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Every ThursdAI, Alex Volkov hosts a panel of experts, ai engineers, data scientists and prompt spellcasters on twitter spaces, as we discuss everything major and important that happened in the world of AI for the past week. Topics include LLMs, Open source, New capabilities, OpenAI, competitors in AI space, new LLM models, AI art and diffusion aspects and much more. sub.thursdai.news

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Hey folks, this is Alex, let me catch you up!

First, Opus 4.8 dropped during the show, we immediately tested it, read on for our initial reviews. Also, we dedicated a heavy chunk of the show today to cover Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical letter on AI cal... more

Hey, Alex here, just got back from the sunny Shoreline Theater in Mountain view, so let me catch you up!

This week was definitely Google heavy, we are covering Google’s IO conference for the third year in a row, and today we have a special guest, L... more

Hey everyone, Alex here 👋

I am back live on ThursdAI after a week off, and yes, I am now a married man! Thank you for all the congrats, and also thank you to Ryan and Yam for holding down the fort last week while I tried very hard to disconnect.

T... more

Hey yall, Alex here (with a scheduled post)

I’m taking this week off to get married and celebrate life with family, and touch some grass, but wanted to share the awesome chats I had with some great folks at AI Engineer Europe last week.

BTW - Yam... more

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Omar Sansidoro
DeepMind/Google; Gemma/Gemma 4 and Gemini track producer
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Alex Volkov
AI evangelist with Weights & Biases, host of ThursdAI, active in AI tooling and agentic AI discussions

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4.9 out of 5 stars from 46 ratings
  • The best AI news podcast

    This is a great show for those who want to follow the latest developments in AI and want to get into the details about what makes each new thing special. If you are an AI practitioner, this is your show.

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    MoJo JoJo HoBo
    United States2 years ago
  • best weekly AI summary you’ll get, especially for opensource

    Sorry for tooting my own horn here but this IS the best weekly recap of AI news because it includes criticism too often from the very people that build the models and tools.

    Doing this twitter space weekly with Alex for the last 10months has helped me personally remain competitive in whats going in AI and keep in close touch with the best researchers and builders in the world.

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    Canada2 years ago

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• Perceived as a strong source for benchmark and tool discussions.
• Listeners value the show's crisp weekly AI briefings and candid takes.
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📅 ThursdAI - Apr 2 - Gemma 4 is the new LLama, Claude Code Leak, OpenAI raises $122B & more AI news
Q: How does Gemma 4 compare to other open models in terms of local deployment?
Gemma 4 is designed to run on consumer hardware with 31B/26B parameter configurations, offering strong performance and on-device capabilities that challenge larger proprietary models.
📅 ThursdAI - Apr 2 - Gemma 4 is the new LLama, Claude Code Leak, OpenAI raises $122B & more AI news
Q: What was the impact of Claude Code's leak on the open-source community?
It sparked widespread discussion on security, licensing, and the potential for clean-room rewrites and porting, while catalyzing a wave of open-source momentum and scrutiny of vendor practices.
📆 ThursdAI - Feb 5 - Opus 4.6 was #1 for ONE HOUR before GPT 5.3 Codex, Voxtral transcription, Codex app, Qwen Coder Next & the Agentic Internet
Q: How does GPT 5.3 Codex compare to Opus 4.6 in terms of performance?
GPT 5.3 Codex is reported to score higher on benchmarks, particularly in coding tasks, with a significant performance edge over Opus 4.6.
📆 ThursdAI - Feb 5 - Opus 4.6 was #1 for ONE HOUR before GPT 5.3 Codex, Voxtral transcription, Codex app, Qwen Coder Next & the Agentic Internet
Q: What new features does the Codex app offer?
The Codex app includes automation capabilities, skills marketplace, and a streamlined interface for managing multiple projects simultaneously.
📆 Open source just pulled up to Opus 4.6 — at 1/20th the price
Q: Could you talk about this scale and its architecture?
With reinforcement learning, we noticed that we could actually scale the model's capability to a very high performance, even with a smaller model.

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A weekly AI roundup featuring a panel of engineers, researchers, and industry experts who unpack the most consequential developments in the past seven days. Topics typically span large language models, open-source progress, new model capabilities, AI tooling, and strategic moves across major players, with a knack for practical takeaways on benchmarks, deployment, and productivity. The format often includes live testing moments, candid opinions, and context on how fresh releases affect real-world AI workstreams, making it valuable for practitioners, builders, and decision-makers tracking the competitive landscape.

Noteworthy traits include a strong emphasis on hands-on discussion, openness to critique of new tech, and a steady stream of gue... more

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