Show Notes
AI tools are shipping faster than most normal humans can figure out what half of them actually do.
So Thursday, August 20 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET, we’re going LIVE to translate this week’s biggest AI launches into plain English. 😸
The goal: understand what these tools actually are, who they’re for, what’s useful vs. hype, and which ones are worth trying.
No three developers yelling model benchmarks at each other for an hour. Instead, we’re covering:
🤖 Qwen 3.8: What a powerful open model is, why you might use one instead of ChatGPT or Claude, and when that makes sense.
💻 Unsloth Studio: Run and experiment with AI models on your own computer, even if you’ve never touched a terminal.
⌨️ Cursor Origin: Cursor wants to host your code too. Here’s what that could mean for people building websites, apps, and internal tools with AI.
🛠️ DeepSeek Harness: What an “agent harness” is, why everyone keeps talking about them, and whether they matter outside hardcore coding circles.
💬 Buzz: Imagine Slack or Discord, except AI agents can join the workspace, collaborate with humans, and do work.
🐦 Berd: One desktop home for your AI agents, projects, skills, tools, and models. You can also give your agents little animated bodies. Please emotionally prepare yourself.
Plus, we’ll cover the other notable models and tools that dropped this week.
And if OpenAI drops Astra before we go live? We’ll cover that too. If it’s incredible, great. If it belongs in the “cool, another model” bucket, that’s part of the roundup too.
📅 August 20 @ 10AM PT / 1PM ET
Bring your questions. No PhD required. 😸
TOOLS / LINKS: Qwen 3.8: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen3.8 Unsloth: https://unsloth.ai/ Cursor: https://cursor.com/changelog/origin-code-hosting DeepSeek: https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness Buzz: https://buzz.xyz/ Berd: https://berd.xyz/ OpenAI: https://openai.com/index/pacing-model-development-cyber-capabilities/
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