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AI Podcasts

January 30, 2026

JetBrains + Weights & Biases: Establishing frameworks and best practices for enterprise AI agents

Weights & Biases

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The rapid expansion of AI agents from research labs to enterprise production demands a corresponding maturation of development and operational tooling. This mirrors the evolution of traditional software engineering, where observability became non-negotiable for complex systems.
  2. Implement robust observability and evaluation frameworks from day one for any AI agent project. This prevents costly debugging cycles and ensures core algorithms function as intended, directly impacting performance and resource efficiency.
  3. Reliable AI agent development hinges on transparent monitoring and evaluation. Prioritizing these capabilities now will determine which organizations can successfully deploy and scale their AI initiatives over the next 6-12 months.
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January 31, 2026

State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #490

Lex Fridman

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: Global AI pivots from raw model size to sophisticated post-training and efficient inference. China's open-weight models force a US strategy re-evaluation.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Invest in infrastructure and talent for RLVR and inference-time scaling. These frontiers enable new model capabilities and economic value.
  3. The Bottom Line: AI's relentless progress amplifies human capabilities. Focus on systems augmenting human expertise and navigating ethical complexities. Real value lies in intelligent collaboration.
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January 31, 2026

Inside a Chinese AI Lab: How MiniMax Builds Open Models

Turing Post

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Open-source AI is moving from theoretical research to production-grade agentic systems.
  2. Prioritize deep engineering talent and first-principles problem-solving over chasing algorithmic novelties.
  3. The next 6-12 months will separate the AI builders who can truly operationalize advanced models from those who can't.
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January 30, 2026

Anthropic’s Rise: Is OpenAI Losing Its Lead? w/ Patrick & Duncan

Milk Road AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Trillion-dollar AI compute investments create market divergence: immediate monetization (Meta) is rewarded, while slower conversion (Microsoft) faces skepticism, as geopolitical tensions rise over open-source model parity.
  2. Prioritize AI models balancing raw intelligence with superior user experience and collaborative features, as developer loyalty and enterprise adoption increasingly hinge on usability.
  3. The AI landscape is rapidly reordering. Investors and builders must assess monetization pathways, geopolitical implications, and AI's social contract over the next 6-12 months.
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January 29, 2026

AI math capabilities could be jagged for a long time – Daniel Litt

Epoch AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The collapse of trial costs turns scientific discovery into a search problem.
  2. Prioritize verifiable problems where AI can provide a clear reward signal.
  3. AI will solve mildly interesting problems soon, but the Big Ideas still require human marination.
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January 25, 2026

If You Can't See Inside, How Do You Know It's THINKING? [Dr. Jeff Beck]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Trend: The transition from opaque scaling to verifiable reasoning.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Audit your models for brittleness by testing them on edge cases that require first principles logic rather than historical data.
  3. The Bottom Line: The next winners in AI will not have the biggest models but the most verifiable ones. If you cannot prove how a model reached a conclusion, you cannot trust it in production.
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January 23, 2026

Abstraction & Idealization: AI's Plato Problem [Mazviita Chirimuuta]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Transition from "Spectator Knowledge" (passive data absorption) to "Interactive Knowledge" (agentic engagement).
  2. Prioritize "embodied" AI architectures that integrate sensory feedback loops.
  3. AGI will not be solved by better math alone. It requires accounting for the physical and biological constraints that define intelligence.
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January 23, 2026

Captaining IMO Gold, Deep Think, On-Policy RL, Feeling the AGI in Singapore — Yi Tay 2

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from more data to better thinking via inference-time compute. Reasoning is becoming a post-training capability rather than a pre-training byproduct.
  2. Use AI for anti-gravity coding to automate bug fixes and data visualization. Treat the model as a passive aura that buffs the productivity of every senior engineer.
  3. AGI will not be a collection of narrow tools but a single model that reasons its way through any domain. The gap between closed labs and open source is widening as these reasoning tricks compound.
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January 21, 2026

"We Made a Dream Machine That Runs on Your Gaming PC"

