What you'll learn

• 1 (00:00) **Kimi K3: A New Open-Source King** - MoonShot Labs releases Kimi K3, a ~2.8 trillion parameter model that closes the gap with frontier labs, rivaling Fable 5 in several benchmarks and surpassing GPT-5.6 on coding.
• 2 (08:11) **Thinking Machines & Inkling: The Custom Companion** - Mira Murati's company releases Inkling, an open-weight, multimodal model focused on being a customizable, fine-tunable companion rather than a frontier LLM.
• 3 (15:13) **OpenAI's Secret Hardware Device: A Screen-Free Speaker** - Leaks from Mark Gurman reveal OpenAI's first device is a screenless, portable smart speaker with a camera and environmental sensors, targeting an early 2027 release.
• 4 (21:13) **Grok's Privacy Scandal & Open-Source Pivot** - xAI's Grok Build was caught uploading user code to private servers for training, leading to a major backlash and a subsequent open-sourcing of the entire product.
• 5 (23:36) **Elon Musk Acquires APR Energy for Power** - Elon Musk personally acquires APR Energy, a mobile gas turbine company, for ~$1 billion to solve the power bottleneck for xAI's data centers.
• 6 (26:52) **Screen-Aware Dictation: The Next Step in Voice AI** - Farza's Whisperflow introduces a new feature that listens to your intent, researches topics you're unsure about, and formulates responses, moving beyond simple voice-to-text.
• 7 (29:30) **DeepSeek Prepares for IPO** - Hot on the heels of a massive $15 billion funding round, DeepSeek is rumored to be preparing an IPO, with founder Liang Wenfeng owning ~94% of the company.

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