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Covering the biggest news of the century - the arrival of smarter-than-human AI. From the author of Simple Bench, which reveals the remaining gap between LLM and human reasoning. Hype-free, and the British accent is a freebie bonus.

  1. New Claude - 244 page breakdown

    2d ago

    New Claude - 244 page breakdown

    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/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:49 - Mythos in Weeks 01:49 - Adaptive not necessary 02:26 - Honesty? 04:37 - Flagging Uncertainty 04:57 - Benchmarks 08:54 - Mythos will be even better 10:30 - Business skillz 11:15 - Model Welfare 12:16 - Cyber Comparable 13:10 - Misalignment Concerns 16:22 - Meta Inabilities 17:58 - Code flagging 18:34 - Go to sleep 18:50 - Fast Mode 20:21 - Dynamic Workflows Opus 4.8 Paper: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/4zrzovbb/website/c886650a2e96fc0925c805a1a7ca77314ccbf4a6.pdf Release: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-8 Chips: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-talks-use-microsofts-ai-chips?rc=sy0ihq https://www.anthropic.com/news/expanding-our-use-of-google-cloud-tpus-and-services https://www.anthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex Patreon Vid: https://www.patreon.com/posts/re-up-anthropics-159289449 GDPVal: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/omniscience https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04374 Amodei Technical Debt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xco5Qd2Oo8 Dynamic Workflows: https://x.com/ClaudeDevs/status/2060044853279617150 https://x.com/_catwu/status/2060054180379689074/photo/1 https://claude.com/blog/introducing-dynamic-workflows-in-claude-code https://simple-bench.com/ Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/

    22 min
  2. Two Rival Bets on AGI: Google I/O Highlights

    May 20

    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? What does Gemini 3.5 Flash mean for the near-term future of AI?  https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained 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 free to use app, code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:38 - Vibes and Google Goal 02:18 - Omni, again? 06:57 - Taking the same road 07:44 - Gemini 3 Flash 12:37 - Pitching on Cost? 13:55 - Agentic Task Search 14:30 - 1-shot OS but jagged, negation paper 20:02 - The Karpathy Moonshot  Mostafa Deghani Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bo19sXssYXI Negation Neglect Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.13829 Gemini 3.5 Flash Headline Scores: https://deepmind.google/models/model-cards/gemini-3-5-flash/ Sors original AGI Path: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/24/openai-video-generation-tool-sora-babies-ai-artificial-intelligence Hassabis Helped Set-up Anthropic: https://archive.fo/20260519070857/https://www.ft.com/content/8f2a529e-7a1b-4d8e-95be-338d0c4c98f5 Intelligence to Output Speed: https://artificialanalysis.ai/models?intelligence-comparison=intelligence-vs-output-speed#intelligence VibeCodeBench + Finance Agent: https://www.vals.ai/home OpenAI Needs Ads: https://archive.ph/20260409123153/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openai-projects-25-billion-ad-revenue-this-year-100-billion-by-2030-axios-2026-04-09/ Anthropic Core Views: https://www.anthropic.com/news/core-views-on-ai-safety Karpathy Move: https://x.com/karpathy/status/2056753169888334312 https://www.axios.com/2026/05/19/anthropic-openai-karpathy-andrej-claude Recursive Self-Improvement: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ineffably-smart-156866417 Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/

    22 min
  3. GPT 5.5 Arrives, DeepSeek V4 Drops, and the Compute War Intensifies

    Apr 24

    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. Chapters: 01:11 - GPT 5.5 Comparison 06:04 - Mythos Marketing 11:50 - Recursive Self-Improvement? 14:11 - Deepseek V4 18:03 - VibeCode Experiment Extravaganza 21:44 - The Scarce Compute Era https://80000hours.org/aiexplained OpenAI Benchmarks: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-5/ 5.5 System Card: https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-5-5/gpt-5-5.pdf Direct Comparison: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGnNm5GWEAAJ1Ob?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 DeepSeek Paper: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro SWE Bench Pro - benchmark of choice? https://x.com/ChowdhuryNeil/status/2047416077622395025 AA Omniscience: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/omniscience Vending Bench: https://x.com/andonlabs/status/2047377260412649967 Opus 4.7 System Card: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/4zrzovbb/website/037f06850df7fbe871e206dad004c3db5fd50340.pdf Sam Altman Drunk Phase: https://x.com/sama/with_replies Noam Brown: https://x.com/polynoamial/status/2047387675762802998 DeepSeek Compute Crunch: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-24/deepseek-unveils-newest-flagship-a-year-after-ai-breakthrough?srnd=phx-ai Spreadsheet Bench: https://x.com/nicochristie/status/2047476237464211721 Pattern Recognition: https://arcprize.org/leaderboard Leader Interviews:  Core Memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCKQL0op30E Knowledge Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JoUcQ1qmAc Big Tech Round 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6vYvk7R190&t=1116s Big Tech Round 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnoQ8RJbALw&t=8s Claude Code Limitations: https://x.com/TheAmolAvasare/status/2046724659039932830 ChatGPT 5.4 for Clinicians: https://openai.com/index/making-chatgpt-better-for-clinicians/ Image Arena: https://x.com/arena/status/2046670703311884548 VibeCode Bench: https://www.vals.ai/benchmarks/vibe-code 5.5-made Game +Seedance 2.0: https://rosemere-quest.pages.dev/

