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Covering the biggest news of the century - the arrival of smarter-than-human AI. The author of Simple Bench, exposing the remaining human-LLM reasoning gap. Solo Developer of LM Council: https://lmcouncil.ai - Code - INSIDER15Join me at AI Insiders, with exclusive videos and a 1000+ network of AI enthusiasts and professionals: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedLinks:AI Insiders: Code - INSIDER15: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedMy AI Council App: https://lmcouncil.aiSimple Bench: https://simple-bench.com/Podcast (New!): https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/X: https://twitter.com/AIExplainedYT

  1. 21m ago

    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://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introduction00:27 - AlphaEvolve05:23 - Limitation06:10 - Achievements08:21 - Future Improvements13:30 - Quirks16:34 - Final ThoughtsAlphaEvolve release: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/alphaevolve-a-gemini-powered-coding-agent-for-designing-advanced-algorithms/Paper: https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/DeepMind.com/Blog/alphaevolve-a-gemini-powered-coding-agent-for-designing-advanced-algorithms/AlphaEvolve.pdfTerence Tao Quote: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/114508029896631083Nature Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05172-4MIT Article: https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/14/1116438/google-deepminds-new-ai-uses-large-language-models-to-crack-real-world-problems/AI Co-Scientist: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.18864OpenAI Codex: https://openai.com/index/introducing-codex/70% of Pull Requests: https://x.com/slow_developer/status/1920920456393028027Amodei Essay: https://www.darioamodei.com/essay/machines-of-loving-graceOpenAI Jason Wei Tweet: https://x.com/_jasonwei/status/1923091260354531612PromptBreeder: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.16797DrEureka: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2406.01967FT DeepMind: https://www.ft.com/content/4e497a91-670a-4f69-be4a-18e247daba3eNon-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    AI Improves at Self-improving

  2. 50m ago

    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 might already be trained and much more.Technical Report: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4.pdfAltman Tweet: https://twitter.com/sama/status/1635136281952026625 Leaked Conversation: https://www.axios.com/2023/03/14/microsoft-google-generative-ai-officeAGI Definition: https://openai.com/blog/planning-for-agi-and-beyondSuperforecasters: https://goodjudgment.com/HellaSwag: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1905.07830.pdfH100s: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/h100/GitHub Experiment: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.06590.pdfProductivity: https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/Noy_Zhang_1.pdf#:~:text=We%20examine%20the%20productivity%20effects%20of%20a%20generative,andheightens%20both%20concern%20and%20excitement%20about%20automation%20technologies.Ark Analysis: https://research.ark-invest.com/hubfs/1_Download_Files_ARK-Invest/Big_Ideas/ARK%20Invest_013123_Presentation_Big%20Ideas%202023_Final.pdfAnthropic Constitution: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2212.08073.pdfhttps://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Non-Hype, Free Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    GPT 4: 9 Revelations (not covered elsewhere)

  3. 1h ago

    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://twitter.com/AIExplainedYTLukasz Kaiser Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrvc2rPuXTEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vvzgBwH9OELet’s Verify Step by Step: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.20050The Information Exclusive: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-made-an-ai-breakthrough-before-altman-firing-stoking-excitement-and-concern?rc=sy0ihqReuters Article: https://www.reuters.com/technology/sam-altmans-ouster-openai-was-precipitated-by-letter-board-about-ai-breakthrough-2023-11-22/Original Test Time Compute Paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.03113.pdfOpenAI Denial: https://twitter.com/alexeheath/status/1727472179283919032DeepMind Music: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/transforming-the-future-of-music-creation/Altman Angelo: https://twitter.com/samaKarpathy: https://twitter.com/peterjliu/status/1727522893666668926?s=46STaR: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.14465Noam Brown Tweets: https://twitter.com/polynoamial/status/1676971503261454340?s=19Q Policy: https://www.analyticsvidhya.com/blog/2021/02/understanding-the-bellman-optimality-equation-in-reinforcement-learning/Sutskever Alignment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPZxs6IXH00https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Non-Hype, Free Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Q* - Clues to the Puzzle?

  4. 1h ago

    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.com/technik/ki/bill-gates-mit-ki-koennen-medikamente-viel-schneller-entwickelt-werden/29450298.htmlDwarkesh Interview Legg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1atfJkiJUDwarkesh Interview Christiano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AAhTLa0dT0Representation Engineering: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.01405.pdfMLC: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-training-method-helps-ai-generalize-like-people-do/Anthropic Policy: https://www.anthropic.com/index/uk-ai-safety-summitScience Automation: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2304/2304.05332.pdfhttps://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.05376.pdfJim Fan Tweet: https://twitter.com/DrJimFan/status/1719733318521086332White House Executive Order: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/10/30/executive-order-on-the-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-development-and-use-of-artificial-intelligence/ChatGPT Update: https://twitter.com/NorthstarBrain/status/1718708111706636403?s=20RSP policies by AGI Labs: https://www.aisafetysummit.gov.uk/policy-updates/#company-policiesYouGov Poll: https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ControlAI_AI_231019.pdfhttps://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Non-Hype, Free Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    AI Declarations and AGI Timelines – Looking More Optimistic?

