Chinese AI Model GLM 5.2 Beating Frontier Models | Meta Glasses, Polymarket Scandal, and More AI Talent War
More or Less
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Chinese AI Model GLM 5.2 Beating Frontier Models | Meta Glasses, Polymarket Scandal, and More AI Talent War
Chinese AI Model GLM 5.2 Beating Frontier Models | Meta Glasses, Polymarket Scandal, and More AI Talent War

More or Less
1 DAYS AGO
The More or Less podcast team reunites after a fan encounter at the Zurich airport, diving into a wide-ranging discussion on tech, culture, and business. The conversation kicks off with Meta's new smart glasses and whether they will finally appeal to women, before moving into a heated debate on the value and risks of prediction markets. The hosts also share hands-on experiences with cutting-edge AI hardware and discuss the shifting dynamics of the AI talent war.
The hosts debate whether Meta's new smart glasses, endorsed by Kylie Jenner, represent a watershed moment for women adopting wearables, with Brit arguing yes and Sam seeing them as a slow evolution. The conversation then shifts to Meta's prediction markets, where Sam champions them as valuable information machines, while others worry about addiction and manipulation, comparing them to sports gambling. Dave shares his experience running the open-source GLM 5.2 model on eight Nvidia B200s, noting it matches frontier models at 10x the speed, raising questions about the massive bets on proprietary AI labs. The AI talent war is discussed as a signal of investor insecurity rather than genuine innovation. The episode concludes with a review of The Information's new mobile app and a debate on the Cannes Lions festival as a corporate boondoggle.
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Prediction markets are like trading cards.
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00:51
Welcome back to the podcast.
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01:16
A fan encounter led to productive collaboration
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03:02
Meta's new glasses backed by Kylie Jenner
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07:19
A watershed moment for women.
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14:23
Prediction markets are information machines
19:39
19:39
Prediction markets will succeed on Instagram.
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22:48
Real story is investor and journalist anxiety
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25:45
Open-source model outperforms frontier models on coding.
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28:26
Sam estimates his monthly AI bill at a few thousand dollars
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35:27
Users prefer stories over feeds
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43:04
Illiquidity accidentally created ultra-wealthy early employees
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It's always been an ad conference.