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Gemini 3 just shook the leaderboard - briefly dethroning GPT‑5.1. Ulysses Maclaren unpacks the real benchmarks, OpenAI’s counter‑moves, and a first look at Google’s new Anti‑Gravity IDE + why even Sam Altman might feel the heat.

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#GoogleGemini #Gemini3
Nano Banana Pro: The AI Powerhouse No One Saw Coming | Ulysses Maclaren & Micheal Smedley
Google is back with a bang. In this breakdown, Ulysses Maclaren explores Gemini 3 – the AI model that briefly dethroned GPT-5.1 and stole the show across multimodal tasks, reasoning, and tool usage.…
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December 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Is Grok 4.1 truly emotionally intelligent - or just engineered to sound that way? This fast, test-driven breakdown probes XAI’s claims: lower hallucination rates, empathy under pressure, and more human-like responses to emotional queries.

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#Grok41 #ElonMuskAI
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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GPT-5.1 + Codex 5.1 Max: Ulysses Maclaren lays out how OpenAI is answering Gemini 3 - benchmark wins in coding, MoE signals, and why unreleased ‘supermodels’ may be kept in‑house to avoid GPU burn and imitation.

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December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Gemini 3 briefly overtook GPT-5.1 - here’s the no-hype breakdown: where it truly wins in multimodal and tool use, the benchmarks, OpenAI’s response, and dev takeaways. Plus a first look at Google’s Anti-Gravity IDE and why even Sam Altman is watching.

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December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Claude Opus 4.5 just leaped ahead on SWE-Bench and token efficiency, but is it worth it without free access? Ulysses Maclaren compares Opus 4.5 vs Gemini 3 vs GPT-5.1 with real benchmarks, pricing trade-offs, and where each model wins for heavy-duty coding.

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December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Major update for #AI developers: Google just turned #RAG from an infra project into a feature toggle. Gemini now hides embeddings, retrieval, and data extraction behind a simple API, turning weeks of plumbing into time spent on data quality and UX instead.

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#Gemini
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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So excited to be kicking off another SSW Brainstorming day in Sydney! This time with special guest Richard Campbell. 🎉❤️

It’s the perfect way to spend a rainy day, hacking fun ways to solve real business problems! 🎉☔️
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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China’s Kimi K2 just outperformed OpenAI and Claude at coding and tool use, while staying fully open source. Ulyses Maclaren & Hajir Lesani unpack why K2 is a breakthrough for security-first orgs and how to put it to work behind your firewall.

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#KimiK2 #OpenSourceAi
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Microsoft just stood up a Superintelligence team led by Mustafa Suleyman, outside OpenAI. Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley unpack the 1-3 year claim of AI making autonomous scientific discoveries, what this means for AGI timelines, & the concrete signals to watch.

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November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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China’s AI gap shrank from a year to a nanosecond. Kimi K2 is beating state-of-the-art Western models, and it’s the first open-source frontier model. Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley break down how power capacity and chip manufacturing scale could flip the race.

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November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Google’s new “nested learning” lets #AI ditch fixed knowledge cutoffs & learn from mistakes, closer to how humans do. Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley unpack what changes for builders: faster updates, fewer stale answers, and more resilient models.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/WTYIm...
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Adobe just dropped its biggest AI upgrade: custom models, copyright‑cleared content, & Gen Studio that builds full brand books in minutes. We cut through the hype to show what actually changes for design teams & whether this finally pressures Figma and Canva.

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November 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Anthropic tried “Inception” on Claude & it noticed. From “I can’t stop thinking about bananas” to real-time detection of thought injection, Ulysses Maclaren & Sam Wagner talk talk about AI metacognition, safety, & ethics

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November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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OpenAI’s road to an IPO decoded: from nonprofit origins to a profit-driven structure, what changed in the Microsoft deal, & the key claims in Elon Musk’s lawsuit. Learn how these shifts could reshape AGI governance, developer access, & safety commitments in <1min!

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November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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GitHub Copilot vs Cursor 2.0 just escalated: both launched multi-agent workflows this week, & we break down what each gets right, where they differ, & why your API keys are finally safe (no more leaking across agents). Get the takeaways before you pick a tool.

