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Podcast: The Vergecast
Episode: They think they’re building God
Description: Kylie Robison joins the show to talk about OpenAI’s new model, o1, and what this new “reasoning” model says about the state of the art in AI — and what AI companies are willing to put up with in the name of building God. Then, Gaby Del Valle and Adi Robertson talk through the latest on the TikTok ban, the Trump crypto chaos, and the ongoing adtech antitrust trial against Google. (All with as little politics-talk as possible.)Further reading:OpenAI releases new o1 reasoning modelOpenAI’s new model is better at reasoning...