{"podcast":{"title":"Lex Fridman Podcast","slug":"lex-fridman-podcast","podcast_index_feed_id":745287,"rss_url":"https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://lexfridman.com/","image_url":"https://lexfridman.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/artwork_3000-230.png","author":"Lex Fridman","episode_count":497,"summary":"Conversations that explore technology, history, philosophy, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, robotics, programming, music, film, art, sports, psychology, neuroscience, geopolitics, business, economics, religion, astronomy, and the human condition with people from all walks of life.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast"},"episode":{"title":"#490 – State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI","slug":"490-state-of-ai-in-2026-llms-coding-scaling-laws-china-agents-gpus-agi","published_at":"2026-02-01T02:46:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/490-state-of-ai-in-2026-llms-coding-scaling-laws-china-agents-gpus-agi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast","url":"https://lexfridman.com/ai-sota-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-sota-2026","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/takeituneasy/ins.blubrry.com/takeituneasy/lex_ai_ai_sota_2026.mp3","summary":"Nathan Lambert and Sebastian Raschka are machine learning researchers, engineers, and educators. Nathan is the post-training lead at the Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) and the author of The RLHF Book. Sebastian Raschka is the author of Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) and Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch). Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep490-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/ai-sota-2026-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA – submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring – join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other – other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: Box: Intelligent content management platform. Go to https://box.com/ai Quo: Phone system (calls, texts, contacts) for businesses. Go to https://quo.com/lex UPLIFT Desk: Standing desks and office ergonomics. Go to https://upliftdesk.com/lex Fin: AI agent for customer service. Go to https://fin.ai/lex Shopify: Sell stuff online. Go to https://shopify.com/lex CodeRabbit: AI-powered code reviews. Go to https://coderabbit.ai/lex LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to https://drinkLMNT.com/lex Perplexity: AI-powered answer engine. Go to https://perplexity.ai/ OUTLINE: (00:00) – Introduction (01:39) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections (16:29) – China vs US: Who wins the AI race? (25:11) – ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs Grok: Who is winning? (36:11) – Best AI for coding (43:02) – Open Source vs Closed Source LLMs…","meta_description":"Nathan Lambert and Sebastian Raschka are machine learning researchers, engineers, and educators. Nathan is the post-training lead at the Allen Institute f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"failed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lex-fridman-podcast/episodes/490-state-of-ai-in-2026-llms-coding-scaling-laws-china-agents-gpus-agi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/490-state-of-ai-in-2026-llms-coding-scaling-laws-china-agents-gpus-agi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}