About this episode

This episode discusses recent AI developments including Grok 4.5, GPT 5.6, and advancements from Meta and ByteDance.

🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️ EMAIL US: info@limitless.fm NEWSLETTER: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ FOLLOW ON X: https://x.com/LimitlessFT SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQ APPLE: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890 RSS FEED: https://limitlessft.substack.com/ ------ So many new AI releases this week! Including xAI’s Grok 4.5 and OpenAI’s GPT 5.6, we discuss their coding, reasoning, and benchmark performance. OpenAI also introduced a new full-duplex voice mode, which lets users speak and listen at the same time, and may preview future AI interfaces. We also discuss Chinese AI labs building their own chips to reduce reliance on NVIDIA and imported hardware. And finally, a few updates on Meta’s new image and video models, ByteDance’s SeeDream image model, and Cloudflare’s payments API for micropayments and AI agent access.sis) ------ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Grok Is Back 2:03 Cheap Intelligence Wins 3:51 Cursor Deal Pays Off 6:21 GPT 5.6 Arrives 10:05 Voice Mode Breakthrough 15:17 China’s Chip Push 20:32 Meta’s New Visuals 25:06 ByteDance Joins Image Gen 26:36 Cloudflare Opens Payments 28:21 Wrap-Up And Farewell ------ RESOURCES Josh…

People in this episode

Hosts: Josh, Ejaaz

Topics covered

• AI releases
• OpenAI
• China's AI development
• Meta's models
• Voice technology
• Micropayments

Keywords

• AI
• Grok
• GPT 5.6
• Meta
• ByteDance
• China
• voice mode
• micropayments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: xAI, OpenAI, China, Meta, ByteDance, Cloudflare

Products: Grok 4.5, GPT 5.6, SeeDream

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