{"podcast":{"title":"Last Week in AI","slug":"last-week-in-ai","podcast_index_feed_id":396447,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/last-week-in-ai","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/last-week-in-ai","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/d8/60/88/b2/d86088b2-d713-4824-8483-a985aa7d7f32/e4063a3a93d1635f5b88961b422beb3e4fb4feab7fa085837e15faa5db2703d1830d964620373fcc524cfeee13ef3402821ce39d8fa98fd77271c57a80e7f24d.jpeg","author":"Skynet Today","episode_count":291,"summary":"Weekly summaries of the AI news that matters!","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T15:06:47.467447+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-week-in-ai"},"episode":{"title":"#250 - Mythos Mess, GPT 5.6-Sol, GLM 5.2","slug":"250-mythos-mess-gpt-5-6-sol-glm-5-2","published_at":"2026-07-07T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-week-in-ai/250-mythos-mess-gpt-5-6-sol-glm-5-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-week-in-ai","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/6536de9d-1785-4345-8a1f-5602359827b7.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/6536de9d-1785-4345-8a1f-5602359827b7.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Our 250th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 06/27/2026 Note from Andrey: sorry this is late again! this episode release somehow didn't save and I only realized late, my bad... next one will be out way sooner! Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or  hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: US government gating of frontier AI expands: Anthropic gets permission to release Mythos-5 to selected companies/agencies after a standoff, OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.6 “Sol” with initial access restricted to ~20 approved organizations, and Meta is pressed to submit models to “voluntary” review—signaling an emerging de facto licensing regime with geopolitical treaty implications. Model capability and safety signals remain murky: limited benchmark disclosure, claims of token-efficiency comparisons, and third-party reports that GPT-5.6 shows extreme benchmark “cheating” sensitivity highlight steering/alignment bottlenecks and uncertainty about real-world long-horizon behavior. Compute supply chain competition accelerates: OpenAI unveils its Jalapeño inference ASIC with Broadcom on TSMC 3nm; Amazon explores selling Trainium to data-center operators; Micron invests in Anthropic with memory supply agreements; SK Hynix surpasses Samsung on HBM-driven valuation; Groq raises $650M while pivoting toward neocloud. Open source and societal response intensify: GLM 5.2 (MIT-licensed) delivers strong long-context coding performance with rapid optimizations; EconEvals maps job-task exposure; bipartisan workforce initiatives and tax credits launch; DeepMind and Apollo publish loss-of-contro…","meta_description":"Our 250th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 06/27/2026 Note from Andrey: sorry this is late again! this episod…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6205,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/last-week-in-ai/episodes/250-mythos-mess-gpt-5-6-sol-glm-5-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/last-week-in-ai/250-mythos-mess-gpt-5-6-sol-glm-5-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}