  5. 2h ago

    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/pdf/2304.08818.pdfApple Reality Pro: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/the-apple-reality-pro-headset-sounds-downright-magical-as-patent-reveals-new-detailshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-18/apple-vr-ar-headset-apps-sports-tv-fitness-gaming-wellness-ipad-featuresSony Award: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/ai-photo-win-sony-scli-intl/index.htmlMidjourney Progression: https://twitter.com/Pizza_LaterAI Dilemma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJKj8lcNQ&t=3600sAI Poker: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/magazine/ai-technology-poker.htmlPredicting Markets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q74jH9jBVF0Fedspeak: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4399406Paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4412788Character AI: https://beta.character.ai/Google Samsung: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/16/technology/google-search-engine-ai.htmlBard Reports: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-04-19/google-bard-ai-chatbot-raises-ethical-concerns-from-employees?leadSource=uverify%20wallTed Attendees: https://blog.ted.com/the-astounding-new-era-of-ai-notes-on-session-2-of-ted2023/ARC: https://www.alignment.org/P(Doom): https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/why-i-am-not-as-much-of-a-doomerGPT 4 Technical Report: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.08774Altman Comments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXhoTrU1Kkw&t=119shttps://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Non-Hype, Free Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    8 Signs It's The Future: Thought-to-Text, Nvidia Text-to-Video, Character AI, and P(Doom) @Ted

  6. 2h ago

    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 Competition! https://app.grayswan.ai/arena/challenge/agent-red-teaminghttps://x.com/GraySwanAI/status/1894084923260043282AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introduction01:25 - Claude 3.7 New Stats/Demos 05:22 - 128k Output06:13 - Pokemon06:58 - Just a tool? 09:54 - DeepSeek R210:20 - Claude 3.7 System Card/Paper Highlights 17:18 - Simple Record Score/Competition20:37 - Grok 3 + Redteaming prizes22:26 - Google Co-scientist24:02 - Humanoid Robot Developments3.7 Release Notes: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-7-sonnetvs o3 and Grok 3: https://x.com/12exyz/status/1891723056931827959Extended Thinking: https://www.anthropic.com/research/visible-extended-thinking?s=09System Prompt: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/release-notes/system-prompts#feb-24th-2025System Card: https://assets.anthropic.com/m/785e231869ea8b3b/original/claude-3-7-sonnet-system-card.pdfUnfaithful CoT: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2305.04388Original Constitution: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claudes-constitutionResponsible Scaling Policy: https://assets.anthropic.com/m/24a47b00f10301cd/original/Anthropic-Responsible-Scaling-Policy-2024-10-15.pdfAmodei and Hassabis:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4poqjZlM8Lohttps://simple-bench.com/400 Weekly Users: https://x.com/bradlightcap/status/1892579908179882057Grok 3 Jailbroken: https://x.com/LinusEkenstam/status/1893832876581380280Google Co-Scientist: https://research.google/blog/accelerating-scientific-breakthroughs-with-an-ai-co-scientist/But Hassabis Says Years Away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr0GiSgUvPU&t=156sDeepSeek R2 Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/deepseek-rushes-launch-new-ai-model-china-goes-all-2025-02-25/Protoclone: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1it9rpp/protoclone_the_worlds_first_bipedal/Helix: https://www.figure.ai/news/helixTechTrance: https://www.youtube.com/@TheTechTrance/videosGPT 4.5 Soon: https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/616464/microsoft-prepares-for-openais-gpt-5-modelAltman roadmap: https://x.com/sama/status/1889755723078443244Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Claude 3.7 is More Significant than its Name Implies (ft DeepSeek R2 + GPT 4.5 coming soon)

  7. 3h ago

    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.aiand at ....https://aistudio.google.com/prompts/new_chatRelease: https://blog.google/technology/ai/nano-banana-pro/https://blog.google/products/gemini/prompting-tips-nano-banana-pro/https://blog.google/technology/developers/gemini-3-pro-image-developers/Synth: https://x.com/demishassabis/status/1991526272435122375AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedNon-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Nano Banana Pro: But Did You Catch These 10 Details?

  8. 3h ago

    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 Veo 3 clips to enjoy…https://80000hours.org/aiexplainedAI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedChapters:00:00 - Introduction00:48 - Veo 302:10 - Gemini 2.5 Flash03:13 - Universal Assistant03:47 - Usage Skyrockets + OpenAI dig04:51 - Gemini Pro Deep Think06:21 - Overviews and AI Mode07:26 - Deep Research Updates (new) + Jules 08:53 - Make and Deploy Apps with Gemini09:12 - Imagen 4 10:00 - Gemini Diffusion11:46 - Try It On12:17 - SynthID Detector13:30 - GemmaVerse, SignGemma, Gemma3n, medGemma14:24 - Outro + ClipsEvent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8NiE3XMPrMNtaive Audio: https://aistudio.google.com/generate-speechGemini Diffusion: https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-diffusion/#capabilities New Gemini 2.5 Flash: https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/flash/SignGemma (See end of this vid): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjvgtwSOCaoDeep Think: https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-updates-io-2025/#flash-improvementsGoogle Parallel Sampling: https://www.patreon.com/posts/next-level-good-127441188Price Plans: https://blog.google/products/google-one/google-ai-ultra/Imagen 4 Benchmarks: https://deepmind.google/models/imagen/Jules: https://jules.google/SynthID Detector: https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-synthid-ai-content-detector/Veo 3 Benchmarks: https://deepmind.google/models/veo/evals/MedGemma: https://deepmind.google/models/gemma/medgemma/Build Apps: https://aistudio.google.com/appsNon-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Google Takes No Prisoners Amid Torrent of AI Announcements
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Covering the biggest news of the century - the arrival of smarter-than-human AI. The author of Simple Bench, exposing the remaining human-LLM reasoning gap. Solo Developer of LM Council: https://lmcouncil.ai - Code - INSIDER15Join me at AI Insiders, with exclusive videos and a 1000+ network of AI enthusiasts and professionals: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedLinks:AI Insiders: Code - INSIDER15: https://www.patreon.com/AIExplainedMy AI Council App: https://lmcouncil.aiSimple Bench: https://simple-bench.com/Podcast (New!): https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/X: https://twitter.com/AIExplainedYT

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