What the New ChatGPT 5.4 Means for the World

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Just 48 hours after releasing GPT 5.3 Instant, OpenAI have released GPT 5.4 Thinking, so either their is an imminent singularity or perhaps we are being distracted from other news. This video will give 9 crucial bits of context, not just on the GPT 5.4 drop but on the background to the meltdown between the Pentagon and Anthropic. What does this say about the state of AI progress, your job, and what is next. Check out my fast-growing (!) app, free to use, and code INSIDER15 for 15% off paid tiers: https://lmcouncil.ai AI Insiders ($9!): https://www.patreon.com/AIExplained Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 01:06: GPT 5.4 Breakdown 05:06 - Closing the Loop 06:35 - Spiky Performance 10:31 - Advice 11:32 - Less Encouraging Developments - Fired Like Dogs 17:45 - But Used in Iran GPT 5.4: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-4/ Hallucinations: https://artificialanalysis.ai/evaluations/omniscience Investment Banking Bench: https://x.com/bradlightcap/status/2029684672343728452 Move 37: https://x.com/nasqret/status/2029628846518010099 System Card: https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-5-4-thinking/gpt-5-4-thinking.pdf Prediction Market Scandal: https://www.wired.com/story/openai-fires-employee-insider-trading-polymarket-kalshi/ GPT 5.3 Instant: https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-3-instant/ GDPVal: https://openai.com/index/gdpval/ Claude in Iran: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/03/04/anthropic-ai-iran-campaign ‘Like Dogs’: https://x.com/AndrewCurran_/status/2029605783311470679 Altman leak: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/03/sam-altman-tells-openai-staff-operational-decisions-up-to-government.html Original 2024 Switch: https://archive.fo/20240116172526/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-16/openai-working-with-us-military-on-cybersecurity-tools-for-veterans#selection-6173.83-6173.226 Amodei Original Memo: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/read-anthropic-ceos-memo-attacking-openais-mendacious-pentagon-announcement?rc=sy0ihq Anthropic Apology: https://www.anthropic.com/news/where-stand-department-war OpenAI Employee Reaction: https://x.com/tszzl/status/2029334980481212820 DoD Suppler Risk: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/03/05/anthropic-pentagon-ai-claude-iran.html Atlantic Exclusive: https://archive.fo/20260301152646/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/inside-anthropics-killer-robot-dispute-with-the-pentagon/686200/#selection-941.61-941.212 No Negotiation: https://x.com/USWREMichael/status/2029754965778907493 $20B Doubling: https://archive.ph/20260304111124/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-03/anthropic-nears-20-billion-revenue-run-rate-amid-pentagon-feud March 2022 Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAA6PZkek4A https://lmcouncil.ai/ Non-hype Newsletter: https://signaltonoise.beehiiv.com/ Podcast: https://aiexplainedopodcast.buzzsprout.com/

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