THIS WEEK IN AI: Google's AI Laptop, Everyone Goes to China, Thinking Machines
Limitless: An AI Podcast
2 DAYS AGO
THIS WEEK IN AI: Google's AI Laptop, Everyone Goes to China, Thinking Machines
THIS WEEK IN AI: Google's AI Laptop, Everyone Goes to China, Thinking Machines

Limitless: An AI Podcast
2 DAYS AGO
This episode dives into the latest AI developments shaping hardware, biotech, robotics, and global policy—highlighting strategic moves by tech giants, emerging startups, and geopolitical shifts.
Google launched an AI-native laptop—the 'Googlebook'—with Gemini deeply integrated as a system-level layer, even attracting Apple’s licensing. A landmark partnership with SpaceX aims to deploy TPUs in orbit for space-based AI infrastructure, reinforcing consolidation among top labs while excluding OpenAI. Isomorphic Labs raised $2.1B to advance AI-driven drug discovery, building on AlphaFold’s Nobel-recognized breakthroughs toward clinical cures. China showcased a $50K mecha robot demonstrating raw physical capability, underscoring its hardware momentum. Thinking Machines, led by Mira Murati, unveiled a lean, unimodal 'omni model' enabling real-time multimodal interaction—challenging the dominance of massive LLMs. Meanwhile, Anthropic and OpenAI cracked down on unauthorized secondary share sales amid soaring valuations and tokenized equity experiments. U.S. tech leaders’ Beijing summit highlighted urgent negotiations on AI governance and GPU restrictions, accelerating China’s domestic AI stack. Finally, legal tensions between Altman and Musk continue, with insider praise for the podcast and upcoming disclosures from AI investor Leopold Ashenbrenner poised to sway market sentiment.
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Apple licensed Google's Gemini model and shows no sign of creating its own base model
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06:49
Google may sign a new deal with SpaceX to launch TPUs into space
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10:51
Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for AlphaFold II
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15:20
The mecha robot knocks down a brick wall during its public demo.
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The omni model enables simultaneous hearing, seeing, and speaking—eliminating the 'walkie talkie' constraint of traditional LLMs
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24:25
Anthropic and OpenAI declared certain deals invalid, preventing future redemption of shares
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28:11
China mandates top AI labs to use Chinese hardware and GPUs
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29:57
Leaked texts show Sam Altman and Satya Nadella praising the Limitless podcast