#236 - GPT 5.4, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, Supply Chain Risk

#236 - GPT 5.4, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite, Supply Chain Risk

From Last Week in AI by Skynet Today

March 12, 2026 · 1h 29m · Episode 276

About this episode

The episode discusses significant AI news from the past week, including updates from OpenAI, Google, and Luma, as well as supply chain risks in the AI sector.

Our 236th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 03/06/2026 Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at andreyvkurenkov@gmail.com and/or  hello@gladstone.ai Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/ In this episode: * OpenAI released GPT-5.4 Pro with a 1M-token context window, mid-response course correction, native computer-use capabilities, improved tool use, higher GPT-VAL performance (83%), and “high cyber capability” safety measures; OpenAI also launched GPT-5.3 Instant with a less “preachy” tone and a claimed 26.8% hallucination reduction. * Google upgraded Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite with faster time-to-first-token and higher throughput, released a CLI for integrating agents with Gmail/Drive/Docs, and discussion highlighted real-world agent failure risks (including an example of an AI-driven mass email deletion). * Luma launched unified multimodal models and Luma Agents for end-to-end creative work across text, image, video, and audio, including a reported ad localization use case completed in 40 hours for under $20,000. * Defense-contract…

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris

Topics covered

  • AI news
  • OpenAI updates
  • Google AI advancements
  • Luma technology
  • Supply chain risks
  • Defense contracts

Keywords

  • GPT-5.4 Pro
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
  • AI news
  • supply chain risk
  • OpenAI
  • Luma
  • Anthropic
  • Google

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Google, Luma, Anthropic, Alibaba

Products: GPT-5.4 Pro, GPT-5.3 Instant, Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite

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