ChatGPT Turns 3: The Origin Story
Saturday, January 25, 2025 10:53 AM Before ChatGPT started writing your emails and explaining physics like a brunch topic, OpenAI was a cash-hungry research lab funded by Elon Musk and a few idealists...
8 Dec 20258min
World Models vs LLMs
Large Language Models might sound smart, but can they predict what happens when a cat sees a cucumber? In this episode, host Emily Laird throws LLMs into the philosophical ring with World Models, AI s...
19 Nov 20257min
World Models for Beginners
World models aren’t a sci-fi subplot, no, they’re how AIs build mini fake worlds in their silicon skulls to test ideas without wrecking your car or your reputation. In this episode, host Emily Laird b...
18 Nov 20258min
Yann LeCun: Trading META for World Models
Yann LeCun, deep learning pioneer and Meta’s AI heavyweight, is out and he's not leaving quietly. In this episode host Emily Laird unpacks his philosophical split with Meta over the limits of large la...
17 Nov 20256min
Dear K–12, AI Isn’t Optional Anymore. Love, Emily
Banning ChatGPT in schools is like banning pencils because kids might doodle. In this episode, host Emily Laird takes a flamethrower to the myth that AI’s not in your classroom, because it is, and you...
12 Nov 202512min
OpenAI's New Atlas Browser
OpenAI just gave your browser a brain and possibly a caffeine addiction. In this episode, host Emily Laird is ripping into Atlas, OpenAI’s Chrome-powered AI browser with baked-in ChatGPT, Agent Mode, ...
11 Nov 202510min
GPU-nami: OpenAI’s $38B Cloud Fling with AWS
OpenAI just dropped $38 billion like it’s tipping the bartender at the GPU speakeasy, and the lucky recipient? Amazon Web Services (AWS if ya nasty). In this episode, host Emily Laird digs into why Op...
10 Nov 20259min
What is Claude 4.5?
Claude 4.5 isn’t just the teacher’s pet, it’s running the class, grading the papers, and rewriting the syllabus in Python. In this episode, Emily Laird breaks down why Anthropic’s newest model might b...
5 Nov 20259min
