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OpenAI Goes Open Source and just dropped GPT 5 + Google's Interactive 3D World Generator

Built 2 Scale · 7 Aug 2025 · 1h 18m

What this episode covers

Hosts Scott Wilcox and Matt Perrott discuss major shifts in AI and robotics, including Google's Genie 3 for interactive 3D world generation and OpenAI's release of open-source models capable of running locally on consumer hardware like MacBooks. They analyze Meta's pivot to 'personal superintelligence' via Ray-Ban smart glasses for data capture and advertising, and the emergence of affordable robot dogs from Unitree challenging Boston Dynamics. The episode concludes with a critique of Australian government overregulation, citing statistics on job creation and new mandates on remote work and social media.

Most relevant to

large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Meta, ElevenLabs, Unitree, Boston Dynamics, Figure AI, Tesla, Nvidia, Box
Products
Genie 3, Ray-Ban, Grok
Also
Aaron Levie, Yann LeCun, Alexandr Wang, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook

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