frontier models

5 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Oct 3, 2025 by Jessica Lessin · across every show →

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Oct 3, 2025 neutral
Opinion
Jessica Lessin: Frontier AI models remain fundamentally next-token text predictors
“Today's like frontier models are like LLM pluses, right? They're LLMs and then they've got different capabilities kind of glommed onto them, but they're still fundamentally Text tradition kind of things”
Jessica Lessin Oct 3, 2025 ▶ 40:03 #119 OpenAI Sora vs. TikTok: Can “AI Entertainment” Fund the Compute Bill? · More or Less Podcast
May 29, 2026 bearish
Opinion
High frontier AI model prices are driving the plateau in adoption
“And to me, the only explanation has to be price, right? Like it's just too expensive to use the frontier models.”
Dave Morin May 29, 2026 ▶ 18:21 Normal People Don't Want AI Agents (And Silicon Valley Can't Accept It) · More or Less Podcast
Jun 26, 2026 bullish
Assertion Partly supported
Morin: GLM 5.2 on B200s achieves 150 tokens per second
“And we got this thing up and running and out of the box, it's doing a 150 tokens per second, which is like 10 times what you get out of frontier models.”
Dave Morin Jun 26, 2026 ▶ 26:56 Chinese AI Model GLM 5.2 Beating Frontier Models | Meta Glasses, Polymarket Scandal, AI Talent War · More or Less Podcast
Jun 26, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Morin: GLM 5.2 is as good or better than frontier models at coding
“I was testing it, doing the exact same coding tasks that I'm doing with frontier models. It's like as good or better.”
Dave Morin Jun 26, 2026 ▶ 27:11 Chinese AI Model GLM 5.2 Beating Frontier Models | Meta Glasses, Polymarket Scandal, AI Talent War · More or Less Podcast
Jul 17, 2026 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Jessica Lessin: Demis Hassabis proposed 30-day government review for frontier AI
“What Demis, the AI leader, Google, Sabis, proposed was, like, It was this idea that there should be a separate government body that reviews frontier models basically for 30 days prior to their release.”
Jessica Lessin Jul 17, 2026 ▶ 23:59 Open Source AI Wins. Now Labs Are Running to Washington |Thinking Machines, Johnny Ive, Realtime API · More or Less Podcast
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