Pierson (@piersonmarks) and Bilal (@deepwhitman) discuss everything from Disney & OpenAI's mega $1B deal, the just released GPT 5.2 model, and what Meta's been up to with their PlayHT & Limitless aquisitions, plus a massive ElevenLabs partnership for Instagram Reels.

Show Notes:

• GPT 5.2: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-2/
• Terrance Tao: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/2025/12/08/the-story-of-erdos-problem-126/
• The Thinking Game - Demis Hassabis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95J8yzvjbQ
• ElevenLabs + Meta: https://x.com/elevenlabsio/status/1999163506743038408
• Limitless Hardware Device: https://www.limitless.ai/
• Twitter/X Hackathon - Dynamic Ads: https://x.com/xai/status/1997875236415676619?s=46
• Disney/OpenAI Deal: https://openai.com/index/disney-sora-agreement/
• McDonalds Ad: https://x.com/chatgpt21/status/1998253809307455555?s=20
  • Mac Wars: https://x.com/Solopopsss/status/1997348315424260155?s=20

In Episode 23, Pierson (@piersonmarks) and Bilal (@deepwhitman) break down a packed week in AI video. Starting with Runway's cinematic Gen 4.5 release then Kling's Omni model o1 bringing "Nano Banana for video" editability. Also discuss OpenAI's internal "Code Red" as Google's Gemini 3 and Nano Banana eat into ChatGPT's market share.

Other Topics:

• Waymo's massive California and nationwide expansion
• Google Workspace's new AI-native features
• Anthropic's Opus 4.5 coding prowess (and Dario's thinly-veiled Sam Altman shade)
• Disney embracing AI remixes of their characters
• the Absurd studio charging $30k per AI-generated video
• Zootopia 2 crushing it in China,
• Public domain opportunities as 1926 works enter the commons,
• Rapid-fire updates on Stable Diffusion 4.5, Flux 2, and the ultra-cheap Zimage model.

Chapters:
[00:00] Introduction and Thanksgiving Reflections

[06:07] Video Models and Runway's New Release

[08:54] Spatial Awareness in Video Editing Models

[11:55] Exploring Zootopia and Character Creation

[14:50] Public Domain and Its Impact on Content Creation

[17:46] OpenAI's Code Red and Google's Competitive Edge

[20:49] The Future of AI in Browsers and User Experience

[23:49] Conclusion and Future Predictions

In Episode 22 of Creative Flux, Pierson (@piersonmarks) and Bilal (@deepwhitman) break down Google's massive AI launch week featuring the benchmark-breaking Gemini 3, Gemini in Chrome, and Nano Banana Pro (i.e. nano-banana-2) image generator. They explore its text rendering abilities, multi-image storytelling, and pairing with Gemini 3 Pro for unprecedented creative control.

This episode also covers OpenAI's counter-moves with GPT 5.1 Pro and Codex Max 2, Replicate's Cloudflare acquisition, Disney's embrace of AI-generated content, and a Pokemon card generator Pierson built using Nano Banana and X402 crypto micropayments for frictionless transactions.