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November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Join us for the next Brisbane Full Stack User Group with Gordon Beeming! Fail fast & often - that's DevOps wisdom, right?

This talk walks through a year of shipping real projects by learning to orchestrate instead of implement

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November 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Clippy is back? Or is he?! 👀🤣 Say hello to Miko, Microsoft's new AI assistant! Smarter than Clippy, Miko is here to revolutionize your work and personal life. Is this the future we've been waiting for? 🤖✨

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/AB_vY...

#Microsoft #MoAI #Copilot #AIAssistant #AIRevolution
📎Clippy's Back! (Sort Of) | Ulysses Maclaren & Gordon Beeming
Microsoft is introducing Miko, a new AI assistant that's way smarter than Clippy. Could this be the personal and work assistant we've all been waiting for? 📞 Contact us: https://bit.ly/4fAFrVx 🌐…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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🎶 OpenAI just stepped into the music scene, and not everyone’s clapping. Michael Smedley & Gordon Beeming unpack whether this AI will amplify creativity or silence original artists and what it means for musicians, labels, and devs.

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#OpenAI #AIMusic #AICreativity
OpenAI stepping into the music scene | Michael Smedley & Gordon Beeming
Not everyone is applauding. Find out if their new AI will amplify creativity or silence original artists for good. 📞 Contact us: https://bit.ly/4fAFrVx 🌐 About SSW:…
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November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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DeepSeek just compressed a novel into a single sentence. In 60 seconds, Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley explain how extreme text compression could transform OCR pipelines and AI efficiency and why this leap from China matters now.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/m1nbW...

#DeepSeek #OCR #AI
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Ex‑Meta talent is piling into OpenAI, and the mission is shifting from research to revenue. In under a minute, Ulysses Maclaren & Mike Smedley reveal what this hiring wave signals for product roadmaps, monetization, and whether OpenAI is becoming the new Facebook.

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November 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Windows users: are you getting the short end? Ulysses Maclaren & Gordon Beeming unpack OpenAI’s Mac‑first rollout of Atlas, native ChatGPT macOS desktop app, and their big purchase of Sky for Mac automation, and why Windows is waiting...

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#OpenAI #ChatGPT
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🤖🔥New AI News! Atlas is OpenAI’s new browser, and it might reshape your workflow. Michael Smedley and Gordon Beeming cut through the hype with a fast, practical look at what makes it different and who it’s for.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/OjYJc...

#OpenAI #AtlasBrowser #ChatGPT #AIRevolution
November 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Cut AI coding spend by ~70% without losing quality. SSW's Mike Smedley & Luke Cook discuss how SSW routes code reviews, test generation, and PR summaries to Claude Haiku 4.5, It's fast, capable, and much cheaper, while reserving “super brain” models only when needed.
Cut Your AI Coding Costs by 70% | Luke Cook & Michael Smedley
📞 Contact us: https://bit.ly/4fAFrVx Anthropic has released Claude Haiku 4.5, a faster, cheaper, and still impressively smart version of its flagship AI model – and it’s turning heads. In this…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🤖 AI News: Move beyond #RAG and MCPs: see how #Claude Skills turns a simple markdown file into an executable agent, combining workflows, data connectors, and tool integrations for enterprise automation. Plus: what this means for #OpenAI & #Microsoft.

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Claude skills: bigger than RAG | Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley
📞 Contact us: https://bit.ly/4fAFrVx Anthropic has just launched “Claude Skills” and it might be bigger than Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). In this episode, Adam Cogan breaks down what…
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November 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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🔥 Not another AI hot take - hear Google’s real edge: Maps inside Gemini.

& break down hyper‑local recommendations, a Traveling Salesman win, and “when + where” intent that marketers can monetize in real time.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/NOvUH...

#GoogleGemini #GoogleMaps
Google's Secret Weapon Against ChatGPT | Ulyssers Maclaren & Michael Smedley
📞 Contact us: https://bit.ly/4fAFrVx With Google integrating its Maps data into Gemini, the game has changed. In this short but impactful discussion, Adam Cogan explores the new use cases unlocked…
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November 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM