Voyager

Is GPT-5.1 Really an Upgrade? But Models Can Auto-Hack Govts, so … there’s that

AI Explained

A prior AI system mentioned for proto self-improvement in Minecraft-like environments; used as a reference point.

Production AI Engineering starts with Evals

Latent Space

An agent that writes, persists, and reuses code for future tasks. The speaker notes that while code generation is being used, no one seems to be doing the full Voyager-style code persistence and reuse in production.

Language Agents: From Reasoning to Acting — with Shunyu Yao of OpenAI, Harrison Chase of LangGraph

Latent Space

A paper discussing agents that store and reuse skills, compared to reflective memory.

Why AI Agents Don't Work (yet) - with Kanjun Qiu of Imbue

Latent Space

A paper and research project from NVIDIA about an agent that can create and use tools in Minecraft.

There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of The Shed

Y Combinator

Space probes mentioned by NASA engineers when comparing the ambition of The Shed's architecture.

E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more

All-In Podcast

A crypto firm that received emergency financing from FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried during the crisis, indicating broader contagion risk.

The FTX Disaster is Deeper Than you Think

ColdFusion

Why Did Quantum Entanglement Win the Nobel Prize in Physics?

PBS Space Time

⚡️Factorio Learning Environment: the ultimate Game Agent Eval — Jack Hopkins

Latent Space

A paper previously discussed on the podcast, related to AI learning through games like Minecraft.