What happens when AI outsmarts your doctor, charms your date, and impersonates a U.S. senator?
This week, Jeff and Annie dive into some AI stories. A fertility breakthrough gives new hope to families after 18 years of trying. Microsoft claims its AI can now beat real doctors at complex diagnoses. And in a truly unsettling twist, someone used a fake voice clone of Marco Rubio to try and access classified information.It’s not just breakthroughs—it’s questions of trust, privacy, and what happens when AI starts thinking (and strategizing) like us.
We also discuss:
- XAI’s Grok 4 Heavy: $300/month for a truth-seeking muscle machine
- Perplexity’s new AI browser that can book your meetings and browse for you
- New research shows LLMs have strategy fingerprints—and personalities
Relevant Links:
Columbia's STAR system finds viable sperm using AIDeepMind’s Isomorphic Labs starts cancer drug trialsGrok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy benchmark resultsPerplexity launches AI-powered Comet browserNikkei reports scientists used hidden AI promptsAnthropic proposes AI transparency frameworkAI deepfake impersonates Marco RubioMicrosoft MAI-DxO claims diagnostic breakthroughAI models show unique strategy patterns in games
