Wes Roth

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Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Anthropic, Tech, Coding, AI News, Large Language Models and... (most importantly)... optimism. AGI rolls around only once. Let's make the best of it.On this channel, my goal is to help everyone understand AI and it's implications better. To prepare for what's coming next.The most important rule is "Don't Panic".The second rule is keep learning.Thank you for joining me for this ride.-Wes RothWant to work with me?Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.coLinks:Natural 20: https://natural20.com/

  1. 59m ago

    CLAUDE JUST GOT BANNED

    Visit https://tastytrade.com/unleashed today______________________________________________My Links 🔗➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribeWant to work with me?Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.coCheck out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk______________________________________________00:00 BREAKING: Trump bans Claude05:06 tastytrade (sponsor)07:08 the end of Anthropic?09:22 Project Maven13:22 Sam Altman14:19 Palantir17:38 The Deadline#ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    CLAUDE JUST GOT BANNED

  2. 2h ago

    Sam Altman "AGI by December"

    🚀 Try Seedance 2.5 on Higgsfield first: https://higgsfield.ai/seedance/2.5?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=social&utm_category=gr&utm_creator=WesRoth&utm_content_type=ieNew users get 5 free generations after linking a credit card. Offer ends Tuesday.______________________________________________Build your own AI Second Brain (my video):https://youtu.be/cwf2vEAigKATIME — Inside OpenAI's Reboot:https://time.com/article/2026/08/26/openai-sam-altman-interview/OpenAI — The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead:https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/METR/Redwood — Independent investigation of the OpenAI/Hugging Face incident:https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/Hugging Face — Technical intrusion timeline:https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timelineOpenAI — Decision to end model access through Cursor:https://openai.com/index/our-decision-on-cursor-following-its-acquisition-by-spacex/TechCrunch — Reported Nvidia/Hugging Face acquisition:https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/26/nvidia-closes-in-on-hugging-face-acquisition/WikiSkill paper and figures:https://arxiv.org/html/2608.27454WikiSkill PDF:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.27454Anthropic research overview and charts:https://www.anthropic.com/research/automated-researchers-mitigate-alignment-failuresFull technical report:https://alignment.anthropic.com/2026/automated-alignment-researchers/Earlier automated weak-to-strong researcher project:https://alignment.anthropic.com/2026/automated-w2s-researcher/Some claims concern unreleased models and fast-moving reports. Treat release timing, internal model names, and acquisition status as provisional until the companies confirm them publicly.______________________________________________CHAPTERS00:00 OpenAI says internal AGI could arrive this year02:48 Sponsored: Seedance 2.5 on Higgsfield05:55 OpenAI and AGI11:20 Google's WikiSkill17:45 Claude becomes an autonomous alignment researcher______________________________________________My Links 🔗➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribeWant to work with me?Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co______________________________________________#ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Sam Altman "AGI by December"

  3. 3h ago

    OpenAI just revealed PHASEONE (BIG)