    25 min
  4. Claude Opus 4.7 - A New Frontier, in Performance … and Drama

    Apr 17

    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. Ending with a 9-year animus, that still affects AI today… https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:58 - Benchmarks 05:21 - Market Share + Compute Problems 08:12 - Mythos Exclusives 12:56 - User Frustration + Claude Code Updates 14:03 - Brockman Amodei Rivalry 17:40 - OpenAI vs Anthropic Approach to Code Claude 4.7 Opus Release Notes: https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-7 vs Mythos: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGCGugrXUAAKcHp?format=jpg&name=medium 232-page System Card: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/4zrzovbb/website/037f06850df7fbe871e206dad004c3db5fd50340.pdf ARC-AGI 2: https://x.com/arcprize/status/2044834615417053305/photo/1 ParseBench: https://x.com/jerryjliu0/status/2044902620746363016/photo/1 GDPVal: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/gdpval-aa Vidoc Security Replication: https://blog.vidocsecurity.com/blog/we-reproduced-anthropics-mythos-findings-with-public-models Boris Cherny Settings: https://x.com/Hesamation/status/2043016923961577516/photo/2 User Frustration: https://x.com/RileyRalmuto/status/2044836116189069660 VibeCode Bench: https://x.com/ValsAI/status/2044791415524471099/photo/1 Verge Memo: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/911118/openai-memo-cro-ai-competition-anthropic 5.4 Cyber: ​​https://openai.com/index/scaling-trusted-access-for-cyber-defense/ Data Centers in Absolute $: https://x.com/finmoorhouse/status/2044933442236776794/photo/1 …in % of GDP: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HGEN8FGWQAAN7Np?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 WSJ Exclusive: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-decadelong-feud-shaping-the-future-of-ai-7075acde Brockman Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6vYvk7R190 $1T Valuation: https://x.com/StefanFSchubert/status/2045039686997967082 Emotions: https://www.patreon.com/c/aiexplained/posts https://lmcouncil.ai/benchmarks Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/

    20 min
  5. Claude Mythos: Highlights from 244-page Release

    Apr 8

    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/aiexplained Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:56 - Internal Release + Availability 02:37 - General Capabilities 05:12 - Self-improvement? 06:15 - ‘Terrifying’ Landscape 11:07 - Safety Decision 13:22 - Coding 14:49 - Alignment, Awareness 19:52 - GUI for Agents/Claws + Hallucinations 21:34 - …Emotions? 25:29 - Her connection 244-page System Card: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/8b8380204f74670be75e81c820ca8dda846ab289.pdf Project Glasswing: https://www.anthropic.com/glasswing Zero-Day Details: https://red.anthropic.com/2026/mythos-preview/ Mythos ‘terrifying’: https://x.com/bcherny/status/2041605852382351666 New Yorker Altman/Amodei: https://archive.fo/20260406100412/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted Alignment Risk Update: https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/79c2d46d997783b9d2fb3241de43218158e5f25c.pdf In a Park: https://x.com/sleepinyourhat/status/2041584808514744742 “Uhm” - https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2041749947385815109 Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/

    28 min
  6. OpenAI Spud, a Claude Model set to ‘stir governments’, Beast Mode ARC-AGI-3

    Mar 26

    OpenAI Spud, a Claude Model set to ‘stir governments’, Beast Mode ARC-AGI-3

    First look at exclusive reports about OpenAI's new Spud model, and the model Anthropic think will stir governments to urgency, all in the context of the newly-launched ARC-AGI-3. What does the extreme difficulty of that benchmarks, and its quirky scoring metrics, mean for AI in 2026? https://assemblyai.com/aiexplained Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:55 - OpenAI Side Quests 01:58 - Claude New Model Coming + Universal Equity? 03:13 - ARC-AGI 3 05:00 - Intentional or Unintentional Gaming? 07:11 - But is it AGI Harbinger? No Harness 09:41 - Not the First 12:32 - Automated Researcher 15:00 - Claw Caveat Spud: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-shifts-responsibilities-preps-spud-ai-model?utm_campaign=Editorial&utm_content=Article&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_source=bluesky%2Cfacebook%2Clinkedin%2Cthreads%2Ctwitter&rc=sy0ihq FT: OpenAI Special Model: https://www.ft.com/content/de9bf0af-b241-424f-8229-5870b1c0d93d?syn-25a6b1a6=1 Jensen Huang: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2026/03/23/nvidias-jensen-huang-says-he-thinks-weve-achieved-agi/ Axios Article: https://archive.fo/20260326100140/https://www.axios.com/2026/03/26/anthropic-pentagon-ai-deal#selection-827.0-829.257 https://arcprize.org/arc-agi/3 ARC AGI 3 Paper: https://arcprize.org/media/ARC_AGI_3_Technical_Report.pdf NetHack Leaderboard: https://balrogai.com/ Paper: https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/the-nethack-learning-environment/ https://x.com/_rockt/status/2036864121585438995 Claw Shells: https://x.com/DrJimFan/status/2036494601750716711 OpenAI Automated Researcher: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/20/1134438/openai-is-throwing-everything-into-building-a-fully-automated-researcher/ Patreon Post: https://www.patreon.com/c/aiexplained/posts Eng Jobs: https://x.com/lennysan/status/2036535460726767793 Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/

