AI Explained covers the latest developments in artificial intelligence, focusing on the arrival of smarter-than-human AI. The host, creator of Simple Bench, examines the remaining reasoning gap between humans and large language models. He is also the solo developer of LM Council. The podcast includes discussions and points listeners to exclusive videos, a newsletter, and community resources.
Episodes
Gemini Exponential, Demis Hassabis' ‘Proto-AGI’ coming, but …
The condensed highlights of hours of AI lab leader interviews, last-48-hour model releases, Gemini 3 Flash insights (plus it’s hidden flaw), Hassabis’ ‘proto-AGI’ and much more…https://matsprogram.org/apply?utm_source=ai-explained&utm_medium=youtube&utm_campaign=s26 Also, do check out my new app: https://lmcouncil.aiChapters: 00:00 - Introduction00:50 - Results02:44 - But… the Flaw04:49 - So Benc
The AI 'Genie' is Out + Humanoid Robotics Step Closer
First text-to-speech, text-to-video and text-to-action, and now text-to-interaction? Let’s take a look at the new Genie paper from Google DeepMind, and set it in the context of new developments regarding Sora and Gemini. We’ll hear what Demis Hassabis has to say about Altman’s $7 trillion dollar chip ambitions and touch on some recent notorious missteps. We’ll also learn more about Gemma, fully au
Claude 4: Full 120 Page Breakdown … Is it the Best New Model?
Not only did I get early access and ran my own tests, as per the title I read both the 120 page Claude 4 Opus and Claude 4 Sonnet System Card, and 25 page report on ASL-3 being triggered, plus the 2 hour launch video, and surrounding coverage. Ft. coding tests, Simple, twitter controversies, deep alignment coverage, spiritual bliss and much more!https://80000hours.org/aiexplainedAI Insiders ($9!):
Gemini 3.1 Pro and the Downfall of Benchmarks: Welcome to the Vibe Era of AI
Do we have a new best AI model, or do we have the downfall of benchmarks in general, as a way of capturing machine intelligence? Full breakdown of Gemini 3.1 Pro, guest-starring the new Sonnet 4.6, plus analysis from 7 papers/posts that will give you much needed context. Oh, and a new record on Simple Bench!https://epoch.ai/ai-explained-datacentersCheck out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, an
The New Bard and AI Images, Videos, and Translations
The new Bard is actually useful, even if you look past the hype. I'll show you why, and cover how you can make the AI images that are going crazy viral. It's genuinely fun, and surprisingly customisable. If that wasn't enough, you'll learn about GPT 5 red-teaming, HeyGen translations, Alpha Missense, and much more!Metaculus Free: https://www.metaculus.com/ai/?utm_source=ai_explained&utm_campaign=a
Leak: ‘GPT-5 exhibits diminishing returns’, Sam Altman: ‘lol’
The last few days have seen two narratives emerge. One, derived from yesterday’s OpenAI leak in TheInformation, that GPT-5/Orion is a disappointment, and less of a leap than GPT-3 to GPT-4. The second comes from a series of 4 clips (shown in this video) from Sam Altman, regarding the ‘clear path’ to AGI. Let’s go beyond the headlines (and through papers like Frontier Math) to get closer to the gro
RT-X and the Dawn of Large Multimodal Models: Google Breakthrough and 160-page Report Highlights
A huge new insider report on GPT Vision is released by Microsoft and just in the last few hours the RT-X series is dropped by Google in Robotics. I will not only break down the 160+ page report on what GPT-4V can do and what it can't, including new use cases, prompting techniques and failure modes, I'll also go through the full RT-2-X and RT-1-X demo, which I am calling the GPT2 moment for robotic
AI Los Alamos? + New Realistic AI Avatars
From an AI Los Alamos to the first quasi-realistic AI avatar & and from spies at AGI labs to 'AI consciousness' in 2 years, this was a week of underrated revelations and discussions of AI consciousness, regret over ChatGPT’s precipitous release, and more.We’ll see snippets of the debate with George Hotz and Connor Leahy, touching on the three borderline unanswerable questions for our future, and c
The AI News You Might Have Missed This Week