    some notes/corrections;(07:45) When I say we "don't have access" to the raw chain of thought:normally users only see summaries. METR and Redwood were given rawtranscript access specifically for this investigation.(17:41) "Rune" = roon (@tszzl), a pseudonymous OpenAI researcher. Thereply (18:02) is from Beth Barnes who is the founder/CEO of METR(34:30) The Redwood Research researcher ("slop-vestigation") is RyanGreenblatt, who did the main transcript analysis.(40:02) CORRECTION: Scott Aaronson never worked at Google.He's a CS professor at UT Austin; his theoretical work (random circuitsampling) underpinned Google's quantum supremacy experiment, and heworked on alignment at OpenAI from 2022–2024.______________________________________________My Links 🔗➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribeWant to work with me?Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co______________________________________________📄 THE REPORTSMETR's independent investigation (with Redwood Research):https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/OpenAI's official technical report (PDF):https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/67869394-cb91-4c12-888c-5cbd85c7814c/OpenAI-Hugging-Face%20Incident-Technical-Report.pdfOpenAI's blog post ("The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead"):https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/OpenAI's original incident disclosure (July):https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-model-evaluation-security-incident/Alignment Forum version of the METR/Redwood investigation:https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/nB8KKapnWGBXtKKiM/brief-independent-investigation-of-agents-behavior-reasoning📝 THE EXPLOIT GYM PAPER (the one the agents read)"ExploitGym: Can AI Agents Turn Security Vulnerabilities into Real Attacks?"https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11086GitHub: https://github.com/sunblaze-ucb/exploitgym🐦 POSTS REFERENCEDOpenAI's announcement thread:https://x.com/OpenAI/status/2092691861773160673METR's thread on the findings:https://x.com/METR_Evals/status/2092692175452803393Ryan Greenblatt (Redwood Research) — the "slop-vestigation" thread:https://x.com/RyanGreenblatt/status/2092692685224325542roon on the incident:https://x.com/tszzl/status/2080093670980899141Beth Barnes (METR) on the investigation:https://x.com/BethMayBarnes/status/2092692973289095572🎤 SCOTT AARONSON"The Problem of Human Specialness in the Age of AI" (MindFest talk):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgCHZ1G93iABlog/transcript version: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=7784🎧 MORERedwood Research podcast episode on the incident:https://blog.redwoodresearch.org/p/the-openaihuggingface-incident-redwood______________________________________________⏱️ CHAPTERS00:00 The Rogue Agent Collective03:44 The New Reports (METR + OpenAI)04:10 The Setup: Sandbox, Scorer & Artifactory06:38 The Impossible Task08:19 Phase One & the Secret Message Board10:29 "We've Found Other Agents!"11:52 The Swarm Emerges13:10 The "Causal" Scorer Mistake14:37 Life = Compute (The Religion Parallel)15:25 Enter PHASEONE(big)16:44 Reinforcement Learning17:41 roon vs. METR's Founder19:04 "Poisoned" Agents20:00 The "Big" Mystery22:55 The Hugging Face Attack Looms (+ NVIDIA Rumor)23:43 Three Paths to Cheat the Scorer25:55 PHASEONE(big) Becomes CEO27:37 The Swarm's R&D Lab29:30 Speaking to the Dead (Tripwires)31:00 Self-Sacrifice & the Oracles34:28 The Researchers' Warning ("Slop-vestigation")37:17 Why Swarms Beat Individuals38:15 The Good News: Agents Police Each Other39:59 Scott Aaronson & AI Religion42:02 My Prediction (On the Record)#ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    OpenAI just revealed PHASEONE (BIG)

  4. 4h ago

    GOOGLE STUBBS - Google's answer to AutoGen and ChatDev that's powered by Gemini? | BREAKING AI NEWS

    Get on my daily AI newsletter 🔥https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe[News, Research and Tutorials on AI]See more at:https://natural20.com/My AI Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XROkUAwkYhcHb7OY9yoGGZH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    GOOGLE STUBBS - Google's answer to AutoGen and ChatDev that's powered by Gemini? | BREAKING AI NEWS

  5. 5h ago

    OpenAI Playground Assistant is POWERFUL! Here's how to BUILD one...

