
Last Humans in the Loop· Staffel 1· Folge 5
The AI Productivity Paradox, New LLM Architecture, AlphaFold Shutting Down, 10 Math Breakthroughs
Mittwoch, 5. August 2026 · 1 h 07
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NEWS
AlphaFold shuts down
Gemini? Gemini? Bueller? Bueller?
OpenAI solves 10 major math problems
A possible third LLM scaling law discovered
OpenAI previews new model, Astra, to lawmakers
SECURITY
OpenAI vs Apple lawsuit
Frontier models keep hacking other companies
ECONOMICS
AI writes 17× more code—but why are companies only ~30% more productive?
Where software development actually spends its time
Why AI changes amount of code and why that may not equate to products shipped
MATH / SCIENCE
The Dark Night of Mathematics
OpenAI gives free AI access to 100,000 scientists
OpenAI releases 10 new math proofs
AI breaks a theorem solver to get the result it wanted!
WEIRD
AI Teacher sex bots program shutdown... surprise surprise
Google Earth AI deepfakes
What happens to AI models when you remove their ability to refuse requests?
HumorGen and how AI still can't write jokes
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