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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 yall, Alex here, let me catch you up!

I came back from vacation expecting to cover Fable 5 after a week of using it. The first two days after we all first got access to a Mythos level model were super exciting! But then the news hit, US Governm... more

Hey folks, Alex here, and welcome to a BIG MODEL week! We finally got Mythos (well almost)! Let me catch you up!

This week started with WWDC26 from Apple, and Max Weinbach, who was in the room at Apple Park and actually has access to some of the ne... more

Hey folks, Alex here, let me catch you up!

I’ve had a feeling that this week is going to be crazy, as it started on the weekend MiniMax M3, then with Jensen announcing new RTX Spark, NVIDIA’s first PC chip packing 1 petaflop of local AI power into ... more

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

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Recent Guests

Thor Schaeff
From Google DeepMind, discussing Gemini Live Translate
Google DeepMind
Episode: 📅 ThursdAI - Jun 11, 2026 - Fable & Mythos 5 are here, Anthropic gets caught sandbagging (then reverses), Siri AI finally works!? and we got live-translated on air
Logan Kilpatrick
Member of technical staff on Google AI Studio team, guest on this episode
Google DeepMind
Episode: AI just cracked an 80-year-old math problem nobody could solve — plus everything from Google I/O 26
Vic Perez
Co-founder and CEO at Krea
Krea
Episode: ThursdAI - May 14 - TML Interaction Models, Musk v Altman Disclosures, CW Sandboxes & /goal Takes Over
Sunil Pai
Principal Engineer at Cloudflare; creator of PartyKit
Cloudflare
Episode: 📅 ThursdAI - May 7 - Interviews with Sunil Pai, Sally Ann Omalley from AI Engineer Europe
Sally Ann O'Malley
Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat; OpenClaw maintainer
Red Hat
Episode: 📅 ThursdAI - May 7 - Interviews with Sunil Pai, Sally Ann Omalley from AI Engineer Europe
Max Spiro
Founder, Pangram Labs
Pangram Labs
Episode: 📅 ThursdAI - Apr 30 - DeepSeek V4 (1.6T MoE), Cursor SDK Wins WolfBench, Mayo's REDMOD Saves Lives, Stripe Gives Agents a Wallet & more
Peter Gostev
Executive at Arena AI, guest commentator
Arena AI
Episode: 📅 Apr 23: OpenAI's Week: GPT-5.5, GPT-Image-2, Codex CUA + Chronicle, + Claude Design, Kimi K2.6, Qwen 3.6-27B
Vincent Koc
OpenClaw maintainer, Microsoft OpenAI-related work
OpenClaw, Microsoft
Episode: 📅 ThursdAI LIVE from London - Claude Mythos, Codex Resets, Muse Spark & More | w/ Swyx and friends from OpenAI, Deepmind, LMArena and OpenClaw
Omar Sansidoro
DeepMind/Google; Gemma/Gemma 4 and Gemini track producer
DeepMind
Episode: 📅 ThursdAI LIVE from London - Claude Mythos, Codex Resets, Muse Spark & More | w/ Swyx and friends from OpenAI, Deepmind, LMArena and OpenClaw

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Alex Volkov
AI evangelist withWeights & Biases from CoreWeave; host and lead commentator focusing on AI tooling, open-source ecosystems, and developer tooling.

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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.

    Apple Podcasts
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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.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    nisten t
    Canada2 years ago

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High-quality deep dives with live demos and tool comparisons.
A practical AI news show loved by practitioners.
Energetic hosts keep complex topics approachable for engineers and decision-makers.
Great for listeners who want critical takes and openness about tooling strengths/limits.

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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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What is ThursdAI about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A weekly AI news roundup features a panel of engineers, researchers, and tooling experts dissecting the biggest AI developments from the past week. Expect fast-paced debates, live demonstrations, and pragmatic takeaways on OpenAI, Google DeepMind, open-source ecosystems, agent frameworks, security, and governance. Episodes blend product news, hands-on demos of live tools, and candid industry chatter, making it valuable for builders, product teams, or executives tracking how rapid AI advances translate into real-world workflows and business impact. A standout traits include deep dives into tooling ecosystems (agents, sandboxes, security) and a willingness to compare rivals head-to-head, which helps listeners separate hype from practical outc... more

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