Show Notes
After a busy few weeks, Andrew and Justin reconvene to talk through all of the AI-centric news that has hit your feed over the summer. From the launch of ChatGPT 5 and the subsequent news cycles surrounding personality changes and reliability, to Elon's war against App Store charts and the battle against compute constraints, there's plenty to get through. It's the opposite of whatever an AI Winter is supposed to be.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro 00:41 - ChatGPT 5 launch and fallout 08:52 - 4o vs. 5 Personality 17:25 - Elon, Grok, and App Store charts 22:41 - Genie 3 and Google 23:53 - Compute constraints 31:11 - Wrap-up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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