In this episode, Gordon Mullan and Govind Shukla dive deep into the AI chaos of 2025. We talk about OpenAI’s rumored acquisition of Windsurf and their plans for a ChatGPT-powered social network, Gemini 2.5 Pro I/O’s multimodal leap, and Qwen 3 becoming the new top model from China. From 1 million token context windows to the rise of the first AI avatar—and yes, AI making courtroom decisions and piloting tanks—we explore the edge of what’s real, what’s next, and what’s a little terrifying. Tune in for wild updates on Big Tech, military robots, Chinese AI giants, and the secret internet of the future!
NAVIGATION
00:00 - Introduction
01:06 - Big Fish: Gemini 2.5 Pro (I/O edition)
46:37 - Chinese Carp Section: Qwen 3
55:52 - Other
01:01:09 - Stats & Legal News
01:04:14 - Law & Order
01:13:28 - Robotics
01:08:24 - Science & Tech
01:21:04 - Military Tech
01:22:38 - Food and Agriculture
01:24:42 - Ethics & Edge Cases
01:29:33 - Final
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SERVICES AND LINKS FROM THE EPISODE
🔹 OpenAI to acquire Windsurf: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3978426/openai-to-acquire-ai-coding-tool-windsurf-for-3b.html
🔹 OpenAI enhances product info in search: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/28/openai-upgrades-chatgpt-search-with-shopping-features/
🔹 Deep Research via GitHub: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11145903-connecting-github-to-chatgpt-deep-research
🔹 Gemini 2.5 Pro update: https://developers.googleblog.com/en/gemini-2-5-pro-io-improved-coding-performance/
🔹 Gemini model cards: https://modelcards.withgoogle.com/model-cards
🔹 Multistep image editing: https://blog.google/products/gemini/image-editing/?utm_source=alphasignal
🔹 DeepMind’s Genie 2 announcement: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/genie-2-a-large-scale-foundation-world-model/
🔹 Phi-4 reasoning by Microsoft: https://aka.ms/phi4-mini-reasoning/hf
🔹 Llama API by Meta: https://www.llama.com/products/llama-api/
🔹 Meta AI – new app launch: https://about.fb.com/news/2025/04/introducing-meta-ai-app-new-way-access-ai-assistant/
🔹 Grok voice assistant: https://x.com/grok/status/1919099647991177712?utm_source=alphasignal
🔹 PDF generation in Grok Studio: https://x.com/grok/status/1919795285515211249?utm_source=alphasignal
🔹 Perplexity’s WhatsApp number: https://x.com/AravSrinivas/status/1916891961698763205
🔹 Mistral Medium 3: https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-medium-3%20
🔹 Qwen 3 by Alibaba: https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen3/
🔹 Ernie 4.5 Turbo and X1 Turbo by Baidu: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/baidu-launches-ernie-4-5-turbo-ernie-x1-turbo-and-new-suite-of-ai-tools-to-empower-developers-and-supercharge-ai-innovation-302438584.html
🔹 Xinxiang by Baidu: https://www.reuters.com/technology/baidu-launches-ai-agent-xinxiang-android-platform-ios-version-under-review-2025-04-23/%20
🔹 DeepSeek Prover v2: https://huggingface.co/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Prover-V2-671B
🔹 Xiaomi MiMo 7B: https://huggingface.co/XiaomiMiMo
🔹 GLM-4 32B by Z.ai: https://huggingface.co/collections/THUDM/glm-4-0414-67f3cbcb34dd9d252707cb2e
🔹 Z.ai interface: http://chat.z.ai
🔹 HunyuanCustom by Tencent: https://hunyuancustom.github.io/
🔹 Cursor Pro for students: https://www.cursor.com/students
🔹 Windsurf Wave 8: https://windsurf.com/blog/windsurf-wave-8-ux-features-and-plugins
🔹 Suno v4.5 update: https://suno.com/blog/introducing-v4-5
🔹 Voice Mirroring by HeyGen: https://www.tiktok.com/@benkaluza/video/7501464565083819286
🔹 Similarweb GenAI traffic report: https://www.similarweb.com/corp/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/attachment-Global-AI-Tracker-13.pdf
🔹 Xi Jinping on AI self-sufficiency: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-calls-self-sufficiency-ai-development-amid-us-rivalry-2025-04-26/
🔹 UAE introduces AI in schools: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-04/uae-rolls-out-ai-for-schoolkids-in-new-push-for-sector-forefront
🔹 US open letter on AI education: https://csforall.org/unlock8/open-letter
🔹 FutureHouse AI agents: https://www.futurehouse.org/research-announcements/launching-futurehouse-platform-ai-agents
🔹 AI-powered tank project: https://hightech.plus/2025/04/27/evropa-sobiraetsya-postroit-modulnii-tank-5-go-pokoleniya
🔹 SO-101 robotic arm: https://github.com/huggingface/lerobot/blob/main/examples/12_use_so101.md
🔹 AI cameras in NYC subway: https://www.theverge.com/news/658524/mta-ai-predictive-crime-new-york-subway-platforms
🔹 AI avatar in Arizona courtroom: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/road-rage-victim-speaks-killers-sentencing-rcna205454