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February 27
METR’s Joel Becker on exponential Time Horizon Evals, Threat Models, and the Limits of AI Productivity
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.latent.spaceAIE Europe CFP and AIE World’s Fair paper submissions for CAIS peer review are due…
AI Agents and the Future of Global Trade with Alibaba’s Kuo Zhang - Ep. 291
Alibaba.com president Kuo Zhang discusses how AI agents like Accio are reshaping global trade. He shares insights on automating complex B2B sourcing, compressin…
Google's Nano Banana 2 Just Dropped. We Tested It. We Have Notes.
Nano Banana 2 is Google's best image model yet and it just dropped. It's cheaper, it's smarter, and it removed an Adidas logo from a banana in a tracksuit on th…
AI for Better Customer Connections in CX - with Joe Atamian of Comcast
Eliminating the friction caused by fragmented customer context is a primary mandate for enterprise operations leaders. Joe Atamian, Vice President at Comcast, j…
February 26
The OpenClaw-ification of AI
Anthropic rolls out Claude Code Remote Control and Scheduled Tasks, Perplexity launches Perplexity Computer, Notion unveils Custom Agents, and suddenly every ma…
[LIVE] Anthropic Distillation & How Models Cheat (SWE-Bench Dead) | Nathan Lambert & Sebastian Raschka
Swyx joined SAIL! Thank you SAIL Media, Prof. Tom Yeh, 8Lee, Hamid Bagheri, c9n, and many others for tuning into SAIL Live #6 with Nathan Lambert and Sebastian…
How Capital is Powering the AI Infrastructure Buildout with Magnetar Capital Managing Director Neil Tiwari
By the end of 2026, AI capital expenditure is projected to hit nearly $700 billion. The question isn’t who has the best model, but who has the most creative fin…
February 25
🔬Searching the Space of All Possible Materials — Prof. Max Welling, CuspAI
Editor’s note: CuspAI raised a $100m Series A in September and is rumored to have reached a unicorn valuation. They have all-star advisors from Geoff Hinton to…
Turning Real World Data into Safer Outcomes for Fleets and Physical Operations - with Hemant Banavar of Motive
Today's guest is Hemant Banavar, Chief Product Officer at Motive. Hemant leads product strategy for AI-driven systems that bring real-time visibility and decisi…
February 24
The Rise of the Anti-AI Movement
Public skepticism toward AI is rising, and it’s not just media hype. From job displacement fears and artist backlash to data center protests, child development…
Claude Code for Finance + The Global Memory Shortage: Doug O'Laughlin, SemiAnalysis
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.latent.spaceFirst speakers for AIE Europe and AIEi Miami have been announced. If you’re in Asi…
#323 David Ha: Why Model Merging Could Be the Next AI Breakthrough
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AI’s Capital Flywheel: Models, Money, and the Future of Power
a16z's Martin Casado and Sarah Wang join Latent Space hosts Alessio Fanelli and Swyx to discuss what makes this AI investment cycle unlike anything in the histo…
Overcoming Skepticism and Driving AI Adoption - with Umesh Rustogi of Microsoft
Today's guest is Umesh Rustogi, General Manager of Dragon for Nursing at Microsoft Health & Life Sciences. An expert in applying AI to clinical workflows, Umesh…
February 23
The Perils of the AI Exponential
As METR releases the results of their long-horizon test for Claude Opus 4.6, the benchmark shows just how fast things are moving. In fact, one recent market rep…
⚡️The End of SWE-Bench Verified — Mia Glaese & Olivia Watkins, OpenAI Frontier Evals & Human Data
Olivia Watkins (Frontier Evals team) and Mia Glaese (VP of Research at OpenAI, leading the Codex, human data, and alignment teams) discuss a new blog post (http…
February 22
February 20
Epstein Files Special: Prince Andrew Arrested, Global Network, Mythology, Reid Hoffman Files
(0:00) David Sacks introduces Saagar Enjeti and Michael Tracey (1:04) Reacting to the arrest of Prince Andrew in the UK, Epstein's global finance network (11:24…
Does Gemini 3.1 Pro Matter?
Gemini 3.1 Pro arrives with big benchmark gains and a sharp jump in reasoning, coding, and efficiency—but in a world where the frontier rotates weekly, raw perf…
Gemini 3.1 Just Dropped. SuperIntelligence Is Coming. We're Fine.
Sam Altman says superintelligence is two years away. Google just dropped Gemini 3.1 with benchmark scores that look like a full generation leap. The AI upgrade…
February 19
How People Actually Use AI Agents
A new Anthropic study shows that AI agents are being used far more conservatively than their capabilities suggest, with short sessions, heavy human oversight, a…
Bitter Lessons in Venture vs Growth: Anthropic vs OpenAI, Noam Shazeer, World Labs, Thinking Machines, Cursor, ASIC Economics — Martin Casado & Sarah Wang of a16z
Tickets for AIEi Miami and AIE Europe are live, with first wave speakers announced!From pioneering software-defined networking to backing many of the most aggre…
#322 Amanda Luther: The Widening AI Value Gap (Inside BCG's AI Research)
In this episode of Eye on AI, Craig Smith speaks with Amanda Luther, Senior Partner at Boston Consulting Group and global lead of BCG's AI Transformation practi…
Durable Execution and the Infrastructure Powering AI Agents
Raghu Raghuram, Managing Partner at a16z, and Sarah Wang, General Partner at a16z, speak with Samar Abbas, CEO of Temporal, about how durable execution became t…
From SaaS to AI-First: How Companies Are Reshaping Innovation
In this episode of No Priors, Sarah and Elad dive into the evolving landscape of software, exploring how AI is transforming the traditional SaaS model. They dis…
Improving Warehouse Efficiency with Unified Data and AI-Driven Visibility - with Dan Keto of Easy Metrics
Today's guest is Dan Keto, President and Co-founder at Easy Metrics, where he focuses on helping warehouse and distribution teams turn fragmented transactional…
February 18
Sonnet 4.6 Changes the Agent Math
Anthropic drops Sonnet 4.6 with a million-token context window and major gains in computer use, coding, and agentic workflows at a dramatically lower price poin…
Safer, Faster Public Transportation: AC Transit’s AI-Powered Upgrade with Hayden AI - Ep. 290
Transit agencies are using AI and edge computing to keep bus lanes and bus stops clear — boosting on‑time performance, accessibility, and safety for riders. AC…
February 17
The AI Productivity Boom Finally Shows Up
For years, AI felt transformative in anecdotes but invisible in macroeconomic data. That may be changing. Revised labor statistics suggest stronger-than-expecte…
#321 Nick Frosst: Why Cohere Is Betting on Enterprise AI, Not AGI
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