🎙️ EP 207: China’s Agent Leap, AI Cheating Scandals & the 40% Compute Hack
China just made a serious move in the AI agent race. At the same time, Big Tech is testing facial recognition glasses… and consultants are getting fined for cheating with AI. This week got wild fast. This episode connects the dots between AI agents, enterprise pressure, government contracts, and what it means for builders like you.
We’ll talk about:
- Alibaba’s Qwen3.5 and why this is about AI agents, not chatbots
- Why a KPMG partner got fined for using AI on an AI exam
- Meta’s facial recognition smart glasses and the privacy storm building
- A new research trick that cuts AI agent costs by ~40%
Keywords: Alibaba Qwen3.5, AI agents, OpenClaw, Meta smart glasses, Pentagon drones, AdaptEvolve, AI compute cost
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