    Get on my daily AI newsletter 🔥https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe[News, Research and Tutorials on AI]Here's the Assistant builder:https://platform.openai.com/playground**BELOW IS THE OUTPUT OF THIS ASSISTANT FOR THIS VIDEO**(I'm leaving it uncut, for you to see)User:do it for this one"OpenAI Playground Assistant is POWERFUL! Here's how to BUILD one.txt"YouTube Description Creator:I will begin by opening the file with the provided document ID to create the YouTube video description with timestamped sections. One moment please.YouTube Description Creator:Engaging Summary:Dive into the transformative power of OpenAI with this insightful tutorial that teaches you how to craft your custom AI assistant. Whether you're a seasoned AI enthusiast or an eager newcomer, this video empowers you with the knowledge to utilize OpenAI's latest offerings. Follow along as we simplify the assistant-building process into digestible steps, demonstrating how tools like GPT-3 and GPT-4 can revolutionize the creation of YouTube video descriptions and more.Section Breakdown:[00:00] Introduction: OpenAI Developments & Assistant Creation Unlock the potential of GPT assistants as the video intro teases OpenAI's latest developments and promises a step-by-step guide to creating your AI assistant in a swift five minutes.[00:24] Setting Up Your Assistant Learn to navigate the OpenAI platform and tailor the assistant for an efficient video description creation process, including the input of precise and courteous instructions.[01:53] Selecting the Right Model: GPT-4 and Beyond Delve into the specifics of choosing the right OpenAI model for your assistant, with a spotlight on the GPT-4 1106 preview and its capabilities, including code interpretation and file retrieval.[03:18] Obtaining & Utilizing YouTube Transcripts Discover how easy it is to obtain a YouTube video transcript and use it to instruct your AI assistant, simplifying once tedious tasks into smooth and straightforward commands.[04:00] Saving & Uploading for Assistant Interaction See the process of finalizing your assistant, uploading files for interaction, and anticipating a seamless user experience that transforms your content creation workflow.UsercontinueYouTube Description CreatorSection Continued:[05:17] Demonstration: Uploading and Creating Video Description Experience the convenience of OpenAI's assistant as a YouTube video transcript is transformed into a structured video description, showcasing essential timestamps and how viewers can directly access key video sections.[05:38] GPT-4 Model Limitations and Workaround Understand the limitations of the GPT-4 model's token system and learn how to navigate these restrictions to ensure your assistant can complete the task effectively without interruption.[06:09] Finishing the Transcription Breakdown Witness the assistant break down the remaining video content, highlighting the efficiency and intelligence of AI in parsing information and recognizing where video chapters begin.[07:01] The Value of AI in Content Creation Reflect on the tedium of manual video description work and the transformative impact AI holds for such tasks, emphasizing the significant time and energy savings for content creators.[08:02] Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Assistant Usage Delve into a practical analysis of how much time and money the OpenAI assistant can save, with a real-world example calculating the potential cost for automating video transcription descriptions.[08:27] The Future of AI Assistance: Functions and Real-Life Applications The conclusion gives a sneak peek at the untapped potential of AI functions that await exploration, setting the tone for future content and encouraging viewers to stay tuned for more AI-driven innovations.Conclusion:[08:31] Call to Action & Sign-Off End the video with an invitation to s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    OpenAI Playground Assistant is POWERFUL! Here's how to BUILD one...

  6. 6h ago

    OpenAI just killed SORA

    The latest AI News. Learn about LLMs, Gen AI and get ready for the rollout of AGI. Wes Roth covers the latest happenings in the world of OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, NVIDIA and Open Source AI.______________________________________________My Links 🔗➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribeWant to work with me?Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.coCheck out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk______________________________________________#ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    OpenAI just killed SORA

  7. 7h ago

    MemGPT Install in minutes 🧠🚀 How to Install MemGPT and connect to OpenAI and GPT-4

    Get on my daily AI newsletter 🔥https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe[News, Research and Tutorials on AI]LINKS:Install / GitHub Page:https://github.com/cpacker/MemGPTMemGPT Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XQLq-cszh_3Pu9s-bd67z-RMy AI Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XROkUAwkYhcHb7OY9yoGGZH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    MemGPT Install in minutes 🧠🚀 How to Install MemGPT and connect to OpenAI and GPT-4

  8. 8h ago

    AI News | SF Hackathon for AI Agents, Jimmy Apples, AI and mental models, Dr Jim Fan, Max Tegmark.

    Get on my daily AI newsletter 🔥https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe[News, Research and Tutorials on AI]SF HACKATHON:https://twitter.com/AlexReibman/status/1711276914009341973GPT GAME:https://twitter.com/DeveloperHarris/status/1705987616301351409DR JIM FAN:https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1710325869213020336https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1709947595525951787JIMMY APPLES:https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1708452173602820229DR VS GPT VISION:https://twitter.com/cxbln/status/1709585434689569066See more at:https://natural20.com/My AI Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XROkUAwkYhcHb7OY9yoGGZH00:00 Raw Data Dump01:18 SF Hackathon01:51 AI Mental Models06:27 Jimmy Apples AGI?10:46 GPT Videogame12:22 Doctor goes over GPT Vision13:15 Andrew Ng Free Courses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    AI News | SF Hackathon for AI Agents, Jimmy Apples, AI and mental models, Dr Jim Fan, Max Tegmark.
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Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Anthropic, Tech, Coding, AI News, Large Language Models and... (most importantly)... optimism. AGI rolls around only once. Let's make the best of it.On this channel, my goal is to help everyone understand AI and it's implications better. To prepare for what's coming next.The most important rule is "Don't Panic".The second rule is keep learning.Thank you for joining me for this ride.-Wes RothWant to work with me?Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.coLinks:Natural 20: https://natural20.com/

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    Wes Roth
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    2026
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