1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,720 Welcome to 5 Minutes AI. 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:04,440 Today is Wednesday, May 7th, 2025. 3 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:05,920 - All right, let's jump in. 4 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:07,120 - Okay, developers, 5 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:09,560 we've got some big headlines for you today. 6 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,000 First up, OpenAI, a pretty surprising reversal 7 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,600 on their for-profit plans. 8 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:15,800 We need to unpack what that means. 9 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:16,640 - Definitely. 10 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,640 And then there's this huge funding news cursor, 11 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:22,880 the AI coding tool landed what, $900 million? 12 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:25,520 - Yeah, massive, signals a lot about AI coding tools. 13 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,980 And also Reddit is putting AI right into its search results. 14 00:00:28,980 --> 00:00:31,200 - Interesting move for information discovery. 15 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:32,500 - So stick around for those. 16 00:00:32,500 --> 00:00:34,000 And hey, if you want to support this show, 17 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,040 the best free way is rating and subscribing 18 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:37,000 wherever you listen. 19 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:39,200 - And we've got that Discord community too, right? 20 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,160 Links in the show notes. 21 00:00:40,160 --> 00:00:42,120 - Yep, come join the conversation. 22 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:44,080 Okay, so OpenAI. 23 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:47,400 This pivot away from the full for-profit transition 24 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,720 kind of came out of left field. 25 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:49,560 - It really did. 26 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:52,200 I mean, the talk was all heading one way and then this. 27 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:57,050 Sources point to well a few things driving it like the Elon Musk lawsuit. Maybe that seems to be part of it 28 00:00:57,050 --> 00:01:01,770 Yeah, but also a pushback from you know, former employees the wider AI community 29 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:09,090 They're definitely concerns and the attorneys general right Delaware and California watching over that nonprofit status that must have played a role 30 00:01:09,090 --> 00:01:16,690 Absolutely. It adds a layer of let's say formal oversight, but the solution they landed on isn't just going back to the old way 31 00:01:16,850 --> 00:01:22,970 No, it's this hybrid thing. The commercial side becomes a public benefit corporation a PBC exactly 32 00:01:22,970 --> 00:01:30,550 But critically it stays under the nonprofit boards control. We're seeing this model elsewhere like with anthropic 33 00:01:30,550 --> 00:01:37,230 X AI - so what's the big deal with the PVC structure? Well, it lets them issue traditional stock 34 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:41,150 No cap on appreciation for investors or employees, which is 35 00:01:41,150 --> 00:01:43,750 pretty important for attracting talent and 36 00:01:43,750 --> 00:01:47,420 funding. Uh-huh, okay. Because didn't there earlier funding rounds have this 37 00:01:47,420 --> 00:01:51,620 condition like remove the cap? That's what report suggested, yeah. So this PBC 38 00:01:51,620 --> 00:01:55,480 move kind of squares that circle. It allows for more conventional fundraising 39 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,360 for the commercial arm. While keeping the original nonprofit mission, at least 40 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,900 formally, in the driver's seat through the board. Right, it's an attempt to 41 00:02:02,900 --> 00:02:06,980 balance that rapid growth and need for capital with the, you know, founding 42 00:02:06,980 --> 00:02:13,160 ideals. Because, let's face it, the purely for-profit idea got some heat. Yeah, from 43 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,740 competitors like XAI, Meta, yeah, and even some insiders, former employees. So this 44 00:02:17,740 --> 00:02:21,380 new structure is likely trying to address those criticisms. Whether it 45 