    16 min
  7. What the New ChatGPT 5.4 Means for the World

    Mar 6

    What the New ChatGPT 5.4 Means for the World

    Just 48 hours after releasing GPT 5.3 Instant, OpenAI have released GPT 5.4 Thinking, so either their is an imminent singularity or perhaps we are being distracted from other news. This video will give 9 crucial bits of context, not just on the GPT 5.4 drop but on the background to the meltdown between the Pentagon and Anthropic. What does this say about the state of AI progress, your job, and what is next. Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for 15% off paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:06: GPT 5.4 Breakdown 05:06 - Closing the Loop 06:35 - Spiky Performance 10:31 - Advice 11:32 - Less Encouraging Developments - Fired Like Dogs 17:45 - But Used in Iran GPT 5.4: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-4/ Hallucinations: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/omniscience Investment Banking Bench: https://x.com/bradlightcap/status/2029684672343728452 Move 37: https://x.com/nasqret/status/2029628846518010099 System Card: https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-5-4-thinking/gpt-5-4-thinking.pdf Prediction Market Scandal: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-fires-employee-insider-trading-polymarket-kalshi/ GPT 5.3 Instant: https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-3-instant/ GDPVal: https://openai.com/index/gdpval/ Claude in Iran: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/04/anthropic-ai-iran-campaign ‘Like Dogs’: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2029605783311470679 Altman leak: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/sam-altman-tells-openai-staff-operational-decisions-up-to-government.html Original 2024 Switch: https://archive.fo/20240116172526/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-16/openai-working-with-us-military-on-cybersecurity-tools-for-veterans#selection-6173.83-6173.226 Amodei Original Memo: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/read-anthropic-ceos-memo-attacking-openais-mendacious-pentagon-announcement?rc=sy0ihq Anthropic Apology: https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war OpenAI Employee Reaction: https://x.com/tszzl/status/2029334980481212820 DoD Suppler Risk: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/03/05/anthropic-pentagon-ai-claude-iran.html Atlantic Exclusive: https://archive.fo/20260301152646/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/inside-anthropics-killer-robot-dispute-with-the-pentagon/686200/#selection-941.61-941.212 No Negotiation: https://x.com/USWREMichael/status/2029754965778907493 $20B Doubling: https://archive.ph/20260304111124/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/anthropic-nears-20-billion-revenue-run-rate-amid-pentagon-feud March 2022 Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAA6PZkek4A https://lmcouncil.ai/ Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/

    22 min
  8. Deadline Day for Autonomous AI Weapons & Mass Surveillance

    Feb 27

    Deadline Day for Autonomous AI Weapons & 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://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:44 - Deadline Day + Petition 02:42 - Twist 1: Existing Deal 03:26 - Twist 2: Existing Policy 04:21 - Twist 3: Twin Threats 05:54 - Twist 4: Interesting Objections 11:32 - Twist 5: Anthropic’s Dropped Policy Dario Statement: https://www.anthropic.com/news/statement-department-of-war Google/OpenAI Petition: https://notdivided.org/ Axios on Amodei Rejection: https://www.axios.com/2026/02/26/anthropic-rejects-pentagon-ai-terms FT on US Threat: https://www.ft.com/content/11d27612-d6c5-4cf7-94dd-f65603549b7f Politico on Latest: https://archive.ph/20260227013117/https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/26/incoherent-hegseths-anthropic-ultimatum-confounds-ai-policymakers-00800135 The Verge on Current Deal: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/883456/anthropic-pentagon-department-of-defense-negotiations Anthropic RSP change: https://www.anthropic.com/news/responsible-scaling-policy-v3 Time Magazine on RSP: https://time.com/7380854/exclusive-anthropic-drops-flagship-safety-pledge/ Agent of Chaos Paper: https://x.com/NatalieShapira/status/2026062499599319526 AI Agent Reliability Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.16666 My Patreon Video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/real-mystery-ai-151647211 Patreon Documentary: https://www.patreon.com/posts/our-new-age-of-133960279  Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/

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