AI Action plan lays out exactly how all-in America is on the future of AI. Plus, SO MUCH AI NEWS. GPT-5 is (we hope?) around the corner and we're getting small snippets like the mysterious new model that's incredible at coding & the AI model that won gold at the International Math Olympics. Plus, Netflix & Disney are both using AI
OpenAI's New ChatGPT Agent Might've Just Stolen Your Job
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Grok 4 is Nearing AGI But... Can Elon Get Out Of The Way?
Grok 4 from xAI just aced "Humanity's Last Exam" benchmarks while Grok 3 had a catastrophic public meltdown. What does this mean for the future of AI and Elon Musk's credibility? And, in other AI news, OpenAI's GPT-5 is rumored to land next week along with a new open-source reasoning model, Google's DeepMind launches AI-designed drugs into human trials, and Perplexity's new AI browser Comet sparks
Meta's Poaches OpenAI Brains, Google's AI Gaming Engine & More AI HUGE News
OpenAI, Meta & Google are fighting over who gets to control the future of superintelligence but what happens when Zuck robs Sam Altman blind? And is Apple about to onboard Anthropic? In the big AI news this week, Meta hires over 10 top OpenAI engineers (for a rumored potential $300 million in compensation), Apple considers replacing its entire AI strategy with Claude or ChatGPT, and Microsoft's ne
Big AI Vs Humans: OpenAI's Office, Google's Free AI Agent and more AI News
OpenAI, Google & Anthropic are all eating different parts of the business & creative worlds but where does that leave us? For only 25 cents, you too can sponsor a human in a world of AGI. In the big news this week, OpenAI's takes on Microsoft Office, Google's cutting the cost of AI coding with their new Google CLI (Command Line Interface) and dropped an on-device robotics platform. Oh, and Anthro
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