Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

Meta Made A Frontier Model, Google Still Can't Even With Gemini 4

Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben

Show Notes

Theo & Ben are back this week to talk all about how Meta's Muse Wonder is here to impress and it seems like Google still can't make a frontier model! We're breaking it all down, including the random appearance of the Tesla Roadster!

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Timestamps: 0:00 Gemini Fanboys Intro 4:31 Gemini 4 Argon Benchmarks vs Reality 16:27 Google's Pricing and Falling Behind 20:30 Grok 4.7 vs Gemini 4 25:01 Google Book and Z Fold Android Pain 36:40 Music Piracy and Computer Use 49:18 Anthropic's Growth and Vibe Coding 59:19 Can AI Replace Human Taste 1:28:17 DeepSeek 1017 and Open Weights 1:34:58 Roadster Flying Car and Wrap Bet 1:51:30 Hunting Tedious Work with Agents

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