ThursdAI - The top AI news from the past week
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Every ThursdAI, Alex Volkov hosts a panel of experts, ai engineers, data scientists and prompt spellcasters on twitter spaces, as we discuss everything major and important that happened in the world of AI for the past week. Topics include LLMs, Open source, New capabilities, OpenAI, competitors in AI space, new LLM models, AI art and diffusion aspects and much more. sub.thursdai.news
Episodes
- 📅 ThursdAI - May 7 - Interviews with Sunil Pai, Sally Ann Omalley from AI Engineer Europe
This episode features interviews with Sunil Pai, Principal Engineer at Cloudflare, and Sally Ann OMalley, Principal Engineer at Redhat. Conversations cover the state of AI engineering, engineer perspectives on code in 2026, Cloudflare's ag…
- 📅 ThursdAI - Apr 30 - DeepSeek V4 (1.6T MoE), Cursor SDK Wins WolfBench, Mayo's REDMOD Saves Lives, Stripe Gives Agents a Wallet & more
The ThursdAI podcast episode discusses DeepSeek V4's 1.6T MoE model, Mayo Clinic's REDMOD AI that detects pancreatic cancer up to three years earlier than human radiologists, and Stripe's new wallet feature for agents. It also touches upon…
- 📅 Apr 23: OpenAI's Week: GPT-5.5, GPT-Image-2, Codex CUA + Chronicle, + Claude Design, Kimi K2.6, Qwen 3.6-27B
This episode covers OpenAI's release of GPT 5.5 and GPT-Image-2, noting its SOTA performance and image generation capabilities. It also discusses Anthropic's Claude Design, updates to Kimi K2.6 and Qwen 3.6-27B, and OpenAI's Codex updates.
- April 16 - Codex uses your mac in the background, Opus 4.7 release not quite Mythos + 3 interviews
This episode of ThursdAI covers recent AI news including Alibaba's Qwen 3.6, Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.7, and an OpenAI Codex update with computer use features. Guests discuss Windsurf, Gradient-Bang, and Marimo notebooks.
- 📅 ThursdAI LIVE from London - Claude Mythos, Codex Resets, Muse Spark & More | w/ Swyx and friends from OpenAI, Deepmind, LMArena and OpenClaw
This episode of ThursdAI, recorded live from London, covers significant AI developments such as Anthropic's Claude Mythos and $30B ARR, Meta's Muse Spark, and OpenAI testing GPT-image-2. Guests include Swyx, Peter Gostev, Vincent Koc, and…
- 📅 ThursdAI - Apr 2 - Gemma 4 is the new LLama, Claude Code Leak, OpenAI raises $122B & more AI news
This episode covers the latest in AI news, including the Claude Code source code leak, OpenAI's $122 billion funding round, the release of Google's Gemma 4, and new model releases from Microsoft. The host is joined by guest Omar Sanseviero…
- AGI is here? Jensen says yes, ARC-AGI-3 says AI scores under 1%
ThursdAI discusses Jensen Huang's AGI claims and Google's Gemini 3.1 Flash Live omni-model. The episode also covers TurboQuant's KV cache compression, OpenAI's Sora app discontinuation, and developments from Mistral, Cohere, and Google's L…
- ThursdAI - Opus 1M, Jensen declares OpenClaw as the new Linux, GPT 5.4 Mini & Nano, Minimax 2.7, Composer 2 & more AI news
This episode of ThursdAI discusses significant AI developments including Anthropic enabling a 1M context window for Opus by default. OpenAI released new GPT 5.4 Mini and Nano models optimized for coding and subagents, offering faster and c…
- 🎂 ThursdAI — 3rd BirthdAI: Singularity Updates Begin with Auto Researcher, Uploaded Brains, OpenClaw Mania & NVIDIA's $26B Bet on Open Source
ThursdAI marks its third anniversary, covering significant AI developments like Andrej Karpathy's AutoResearcher, simulated fruit fly brains, and NVIDIA's $26 billion investment in open source. The episode introduces a new "Singularity Upd…
- ThursdAI - Mar 5 - OpenAI's GPT-5.4 Solves a 20-Year Math Problem, Anthropic Gets Designated a Supply Chain Risk, Qwen Drama Unfolds
This episode of ThursdAI covers major AI news including OpenAI's release of GPT 5.4 models with advanced features like a 1M context window. It also discusses Anthropic being designated a supply chain risk after refusing a government ultima…
- 📅 ThursdAI - Feb 26 - The Pentagon wants War Claude, every benchmark collapsed, and a solo founder hit $700K ARR with AI agents
The latest ThursdAI episode discusses the rapid rise of AI agents, saturated performance benchmarks, and the success of solo founders using AI. It also details the US Department of War's ultimatum to Anthropic to remove restrictions on Cla…
- 📅 ThursdAI - Feb 19 - Gemini 3.1 Pro Drops LIVE, Sonnet 4.6 Closes Gap, OpenClaw Goes to OpenAI
This episode covers major AI developments: Google released Gemini 3.1 Pro, performing near state-of-the-art with competitive pricing and a 1 million token context window. Anthropic's Sonnet 4.6 shows improved performance, and OpenAI has hi…
- 📆 Open source just pulled up to Opus 4.6 — at 1/20th the price
The latest AI news includes updates from Anthropic, ByteDance, Z.ai, MiniMax, Google, and OpenAI. Key releases are Opus 4.6 fast mode, SeeDance 2.0, GLM-5, MiniMax M2.5, Gemini 3 Deep Think, and GPT 5.3 Codex Spark, highlighting rapid adva…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Feb 5 - Opus 4.6 was #1 for ONE HOUR before GPT 5.3 Codex, Voxtral transcription, Codex app, Qwen Coder Next & the Agentic Internet
The latest AI news includes Anthropic's Opus 4.6 update with a 1 million token context window, quickly followed by OpenAI's GPT 5.3 Codex, noted for its speed and self-debugging capabilities. The episode also touches on new transcription m…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Jan 29 - Genie3 is here, Clawd rebrands, Kimi K2.5 surprises, Chrome goes agentic & more AI news
This episode of ThursdAI discusses significant AI news: Google's Genie 3 allows users to generate and explore imagined worlds, Chrome now includes agentic features, Clawdbot rebranded to Molt.bot OpenClaw, and updates were released for Kim…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Jan 22 - Clawdbot deep dive, GLM 4.7 Flash, Anthropic constitution + 3 new TSS models
This episode covers the release of GLM-4.7-Flash by Z.ai, new TTS models, and Anthropic's Claude Constitution. The deep dive focuses on Clawdbot, a personal AI assistant capable of self-improvement and local file management, featuring gues…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Jan 15 - Agent Skills Deep Dive, GPT 5.2 Codex Builds a Browser, Claude Cowork for the Masses, and the Era of Personalized AI!
This episode of ThursdAI features a deep dive into Agent Skills, a new way to customize AI agents. It also covers the release of GPT 5.2 Codex, Anthropic's Claude Cowork for non-coders, and advancements in personalized AI. Expert Eleanor B…
- ThursdAI - Jan 8 - Vera Rubin's 5x Jump, Ralph Wiggum Goes Viral, GPT Health Launches & XAI Raises $20B Mid-Controversy
This episode of ThursdAI covers major AI news from the week of January 8th. Highlights include NVIDIA's Vera Rubin platform with significant performance jumps, the viral success of a Ralph Wiggum-themed X post by Ryan Carson, and the offic…
- ThursdAI - Jan 1 2026 - Will Brown Interview + Nvidia buys Groq, Meta buys Manus, Qwen Image 2412 & Alex New Year greetings
This episode of ThursdAI includes an interview with AI researcher Will Brown. It also covers AI news from the end of 2025, including Meta
- 🔥 Someone Trained an LLM in Space This Year (And 50 Other Things You Missed)- ThursdAI yearly recap is here!
This special yearly recap of ThursdAI covers the major AI releases of 2025, quarter by quarter. Key themes include the significant advancements in reasoning models, the emergence of AI agents, and the strong performance of Chinese labs in…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Dec 18 - Gemini 3 Flash, Grok Voice, ChatGPT Appstore, Image 1.5 & GPT 5.2 Codex, Meta Sam Audio & more AI news
This episode of ThursdAI recaps a busy week in AI, featuring the launch of Google's Gemini 3 Flash with impressive speed and pricing, OpenAI's GPT 5.2 Codex, ChatGPT's Appstore, Meta's Sam Audio, and Nvidia's Nemotron 3 Nano. The discussio…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Dec 11 - GPT 5.2 is HERE! Plus, LLMs in Space, MCP donated, Devstral surprises and more AI news!
OpenAI has launched GPT 5.2, featuring significant improvements in long-horizon reasoning, agentic coding, and reliability for browsing and tooling, with multiple variants available. The episode also briefly mentions LLMs in space and othe…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Dec 4, 2025 - DeepSeek V3.2 Goes Gold Medal, Mistral Returns to Apache 2.0, OpenAI Hits Code Red, and US-Trained MOEs Are Back!
ThursdAI recaps a busy week in AI, highlighting DeepSeek V3.2's strong performance in reasoning and agentic tasks, and Mistral AI's return to the Apache 2.0 license. The episode also touches on OpenAI's internal "Code Red" situation and th…
- ThursdAI Special: Google's New Anti-Gravity IDE, Gemini 3 & Nano Banana Pro Explained (ft. Kevin Hou, Ammaar Reshi & Kat Kampf)
This episode of ThursdAI features conversations with Kevin Hou about Google's new Anti-Gravity IDE and its "Agent Manager," followed by a discussion with Ammaar Reshi and Kat Kampf on Gemini 3's features, multimodality, and updates to Goog…
- 🦃 ThursdAI - Thanksgiving special 25’ - Claude 4.5, Flux 2 & Z-image vs 🍌, MCP gets Apps + New DeepSeek!?
This episode of ThursdAI covers major AI updates: Anthropic released Claude 4.5 Opus, excelling in coding and complex tasks with new features and reduced pricing. The show also discusses DeepSeek's new math model, Flux 2, Microsoft's open-…
- 📆 ThursdAI - the week that changed the AI landscape forever - Gemini 3, GPT codex max, Grok 4.1 & fast, SAM3 and Nano Banana Pro
This episode covers a transformative week in AI, featuring major releases like Google's Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana Pro, xAI's Grok 4.1 with an Agent Tools API, and OpenAI's GPT-5.1 Codex Max. The discussion includes insights from guests…
- GPT‑5.1’s New Brain, Grok’s 2M Context, Omnilingual ASR, and a Terminal UI That Sparks Joy
This episode of ThursdAI discusses recent AI news including GPT 5.1 updates, open-source releases like Terminal-Bench 2.0 and Project AELLA, and Baidu's ERNIE-4.5-VL multimodal model. Guests Paul from 11Labs and Dima Duev join to demo LEET…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Nov 6, 2025 - Kimi’s 1T Thinking Model Shakes Up Open Source, Apple Bets $1B on Gemini for Siri, and Amazon vs. Perplexity!
