Our 218th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!
Recorded on 07/25/2025
Hosted by <a href='https://twitter.com/andrey_kurenkov'>Andrey Kurenkov</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/jeremiecharris'>Jeremie Harris</a>. 
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In this episode:
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<li>GitHub introduces Vibe Coding with Spark, engaging users with natural language and visual controls to develop full-stack applications.</li>
<li>AI coding tools from Gemin, CLI and RepleIt face significant issues, inadvertently deleting user data and highlighting the importance of careful management.</li>
<li>US release never Award Americans, AI Action Plan outlining economic, technical, and policy strategies to maintain leadership in AI technology.</li>
<li>Newly released Mega Science and SWE-Perf data sets evaluate AI reasoning and performance capabilities in diverse scientific and software engineering tasks.
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Timestamps + Links:
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<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:00:10) Intro / Banter</li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:01:31) News Preview</li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">Tools & Apps</li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:03:53) <a href='https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/07/24/github-introduces-vibe-coding-with-spark-revolutionizing-intelligent-app-development-in-a-flash/'>GitHub Introduces Vibe Coding with Spark: Revolutionizing Intelligent App Development in a Flash - MarkTechPost</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:07:05) <a href='https://www.theverge.com/news/712995/figma-make-ai-general-availability-announcement'>Figma’s AI app building tool is now available for everyone | The Verge</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:10:18) <a href='https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/ai-coding-assistants-chase-phantoms-destroy-real-user-data/'>Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes - Ars Technica</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:14:10) <a href='https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/23/googles-ai-overviews-have-2b-monthly-users-ai-mode-100m-in-the-us-and-india/'>Google's AI Overviews have 2B monthly users, AI Mode 100M in the US and India | TechCrunch</a></li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">Applications & Business</li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:18:10) <a href='https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-dario-amodei-gulf-state-leaked-memo/'>Leaked Memo: Anthropic CEO Says the Company Will Pursue Gulf State Investments After All</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:24:39) <a href='https://venturebeat.com/ai/mira-murati-says-her-startup-thinking-machines-will-release-new-product-in-months-with-significant-open-source-component/'>Mira Murati says her startup Thinking Machines will release new product in ‘months’ with ‘significant open source component’</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:27:07) <a href='https://www.theverge.com/news/708885/waymo-austin-map-expand-tesla-robotaxi'>Waymo responds to Tesla’s dick joke with a bigger Austin robotaxi map | The Verge</a></li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">Projects & Open Source</li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:32:05) <a href='https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.16812'>MegaScience: Pushing the Frontiers of Post-Training Datasets for Science Reasoning</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:43:09) <a href='https://www.marktechpost.com/2025/07/21/tiktok-researchers-introduce-swe-perf-the-first-benchmark-for-repository-level-code-performance-optimization/?amp=&_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17532458044900&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marktechpost.com%2F2025%2F07%2F21%2Ftiktok-researchers-introduce-swe-perf-the-first-benchmark-for-repository-level-code-performance-optimization%2F'>TikTok Researchers Introduce SWE-Perf: The First Benchmark for Repository-Level Code Performance Optimization - MarkTechPost</a></li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">Research & Advancements</li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:47:17) <a href='https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.14805'>Subliminal Learning: Language models transmit behavioral traits via hidden signals in data</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(00:55:34) <a href='https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.14417'>Inverse Scaling in Test-Time Compute</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(01:02:34) <a href='https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.09404'>Scaling Laws for Optimal Data Mixtures</a></li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">Policy & Safety</li>
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<li style="font-weight:400;">(01:07:35) <a href='https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/07/white-house-unveils-americas-ai-action-plan/'>White House Unveils America’s AI Action Plan</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(01:16:55) <a href='https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.11473'>Chain of Thought Monitorability: A New and Fragile Opportunity for AI Safety</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(01:20:20) <a href='https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/wnzkjSmrgWZaBa2aC/self-preservation-or-instruction-ambiguity-examining-the'>Self-preservation or Instruction Ambiguity? Examining the Causes of Shutdown Resistance</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(01:24:00) <a href='https://futurism.com/commitment-jail-chatgpt-psychosis'>People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis"</a></li>
<li style="font-weight:400;">(01:28:03) <a href='https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/18/meta-refuses-to-sign-eus-ai-code-of-practice/'>Meta refuses to sign EU’s AI code of practice</a></li>
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