Grok 4.8's 2.5T Bet, DeepSeek's Quiet Week, and Apple's Regulatory Wall
About this episode
xAI skips Grok 4.7 and bets on a 2.5-trillion-parameter C++ model, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and Mercury 2.5 shake up open-source AI, Apple ships iOS 27 but EU and China miss out on Siri AI
Chapters
Sources & Citations
Elon Musk on X (primary announcement post)
x.com
Elon Musk Shelves Grok 4.7 and Unveils Grok 4.8 Instead | StartupFortune
startupfortune.com
Grok 4.8: Essential Facts on Musk's Risky 2.5T C++ Bet | Progressive Robot
www.progressiverobot.com
Elon Maps the Grok Roadmap Through Grok 5 After 4.8 Training | TeslaNorth
teslanorth.com
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Official Announcement
www.deepseek.com
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash – 1M Context, FP4 KV Cache, MIT Open Weights
theroboticsmedia.com
Introducing Mercury 2.5 – Inception
www.inceptionlabs.ai
Mercury 2.5 vs Gemini Diffusion: 10x Faster Diffusion LLM
tech-insider.org
Apple Newsroom: Due to DMA, Siri AI delayed in EU for iOS 27 and iPadOS 27
www.apple.com
Apple rolls out iOS 27 with redesigned Siri AI ahead of iPhone 18 sales | Mint
www.livemint.com
Siri AI in China: What Apple Says About the Regulatory Approval It Is Still Waiting For | MacObserver
www.macobserver.com
Apple ships Siri AI to EU Macs but not to EU iPhones | PPC.land
ppc.land