Mar 5 GPT 5.4 Drops LIVE on the Show! + Anthropic vs Pentagon, Qwen Drama, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite

Quick Overview

OpenAI launched the new generalized model GPT 5.4 Thinking and 5.4 Pro, which incorporates the coding capabilities of GPT 5.3 Codec and features a 1 million token context window, while simultaneously, the Anthropic vs. Pentagon dispute escalated with OpenAI securing a deal to deploy its models instead of Claude, leading to community backlash.

Key Points: OpenAI dropped GPT 5.4 Thinking and 5.4 Pro, folding in the coding capabilities of GPT 5.3 Codec into a unified reasoning model, which reportedly solved a 20-year research-level math problem for Polish mathematician Bartosh Nazerki. The GPT 5.4 Pro version hit 83.3% on MMLU RKGI 2, closely matching Gemini Deep Think, and scored 75% on OS World and computer use, supposedly beating the human baseline. GPT 5.4 features a 1 million context window, costs $2.50 for input tokens, and introduces 'mid-thought steering' on the ChatGPT interface, allowing real-time redirection of the model's reasoning. Anthropic refused the Pentagon's requests regarding spying on citizens and using Claude in autonomous weapon kill chains, leading Secretary of Defense Pete Hex to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk. Following Anthropic's refusal, Sam Altman announced OpenAI secured a deal with the Department of War, leading to immediate backlash with trending hashtags like #quitOpenAI, forcing OpenAI to amend the deal on Monday to add surveillance and weapons prohibitions. Alibaba's Qwen lab released the Qwen 3.5 small model series, with the 9B parameter model natively multimodal and rivaling GPT-4 120B, immediately followed by the departure of its tech lead, Jun Yang, which Alibaba's CEO is now addressing by co-leading the lab. Wolf from introduced 'Wolfbench,' an evaluation framework based on Terminal Bench, revealing that while Claude Opus 4.6 excels in maximum task solving (88% ceiling), its reliability (tasks solved 100% of the time) is only 55%, indicating consistency issues across different harness environments.

Context: The video is a news recap show hosted by Alex Vulov with co-hosts LDJ and Wolf from, covering major developments in the AI industry as of March 5th, focusing heavily on new model releases, corporate drama involving national security implications, and open-source advancements. Key events include the release of OpenAI's GPT 5.4, the highly publicized conflict between Anthropic and the US Department of Defense, and significant leadership changes at Alibaba's Qwen lab.