Mixture of Experts

Have open-source AI agents finally gone mainstream? This week on Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Kaoutar El Maghraoui, Marina Danilevsky and Aaron Baughman. First, we dive into Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot), the open-source AI agent that’s sparked a buying frenzy of Mac minis. What makes this agent different? Next, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is back with another essay, this time on AI’s “adolescence.” Then, the Grammys are this weekend, we chat about IBM’s AI-powered trivia experience, GRAMMY IQ. Aaron takes us through how the team scaled using AI agents, plus how to win tickets to the 2027 Grammys. Finally, Microsoft unveils Maia 200, their latest inference chip claiming 30% cost savings over NVIDIA. What does vertical integration mean for AI chip wars? All that and more on this week’s Mixture of Experts.

00:00 – Introduction
01:11 – Moltbot (Clawdbot): Open-source agent revolution
12:59 – Dario Amodei's "Adolescence of Technology" essay
25:51 – IBM Grammy IQ: AI-powered trivia at the Grammys
35:05 – Microsoft Maia 200: The inference chip wars heat up

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Is Claude Code having its ChatGPT moment?
This week on Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Chris Hay, Gabe Goodhart and Francesco Brenna to unpack the shifts happening in AI as 2026 kicks off. First, OpenAI confirms ads are coming to ChatGPT, raising questions about trust, economics and the future of AI product models. Next, Claude Code is exploding in popularity! Developers are discovering what agentic coding can really do, and it's transforming how software gets built. Then, we analyze a new report from IBM’s Institute for Business Value— “The enterprise in 2030”, which reveals how executives are planning to shift from AI-driven efficiency to AI-powered innovation. Finally, Hugging Face launches Open Responses, a new standard for agent APIs that could reshape AI development while raising questions about transparency and control.

All that and more on this week's Mixture of Experts to learn more.

00:00 – Introduction
01:30 – OpenAI brings ads to ChatGPT
12:25 – Claude Code's breakout moment
22:57 – IBV’s Enterprise 2030 report
36:09 – Open Responses: The future of agent APIs

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Is your desktop ready for AI agents? In episode 90 of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Volkmar Uhlig, Olivia Buzek and Mihai Criveti to break down Anthropic's Claude Cowork launch—bringing the power of Claude Code to everyday job tasks. Would you trust an AI agent to organize your files? Next, Apple announces a partnership with Google to power the next generation of Siri with Gemini models. What does this mean for on-device AI, privacy and the future of edge intelligence? Then, in a surprising turn, Linux creator Linus Torvalds admits to using AI agents for a side project involving vibe coding, despite once mockingly saying that “vibe”stands for “very inefficient but entertaining.” Are coding tools finally good enough for even the old guard? All that and more on today's Mixture of Experts.

00:00 – Introduction
01:17– Claude Cowork
13:25 – Apple-Google AI deal
27:39 – Linus Torvalds on vibe coding

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Is NVIDIA unstoppable? In this episode of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang is joined by Chris Hay, Kaoutar El Maghraoui and Martin Keen to unpack the biggest announcements from CES 2026. First up, NVIDIA's Jensen Huang revealed the Rubin platform—a chip architecture promising 5X the performance of Blackwell and slashing inference token costs by 10X. Does this cement NVIDIA’s dominance? We also explore the wild world of CES gadgets. Then, we look at whether Meta's USD 2 Billion acquisition of Manus AI signals a major pivot toward enterprise agentic platforms. Later, we dissect DeepSeek’s newpaper on manifold-constrained hyperconnections (MHC)—a smarter way to train models that prioritizes efficiency over brute-force scaling. Finally, we analyze new polling data revealing Americans' complex relationship with AI: optimistic about the benefits but deeply concerned about who controls it. All that and more on Mixture of Experts!

00:00 – Introduction
01:27 – CES 2026
12:41 – Meta's USD 2 Billion Manus bet
20:08 – DeepSeek tackles scaling
33:35 – AI optimism vs. fear

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What defined AI in 2025 and what’s coming in 2026? In this special year-end episode of Mixture of Experts, host Tim Hwang sits down with veteran panelists to review the biggest AI moments of 2025 and make bold predictions for the year ahead.

Kaoutar El Maghraoui unpacks the AI hardware supply crisis and NVIDIA's chip dominance. Gabe Goodhart defends open source's breakout year with models like Kimi K2 Thinking. Chris Hay argues 2025 delivered on "super agents" through ChatGPT Deep Research and Claude Code. Finally, Aaron Baughman and Abraham Daniels predict the future of multimodal AI—from vision models to autonomous digital workers. Join our experts as they separate AI hype from reality and forecast what 2026 holds.

00:00 – Introduction
00:45 – Chris: Super agents, reasoning models and 2025 reflections
12:26 – Gabe: Open source's breakthrough year and what's next
22:17 – Kaoutar: AI hardware in 2025 and predictions for 2026
29:18 – Aaron & Abe: Multimodal AI and modular model orchestration

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