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from static LLMs to interactive world models marks the move from AI as a tool to AI as a persistent environment.
  2. Monitor the Hugging Face release of the 2B model to build custom image-to-experience wrappers for niche training or spatial entertainment.
  3. Local world models will become the primary interface for spatial computing within the next year, making high-end local compute more valuable than cloud-based streaming.
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Crypto Podcasts

April 1, 2025

Are Meme Coins Really Dead? | Weekly Roundup

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Meme Coins Persist:** Pump.fun's combined volume nears ATHs post-Pump Swap launch; the game evolves, integrating social features (Zora) and platform revenue sharing, rather than disappearing.
  2. **Fees Aren't Everything:** Tron's high network fees mask an application-light ecosystem heavily reliant on CEX USDT flows, unlike Solana's more balanced app/chain fee structure.
  3. **Stablecoin Yield Ban Reshapes Market:** No native yield benefits incumbent issuers (Circle/Tether) and potentially DeFi, pushing yield generation to adjacent protocols and complicating the 'stablecoins fund US debt' narrative.
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April 1, 2025

How Zora is Redefining the Creator Economy | Jacob Horne

Bell Curve

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Zora is pioneering a shift from illiquid NFTs to fungible content coins, creating liquid markets around individual pieces of online media. This model aims to empower the long tail of creators and build a more open, composable, and value-aligned internet economy beyond ads and subscriptions.
  2. **Content is Fungible:** The market realized many NFTs were traded fungibly; coins offer a more efficient market structure for most online content.
  3. **Attention Markets Emerge:** Crypto enables open markets to price the attention and cultural relevance of content, moving beyond ad exchanges.
  4. **Simplified Creator Monetization:** Zora provides tools for creators to easily tokenize content and earn directly via integrated market mechanisms (LP fees), often surpassing earnings on traditional platforms.
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March 31, 2025

Why Stablecoins Are Crypto's Biggest Opportunity | Charlie Noyes & Bam Azizi

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Infrastructure is the Play: With issuer economics concentrated and competition fierce, the real opportunity lies in building the "picks and shovels" – APIs, UX layers, and interoperability solutions (like Mesh) – that make stablecoins usable at scale.
  2. Fragmentation is Inevitable (and an Opportunity): Expect a proliferation of stablecoins from banks, fintechs, and others. This increases complexity but creates demand for aggregators and middleware that simplify the ecosystem.
  3. Regulation Unlocks Institutions: Clearer regulations are the primary catalyst needed for risk-averse institutions to embrace stablecoins, potentially triggering a wave of adoption akin to cloud migration.
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March 30, 2025

GameStop Goes Full Saylor: Bitcoin or Bust, Lads?

blocmates.

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Debt-Fueled Gamble:** GameStop's $1.3B Bitcoin buy using convertible bonds is a high-risk bet entirely dependent on BTC price appreciation for success and debt repayment.
  2. **Stock Price Over Operations:** The primary goal seems to be inflating the stock price via Bitcoin exposure, rather than fixing the underlying retail business.
  3. **Saylor Strategy Goes Mainstream:** This move signals the "Saylor Strategy" is spreading, potentially pushing more non-tech companies towards Bitcoin treasury reserves, amplifying both adoption and systemic risk.
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March 30, 2025

Finding Successful Investments

The Rollup

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Bet on Established Networks or Speculate on Potential: Choose Bitcoin/Ethereum for proven network effects or new L1s/L2s/Meme Coins for higher-risk, potential-driven bets.
  2. Community is the First Utility: Strong communities are the initial network effect in web3; projects building utility (games, L2s) on this base signal deepening value.
  3. Meme Coins Evolve: Watch for meme communities launching games or infrastructure (L2s/L3s) as a sign of longevity and network effect expansion.
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March 28, 2025

How to Become a Millionaire Crypto Insider (FREE 5 STEP GUIDE)

Taiki Maeda

Crypto

Key Takeaways:


1. Beware the Playbook: Recognize the cynical cycle of hype, VC validation, token launch, strategic pumping, and insider dumping.


2. Airdrops Aren't Free Lunch: Understand that airdrop campaigns primarily benefit projects via free marketing and liquidity, with insiders potentially gaming the system.


3. Demand Better: The crypto space needs greater transparency and accountability; the current incentive structure rewards manipulative behavior until it becomes unprofitable.

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