#172: Sora 2, Claude Sonnet 4.5, ChatGPT Instant Checkout, How OpenAI Uses AI, Grokipedia & Mercor’s AI Productivity Index

Sora 2 is here, and it's a mind-blowing, copyright-defying mess.

That kicks off this week's episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show. In it, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down everything going on in AI this week, including the release of Claude Sonnet 4.5, ChatGPT's new Instant Checkout feature, Elon Musk's Grokipedia, and much more.

Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here (podcast.smarterx.ai/shownotes/172)

Timestamps:

00:00:00 — Intro

00:07:24 — Sora 2 and OpenAI’s AI Social Video App

00:31:30 — Claude Sonnet 4.5

00:42:01 — ChatGPT Instant Checkout and AI Commerce

00:47:18 — OpenAI H1 Results

00:53:43 — In New Interview, Sam Altman Says the GPT-5 Haters Got It All Wrong

00:57:27 — Grokopedia

01:02:27 — Tinker from Thinking Machines

01:04:30 — California Enacts AI Transparency Law

01:07:45 — Mercor Launches AI Productivity Index

01:13:27 — AI Impact on Jobs Updates

01:16:56 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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