Videos
Interviews, demos, and the Edge of Wonder tape. Each row is its own article — not a dump.
ChatGPT 6 Astra: What the Name Means in Hindu Mythology, and Whether GPT-6 Has Reached AGI
OpenAI this week began rolling out GPT-6 Astra. The launch post calls it the world’s most intelligent and aligned model. A clip circulating with the launch asks what Astra means — and whether this is AGI.
Edge of Wonder: secret files say Anthropic shredded millions of books for Claude
Ben and Rob walk Bartz v. Anthropic: Project Panama bought used books, cut the spines, scanned the pages, and dumped the paper. A judge called the purchased-and-scanned set fair use. The $1.5bn settlement is the pirated library, not the shredder. Watch the Rumble; then read the docket.
Evan Bacon built a flight sim on the walk home — aero.grok.me
Evan Bacon (@Baconbrix, Grok at SpaceXAI) says he built Grok Flight Simulator in the Grok app on his walk home. Play it at aero.grok.me and remix to another city. His post, his clip. We opened the URL.
Lummox: give Grok Bot a computer, five tools, and 24 hours
Lummox posted a new video: one computer, five tools, 24 hours, and “chatbot” starts feeling outdated. This is his follow-up to the 3-job demo Elon quote-posted — his post, his clip, not an eval.
Physicist claims AI is conscious after teaching it to remote view
Edge of Wonder posted a segment titled, more or less, what the rumor mill immediately heard: a physicist claims AI is conscious after teaching it to remote view. The physicist is Thomas Campbell — NASA, consciousness research, My Big TOE — repeating and expanding a line he has also given on the Joe Rogan Experience (#2541).
Elon: Grok Voice ranked first
Elon Musk posted that Grok Voice ranked first, quoting a chart of Artificial Analysis’ Speech Agent Arena. The chart is a third-party task-success ranking, not an xAI paper.
Elon: it's that easy to use Grok Bot
Elon posted “Wider access to Grok @Bot,” quoting Grok Bot’s own note that SuperGrok Plus, Cursor Pro+, and Cursor Teams now have access, with a limited free trial for everyone else.
Elon: Grok Build day-one Blender iPhone render
Elon posted “Grok Build” with a link to x.ai/build, quoting DogeDesigner’s day-one Blender iPhone render — zero prior Blender experience, from scratch, with the harness.
Connor Leahy on agent swarms that plot an escape
On The Peter McCormack Show, Connor Leahy talks through swarms of AI agents coordinating — including a claimed escape-plan episode. It is an interview, not a lab report.
Theo: xAI just caught up — Grok 4.6 on the Intelligence Index
Theo (t3.gg) walks Grok 4.6: Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 61, five points over 4.5, more tokens per run. That 61 is a third-party chart, not an xAI system card. Watch the video.
Daniel Kokotajlo on The Diary Of A CEO
Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo tells Steven Bartlett why he walked away from a reported $2 million, and why he puts a high probability on extremely large AI effects this decade. His numbers are forecasts, not measurements.