About this episode
Our 215th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 07/04/2025
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
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In this episode:
Cloudflare's new AI data scraper blocking feature, its potential implications, and technical challenges
Meta's aggressive recruitment for its Super Intelligence Labs division is covered, highlighting key hires from OpenAI and other leaders in the field
Anthropic loses significant talent to Cursor, with details on their new economic futures program focusing on AI's impact on the labor market
Notable open-source AI model releases from Baidu and Tencent are also discussed, including their performance metrics and potential applications.
Timestamps + Links:
(00:00:11) Intro / Banter
(00:01:43) News Preview
Tools & Apps
(00:02:55) Cloudflare Introduces Default Blocking of A.I. Data Scrapers
(00:05:44) Runway is going to let people generate video games with AI
(00:11:24) Google embraces AI in the classroom with new Gemini tools for educators, chatbots for students, and more
(00:16:23) No one likes meetings. They’re sending their AI note takers instead.
(00:18:08) Google launches Doppl, a new app that lets you visualize how an outfit might look on you
(00:19:14) Google's Imagen 4 text-to-image model promises 'significantly improved' boring images
Applications & Business
(00:22:18) Mark Zuckerberg announc
