About this episode
Tracking the fallout and implications from GPT-5’s rollout yesterday. Why is Google’s AI chatbot filled with self-loathing and recrimination? Are President Trump’s comments just the latest worry for the CEO of Intel? Are those AI coding companies actually making any money? And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.
Links:
GPT-5: Key characteristics, pricing and model card (Simon Willison)
GPT-5 Hands-On: Welcome to the Stone Age (Latent Space)
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments (Business Insider)
Intel’s Chief Holds Firm After Trump Demands His Resignation (NYTimes)
High costs and thin margins threatening AI coding startups (TechCrunch)
Weekend Longreads Suggestions:
AI Is Coming for the Consultants. Inside McKinsey, ‘This Is Existential.’ (WSJ)
SEO Is Dead. Say Hello to GEO. (NYMag)
Is Perrier as pure as it claims? The bottled water scandal gripping France (BBC)
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