This week, we cover major leadership changes at Google’s AI teams, including Demis Hassabis stepping back and Jeff Dean leaving to start Discovery Loop, an AI company focused on scientific research. 

We also discuss AI safety issues involving frontier models, plus Meta’s new coding model and its strategy around efficiency.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 DeepMind Leadership Shift
3:20 Jeff Dean’s New Startup
6:05 Automated Research Ambitions
10:08 Agent Breakouts
13:06 OpenAI’s Hidden Incident
18:11 Meta’s Cheap Coding Model
22:55 OpenAI Versus Apple
25:42 DeepSeek
28:28 Mind Control Interfaces
30:40 Nikita Bier Departs X

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Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.