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#213 - Midjourney video, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, LiveCodeBench Pro

2025/6/26
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Andrey Kurenkov: 作为文本到图像生成的早期领导者，Midjourney现在推出了首个AI视频生成模型V1。用户可以通过订阅模式，以每月10美元的价格使用该模型，通过提供图像或文本提示来生成短视频，并可以将视频扩展到最长21秒。我认为Midjourney在文本到图像生成方面的领先地位使其在视频生成方面也表现出色，而且价格也相对合理。 Daniel Bashir: 我认为过去视频模型的成本非常高，但现在随着推理优化的发展，成本正在降低。虽然我对一切变得过于逼真感到有些惋惜，因为目前我们正处于一个有趣的阶段，人们可以创造出各种疯狂的AI作品。我喜欢这种超现实的幽默感，并且希望即使质量提高，这种幽默感也能保持下去。

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Midjourney, known for its text-to-image AI models, has launched its first video generation model, V1. The model offers 5-second video completions for a subscription fee, extendable to 21 seconds, showing affordability and promising capabilities in AI video generation. While not as advanced as Google's VO3, it presents a valuable tool for Midjourney users and opens new avenues for creative video content.
  • Midjourney launches its first AI video generation model, V1.
  • Subscription model offers up to 21-second clips.
  • Cost-effective compared to other AI video generation options.
  • Quality comparable to other leading models, notably Google's VO3.

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Our 213nd episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! Recorded on 06/21/2025

Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov) and Jeremie Harris). Feel free to email us your questions and feedback at [email protected] )and/or [email protected])

Read out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/).

In this episode:

  • Midjourney launches its first AI video generation model, moving from text-to-image to video with a subscription model offering up to 21-second clips, highlighting the affordability and growing capabilities in AI video generation.

  • Google's Gemini AI family updates include high-efficiency models for cost-effective workloads, and new enhancements in Google's search function now allow for voice interactions.

  • The introduction of two new benchmarks, Live Code Bench Pro and Abstention Bench, aiming to test and improve the problem-solving and abstention capabilities of reasoning models, revealing current limitations.

  • OpenAI wins a $200 million US defense contract to support various aspects of the Department of Defense, reflecting growing collaborations between tech companies and government for AI applications.

Timestamps + Links:

(00:00:10) Intro / Banter

(00:01:32) News Preview

Tools & Apps

(00:02:12) Midjourney launches its first AI video generation model, V1)

(00:05:52) Google’s Gemini AI family updated with stable 2.5 Pro, super-efficient 2.5 Flash-Lite)

(00:07:59) Google’s AI Mode can now have back-and-forth voice conversations)

(00:10:13) YouTube to Add Google’s Veo 3 to Shorts in Move That Could Turbocharge AI on the Video Platform)

Applications & Business

(00:11:10) The ‘OpenAI Files’ will help you understand how Sam Altman’s company works)

(00:12:29) OpenAI drops Scale AI as a data provider following Meta deal)

(00:13:28) Amazon’s Zoox opens its first major robotaxi production facility)

Projects & Open Source

(00:15:20) LiveCodeBench Pro: How Do Olympiad Medalists Judge LLMs in Competitive Programming?)

(00:19:45) AbstentionBench: Reasoning LLMs Fail on Unanswerable Questions)

(00:22:49) MiniMax-M1: Scaling Test-Time Compute Efficiently with Lightning Attention)

Research & Advancements

(00:24:33) Scaling Laws of Motion Forecasting and Planning -- A Technical Report )

Policy & Safety

(00:28:07) Universal Jailbreak Suffixes Are Strong Attention Hijackers)

(00:30:52) OpenAI found features in AI models that correspond to different ‘personas’)

(00:33:25) OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract)