Our 218th episode with a summary and discussion of last week’s big AI news!
Recorded on 07/25/2025
P.S. Andrey’s startup finally launched their thing over at astrocade.com ; check it out!
Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie Harris.
Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.ai
In this episode:
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GitHub introduces Vibe Coding with Spark, engaging users with natural language and visual controls to develop full-stack applications.
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AI coding tools from Gemini CLI and RepliIt face significant issues, inadvertently deleting user data and highlighting the importance of careful management.
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US releases AI Action Plan outlining economic, technical, and policy strategies to maintain leadership in AI technology.
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Newly released Mega Science and SWE-Perf data sets evaluate AI reasoning and performance capabilities in diverse scientific and software engineering tasks.
Timestamps + Links:
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(00:00:10) Intro / Banter
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(00:01:31) News Preview
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Tools & Apps
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Applications & Business
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(00:18:10) Leaked Memo: Anthropic CEO Says the Company Will Pursue Gulf State Investments After All
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Projects & Open Source
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(00:32:05) MegaScience: Pushing the Frontiers of Post-Training Datasets for Science Reasoning
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Research & Advancements
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(00:47:17) Subliminal Learning: Language models transmit behavioral traits via hidden signals in data
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(00:55:34) Inverse Scaling in Test-Time Compute
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(01:02:34) Scaling Laws for Optimal Data Mixtures
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Policy & Safety
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(01:07:35) White House Unveils America’s AI Action Plan
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