
OpenAI rolls out GPT-5.1 with adaptive reasoning, extended prompt caching, and new coding tools, while also fixing ChatGPT’s overuse of em dashes via Custom Instructions. A researcher quantifies how similar LLM outputs are and highlights worldview gaps. A workshop aims to bridge logic-based reasoning with transformers. In the enterprise, a cloud-sales leader illustrates how AI demand meets cloud scale; WisdomAI raises $50M to push agentic analytics; Microsoft taps OpenAI’s custom chip designs to accelerate its silicon strategy; and Deepwatch layoffs reflect workforce shifts toward AI. Pop culture and ethics collide as ElevenLabs licenses celebrity voices—including deceased figures—and an AI act tops Billboard’s country sales chart. Robotics headlines range from Russia’s tumbling humanoid debut to Star CM and Unitree’s IP-themed consumer robots. A Spanish interview with Justo Hidalgo weighs emergent abilities, governance, and the limits of current LLMs. The episode closes with practical takeaways: adaptive AI is here, governance/provenance are essential, and infrastructure determines who scales safely.
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