Our 220th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!

Recorded on 08/30/2025

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Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and co-hosted by Daniel Bashir

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In this episode:

• Google's newly released Gemini 2.5 image editing model showcases remarkable advancements, enabling highly accurate modifications of subjects while retaining their original features.


• Anthropic expands Claude with an AI browser agent for Chrome and adds features to remember past conversations, enhancing the user experience and personalization.


• NVIDIA and AMD to share revenue from AI chip sales to China with US government, marking a notable shift in export control policies and trade practices.


• AI companion apps are experiencing substantial growth, with projected revenues expected to reach $120 million by 2025, raising questions about social implications and user engagement.
  
  

Timestamps + Links:

• Tools & Apps
  
  
  
  • (00:02:12 ) Google Gemini's AI image model gets a 'bananas' upgrade | TechCrunch
    
  
  
  • (00:05:32 ) Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome | TechCrunch
    
  
  
  • (00:08:30 ) Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now remember your past conversations | The Verge
    
  
  
  • (00:11:46 ) Google Launches AI ‘Guided Learning’ Tool to Teach Users
    
  
  
  • (00:14:55 ) Apple Intelligence’s ChatGPT integration will use GPT-5 starting with iOS 26 | The Verge
    
  
  
  • (00:15:39 ) OpenAI Adds New Features to Codex, Like IDE Extension and GitHub Code Reviews
    
  
  
  
  


• Applications & Business
  
  
  
  • (00:16:49 ) Lovable projects $1B in ARR within next 12 months | TechCrunch
    
  
  
  • (00:18:56 ) Decart hits $3.1 billion valuation on $100 million raise to power real-time interacti | Ctech
    
  
  
  • (00:20:19 ) Cohere raises $500M to beat back generative AI rivals | TechCrunch
    
  
  
  • (00:21:25 ) Pony AI, Nearing Full-Year Robotaxi Goal, Eyes European Markets - Bloomberg
    
  
  
  • (00:22:41 ) Co-founder of Elon Musk's xAI departs the company | TechCrunch
    
  
  
  
  


• Projects & Open Source
  
  
  
  • (00:24:39 ) Meta AI Just Released DINOv3: A State-of-the-Art Computer Vision Model Trained with Self-Supervised Learning, Generating High-Resolution Image Features - MarkTechPost
    
  
  
  • (00:27:02 ) GLM-4.5: Agentic, Reasoning, and Coding (ARC) Foundation Models
    
  
  
  • (00:29:49 ) China’s DeepSeek Releases V3.1, Boosting AI Model’s Capabilities - Bloomberg
    
  
  
  • (00:30:36 ) Open weight LLMs exhibit inconsistent performance across providers
    
  
  
  • (00:32:02 ) Microsoft Released VibeVoice-1.5B: An Open-Source Text-to-Speech Model that can Synthesize up to 90 Minutes of Speech with Four Distinct Speakers - MarkTechPost
    
  
  
  
  


• Research & Advancements
  
  
  
  • (00:33:43 ) Deep Think with Confidence
    
  
  
  • (00:36:30 ) Generative AI reshapes U.S. job market, Stanford study shows
    
  
  
  
  


• Policy & Safety
  
  
  
  • (00:41:42 ) Inside the US Government's Unpublished Report on AI Safety | WIRED
    
  
  
  • (00:44:10 ) U.S. Government to Take Cut of Nvidia and AMD A.I. Chip Sales to China - The New York Times
    
  
  
  • (00:45:13 ) Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors
    
  
  
  • (00:46:56 ) AI companion apps on track to pull in $120M in 2025 | TechCrunch
    
  
  
  
  

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