Rowan's Notes – Details, episodes & analysis

Meta just released Llama 3.1 405B — the first-ever open-sourced frontier AI model, beating top closed models like GPT-4o across several benchmarks.

Rowan Cheung (https://x.com/rowancheung) sat down with Mark Zuckerberg for an exclusive interview, diving into why this marks a significant moment in AI history.

Find all the details about Llama 3.1 405B on Meta's official announcement page.

Read our exclusive deep dive with the most important quotes here.

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Google just released two upgraded Gemini 1.5 models 1.5-Pro-002 and 1.5-Flash-002 — achieving new, state-of-the-art performance across math benchmarks.

Rowan Cheung (https://x.com/rowancheung) sat down with Logan Kilpatrick (https://x.com/OfficialLoganK), product lead for Google AI Studio, to discuss what makes these models so unique, AI agents, AGI, and more.

Listen to the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQvMdmk8IkM

Try the new models on Google AI Studio: https://shortclick.link/djojib

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Google just launched Gemini 2.0, Project Astra, and AI agents for gaming & web browsing. Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down for an exclusive interview with Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind (@demishassabis), to discuss the launch, why it matters, and Google’s entry into the AI agent era.

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Exclusive: Microsoft just launched Copilot Vision in Edge—the first AI that can navigate the internet with you in real time.

Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down for an exclusive interview with Mustafa Suleyman (@mustafasuleyman), CEO of Microsoft AI, to discuss how it works, infinite memory, AI companions, agents, and more.

Find all the details of Copilot Vision on Microsoft’s official announcement blog post.

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Microsoft just revealed its next big AI bets at Build 2025 - from autonomous coding agents, Copilot Tuning, Windows AI Foundry, and more.

In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (@satyanadella) to unpack:

-Microsoft’s vision for the “agentic web”
-Why your next job might be AI agent manager
-What happens when 95% of code is AI-generated
-Where AI agents will create the most value first

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Google just revealed a ton of AI developments at Google I/O 2025 - from AI Mode in Search, VEO 3, proactive agents, Gemini 2.5 upgrades, AI shopping assistants, and more.

In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis (@demishassabis) to unpack:

-How AI could cure all diseases
-Advice to the education system
-Relationships and reliance on AI
-Are humans at risk of becoming dumber?

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Meta just unveiled its latest AI glasses at Connect 2025 – including Ray-Ban's with a built-in display, controlled by a band that reads muscle signals.

In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck) to unpack:

• The timeline for glasses replacing smartphones
• How the Neural Band will personalize to you over time
• Building "personal superintelligence" while raising kids
• Why Zuck rebuilt Meta's AI lab within 15 feet of his desk

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OpenAI just unveiled HUGE developer updates at DevDay 2025 - Apps in ChatGPT, Agent Builder, Sora in the API, and Codex updates that can handle day-long tasks.

In this exclusive conversation, Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) sat down with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (@sama) to unpack:

• Sam's Sora AI deepfakes going viral
• Zero-person billion dollar companies run by agents
• AI starting to make scientific discoveries on Twitter
•  ChatGPT's 800M weekly users and the new distribution platform

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