July 15, 2025

AI Is Learning to Strategize Like Us

AI Is Learning to Strategize Like Us

What happens when AI outsmarts your doctor, charms your date, and impersonates a U.S. senator? This week, Jeff and Annie dive into some AI stories. A fertility breakthrough gives new hope to families after 18 years of trying. Microsoft claims its AI...

What happens when AI outsmarts your doctor, charms your date, and impersonates a U.S. senator?

This week, Jeff and Annie dive into some AI stories. A fertility breakthrough gives new hope to families after 18 years of trying. Microsoft claims its AI can now beat real doctors at complex diagnoses. And in a truly unsettling twist, someone used a fake voice clone of Marco Rubio to try and access classified information.It’s not just breakthroughs—it’s questions of trust, privacy, and what happens when AI starts thinking (and strategizing) like us.

We also discuss:

  • XAI’s Grok 4 Heavy: $300/month for a truth-seeking muscle machine
  • Perplexity’s new AI browser that can book your meetings and browse for you
  • New research shows LLMs have strategy fingerprints—and personalities

Relevant Links:
Columbia's STAR system finds viable sperm using AI
DeepMind’s Isomorphic Labs starts cancer drug trials
Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy benchmark results
Perplexity launches AI-powered Comet browser
Nikkei reports scientists used hidden AI prompts
Anthropic proposes AI transparency framework
AI deepfake impersonates Marco Rubio
Microsoft MAI-DxO claims diagnostic breakthrough
AI models show unique strategy patterns in games