From GPT 4 mapping the world to Live 3D Video, and ChatGPT UI changes to Unreal Engine, RealityGPT and Nvidia Announcements, here's 7 bits of AI news you might have missed. GPT 4 Does Geography: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.00020v1.pdfNvidia GenAI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVUQ5iJCmKsGoogle Starline Prototype: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obuyCkotJ_sCharacter AI Dark Horse: https://twitter
Sora - Full Analysis (with new details)
Sora, the text-to-video model from OpenAI, is here. I go over the bonus details and demos released in the last few hours, and the technical paper. I’ll also give you a glimpse of what’s to come next and a host of implications. Even if you’ve seen every Sora video, I bet you won’t know all of this!AI Insiders: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedSora: https://openai.com/research/video-generation-mod
Claude Mythos: Highlights from 244-page Release
The model, the mythos, the legend. We have a new best AI model, but not all of us. How good is it, what does it’s new offensive capabilities mean? Why does it’s 244 page report card remind me of Her, and why did the creator of Claude Code call it ‘terrifying’. 30+ highlights sourced by reading the paper in full, old-school, no AI summary.https://80000hours.org/aiexplainedCheck out my fast-growing
'Show Your Working': ChatGPT Performance Doubled w/ Process Rewards (+Synthetic Data Event Horizon)
I have not only read the Let's Verify step by Step paper released less than 24 hours ago, I have combed the release notes and appendix, read most of the linked papers and done my own tests. It's true, performance is massively boosted, and not just for mathematics but science and other domains too. I'll show you comparisons with GPT 3 and PaLM 2, and demonstrate that new records are coming soon.I w
Deep Research by OpenAI - The Ups and Downs vs DeepSeek R1 Search + Gemini Deep Research
12 hours ago Deep Research was unveiled, and I’ve tested it thoroughly, including vs Deepseek R1 with search, Gemini Deep Research and even R1 in Perplexity. It’s a notable step forward, with one big caveat. I’ll go through all the benchmark figures, my initial impression of the o3 model within, and much more.AI Insiders ($9!) - my Patreon with exclusive vids: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedDe
New Google Model Ranked ‘No. 1 LLM’, But There’s a Problem
A new and mysterious Gemini model appears at the top of the leaderboard, but is that the full story? I dig behind the headline to show you some anti-climactic results, give some context with leaks in the last 48 hours of diminishing returns to scaling, and add the response of Altman, OpenAI and co. The future is about to look a lot stranger.80,000 hours Podcast + Channel: https://open.spotify.com/
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8 Ways ChatGPT 4 [Is] Better Than ChatGPT
Hear me now, quote me later: these are the 8 ways in which ChatGPT will be improved in ChatGPT 4. From critical reasoning to coding, comprehension to calculation, I will give the peer-reviewed evidence of what is to come. By examining publicly accessible benchmarks, comparable large language models and the latest research papers, we can discern the ways in which GPT4 (integrated into Bing or other
Orca: The Model Few Saw Coming
The first model set to be opensourced that actually comes close to ChatGPT, and is just 13B (that's small enough for a laptop). The 51 page report from Microsoft was released just 48 hours ago but I have gone through it all, and bring relevant insights from 5 other papers.By imitating the logic and explanations of GPT 4 (and using GPT 3.5 as an assistant), as well as by training on diverse tasks a
Gemini 1.5 and The Biggest Night in AI
The biggest day in AI since GPT-4's release. A new state of the art model, Gemini 1.5, has arrived, on the same night as a bombshell text-to-video model, Sora, from OpenAI. Gemini 1.5 can ingest up to ten million tokens (at least) and perform incredible retrieval, while also beating Ultra and GPT-4 at most benchmarks, with far less compute. I focus on Gemini 1.5 Pro, while we wait for the Sora Tec
State of AI 2023: Highlights of 163 Page Report + Eureka Self-Improvement, MEG, Suno AI and GPT F
This video will not only cover the highlights of a new 163 page report on the state of AI in 2023, it will dive into major breakthroughs in just the last week, from Eureka, which documents self-improvement via GPT 4 feedback, to MEG for real-time brain scans, Suno AI for all your AI meme needs, and even mathematical theorem proving. Let me know what you think! https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedSt
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GPT 5 Will be Released 'Incrementally' - 5 Points from Brockman Statement [plus Timelines and Safety]
Greg Brockman just revealed the thinking of OpenAI on how best to release GPT 5. He spoke of a 'continuum of better AIs' and I will break it all down in simple terms.With evidence from multiple sources, including the GPT 4 Technical report, I will go over each of the 5 telling points he made on Twitter, and feature external evidence from Ilya Sutskever, the Center for Humane Technology, Emad Mosta
o3 breaks (some) records, but AI becomes pay-to-win
A green card, o3 vs Gemini 2.5, 6 Benchmarks and a whole bunch of my thoughts on what on earth is happening in AI, from here to 2030. Plus, how AI is becoming pay-to-win, and why. Crazy times, 14 mins probably wasn’t enough.https://app.grayswan.ai/ai-explainedAI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introduction00:33 - FictionLiveBench01:37 - PHYBench02:14 - SimpleBen
AI Breaks Its Silence: OpenAI’s ‘Next 12 Days’, Genie 2, and a Word of Caution
Calmest before the storm? Whatever analogy you want to use, things had gotten quiet toward the end of 2024. But then tonight we got Genie 2, and a series of scheduled announcements from OpenAI... Assembly AI Speech to Text: https://www.assemblyai.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=influencer&utm_campaign=ai_explained Sora is soon here, and o1, but I dive deeper into what it all means and whether r
Anthropic: Our AI just created a tool that can ‘automate all white collar work’, Me:
A new tool, with code written *only* by AI, has gone omega-viral: Claude Cowork. But is the hype justified? What do the stats say on productivity? Where is the truth in a sea of noise? What is truth? Can we handle the truth? Where's Nemo?https://matsprogram.org/s26-aieCheck out my new app! https://lmcouncil.aiAI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters: 00:00 - Introduction01:12
Gemini 3 Pro: Breakdown
Gemini 3 Pro is out, and records fell like snowflakes in Svalbard. No long description, chapters or links today, huge technical difficulties, including with audio, so just want to publish asap.https://app.grayswan.ai/ai-explainedhttps://lmcouncil.aiAI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedNon-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzs
How Well Can GPT-4 See? And the 5 Upgrades That Are Next
What exactly can GPT-4 see? And does OpenAI have a plan for physical embodiment? Over 12 separate developments announced in the last few days are covered in this video, in which I showcase how improvements in text, speech, 3D, and embodiment are beginning to complement each other.We'll take an early look at use cases for images in GPT 4, how Nvidia and Adobe are pushing boundaries in Text to 3D, a
Gemini Ultra - Full Review
Gemini Ultra is here – I insta-subscribed – and I have conducted a veritable battery of tests on it, across almost all domains. Tests include images, debugging, mathematics, theory of mind, logic, Google Maps, YouTube, jailbreaks and more, all compared to GPT-4 Turbo. Google might want to know about some of these. I’ll also piece together months of research on what Gemini Ultra might soon evolve i
Altman@Microsoft, Shear@OpenAI, Chaos@Everywhere: Sutskever Regret and the Weekend That Changed AI
The implosion of OpenAI, a new AGI lab, Sutskever regret and a radical new CEO, the last 48 hours have altered the course of Generative AI. Drawing on multiple exclusive accounts, I’ll endeavour to recreate what happened, get more of the why as well as the when, and give you a clearer sense of the main players. https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedAltman Twitter: https://twitter.com/sama?ref_src=tws
Midjourney v6, Altman 'Age Reversal' and Gemini 2 - Christmas Edition
Tips on how best to use the stunning new Midjourney v6, a look at the new claims of 'imminent' healthspan extension and a glimpse at the potential of Gemini 2, given the compute power of Google - plus Suno AI, RunwayML and more. Welcome to the Christmas Edition of AI Explained!https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedMidjourney v6: https://mid-journey.ai/midjourney-v6-release/Magnific: https://magnific.
When Will AI Models Blackmail You, and Why?
In the last few days Anthropic have released an impressive honest account of how all models blackmail, no matter what goal they have, and despite prompt warnings, and other preventions. But do these models *want* this?Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video! Download unlimited stock media at one set price with Storyblocks: https://storyblocks.com/AIExplainedAI Insiders ($9!): https://www.p
o1 Pro Mode – ChatGPT Pro Full Analysis (plus o1 paper highlights)
Oh boy. o1 pro mode out on the same night as o1 full. I read the 49 page paper, ran my own tests, spent my fuel allowance on Pro Mode and will give you all the highlights. Suffice to say the story is not as simple as it first appears. Weights and Biases’ Weave: wandb.me/ai_explainedPlus, GPT-4.5? MLE Bench, Simple Update, Image Analysis and much more AI Insiders: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplaine
Altman Expects a ‘Fast Take-off’, ‘Super-Agent’ Debuting Soon and DeepSeek R1 Out
OpenAI looks set to debut their Operator system, and some leaks are out. At the same time Deepseek R1 releases some numbers, and Sam Altman says he might have been wrong before, and now anticipates a 'fast take-off'. Plus two papers to give you an idea of what a super-agent might be decent at doing, some more exclusive article analysis and much more. Who said anything else is happening today...80
9 AI Developments: HeyGen 2.0 to AjaxGPT, Open Interpreter to NExT-GPT and Roblox AI
The 9 new AI developments that I genuinely feel will be the most impactful, from insane video dubbing and translation to Apple Ajax and Google Gemini leaks, Roblox AI to an Open Interpreter Demo. https://www.metaculus.com/ai/?utm_source=ai_explained&utm_campaign=ai_explainedhttps://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedHeyGen Avatar 2.0 Video Translate: https://labs.heygen.com/video-translateAltman Original
Claude Opus 4.7 - A New Frontier, in Performance … and Drama
Claude Opus 4.7 just dropped, but behind every headline lies a deeper story. From a bonanza of benchmarks, to seeing the fruits of one of the biggest mega-projects in US history, to sneaky Mythos disclaimers, to Anthropic admitting compute restraints and, forcing lower capability of Opus 4.7. Where the new model falls behind Gemini but ahead of GPT 5.4, plus why some users are furious at Anthropic
GPT-5: Everything You Need to Know So Far
Was yesterday the day GPT-5 actually started training? This video has everything we think we know so far about GPT-5, drawing on exclusive interviews, OpenAI employee comments, Altman confirmations and more. Think of this as the ultimate compilation of GPT-5 news. Plus, as a bonus, you’ll get 1 super-practical tip on typing to ChatGPT and a Dalle-3 discovery.AI Insiders: https://www.patreon.com/AI
Nothing Much Happens in AI, Then Everything Does All At Once
When it rains, it pours. OpenAI Operator tested and reviewed, with full paper analysis. Perplexity Assistant is useful. Then Stargate, is it all smoke and mirrors? Strong rumours of an o3+ model from Anthropic. Then a full breakdown of Deepseek R1, and what it’s training method says about the state of AI. It’s not open source BTW. Plus Humanity’s Last Exam, and Hassabis Accelerates his AGI timelin
How Not to Read a Headline on AI (ft. new Olympiad Gold, GPT-5 …)
GPT-5 did what? OpenAI ahead of Google? There are 9 ways to misread the headlines of the last 48 hours, so this video is here to tell you what happened, sans sizzle. It’s been a fairly momentous last few days, so let’s dive in to the International Math Olympiad Gold, GPT-5 alpha release, whether mathematicians are out of jobs, and the white collar impact by year’s end.Job Board: https://80000hours
GPT 5.5 Arrives, DeepSeek V4 Drops, and the Compute War Intensifies
GPT 5.5 full analysis, plus DeepSeek V4 paper highlights, comparisons with Mythos, a vibe-coded game w/ GPT Image 2, and 50 data-points you wouldn’t get from just reading the headlines.https://80000hours.org/aiexplainedCheck out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.aiAI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introdu
ChatGPT's Achilles' Heel
Time for something different - a tour of ChatGPT getting things wrong, including a whole new category of errors that you might find illuminating, concerning or just entertaining. From investigating whether GPT 4 does indeed have theory of mind, to how easily it is jailbroken, to testing Inflection 1, Bard and Claude on the same puzzle that flummoxes ChatGPT to arguing that GPT 4 will just double d
Sora is Out, But is it a Distraction?
