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The Big Nonprofits Post 2025
The Big Nonprofits Post 2025
thezvi.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Big Nonprofits Post 2025
ChatGPT 5.1 Codex Max
ChatGPT 5.1 Codex Max
OpenAI has given us GPT-5.1-Codex-Max, their best coding model for OpenAI Codex.
thezvi.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
ChatGPT 5.1 Codex Max
Gemini 3 Pro Is a Vast Intelligence With No Spine
Gemini 3 Pro Is a Vast Intelligence With No Spine
It’s A Great Model, Sir
thezvi.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Gemini 3 Pro Is a Vast Intelligence With No Spine
Gemini 3: Model Card and Safety Framework Report
Gemini 3: Model Card and Safety Framework Report
thezvi.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Gemini 3: Model Card and Safety Framework Report
AI #143: Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
AI #143: Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
Last week had the release of GPT-5.1, which I covered on Tuesday.
thezvi.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
AI #143: Everything, Everywhere, All At Once
Monthly Roundup #36: November 2025
Monthly Roundup #36: November 2025
Happy Gemini Week to those who celebrate.
thezvi.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Monthly Roundup #36: November 2025
GPT 5.1 Follows Custom Instructions and Glazes
GPT 5.1 Follows Custom Instructions and Glazes
thezvi.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
GPT 5.1 Follows Custom Instructions and Glazes
On Writing #2
On Writing #2
In honor of my dropping by Inkhaven at Lighthaven in Berkeley this week, I figured it was time for another writing roundup.
thezvi.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
On Writing #2
AI Craziness: Additional Suicide Lawsuits and The Fate of GPT-4o
AI Craziness: Additional Suicide Lawsuits and The Fate of GPT-4o
thezvi.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
AI Craziness: Additional Suicide Lawsuits and The Fate of GPT-4o
AI #142: Common Ground
AI #142: Common Ground
thezvi.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
AI #142: Common Ground
The Pope Offers Wisdom
The Pope Offers Wisdom
thezvi.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Pope Offers Wisdom
Variously Effective Altruism
Variously Effective Altruism
This post is a roundup of various things related to philanthropy, as you often find in the full monthly roundup.
thezvi.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Variously Effective Altruism
On Sam Altman's Second Conversation with Tyler Cowen
On Sam Altman's Second Conversation with Tyler Cowen
Some podcasts are self-recommending on the ‘yep, I’m going to be breaking this one down’ level.
thezvi.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
On Sam Altman's Second Conversation with Tyler Cowen
AI #141: Give Us The Money
AI #141: Give Us The Money
OpenAI does not waste time.
thezvi.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
AI #141: Give Us The Money
Anthropic Commits To Model Weight Preservation
Anthropic Commits To Model Weight Preservation
Anthropic announced a first step on model deprecation and preservation, promising to retain the weights of all models seeing significant use, including internal use, for at the lifetime of Anthropic as a company.
thezvi.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Anthropic Commits To Model Weight Preservation
OpenAI: The Battle of the Board: Ilya's Testimony
OpenAI: The Battle of the Board: Ilya's Testimony
thezvi.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
OpenAI: The Battle of the Board: Ilya's Testimony
OpenAI Moves To Complete Potentially The Largest Theft In Human History
OpenAI Moves To Complete Potentially The Largest Theft In Human History
OpenAI is now set to become a Public Benefit Corporation, with its investors entitled to uncapped profit shares.
thezvi.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
OpenAI Moves To Complete Potentially The Largest Theft In Human History
AI #140: Trying To Hold The Line
AI #140: Trying To Hold The Line
Sometimes the best you can do is try to avoid things getting even worse even faster.
thezvi.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
AI #140: Trying To Hold The Line
Please Do Not Sell B30A Chips to China
Please Do Not Sell B30A Chips to China
thezvi.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Please Do Not Sell B30A Chips to China
AI Craziness Mitigation Efforts
AI Craziness Mitigation Efforts
AI chatbots in general, and OpenAI and ChatGPT and especially GPT-4o the absurd sycophant in particular, have long had a problem with issues around mental health.
thezvi.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
AI Craziness Mitigation Efforts
Asking (Some Of) The Right Questions
Asking (Some Of) The Right Questions
Consider this largely a follow-up to Friday’s post about a statement aimed at creating common knowledge around it being unwise to build superintelligence any time soon.
thezvi.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Asking (Some Of) The Right Questions
New Statement Calls For Not Building Superintelligence For Now
New Statement Calls For Not Building Superintelligence For Now
Building superintelligence poses large existential risks.
thezvi.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New Statement Calls For Not Building Superintelligence For Now
AI #139: The Overreach Machines
AI #139: The Overreach Machines
The big release this week was OpenAI giving us a new browser, called Atlas.
thezvi.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
AI #139: The Overreach Machines
Cloud Compute Atlas: The OpenAI Browser
Cloud Compute Atlas: The OpenAI Browser
OpenAI now has a GPT-infused browser, if and only if you have a Macintosh.
thezvi.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Cloud Compute Atlas: The OpenAI Browser