This episode of ThursdAI covers Moonshot AI's Kimi K2 Thinking, a 1 trillion parameter open-source model with a 256k token context window, claiming top benchmarks. It also discusses Apple's potential $1B investment in Gemini for Siri, upda…
- ThursdAI - Oct 30 - From ASI in a Decade to Home Humanoids: MiniMax M2's Speed Demon, OpenAI's Bold Roadmap, and 2026 Robot Revolution
This episode of ThursdAI covers the latest AI news, including an interview with Skyler Miao from MiniMax about their new open-source LLM M2, which offers high speed and low cost. The discussion also touches on OpenAI's recent restructuring…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Oct 23: The AI Browser Wars Begin, DeepSeek's OCR Mind-Trick & The Race to Real-Time Video
This episode of ThursdAI discusses the emergence of AI browser wars, featuring ChatGPT's Atlas agentic browser and Microsoft Edge's Copilot Mode. It also highlights DeepSeek's groundbreaking OCR model, which uses a novel context compressio…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Oct 16 - VEO3.1, Haiku 4.5, ChatGPT adult mode, Claude Skills, NVIDIA DGX spark, Wordlabs RTFM & more AI news
This episode of ThursdAI covers VEO 3.1 features, Reinforcement Learning, and new SWE-grep models. A significant development includes an AI model from Google and Yale generating and validating a novel hypothesis about cancer cells in a lab…
- 📆 Oct 9, 2025 — Dev Day’s Agent Era, Samsung’s 7M TRM Shock, Ling‑1T at 1T, Grok Video goes NSFW, and Serverless RL arrives
This episode of ThursdAI covers OpenAI's Dev Day, highlighting agent platforms and keynotes. It also discusses new AI model scaling developments from Samsung and inclusionAI, Grok's NSFW video features, and the launch of Serverless RL for…
- Sora 2 Crushes TikTok, Claude 4.5 Fizzles, DeepSeek innovates attention and GLM 4.6 Takes the Crown! 🔥
OpenAI has launched Sora 2, an AI video model that has become a viral sensation integrated into a new social media app. The app allows users to create videos featuring themselves and others, marking a new era for AI in social media. The ep…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Qwen‑mas Strikes Again: VL/Omni Blitz + Grok‑4 Fast + Nvidia’s $100B Bet
This episode of ThursdAI covers a busy week in AI news, focusing on Alibaba's Qwen models (Qwen3-VL and Qwen3-Omni), DeepSeek V3.1, XAI Grok 4, and OpenAI news. It also touches on advancements in vision and audio AI technologies like Wan 2…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Sep 18 - Gpt-5-Codex, OAI wins ICPC, Reve, ARC-AGI SOTA Interview, Meta AI Glasses & more AI news
This week's AI news includes OpenAI's GPT-5-Codex agentic finetune, Meta's new glasses with a display, and an interview with Jeremy Berman who achieved a high score on ARC-AGI. The episode also highlights several open-source AI model relea…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Sep 11 - SeeDream 4, Lucy 14B, ChatGPT gets MCP, OpenAI $300B deal with Oracle, Qwen Next A3B & more AI news
This episode covers major artificial intelligence news from the week, including ByteDance's SeeDream 4 image generation model, OpenAI's reported deal with Oracle, and ChatGPT's new MCP capabilities. The host also discusses the Lucy 14B mod…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Sep 4 - Codex Rises, Anthropic Raises $13B, Nous plays poker, Apple speeds up VLMs & more AI news
This episode of ThursdAI covers a busy week in AI news, including a significant increase in Codex usage, Anthropic's $13 billion funding round, and the release of Nous Research's Hermes 4 model. The discussion also touches on Apple's work…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Aug 21 - DeepSeek V3.1’s hybrid upset, ByteDance’s 512K Seed-OSS, Nano Banana wizardry, Agents.md standardizes agents, and more AI
This episode of ThursdAI covers several AI developments, including DeepSeek's V3.1 hybrid model which achieves high scores with fewer tokens, ByteDance's 512K Seed-OSS model, and Nano Banana's advanced image editing capabilities.
- 📆 ThursdAI - Aug 14 - A week with GPT5, OSS world models, VLMs in OSS, Tiny Gemma & more AI news
This episode covers a week in AI news, discussing early GPT-5 performance issues and improvements, open-source releases like world models and Tiny Gemma, and an interview with Alan Dao about the Jan AI model. The discussion also touches on…
- 📅 ThursdAI - GPT5 is here
The podcast covers recent AI news, including OpenAI releasing open-source models, Google's Genie 3 World Model, and the announcement of GPT-5. The episode discusses various AI models and their applications.
- 📆 ThursdAI – Jul 31, 2025 – Qwen’s Small Models Go Big, StepFun’s Multimodal Leap, GLM-4.5’s Chart Crimes, and Runway’s Mind‑Bending Video Edits + GPT-5 soon?