Sora is out, both epic and flawed. Beautiful user interface, not so beautiful physics. But is Sora and these 12 days of Shipmas a distraction from OpenAI quietly abandoned promises?Full Sora review, pricing, availability, tools, rivals and more...80,000 hours Website, Podcast + Channel: https://80000hours.org/https://open.spotify.com/show/2WzJwXWBDnn4iZ7odKwDib https://www.youtube.com/@eightythous
'Sparks of AGI' - Bombshell GPT-4 Paper: Fully Read w/ 15 Revelations
Less than 24 hours ago a paper was released that will echo around the world. I read all 154 pages in one sitting. The paper suggests GPT 4 has ‘sparks of Artificial General Intelligence’. This is not just hype, I go through 15 examples detailing just what exactly the unrestrained GPT 4 is capable of.Insane highlights include the monumental ability to use tools effectively – this is an emergent cap
9 of the Best Bing (GPT 4) Prompts
Everyone knows by now how to prompt ChatGPT, but what about Bing? Take prompt engineering to a whole new level with these 9 game-changing Bing Chat prompts. Did you know you can get interviewed by Bing, time travel, force Bing to improve its output and so much more? These are the best 9 prompts that I could find, after analysing over 200 prompts and trying out dozens of examples personally. You mi
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What's Up With Bard? 9 Examples + 6 Reasons Google Fell Behind [ft. Muse, Med-PaLM 2 and more]
A definitive comparison between Bard and GPT-4 - and it doesn’t look good for Bard. I demonstrate, with nine different examples, that Bard has a serious problem. From coding to content creation, summarisation to self-tutoring, I cover all the deficiencies that will stop Bard being currently useful. I then go into 6 explanations for why Google might have fallen behind. From Attention authors leavin
Alpha Everywhere: AlphaGeometry, AlphaCodium and the Future of LLMs
Is AlphaGeometry a key step toward AGI? Even Deepmind's leaders can't seem to make their minds up. In this video, I'll give you the rundown of what AlphaGeometry is, what it means and what it doesn't meann. Plus I'll cover AlphaCodium, dropped open-source tonight seemingly out of nowhere, and causing a big stir for what it might mean for coders the world over. And I'll touch on what I foresee is t
Phi-2, Imagen-2, Optimus-Gen-2: Small New Models to Change the World?
Phi-2 is a tiny model that could fit on a phone, but it outperforms huge language models like Llama 2. I explain more about how it was made and what it means. Then we see Imagen-2, the most stunning text-to-image yet, at least according to Google' images. We then glimpse Optimus 2, smaller in the sense that it's 10kg lighter! With more degrees of freedom, it's movements look a lot more humanoid. A
Deadline Day for Autonomous AI Weapons and Mass Surveillance
Will Anthropic be forced to make a version of Claude for war? And does a new paper expose the risks of Claude agents, in both OpenClaw and the field of war? Plus, 5 more twists in the story of the Pentagon versus Anthropic + some AI lab employees, and a petition that could change everything, or nothing...Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmc
o3 - wow
o3 isn’t one of the biggest developments in AI for 2+ years because it beats a particular benchmark. It is so because it demonstrates a reusable technique through which almost any benchmark could fall, and at short notice. I’ll cover all the highlights, benchmarks broken, and what comes next. Plus, the costs OpenAI didn’t want us to know, Genesis, ARC-AGI 2, Gemini-Thinking, and much more. AI Insi
AGI: (gets close), Humans: ‘Who Gets to Own it?’
A 'frontier reasoning model' from just 1000 examples (s1). A $100B Musk bid for power. Gemini 2, Rand and warning from Amodei. Here’s 7 developments you may have missed but which I would argue help us understand how the next few years will play out. From labour vs capital to automating rival companies and countries, and from non-profit shenanigans to new mini-docs, there was just too much for me n
11 Major AI Developments: RT-2 to '100X GPT-4'
There were 11 major developments in AI in just this week, from RT-2 – a significant step on the path to robotic AGI – to ‘100x GPT 4 in 18 months’, and from the uplifting news of TranscribeGlass and AI Barbie-heimer to dramatic revelations about OpenAI in the Atlantic. We’ll also glimpse Stable Beluga 2 – the ‘first true competitor’ to ChatGPT, based on the open source Llama 2, hear about Universa
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Hassabis, Altman and AGI Labs Unite - AI Extinction Risk Statement [ft. Sutskever, Hinton + Voyager]
The leaders of almost all of the world's top AGI Labs have united to put out a statement on AI Extinction Risk, and how mitigating it should be a global priority. This video covers not just the statement and the signatories, including names as diverse as Geoffrey Hinton, Ilya Sutskever, Sam Harris and Lex Fridman, but also goes deeper into the 8 Examples of AI Risk outlined at the same time by the
GPT 4 is Smarter than You Think: Introducing SmartGPT
In this video, I will not only show you how to get smarter results from GPT 4 yourself, I will also showcase SmartGPT, a system which I believe, with evidence, might help beat MMLU state of the art benchmarks. This should serve as your ultimate guide for boosting the automatic technical performance of GPT 4, without even needing few shot exemplars. The video will cover papers published in the last
Llama 2: Full Breakdown
Meta have released Llama 2, their commercially-usable successor to the opensource Llama language model that spawned Alpaca, Vicuna, Orca and so many other models. I read the full 76 page technical paper, the Responsible Use Guide, each of the release pages, the terms and conditions and have also run many of my own experiments on HuggingFace. This video covers the most noteworthy bits, including:-
Two Rival Bets on AGI: Google I/O Highlights
The biggest Google AI push of the year, but what is the bigger story? Why is Google pursuing a different fork in the road than OpenAI or Anthropic? https://assemblyai.com/aiexplainedWhat does Gemini 3.5 Flash mean for the near-term future of AI? Plus the highlights from a provocative new paper on AI, 8 key moments you may have missed, and the signal from 5+ hours of AI lab interviews.Check out my
GPT-6 Goes Rogue? The HuggingFace Incident, Sans Hype
An unreleased internal OpenAI model, very likely to be called GPT-6, was able to autonomously break out of its sandbox AND break into HuggingFace, just to score higher on a benchmark prompt. This video has the details you may have missed, a layperson analogy, whether this is truly novel, and more…Dozens more Exclusive videos on Patreon ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Int
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Google Bard - The Full Review. Bard vs Bing [LaMDA vs GPT 4]
Bard has arrived! This is the first full review, testing out its maximum capacities, with a direct comparison with GPT 4, which powers Bing. You will find out about Bard's surprising weaknesses and unexpected strengths. I also won't shy away from areas that both do well in, or do badly in. Among the many examples I will showcase include conducting basic web searches, grammar assistance, Math, theo
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Can GPT 4 Prompt Itself? MemoryGPT, AutoGPT, Jarvis, Claude-Next [10x GPT 4!] and more...
Can GPT 4 Prompt itself? Give it a mission and it will come up with the prompts. This video showcases the rise of autonomous AI, including 5 major developments in the last 48 hours. Starting with the OG Auto-GPT, we see how it quickly gain text-to-speech, coding and more. Karpathy weighs in and then we see how you can now create an app with just your voice, with a Jarvis demo and another route via
The Two Best AI Models/Enemies Just Got Released Simultaneously
The two models that you will hear discussed for at least the next two months - Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT 5.3 Codex - just got released within 26 mins or each other. The full breakdown of around 250 pages of reports, with just the most interest moments, from the battle of which is best, Claude personhood, the surprising misbehaviour of Opus 4.6, and much morehttps://assemblyai.com/aiexplainedCheck ou
Not Slowing Down: GAIA-1 to GPT Vision Tips, Nvidia B100 to Bard vs LLaVA
From GAIA-1 and UniSim showing that new worlds can be imagined with synthetic data, to Nvidia B100 and X100 suggesting no slow down in compute, this video will argue that AI is not slowing down. I’ll cover what that means in Robotics, Audio, Vision and even fraud, from Disney to LLaVA, Elevenlabs to exclusives from The Information (Nov 6 OpenAI Developer Conference) and Semianalysis. https://www.p
New Claude Opus 4.8: 15 Things You May’ve Missed
The ‘best’ generally available AI model just dropped, but there is plenty I bet you missed about what it is, how it performs, and what the release tells us. 15 highlights from the 244 page system card, plus private testing, leader interview and more.AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introduction00:49 - Mythos in Weeks01:49 - Adaptive not necessary02:26 - Honest
OpenAI Flip-Flops and '10% Chance of Outperforming Humans in Every Task by 2027' - 3K AI Researchers
Blink and you missed it, but there have been 4 developments this week that could have major consequences. From a change of heart on maximising engagement from OpenAI - and doubts growing over whether to pursue superintelligence at all - to a startling new survey of 2778 AI researchers - full 38 page highlights. And predictions on the automation of human labor to the trillion-dollar titans fighting
AI Improves at Self-improving
AlphaEvolve is not the first system to exhibit self-improvement, but it may be the most impressive yet. AI is literally improving the hardware, architectures, data and training methods of AI itself. A deep dive into the paper, drawing on two previous interviews and 5 other papers. Plus a snippet on OpenAI’s new Codex system.Gray Swan: http://app.grayswan.ai/ai-explainedAI Insiders ($9!): https://w
GPT 4: 9 Revelations (not covered elsewhere)
This video will give nine more insights from the bombshell GPT 4 Technical Report. It is the companion video to the '14 Crazy Details' released the day before. In this video, I will cover:Tests on how to 'shut down' the model in the wild, and how that might go wrong. Sam Altman requesting more regulation (!), milestone moments for humanity as more benchmarks fall, a hidden constitution, why GPT 5
Q* - Clues to the Puzzle?
