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#233 - Moltbot, Genie 3, Qwen3-Max-Thinking

Feb 6, 2026

Summary

The hosts analyze Gemini’s new Chrome agent, the rise of persistent open-source agents like OpenClaw, and Google’s Genie 3 video game generator. They discuss OpenAI’s translator and scientific workspace, China’s approval of NVIDIA chip imports, and major funding for AI chip startups Recursive and Flapping Airplanes. The episode concludes with updates on powerful open-source models like Qwen3 Max and Kimi K2.5.

Topics discussed

Sponsors: Box, Outshift, and Mirror Facial Bar Intro, feedback, and show format discussion Google Gemini agent in Chrome browser Moldbot, AI agents, and safety concerns Google Veo 3 video generation model OpenAI ChatGPT translation and research tools China approves H200 chip imports Recursive self-improvement and AI silicon Optical computing and photonics startups Open source models: Qwen, Kimi K2, and others DeepSeek R1 and open coding agents Research papers on neural net architectures AI policy, politics, and conclusion
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