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If you are paying US$200 a month for AI, how do you ensure you're getting the best value for money? Calum Simpson explains that it's not about finding a better model, but a mindset shift needed to max your benefits.

What’s a “non-obvious” thing you’d use it for?

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January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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If you're not paying for the product, you are the product. Strong words from Ulysses Maclaren about #ChatGPT testing ads, starting with Free + Go users (initially in the US).

What do you think about this move... #dystopian or just smart marketing?
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#AI #blackmirror
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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🔥 Devs, tired of fragile RAG pipelines & duct-taped vector DBs?

Join Microsoft MVP Priyanka Shah at the next User Group in #Brisbane as she dives into Foundry IQ + agentic RAG on Azure AI Search

See more: ssw.com.au/events
December 8, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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Is Grok 4.1 truly emotionally intelligent - or just engineered to sound that way? This fast, test-driven breakdown probes XAI’s claims: lower hallucination rates, empathy under pressure, and more human-like responses to emotional queries.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/V5LPM...

#Grok41 #ElonMuskAI
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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GPT-5.1 + Codex 5.1 Max: Ulysses Maclaren lays out how OpenAI is answering Gemini 3 - benchmark wins in coding, MoE signals, and why unreleased ‘supermodels’ may be kept in‑house to avoid GPU burn and imitation.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/Pz5I-...
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Gemini 3 briefly overtook GPT-5.1 - here’s the no-hype breakdown: where it truly wins in multimodal and tool use, the benchmarks, OpenAI’s response, and dev takeaways. Plus a first look at Google’s Anti-Gravity IDE and why even Sam Altman is watching.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/iNflZ...
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Claude Opus 4.5 just leaped ahead on SWE-Bench and token efficiency, but is it worth it without free access? Ulysses Maclaren compares Opus 4.5 vs Gemini 3 vs GPT-5.1 with real benchmarks, pricing trade-offs, and where each model wins for heavy-duty coding.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/JodTI...
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Major update for #AI developers: Google just turned #RAG from an infra project into a feature toggle. Gemini now hides embeddings, retrieval, and data extraction behind a simple API, turning weeks of plumbing into time spent on data quality and UX instead.

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#Gemini
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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So excited to be kicking off another SSW Brainstorming day in Sydney! This time with special guest Richard Campbell. 🎉❤️

It’s the perfect way to spend a rainy day, hacking fun ways to solve real business problems! 🎉☔️
November 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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China’s Kimi K2 just outperformed OpenAI and Claude at coding and tool use, while staying fully open source. Ulyses Maclaren & Hajir Lesani unpack why K2 is a breakthrough for security-first orgs and how to put it to work behind your firewall.

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#KimiK2 #OpenSourceAi
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Microsoft just stood up a Superintelligence team led by Mustafa Suleyman, outside OpenAI. Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley unpack the 1-3 year claim of AI making autonomous scientific discoveries, what this means for AGI timelines, & the concrete signals to watch.

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November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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China’s AI gap shrank from a year to a nanosecond. Kimi K2 is beating state-of-the-art Western models, and it’s the first open-source frontier model. Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley break down how power capacity and chip manufacturing scale could flip the race.

www.youtube.com/shorts/JkgLY...
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Google’s new “nested learning” lets #AI ditch fixed knowledge cutoffs & learn from mistakes, closer to how humans do. Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley unpack what changes for builders: faster updates, fewer stale answers, and more resilient models.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/WTYIm...
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Adobe just dropped its biggest AI upgrade: custom models, copyright‑cleared content, & Gen Studio that builds full brand books in minutes. We cut through the hype to show what actually changes for design teams & whether this finally pressures Figma and Canva.

www.youtube.com/shorts/R6RRq...
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Anthropic tried “Inception” on Claude & it noticed. From “I can’t stop thinking about bananas” to real-time detection of thought injection, Ulysses Maclaren & Sam Wagner talk talk about AI metacognition, safety, & ethics

www.youtube.com/shorts/1-4GZ...
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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OpenAI’s road to an IPO decoded: from nonprofit origins to a profit-driven structure, what changed in the Microsoft deal, & the key claims in Elon Musk’s lawsuit. Learn how these shifts could reshape AGI governance, developer access, & safety commitments in <1min!

www.youtube.com/shorts/JH8mo...
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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GitHub Copilot vs Cursor 2.0 just escalated: both launched multi-agent workflows this week, & we break down what each gets right, where they differ, & why your API keys are finally safe (no more leaking across agents). Get the takeaways before you pick a tool.

www.youtube.com/shorts/gZOMI...
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Join us for the next Brisbane Full Stack User Group with Gordon Beeming! Fail fast & often - that's DevOps wisdom, right?

This talk walks through a year of shipping real projects by learning to orchestrate instead of implement

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November 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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DeepSeek just compressed a novel into a single sentence. In 60 seconds, Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley explain how extreme text compression could transform OCR pipelines and AI efficiency and why this leap from China matters now.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/m1nbW...

#DeepSeek #OCR #AI
November 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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We had such an amazing time hosting an incredible AI event on Saturday with the AgentCon team here at SSW Brisbane!

🧑‍💻 150 developers
📢 12 speakers
🎥 2 tracks
🍕 80 pizzas

Thank you to all the amazing speakers and organisers! This event couldn't have happened without their community spirit!
November 3, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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OpenAI just moved beyond models: AgentKit (Agent SDK), built-in payments, Codex updates, and real app hooks (Canva, Expedia). Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley explain why AgentKit may be OpenAI’s smartest move & when to pick it over Autogen/Semantic Kernel.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/XAWvZ...
October 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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OpenAI + AMD = 6 GW of GPU power - enough to run multiple cities. Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley break down how OpenAI is moving to own the full AI stack, chips, data centers, and power—and what this means for Nvidia and the next GPU arms race.

#OpenAI #AMD #Nvidia #DataCenters
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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AI fixing AI is here. DeepMind's CodeMender finds and fixes vulnerabilities in vibe-coded apps - turning risky prototypes into safer, shippable builds. Ulysses Maclaren and Michael Smedley break down what changes for devs and AppSec right now.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/LGPlD...
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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AI is turning into a transaction platform. Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley break down OpenAI’s built-in payments—letting users and ChatGPT agents buy directly in chat—and how it compares to Google’s AP2. Get the dev/product takeaways and what to do now.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/9360Z...
October 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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OpenAI’s Sora 2 can now put you in the shot with Cameos, and it’s going toe‑to‑toe with Google’s V3. Ulysses Maclaren & Michael Smedley break down quality wins, risks, and what this means for your digital identity.

Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/MndBy...

#Sora2 #Cameos #AIVideo #GoogleV3
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM