Episode 452: AGI Claims, VR Worlds, and the AI Trust Crisis

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra with superhuman computer use capabilities and claims to have hit their 'automated research intern' milestone, while ByteDance prepares a real-time spatial video AI model for VR. ChatGPT Work gains writing style matching, and Insilico Medicine's AI-designed drug shows early signs of slowing aging. Meanwhile, public sentiment remains deeply skeptical: 70% of Americans worry more than they're excited about AI, 69% oppose local data centers, and neither political party inspires confidence on AI policy. Infrastructure expansion continues with Google and Apple scouting Australia, copper hits all-time highs, and China's central bank makes its 22nd consecutive month of gold purchases as de-dollarization accelerates. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.