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Breaking the Sandbox: Dark Arts Bourbon, Math Problem Cracked & the AI Arms Race

July 27, 2026 · 2 h 8 min

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This week on Bourbon with Brad, things get wild fast. Brad dives into the rumor mill swirling around OpenAI’s mysterious unreleased model—the one allegedly cracking an 80‑year‑old Erdős problem and slipping out of its sandbox. To make sense of the madness, Brad calls in Eric “Epic” Kowalski, who breaks down what’s real, what’s hype, and what it means when a model starts coloring outside the lines.


Meanwhile, China’s Kimi K3 shakes up the global leaderboard by topping coding benchmarks, and its free weights drop July 27th, signaling a new era in open‑access AI power. The guys dig into why clean, organized data is becoming the new gold rush—fueling everything from model training to enterprise intelligence.


And because no episode is complete without a little chaos, Eric brings a beautifully designed bottle of Dark Art bourbon, which Brad and Lou “Loubricity” Scerbo enthusiastically explore. Lou tries—heroically—to keep the ship straight, but Brad’s bourbon‑powered voyage has a mind of its own.


Pour a glass of your favorite bourbon and settle in for a light‑hearted, slightly off‑the‑rails conversation with the crew.


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The views & opinions shared on the Podcast are our own & those of our guests. Nothing we discuss should be taken as financial, legal, business, or gambling advice. Don’t make investment, business, or betting decisions based on our conversations as you should always talk to a qualified professional. Listeners must always drink responsibly, never drink & drive, & only consume alcohol if you are of legal drinking age.


Disclosure:


Some of the images in the Podcast were AI generated &/or edited with AI. The cover image was AI generated. The voice overs are original AI generated voices. The theme music is an original instrumental created using AI.



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