Cal Newport takes a critical look at recent AI News.

Video from today’s episode: youtube.com/calnewportmedia

(0:00) How Worrisome is GPT-6’s “Stealth Thinking”?&nbsp;
(8:58) Reasoning models
(15:30) Astra
(21:02) The Good
(24:48) The Bad
(28:28) The Hype

Links:
Buy Cal’s latest book, “Slow Productivity” at <a href="www.calnewport.com/slow&nbsp;">www.calnewport.com/slow&nbsp;</a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QNsdr-Qx_I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QNsdr-Qx_I</a>
<a href="https://www.theinformation.com/articles/secret-technique-behind-openais-astra-model-sparks-security-concerns?rc=1ycz3a">https://www.theinformation.com/articles/secret-technique-behind-openais-astra-model-sparks-security-concerns?rc=1ycz3a</a>
<a href="https://x.com/_NathanCalvin/status/2094957301564092914">https://x.com/_NathanCalvin/status/2094957301564092914</a>
<a href="https://x.com/sjgadler/status/2094959837691908214?s=61">https://x.com/sjgadler/status/2094959837691908214?s=61</a>
<a href="https://x.com/merettm/status/2095023204993490967?s=20">https://x.com/merettm/status/2095023204993490967?s=20</a>
<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11473">https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11473</a>

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