{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/679277ca23d520f54109d952/6aa0163de25cb7d39e8cdd48?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 452: AGI Claims, VR Worlds, and the AI Trust Crisis","description":"OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra with superhuman computer use capabilities and claims to have hit their 'automated research intern' milestone, while ByteDance prepares a real-time spatial video AI model for VR. ChatGPT Work gains writing style matching, and Insilico Medicine's AI-designed drug shows early signs of slowing aging. Meanwhile, public sentiment remains deeply skeptical: 70% of Americans worry more than they're excited about AI, 69% oppose local data centers, and neither political party inspires confidence on AI policy. Infrastructure expansion continues with Google and Apple scouting Australia, copper hits all-time highs, and China's central bank makes its 22nd consecutive month of gold purchases as de-dollarization accelerates.","author_name":"Brian Swichkow"}