This week’s episode breaks down the biggest AI news and trends from mid-August 2025. We cover strict new safety rules, the debate around human review, the rise of AI companions, powerful new tools, and surprisingly tiny AI models that can run offline.

Timestamps

00:00 – 00:55 Introduction: Why AI news feels nonstop

00:55 – 03:40 AI safety and governance: Anthropic’s new rules, political content policies, and Google’s stance on AI in search

03:40 – 04:47 Human review and the risk of AI training loops

04:47 – 06:28 AI companions: benefits, risks, and mental health concerns

06:28 – 09:42 AI tools in action: Runway video suite, Google Flights, LinkedIn hiring tools, Meta advertising

09:42 – 12:39 Tiny but powerful: Multiverse Computing’s Superfly and ChickBrain, Google’s Gemma 3-170M, Liquid AI’s compact vision models

12:39 – 15:11 Incremental vs radical: GPT-5, Gartner’s hype cycle, and Salesforce’s CoActOne system

15:11 – 17:20 Claude Sonnet 4’s million-token context and OpenAI’s new modes and integrations

17:20 – 19:07 Google Gemini memory updates and Anthropic’s Socratic learning mode

19:07 – 19:41 AI + robotics: AI2’s MOMO Act for 3D reasoning

19:41 – 21:16 Wrap-up and final reflection: balancing innovation, safety, and human-centered AI