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EP99.01: Google Cloud Next, Agent2Agent, MCPs, Agent Development Kit, Is Llama4 a flop? & Grok API
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai--Get the official Simtheory hat: https://simulationtheory.ai/689e11b3-d488-4238-b9b6-82aded04fbe6---CHAPTERS:00:00 - The Wrong Pendant?02:34 - Agent2Agent Protocol, What is It? Implications and Future Agents48:43 - Agent Development Kit (ADK)57:50 - AI Agents Marketplace by Google Cloud1:00:46 - Firebase Studio is very broken...1:06:30 - Vibing with AI for everything.. not just vibe code1:15:10 - Gemini 2.5 Flash, Live API and Veo21:17:45 - Is Llama 4 a flop?1:27:25 - Grok 3 API Released without vision priced like Sonnet 3.7---Thanks for listening and your support!
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EP99: Diss track ft. Gemini 2.5 Pro, Amazon's Nova Act Computer Use & The Future of Async AI Tasks
Join Simtheory and create an AI workspace: https://simtheory.ai----Links from show:DIS TRACK: https://simulationtheory.ai/2eb6408e-88f9-4b6a-ac4d-134d9dac3073----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Will we make 100 episodes?00:48 - Checking back in with Gemini 2.5 Pro03:30 - Diss Track: Gemini 2.5 Pro07:14 - Gemini 2.5 Pro on Polymarket17:32 - Amazon Nova Act Computer Use: We Have Access!29:45 - Future Interface of Work: Delegating Tasks with AI58:03 - How We Work Today with AI Vs Future Work----Thanks for listening and all of your support!
Create a Simtheory workspace: https://simtheory.aiCompare models: https://simtheory.ai/models/------3d City Planner App (Example from show): https://simulationtheory.ai/8cfa6102-ed37-4c47-bc73-d057ba9873bd------CHAPTERS:00:00 - AI Fashion01:13 - Gemini 2.5 Pro Initial Impressions: We're Impressed!38:24 - Thoughts of Gemini distribution and our daily workflows55:49 - OpenAI's GPT-4o Image Generation: thoughts & examples1:13:52 - Gemini 2.5 Pro Boom Factor1:18:38 - Average rant on vibe coding and the future of AI tooling------Disclaimer: this video was not sponsored by Google... it's a joke.Thanks for listening!
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EP97: Moore’s Law for AI agents, OpenAI's new audio models, o1-pro API & When Will AI Replace Us?
Create an AI workspace on Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai---Song: https://simulationtheory.ai/f6d643e4-4201-475c-aa82-8a96b6b3b215---CHAPTERS:00:00 - OpenAI's audio model updates: gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-tts18:39 - Strategy of AI Labs with Agent SDKs and Model "stacks" and limitations of voice25:28 - Cost of models, GPT-4.5, o1-pro api release thoughts31:57 - o1-pro "I am rich" track & Chris's o1-pro PR stunt realization, more thoughts on o1 family48:39 - Moore’s Law for AI agents, current AI workflows and future enterprise agent workflows & AI agent job losses1:24:09 - Can we control agents?1:29:21 - Final thoughts for the week1:35:15 - Full "I am rich" o1-pro track---See you next week and thanks for your support.CORRECTION: Kosciusko is obviously not an aboriginal name I misspoke. Wagga Wagga and others in the voice clip are and are great ways to test AI text to speech models!
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EP96: Gemini Native Image Generation & Editing, OpenAI's Agent SDK & Will Manus AI Invade USA?
Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai----CHAPTERS:00:00 - Gemini Flash 2.0 Experimental Native Image Generation & Editing27:55 - Thoughts on OpenAI's "New tools for building agents" announcement43:31 - Why is everyone talking about MCP all of a sudden?56:31 - Manus AI: Will Manus Invade the USA and Defeat it With Powerful AGI? (jokes)----Thanks for all of your support and listening!
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