OpenAI Is Spending A Fortune To Get To AGI. Will They Make It?
OpenAI just did a $300B deal with Oracle to insure that they have the compute to get to the next stage of AI. The future of AI is EXPENSIVE. Sam Altman is making deals all over the place, trying to set OpenAI up for the future. But there's a LOT of competition now, including from companies like Replit & their new Agent 3 which can work for hours at a time. Plus, Seeddance 4.0 is an incredible new AI image model, Apple's new Air Pod Pro 3s can live translate using AI, AlterEgo can *kind* of read your mind & we get insight into a weird AI watermelon world. IT'S A NEW WEEK BUT AI KEEPS ON ROLLING. #ai #ainews #openai Come to our Discord: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // OpenAI Signs $300B Dollar Deal With Oracle (Say What) https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/776170/oracle-openai-300-billion-contract-project-stargate Sam Says AI Going From 10 to 100 will maybe feel less crazy than 0 to 1 https://x.com/slow_developer/status/1965441316466421772 Microsoft “Shifting” from OAI? https://www.reuters.com/business/microsoft-use-some-ai-anthropic-shift-openai-information-reports-2025-09-09/ Replit’s Agent 3 = 10x Increase in Autonomy https://x.com/amasad/status/1965800350071590966 OpenAI Routs Sensitive Conversations & Adds Parental Controls https://openai.com/index/building-more-helpful-chatgpt-experiences-for-everyone/ Apple’s Air Pods 3 Live Translation https://x.com/adrianweckler/status/1965463329734041970 AlterEgo: We No Longer Need To Talk? https://x.com/alterego_io/status/1965113585299849535 Seedream 4.0 AI Image Is VERY Good https://seed.bytedance.com/en/seedream4_0 https://x.com/fofrAI/status/1965422936367743429 Eleven Labs Voice Re-Mixing https://x.com/elevenlabsio/status/1965806127897264300 Oboe: Learn Anything With AI https://x.com/mignano/status/1965780172688494653 The Sphere’s AI Re-Imagining Of The Wizard of Oz Printing 2m Per Day https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wizard-of-oz-sphere-more-films-1236364915/ Unitree IPO Coming https://x.com/ns123abc/status/1965083434847703481 The Return of The “Cute” Robot (Fourier) https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1965861846138954048 Romanian Watermelon Village https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1965609196348735785 Mortar Boom (PJ Ace New Joint) https://x.com/PJaccetturo/status/1966136806652653826 Fartscroll-lid https://x.com/iannuttall/status/1966074800595698131
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AI Helps Salesforce Cut 4000 Jobs. Will It Make New Ones?
AI NEWS: Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff says AI helped cut 4000 jobs from their workforce. Is this the start of a bigger trend? FYI, Optimus 3 isn’t *really* ready to take those jobs yet. Google’s NanoBanana continues to amaze us and we show off some really fun new ways to use it. Google *also* has a new vibecoding platform, a cool AI video real-time video model & a ‘boring’ but great open source AI image model. Then, at the end of the show, we go off the rails. WE ARE SORRY. YOU ARE GREAT. #ai #ainews #openai Come to our Discord to try our Secret Project: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // Salesforce Cuts 4000 Jobs Due To AI https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/salesforce-cuts-4000-jobs-due-ai-ceo-says Mark Benioff Interview https://youtu.be/0RkNkGihrvc?t=109 Figure 02 Taking Jobs At Home https://x.com/Figure_robot/status/1963266237426979300 Huge Oracle Layoffs As Well https://www.fastcompany.com/91397457/oracle-lays-off-thousands-or-more-globally-amid-rapid-ai-shifts Fed of St. Louis says job slowing may be because of AI https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2025/aug/is-ai-contributing-unemployment-evidence-occupational-variation OpenAI’s New “Leadership” Guide On How To Champion AI At Work https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/ae250928-4029-4f26-9e23-afac1fcee14c/staying-ahead-in-the-age-of-ai.pdf Train to be a plumber? https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ai-which-jobs-are-skilled-trades-protected-what-to-know-rcna223249 More NanoBanana Tips & Tricks: Draw on Images with colors for location based suggestions https://x.com/Prashant_1722/status/1963048062659838127 Use a greenscreen to better create a background https://x.com/martinleblanc/status/1962793455609946242 Comfy Try-On https://x.com/hellorob/status/1961861047859675172 Progressive sketch https://x.com/fofrAI/status/1963277460327543052 Techhalla’s very good rundown on putting himself in arcade games https://x.com/techhalla/status/1963333488217919668 Fabian’s GLIF hair demo (did we talk about this last week? I don’t think so?) https://x.com/fabianstelzer/status/1961441746878939431 Google Vibecoding Suite https://aistudio.google.com/apps Mirage AI Real Time WebCam Transformation https://mirage.decart.ai/ Via Dan Shipper’s Every show: https://youtu.be/E23cV48Iv9A?si=WPFS2 bTmF6ztaqgf Higgsfield Draw-to-Edit https://x.com/higgsfield_ai/status/1963035734232928586 The future (scary) of AI tool marketing (Gavin Rant) https://x.com/search?q=Draw-to-Edit&src=trend_click&vertical=trends Sam Altman DEAD INTERNET https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1n85go8/its_bad_out_there/ Boring Reality LoRA https://x.com/multimodalart/status/1963506679787471238 https://x.com/hellorob/status/1963637026021855452 Visual Storytelling https://x.com/damienhci/status/1963246088674017478 Google Gemma Embedding model https://x.com/googleaidevs/status/1963634368901001473 Eleven Labs SFX Upgrade https://x.com/elevenlabsio/status/1962912811392131214
