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Hosts: James Okafor & Maya Chen
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• Today we're covering a massive day in AI news, including OpenAI's surprise GPT-5 announcement, Apple's radical new AI strategy, and why China just cha...
• Plus, we'll hit you with some quick updates on Meta's latest AI assistant drama and what's happening with those AI regulation bills in Congress.
• Alright, let's start with the big one. OpenAI just dropped GPT-5, and here's why this changes everything. They're calling it their first 'reasoning en...
• The data tells a different story though, James. Yes, GPT-5 scored 98% on complex reasoning benchmarks — that's up from GPT-4's 67%. But worth noting t...
• Fair point. But what struck me was watching it debug code in real-time. It didn't just fix the bug — it explained why the original approach was concep...
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