Discover how Recursive Language Models (RLMs) are fundamentally changing the way AI systems handle ultra-long contexts and complex reasoning. In this episode, we unpack why RLMs enable models to programmatically query massive corpora—two orders of magnitude larger than traditional transformers—delivering higher accuracy and cost efficiency for agentic AI applications.

In this episode:

- Explore the core architectural shift behind RLMs and how they externalize context via sandboxed Python environments

- Compare RLMs against other long-context approaches like Gemini 1.5 Pro, Longformer, BigBird, and RAG

- Dive into technical trade-offs including latency, cost variability, and verification overhead

- Hear real-world use cases in legal discovery, codebase analysis, and research synthesis

- Get practical tips on tooling with RLM official repo, Modal and Prime sandboxes, and hybrid workflows

- Discuss open challenges and future research directions for optimizing RLM deployments

Key tools and technologies mentioned:

- Recursive Language Model (RLM) official GitHub repo

- Modal and Prime sandboxed execution environments

- GPT-5 and GPT-5-mini models

- Gemini 1.5 Pro, Longformer, BigBird architectures

- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

- Prime Intellect context folding

- MemGPT, LLMLingua token compression

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction to Recursive Language Models and agentic AI

03:15 - The paradigm shift: externalizing context and recursive querying

07:30 - Benchmarks and performance comparisons with other long-context models

11:00 - Under the hood: how RLMs orchestrate recursive sub-LLM calls

14:20 - Real-world applications: legal, code, and research use cases

16:45 - Technical trade-offs: latency, cost, and verification

18:30 - Toolbox and best practices for engineers

20:15 - Future directions and closing thoughts

Resources:

"Unlocking Data with Generative AI and RAG" by Keith Bourne - Search for 'Keith Bourne' on Amazon and grab the 2nd edition

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