“AI #177 Part 1: Tip of the Iceberg” by Zvi

This week saw the releases of, among other things: GPT-5-6 Sol. It is a very good model, sir. Plan A, the follow up to AI 2027. It is a good plan worthy of discussion, sir. Kimi K3. This is only rolling out now, and will be covered next week. Muse Spark 1.1, the new Meta model. It is not frontier, but it is progress for them. Inkling, the first model from Thinking Machines. A call for regulatory action by Demis Hassabis, which I’ll cover soon. A new brief open letter call to action on AI regulation. That's on top of everything else, and an Opus 5 announcement is likely coming soon. The weekly once again got out of hand, so we’re splitting it once again into two, and once again saying we’ll be raising the bar for inclusion. And this time I mean it, as in enough to actually matter. Table of Contents Language Models Offer Mundane Utility. Whatever ye seek, ye shall find. Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility. Gemini app needs some work. Language Models Upload Your Git Repository. Big problems [...] ---Outline:(01:17) Language Models Offer Mundane Utility(04:46) Language Models Don't Offer Mundane Utility(05:28) Language Models Upload Your Git Repository(08:35) Huh, Upgrades(09:30) Muse Spark 1.1(11:47) First Hit Free(15:36) On Your Marks(18:06) Choose Your Fighter(19:57) Get My Agent On The Line(23:23) Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon(24:44) Fun With Media Generation(25:45) Copyright Confrontation(27:37) OpenAI Strikes Again(32:26) A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer(32:45) Recommendations for Policymakers(34:13) They Took Our Jobs(38:23) The Art of the Jailbreak(39:27) Get Involved(40:32) Introducing(41:12) In Other AI News(43:46) New Short Obviously True Statement About AI Just Dropped(46:03) Show Me the Money(46:21) The Lighter Side --- First published: July 16th, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/who9xZ7DxuprsJoTr/ai-177-part-1-tip-of-the-iceberg --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.