Gen AI Podcast
by Mark and Shashank
Latest episode
Mario plus Red Dead Redemption?! Reverse Engineering AI
Mario plus Red Dead Redemption?! Reverse Engineering AI
About this podcast
Read our essays and experiments: https://genaipod.substack.com/
Gen AI Podcast brings you conversations about AI with Mark Kuczmarski and Shashank Bharadwaj. We discuss new models, agents, research, and products, share what we learn from using them, and talk with the people building in the field.
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GenAIPod
Join the Gen AI Meetup community: https://genaimeetup.com/
Sponsor: NovaCut — https://novacut.ai/
Episodes
The newest 20 of 79 episodes
- Mario plus Red Dead Redemption?! Reverse Engineering AI · 1 h 35 min · Episode 79Sponsored by https://novacut.ai/ Our in person events in the Bay Area https://genaimeetup.com/ Read our long form analysis: https://genaipod.substack.com/ Mark's Game…
- Openclaw but for my grandma · 1 h 19 min · Episode 78Sponsored by https://novacut.ai/ Our in person events in the Bay Area https://genaimeetup.com/ Read our long form analysis: https://genaipod.substack.com/ This week, we cover…
- EMERGENCY PODCAST! Is this AGI? · 2 h 15 min · Episode 77Sponsor: https://novacut.ai/ https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra/ Really Good Visual reasoning. Harness design very important Very fast, but doesn’t show reasoning trace Solved…
- Cheaper, Faster & Smarter: Qwen 3.8 27B, GLM 5.3, Grok 4.6, Cerebras · 1 h 49 min · Episode 76https://novacut.ai/ https://genaimeetup.com/ Jeff returns to the Gen AI Meetup Podcast for a wide-ranging discussion on where AI is heading—and why powerful models running on…
- Has China finally caught up? · 1 h 47 min · Episode 75https://novacut.ai/ In this episode, we break down the biggest stories shaping the AI landscape — from Anthropic's regulatory stance and OpenAI's monetization shift to the…
- The Chinese DoorDash just entered the AI Race · 1 h 33 min · Episode 74https://novacut.ai/ https://genaimeetup.com/ 0:00 Longcat: 1.6T Model Without US GPUs1:08 Meituan: The Super App Behind Longcat4:54 China's Exploding AI Competitor Scene8:23…
- What happened to my Fable? · 1 h 29 min · Episode 73https://novacut.ai/ Description: Anthropic pulls access to Fable, and China responds the same day with GLM 5.2. In this episode we break down the escalating AI arms race, US…
- The Best Open Source US Model (Right behind China) · 1 h 54 min · Episode 72https://novacut.ai/ https://genaimeetup.com/ Anthropic has officially closed a $65 billion Series H at a $965 billion valuation, nearly 2.5x its valuation from just 100 days ago…
- Karpathy Joins Anthropic and the AI Compute Gold Rush · 1 h 39 min · Episode 71This week on AI Meta, we break down Andrej Karpathy’s move to Anthropic, Claude’s growing developer mindshare, and why recursive self-improvement may be the next major frontier…
- How the AI bubble will pop · 2 h 0 min · Episode 70https://novacut.ai/ Shashank and Mark break down a packed few weeks in AI: new open-source and local models, MCP and tool use, Chinese labs closing the frontier-model gap…
- Local AI Models Are Here, Mythos Rumors, and Building an AI Agent Company · 1 h 9 min · Episode 69In this episode, recorded across two continents with Mark in Fukuoka, Japan and Shashank by the Ganges River in Rishikesh, India, the hosts dive into the rapidly evolving AI…
- AI Matches Human Intelligence, Pentagon Drama, and the Rise of Agent Swarms · 1 h 39 min · Episode 68Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenAIPod Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel…
- Kimi K2.5, Genie 3, Space Data Centers & The Rise of Moltbook · 1 h 23 min · Episode 67After a brief hiatus, Mark and Shashank dive into the whirlwind of AI developments from recent weeks. They explore Kimi 2.5's impressive open-source capabilities, Google's…
- Groq, Hotel Delivery Robots, and Mark Launches a Company · 1 h 1 min · Episode 66It’s been a travel-heavy hiatus—Mark’s been living in Spain and Shashank’s been bouncing across Asia (including a month in China)—but they’re back to unpack a packed week of AI…
- Gemini 3, GPT-5.1, Anti-Gravity & Yann LeCun’s Exit: Are We Near AGI or Just in a Bubble? · 1 h 0 min · Episode 65Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenAIPod Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel…
- Neo Arrives: Tele-Ops Today, AGI Tomorrow? · 1 h 1 min · Episode 64From a tiny island in Seychelles to the heartland of Ohio, we unpack a wild week in AI. First up: 1X’s “Neo” humanoid—$20k to buy or $500/month to rent—promising laundry, dishes…
- Sora 2, Claude 4.5 Sonnet, and the AI Browser Wars: Is NVIDIA Unstoppable? · 1 h 13 min · Episode 63In this episode of the Gen.AI Meetup Podcast, hosts Shashank and Mark dive into the latest AI developments that are reshaping how we create, code, and browse. They explore…
- Can AI reverse DNA Damage? · 1 h 13 min · Episode 62Ask a question on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenAIPod Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel…
- How to Vibe Code · 58 min · Episode 61Ask a question on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel…
- GPT-5: One Model to Rule Them All? Consolidation, Comparisons, and AI's Educational Edge · 1 h 5 min · Episode 60Ask a question on our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GenerativeAIMeetup Mark's Travel Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/@kumajourney11 Mark's Personal Youtube Channel…
