Nerd Snipe with Theo and Ben
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Opus 5.5 is the best model ever made, Grok 4.7 exists, GPT 6 Sol & Luna Impress, and why Jev isn't the solution to everything
September 30, 2026 · 2 hr 9 minTheo and Ben break down a packed week of AI releases, from Opus 5.5's insane release to Grok 4.7 falling short of the hype. They then dig into why post-training matters, where Jev, GPT-6 Sol, and Luna fit, and more! Thank you to General…
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Why Pacing AI Won't Stop the Apocalypse, Apple Ruins UI/UX with the IPhone Duo, and How Unlimited Tokens Changes Basically Nothing
September 19, 2026 · 2 hr 33 minTheo & Ben break down Jacob Coxon's resignation after three years in pretraining at OpenAI and Anthropic—and his warning that both labs are racing toward AGI and gambling with our lives—along with Dario's latest blog post about pacing the…
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Anthropic's Answer to Astra, Gemini 3.8 Flash Killed Benchmarks, and Muse Spark 1.3's Pretty Good
September 10, 2026 · 2 hr 5 minTheo & Ben break down their latest thoughts on how Astra and Fable 5.1's releases have changed the way they work, how they interact in T3 Code, and then circle back to the latest with Codex usage limits, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Muse Spark 1.3…
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We've Been Using GPT-6 Astra for a Few Weeks, Here's What We Think...
September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 51 minTheo & Ben break down OpenAI's latest model, Astra, and why it's their new benchmark for AI coding, computer use, and multimodal work. But it's not all good: they explain why its UI, stopping behavior, and agent reliability still create…
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Ox Alpha Revealed, OpenAI's Latest Pricing Updates, and Our Coding Model Tier List
August 28, 2026 · 2 hr 43 minTheo & Ben break down OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Sol price cut, breakdown the "Ox Alpha" stealth model we now know is GLM 5.3 Flash, then take a drink every time they say "Grok" while ranking every current AI model on a tier list! What could go…
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Anthropic Doesn't Think You Can Be Trusted, China is closing the gap, SpaceXAI Leaps Ahead, and DEF CON
August 20, 2026 · 2 hr 18 minAnthropic started watermarking their model's outputs, Dario posted on X, SpaceXAi is getting really good really fast, Meta is shipping again, and we won DEF CON 2026. Thank you PostHog, the all in one suite of product tools for…
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Opus 5 Releases, China Catches Up, and the OpenAI Model Sandbox Escape
July 28, 2026 · 1 hr 23 minTheo and Ben break down why Opus 5 feels like GPT-5.5 crossed with Fable rather than GPT-5.6 crossed with Fable, what Fable found when it audited an Opus thread line by line, where Opus still clearly wins (3D, animation, and Claude Code…
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5 different models dropped last week & the GPT-5.6 usage limits are brutal
July 14, 2026 · 2 hr 6 minThis week Grok 4.5, Muse Spark 1.1, GPT-Live, and GPT 5.6 all dropped. Theo and Ben break down which models you should care about, how OpenAI fumbled the Codex to ChatGPT app transition, the abysmal usage numbers for 5.6, and the…