Episode 94·July 29, 2026·30:02
Codex Moves into ChatGPT as Local AI Spans $8 Boards to Servers
Microsoft adds a cyber-defense model to its MDASH harness, a 28.9M-parameter LLM runs on an $8 board, and Nanbeige ships a 3B agent model for local runtimes. Show notes: https://tobyonfitnesstech.com/podcasts/episode-94/
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[02:00] Microsoft Adds a Cyber-Defense Specialist Model to Its MDASH Harness[03:39] A 28.9M-Parameter Model Now Runs on an $8 Board[05:18] Nanbeige 4.2 Brings a Three-Billion-Parameter Agent Model to Local Runtimes[07:08] NVIDIA's Vera CPU Now Helps Design the Next Generation of NVIDIA Chips[08:47] Eight Scientific-Computing Projects Show What Codex Workflows Can Do Now[10:43] PNNL and AWS Plan AI Decision Tools for Grid Disruptions[12:32] Black Forest Labs Explores One Model for Multiple Media Types[14:19] What an 8-GPU HGX B300 Rack Actually Takes to Run[16:07] Verizon Bets a Billion Dollars on Dark Fiber for Edge AI[17:51] Enigma Raises $71M to Make Robot Tuning Feel Like a Volume Slider[19:35] Twenty US Agencies Join DOE's Genesis Mission for AI-Driven Science[21:20] Anthropic Draws a Frontier Line on Open Weights[23:02] Google's Scraping Case Against SerpApi Was Dismissed Over Standing, Not Substance[24:50] ChatGPT Lets Workers Cross Job Boundaries, OpenAI Finds[26:38] GitHub Project Radar[27:57] Model Discovery Check[28:24] Local LLM Spotlight[29:02] Extra Research Candidates[29:40] Closing