The Artificial Intelligence Show29 Apr 2025

#145: OpenAI Releases o3 and o4-mini, AI Is Causing “Quiet Layoffs,” Executive Order on Youth AI Education & GPT-4o’s Controversial Update

After a quick spring break, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput are back, and the AI world definitely didn’t take a vacation. In this episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show, our hosts catch up on two weeks of major developments, including OpenAI’s surprising release of o3 and o4-mini, the accelerating wave of quiet AI-driven layoffs, and a new federal executive order on AI education.

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Timestamps:

00:05:49 —o3 and o4-mini, and AGI

00:17:21 — AI-Caused “Quiet Layoffs” and Impact on Jobs

00:31:46 — White House Plan for AI Education

00:36:04 — Other OpenAI Updates

00:43:04 — Ethan Mollick's Criticism of Microsoft Copilot

00:46:43 — Era of Experience Paper

00:54:23 — Chief AI Officers at Companies

00:58:54 — Anthropic Researcher Says There Is a Chance Claude Is Conscious

01:07:03 — xAI Funding and Updates

01:11:07 — Other AI Product Updates

01:13:40 — Listener Questions

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