00:02:21,380 --> 00:02:24,940 actually satisfies everyone, we'll have to see. Altman put out a memo, apparently, 46 00:02:24,940 --> 00:02:29,980 explaining some of it. Okay, interesting. Now, speaking of money, the AniSphere 47 00:02:29,980 --> 00:02:35,540 funding, the cursor tool creators, 900 million dollars. Wow, yeah, at a 9 billion 48 00:02:35,550 --> 00:02:38,310 a billion dollar valuation, that's just huge. 49 00:02:38,310 --> 00:02:40,190 It really shouts how much focus there is 50 00:02:40,190 --> 00:02:41,510 on AI-developable tools right now. 51 00:02:41,510 --> 00:02:43,550 - Seriously, Thrive Capital Leading, 52 00:02:43,550 --> 00:02:45,990 Asics 10 sides, Excel involved, 53 00:02:45,990 --> 00:02:48,150 the big names are betting big on this space. 54 00:02:48,150 --> 00:02:49,270 - And it's not just cursor, right? 55 00:02:49,270 --> 00:02:51,750 You hear about others like Windsurf getting attention too. 56 00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:53,510 - Yeah, and there were those whispers about open AI 57 00:02:53,510 --> 00:02:55,150 maybe looking to acquire in this area. 58 00:02:55,150 --> 00:02:55,990 - Makes sense. 59 00:02:55,990 --> 00:02:57,890 It really feels like, as some sources put it, 60 00:02:57,890 --> 00:03:00,230 code is the next battleground in AI. 61 00:03:00,230 --> 00:03:01,190 - That's a good way to put it. 62 00:03:01,190 --> 00:03:03,870 Making coding faster, smarter with AI, 63 00:03:03,870 --> 00:03:04,990 that changes everything. 64 00:03:04,990 --> 00:03:06,030 - Absolutely. 65 00:03:06,030 --> 00:03:08,790 This funding suggests we're probably gonna see these tools 66 00:03:08,790 --> 00:03:11,650 get way more sophisticated pretty quickly. 67 00:03:11,650 --> 00:03:13,670 - Okay, let's switch gears slightly. 68 00:03:13,670 --> 00:03:17,150 AI popping up in platforms we use every day. 69 00:03:17,150 --> 00:03:20,170 Reddit's integrating that Reddit Answers AI tool. 70 00:03:20,170 --> 00:03:21,990 - Right into the main search bar. 71 00:03:21,990 --> 00:03:23,730 Yeah, that's the key part. 72 00:03:23,730 --> 00:03:25,110 You don't have to go somewhere else. 73 00:03:25,110 --> 00:03:27,770 - So you search, and you might just get an AI. 74 00:03:27,770 --> 00:03:31,000 AI-generated answer based on, you know, what people are saying on Reddit. 75 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,040 And they include source links, right? 76 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:34,040 And extra tips. 77 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,040 Yeah. 78 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,200 Which is important, lets you dig deeper or check the context. 79 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,440 Reddit says it's about helping people find useful stuff faster. 80 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,440 Makes sense. 81 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,440 It's another example of AI just fundamentally changing how search works, how you find information 82 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:46,440 online. 83 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,240 And on the mobile front, Claude's app got some updates too. 84 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:50,240 Uh-huh. 85 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:55,760 Voice mode, web search, file uploads, basically catching up with some features ChatGPT already 86 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:56,760 had. 87 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:57,760 Yeah. 88 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,200 More competition in the mobile AI assistant space. 89 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:02,320 Everyone wants to be the AI you use on your phone. 90 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:03,480 Definitely heating up. 91 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:04,480 Okay. 92 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:05,480 Okay. 93 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:06,480 What about AI in education? 94 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:07,840 There was that open letter from CEOs. 95 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:08,840 Yeah. 96 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:09,840 Over 250 of them. 97 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:17,880 Microsoft, Etsy, Uber, big names, urging AI and computer science be taught as like core 98 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:18,960 subjects in K-12. 99 00:04:19,250 --> 00:04:21,850 - The main argument being US competitiveness, right? 100 00:04:21,850 --> 00:04:22,970 Keeping up globally. 