AI Inside
AI Inside

AI Inside explores the complexities of artificial intelligence and its impact on the world at large. Hosted by tech podcaster Jason Howell and media expert Jeff Jarvis, AI Inside takes a thoughtful look at the promise and challenges of AI while inviting some of the industry's most notable players and thinkers to engage in thoughtful dialogue about AI, neither overhyping its potential nor dismissing public concerns about its development. With a deep interest in AI's impacts on art and culture, Jason uses his rich experience in technology and creativity to understand its capabilities better. Jeff is a respected voice on technology's influence on media and society, thanks to his popular blog BuzzMachine and books like "The Web We Weave" and "The Gutenberg Parenthesis." Together, Jason and Jeff aim to advance public understanding of this world-changing technology at an important inflection point.

This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at https://Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Ben Goertzel, founder and CEO of SingularityNET, joins us to argue for an open path to AGI. We unpack what “open source” should include beyond code, how access to training data, pipelines, and compute shapes who can actually participate, and why “open weights” can still fall short. We also ask who needs convincing, what incentives could move the market, and how decentralized infrastructure fits into his vision for building advanced AI outside a handful of mega labs. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Start 2:13 - How the definition of AGI has shifted over time, and why the term has become distorted 7:58 - The “thousand narrow AIs” future, and who builds the next specialized system 12:40 - Revisiting Goertzel’s past AGI timeline predictions, what changed by late 2025, and is 2029 still feasible for AGI? 18:42 - Whether today’s AI investment is flowing to the right bets (LLMs vs world models and beyond) 25:43 - Why Goertzel argues LLMs cannot reach AGI, and what evidence could change his mind 31:44 - What it would take to build a truly open-source path to AGI 37:18 - Open weights vs real openness: Goertzel’s take on what’s missing from current releases 43:56 - Who needs to be convinced for open AI to succeed, and how that persuasion happens 50:20 - Advice for college students preparing for an AI-shaped career landscape Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at https://Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis unpack OpenAI's rapid GPT-5.2 release and Image 1.5 upgrade amid its Code Red push, contrasted by Google's faster Gemini 3 Flash challenging benchmarks in reasoning and speed. Nvidia's Slurm acquisition and Nemotron 3 open models are explored for their role in agentic AI, while Disney's $1 billion OpenAI deal licensing Sora IP is weighed against its Google cease-and-desist. President Trump's executive order centralizing AI regulation federally is analyzed for tensions with state protections. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Chapters: 00:00 - Podcast begins 3:41 - Jeff on AI & APIs for news for NiemanLab 11:33 - Disney wants you to AI-generate yourself into your favorite Marvel movie 14:27 - Disney’s OpenAI deal is exclusive for just one year — then it’s open season 15:23 - Google Removes AI Videos of Disney Characters After Cease and Desist Letter 21:05 - OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’ 26:21 - OpenAI Just Dropped a New AI Image Model in ChatGPT to Rival Google's Nano Banana 30:20 - Google announces Gemini 3 Flash with Pro-level performance, rolling out now 33:03 - Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models 33:44 - Nvidia Becomes a Major Model Maker With Nemotron 3 38:26 - Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI 39:13 - Masnick: Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal 45:35 - A visual editor for the Cursor Browser 49:47 - Google testing Disco browser 52:10 - I Tried Google Maps' New Gemini Feature, and It Was a Surprisingly Helpful AI Assistant 53:31 - Google Translate brings real-time speech translations to any headphones 1:03:03 - Pew: Teen use of chatbots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at https://Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Nick Fox is the SVP of Knowledge and Information at Google, overseeing Search, Ads, and Commerce. He returns to the AI Inside podcast seven months after our Google I/O conversation when he declared "the web is thriving." In this follow-up, we press Fox on the publisher traffic debate, whether Google will ever embrace a licensing model for news, and why the Personal Context feature announced at I/O is still delayed. We also cover AI Mode's growth to 75 million daily users, why emerging markets are adopting it faster than expected, and what Google has learned about changing search behavior. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 - Podcast begins 00:00:41 - Introducing Nick Fox, Google's SVP of Knowledge and Information 00:03:29 - Revisiting "The Web Is Thriving" Claim Seven Months Later 00:05:09 - Publisher Traffic Concerns and Trust in Google's Data 00:08:30 - Preferred Sources: New Feature to Boost Publisher Visibility 00:09:58 - AI Links vs. Traditional Blue Links: Quality and Purpose 00:12:57 - Jeff's Case for News APIs: Should Publishers Embrace AI? 00:16:01 - Google's Response to the News API Proposal 00:17:31 - 3,000+ Publisher Partnerships and the Traffic-First Model 00:21:53 - Advice for Publishers Wanting to Rank in AI Search 00:24:07 - AI Mode Adoption: What Seven Months of User Data Reveals 00:27:07 - Longer Queries, Deeper Exploration: How Users Are Changing 00:29:06 - Global Rollout Insights: US, India, Brazil, and Emerging Markets 00:29:28 - The Learning Curve: Why AI Search Takes Months to Adopt 00:31:11 - Younger Users Leading AI Mode Adoption 00:31:59 - "Catch Me Up" Feature: Embedding AI in New Places 00:34:17 - AI Mode Everywhere: Chrome, Workspace, and Jeff's Chromebook Plea 00:37:50 - Personal Context Update: What's Delaying the Gmail/Drive Integration 00:40:07 - Gemini 3 Pro in Search: Generative UIs and Intelligent Routing 00:43:23 - Google's AI Brand Strategy: Search, Gemini App, and Beyond 00:46:23 - If You Were Starting a Content Business Today 00:48:16 - Thank you to Nick Fox for joining the AI Inside podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at https://Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis explore Google's XR prototypes and Meta's mixed reality delay, Nvidia's H200 chips cleared for China, the Agentic AI Foundation alliance, Meta's Limitless pendant acquisition, and Pebble's smart ring debut. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Podcast start 7:55 - I tried Google’s prototype smart glasses and it almost made me forget about my phone 8:13 - Here's how Google is laying the foundation for our mixed reality future 32:28 - Commerce to open up exports of Nvidia H200 chips to China 35:46 - Exclusive: Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling 41:06 - OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block Are Teaming Up to Make AI Agents Play Nice 48:05 - Meta Acquires Limiteless, an A.I. Pendant Company Backed by Sam Altman 49:48 - Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100 55:48 - TESCREALers paying journalists at major outlets to cover AI 1:01:01 - Jeff's ARXIV Showdown 1:07:09 - From Inbox to Wipeout: Perplexity Comet’s AI Browser Quietly Erasing Google Drive 1:07:44 - Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner 1:11:09 - You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT 1:14:51 - Google's year in search adds AI catch-me-up 1:15:08 - Google’s Year in Search 2025: These trending topics spiked big Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Juston Payne is Google's Senior Director of Product Management for XR and the product mind behind Android XR and the newly announced Project Aura. He joins the AI Inside podcast to explain how Google plans to succeed where Google Glass fell short over a decade ago. We dig into why the smart glasses market today resembles the iPhone before the App Store existed, how Google's platform approach lowers the lift for developers, and why multimodal AI makes this the right moment for XR to take off. Juston also shares a personal story about his son navigating Rome with nothing but prototype glasses. Tune in for an essential conversation about where computing is headed next. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 - Podcast begins 00:00:44 - Introducing Juston Payne, Google's Senior Director of Product Management for XR 00:02:13 - Why Google Sees XR as the Next Major Computing Platform 00:05:14 - Google's Ecosystem Advantage and the Developer Problem 00:09:22 - Gemini and XR: A Perfect Multimodal Pairing 00:13:17 - Google Maps and the AI Pipeline Powering Immersive Experiences 00:16:44 - The 10-Year-Old Navigating Rome with Prototype Glasses 00:18:54 - Juston Reveals His Original Google Glass Explorer Edition 00:21:59 - The Three Things Missing from Glass: Hardware, Platform, and AI 00:26:02 - Privacy, Cameras, and Cultural Acceptance 00:27:43 - The Xreal Partnership and Project Aura 00:33:04 - Thank you to Juston Payne for joining the AI Inside podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis unpack Apple's new AI chief Amar Subramanya, ChatGPT's third birthday reflections, and how Silicon Valley is spoofing websites to train its AI agents without getting blocked by the real thing. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast start 0:02:50 - https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/30/chatgpt-third-birthday/ 0:05:30 - https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/30/chatgpt-launched-three-years-ago-today/ 0:16:25 - https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/01/apple-just-named-a-new-ai-chief-with-google-and-microsoft-expertise-as-john-giannandrea-steps-down/ 0:22:42 - https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/amazon-releases-an-impressive-new-ai-chip-and-teases-a-nvidia-friendly-roadmap/ 0:29:35 - https://www.rohan-paul.com/p/semianalysis-on-google-tpu-vs-nvidia - https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/tpuv7-google-takes-a-swing-at-the 0:33:25 - https://archive.ph/YsUrX#selection-285.0-285.85 0:39:00 - https://deadline.com/2025/11/james-cameron-gen-ai-horrifying-human-art-sacred-avatar-1236631387/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=692d672d138b980001cfe084&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawOaZNRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCV25hNGNVSm95Tzk0S3pVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsePuPpiv_rP7ZGwwz3XHIDvCxbAILSEt1DcFsZBIT8kw3T9uUkOQR3VqHU5_aem_Er2ggpoE7126yXy0m4i_lg 0:43:53 - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/technology/silicon-valley-builds-amazon-and-gmail-copycats-to-train-ai-agents.html 0:52:53 - https://venturebeat.com/ai/deepseek-just-dropped-two-insanely-powerful-ai-models-that-rival-gpt-5-and 0:55:37 - Runway unveils Gen-4.5 video generation model that tops Video Arena 1:00:49 - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/technology/college-computer-science-ai-boom.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis explore Google’s Nano Banana Pro launch and Jason's unique sit-down with the leaders of Gemini 3, Nvidia’s earnings amid AI bubble talks, Google’s TPU deal with Meta, and Warner Music’s Suno settlement. They also cover Trump’s Genesis Mission, Gmail AI concerns, Anthropic Opus 4.5, and Character AI’s age ban. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Chapters: 6:43 - Google launches Nano Banana Pro, an updated AI image generator powered by Gemini 3 8:21 - Nate B Jones example of how he used Nano Bana Pro 15:33 - Behind the scenes with Google's Gemini team - 3 insights that surprised me the most And these features come to NotebookLM 23:39 - Nvidia’s Strong Results Show AI Fears Are Premature 24:30 - Google Further Encroaches on Nvidia’s Turf With New AI Chip Push 26:03 - Nvidia's happy for Google 32:18 - What to know about Trump’s order for the AI project ‘Genesis Mission’ 38:07 - Google denies analyzing your emails for AI training - here's what happened 41:22 - Warner Music Group strikes ‘landmark’ deal with Suno; settles copyright lawsuit against AI music generator 44:31 - Suno creators making 7m songs a day; trained on only $2k 51:54 - Anthropic introduces cheaper, more powerful, more efficient Opus 4.5 model 55:36 - Teens Are Saying Tearful Goodbyes to Their AI Companions 58:02 - Jony Ive and Sam Altman say they finally have an AI hardware prototype 58:53 - Sam Altman and Jony Ive have a 'lick' test for OpenAI's mysterious AI device, which they expect within the next 2 years 1:00:43 - OpenAI Partner Foxconn Plans Multibillion-Dollar US AI Push 1:01:34 - Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun is leaving to create his own startup 1:03:09 - Jony Ive and Sam Altman say they finally have an AI hardware prototype Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis explore Google’s Gemini 3 multimodal AI with visual and interactive features, Microsoft’s AI Copilot launch across Windows, and Jeff Bezos’s new well-funded AI startup Project Prometheus focused on engineering and manufacturing. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Podcast begins 01:55 - Do LLM's understand? AI Pioneer Yann Le Cun spars with DeepMind's Adam Brown 20:45 - A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3 34:25 - Microsoft is packing more AI into Windows, ready or not - here's what's new 37:59 - Inside Microsoft Agent 365: How AI Workers Will Be Secured, Identified, and Governed 42:24 - At a major AI conference, one startup got voted most likely to flop 44:48 - Hugging Face CEO says we’re in an ‘LLM bubble,’ not an AI bubble 46:07 - Google boss warns 'no company is going to be immune' if AI bubble bursts 49:02 - Google unveils agentic tools to help advertisers - So does Amazon 49:23 - And Meta introduces a foundation model for advertisers 53:17 - DeepMind releases WeatherNext2 56:05 - OpenAI introduces group chats with ChatGPT 58:28 - Microsoft’s new Anthropic partnership brings Claude AI models to Azure 59:26 - Amazon and Microsoft Back Effort That Would Restrict Nvidia’s Exports to China 1:00:42 - Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Microsoft is introducing Agent 365, a new control plane for managing AI agents across the enterprise. Charles Lamanna, the executive leading Microsoft’s Business Apps and Agents division, joins us to explain the ideas behind the launch and why the company believes AI workers will soon be as common as apps or devices. We explore how agents already operate inside organizations, how identity and permissions will work for autonomous systems, and how Microsoft plans to detect and govern rogue agents. If you want to understand the strategy and engineering thinking behind one of Microsoft’s biggest AI bets, this is the episode to hear. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00 – Podcast begins 01:51 – Introducing Charles Lamanna 02:45 – Why Microsoft Is Launching Agent 365 at Ignite 04:37 – How AI Agents Are Already Appearing Inside Companies 06:24 – Customer Fears About Agent Autonomy and Trust 08:40 – How Builders Know When They’ve Created a True “Agent” 11:33 – How Microsoft Detects Agents That Aren’t Registered 13:43 – How Agent 365 Will Audit and Govern AI Agents 17:05 – Real-World Examples of Agents Delivering Results 19:08 – Automatic Agent Registration and Future Telemetry Signals 20:07 – Using Agent 365 in Non-Microsoft Environments 20:38 – Whether Agent 365 Becomes the Directory for All Agents 22:25 – How Agent 365 Handles Bad or Misbehaving Agents 24:10 – What a “Bad Agent” Actually Means in Practice 25:55 – What Success Looks Like After Six to Twelve Months 30:16 – First Steps for Organizations Beginning Their Agent Journey 31:00 – Closing and thanks to Charles Lamanna Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Yann LeCun’s possible Meta exit, SoftBank unloading its Nvidia stake for an OpenAI investment, an AI-generated artist topping Billboard’s country chart, OpenAI’s talks with Washington over federal loan guarantees, Perplexity’s stance on companion chat bots, Apple reportedly licensing Google’s Gemini, Amazon launching Kindle Translate, and Google Photos expanding with Nano Banana features. CHAPTERS: 0:03:33: Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to exit to launch startup, FT reports 0:09:03: Cambrian-S: Towards Spatial Supersensing in Video: by Li, LeCun, et al 0:10:11: Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs speeds up the world model race with Marble, its first commercial product 0:16:45: SoftBank Sells Its Nvidia Stake for $5.8 Billion to Fund OpenAI Bet 0:20:10: Anthropic Is on Track to Turn a Profit Much Faster Than OpenAI 0:27:40: OpenAI discussed government loan guarantees for chip plants, not data centers, Altman says 0:29:19: @sama: I would like to clarify a few things. 0:38:51: Country’s No. 1 Digital Song Is an AI Smash, But Who Is Breaking Rust? Jeff's Arxiv Showdown 0:47:13: How Similar Are Grokipedia and Wikipedia? 