EP96: Gemini Native Image Generation & Editing, OpenAI's Agent SDK & Will Manus AI Invade USA?

Get your AI workspace: https://simtheory.ai----00:00 - Fun with Suno 4.509:20 - LlamaCon, Meta's Llama API, Meta AI Apps & Meta's Social AI Strategy26:06 - How We'll Interface with AI Next Discussion: 45:38 - Common Database Not Interface with AI1:03:46 - Chris's Polymarket Bet: Which company has best AI model end of May?1:06:07 - Daily Drivers and Model Switching: Tool Calling & MCPs with Models1:15:04 - OpenAI's New ChatGPT Tune (GPT-4o) Reverted1:19:53 - Chris's Daily Driver & Qwen3: Qwen3-30B-A3B1:26:40 - Suno 4.5 Songs in Full----Thanks for listening, we appreciate it! 

Try Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai👋 No episode this week but we thought we'd instead share a recent talk we did on from AI Models to AI Systems.----Try the games and things we built here:https://simulationtheory.ai/0664143e-f61a-4c65-bb05-62da2d22553f---Thanks for listening, back next week with regular episode.

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ailike and sub xoxox----00:00 - Initial reactions to Gaggle of Model Releases09:29 - Is this the beginning of future GPT-5 AI systems?47:10 - GPT-4.1, o3, o4-mini model details & thoughts58:42 - Model comparisons with lunar injection1:03:17 - AI Rap Battle Test: o3 Diss Track "Greg's Back"1:08:12 - Thoughts on using new models + Gemini 2.5 Pro quirks1:10:54 - The next model test: chained tool calling & lock in1:14:43 - OpenAI releases Codex CLI: impressions/thoughts1:18:45 - Final thoughts & help us with crazy presentation ideas----Links from Discord:- Lunar Lander: https://simulationtheory.ai/7bbfe21a-7859-4fdd-8bbf-47fdfb5cf03b- Evolution Sim: https://simulationtheory.ai/457b047f-0ac2-4162-8d6a-3ea3fa1235c9

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!

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!

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!

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!

Join Simtheory to try GPT-4.5: https://simtheory.aiDis Track: https://simulationtheory.ai/5714654f-0fbe-496f-8428-20018457c4c7===CHAPTERS:00:00 - Reaction to GPT4.5 Live Stream + Release12:45 - Claude 3.7 Sonnet Release: Reactions and First Week Impressions45:58 - Claude 3.7 Sonnet Dis Track Test56:10 - Claude Code First Impressions + Future Agent Workflows1:15:45 - Chris's Veo2 Film Clip1:24:49 - Alexa+ AI Assistant1:34:05 - Claude 3.7 Sonnet BOOM FACTOR

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai----Grok 3 Dis Track (cringe): https://simulationtheory.ai/aff9ba04-ca0e-4572-84f4-687739c7b84bGrok 3 Dis Track written by Sonnet: https://simulationtheory.ai/edaed525-b9b6-473b-a6d6-f9cca9673868----Community: https://thisdayinai.com----Chapters:00:00 - First Impressions of Grok 310:00 - Discussion about Deep Search, Deep Research24:28 - Market landscape: Is OpenAI Rattled by xAI's Grok 3? Rumors of GPT-4.5 and GPT-548:48 - Why does Grok and xAI Exist? Will anyone care about Grok 3 next week?54:45 - Diss track battle with Grok 3 (re-written by Sonnet) & Model Tuning for Use Cases1:07:50 - GPT-4.5 and Anthropic Claude Thinking Next Week? & Are we a podcast about Altavista?1:13:25 - Economically productive agents & freaky muscular robot1:22:00 - Final thoughts of the week1:27:26 - Grok 3 Dis Track in Full (Sonnet Version)Thanks for your support and listening!