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Google’s Nano Banana Brings Next Gen AI To The Mainstream
Google’s Nano Banana is the best AI image editor we’ve ever seen & it bodes well for the future of Gemini going forward. But even better, it’s actually useful in everyday life. In other AI News, OpenAI’s new Realtime API improves its voice AI systems. It’s also taking people back from Meta who is also doing a deal with Midjourney. YES, it’s the CIRCLE OF AI…. Plus Unitree’s robot carries heavy stuff, Krea’s got a new real time AI video model, NVIDIA’s cutting edge new algo that speeds up LLMS & yet another demo of our very own new start-up AndThen! WE GO BANANAS. AGAIN AND AGAIN. YOU KNOW THE DEAL. #ai #ainews #openai Come to our Discord to try our Secret Project: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // Nano Banana Lands aka Google Flash 2.5 Image https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/1960342037536108930 Logan From Google “Past Forward” Nano Banana Demo https://x.com/LimitlessFT/status/1960377217940152377 Gavin Nano Banana Pics: https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1960352979527041280 Took a old pic & made the do the electric slide: https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1960376142365327548 Isometric From Building https://x.com/demishassabis/status/1960716082890657828 https://x.com/demishassabis/status/1961077016830083103 Gavin Space Needle https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1961088493385638074 Kevin’s Isometric Games Repositioning https://x.com/Attack/status/1961090913142460668 Our SpeedRun Photo https://x.com/gavinp urcell/status/1960450271009558636 OpenAI Realtime Update Demo https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-realtime/ People Already Leaving Meta’s SuperIntelligence Lab https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-superintelligence-team-researchers-exit-ai-push-2025-8 BUT Hypernova Glasses Coming This Year https://x.com/mingchikuo/status/1960513106704277658 Meta + Midjourney https://x.com/alexandr_w ang/status/1958983843169673367 New Codex Update https://x.com/OpenAIDevs/status/1960809814596182163 NVIDIA Jet-Nemotron https://x.com/JacksonAtkinsX/status/1960090774122483783 Vibe-Voice Open Source TTS From MSFT https://x.com/realmrfakename/status/1960008298545270981 Krea Real Time Video Model https://x.com/krea_ai/status/1961074072487620635 Google’s AI Hurricane Model Give 72 Hour Heads up on Cat 5 Hurricane https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/googles-ai-model-just-nailed-the-forecast-for-the-strongest-atlantic-storm-this-year/ Unitree A2 Carries 250kg Up & Down Stairs https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1n0rvm6/unitree_a2_is_doing_endurance_tests_w_250kg_in/ Triple Backflip on Spot | Boston Dynamics https://youtu.be/LMPxtcEgtds?si=CF1sSdH__CRa9gLU Zuck Vs Sam Matrix Video https://www.reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1n1dt1g/forget_google_this_is_the_power_of_open_source/ Top 100 Gen AI App List From The Olivia Moore/a16z https://a16z.com/100-gen-ai-apps-5/ AndThen Homepage (sign up for updates!) https://andthen.chat/
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Move Over OpenAI… Google Looks Ready To Take The AI Lead
AI NEWS: Google’s been moving insanely fast & shipping as OpenAI & Sam Altman have been working out what went wrong with the GPT-5 launch. Will we have a new AI leader? Google’s Made By Google event introduced a new natural language photo editing software (that could be powered by Nano Banana - their secret unreleased model) and a live AI translator that feels the like future. Meanwhile, OpenAI is looking forward to GPT-6 already & Elon has Grok moving towards makin’ babies. All that and a new Robot Watch, updates from Runway and Eleven Labs & an alpha demo of our very own new AI audio start-up AndThen! YEAH WE MADE A COMPANY. FOR REAL WE’RE ADULTS HERE. #ai #ainews #openai Come to our Discord to try our Secret Project: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // Google’s New ‘Made By Google’ Pixel & AI Event Live Stream https://www.youtube.com/live/JXCXTQIIvM0?si=-j_prVWExRkh1hUE Google AI Zoom Example https://x.com/madebygoogle/status/1958219733079048230/video/1 Natural Language Photo Editing https://blog.google/products/photos/ai-photo-editing-google-photos/ Magic Cue https://x.com/madebygoogle/status/1958221553482576212 AI Translate Example Video https://x.com/boneGPT/status/1958228439556563376 NanoBanana New Mystery Google Image Model https://x.com/ProperPrompter/status/1958545492289216751 https://x.com/emollick/status/1957588350207938937 