Are these some clues to the Q* (Q star) mystery? Featuring barely noticed references, YouTube videos, article exclusives and more, I put together a theory about OpenAI’s apparent breakthrough. Join me for the journey and let me know what you think at the end. https://www.assemblyai.com/playgroundAI Explained Bot: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-804sC5lJ6-ai-explained-botAI Explained Twitter: https://t
AI Declarations and AGI Timelines – Looking More Optimistic?
A head-spinning week of declarations, timelines, updates, papers and debates. I will cover as much as I can, not least the new all-in one interface, EmotionPrompt, executive orders analysed, Bletchley declaration, a new MIT safety paper, responsible scaling, LLMs for Chip Design, and a guest appearance from Dyson Spheres.https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedGates Interview: https://www.handelsblatt.
8 Signs It's The Future: Thought-to-Text, Nvidia Text-to-Video, Character AI, and P(Doom) @Ted
Here are 8 things that might have surprised you 6 weeks ago, let alone 6 months ago. From text to video to Ted Talks, I try to cover it all.Nvidia Text to Video https://research.nvidia.com/labs/toronto-ai/VideoLDM/Blockade Labs Tweet: https://twitter.com/BlockadeLabs/status/1648476832730349570And Demo: https://www.blockadelabs.com/Zip NeRF: https://jonbarron.info/zipnerf/Paper: https://arxiv.org/p
Claude 3.7 is More Significant than its Name Implies (ft DeepSeek R2 + GPT 4.5 coming soon)
Claude 3.7 is here, hot on the heels of Grok 3 and a host of other developments, but how good is it really? And what does it say about the next few months in AI? I’ve read the papers, played with the model for hours, and benched it on Simple. Things aren’t slowing down. Plus the latest in humanoid robots, led by Helix and freaked out by Protoclone. And reports of GPT 4.5 and DeepSeek R2.GraySwan C
Nano Banana Pro: But Did You Catch These 10 Details?
Nano Banana Pro is no incremental upgrade. From double exposures to almost (!) perfect infographics, comic strips, to pricing, benchmarks and more, I go through 10 facets of the new, model you won’t get just from reading the headlines. Definitely worth watching before you use it for work…http://assemblyai.com/aiexplainedNano Pro also available on my solo-made app (Pro Tier): https://lmcouncil.aian
Google Takes No Prisoners Amid Torrent of AI Announcements
Google just announced at least 12 things that are each worthy of a video, but here are the top I/O highlights. From Veo 3 to Deep Research now being useable, Deep Think breaking records to Gemini Diffusion, Gemini 2.5 Flash changing how AI is priced and GemmaVerse, SynthID Detector and Imagen 4. And even this intro is missing other announcements covered in the vid! And yes, they’ll be plenty of Ve
ChatGPT Fails Basic Logic but Now Has Vision, Wins at Chess and Prompts a Masterpiece
ChatGPT will now have vision, but can it do basic logic? I cover the latest news - including GPT Chess! - as well as go through almost a dozen papers and how they relate to the central question of LLM logic and rationality. Starring the Reversal Curse and featuring conversations with two of the authors at the heart of it all. I also get to a DALL-E 3 vs Midjourney comparison, MuZero, MathGLM, Situ
Claude Fable 5 - Full 319 page Breakdown
Fable 5 is out - and it’s good, very good. But beyond the splashy demos, I want to bring you the 20+ nuggets from the 319 page system card, which I read in full, all day, plus benchmarks you may not have noticed. https://assemblyai.com/aiexplainedPlus two worrying trends inside the ‘mind’ of Claude, how OpenAI counter, and the transformer inventor’s warning.Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free
Apple’s ‘AI Can’t Reason’ Claim Seen By 13M+, What You Need to Know
What to make of those headlines that AI can’t reason, seen by tens of millions? I cover the Apple paper in layman’s terms, what it means and doesn’t mean, and what’s next. Thanks to Storyblocks for sponsoring this video! Download unlimited stock media at one set price with Storyblocks: https://storyblocks.com/AIExplainedPlus o3-pro and whether it is my current most-recommended model.AI Insiders ($
GPT 4: Full Breakdown (14 Details You May Have Missed)
I just read the entire technical report on GPT 4, not just the promotional hype. And boy does it have some interesting details. I have gathered the 14 extra details that you, or at least the media, may miss from the release. The last one is more than a little wild.These include things like the training secrets, the cherry-picked bar exam stat, text-to-image breakthroughs, and some truly astounding
