S07E17 - Over viben op Excel, synthetische actrices en OpenAI’s vernieuwende herfst

Welkom terug bij Radio Raccoons! In deze aflevering duiken we (uiteraard) opnieuw in een hoop techscoops en ander AI- en technieuws. We hebben het onder andere over hoe leuk Excel is geworden dankzij vibeworking, en ook over Claude Sonnet 4.5, dat bewijst waarom het een van de krachtigste AI-modellen van het moment is. We bespreken daarnaast de opkomst van AI-actrice Tilly Norwood in Hollywood, de spectaculaire upgrade van Suno V5, en wat er allemaal verandert met de komst van OpenAI’s Sora 2 en ChatGPT Pulse. Tot slot werpen we een blik op Amazon’s nieuwste Echo-line-up met Alexa Plus, en vragen we ons af: staat je slimme speaker op het punt om écht slim te worden?

Tech scoops

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2025/09/29/vibe-working-introducing-agent-mode-and-office-agent-in-microsoft-365-copilot/

https://www.theverge.com/news/787076/microsoft-office-agent-mode-office-agent-anthropic-models

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2025/10/01/ai-actrice-zet-hollywood-op-stelten/

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/anthropic-says-its-new-ai-model-maintained-focus-for-30-hours-on-multistep-tasks/

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-sonnet-4-5

https://www.theverge.com/news/786681/amazon-alexa-echo-show-smart-display

https://www.theverge.com/news/684560/amazon-alexa-plus-one-million-users-coming-summer-2025

https://blog.google/products/google-nest/new-nest-cams-home-speaker-walmart/#google-home-speaker

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-begins-inviting-users-to-try-gemini-for-home/

https://the-decoder.com/suno-releases-new-ai-music-model-v5/

https://suno.com/song/c9613cf6-fc84-4fd4-9ecd-8fbdaa4e8ddf?sh=IEpcN4hSCpUJGqtl

Deep dive

https://the-decoder.com/openai-unveils-sora-2-video-model-with-realistic-physics-high-quality-audio-and-a-new-social-app/

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/openais-sora-2-lets-users-insert-themselves-into-ai-videos-with-sound/

https://the-decoder.com/developers-can-now-build-and-deploy-both-apps-and-agents-directly-on-the-chatgpt-platform/

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/openai-wants-to-make-chatgpt-into-a-universal-app-frontend/

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/785881/openai-really-really-wants-you-to-start-your-day-with-chatgpt-pulse

https://the-decoder.com/openai-suddenly-remembers-that-copyright-law-exists-after-a-few-days-of-wild-sora-videos/

https://the-decoder.com/openai-launches-online-shopping-payment-function-for-chatgpt/

https://the-decoder.com/chatgpt-continues-to-dominate-the-ai-market-but-google-gemini-is-gaining-ground/

https://the-decoder.com/openais-hacktivate-ai-report-urges-europe-to-cut-red-tape-and-harmonize-digital-regulations/

https://the-decoder.com/terence-tao-says-chatgpt-saved-him-hours-solving-a-math-problem/

https://the-decoder.com/even-disney-reportedly-lacks-enough-data-to-train-a-top-tier-ai-video-model/

Glazen bol

https://www.theverge.com/news/792635/openai-jony-ive-ai-device-voice-personality-issues

Tooltip

https://openwebui.com/

Watercooler Show-off

https://the-decoder.com/more-than-half-of-all-venture-capital-money-will-flow-into-ai-start-ups-in-2025/