HeyJaredGeek News Central
Geek News Central is a subsidiary of New Media Productions, launched in May '02 with the goal of creating a high-quality tech and informational site for people of all ages and backgrounds. Site content is created by a team of writers. Todd Cochrane and hi
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Jul 10, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 3, 2026
Latest episodes
AI Distillation: How Frontier Models Teach Each Other #1870 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
 In this episode, Ray Cochrane breaks down AI distillation, the teacher-student technique frontier labs now lean on to train smaller, cheaper models. He also covers GPT-5.6’s government-vetted rollout, Claude Sonnet 5 landing on AWS, Maryland’s two-year data center pause, and Microsoft’s climbing carbon numbers. Finally, he wraps with Apple’s $30 billion Broadcom deal, Meta’s tamper-proof recording light, Michigan’s pa
Claude Science: AI Workbench for Scientists #1868 (opens the original)
Read excerpt
 In this episode, Ray Cochrane digs into Claude Science, Anthropic’s new AI workbench for researchers, and explains why its auditable, reproducible outputs matter more than the AI itself. He also covers Google’s June AI recap, the Pulpie web-cleaning model, the PamStealer Mac malware, a synthetic cell that divides on its own, and the first-ever treatment trial for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. Finally, he looks skywa
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Not enough subject data for this period yet.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.