
Max and AI expert Selene Arcaro dive into Google’s File Search tool for Gemini, the rise and risks of “vibe coding,” Pinterest’s shift to fine‑tuned open source models, a practical framework for diagnosing LLM failures, and the MarkItDown utility for creating LLM‑ready Markdown. They unpack Nigeria’s ambitious AI bill, how AI is reshaping jobs, October’s most active investors, Spain’s landmark deepfake sanction, the ecological angle of undersea cable builds, new theory for diffusion sampling with CLD, and whether developers should be forced to use AI tools. Three takeaways: ground your models, pick right‑sized models, and keep learning.
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