<p>Is open source winning the AI race? This week on <em>Mixture of Experts</em>, we analyze three major model releases that dropped in the final weeks of 2025: Mistral 3, DeepSeek-V3.2 and Claude Opus 4.5. Our experts discuss what makes each model unique—from Mistral’s multimodal capabilities to DeepSeek’s reasoning-first approach and Claude’s developer focus. Are there too many good models?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Next, a provocative blog post from <em>Theory Ventures</em> argues Gemini 3 proves scaling laws are throwing more compute at the problem. We debate if scaling laws are a universal truth.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Finally, Amazon just blocked ChatGPT’s shopping research agent from accessing product data. We discuss the business incentives threatening the agent dream.&nbsp; Join host Tim Hwang and panelists Aaron Baughman, Abraham Daniels and Gabe Goodhart on this week’s <em>Mixture of Experts </em>for more!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>00:00 – Intro&nbsp;</p><p>02:05 -- Model launches: Mistral 3, DeepSeek-V3.2 and Claude Opus 4.5&nbsp;</p><p>15:32 -- AI scaling laws &amp; Gemini 3&nbsp;</p><p>26:23 --Amazon blocking ChatGPT shopping research agent</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><em>The opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect the views of IBM or any other organization or entity.</em>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Visit <em>Mixture of Experts</em> podcast page to get more AI content → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/think/podcasts/mixture-of-experts</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Subscribe for AI updates → <a href="https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ibm.com/account/reg/us-en/signup?formid=news-urx-52120</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>#Mistral3 #DeepSeek #ClaudeOpus #AIscalinglaws #AIagents&nbsp;</p>