101 00:04:22,970 --> 00:04:24,810 - Exactly, they point out countries like China, 102 00:04:24,810 --> 00:04:28,030 South Korea, Brazil, Singapore, 103 00:04:28,030 --> 00:04:30,210 they've already made this stuff mandatory. 104 00:04:30,210 --> 00:04:31,490 - The worry is falling behind 105 00:04:31,490 --> 00:04:32,730 if the US doesn't do the same. 106 00:04:32,730 --> 00:04:35,090 It's not just about using AI, but actually creating it. 107 00:04:35,090 --> 00:04:38,310 - Right, preparing kids to be creators, not just consumers. 108 00:04:38,310 --> 00:04:40,650 And they mentioned that stat about closing wage gaps too. 109 00:04:40,650 --> 00:04:43,250 - Yeah, something like even one high school CS course 110 00:04:43,250 --> 00:04:46,690 potentially boosting wages by 8%, that's significant. 111 00:04:46,690 --> 00:04:48,790 - And this lines up with some government moves too. 112 00:04:48,790 --> 00:04:50,930 Like that executive order under President Trump 113 00:04:50,930 --> 00:04:52,970 pushing AI in education and workforce. 114 00:04:52,970 --> 00:04:54,950 - Plus, you see other places moving fast. 115 00:04:54,950 --> 00:04:57,490 The UAE is making AI classes mandatory 116 00:04:57,490 --> 00:05:00,170 across all grades starting next academic year. 117 00:05:00,170 --> 00:05:02,350 - Wow, okay, so a real global push. 118 00:05:02,350 --> 00:05:03,970 We also saw a bunch of new tools 119 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:05,130 and resources drop, didn't we? 120 00:05:05,130 --> 00:05:06,010 - Yeah, a quick rundown. 121 00:05:06,010 --> 00:05:08,670 Listen Labs has a PPT generator from audio/video. 122 00:05:08,670 --> 00:05:11,170 There's a new legal Rreg toolkit on-- 123 00:05:11,170 --> 00:05:13,420 GitHub, LR Reg, they call it? 124 00:05:13,420 --> 00:05:15,940 - Or Reg, being retrieval, augmented generation, 125 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:19,080 helps LLMs be more accurate with external facts. 126 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:19,920 - Right. 127 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:21,820 Also on GitHub, voice, text to speech, 128 00:05:21,820 --> 00:05:24,820 apparently strong zero shot voice cloning. 129 00:05:24,820 --> 00:05:27,860 Anthropics got that AI for science grant program now. 130 00:05:27,860 --> 00:05:30,060 - Giving researchers API credits. 131 00:05:30,060 --> 00:05:31,020 Nice. 132 00:05:31,020 --> 00:05:31,860 What else? 133 00:05:31,860 --> 00:05:33,300 Oh, the NYC subway AI. 134 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:35,780 - Yeah, the MTA planning to use AI cameras 135 00:05:35,780 --> 00:05:38,540 for predictive prevention, flagging suspicious behavior. 136 00:05:38,540 --> 00:05:40,260 That'll be interesting to watch. 137 00:05:40,260 --> 00:05:45,140 And Suno V4.5 is out, improving their AI music tool. 138 00:05:45,140 --> 00:05:48,740 Huawei is working on a new AI chip, the Ascend 910D, 139 00:05:48,740 --> 00:05:49,940 maybe to compete with Nvidia. 140 00:05:49,940 --> 00:05:51,020 - Competition's always good. 141 00:05:51,020 --> 00:05:54,260 Google.org is funding AI education in Asia Pacific. 142 00:05:54,260 --> 00:05:56,260 And PyTorch is running a docathon 143 00:05:56,260 --> 00:05:57,660 to improve its documentation. 144 00:05:57,660 --> 00:05:58,500 - Lots happening. 145 00:05:58,500 --> 00:05:59,840 So, okay, let's bring it back. 146 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,500 For you, the developer listening, what's the takeaway? 147 00:06:02,500 --> 00:06:03,340 - Well, that-- 148 00:06:03,340 --> 00:06:08,390 AI shift. It could change how AI research happens, maybe more focus on public benefit models, open 149 00:06:08,390 --> 00:06:12,870 source. Hard to say yet, but something to watch. And the massive investment in coding tools like 150 00:06:12,870 --> 00:06:17,190 Cursor, that strongly suggests AI assistance is going to become even more central to your 151 00:06:17,190 --> 00:06:23,590 actual workflow. Definitely. Get ready for more sophisticated AI pairing, code generation debugging, 152 00:06:23,590 --> 00:06:28,630 and seeing AI in Reddit search, in Claude's app. It means users are going to increasingly expect 153 00:06:28,630 --> 00:06:34,710 AI features in the apps you build. It changes user expectations. So think about it, a non-profit 154 00:06:34,710 --> 00:06:40,630 driven open AI, does that change the ethics, the accessibility of models? How will these 155 00:06:40,630 --> 00:06:45,190 supercharged coding assistants change how you code? What new workflows emerge, and how do you 156 00:06:45,190 --> 00:06:50,230 build compelling apps when users just assume AI is part of the experience? Lots to consider. 157 00:06:50,230 --> 00:06:54,470 Keep exploring, keep learning. The ground is shifting fast. Absolutely. Stay tuned.