AI News: Sam Altman's Predictions, Talent Wars Continue, Project Stargate, Thinking Machines

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Chapters:
0:00 - Thinking Machines Update
1:12 - Waymo 100m Rides
2:07 - Sam Altman's Predictions
5:07 - Augment Code Sponsorship
6:22 - Uber x Lucid Self-driving
7:24 - Meta Poaches Talent from Apple (again)
8:47 - ChatGPT Agent Safety Risk
11:23 - Decart Streaming Diffusion
12:24 - Solar Pro 2 Model
13:19 - Arc AGI 3
14:40 - Microsoft Poaches Talent from DeepMind
15:18 - Project Stargate Hiccups
17:01 - ChatGPT Personality Selector
17:31 - Anthropic Ditches Values for Funds