#180: GPT-5.1, AI That Brings Back the Dead, Beliefs vs. Truth in AI, First AI-Led Cyberattack & AI-Generated Song Tops Charts

OpenAI has released GPT-5.1, a controversial new AI app is bringing people back from the dead, and there's a big debate in AI about very different belief systems.

On this week's episode, Paul and Mike go deeper on those topics and other top news this week, including political backlash to AI, the first AI-orchestrated cyberattack, an AI-generated song topping the charts, and much more.

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— Intro

— AI Pulse

—GPT-5.1

—Controversial New AI Product Brings Back the Dead

— Beliefs vs. Fundamental Truths

— Increasingly Negative Public Moods Towards AI

— First Reported AI-Orchestrated Cyberattack

— AI-Generated Country Song Tops Billboard Charts

— Cursor Raises $2.3 Billion, Valued at $29.3 Billion

— Parallel Raises $100 Million to Build Web for Agents

— Yann LeCun Leaving Meta

— NotebookLM Adds Deep Research

— McKinsey State of AI Report

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