This episode of ThursdAI discusses recent open-source AI developments, highlighting new Qwen models from Alibaba, multimodal SOTA releases from Cohere and StepFun, and Flux[Krea]. It also covers updates from Runway, Zucks’ AI vision, and t…
- 📆 ThursdAI - July 24, 2025 - Qwen-mas in July, The White House's AI Action Plan & Math Olympiad Gold for AIs + coding a 3d tetris on stream
Alibaba Qwen released new models including Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct-2507, achieving top scores on benchmarks like GPQA and MMLU-Redux. The episode also covers the White House AI Action Plan discussed by Joseph Nelson.
- 📆 ThursdAI - July 17th - Kimi K2 👑, OpenAI Agents, Grok Waifus, Amazon Kiro, W&B Inference & more AI news!
This episode of ThursdAI discusses the significant open-source release of Moonshot's Kimi K2, a 1 trillion parameter model with a 128K context window and strong SWE-bench performance. The discussion also touches upon OpenAI agents, Elon Mu…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Jul 10 - Grok 4 and 4 Heavy, SmolLM3, Liquid LFM2, Reka Flash & Vision, Perplexity Comet Browser, Devstral 1.1 & More AI News
This episode covers new AI developments including Grok-4 and Grok-4 Heavy from XAI. It also features discussions on open-source models such as HuggingFace's SmolLM3 and Liquid AI's LFM2, along with Reka AI's latest releases.
- 📆 ThursdAI - Jul 3 - ERNIE 4.5, Hunyuan A13B, MAI-DxO outperforms doctors, RL beats SWE bench, Zuck MSL hiring spree & more AI news
This week's AI news covers Baidu's ERNIE 4.5 models, Tencent's Hunyuan-A13B-Instruct, Microsoft's medical AI advancements, and Meta's AI hiring. The episode also touches on open-source models and AI game engines.
- 📅 ThursdAI - Jun 26 - Gemini CLI, Flux Kontext Dev, Search Live, Anthropic destroys books, Zucks superintelligent team & more AI news
ThursdAI's June 26th episode, hosted by Wolfram Ravenwlf, Nisten, LDJ, and Yam, covers various AI news including the Gemini CLI, Flux Kontext, Search Live, Anthropic's Claude, and updates on AI models from Mistral, Unsloth, Kimi-VL, and th…
- 📆 ThursdAI - June 19 - MiniMax M1 beats R1, OpenAI records your meetings, Gemini in GA, W&B uses Coreweave GPUs & more AI news
This episode of ThursdAI covers AI news from the week of June 19th, featuring updates on MiniMax M1, OpenAI's meeting recorder with a 2-hour limit, Google's Gemini in General Availability, and Weights & Biases' new inference service using…
- 📆 ThursdAI - June 12 - Meta’s $15B ScaleAI Power Play, OpenAI’s o3-pro & 90% Price Drop!
This episode of ThursdAI covers major industry shifts, including Meta's investment in Scale AI and hiring of Alex Wang, and OpenAI's release of o3-pro alongside significant price reductions. Guests Stefania Druga and Eric Provencher join t…
- 📆 ThursdAI - Jun 5, 2025 - Live from AI Engineer with Swyx, new Gemini 2.5 with Logan K and Jack Rae, Self Replicating agents with Morph Labs
This episode of ThursdAI was recorded live from the AI Engineer Worlds Fair, featuring co-host Swyx and guests Logan Kilpatrick and Jack Rae from Google DeepMind. They discuss the newly announced Gemini 2.5 Pro, its performance improvement…
- 📆 ThursdAI - May 29 - DeepSeek R1 Resurfaces, VEO3 viral moments, Opus 4 a week after, Flux Kontext image editing & more AI news
This episode covers recent AI advancements like the DeepSeek R1 model update showing improved reasoning capabilities and a new 8B distilled version. It also touches on viral moments from VEO3, updates on Opus 4, and the Flux Kontext image…