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Towards AI That Can Actually Interact

May 12, 2026

Summary

This episode covers OpenAI’s launch of DeployCo, a $4 billion consulting joint venture, and Anthropic’s crackdown on unauthorized secondary stock markets. It also details the White House walking back FDA-like AI regulations and Trump’s tech envoy to China. The main segment analyzes Thinking Machines’ new “interaction models,” which enable real-time, continuous human-AI collaboration rather than traditional turn-based chat.

Topics discussed

Intro, sponsors, and growth engineer hiring announcement OpenAI launches DeployCo consulting joint venture Anthropic and OpenAI crack down on unauthorized stock trading White House walks back FDA-like AI regulation proposal Trump's tech envoy to China and Jensen Huang's absence Sponsor reads: KPMG, Granola, Scrunch, and Section Thinking Machines introduces 'Interaction Models' concept Architecture: Real-time interaction vs background reasoning Demo capabilities: Visual proactivity and multitasking Community reaction and the 'GUI moment' for AI Unlock index, new benchmarks, and future implications
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