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The Daily AI Show

Grok 4 2, Robot Dancers, and the China Acceleration

18 Feb 2026

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

0.689 - 10.641 Brian Maucere

Hey, what's going on, everybody? Welcome to the Daily AI Show. Today is February 17th, 2026. And with us today, we have, well, Carl's not on the screen yet, but we have a pretty full boat, which is awesome.

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Chapter 2: What insights were shared about Grok 4.2's beta release?

10.661 - 19.432 Brian Maucere

We're only missing Jimmy at this point. But we have Beth, Andy, and I'm Brian. Carl is in the green room, probably waiting to come in.

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Chapter 3: How are China's humanoid robots evolving in entertainment?

19.512 - 27.321 Brian Maucere

Hold on, I'm going to try it. Nope, that wasn't it. I thought it was Control and Beth. What's the end? How do I get the names up?

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28.482 - 35.135 Beth Lyons

Shit, yeah. I got it. Don't, nope, because now you're going to make them go away again.

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Chapter 4: What ethical concerns arise from autonomous weapons contracts?

35.156 - 37.841 Brian Maucere

So don't do it again, is what you're saying.

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37.861 - 44.314 Beth Lyons

I'm saying don't do it again. I'm trying to find my cursor. Can you let Carl in the show? Yeah, Carl's here.

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Chapter 5: How is OpenClaw changing website interactions for agents?

44.547 - 60.042 Brian Maucere

Carl's screwing his mic on just then. So everybody is here. Everybody is ready. Hey, everybody in the chat. How are y'all? Hey, Cisco. Hey, Brian, as well. Jeff is in there. Welcome, everybody. Thanks for coming in here. I'm sure we'll get some of the other regulars in as well.

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60.022 - 84.358 Brian Maucere

well all right well it's tuesday and uh yesterday we had a bit of a chat about uh some of the you know open eye open ai slash open claw merger news and what that means and what the guy peter's doing i saw a little extra on that that i actually appreciated what which was him saying like look i could have turned open claw this is peter the um the founder um

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84.338 - 99.214 Brian Maucere

He said, I could have turned it into a big business. I know this. And this goes back to what we were saying, Andy, with like all the VC firms like chomping at the bit at him. He said, but it's not where his heart was. He's a builder at heart. And I love the idea of somebody, not that I think he turned down money.

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99.274 - 114.21 Brian Maucere

We kind of talked about the undisclosed amount that he's probably getting paid to be an open AI. But I love the idea of somebody staying true to like what matters to them and what fills them with hopefully joy. And if you are a builder at heart, I get that because I feel that sometimes.

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Chapter 6: What are the implications of data center politics on local communities?

114.19 - 138.234 Brian Maucere

Not everybody is the right person to turn an idea that catches fire into a multimillion, billion in AI type company. So knowing where you're comfortable and where you want to be is awesome. He said basically he felt that open AI was the best place to build and quote, I'll get the F out. F, not the full word, but just F out if that changes.

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Chapter 7: How is AI advancing scientific breakthroughs in physics?

138.715 - 147.405 Brian Maucere

And I thought, I like this guy more and more. Yeah. It's like, you know what, I have an opportunity to go to OpenAI. And if it doesn't suit me, I'm gone.

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Chapter 8: What role does bioacoustics play in AI advancements?

147.726 - 160.903 Brian Maucere

Because this is what I want to do. I want to build. So maybe Andy, when we were talking and Beth, we were talking yesterday about Zuckerberg's team versus an OpenAI. I can see how that might factor in if you're that kind of person.

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161.643 - 185.057 Brian Maucere

Getting in on Zuckerberg's team would probably be a different situation of let me just go in and build because we've seen other people leave meta because they maybe didn't have the flexibility that they wanted and to build and sort of be their own developer and builder. So. Anyway, I just wanted to open that up because it comes off of yesterday's chat about it.

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185.157 - 199.939 Brian Maucere

But we have so many people here, so let's get into the news. I guess, Carl or Ann, since we don't see you guys all the time, what news do you guys have from maybe the last 24 hours or anything? We covered a little bit yesterday, but what else do you have that you want to talk about?

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201.161 - 203.985 Karl Yeh

I come here for Andy's news, so...

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205.484 - 213.935 Brian Maucere

I mean, to the folks in our chat, if you haven't, do you have any?

215.076 - 241.582 Andy Halliday

I do. So Grok 4.2 is out today. You can actually, you go to Grok, you'll see, the only thing I don't understand is if you go to Grok, it says Grok 4.2 beta, but it says four agents. But I don't know what that means. And it doesn't tell you, and I'm trying to look on... Grok's own, like, X-Thread. Wait, it's not four agents, is that what you said?

241.622 - 250.842 Andy Halliday

It says four agents, but I'm like, I don't know what that means, or, like, what does four agents... Four. Versus four.

251.102 - 255.792 Beth Lyons

So, yeah, like... It's made to serve agents, as opposed to...

257.493 - 267.768 Brian Maucere

Like, you know, marketing and who knows what marketing looks like at Grok, but on that team, but it sounds like marketing is like, we need a little something extra here. Agents nailed it.

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