{"podcast":{"title":"The Generative AI Meetup Podcast","slug":"generative-ai-meetup","podcast_index_feed_id":6763937,"rss_url":"https://podcast.genaimeetup.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://podcast.genaimeetup.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/17891792/Gemini_Generated_Image_sqmm5isqmm5isqmm_minified.png","author":"Mark and Shashank","episode_count":70,"summary":"Hosted by Mark and Shashank, software engineers and organizers in Silicon Valley. Get their grounded perspective each week as they explore the generative AI landscape through news analysis, tech discussions, hands-on experiments, and clear explanations. Dive into the latest language models, AI agent capabilities, and RAG techniques. Understand the hardware race, key research, startup trends, benchmarks, and the real-world impact of AI across industries like healthcare, robotics, and creative work. We also test AI limits, explain core concepts, discuss ethics, and interview builders shaping the field. For engineers, developers, researchers, and anyone seeking a practical understanding of AI’s rapid evolution and its applications.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-meetup"},"episode":{"title":"AI Matches Human Intelligence, Pentagon Drama, and the Rise of Agent Swarms","slug":"ai-matches-human-intelligence-pentagon-drama-and-the-rise-of-agent-swarms","published_at":"2026-03-05T15:29:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-meetup/ai-matches-human-intelligence-pentagon-drama-and-the-rise-of-agent-swarms","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/generative-ai-meetup","url":"https://podcast.genaimeetup.com/e/ai-matches-human-intelligence-pentagon-drama-and-the-rise-of-agent-swarms/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qyd4ix4gn4hi5vyk/podcast-3-5-2026-esv2-75p-bg-10p-music-m.mp3","summary":"Gemini 1.5 Pro has achieved human-level performance on the ARC-AGI-1 benchmark at a fraction of the cost of human testers. 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