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This Week in AI: GPT-5 Ships, 4o Pulled Back, Grok Imagine Goes Social
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a16z partners Olivia and Justine Moore unpack the latest in consumer AI including: - Grok’s “Imagine” and its instant, social-first creative tools - Google’s Genie 3 and the future of 3D worlds - GPT-5: what’s new and missing, plus why some want their old chatbot back - AI-generated music from ElevenLabs - Olivia’s vibecoded Jensen Huang selfie app Timecodes: 0:00 Introduction & This Week's Topics 0:24 Grok Imagine: Social AI Image & Video Generation 4:48 GPT-5 Release & GPT-4 Deprecation 5:36 Comparing GPT-5 and GPT-4: Coding vs. Personality 9:13 AI for Mental Health: Illinois Law & Industry Impact 12:29 Genie 3: Interactive World Models from Google 16:53 ElevenLabs Music Model: Licensed AI Music Generation 19:16 Vibecoding: Consumer Experiments & Platform Evolution 24:14 The Future of Vibecoding & AI Tools 27:05 Conclusions Resources: Find Olivia on X: https://x.com/omooretweets Find Justine on X: https://x.com/venturetwins Read Anish and Justine’s vibecoding post: https://a16z.com/specialized-app-gen-platforms/ Stay Updated: Let us know what you think: https://ratethispodcast.com/a16z Find a16z on Twitter: https://twitter.com/a16z Find a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16z Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: https://a16z.simplecast.com/ Follow our host: https://x.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details, please see a16z.com/disclosures
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Introduction & This Week's Topics
"Welcome back to this week in consumer. I'm Justine. I'm Olivia. And we have a bunch of fun topics we want to cover this week starting in the creative tools ecosystem with Grock imagine. And then we're..."
Grok Imagine: Social AI Image & Video Generation
"we are going to start with Grock which has had a bunch of big updates um over the last month or so. I'd say so obviously Grock 4 came out. The Grock companions caused a huge stir uh particularly Annie..."
GPT-5 Release & GPT-4 Deprecation
"week which uh was not just big for consumer but for pretty much all of AI was the GPT5 release. Yes. And and the corresponding deprecation of GPT40 which I think ended up being even bigger news in in ..."
Comparing GPT-5 and GPT-4: Coding vs. Personality
"Yeah. So I've talked to a bunch of folks about this. I think kind of a a a widespread conclusion is GPT5 is really good at um especially like front-end code. Um I think a lot of the model companies ar..."
AI for Mental Health: Illinois Law & Industry Impact
"Yeah, I agree. I do want to spend 30 seconds on that mental health and and health overall use case, though. It's interesting timing because also last week the state of Illinois just passed a law banni..."
Genie 3: Interactive World Models from Google
"There were two other big actually creative tool model releases this week. Genie 3 from Google and then a new music model from 11 Labs. So maybe let's start with Genie 3. What What is it? I've seen the..."
ElevenLabs Music Model: Licensed AI Music Generation
"one to come out. Um, and then yes, our our portfolio company 11 Labs also released their music model which um is super exciting. I did not know they were working on music. Yes, it's um it's been in th..."
Vibecoding: Consumer Experiments & Platform Evolution
"is around vibe coding which continues to explode. I think we have two things to talk about here. One would be our own experiments in the world of vibe coding which relates to a piece that you and Anis..."
The Future of Vibecoding & AI Tools
"inflexibility that product would just not work for them. Um and so I think what we are hoping to see basically is um like specialized players emerge that offer the best product for a particular demogr..."
Conclusions
"Yeah, super exciting. Well, thanks for joining us this week. If you've tried out any of these creative models or had any vibe coding experiments yourself, we'd love to hear from you. Please comment be..."