#245 - TML-Interaction, Claude For Legal, Sam Altman on Stand

#245 - TML-Interaction, Claude For Legal, Sam Altman on Stand

From Last Week in AI by Skynet Today

May 18, 2026 · 1h 49m · Episode 285

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The episode discusses significant AI news from the previous week, including updates from OpenAI, Thinking Machines, and Anthropic.

Our 245th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 05/13/2026 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 new voice intelligence API features including GPT Realtime 2 (GPT-5-powered) plus realtime translation and Whisper transcription, emphasizing the latency–reasoning tradeoff, larger context, and new guardrails amid fraud risks. Thinking Machines previewed a low-latency, full‑duplex conversational system with a two-model architecture and custom inference stack, reporting strong interactivity benchmark results but without public access or third‑party validation yet. Anthropic pushed further into vertical products with Claude for Legal and deeper AWS availability, while ongoing ecosystem tension grows as platform model providers compete with application-layer companies. Safety, policy, and research updates included OpenAI’s self-harm trusted contact feature, Anthropic work on reducing agent misalignment by training…

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Hosts: Andrey Kurenkov, Jeremie Harris

Topics covered

  • AI news
  • voice intelligence
  • legal AI
  • technology updates
  • safety and policy
  • machine learning

Keywords

  • AI news
  • OpenAI
  • Claude for Legal
  • GPT Realtime 2
  • voice intelligence
  • safety updates
  • machine learning

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, Thinking Machines, Anthropic, Meta

Products: Claude for Legal, GPT Realtime 2, Whisper

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