Today's Top Episodes
Dwarkesh and Ilya Sutskever on What Comes After Scaling
The era of simply making AI bigger is over. What comes next for artificial intelligence, according to one of its pioneers?
Inside Anduril: Exclusive HQ Tour w/ Palmer Luckey, Brian Schimpf, Matt Grimm & Trae Stephens
Go behind the scenes of Anduril and discover how they're revolutionizing the defense industry with speed and software.
25 Years of Business Advice in 27 Minutes
Unlock a quarter-century of business wisdom in under 30 minutes – learn the secrets to focus, impact, and success.
Is Privacy A Winnable Battle? | Andy Yen, Founder of Proton
Can AI truly foster understanding, or is it destined to deepen our divides? The founder of Proton lays bare the battle for privacy and unity.
Why humans are AI’s biggest bottleneck (and what’s coming in 2026) | Alexander Embiricos (OpenAI Codex Product Lead)
Discover why YOU are the biggest barrier to AI's potential, and what groundbreaking advancements are just around the corner in 2026.
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Will This OpenAI Update Make AI Agents Work Better?
Duration: 00:22:11
December 15, 2025
- OpenAI Agent Builder can now leverage Zapier webhooks to access and manipulate external data using MCPS.
- A new "Giga Agent" can discover and document free APIs for any requested data, and then pass this information to another agent for retrieval.
- The system demonstrated the ability to find real-time data from platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Product Hunt, even when official free APIs are unavailable.
The Architects of AI That TIME Missed
Duration: 00:19:57
December 14, 2025
- Time magazine's "architects of AI" cover omitted crucial foundational researchers in favor of executives and promoters, potentially hindering responsible AI development by prioritizing hype over scientific advancement.
- Google's Gemini is exhibiting faster growth than ChatGPT, highlighting the increasing importance of distribution and integration into existing platforms over direct user choice.
- A significant productivity gap exists in workplaces, with AI power users being six times more productive than typical users due to deeper engagement with AI capabilities, creating a "sink or swim" environment for employees.
Why AI Advantage Compounds
Duration: 00:22:57
December 12, 2025
- AI is no longer just a tool but a compounding force that exponentially increases advantages for early adopters.
- The benefits of AI adoption are self-reinforcing, leading to continuous improvement and market dominance rather than diminishing returns.
- Strategic AI integration across all business operations is crucial for amplifying impact, unlocking new business models, and accelerating market share growth.
GPT-5.2 is Here
Duration: 00:24:42
December 11, 2025
- OpenAI has released GPT 5.2, featuring significant improvements in agentic abilities, vision, and coding.
- GPT 5.2 demonstrates substantial gains in benchmarks, particularly in abstract reasoning, showing a jump from 17% to 52%.
- The release includes new features like "GPT instant thinking" and a playable game developed by the AI, suggesting advances in creative capabilities.
The State of Enterprise AI
Duration: 00:28:20
December 10, 2025
- AI agents are distinguished by their ability to take complex user input, decompose it into a sequence of steps, and solve it in a stepwise manner, requiring access to external tools and data for context.
- Companies are moving towards model-agnostic platforms where AI models become a utility, leading to a race for distribution and critical mass in applications that aim to be the next evolution of search.
- For enterprises, the key challenge and opportunity lie in orchestrating various AI functionalities within a unified platform, rather than focusing on single, fragmented elements.
The AI Race Gets a Massive Power Shift
Duration: 00:24:41
December 10, 2025
- China is releasing powerful, free, and open-source multimodal AI models like Qwen3-Omni, challenging US dominance.
- Databricks has introduced a prompt optimization technique that makes enterprise AI models significantly cheaper to run while improving performance.
- OpenAI is developing more intelligent, assistant-like AI features such as ChatGPT Pulse, which proactively anticipates user needs.
What People Are Actually Using AI For Right Now
Duration: 00:25:06
December 8, 2025
- The reasoning token usage has dramatically shifted, now comprising over 50% of consumed tokens, indicating a major paradigm shift in AI capabilities.
- Programming has rapidly become the dominant use case, with prompt lengths four times longer and focused on complex tasks like extracting signals from code and logs.
- Open-source models, particularly those from China, have emerged as significant contenders, with roleplay and creative dialogue dominating their usage, though programming is also growing.
AI Has a PR Problem
Duration: 00:23:29
December 7, 2025
- Generative AI, powered by large language models, is a new technology that predicts patterns to create human-like interactions, and it's crucial to avoid viewing it as magic or sentient.
- AI in healthcare is not just about generative AI but also includes established predictive AI, and leaders should focus on AI as a tool for empowerment rather than replacement, particularly in alleviating workforce burnout and cognitive burden for clinicians.
- Healthcare leaders should integrate AI by embedding it into existing strategies like HR and DEI plans, and while some adoption may be slower, avoiding engagement with AI risks organizations becoming irrelevant.
What 1,250 Professionals Say About Working With AI
Duration: 00:28:25
December 5, 2025
- Professionals across various fields express a desire to use AI for routine tasks while preserving their professional identity.
- Creatives face concerns about peer judgment and economic displacement due to AI, despite its productivity benefits.
- Scientists are eager for AI collaboration but hesitate to trust it with core research tasks, highlighting a balance of trust.
Can Today’s AI Really Replace 12% of Work?
Duration: 00:21:59
December 4, 2025
- AI is projected to automate 12% of the American workforce across various sectors, with tech and finance being particularly impacted.
- AI is expected to significantly boost the US economy by nearly $3 trillion by 2030, while simultaneously creating a high demand for AI-skilled workers.
- Companies may face a surplus workforce of up to 20% due to AI automation, prompting initiatives like the White House's Genesis mission to leverage AI for scientific advancement.
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