9 New Gemini Leaks, Code Llama and A Major AI Consciousness Paper
In the last few days, we have had dramatic new leaked insights into the sheer breadth of Google Gemini, their rival to GPT 4 or, perhaps, GPT 5. Just today, we’ve had Meta’s Code Llama and, earlier, their impressive multilingual SeamlessM4T model. Yesterday, from Berkley we get new brain-computer AI transforming the life of a stroke victim, and last but definitely not least, an 88 page AI Consciou
Claude Fable Blocked - 11 Quiet Details on What’s Next
Claude Fable 5 banned, but what’s the bigger story. We go through 11 under-reported details, so you have the context to see what’s coming next for your use of AI. From whether the ban will last, what the possible motives are, what the model can actually do, and some wild over-extrapolations going on.Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcounci
Time Until Superintelligence: 1-2 Years, or 20? Something Doesn't Add Up
Superintelligence when? This question is more urgent than ever as we hear competing timelines from Inflection AI, OpenAI and the leaders at the Center for AI Safety. This video not only covers the what was said, it offers some data on what superintelligence is projected to be capable of. I discuss things that can hasten those timelines (see the new Netflix doc, Top 1% for Creativity and the AI Nat
Enter PaLM 2 (New Bard): Full Breakdown - 92 Pages Read and Gemini Before GPT 5? Google I/O
Google puts it foot on the accelerator, casting aside safety concerns to not only release a GPT 4 -competitive model, PaLM 2, but also announce that they are already training Gemini, a GPT 5 competitor [likely on TPU v5 chips]. This is truly a major day in AI history, and I try to cover it all. I'll show the benchmarks in which PaLM (which now powers Bard) beats GPT 4, and detail how they use Smar
GPT 5 is All About Data
Drawing upon 6 academic papers, interview snippets, possible leaks, and my own extensive research, I put together everything we might know about GPT 5: what will determine its IQ, its timeline and its impact on the job market and beyond.Starting with an insider interview on the names of GPT models, such as GPT 4 and GPT 5, then looking into the clearest hint that GPT 4 is inside Bing. Next, I brie
GPT-5 has Arrived
GPT-5 will change how hundreds of millions of people use AI. Yes, you might have to forgive the chart crimes, the underwhelming livestream and Altman hype… But it’s a good model. I have read the 50 page system card in full, have the benchmark scores, coding tests, and things you might have missed.https://app.grayswan.ai/ai-explainedAI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedAnnouncement
‘Speaking Dolphin’ to AI Data Dominance, 4.1 + Kling 2.0: 7 Updates Critically Analysed
Giving some context to a hectic week of AI news. This video won’t just be about the release, then, of GPT 4.1, in the last 48 hours, Kling 2.0, a sneak-peak at the next OpenAI model, or even the new Dolphin language tool. It will be about 7 such stories that contextualise where we are in AI and what is happening.https://www.emergentmind.com/AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedCha
Fable 5 vs GPT 5.6 Sol: The Early Results
Fable 5 (newly re-released) vs GPT 5.6 Sol, what comparisons can we unearth? Plus, Sonnet 5, a 5% equity seizure by US Govt, the ‘largest heist’, Beetlejuice and more…Exclusive Vids in AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introduction01:06 - Fable Timeline02:59 - Sol Release?06:01 - the Chinese Angle07:35 - 5% Stake09:10 - Fable vs Sol - the numbers13:57 - Sol Mis
AI CEO: ‘Stock Crash Could Stop AI Progress’, Llama 4 Anti-climax + ‘Superintelligence in 2027’ ...
The latest on Llama 4, and whether it signals a slowdown in AI, or solid progress. Plus, a deep dive on that viral prediction of superintelligence by 2027, and Dario Amodei’s cautionary words on what could stop AI progress in its tracks. o3 news, and more, as well.Weights & Biases: https://weave-docs.wandb.ai/?utm_source=sponsorship&utm_medium=simple_bench&utm_campaign=ai_explainedDeepSeek Doc: ht
The AI News You Might Have Missed This Week - Zuckerberg to Falcon w/ SPQR
From Opensource Falcon on an iPhone to avatars in ChatGPT, and AI chefs to Embodied Chess, Meta announcements and Zuckerberg speculation, here's 7 bits of AI news you might have missed. Embodied Chess: https://twitter.com/newscientist/status/1666821962977669123AI Chef: https://twitter.com/aakashg0/status/1666301809768677376Nala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciO0zf1OBVsHeygen (in plug-in store):