https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1muw88f/showcase_of_the_new_nanobanana_model_on_lmarena/ Google Storybook https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/1957479712386851324 Gavin & Kevin’s Google Storybook Example https://g.co/gemini/share/89a11b2c1fdc Sam Altman Talking GPT-6 Already https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/19/sam-altman-on-gpt-6-people-want-memory.html GPT-5 Pro Does New Math? https://x.com/SebastienBubeck/status/1958198661139009862 Some context from UCLA mathematician expert: https://x.com/ErnestRyu/status/1958408925864403068 Meta “Pausing” AI Hires https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/21/meta-brakes-massive-ai-talent-recruitment-spending-spree-mark-zuckerberg-tbd-superintelligence-lab.html Runway Game Worlds LAUNCHED https://x.com/runwayml/status/1958516860149997672 ElevenLabs v3 API LAUNCHED https://x.com/matistanis/status/1958227715699445803 DeepSeek 3.1 Thinking Released https://x.com/deepseek_ai/status/1958417062008918312 Elon Will Program AI To Increase The Birth Rate https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1958500552955896206 Also: “Grok 5 has a shot at being AGI” https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1958499441469739329 Anthropic Lets Claude Quit “Abusive” Conversations https://x.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1956615568909328413 Gizmo: Cool Vibe Coded Games Platform https://x.com/MakeGizmos/status/1957522425047896095 Allex “Buff” Robot https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1957695026386842093 Unitree Tease Next Humanoid https://x.com/UnitreeRobotics/status/1957800790321775011 Getting a Leg up with End-to-end Neural Networks | Boston Dynamics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYwekersccY Winners At World Robotics Championships 100m DASH: https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1mt6iqj/100m_humanoid_champion/ STANDING JUMP: https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1956744420755439891 SOLO DANCE: https://x.com/siyuanhuang95/status/1956901673668124817 Digital Signature Based on Your Name App https://x.com/joshtriedcoding/status/1957005166294581688 CarBoarding https://www.reddit.com/r/aivideo/comments/1mt8v39/carboarding/ AndThen Homepage (sign up for updates!) https://andthen.chat/
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OpenAI’s GPT-5 Stumbles On The Rocky Road To AGI
SECRET PROJECT IN DISCORD: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Is this the AI slow down? OpenAI’s GPT-5’s first week was kind of rough but Sam Atlman is working on it. GPT-4o is back for those who missed it but AI might not get to the Singularity as fast as people think. GPT-5 *did* crush Pokemon & a new version got a gold medal in the International Programming Competition. Plus, new Anthropic Claude updates, Sam & Elon are feuding again, Apple’s new tabletop robot, Matrix Game 2’s playable AI worlds, Meta’s AI permissions fumble and maybe… most importantly… Robots can now do our laundry. ROBOTS PLEASE DO ALL OUR CHORES. WE WILL BE NICE. #ai #ainews #openai Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/ // Show Links // OpenAI’s Sam Altman Interview with Nikhil Kamath https://youtu.be/SfOaZIGJ_gs?si=O48zZSKwbv3w3oL8 Sam Tweet On ChatGPT Changes https://x.com/sama/status/1955438916645130740 People Hated Losing 4o’s Charming Personality https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/openai-brings-back-gpt-4o-after-user-revolt/ Sam’s Deeper Dive On Attachment https://x.com/sama/status/1954703747495649670 GPT-5 Reality Check on Super Intelligence https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-gpt-5s-rocky-rollout-is-the-reality-check-we-needed-on-superintelligence-hype/ GPT-5 Crushes Pokémon Red 3x faster than o3 https://x.com/clad3815/status/1955980772575268897?s=4 OpenAI Reasoning System (Not GPT-5 regular) Gets Gold In International Programming Competition https://x.com/SherylHsu02/status/1954966109851119921 Claude Sonnet 1m Token Context https://x.com/claudeai/status/1955299573620261343?s=46 Elon VS Sam Next Round: Apple App Store Drama https://x.com/sama/status/1955094792804720660 Apple Rejects Elon’s Bias Claims https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn842x1v1n1o Head of xAI Leaves The Company https://x.com/ibab/status/1955741698690322585 Apple Tabletop Robot + More https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/report-apples-smart-home-ambitions-include-tabletop-robot-cameras-and-more/ Playable AI World MATRIX GAME 2 https://huggingface.co/Skywork/Matrix-Game-2.0 Meta’s AI Chatbots were allowed “sensual” conversations with minors https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/ Figure 02 LAUNDRY FOLDING BABY https://x.com/Figure_robot/status/1955290971660251220 1x Tech Robot Holds 40 Pound Rice Bag https://x.com/BerntBornich/status/1954974590138191977 Would Humanoid Robot Games https://x.com/unitreerobotics/status/1955928317355549137?s=46 The ‘Clanker’ Discussion https://x.com/eigenrobot/status/1954761814526296100
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