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• The Circular Economy of AI: We dive into the massive, potentially "circular financing" deal where OpenAI is taking up to a 10% stake in AMD and committing to deploy up to 6 gigawatts of AMD Instinct GPUs.

• The AI Bubble Debate: Is the industry in an "infinite money glitch"? We discuss the theory that major players like Nvidia, OpenAI, and others are engaging in vendor financing schemes where equity and future promises are exchanged for chips instead of real revenue.

• The New AI Productivity Benchmark: Introducing the AI Productivity Index (APEX), a new benchmark that evaluates models like GPT 5 and Grok 4 on real-world deliverables across law, finance, consulting, and medicine.

• OpenAI's New Operating System: A look at AgentKit, the new suite of tools from OpenAI that includes AgentBuilder and ChatKit, designed to turn ChatGPT into a full operating system for building and managing AI agents.

• The 'Slop' in AI: From a government contractor, Deloitte, being forced to refund $440K after using AI with major errors in a report, to landlords using AI to clean up rental pictures, we discuss why "Slop" is a fitting word for some AI outputs.

• Spotify & ChatGPT: Spotify and ChatGPT team up to allow users to ask the AI for personalized song, playlist, and podcast recommendations, raising the question: Do we need AI to suggest an AI-curated playlist?

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156 - AI Slop, Sora 2 and Meta Vibes

• Mixed Feelings on AI Slop: The overall "Vibe Check" for the week's AI news was a 7-8/10, but I express concern that the increasing amount of AI-generated content feels "icky" and like "slop," leading to a feeling of having one's brain fried.

• Criticism of Meta Vibes: Meta's new "Vibes" feed, a short-form, AI-generated video feature powered by Midjourney, is criticized as unnecessary and "empty." The Ryan argues against the need for another short-form video format.

• Sora 2 Impressions: OpenAI's Sora 2 is acknowledged as having better quality than its predecessor and Meta Vibes, creating "very solid videos." However, Ryan feels it still lacks a "soul," and critiques the immediate, often pandering, praise it received from some users.

• New OpenAI Monetization: OpenAI has introduced an instant checkout feature on its Large Language Model (LLM), allowing users to shop. This move is seen as a natural and expected progression toward monetizing the platform through advertisements.

• Airline AI Job Cuts: Lufthansa Airline announced it will cut 4,000 jobs and replace them with AI to boost efficiency, a point the author mentions as a noteworthy, if somewhat cynical, piece of short-form news.

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In this week's episode of TheChatGPTReport, we're back from a brief hiatus to dive into two weeks of major AI news. We'll break down the biggest headlines and the deeper implications behind them.

• Zuckerberg's Risky Demo: We'll analyze Meta's live AI glasses demo and its spectacular failure. Was it a genuine misstep, or a calculated move to generate buzz?

• The Trillion-Dollar Question: Unpack the bizarre press releases about massive, un-funded AI projects from companies like OpenAI. We'll question who's really paying for these ambitious infrastructure plans.

• The Future of Work: Explore the concept of "AI co-workers" and the new wave of AI training, where models learn by watching humans work. Is this the end of the specialist, and are we training our own replacements?

• The AI Job Market: Discuss recent data on companies planning layoffs due to AI and the rise in youth underemployment. We'll talk about how this impacts the future of entry-level jobs.

• Midjourney's "Soul": A quick take on why Midjourney stands out from other AI image generators and the unique quality it seems to possess.

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