0:49:24: Brain Organoid Computing 0:49:45: What We Can Learn From Brain Organoids 0:51:18: LLM-Based Multi-Agent System for Simulating and Analyzing Marketing and Consumer Behavior 0:52:00: Shareholder Democracy with AI Representatives 0:53:00: No. 10's synthetic voters 0:55:03: Perplexity's CEO says he's worried about AI companionship apps: 'Your mind is manipulable very easily' 0:56:20: tangentially related; might not mention: Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow’s NPCs: Non-Player Consumers 0:57:44: Apple Plans to Use 1.2 Trillion Parameter Google Gemini Model to Power New Siri - Bloomberg 0:59:05: Amazon launches an AI-powered Kindle Translate service for e-book authors 1:02:41: 6 new things you can do with AI in Google Photos 1:04:00: Remix makes sending photos to friends even more fun on Google Messages. 1:05:08: MotionStream AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis as they unpack the Amazon-Perplexity legal fight, OpenAI’s massive cloud computing agreement, Coca-Cola’s AI-powered ads return for the holidays, and Jason reflects on two key reasons why he keeps returning to the Sora platform. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 3:50 - Amazon Demands Perplexity Stop AI Tool From Making Purchases 13:07 - OpenAI signs $38bn cloud computing deal with Amazon 15:00 - Is OpenAI Becoming Too Big to Fail? 23:02 - Universal Music Settles With AI Firm Udio 35:41 - Getty Images largely loses landmark UK lawsuit over AI image generator 38:24 - OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android 45:04 - OpenAI Wants Brands to Allow Their Mascots to Appear in Gen AI Videos 55:29 - Google’s First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey 56:24 - Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different 01:02:30 - We have a YouTube channel! Head to youtube.com/@aiinsideshow to catch all of our episodes in video! 01:05:14 - Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio after Senator Blackburn accuses model of defamation 01:07:50 - Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 (3 free reads with this link) 01:08:33 - OpenAI’s Less-Flashy Rival Might Have a Better Business Model 01:09:17 - arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers 01:13:17 - Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠airia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. On this episode, Jeff and I break down OpenAI’s restructuring for profit, look at Qualcomm's new AI200 chips, discuss why Amazon’s office job reductions might not be entirely about AI, and share Adobe’s latest generative Firefly 5 updates from Adobe Max 2025. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00 Podcast begins 07:24 - OpenAI completes its for-profit recapitalization 16:03 - Amazon to Cut 14,000 Jobs as Jassy Looks to Ease Bureaucracy 18:01 - Nate B Jones on why they really laid off staff 23:38 - Nate B Jones on why they really laid off staff 25:33 - Adobe Now Lets You Generate Soundtracks and Speech in Firefly 33:17 - Researchers exploit OpenAI's Atlas by disguising prompts as URLs 40:15 - Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers 42:03 - Introducing Blue Jay and Project Eluna, Amazon’s latest robotics and AI technology for its operations 45:36 - Elon Musk launches a Wikipedia rival that extols his own ‘vision’ 49:25 - Leo's entry says he's semi-retired; news to him, I'll bet 51:58 - Qualcomm Launches AI Chips to Challenge Nvidia’s Dominance 52:40 - Nvidia becomes world’s first $5tn company 57:28 - Sora update to bring AI videos of your pets, new social features, and soon, an Android version 01:00:48 - Google and Anthropic announce cloud deal worth tens of billions of dollars 01:02:20: Find out what’s new in the Gemini app in October's Gemini Drop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠airia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Tom Merritt joins Jason Howell to talk about OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser (with demo), Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, Anthropic's Claude Code launch, and Microsoft's push for voice-controlled AI PCs. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Podcast begins 04:16 - I tried the Samsung Galaxy XR headset, and I wasn't worried for smart glasses at all 12:35 - Jason's video: Galaxy XR’s hidden message about the future of smartglasses 21:52- OpenAI is launching a web browser called Atlas 34:56 - OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. 37:48 - OpenAI cracks down on Sora 2 deepfakes after pressure from Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA 40:08 - YouTube’s likeness-detection technology has officially launched 43:45 - Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 48:45 - Anthropic’s Claude Code Comes to Web and Mobile 50:29 - Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of ‘AI slop’ in your feed 52:22 - GM plans to launch eyes-off driving, Google AI and other new in-vehicle tech by 2028 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at ⁠airia.com⁠. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss OpenAI’s new adult chat feature in GPT-5, Nvidia’s launch of a personal AI supercomputer, and the US plan for a nuclear energy boom to power AI data centers. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:02:33 -Sam Altman Announces ChatGPT Will Roll Out Erotica For Verified Adult Users; Internet Reacts To AI Age-Gating 0:20:11 -Sam Altman says OpenAI isn’t ‘moral police of the world’ after erotica ChatGPT post blows up 0:21:43 -OpenAI forms advisory council on wellbeing and AI 0:23:40 -California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots 0:31:00 -OpenAI's BIG bet on buildings its own chips (with Broadcom) 0:35:54 -US to See $350 Billion Nuclear Boom to Power AI, Report Say 0:40:00 -Anduril’s new EagleEye MR helmet sees Palmer Luckey return to his VR roots Jeff's Arxiv Showdown! 0:45:43 -Implications and Perceptions of Injecting Personalized Advertising into LLM Chatbots 0:47:20 -THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI 0:50:47 -Artificial Intelligence Expands Scientists’ Impact but Contracts Science’s Focus 0:53:00 -Nvidia’s ‘personal AI supercomputer’ goes on sale October 15th 0:54:57 -Apple’s Head of ChatGPT-Like AI Search Effort to Leave for Meta 0:56:07 -Salesforce boosts AI capabilities with global launch of Agentforce 360 0:57:57 -Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos 1:01:13 -Introducing Figure 03 1:03:28 -Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it 1:04:24 -John from Ireland knows how scammers will convince people a fake video is real. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at airia.com. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into ChatGPT’s Sora app first hand, Jason's shows off Rabbit's redemption plan, a brief look at Jason's n8n installation, Deloitte’s AI blunder, and more. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:02:16 - Jason shows off his fresh n8n install 0:13:31 - Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK 0:18:40 - OpenAI launches AgentKit to help developers build and ship AI agents 0:19:16 - Codex is now generally available 0:23:33 - OpenAI and Jony Ive grapple with technical issues on secretive AI device 0:28:17 - Jason shows how to train and create with the Sora 2 app 0:38:22 - Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators’ livelihoods, calling it ‘scary times’ for the industry 0:51:32 - Rabbit plots its redemption arc 0:55:33 - Nothing’s ‘first step’ to an ‘AI OS’ is not first, or an OS, but is fascinating 1:01:41 - Nvidia to Finance Musk’s xAI Chips as Part of $20 Billion Deal 1:05:55 - Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report 1:06:33 - Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries 1:07:18 - Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Now Free for All, Mobile App Coming Soon 1:08:57 - Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model 1:10:32 - Trio Including Google’s Quantum Computer Builder Win Nobel 1:15:26 - Goodbye, Assistant: What Gemini's Arrival Means for Your Google Home Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down OpenAI’s Sora 2 update, DeepMind’s vision for video foundation models, California’s sweeping new AI law, and Spotify’s fight against 75 million spammy tracks. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:51 - Jason's Irish tour with Meta Oakley HSNT glasses 0:08:33 - Sora 2 is here 0:12:04 - ⁠iJustine's Sora test and promotion⁠ 0:14:32 - OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out 0:19:34 - Foom: all slop, all the time... 0:29:11 - DeepMind says video models like Veo 3 could become general purpose foundation models for vision, like LLMs for text 0:34:24 - AI Actress Tilly Norwood Condemned by SAG-AFTRA: Tilly ‘Is Not an Actor… It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion 0:40:59 - ’CEO of Controversial Startup Vows to Keep Mass Publishing AI Podcasts Despite Backlash 0:53:07 - Spotify Announces New AI Safeguards, Says It’s Removed 75 Million ‘Spammy’ Tracks 0:55:00 - California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law 0:56:23 - Hawley and Blumenthal unveil AI evaluation bill 1:00:43 - This is Gemini for Home and the redesigned Home app, rollout starts today 1:04:09 - Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant 1:06:44 - Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5 1:08:03 - DoorDash Unveils Delivery Robot, Smart Scale in Hardware Debut 1:10:02 - Opera launches Neon AI browser to join agentic web browsing race Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Jeff Jarvis and I break down Nvidia’s landmark $100 billion deal with OpenAI, Google’s rollout of Gemini in Chrome, and Bain’s report highlighting a massive AI revenue gap. We explore how these developments affect AI infrastructure, market power, and financial sustainability. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:02:05 - NVidia to invest $100b in OpenAI 0:08:50 - ⁠OpenAI Teams Up With Oracle and SoftBank to Build 5 New Stargate Data Centers 0:18:44 - ⁠An $800 Billion Revenue Shortfall Threatens AI Future, Bain Says 0:25:50 - ⁠HBR: AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity 0:34:10 - ⁠Gemini in Chrome (but not in Workspace. Niagara Falls....) 0:39:59 - ⁠Google’s Gemini AI is coming to your TV 0:44:16 - ⁠Google Play Store is adding a Gemini- powered ‘Sidekick’ to provide you real-time help during games 0:47:36 - ⁠Former NotebookLM devs’ new app, Huxe, taps audio to help you with news and research 0:49:49 - ⁠Sort of related: Finally, I found an 'Ultra' Android phone with specs and features that truly matter 0:55:07 - ⁠ChatGPT is 3-8% of Google's search volume 0:57:17 - ⁠Schibsted data on click-through rates from ChatGPT 0:59:13 - ⁠Scoop: Microsoft looks to build AI marketplace for publishers 1:01:46 - ⁠Meta launches super PAC to fight AI regulation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell explore Google’s Gemini AI lead, Alphabet hitting a $3 trillion market cap, Meta’s smart glasses leaks before MetaConnect, and OpenAI unveiling ChatGPT for teens.Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:02:52 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Alphabet becomes fourth company to reach $3 trillion market cap⁠ 0:05:48 - Here’s why usage of Gemini’s Nano Banana image editor is growing 0:15:10 - ⁠OpenAI and Microsoft reach tentative deal to revise partnership 0:16:12 - ⁠Microsoft is close to getting a giant new equity stake in OpenAI. It could be worth at least $150 billion. 0:16:12 - ⁠Google's new open protocol secures AI agent transactions - and 60 companies already support it 0:23:46 - ⁠Here’s what the data says people ask ChatGPT 0:33:49 - ⁠The OpenAI paper on usage 0:38:30 - ⁠Anthropic on its usage 0:42:12 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Meta Connect 2025 live updates: Ray-Bans 3, Hypernova smart glasses, Meta AI, more⁠ 0:43:08 - ⁠Meta Ray-Ban Display' Glasses Design & HUD Clips Leak Ahead Of Connect 0:52:25 - ⁠Generative Engine Optimization: How to Dominate AI Search 0:54:56 - ⁠Generative AI at the Crossroads: Light Bulb, Dynamo, or Microscope 0:57:40 - ⁠BUILDING SELF-EVOLVING AGENTS VIA EXPERIENCE-DRIVEN LIFELONG LEARNING (aka: a child-rearing) 0:59:45 - ⁠OpenAI is building a ChatGPT for teens 1:02:16 - ⁠YouTube announces new generative AI tools for Shorts creators 1:04:27 - ⁠YouTube to use AI to help podcasters promote themselves with clips and Shorts 1:07:17 - ⁠USA Today and Taboola make a chat bot 1:11:42 - ⁠OpenAI upgrades Codex with a new version of GPT-5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode of AI Inside, Jeff Jarvis and I discuss Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement controversy, Apple’s silent approach to AI at its latest event, and OpenAI’s explanation for why language models continue to hallucinate. Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:02:19 - Anthropic Judge Blasts $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement 0:06:56 - A Cynical Read on Anthropic's Book Settlement 0:19:31 - Apple barely talked about AI at its big iPhone 17 event 0:24:43 - In side-by-side tests, Google’s latest Pixel handled everyday tasks the iPhone still can’t. 0:26:44 - Google pulls ‘Daily Hub’ preview on Pixel 10 as it works on improvements 0:32:30 - Atlassian agrees to acquire The Browser Co. for $610 million 0:37:07 - Microsoft to Buy AI From Anthropic in Partial Shift From OpenAI 0:38:36 - Nvidia says GAIN AI Act would restrict competition, likens it to AI Diffusion Rule 0:42:09 - Why language models hallucinate 0:50:11 - Paper: Can LLMs Lie? Investigation beyond Hallucination 0:52:06 - A.I. Could Make the Smartphone Passé. What Comes Next? 1:00:13 - Claude’s new AI file creation feature ships with deep security risks built in 1:06:34 - Melania on AI in education: "The robots are here" 1:08:31 - Tech CEOs Take Turns Praising Trump at White House Dinner 1:09:33 - OpenAI Backs AI-Made Animated Feature Film 1:12:10 - Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast – new pricing, new configurations and better resolution 1:12:44 - Google Photos upgrades its image-to-video feature with Veo 3 1:13:25 - Microsoft to Buy AI From Anthropic in Partial Shift From OpenAI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Jeff Jarvis and I look at Google’s antitrust ruling and how it shakes up the AI landscape, wonder if Tesla’s $25T Optimus robot forecast is just a diversion, debate if Netflix’s algorithm-driven movies are killing creativity, and go deep on OpenAI’s new ChatGPT mental health "safeguards." Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast Begins 0:02:05 - Pixel 10 Pro, Pro Res Zoom, and the Trinity Alps experiment 0:05:23 - Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case 0:10:18 - Read our statement on today’s decision in the case involving Google Search 0:18:17 - The Fever Dream of Imminent ‘Superintelligence’ Is Finally Breaking 0:29:47 - Related: Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave 0:36:15 - OpenAI to safeguard ChatGPT for teens and people in crisis 0:39:36 - My mom and Dr. DeepSeek‘ 0:43:13 - Sliding into an abyss’: experts warn over rising use of AI for mental health support 0:45:32 - Bland, easy to follow, for fans of everything: what has the Netflix algorithm done to our films? 0:50:12 - New Yorker: A.I. Is Coming for Culture 0:57:51 - Musk looks past Tesla sales slump, says 80% of value will come from Optimus 1:00:05 - Deep Hype in Artificial General Intelligence: Uncertainty,Sociotechnical Fictions and the Governance of AI Futures 1:00:54 - Rethinking How AI Embeds and Adapts to Human Values: Challenges and Opportunities 1:01:44 - BirdRecorder’s AI on Sky: Safeguarding birds of prey by detection and classification of tiny objects around wind turbines 1:03:37 - Amazon’s Lens Live AI shops for anything you can see 1:05:21 - Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds 1:08:33 - Introducing gpt-realtime and Realtime API updates for production voice agents 1:10:11 - WordPress shows off Telex, its experimental AI development tool 1:11:50 - Anthropic launches a Claude AI agent that lives in Chrome 1:14:01 - Microsoft releases its own model (OpenAI independence) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis explore the new Pixel 10 AI features, generative AI’s impact on smartphone photography, Apple’s talks with Google about Gemini AI powering Siri, and the latest developments in AI copyright lawsuits and Meta’s hiring slowdown. Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:02:33 - Google's Pixel 10 event was... different 0:05:41 - Investigating Pixel 10's AI features first hand 0:07:22 - Feature: Daily Hub 0:12:00 - Feature: Magic Cue 0:14:31 - Feature: 100x Pro Res Zoom 0:21:36 - Feature: Camera Coach 0:24:51 - Feature: Recorder with NotebookLM integration 0:32:13 - Jeff's Lenovo ThinkBook 14 Gen 7 0:38:48 - Google Gemini’s AI image model gets a ‘bananas’ upgrade 0:42:24 - ⁠Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times⁠ 0:43:44 - Suleyman: We must build AI for people; not to be a person 0:48:54 - AI called Maya tells Guardian: ‘When I’m told I’m just code, I don’t feel insulted. I feel unseen’ 0:50:56 - ⁠AGI talk is out in Silicon Valley’s latest vibe shift 0:53:06 - ⁠Perplexity has cooked up a new way to pay publishers for their content 0:57:08 - ⁠Apple in talks to use Google's Gemini AI to power revamped Siri, Bloomberg News reports 1:02:20 - ⁠Meta puts the brakes on its massive AI talent spending spree 1:04:19 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠NVIDIA Jetson Thor Unlocks Real-Time Reasoning for General Robotics and Physical AI 1:06:49 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elon Musk’s xAI Dropped Public Benefit Corporation Status 1:08:08 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, revealing his panic over OpenAI dominance 1:10:00 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Meta and AI Startup Midjourney Announce Partnership 1:11:23 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Anthropic Settles High-Profile AI Copyright Lawsuit Brought by Book Authors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down the troubled GPT-5 launch, including Sam Altman’s reversal of the model routing feature, Perplexity’s $34.5B offer for Chrome, and Truth Social’s new AI search engine powered by Perplexity. Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:01:22 - OpenAI Finally Launched GPT-5. Here's Everything You Need to Know 0:09:52 - Sam Altman addresses ‘bumpy’ GPT-5 rollout, bringing 4o back, and the ‘chart crime’ 0:25:31 - Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome 0:31:07 - Trump's Truth Social is getting its own AI search engine — powered by Perplexity 0:42:13 - Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens. 0:47:25 - Jeff has things to say about Kashmir's latest 0:47:54 - Google swears it isn’t destroying the web with AI search 0:53:30 - Jeff's Arxiv-Mania! 1 A taxonomy of hallucinations 2 Generative AI and the Future of the Digital Commons Related: Reddit will block the Internet Archive 3 AI: "We don't need you stinkin' humans." We can train ourselves and reach AGI without you. A paper. 1:02:04 - Meta’s Superintelligence AI SWAT Team Is Now Called TBD Lab 1:03:34 - Google’s AI coding agent Jules is now out of beta 1:05:17 - Microsoft’s Gaming Copilot Launches in Beta on PC 1:08:21 - The Browser Company launches a $20 monthly subscription for its AI-powered browser 1:10:22 - OpenAI rolls out Gmail, Calendar, and Contacts integration in ChatGPT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this week’s AI Inside with Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis, DeepMind shows off its Genie 3 simulation world model, Perplexity is under fire for controversial web crawling tactics, ElevenLabs unveils a commercial-ready AI music generator, and Illinois becomes the first state to ban AI-powered therapists. Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:04 - Jason's three hour conversation with ChatGPT 0:12:24 - DeepMind reveals Genie 3 “world model” that creates real-time interactive simulations 0:22:41 - Open models by OpenAI 0:24:55 - LeCunn and Ng on China and open-source momentum 0:27:26 - ⁠A language model built for the public good 0:32:28 - Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives 0:48:35 - ElevenLabs launches an AI music generator, which it claims is cleared for commercial use 0:57:12 - Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists 0:59:55 - ChatGPT adds mental health guardrails after bot 'fell short in recognizing signs of delusion' 1:03:40 - OpenAI removes ChatGPT feature after private conversations leak to Google search 1:06:00 - Apple might be building its own AI ‘answer engine’ 1:09:31 - Anthropic Unveils More Powerful AI Model Ahead of Rival GPT-5 Release 1:11:01 - Anthropic Revokes OpenAI's Access to Claude 1:13:23 - Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home 1:14:58 - Grok’s ‘spicy’ video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis as they discuss Meta's new chief AI scientist shakeup, Apple losing key AI talent to Meta, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses tripling sales, and Microsoft debuting a bold AI Copilot Mode in Edge.Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:51 - Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun clarifies his role after the company hires another chief AI scientist 0:06:52 - Apple Loses Fourth AI Researcher in a Month to Meta’s Superintelligence Team 0:08:47 - Meta’s AI Recruiting Campaign Finds a New Target 0:19:43 - Personal SuperintelligenceZuck yammers about "personal superintelligence" 0:24:24 - Oakley Meta HSTN Limited Edition impressions 0:35:06 - Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses revenue tripled over the year, EssilorLuxottica says 0:36:40 - You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it. 0:45:10 - Donald Trump Says AI Companies Can’t Be Expected To Pay For All Copyrighted Content Used In Their Training Models: “Not Do-Able” 0:50:04 - New: Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal 0:53:16 - Microsoft revolutionizes Edge as an AI-powered web browser with new experimental 'Copilot Mode' — here's how to enable it right now 0:54:57 - Related: Fellou.ai 0:59:19 - Perplexity for Mac now supports MCP, and you should check it out 1:02:50 - OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test 1:04:43 - Google AI Mode adding Search Live video, Canvas, PDF upload, and more 1:08:01 - Meta Is Going to Let Job Candidates Use AI During Coding Tests 1:08:51 - Meta is testing AI use in technical interviews – DTNSB 5070 1:10:21 - Photoshop just made it shockingly easy to edit objects and people into photos 1:12:00 - Imax Teams With Runway On Commercial Screenings Of AI Film Festival Selections Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell start things off by chatting with Soundslice's CEO Adrian Holovaty who responds to OpenAI inventing an imaginary feature. Then its news roundup time: The Trump administration’s sweeping new AI action plan, why AI shopping assistants still struggle with trust, the future of always-on AI wearables after Amazon acquires Bee, and Netflix officially embraces generative AI in its productions. Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:01 - A Conversation with Adrian Holovaty, Soundslice 0:26:24 - White House Unveils Sweeping AI Action Plan to Boost Development 0:34:32 - OpenAI launches personal assistant capable of controlling files and web browsers 0:39:02 - Perplexity in talks with phone makers to pre-install Comet AI mobile browser on devices 0:39:36 - AI shopping assistants have a trust problem 0:42:32 - Replit makes vibe-y promise to stop its AI agents making vibe coding disasters 0:47:38 - Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say 0:48:42 - Limitless AI 0:55:40 - OpenAI’s Sam Altman warns of AI voice fraud crisis in banking 0:59:23 - US authors suing Anthropic can band together in copyright class action, judge rules 1:01:25 - Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time 1:06:06 - Google’s ‘Big Sleep’ Just Became the First-Ever AI to Prevent a Cyberattack 1:07:03 - Researchers from top AI labs including Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic warn they may be losing the ability to understand advanced AI models Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and I return for another week of AI Inside. NVIDIA and AMD get the green light to sell AI chips in China... for now! Is U.S. trade policy fueling Chinese AI innovation? Meta might someday decide to pivot from open-ish source to closed source, because dang, they are throwing serious money at superintelligence! Google’s $2.4 billion Windsurf licensing and talent grab continue to make us question if we're staring into the steely eyes of a bubble. Jeff and I round out the show by exploring the new wave of agentic AI web browsers. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:06 - Nvidia and AMD Soar as Chip Trade Curbs Fall 0:03:01 - China Is Spending Billions to Become an A.I. Superpower 0:09:26 - Zuckerberg touts AI build-out, says company will spend hundreds of billions on data centers 0:11:02 - Meta’s Days of Giving Away AI for Free Are Numbered 0:14:55 - Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door 0:20:05 - Google to Pay $2.4 Billion in Deal to License Tech of Coding Startup, Hire CEO 0:21:48 - Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf 0:28:10 - Google Gemini flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing 0:34:34 - More advanced AI capabilities are coming to Search 0:41:04 - Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now make and edit your Canva designs 0:47:18 - ChatGPT made up a product feature out of thin air, so this company created it 0:56:01 - New research centre to explore how AI can help humans ‘speak’ with pets 1:01:33 - OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome 1:04:49 - Check out Jason's Perplexity Comet video on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Babak Hodjat, CTO for AI at Cognizant and a pioneer behind the technology that became Siri, joins us to discuss the new era of agentic AI. We dig into his early days building natural language systems, the evolution of multi-agent architectures, and how language interfaces are shaping the future of human-AI collaboration. We also discuss the safeguards needed to ensure trust in autonomous systems, the challenge of AI’s black box, and the emerging standards for interoperability. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00⁠ - Podcast begins01:45⁠ - Introducing Babak Hodjat and his journey from Dejima to Siri02:47⁠ - The origins of agent-based AI and early natural language systems06:21⁠ - Language as the ultimate interface: strengths and limitations09:35⁠ - How modern AI capabilities could have changed early voice agents13:08 - Agentic systems versus traditional APIs in enterprise tech16:10⁠ - How Cognizant builds and deploys agent-based AI for clients18:18 - The need for interoperability and emerging agent standards20:49 - Do agents develop their own languages? Internal communication in LLMs23:01⁠ - Multilingual models, cultural context, and emotional abstraction26:49⁠ - Can AI truly understand meaning? Perspectives on abstraction27:50 - Safeguards, kill switches, and trust in agentic automation32:05 - Marketing, influence, and negotiation in an agent-driven world35:07⁠ - The risks of over-trusting black box AI systems36:47⁠ - The evolution of AI: what’s truly new versus what’s rediscovered39:26 - Thank you to Babak Hodjat for joining the AI Inside podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis celebrate the arrival of AI Mode for Jeff! They pick apart all of the defections taking place in AI (much of it heading right for Meta's Superintelligence lab), how AI impersonation is becoming a thing even if it isn't very successful yet, and the arrival of Perplexity's $200 per month plan that includes first dibs at their agentic Comet browser. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:33 - Jeff finally got his AI Mode! 0:10:55 - Circle to Search Gets AI Mode, Gaming Help Arrives, and Pixel Watch Finally Gets Gemini 0:16:51 - Apple Loses Top AI Models Executive to Meta’s Hiring Spree 0:24:16 - Ilya Sutskever becomes CEO of Safe Superintelligence after Meta poached Daniel Gross 0:31:09 - xAI updated Grok to be more ‘politically incorrect’ 0:35:21 - Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X 0:37:34 - Fake AI voice impersonating Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacts foreign ministers and US officials 0:41:18 - OpenAI tightens the screws on security to keep away prying eyes 0:46:39 - Channel 4 to offer AI-generated ads for SMEs on its streaming service 0:52:31 - How the Owner of Hidden Valley Ranch Learned to Love AI 0:57:21 - Jeff shows off Epicure for AI-generated recipes 1:00:00 - Perplexity launches a $200 monthly subscription plan 1:00:28 - Perplexity launches Comet, an AI-powered web browser 1:04:44 - Excerpt from our interview with Babak Hodjat, co-founder of the tech driving Siri 1:12:57 - Nvidia Just Became the First Company to Hit a $4 Trillion Market Cap Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rishad Tobaccowala, author of "Rethinking Work" and longtime industry visionary, joins us on the AI Inside podcast to explore the seismic shifts AI is bringing to advertising and creativity. We dive into the evolution of the ad industry, the rise of outcome engines, and why agencies are more like cockroaches than dinosaurs. Rishad shares why creativity remains essential in an AI-driven world, how brands are built through emotion and storytelling, and what the future holds for both human and machine collaboration. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠⁠⁠ Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00⁠ - Podcast begins 01:47⁠ - Introducing Rishad Tobaccowala and his background 03:12⁠ - The evolution of advertising: three connected ages 10:18 - Why agencies are survivors: cockroaches, not dinosaurs 11:11 - Challenges for agencies: outcome engines, billing models, and creativity 15:05⁠ - The enduring value of creativity and human expression in an AI world 19:03⁠ - How brands are built: emotion, storytelling, and the continent/world fallacy 20:53 - Rishad's conversation with Sir John Hegarty about what defines creativity 28:11 - How ad technology shifts in the wake of AI agents 33:10⁠ - The new mass media: influencers, reaggregation, and authenticity 39:01⁠ - Smart uses of AI in advertising today 45:41 - Will AI-generated ads via tools like Veo 3 dominate TV and media? 47:16 - The future of work: jobs vs. work in the age of AI 48:17 - Democratization of creativity and the rise of small companies 00:00⁠ - HUGE thank you to Rishad Tobaccowala Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis return for another week of AI news. We cover 1) Cloudflare launches tools for publisher control over AI crawlers 2) Creative Commons proposes dataset guidelines for AI training 3) Contradictory court rulings on AI and copyright 4) Getty Images drops claims against Stability AI in the UK 5) Senate strips federal ban on state AI regulations from tax bill 6) Meta’s superintelligence lab and the AI hiring frenzy 7) Microsoft’s new model claims breakthrough in medical diagnosis 8) MIT study questions AI’s impact on student critical thinking 9) The Velvet Sundown: is Spotify’s viral band AI-generated? 10) Preview of our interview with Rishad Tabakawala on AI’s impact on advertising. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠⁠ Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00⁠⁠ - Podcast begins 0:01:47⁠⁠ - Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping 0:14:14 - Creative Commons debuts CC signals, a framework for an open AI ecosystem 0:17:42 - Microsoft sued by authors over use of books in AI training 0:20:28⁠⁠ - ⁠Judge dismisses authors’ copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training 0:22:36 - Getty drops key copyright claims against Stability AI, but UK lawsuit continues 0:24:55 - Senate Votes 99-1 to Strip AI Provision From Trump’s Tax Bill 0:27:55 - ⁠Adam Thierer reacts 0:33:03 -Zuckerberg Debuts Meta ‘Superintelligence’ Group, More Hires 0:35:22 - Someone has broken into our home and stolen something': An OpenAI exec on Meta's poaching spree 0:38:22 - The AI Company Zuckerberg Just Poured $14 Billion Into Is Reportedly a Clown Show of Ludicrous Incompetence 0:41:37 - Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors 0:44:43 - Has AI already rotted my brain? 0:55:03 - The Velvet Sundown are a seemingly AI-generated band with 325k Spotify listeners 1:04:29⁠⁠ - Clip of upcoming interview with Rishad Tobaccowala about how AI tools like Veo 3 are reshaping ad creation and what this means for the future of advertising on TV and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down 1) Anthropic’s fair use win in the AI copyright case 2) Pirated book datasets and the looming shadow library trial 3) Apple’s rumored talks to acquire or partner with Perplexity 4) What a Perplexity deal could mean for Siri and search 5) Meta’s own interest in Perplexity and AI talent wars 6) Google’s new Chromebook Plus and on-device AI upgrades 7) Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses and the rise of wearables 8) UK study on kids’ generative AI habits 9) Chatbots filling therapy gaps for children 10) Sam Altman’s take on raising kids with AI 11) OpenAI’s IO trademark dispute with Jony Ive 12) Meta’s struggle to label AI-generated video 13) Senate’s move to block state AI laws 14) Perplexity’s Comet browser for Windows 15) John Oliver’s takedown of viral AI slop. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠ Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:01:03 - Anthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy Claims 0:25:35 - Bill Gross' ProRata.ai launches its "ethical search engine," gist.ai 0:28:27 - Apple is reportedly considering the acquisition of Perplexity AI 0:35:21 - Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence 0:38:48 - Google brings new Gemini features to Chromebooks, debuts first on-device AI 0:44:41 - Introducing Oakley Meta Glasses, a New Category of Performance AI Glasses 0:53:28 - Turing Institute study on children and AI 0:56:55 - Kids Are in Crisis. Could Chatbot Therapy Help? 1:01:50 - OpenAI CEO says his kids will ‘never be smarter than AI’— and that his parenting style relies on ChatGPT 1:04:09 - OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order 1:05:51 - OpenAI’s first AI device with Jony Ive won’t be a wearable 1:07:10 - Meta told oversight board it can't automatically detect AI-manipulated video or audio. 1:08:13 - Senate Can Keep Ban on State AI Rules in Trump Tax Bill 1:09:51 - Perplexity's AI-powered browser opens up to select Windows users 1:10:50 - John Oliver on AI slop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis return for another week of AI news. We cover Amazon CEO Andy Jassey warning of AI-driven job cuts, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei differing views on AI’s employment impact, new data challenging the “AI jobpocalypse” and the rise of emerging AI-related job titles, OpenAI’s $200M Pentagon contract, Google’s AI tools and the decline in news site traffic, the changing landscape of news consumption, Mattel’s partnership with OpenAI to bring AI to toys, Meta’s AI app privacy warnings, SAG-AFTRA’s video game strike resolution, the UK’s new data bill and AI training, Gemini’s new video upload feature, NVIDIA and Perplexity’s partnership for local language models, and Google’s new live AI Mode search feature. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠ Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: ⁠0:00:00⁠⁠ - Podcast begins 0:01:19⁠⁠ - Amazon CEO tells employees that AI will shrink its workforce 0:06:32⁠⁠ - Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says he disagrees with almost everything Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says 0:09:37⁠⁠ - Economist: Why AI hasn’t taken your job 0:14:23 - A.I. Might Take Your Job. Here Are 22 New Ones It Could Give You 0:27:04 - OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract 0:28:38 - New Army Reserve Unit Enlists Silicon Valley Executives to Upgrade Tech 0:29:22⁠⁠ - Eisenhower on the military-industrial complex 0:34:40 - News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools 0:37:41⁠⁠ - Is Google about to destroy the web? 0:40:56⁠⁠ - AI Barbie? Mattel & OpenAI Team Up For Smart Toys & Games 0:47:21 - Meta warns users to 'avoid sharing personal or sensitive information' in its AI app 0:49:23⁠⁠ - SAG-AFTRA Suspends Strike Against Video Game Companies, Paving Way for Return to Work 0:50:31⁠⁠ - Data bill opposed by Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa finally passes 0:54:31 - Gemini app rolling out video upload and analysis 0:57:01⁠⁠ - Nvidia and Perplexity Team Up in European AI Push 0:58:25 - Search live with voice capabilities is now available in AI mode through Labs in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis return for a deep dive into the week’s AI news. We cover Apple's new research paper exposing the illusion of AI reasoning, industry leaders' superintelligence hype and hubris, Altman’s “Gentle Singularity” vision, Ilya Sutskever’s brain-as-computer analogy, Meta’s massive superintelligence lab, LaCun and Pichai’s call for new AGI ideas, Apple’s on-device AI framework, NotebookLM’s new sharing features, pairing NotebookLM with Perplexity, Hollywood’s awkward embrace of AI tools, and the creative collision of AI and filmmaking. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: ⁠0:00:00⁠⁠ - Podcast begins ⁠0:02:27⁠⁠ - Apple paper: The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity ⁠0:05:50⁠⁠ - Sinofsky on the costs of anthropomorphizing LLMs ⁠0:07:34⁠⁠ - Nate Jones: Let's Talk THAT Apple AI Paper—Here's the Takeaway Everyone is Ignoring ⁠0:13:46 - Altman's latest manifesto might be worth mention in comparison ⁠0:19:33⁠⁠ - Ilya Sutskever, a leader in AI and its responsible development, receives U of T honorary degree ⁠0:25:52 - Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’ ⁠0:29:05 - Google CEO says AGI is impossible with today's tech ⁠0:33:17 - WWDC: Apple opens its AI to developers but keeps its broader ambitions modest ⁠0:39:57 - NotebookLM is adding a new way to share your own notebooks publicly. ⁠0:42:01 - I paired NotebookLM with Perplexity for a week, and it feels like they’re meant to work together ⁠0:45:26 - The Googlers behind NotebookLM are launching their own AI audio startup. Here's a sneak peek. ⁠0:50:48 - Could AI make a Scorsese movie? Demis Hassabis and Darren Aronofsky discuss ⁠0:55:05 - Luca Guadagnino to Direct True-Life OpenAI Movie ‘Artificial’ for Amazon MGM ⁠0:59:19 - Everyone Is Already Using AI (And Hiding It) “We can say, ‘Do it in anime, make it PG-13.’ Three hours later, I’ll have the movie.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on AI Inside, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis explore Meta’s plan to fully automate ad creation and targeting by 2026, the rise of hyper-personalized ads, and the risks and rewards of letting AI take over decisions once reserved for humans. We also break down the New York Times’ landmark AI licensing deal with Amazon, the music industry’s negotiations with generative AI startups, and Google’s new app for running AI models on your phone. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins ⁠0:05:19⁠ - Meta Aims to Fully Automate Ad Creation Using AI ⁠0:15:33⁠ - Meta plans to replace humans with AI to assess privacy and societal risks ⁠0:22:14 - Amazon and The New York Times’ AI deal signals a new wave of publisher partnerships ⁠0:29:27 - Major record labels are reportedly in licensing talks with AI firms Udio and Suno ⁠0:37:43 - Google’s brilliant new AI app might convince you to buy a more expensive phone ⁠0:45:46 - Mary Meeker's first report in four years is focused on AI ⁠0:56:23 - This Year’s Hot New Tool for Chefs? ChatGPT. ⁠1:02:57⁠ - Real TikTokers are pretending to be Veo 3 AI creations for fun, attention Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis are back for our weekly AI deep-dive. We cover Anthropic’s new Claude models and the “new model fatigue” problem, headline-grabbing AI blackmail tests and what they really mean, Google’s Veo 3 leap for generative video and what it means for creators, Duolingo’s AI-first shift and the jobs panic it sparked, plus a look at the “AI 2027” doomsday scenario and why it’s more fiction than fact. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:03:17 - Anthropic launches Claude 4, its most powerful AI model yet 0:11:10 - AI system resorts to blackmail if told it will be removed 0:19:49 - AI revolt: New ChatGPT model refuses to shut down when instructed 0:22:19 - Inside Google's plan to have Hollywood make AI look less doomsday 0:25:18 - Google’s Veo 3 AI video generator is a slop monger’s dream 0:29:53 - Joanna Sterns stars in WSJ Veo film 0:41:44 - Duolingo CEO Clarifies AI-First Plan After Backlash, Says AI Won’t Replace Employees 0:44:03 - Meanwhile, Axios is in a full-blown jobs panic 0:46:12 - Anthropic appoints Netflix Chairman Reed Hastings to AI startup’s board of directors 0:49:19 - Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry 0:54:20 - Ben Evans AI preso 1:00:38 - AI 2027 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell sits down with Google’s Nick Fox at Google IO to reveal how AI is reinventing iconic products like Search and Maps, the surprising ways users are embracing AI Overviews and AI Mode, the challenge of balancing innovation with Google’s trademark simplicity, and what the future holds for web publishers and monetization. Jeff Jarvis joins for news discussion including Microsoft Build, and breaking news of OpenAI's big deal with Jony Ive. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 02:39 - Google Unveils A.I. Chatbot, Signaling a New Era for Search 10:59 - Warby Parker pops 16% on $150 million Google smart glasses partnership 21:24 - Google launches stand-alone NotebookLM apps for Android and iOS 23:12 - OpenAI is buying iPhone designer Jony Ive’s AI devices startup for $6.4 billion 30:54 - Interview: Introducing Nick Fox and his role at Google Nick Fox’s career journey and priorities as head of Search Reinventing Google’s core products with AI Balancing innovation with responsibility and user trust How AI is changing user search behavior What users are doing with AI Overviews and AI Mode AI’s ability to answer complex, contextual questions Distinguishing Google Search, AI Mode, and Gemini Assistant Personalization and privacy in AI-powered search How Google decides which AI features go where Maintaining simplicity as Google Search evolves Balancing rapid AI innovation with reliability and trust Will AI Mode become the default Google Search experience? How AI Mode chooses and ranks web sources AI Overviews and the impact on publishers and web traffic Monetization strategies for AI in Google Search Agentic AI (Project Mariner) and the future of search monetization Closing thoughts with Nick Fox 1:11:19 - Post-interview analysis and reflections 1:15:19 - Microsoft Build news and AI agent trends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Robert Hallock, VP and GM at Intel, joins us for a deep dive into the rise of AI PCs and why they’re more than just a buzzword. We unpack how new hardware accelerators are making smarter, faster, and more private computing possible, and why local, offline AI is about to become as essential as graphics in tomorrow’s laptops. Robert explains Intel’s ecosystem strategy, the real differences between CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs, and what it will take for AI features to reach everyone, not just creative pros but everyday users. Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:41 - Defining the AI PC: What Makes It Different and Why Now? 0:03:47 - Architectural Shifts: How AI PCs Differ from Traditional PCs 0:05:29 - Intel’s Role in the AI Ecosystem: Hardware, Software, and Industry Enablement 0:08:20 - Lessons from the Past: The Intel Web Tablet and Driving Industry Change 0:09:32 - Hardware Evolution: What Needs to Change for AI PCs? 0:11:02 - Real-World AI PC Use Cases: Enterprise, Creative, and Consumer Adoption Waves 0:13:51 - Local vs. Cloud AI: Privacy, Personalization, and the Value of On-Device AI 0:16:50 - Trust and Branding: The Meaning of “AI Inside” for Intel 0:19:26 - Accessibility and User Personas: Who Benefits from AI PCs Today? 0:22:30 - The Graphics-AI Connection: Why GPUs Became Essential for AI Workloads 0:25:10 - The Evolution of GPUs: From Graphics to AI Powerhouses 0:26:56 - Gaming’s Role in Driving AI Adoption 0:28:00 - Historical Tech Drivers: Media, Typography, and Early AI Tools 0:29:37 - The Local AI Movement: Are We at an Inflection Point? 0:30:44 - AI Hardware Breakdown: CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs Explained 0:33:49 - Internal Challenges: Education and Customer Awareness at Intel 0:36:06 - Robert Hallock’s Role at Intel and Closing Thoughts 0:37:17 - Thank you to Robert Hallock and episode wrap-up Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis are back for another episode of AI Inside. We cover NVIDIA and AMD’s $10B Saudi chip deal, US-Saudi tech politics and China’s AI ambitions, AI leaders flip-flopping on regulation, copyright office drama and AI training fair use, Big Tech’s AI midlife crisis, Google’s Gemini expands to cars and wearables, scam protection for Android, ChatGPT’s impact on student learning, professors caught using AI, authenticity in AI-powered hiring, and a preview of our Intel AIPC interview coming Saturday. Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:03:15 - Nvidia, AMD Sell Chips to Saudi Arabia for AI Data Centers 0:08:32 - ⁠AI execs used to beg for regulation. Not anymore.⁠ 0:11:46 - The Giants of Silicon Valley Are Having a Midlife Crisis Over AI 0:17:41 - Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use 0:28:27 - Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks 0:32:46 - ⁠ Gemini smarts are coming to more Android devices & Android Faithful interview with Patrick Brady, VP of Android for Cars at Google about Gemini on Android Auto 0:44:55 - The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis 0:49:53 - The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It 0:55:31 - Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia 0:58:07 - Robert Hallock, Channel Segment GM at Intel talks about the AI PC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis are back for the latest AI Inside. We cover OpenAI’s nonprofit reversal and Musk’s ongoing lawsuit, Altman’s Orb stores for iris-scanning identity, Google’s confusing new AI Mode in search, Gemini 2.5 Pro’s IO Edition and coding challenge, Amazon’s Vulcan robots with a sense of touch, Apple’s AI search comments shaking up stocks, Reddit’s new human verification rules, why admitting AI use sparks distrust at work, an AI-generated impact statement in court, and the Associated Press’ Alberta-Quebec AI blunder. Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: OpenAI reverses course, says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations 0:12:45 - ⁠Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store 0:25:38 - ⁠Google: New ways to interact with information in AI Mode 0:41:42 - ⁠Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: even better coding performance 0:44:57 - ⁠Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch 0:49:28 - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple to add AI search partners to Safari as Google usage falls 0:52:03 - ⁠Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots 0:54:20 - ⁠Being honest about using AI at work makes people trust you less, research finds 0:59:53 - ⁠AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court 1:05:04 - ⁠I smell AI... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff and Jason sit down with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna, co-authors of The AI Con, to unpack the myths and real-world harms behind today’s AI hype. They discuss why the term “AI” is so often misused, how Big Tech’s models can fail marginalized communities, and why smaller, community-driven AI projects can better serve local needs. The conversation also explores the pitfalls of generative tools, the challenges of democratizing art, and the urgent need for real accountability in the tech industry Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Emily M. Bender is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Washington, renowned for her work in computational linguistics, language technology, and as co-author of the influential "Stochastic Parrots" paper. Alex Hanna is a sociologist and Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), whose work focuses on how data in computational technologies shapes racial, gender, and class inequalities. Buy their new book "The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want" at http://thecon.ai Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00⁠ - Podcast begins 01:44 - Introducing Emily Bender and Alex Hanna 02:23 - Why “AI” Is Misleading: Better Terms for Today’s Tech 04:31 - What Is AI Actually Good For? Real-World Use Cases 06:29 - Hidden Data Opportunities in AI and Language Models 07:20 - Community-Driven AI: Real Benefits Beyond Big Tech 09:45 - The Thai Library Thought Experiment: Why AI Lacks Meaning 14:23 - Inside DAIR: Building Alternative AI Futures ⁠19:13 - AI and Creativity: Remixing, Music, and Fair Compensation 24:00⁠⁠ - Does AI Democratize Creativity or Homogenize Voices? 33:47 - Debunking AI Doomerism and TESCREAL: Media’s Role 40:29 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000: Podcast Origins and Mission 42:07 - Book Launch Details: The AI Con Release Events 45:07 - Can We Build Effective AI Guardrails? 50:30 - Synthetic Text Extruding Machine... STEM? 50:56 - Oxford Comma y/n? 51:18 - Thank you to Emily Bender and Alex Hanna for joining the AI Inside podcast Thank you to Emily Bender and Alex Hanna for joining the AI Inside podcast Contact us with questions and feedback: contact@aiinside.show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI, OpenAI adds shopping to ChatGPT in a challenge to Google, researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments, and so much more on the AI Inside podcast! Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 03:15 - Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI 12:36 - ⁠Duolingo More Than Doubles Courses as ‘AI-First’ Push Draws Heat⁠ 15:07 - Google launches AI tools for practicing languages through personalized lessons 16:09 - Generative AI is not replacing jobs or hurting wages at all, say economists 22:53 - Prompt engineer: The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete 28:10 - Meta’s ChatGPT competitor shows how your friends use AI 37:45 - Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company’s code was written by AI 39:53 - Altman and Nadella, Who Ignited the Modern AI Boom Together, Are Drifting Apart 41:21 - OpenAI Adds Shopping to ChatGPT in a Challenge to Google 42:58 - Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments 47:53 - Clip from our Interview with Emily Bender and Alex Hanna, authors of The AI Con Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into OpenAI’s desire to buy Google Chrome, Perplexity AI’s talks with Samsung and Motorola, Google DeepMind’s claim that AI could cure all disease in a decade, and the Oscars’ decision to allow A.I.—with caveats—and more. Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:01:58 - OpenAI would buy Google's Chrome, exec testifies at trial 00:13:49 - Perplexity AI in Talks to Integrate Assistant Into Samsung, Motorola Phones 00:23:13 - AI could cure all disease in a decade, says Google DeepMind CEO— Perplexity’s Aravind Srinivas agrees 00:29:27 - Draft executive order outlines plan to integrate AI into K-12 schools 00:36:48 - Google just fired the first shot of the next battle in the AI war 00:49:18 - IEEE: Google Succeeds With LLMs While Meta and OpenAI Stumble 00:50:04 - Columbia student suspended over interview cheating tool raises $5.3M to ‘cheat on everything’ 00:58:31 - Oscars OK the Use of A.I., With Caveats 01:01:09 - ChatGPT burns tens of millions of Softbank dollars listening to you thanking it 01:03:12 - To stop scraping, Wikipedia releases Kaggle dataset Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell dive into this week’s AI headlines: OpenAI prototypes a ChatGPT social feed, GPT-4.5 retires as GPT-4.1 arrives, OpenAI boosts memory and chat history features, Nvidia expands US chip production amid export control shakeups, Bill Gates predicts AI’s impact on teaching and medicine, ChatGPT Barbie Box memes challenge creative boundaries, Notion launches AI-powered email, Google’s DolphinGemma tackles dolphin communication, and “vegetative electron microscopy” becomes science’s latest digital artifact. Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:03:52 - OpenAI is building a social network 0:08:38 - ChatGPT now has a section for your AI-generated images 0:10:34 - OpenAI’s new GPT-4.1 AI models focus on coding 0:13:16 - OpenAI's "agentic software engineer" 0:17:51 - ChatGPT can now remember and reference all your previous chats 0:24:02 - Nvidia says it plans to manufacture some AI chips in the US 0:29:09 - Bill Gates says AI is coming for 2 kinds of jobs that once seemed tech-proof 0:34:31 - ‘She helps cheer me up’: the people forming relationships with AI chatbots 0:41:13 - A.I. Action Figures Flood Social Media (Accessories Included) 0:47:28 - Notion Mail is a minimalist but powerful take on email 0:52:04 - DolphinGemma: How Google AI is helping decode dolphin communication 0:54:53 - Thought experiment in the National Library of Thailand 0:59:19 - A weird phrase is plaguing scientific papers – and we traced it back to a glitch in AI training data Contact us with questions and feedback: contact@aiinside.show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI scientist and Turing Award winner, joins us to discuss the limits of today’s LLMs, why generative AI may be hitting a wall, what’s missing for true human-level intelligence, the real meaning of AGI, Meta’s open-source strategy with Llama, the future of AI assistants in smart glasses, why diversity in AI models matters, and how open models could shape the next era of innovation Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:40 - Introduction to Yann LeCun, Chief AI Scientist at Meta 0:02:11 - The limitations and hype cycles of LLMs, and historical patterns of overestimating new AI paradigms. 0:05:45 - The future of AI research, and the need for machines that understand the physical world, can reason and plan, and are driven by human-defined objectives 0:14:47 - AGI Timeline, human-level AI within a decade, with deep learning as the foundation for advanced machine intelligence 0:21:35 - Why true AI intelligence requires abstract reasoning and hierarchical planning beyond language capabilities, unlike today's neural networks that rely on computational tricks 0:30:24 - Meta's open-source LLAMA strategy, empowering academia and startups, and commercial benefits 0:36:10 - The future of AI assistants, wearable tech, cultural diversity, and open-source models 0:42:52 - The impact of immigration policies on US technological leadership and STEM education 0:44:26 - Does Yann have a cat? 0:45:19 - Thank you to Yann LaCun for joining the AI Inside podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss OpenAI's record-breaking $40 billion funding round, ChatGPT's image generation update sparking controversy, Amazon unveils its first agentic AI model, and Elon Musk's xAI takes a bold step toward the 'Everything App'. Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:07 - BREAKING: Google Gemini is shaking up its AI leadership ranks 0:06:21 - OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record 0:13:51 - ChatGPT’s new image generator is really good at faking receipts 0:23:03 - OpenAI plans to release a new ‘open’ AI language model in the coming months 0:28:37 - Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser 0:33:18 - How Meta’s Upcoming $1,000+ Smart Glasses With a Screen Will Work 0:39:41 - Musk's social media firm X bought by his AI company, valued at $33 billion 0:42:20 - MCP: The new “USB-C for AI” that’s bringing fierce rivals together 0:45:36 - Sinofsky: MCP - It's Hot, But Will It Win? 0:48:28 - AI-made works can’t be copyrightable, says US court… for now, at least. 0:56:24 - The Bluetooth Lady Speaks! ‘Voice-Over Actors Will Be Artisans in the AI Age’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o image generation update, Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro release, the emotional impact of chatbots on users, The Atlantic's LibGen database search tool, and more! Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:19 - OpenAI: Introducing 4o Image Generation 0:19:48 - Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent AI model 0:32:27 - OpenAI has released its first research into how using ChatGPT affects people’s emotional well-being 0:37:18 - The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem 0:48:16 - Open Source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries 0:52:59 - Perplexity wants to buy TikTok and open-source its algorithm 0:55:50 - "KI ist nur ein Werkzeug. Jedes Werkzeug kann missbraucht werden" 1:03:07 - AMC Theatres will screen a Swedish movie 'visually dubbed' with the help of AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss NVIDIA's GTC conference with CEO Jensen Huang's keynote on tokens, the Vera Rubin CPU, and the intersection of AI and robotics, plus more! Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the new YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:23 - Nvidia announces Blackwell Ultra GB300 and Vera Rubin, its next AI ‘superchips’ 0:22:37 - Nvidia and Yum! Brands team up to expand AI ordering 0:25:49 - Google brings a ‘canvas’ feature to Gemini, plus Audio Overview 0:31:08 - Gemini 2.0, Google’s newest flagship AI, can generate text, images, and speech 0:34:42 - People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images 0:36:06 - Google plans to release new ‘open’ AI models for drug discovery 0:40:36 - EFF: California’s A.B. 412: A Bill That Could Crush Startups and Cement A Big Tech AI Monopoly 0:44:20 - Ben Stiller, Mark Ruffalo and More Than 400 Hollywood Names Urge Trump to Not Let AI Companies ‘Exploit’ Copyrighted Works 0:49:11 - Anthropic CEO floats idea of giving AI a “quit job” button, sparking skepticism 0:52:19 - People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI-generated works, yet new study suggests that’s not quite true 0:57:36 - AI ring tracks spelled words in American Sign Language Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis examine OpenAI's new agent tools for developers, the Manus AI model, and Apple's AI feature delays, plus insights from Sameer Samat, Head of Android at Google, on Android's AI future. Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the new YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 00:02:52 - OpenAI launches new tools to help businesses build AI agents 00:12:18 - Manus probably isn’t China’s second ‘DeepSeek moment’ 00:18:56 - Apple says some AI improvements to Siri delayed to 2026 00:23:14 - Interview with Sameer Samat, Android Head at Google 00:43:51 - Larry Page Has a New AI Startup 00:46:03 - AI Search Has A Citation Problem 00:51:12 - OpenAI says it has trained an AI that’s ‘really good’ at creative writing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell returns from Mobile World Congress with some AI trends to discuss along with Jeff Jarvis. OpenAI has some pricey plans in the works, Amazon announces Alexa Plus, and more! Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the new YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:04:11 - Gemini Live ‘Astra’ video and screen sharing rolling out in March 0:13:52 - Deutsche Telekom and Perplexity announce new ‘AI Phone’ priced at under $1K 0:16:56 - OpenAI Plots Charging $20,000 a Month For PhD-Level Agents 0:22:31 - The LA Times published an op-ed warning of AI’s dangers. It also published its AI tool’s reply 0:28:22 - The future of Google Search just rolled out on Labs - and AI Mode changes everything 0:35:41 - Amazon announces AI-powered Alexa Plus 0:38:06 - Judge denies Musk’s attempt to block OpenAI from becoming for-profit entity 0:39:18 - Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online 0:45:57 - Turing Award winners warn over unsafe deployment of AI models Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Anthropic's Claude 3.7 SONNET, Chegg suing Google over AI summaries, Perplexity's new Comet browser, the UK delaying AI regulation, and more! Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the new YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 02:50 - Anthropic launches a new AI model that ‘thinks’ as long as you want 12:36 - Chegg sues Google for hurting traffic with AI as it considers strategic alternatives 19:24 - Perplexity AI teases a new browser 'for agentic search' 20:36 - Dia, a new web browser from makers of the Arc browser, is taking aim at Google Chrome with clever AI features 32:26 - UK delays plans to regulate AI as ministers seek to align with Trump administration 32:57 - Daily Mail copyright screaming 33:20 - Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album 35:50 - Accelerating scientific breakthroughs with an AI co-scientist 40:55 - Introducing Muse: Our first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation 45:08 - AI ‘inspo’ is everywhere. It’s driving your hair stylist crazy. 52:03 - O'Reilly: The End of Programming as We Know It Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss HP acquiring Humane, XAI releasing Grok-3, Mira Murati's new AI startup, the New York Times integrating AI in the newsroom, and more! Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the new YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:36 - HP to Acquire Parts of Humane, Ai Pin Startup From Ex-Apple Managers, for $116 Million All of Humane's AI pins will stop working in 10 days 0:09:56 - Elon Musk’s xAI releases its latest flagship model, Grok 3 Benedict Evans on Grok Elon Musk’s terrifying vision for AI 0:19:30 - Mira Murati debuts Thinking Machines Lab, her AI startup 0:22:18 - New York Times goes all-in on internal AI tools 0:29:40 - Google’s AI Efforts Marred by Turf Disputes 0:34:19 - Introducing Perplexity Deep Research 0:45:23 - On Probabilism and Determinism in AI AI Agents are Everywhere and Nowhere 0:57:14 - Jeff rant: Dumbest AI memo you will ever read Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the AI Action Summit in Paris, Elon Musk's bid for OpenAI, the Thompson Reuters copyright lawsuit, massive AI spending by tech giants, and ChatGPT Operator buying expensive eggs! Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the new YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:00 - UK and US refuse to sign international AI declaration Macron touts Europe and trolls Trump at Paris AI summit Roose: 5 Notes From the Big A.I. Summit in Paris 0:10:25 - Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI 0:16:00 - ‘Doomers’ Review: Hunkered Down, Debating the Peril and Promise of A.I. 0:18:45 - Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US 0:25:55 - Tech Giants Double Down on Their Massive AI Spending 0:30:00 - Meta lays off thousands as it pivots to AI 0:31:21 - IT Unemployment Rises to 5.7% as AI Hits Tech Jobs 0:38:40 - Save the date: Google I/O is May 20-21, 2025. 0:39:51 - Google One AI Premium adds NotebookLM Plus, 50% student discount 0:43:47 - Google starts testing new Search ‘AI Mode’ internally – Here’s an early look at it 0:47:41 - AI crawler wars threaten to make the web more closed for everyone 0:50:46 - I let ChatGPT’s new ‘agent’ manage my life. It spent $31 on a dozen eggs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Adobe's AI ethics initiatives with Grace Yee, Meta's new Frontier AI Framework, Google's removal of weapons restrictions from AI principles, and OpenAI's new Deep Research tool. Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the new YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 0:01:43 - INTERVIEW with Grace Yee, Senior Director of Ethical Innovation at Adobe Adobe’s core AI ethics principles:Accountability, Responsibility, Transparency Licensed Adobe Stock content and public domain material, filtered for harmful/copyrighted data Rigorous harm testing, iterative improvements, and internal beta testing for AI features Collaborative responsibility across AI layers AI as a tool to reduce manual tasks while preserving human creativity Importance of human oversight, verifying outputs, and using AI as an ideation tool, not a final product Balancing guardrails with user context and licensed training data Collaboration with policymakers, monitoring regulations (EU AI Act), and advocating harmonized standards Adobe’s participation in EU AI Code of Practice and international regulatory harmonization efforts 0:26:13 - Meta says it may stop development of AI systems it deems too risky 0:31:09 - Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website 0:34:50 - OpenAI Unveils A.I. Tool That Can Do Research Online 0:39:47 - OpenAI to release new artificial intelligence model for free 0:41:05 - Gemini 2.0 is now available to everyone 0:44:14 - Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff ‘AI-First’ Is the Future of Key Government Agency 0:46:33 - Josh Hawley: DeepSeek users in US could face million-dollar fine and prison time under bill 0:49:37 - Anthropic claims new AI security method blocks 95% of jailbreaks, invites red teamers to try 0:52:22 - AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research 0:55:15 - AI ‘godfather’ predicts another revolution in the tech in next five years Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive deep into AI's creative impact with Lev Manovich, author of Artificial Aesthetics, analyze the implications of DeepSeek's cost-effective AI development, and explore OpenAI's Project Operator for automated web browsing. Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the new YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 0:01:43 - INTERVIEW Interview with Lev Manovich, professor of computer science at CUNY and co-author of "Artificial Aesthetics" Discussion of AI's impact on creativity and artistic expression Exploration of how AI tools serve as both collaborators and adversaries in artistic creation Deep dive into the concept of AI aesthetics versus traditional artistic concepts NEWS 0:39:05 - DeepSeek... the Seekening! DeepSeek reaches No. 1 on US Play Store DeepSeek displaces ChatGPT as the App Store’s top app Nvidia drops nearly 17% as China’s cheaper AI model DeepSeek sparks global tech sell-off OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor Viral AI company DeepSeek releases new image model family Jeff's take 0:50:02 - OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies 0:51:37 - OpenAI: Introducing Operator 0:58:07 - Reid Hoffman Raises $24.6 Million for AI Cancer-Research Startup with ‘The Emperor of All Maladies’ author Siddhartha Mukherjee 0:59:35 - Reid Hoffman: We can make AI work for us 1:05:25 - New glowing molecule, invented by AI, would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature, scientists say Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the $500 billion Stargate project investment in U.S. AI infrastructure, China’s innovative DeepSeek model outperforming GPT-4, Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event focusing on AI agents, Google’s classroom-focused Gemini tools, and more! Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Subscribe to the new YouTube channel! http://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:04:17 - Announcing The Stargate Project 0:10:31 - How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With Silicon Valley Giants 0:16:20 - Samsung Galaxy Unpacked and Agents on phones 0:32:01 - New Google education tools for 2025 0:38:59 - Google Workspace enables the future of AI-powered work for every business 0:42:29 - Copilot is now included in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family 0:43:27 - The Shadow of Cognitive Laziness in the Brilliance of LLMs 0:52:44 - ‘ChatGPT saved my life’: Reddit user credits AI chatbot for diagnosing his rare medical condition Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Greg Epstein’s thoughts on tech worship culture in Tech Agnostic, OpenAI’s legal battles with publishers over copyright infringement claims, Amazon Alexa’s generative AI struggles with hallucinations, Google Notebook LM’s friendliness tuning updates, and more! 🔔 Support the show: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 0:01:48 - Interview with Greg Epstein 0:35:35 - Biden’s administration proposes new rules on exporting AI chips, provoking an industry pushback 0:38:39 - NVIDIA Statement on the Biden Administration’s Misguided ‘AI Diffusion’ Rule 0:40:42 - Biden signs ambitious order to bolster energy resources for AI data centers 0:42:08 - OpenAI presents its preferred version of AI regulation in a new ‘blueprint’ 0:43:39 - The New York Times' takes OpenAI to court--again 0:46:43 - Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal 0:43:21 - Amazon's upcoming Alexa AI brain transplant might make you use it more than just weather and timers 0:57:35 - Adobe’s new AI tool can edit 10,000 images in one click 0:59:33 - Slopaggedon: Behold the AI Slop Dominating Google Image Results for "Does Corn Get Digested" 1:04:53 - Google’s NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss NVIDIA's big CES keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show, Samsung and LG's AI ecosystem announcements, OpenAI's o3 update, and the unexpected benefits of the Rabbit R1 device for people with disabilities. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Nvidia announces next-gen RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs Nvidia’s Project Digits is a ‘personal AI supercomputer’ Samsung Unveils Vision AI and New Innovations at CES First Look 2025, Delivering Personalized, AI-Powered Screens to Enrich Everyday Life New AI powered Samsung refrigerators will allow direct grocery ordering with Instacart Gemini is taking over Google TV - in a good way LG’s 2025 OLED TVs are its best yet — but they risk going overboard with AI LG unveils "affectionate intelligence" at CES OpenAI CEO Sam Altman rings in 2025 with cryptic, concerning tweet about AI's future Hank Green's Cripslock Test for AGI Altman's latest gospel: Reflections Deepseek seems to be a big deal: Chinese model, cheaper to train COMMUNITY How the Rabbit R1 is finding use in accessibility Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the winners and losers in AI for 2024, the persistence of AI hallucinations, the most useful AI tools for creators, and their expectations for AI development in 2025. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Show begins 0:02:21 - The winners 0:02:35 - Nvidia 0:05:05 - OpenAI GPT-4o 0:08:17 - Hopfield and Hinton (Nobel Prize) 0:09:08 - Alphafold (Nobel Prize) 0:11:22 - xAI Colossus Data Center 0:13:27 - Open Source AI 0:17:25 - Anthropic 0:18:10 - OpenAI's ongoing soap opera 0:21:43 - The losers 0:21:59 - Intel funding has slowed 0:23:33 - Google/Gemini (woke, "glued pizza) 0:25:58 - Persistence of hallucinations 0:26:42 - Scarlett Johannson and OpenAI 0:27:48 - Microsoft Recall 0:29:05 - Big Tech stock decline regarding AI 0:29:49 - Stability losing Mostaque, Inflection AI losing Suleyman 0:30:28 - Devices of the year 0:31:10 - Rabbit R1 0:32:57 - Humane AI Pin 0:34:20 - IYO One 0:37:12 - Ive/Altman hardware rumor 0:38:24 - Cool tools 0:38:41 - NotebookLM 0:41:42 - RunwayML 0:42:00 - Udio and Suno 0:42:33 - Perplexity Pro 0:43:18 - GPT-4o, Sora, Ideogram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this year-end review, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis examine the importance of AI to the tech story of 2024. From the biggest trends, to the ongoing fight over copyright and training data, to safety and regulation, and the moving goalposts of AGI. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! CHAPTERS: 0:05:52 - Trends 0:06:07 - Multimodality 0:14:17 - RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) 0:24:38 - From chatbots to Agents 0:29:48 - From summary to creation 0:35:38 - Creativity and quality 0:39:05 - Search 0:43:33 - Copyright and the ongoing fight over training data and fair use 0:50:50 - AGI: Around the corner or BS? 0:56:43 - Regulation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis call OpenAI's 1-800-CHATGPT service, Google's Imagen 3 and Veo 2 updates, the anthropomorphization of Claude, MindStudio's workflow demo, and the implications of AI copyright exemptions. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! NEWS 0:09:38 - ChatGPT’s AI search engine is rolling out to everyone 0:13:13 - OpenAI launches ChatGPT Projects, letting you organize files, chats in groups 0:14:32 - Breaking today: 1-800-ChatGPT 0:19:33 - State-of-the-art video and image generation with Veo 2 and Imagen 3 0:23:32 - Sutskever says we've reached peak data and the way AI is built is about to change 0:26:40 - NotebookLM gets a new look, audio interactivity and a premium version 0:31:35 - UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI 0:34:00 - YouTube creators can now opt into third-party AI training 0:41:10 - Nvidia's $249 Jetson Nano supercomputer 0:43:43 - How Claude Became Tech Insiders’ Chatbot of Choice 0:51:20 - Mindstudio & how to make a worker COMMUNITY 0:57:08 - DJ Rout points out how US-centric "guardrails" are 1:01:02 - Len share how you can get Perplexity Pro free for one year. Jeff shares another way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Jason's exclusive look at Google's Project Astra glasses, the new $200/month ChatGPT Pro tier, OpenAI's Sora and Canvas tools, Reddit's AI data licensing revenue, and more! 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:40 - I tried out Android XR, Google’s latest attempt to take on Meta and Apple 0:18:02 - Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era 0:32:46 - 12 days of OpenAI 0:33:13 - OpenAI's o1 lies more than any major AI model. Why that matters 0:40:22 - OpenAI makes canvas, its editing tool, available to everyone 0:44:29 - Today, day 6: Advanced voice with video & Santa mode 0:50:44 - Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip 0:54:34 - How Years of Reddit Posts Have Made the Company an AI Darling Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI, explore the creation of Yara, the challenges in current mental health services, AI's potential in making mental wellness accessible, ethical AI design, and the importance of safety in AI healthcare applications. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Yara AI 0:03:00 - Introduction of guest Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI 0:05:14 - Exploration of the connection between SwiftKey and Yara AI 0:09:06 - The evolution of ELIZA to where we are now with AI chatbots 0:11:50 - Joe's drive to develop Yara came out of personal experience 0:15:26 - Using a GPT as a replacement for a therapist 0:20:50- How to tackle the amnesic quality of LLMs in a therapeutic application 0:27:10- Jason's experience with the open beta of Yara 0:29:06 - Joe's live demo of Yara 0:32:14 - What is emotional intelligence and empathy when an AI provides it? 0:37:42 - The accessibility and inequality problem with mental health services 0:40:34 - How does Yara manage the problem of hallucinations? 0:50:20 - Peter Hames hired by Microsoft AI 0:55:55 - Closing the loop to the SwiftKey days Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss newly released documents from the Elon Musk-OpenAI lawsuit, a surprising study on AI poetry, Microsoft's latest AI innovations at Ignite 2024, the potential of collaborative AI agents, and more! 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:03:50 - Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI 0:16:40 - ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses. 0:23:01 - Introducing Copilot Actions, new agents, and tools to empower IT teams 0:28:48 - A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness 0:33:33 - Arc Institute releases ‘ChatGPT for DNA’ 0:36:00 - DrDew sent in a video walkthrough of Particle News on iOS 0:47:00 - Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-made ad The Coca-Cola Christmas AI video Coca Cola has done this before in 2023: Masterpiece 0:56:15 - Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Sam Altman's AGI predictions, challenges faced by AI companies in advancing their models, Anthropic's defense sector partnership, the release of Google DeepMind's AlphaFold 3 for non-commercial use, and more. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:06:01 - Altman's latest AGI BS prediction: a year 0:08:32 - More AGI BS predictions, and one dissent 0:11:36 - OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of ‘GPT’ AI Improvements Slows 0:12:03 - OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI 0:17:26 - Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups 0:20:13 - Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal 0:24:59 - AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now open source 0:28:51 - AI-powered tool may offer quick, no-contact blood pressure and diabetes screening 0:32:37 - Google’s AI ‘learning companion’ takes chatbot answers a step further 0:40:01 - Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work 0:48:10 - AI artwork of Alan Turing sells for $1m 0:51:40 - The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ Makes History As First AI-Assisted Song to Earn Grammy Nomination 0:57:19 - Randy Travis’s beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again. 0:57:36 - YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and guest Mike Elgan analyze the post-election tech landscape for AI, OpenAI's new ChatGPT Search capabilities, the democratization of robotics programming, and more. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:03:15 - What will the AI industry look like over the next four years of a Trump presidency? 0:05:58 - Introducing ChatGPT search 0:17:25 - OpenAI Swarm 0:23:15 - A faster, better way to train general-purpose robots 0:29:48 - Humanoid robots are a bad idea 0:34:30 - Who needs a humanoid robot when everything is already robotic? 0:39:20 - Anthropic: The case for targeted regulation 0:43:43 - Meta says it’s making its Llama models available for US national security applications 0:45:20 - Exclusive: EU AI Act checker reveals Big Tech's compliance pitfalls 0:49:39 - Alexa’s New AI Brain Is Stuck in the Lab Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Google's Project Jarvis browser control AI, GitHub's expansion of Copilot to multiple AI models, Meta's development of its own AI search engine, and Apple's rollout of Apple Intelligence features for select devices. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:03:33 - Project Jarvis: Google Preps AI That Takes Over Computers 0:15:55 - More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI 0:20:42 - GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI 0:29:38 - Meta builds AI search engine to cut Google, Bing reliance 0:30:50 - Meta AI gains access to Reuters news content in multi-year deal 0:33:50 - Meta is in fact the most well-placed company to take advantage of generative AI 0:38:25 - Meta takes on Google’s NotebookLM with new NotebookLlama 0:42:59 - Apple Intelligence is available today 0:45:38 - Humane bets others need its AIOS 0:49:55 - UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ENTERS INTO A STRATEGIC COLLABORATION WITH ETHICAL AI MUSIC COMPANY, KLAY 0:53:25 - LIGHTNING ROUND Hospitals use a transcription tool powered by an error-prone OpenAI model LeCun blasts Musk as the biggest threat to democracy today Linus Torvalds slams AI as ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’ Stability AI Is No Longer Controlled by Former CEO Emad Mostaque Arcade, a new AI product creation platform, designed this necklace Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell examine the shifting landscape of AI partnerships as Microsoft and OpenAI negotiate their future, while discussing Meta's latest language model and NVIDIA's entry into the "Open-ISH" AI arena. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:22 - Meta under fire for ‘polluting’ open-source 0:07:46 - Meta Introduces Spirit LM open source model that combines text and speech inputs/outputs 0:12:47 - Nvidia just dropped a new AI model that crushes OpenAI’s GPT-4—no big launch, just big results 0:21:58 - Microsoft introduces ‘AI employees’ that can handle client queries 0:23:00 - Marc Benioff says Microsoft rebranding Copilot as AI 'agents' shows they're in 'panic mode' 0:26:00 - Anthropic’s new AI model can control your PC 0:29:44 - Motorola reveals ambitious upcoming Moto AI features for its phones 0:31:34 - On-device AI could make apps obsolete 0:37:28 - The $14 Billion Question Dividing OpenAI and Microsoft 0:40:45 - Elon Musk, Tesla and WBD sued over alleged ‘Blade Runner 2049’ AI ripoff for Cybercab promotion 0:45:56 - Runway Act-One 0:51:00 - Sotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the limitations of AI reasoning, Tesla's latest We, Robot event, and interview Sarah Bird from Microsoft about responsible AI engineering in the company and beyond. 🔔 PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:13 - Hype-puncturing paper: LLMs can't reason; they mimic; changing a name throws them 0:09:30 - On topic: Mims on LeCun: This AI Pioneer Thinks AI Is Dumber Than a Cat 0:14:23 - Silicon Valley is debating if AI weapons should be allowed to decide to kill 0:19:05 - Elon Musk’s Beer-Pouring Optimus Robots Are Not Autonomous 0:25:26 - Adobe starts roll-out of AI video tools, challenging OpenAI and Meta 0:28:35 - Interview with Sarah Bird, Microsoft’s Global Lead for Responsible AI Engineering Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Meta's new Movie Gen tool for AI video creation, Jason demos OpenAI's new Canvas interface, the controversial I-XRAY facial recognition demo and Zillow's AI staging acquisition. Jeff's book, The Web We Weave, is out now! Use code WEB20 for 20% off at checkout! Please support our work on Patreon! NEWS Meta Unveils Instant A.I. Video Generator That Adds Sounds How Meta Movie Gen could usher in a new AI-enabled era for content creators Amazon Ads AI adds motion to still images for ads OpenAI launches new ‘Canvas’ ChatGPT interface tailored to writing and coding projects OpenAI Leaders Say Microsoft Isn't Moving Fact Enough to Supply Servers Let's debunk confused techno-panic over "doxing glasses" Zillow Group acquires AI company offering virtual staging Google’s AI search summaries officially have ads Google Exec Says Data Gives It an Edge in AI Search Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize Google DeepMind boss wins Nobel for proteins breakthrough Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into OpenAI's leadership changes, Meta's AR glasses prototype, Google DeepMind's AI chip design breakthrough, and more. Please support our work on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS OpenAI’s Complex Path to Becoming a For-Profit Company SoftBank to Invest $500 Million in OpenAI Apple No Longer in Talks to Join OpenAI Investment Round Behind OpenAI’s Staff Churn: Turf Wars, Burnout, Compensation Demands OpenAI’s DevDay brings Realtime API and other treats for AI app developers Meta Connect 2024: Quest 3S, Llama 3.2, & More Introducing Orion, Our First True Augmented Reality Glasses Microsoft gives Copilot a voice and vision in its biggest redesign yet Samsung's latest premium Chromebook has a big screen and a dedicated AI key California Governor Vetoes Sweeping A.I. Legislation Gavin Newsom Vetoes Terrible AI Bill 1047, But Brace For Something Worse How AlphaChip transformed computer chip designPollsters are turning to AI this election season Exponential growth brews 1 million AI models on Hugging Face MIT spinoff Liquid debuts non-transformer AI models and they’re already state-of-the-art Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk about how Hollywood is embracing AI with Lionsgate partnering with Runway ML, Electronic Arts showcases AI-driven gameplay concepts and Jason gives a live demo of ChatGPT's Advanced Voice mode. Please support our work on Patreon! NEWS @OpenAI: Advanced Voice is rolling out to all Plus and Team users in the ChatGPT app over the course of the week. After Apple, Jony Ive Is Building an Empire of His Own Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into ‘god mode’ with latest AI post Speaking of AI hype: a paper on it from a conference JJ watched Google Paid $2.7 Billion to Bring Back an AI Genius Who Quit in Frustration Google Quantum AI demonstrates a quantum memory system that greatly reduces error rates An AI can beat CAPTCHA tests 100 percent of the time How Google Trains AI with Your Help through CAPTCHA@geoffkeighley EA Chief Strategy Officer Mihir Vaidya demonstrates how EA plans to super-charge user-created game content with AI in this concept video Related: Super Mario 64 Re-Imagined Andy Serkis Teases New Project Featuring “AI Characters” Runway Partners with LionsgateJames Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI in Coup for Tech Firm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell analyze the hype surrounding OpenAI's o1 model, experiment with NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, and examine the potential impacts of AI on surveillance and creative industries. Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS OpenAI Unveils New ChatGPT That Can Reason Through Math and Science OpenAI is launching an ‘independent’ safety board that can stop its model releases I just built a fully functional 2D FlappyBird game in 3-4 minutes using OpenAI o1 NotebookLM now lets you listen to a conversation about your sources Listening To The Algorithm Google is now rolling out Gemini Live to free users on Android Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line The 'godmother of AI' just raised $230 million for her AI startup Tencent’s new AI can create open-world video games from text Google’s GameNGen: AI breaks new ground by simulating Doom without a game engine Runway launches new video-to-video AI tool — here's what it can do Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Apple's AI-infused iPhone 16 launch, Google's enhancement of Photos with broader AI search capabilities, Waymo's report on autonomous vehicle safety, and more! Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Apple Intelligence has an official release date – but it won't be on your new iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro at launch Visual Intelligence: AI-powered visual search comes to the iPhone Improved search in Google Photos — plus early access to Ask Photos Google AI Overviews rollout hits news publisher search visibility US, EU, UK, and others sign legally enforceable AI treaty WayMo safety data Audible to Start Generating AI Voice Replicas of Select Audiobook Narrators AI to multiply influencer videos ESPN AI recap of Alex Morgan’s final professional match fails to mention Alex Morgan Isaac by Weave Robots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into Amazon's AI plans for Alexa, Elon Musk's Colossus announcement, the cultural implications of AI in entertainment and elections, and more! Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp @elonmusk: This weekend, the @xAI team brought our Colossus 100k H100 training cluster online. Why Musk’s AI Rivals Are Alarmed by His New GPU Cluster OpenAI plans to build its own AI chips on TSMC's forthcoming 1.6 nm A16 process node NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools AI’s impact on elections is being overblown Jeff summary: This is excellent on the overblown fears about AI and elections and the results of #MoralPanic over technology. Yuval Noah Harari: What Happens When the Bots Compete for Your Love? The Next Generation Pixar: How AI will Merge Film & Games Why killer AI is such an alluring horror villain @1x_tech: Introducing NEO Beta. Designed for humans. Built for the home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis explore OpenAI's Orion and Strawberry advancements, the impact of AI on the music creation process, how AI saved Amazon an estimated 4,500 developer years of work in application upgrades, and more. Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS OpenAI Shows ‘Strawberry’ AI to the Feds and Uses It to Develop ‘Orion’ No one’s ready for this Hello, you’re here because you said AI image editing was just like Photoshop See also: NYTimes from 1990 Gannett is shuttering site accused of publishing AI product reviews Chinese and US scientists create AI model to help develop new drugs Apple Explores Robotics in Search of Life Beyond the iPhone This robot from Disney Research can imitate human facial movements Why musicians are smart to embrace AITop 100 GenAI consumer apps Jassey: Ave time to upgrade application plummeted from 50 developer-days to hours ‘Megalopolis’ Cuts Ties With Marketing Consultant Behind Trailer Debacle; Fabricated Critic Quotes Were Generated By AI Perplexity AI plans to start running ads in fourth quarter as AI-assisted search gains popularity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell showcase the AI features of the new Google Pixel 9 phone, discuss updates to California's SB 1047 bill Eric Schmidt's retracted comments on AI startups, and Taylor Swift deepfakes used as political propaganda. 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow HANDS ON Hands on With Pixel 9 AI features (Gemini Live, Pixel Screenshots, etc) NEWS California weakens bill to prevent AI disasters before final vote, taking advice from Anthropic Pelosi Statement in Opposition to California Senate Bill 1047 Trump posts deepfakes of Swift, Harris and Musk in effort to shore up support Ex-Google CEO says successful AI startups can steal IP and hire lawyers to ‘clean up the mess’ Former Google boss bets on NVIDIA in the AI race: "When Microsoft did the OpenAI deal, it was the stupidest idea I’d ever heard" AI poses no existential threat to humanity – new study finds New AI algorithm can predict the 'tipping points' for future disasters, scientists say Artists Score Major Win in Copyright Case Against AI Art Generators Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha Turbo is here and can make AI videos faster than you can type Gen 3 alpha turbo Google’s upgraded AI image generator is now available Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell shares his firsthand experience from Google's hardware event, highlighting new AI features in Pixel devices like the "Add Me" photo tool and AI-powered screenshot organization. Jeff Jarvis and Jason also discuss California's controversial AI safety bill and its potential impact on innovation, and examining Meta's new VFusion3D AI tool for creating 3D imagery. 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Gemini Live is the best AI feature I've seen so far from Google Gemini is replacing Google Assistant on Pixel phones, and it’s a trainwreck Google’s Gemini Live AI Sounds So Human, I Almost Forgot It Was a Bot OpenAI is worried that ChatGPT-4o users are developing feelings for the chatbot Replika CEO Eugenia Kuyda says it’s okay if we end up marrying AI chatbots The brewing storm over California’s AI bill California AI bill SB 1047 aims to prevent AI disasters, but Silicon Valley warns it will cause one VFusion3D: Learning Scalable 3D Generative Models from Video Diffusion Models Brands should avoid this popular term: AI. It’s turning off customers Here’s how much tech companies are spending to tell you AI is amazing Humane's returns outpace sales Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of AI Inside, hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the latest AI industry developments, including Character.ai's CEO returning to Google, NVIDIA's chip delay, OpenAI's text detection tool, and (gasp) autonomous dental robots. 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS: Character.AI CEO Noam Shazeer returns to Google Struggling AI Startups Look for a Bailout from Big Tech Nvidia reportedly delays its next AI chip due to a design flaw As Regulators Close In, Nvidia Scrambles for a Response White House says no need to restrict ‘open-source’ artificial intelligence — at least for now Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case ‘A magazine made by humans’: Atlantic writers push back on AI Prorata.ai There’s a Tool to Catch Students Cheating With ChatGPT. OpenAI Hasn’t Released It. Gary Marcus: OpenAI’s Sam Altman is becoming one of the most powerful people on Earth. We should be very afraid WaPost runs letter from doomer Future of Life Institute against Altman's op-ed Dental AI startup raises $30 million, including from Mark Zuckerberg’s dad Perceptive.io AI music startup Suno hits back at record labels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis as they explore recent developments in AI, from Apple's upcoming Apple Intelligence beta to OpenAI's SearchGPT product, before sitting down with Qualcomm's Vinesh Sukumar to discuss the cutting-edge of on-device AI. 🔔 Are you a fan of AI Inside? PLEASE fill out the customer survey: http://aiinside.show/survey 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS: Apple's AI Features Rollout Will Miss Upcoming iPhone Software Overhaul Apple releases first preview of its long-awaited iPhone AI Apple to Adopt Voluntary AI Safeguards Established by Biden OpenAI announces SearchGPT, its AI-powered search engine AI's search quake shakes media landscape OpenAI starts rolling out its Her-like voice mode for ChatGPT Altman: Opinion Who will control the future of AI? friend Covid-era whiz kid is back, and he brought a Friend AI ‘Friend’ Company Spent $1.8 Million and Most of Its Funds on Domain Name Then again... AI Companions Reduce Loneliness, says study Investors Are Suddenly Getting Very Concerned That AI Isn't Making Any Serious Money INTERVIEW: Introduction of guest Vinesh Sukumar, head of Generative AI Product, from Qualcomm Vinesh's background and experience, including competing in the 1992 Olympics Discussion of AI's impact on the Olympics and sports Qualcomm's approach to on-device AI and edge computing The importance of personalized AI experiences Examples of AI applications in everyday life, including photo editing and creative tools Qualcomm's focus on multimodality in AI development Future directions for AI at Qualcomm, including orchestration and edge-cloud collaboration Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk through a very consequential week in AI news, beginning with the release of the first open-source frontier AI model, the 305 billion parameter version of Llama 3.1! Also, GPT-4o attempts to plug the "ignore all previous instructions" hole, OpenAI is giving it back to the New York times, and so much more! 🔔 Are you a fan of AI Inside? PLEASE fill out the customer survey: http://aiinside.show/survey 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Meta releases the biggest and best open-source AI model yet Zuck: Open Source AI Is the Path Forward Meta just took the AI fight to OpenAI in a big way — here's how Llama 3.1 beats ChatGPT OpenAI debuts mini version of its most powerful model yet OpenAI’s latest model will block the ‘ignore all previous instructions’ loophole “Ignore all previous instructions” OpenAI asks New York Times to disclose reporters’ notes in ‘vindictive’ legal move Jeff Jarvis post on the story OpenAI/NYT story A Kamala Harris Presidency Could Mean More of the Same on A.I. Regulation The Data That Powers A.I. Is Disappearing Fast Study reveals rapid increase in web domains blocking AI models from training data Altman experiment: The results of the biggest study on guaranteed income programs are finally in Available now: Stems 🥳 Pro & Premier users can now separate the vocals and instrumentals from songs, which will give you more control over how to use Suno. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into OpenAI's "Strawberry" project for autonomous web research, discuss Google's selective indexing practices, explore Disney's partnership with AudioShake to deconstruct its music catalog using AI, and more! 🔔 Please fill out the audience survey and help us grow the show: http://www.aiinside.show/survey 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Exclusive: OpenAI working on new reasoning technology under code name ‘Strawberry’ With an OpenAI leak, the race for "agentic AI" is on An update to Reuters’ article detailing OpenAI’s ‘Strawberry’ revealed that an internally tested model scored over 90% on a benchmark of ‘championship math problems’ OpenAI's AGI progress chart OpenAI teams with Arianna Huffington to create AI-powered ‘health coach’ In Constant Battle With Insurers, Doctors Reach for a Cudgel: A.I. The Washington Post debuts AI chatbot Microsoft, Apple Drop OpenAI Board Plans as Scrutiny Grows Perplexity planning revenue sharing program with web publishers next month As the web is filled with AI junk, Google switches to selective indexing Mashable, PC Mag, and Lifehacker win unprecedented AI protections in new union contract Google tests out Gemini AI-created video presentations Disney Music Group Teams With AudioShake to Separate Stems of Classic Songs Using AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell talks with Matt Post, co-creator of LocalLens, an AI-powered platform revolutionizing access to local government information by summarizing and analyzing meeting data across municipalities. 🔔 Please fill out the audience survey and help us grow the show: http://www.aiinside.show/survey 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW: Matt Post, thelocallens.org Overview of LocalLens as an AI-powered database of local government meeting summaries Discussion of the importance of local government transparency and participation Explanation of how LocalLens collects and analyzes data from various local government meetings Challenges of scaling LocalLens to cover more municipalities across the United States How LocalLens has helped uncover noteworthy local government actions Addressing concerns about AI accuracy and potential errors in summaries LocalLens' approach to correcting inaccuracies and linking to original sources Potential future applications of AI in government transparency, including multimodal AI Plans for expanding LocalLens and seeking partnerships or funding (contact Matt Post!) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Dr. Émile P. Torres, philosopher and researcher who coined the term TESCREAL to describe the complicated ideologies driving the push toward AGI, as well as explore recent news in AI disclosure and consumer tech integration. 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW: Dr. Émile P. Torres Explanation of the TESCREAL acronym and its component ideologies Overview of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and its relation to the TESCREAL bundle Discussion of the differences between AI "doomers" and "accelerationists" Exploration of the connection between TESCREAL ideologies and eugenics Analysis of recent news related to TESCREAL and AI development NEWS: YouTube now lets you request removal of AI-generated content that simulates your face or voice Google to require disclosures for digitally altered content in election ads Meta changes its label from ‘Made with AI’ to ‘AI info’ to indicate use of AI in photos Apple’s Devices Are Lasting Longer, Making AI Strategy Even More Critical Exclusive: This is Google AI, and it's coming to the Pixel 9 AI does gymnastics The deluge of bonkers AI art is literally surreal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis talk with the creators of MindStudio.ai, a no-code AI development platform where enterprises and individuals can build custom AI solutions tailored to their needs. Please support this podcast on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW TOPICS - Introducing guests Dmitry Shapiro (CEO) and Sean Thielen (CTO) of MindStudio, their backgrounds and how they met - The pivotal moment of ChatGPT's release and their vision for MindStudio as a model-agnostic, low-code/no-code platform for building AI applications - Overview of MindStudio's features: creating multi-step AI workflows, comparing models, calling APIs, uploading data, publishing apps for human or programmatic use - MindStudio's business model, pricing tiers, and monetization opportunities by selling created AI applications - Examples of how enterprises use MindStudio for automation (resume screening, sales, customer support), building custom AI assistants, and replacing old software with tailored AI applications - Addressing individual users, artists, and creators using MindStudio for creative projects, productivity, and efficiency - Handling model updates, switching between models, and MindStudio's model-agnostic approach - The value of empowering non-technical users to build AI solutions close to their work, avoiding one-size-fits-all tools Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AI continues to shake up how news is created and consumed. Guest Nikita Roy, host of the Newsroom Robots podcast, talks with Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis about the opportunities and challenges facing media companies. Please support this podcast on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW TOPICS - Welcoming guest Nikita Roy, host of Newsroom Robots podcast - Norway's media companies like Schibsted and iTromsø leading in AI adoption for journalism - Lack of AI literacy and experimentation in North American newsrooms compared to Europe - Concerns around using news content to train AI models (copyright, compensation) - Potential for new interactive AI-powered news experiences beyond traditional articles - Examples of startups/tools for data journalism, video creation, meeting transcription etc. - Need for better data infrastructure and talent to build advanced AI systems in newsrooms - Importance of AI literacy training for all newsroom roles, not just technical teams - Collaboration vs litigation approach - contrasting Schibsted making its own LLM to NY Times lawsuit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Justin Uberti, creator of WebRTC and now Founder of Fixie.ai, shares insights into the development of AI.town, a platform for engaging with AI personalities through voice, and the potential impact of conversational AI on various industries. Please support this podcast on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW TOPICS - Introduction to Justin's background (WebRTC, Hangouts Video, Duo, Stadia) - The shift towards conversational AI and voice interactions - Fixie.ai and AI.town - enabling voice conversations with AI characters - Transitioning from text-based to voice-based AI interactions, potential use cases - Creating AI characters, enabling role-play conversations - Ethical considerations and voice cloning technology - The nature of human conversation (filler words, turn-taking protocols) - Incorporating human conversational quirks into AI speech - V1 vs V2 voice technology (speech recognition - text - speech vs. direct speech-to-speech) - Open-source speech AI model Ultravox.ai, leaderboard for fastest AI models (thefastest.ai) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The FBI created a fake encrypted phone company called ANOM, targeting criminal organizations worldwide in an unprecedented honeypot operation. Joseph Cox, renowned cybersecurity journalist from 404media and author of "Dark Wire," reveals how artificial intelligence drove this groundbreaking investigation, enabling the FBI to monitor criminal communications and make arrests on a historic global scale like never before. Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW: Joseph Cox's new book "Dark Wire" details the FBI's unprecedented sting operation running an encrypted phone company used by criminals. The role of AI in translating intercepted messages from different languages and detecting criminal content within the massive trove of 22 million messages. The ethical implications and potential overreach of such a large-scale operation that swept up some non-criminal users. The FBI developing its own AI system in-house, without help from tech companies, to analyze the intercepted data. The broader trend of law enforcement increasingly adopting AI for tasks like automated report writing from body cam footage. How the book and reporting on this story has shaped Joseph Cox's worldview and approach at his publication 404 Media. Netflix optioning the rights to adapt "Dark Wire" into a movie. NEWS: Nvidia Unveils Next-Generation Rubin AI Platform for 2026 This is Lunar Lake — Intel’s utterly overhauled AI laptop chip that ditches memory sticks Even the Raspberry Pi is getting in on AI Google Refines AI Search Overviews After Odd Results Introducing Perplexity Pages Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk about the challenges of Google's AI search errors, the implications of OpenAI's funding and internal conflicts, Elon Musk's ambitious xAI supercomputer project, and the potential of AI for companionship and sentience. Support AI Inside on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AIInsideShow NEWS: Google’s A.I. Search Errors Cause a Furor Online Google AI Search getting everything wrong Elon Musk raises $6 billion to challenge OpenAI@ylecun Yann Lecun: "Join xAI if you can stand a boss who" Elon Musk plans xAI supercomputer, The Information reports OpenAI Says It Has Begun Training a New Flagship A.I. Model Former OpenAI board member explains why they fired Sam Altman Anthropic hires former OpenAI safety lead to head up new team AI Is a Black Box. Anthropic Figured Out a Way to Look Inside Apple’s AI to include transcription, photo editing, search, & “software that can create custom emojis on the fly” Report: Apple signs deal with OpenAI for iOS, still wants Google as an 'option' California Senate passes really bad AI bill with big impact on open-source How A.I. Made Mark Zuckerberg Popular Again in Silicon Valley Could AI help cure ‘downward spiral’ of human loneliness? No, Today’s AI Isn’t Sentient. Here’s How We Know Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Microsoft Recall, OpenAI GPT-4o voice sounding very similar to Scarlett Johansson, Reddit's data deal with OpenAI, and the struggles of Humane AI's product. Support this podcast on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC Microsoft introduces Phi-Silica Microsoft unveils ‘Copilot + PC’ initiative Get ready for the AI PC Microsoft teams with Khan Academy OpenAI to Pull Johansson Soundalike Sky’s Voice From ChatGPT Scarlett Johansson says she was 'shocked, angered' when she heard OpenAI's voice OpenAI Reportedly Dissolves Its Existential AI Risk Team Science paper with many authors on AI risk Jeff's reaction Compare/contrast with paper on science & AI Ads creativity and performance at scale with Google AI Google Taps AI to Show Shoppers How Clothes Fit Different Bodies OpenAI partners with Reddit Humane is looking for a buyer Meta is reportedly working on camera-equipped AI earphones Remember: the Iyo One Facebook Parent’s Plan to Win AI Race Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Unpack the AI noise from Google I/O 2024 and OpenAI's GPT-4o reveal, with Jason Howell, Jeff Jarvis, and guest Mike Elgan analyzing the impact on search, content creation, voice interactions, and the evolving interactions between humans and AI. Support the show on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS: Google I/O 2024: everything announced Google’s broken link to the web Google rolls out AI Overviews in US with more countries coming soon Google’s generative AI can now analyze hours of video Google's Project Astra uses your phone's camera and AI to find noise makers, misplaced items and more. OpenAI debuts GPT-4o ‘omni’ model now powering ChatGPT Mike's article: We're all talking to AI now The case against teaching kids to be polite to Alexa Meet My A.I. Friends Mike's Machine Society newsletter: https://machinesociety.ai/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Apple's M4 chip, OpenAI's deepfake detector, Microsoft's MAI-1 model, and the impact of AI on stock photography and audiobook professions. Support AI Inside on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Apple’s new M4 chip is focused on AI Apple Is Developing AI Chips for Data Centers, Seeking Edge in Arms Race OpenAI Is Readying a Search Product to Rival Google, Perplexity OpenAI Releases ‘Deepfake’ Detector to Disinformation Researchers Fights over disclosing AI content Those A.I. posters in True Detective: Night Country were supposed to be a knock on A.I., apparently Meet Microsoft MAI-1: Microsoft Readies New AI Model to Compete With Google, OpenAI Gary Marcus: Microsoft and OpenAI’s increasingly complicated relationship The teens making friends with AI chatbots The Last Stock Photographers Await Their Fate Under Generative AI Invite-Only KDP Beta for Audiobooks Amazon has 40,000+ "virtual voice" audiobooks since it opened the doors last November HarperCollins Publishers and ElevenLabs to Bring More Stories to Life Through Audio AI Dungeon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the ongoing debate around AI hardware devices like the Rabbit R1, licensing deals for AI training data, and a child learning study that challenges assumptions about machine intelligence. Support AI Inside on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Rabbit R1, a thing that should just be an app, actually is just an Android app Android Faithful #42 - Down the Rabbit Hole Amazon expands enterprise AI play with wider availability of its Q chatbot Meta and Reasonable Doubt Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models The Financial Times and OpenAI strike content licensing deal 8 Daily Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. OpenAI introduces "Memory" feature for ChatGPT Plus users OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Other Tech Leaders to Serve on AI Safety Board From Baby Talk to Baby A.I. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the Rabbit R1 AI device with guest Mark Spoonauer from Tom's Guide, delving into its capabilities, design, and potential use cases. Also, Microsoft's VASA-1 model, Meta's slew of AI announcements, the closure of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute, and the appointment of Paul Cristiano to the US AI Safety Institute. Consider donating to the AI Inside Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW WITH MARK SPOONAUER, EIC OF TOM'S GUIDE First impressions of the Rabbit R1 AI device Design and form factor of the Rabbit R1 Capabilities and limitations of the Rabbit R1 Potential use cases for the Rabbit R1 Comparison with other AI devices like Meta's Ray-Ban glasses Pricing and availability of the Rabbit R1 Concerns about the Rabbit R1 being a companion device rather than a phone replacement Social implications and potential issues with the Rabbit R1 NEWS The Humane AI pin bad-review backlash AI wearables like Limitless Limitations of audio-only AI interfaces like the IYO One Closure of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute and resignation of Nick Bostrom Appointment of Paul Cristiano as head of US AI Safety Institute at NIST Microsoft's new VASA-1 AI model for animating faces from photos and audio Google's restructuring, combining Android and hardware teams for AI integration YouTube's new "Ask" feature for premium subscribers to interact with videos using AI Meta's announcements: multimodal AI support for Ray-Ban glasses, AI assistant integration, and Lama 3 language model Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Jason Howell as he chats with the founders of Augie and Revoldiv. These two AI tools are harnessing the power of AI to transform the video production and transcription process for creators and professionals. Please support AI Inside by joining us on our Patreon! Interview with Jeremy Toeman, founder of AugX Labs, and Augie Jeremy Toeman's background at CNET and the shift to video content The inspiration behind creating Augie and AugX Labs How Augie works and it's core functionality Live demo of Augie's video creation capabilities Challenges faced in developing AI tools like Augie The future of AI-generated content and its implications CODE: yellowgold for a free month of the premium tier! Interview with Surafel Defar, founder of Revoldiv Surafel's journey from software engineering to entrepreneurship The origins and purpose of Revoldiv Revoldiv's transcription capabilities and user interface Unexpected use cases of Revoldiv Balancing coding and business responsibilities as a founder The importance of user feedback and adaptation in the AI field Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell discuss Google's AI announcements at Google Cloud Next, how AI is integrating with advertising and marketing, the ethical debates surrounding data harvesting, calls for stronger misinformation safeguards, and the impressive emotional depth of AI-generated music. Please support this show directly by becoming a Patron! NEWS Jeff Jarvis' experience speaking at the Nordic Media and AI conference Jony Ive and Sam Altman are DEFINITELY working on an AI device together Google Cloud Next 2024 announcements (Gemini 1.5 Pro, Google Vids, AI meeting notes) WPP's partnership with Google's Gemini AI for advertising and marketing Activist groups calling for stronger action against AI-generated misinformation and deepfakes The New York Times article on the data race to feed AI systems Perplexity's plans to sell ads on their platform Suno AI music generation service and the emotional quality of AI-generated music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the $665 million Shiba Inu coin donation to the Future of Life Institute, the potential $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputer from OpenAI and Microsoft, Jason gives a hands-on demo of Stability AI's new music generation model, and more! NEWS - Future of Life Institute's $665 million donation from Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum co-founder) in Shiba Inu coins - Artifact social news curation app shutting down, acquired by Yahoo - Yum Foods has plans to go all in on generative AI - How people are using generative AI based on Harvard Business Review report - New York City's chatbot providing incorrect legal/business advice - Generative AI used to create virtual persona of real person for advertising - OpenAI and Microsoft in talks for $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputer DEMO - Stability AI's Stable Audio 2.0 for music generation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy and author of the new book "Brave New Words: HOW AI WILL REVOLUTIONIZE EDUCATION (AND WHY THAT'S A GOOD THING)", joins Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis to talk about the many challenges educators face as AI tools become pervasive and ever more powerful. Sal explores how teachers and administrations are embracing technology to improve the learning environment and make their own jobs easier and more effective. Become a Patron of AI Inside and support our work directly INTERVIEW with Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy Sal's upcoming book "Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education and Why That's a Good Thing" Challenges teachers face with AI pushing against traditional teaching methods Legitimate concerns about AI use in classrooms AI as a tool, not a replacement for teachers Potential of AI to mitigate cheating and provide process insights Impact of AI on education and the role of humanities Suggestions for educators to use AI in classrooms AI as a tutor and writing coach AI supporting student assignments and teacher productivity Managing teacher resistance and concerns about AI Sal's perspective on AI bias and representation Ethical considerations for AI in assessment and hiring NEWS Stability CEO resigns from generative AI company United Nations adopts U.S.-led resolution to safely develop AI Ben Evans: The problem of AI ethics, and laws about AI Tennessee Adopts ELVIS Act, Protecting Artists’ Voices From AI Impersonation Financial Times tests an AI chatbot trained on decades of its own articles OpenAI is pitching Sora to Hollywood Sora: first impressions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Evan Brown to round up AI regulation efforts worldwide including Utah's disclosure law and the EU's comprehensive AI Ant. Plus, big news for Microsoft AI, Nvidia's behemoth AI chips, and more! SUPPORT THE SHOW! INTERVIEW WITH EVAN BROWN Utah has a brand new law that regulates generative AI EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others Journalism and AI YouTube Introduces Mandatory Disclosure For AI-Generated Content NEWS Big changes at Inflection AI & Microsoft WSJ report on Microsoft/Inflection Reid Hoffman's tweets about it Apple Is in Talks to Let Google Gemini Power iPhone AI Features Nvidia reveals Blackwell B200 GPU, the ‘world’s most powerful chip’ for AI Jeff & Mikah react to the NVIDIA keynote xAI open sources Grok A good video explaining generative AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode of AI Inside, Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell explore the tempering of expectations around generative AI, the promise and concerns of open-sourcing models, and the unique ways AI is being leveraged in journalism, elderly care, and even digital recreations of deceased celebrities. NEWS OpenAI's internal investigation into Sam Altman's ouster as he returns to the board Google implementing safeguards restricting election-related information on its AI Expectations around generative AI capabilities and impact being tamped down Open-sourcing AI models and the debate around it Elon Musk's vague promise to open-source "Grok" The use of AI in journalism for analysis and data processing Midjourney's new character reference feature for consistent image generation AI-powered companion dolls for elderly companionship AI application for bereavement assistance Digital recreation of Marilyn Monroe's voice using AI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Elon Musk's legal battle with OpenAI, Nvidia's CEO on making programming obsolete, calls for responsible AI innovation, and more! NEWS Discussion about Elon Musk suing OpenAI for breaching contract over its stated mission of openness and building responsible AI OpenAI releasing emails from Musk revealing his desire for control and more funding Anthropic rolling out new versions of Claude LLM (Claude 3 Opus, Sonnet, Haiku) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's statement on AI making programming unnecessary for everyone Americans for Responsible AI Innovation launching and calls for regulation Open letter from researchers for a "safe harbor" for independent AI evaluation Trust in AI companies dropping according to Edelman report Bad bots: Issues with Amazon's Rufus shopping bot and H&R Block's tax advice bot Amazon's $1 billion industrial innovation fund for AI and robotics Humanoid robot developments from companies like Figure and Magic Lab Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis talk with Dan Patterson of Blackbird.ai about their context-providing service Compass before diving into the week's top AI stories including Google's "biased" Gemini model, data sharing deals between companies like Reddit for model training, and the risks and benefits of open sourcing AI systems. INTERVIEW Overview of Blackbird AI's mission to track narrative threats and attacks like misinformation and disinformation Introduction of Blackbird's new product Compass for providing context around claims using AI analysis Explanation of how Compass works to check claims and provide contextual information from authoritative sources Discussion around Compass being built on Blackbird's Raven Risk large language model (LLM) and related APIs Examples provided of using Compass for real-world claims like "Is the earth flat?" Intention for Compass to help provide clarity and essential context to media content Discussion around target users for Compass - social media companies, comms agencies, journalists Explanation that Compass determines authority based on how authoritative sites reference each other Discussion around Compass having a framework for integrating with fact-checking databases NEWS Discussion around the challenges and nuances of implementing guardrails for AI News segment on Google's Gemini model controversy over biased image generation Deals emerging between tech companies to sell data for AI model training, including Reddit-Google and rumored Tumblr-OpenAI Tyler Perry putting his studio expansion plans on hold due to the emergence of AI like OpenAI's Sora Analysis of benefits and risks of open-sourcing AI models Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the latest AI news, including OpenAI's new Sora video generator, legal issues for an Air Canada chatbot, missteps in publishing AI art in a medical journal, and Jason gives a hands-on demo of Perplexity Pro including a solid example of why it's necessary to scrutinize the output of LLMs. Release of OpenAI's Sora for video generation Debate over whether advanced AI capabilities indicate nearing AGI Meta's new AI model V-JEPA learns from video like LLMs learn from text Effect of Sora release on Adobe stock valuation Air Canada chatbot provides misleading refund info, company gets sued Scientific journal publishes AI-generated rat diagram from Midjourney British painter Harold Cohen spent 40+ years refining an image-generating robot PERPLEXITY PRO DEMONSTRATION Integrates multiple models like GPT-3.5 and Stable Diffusion Capability to search across internet sources with up-to-date results The need to verify its output: Got its own capabilities wrong by claiming it uses model "Sora" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the week's AI news, including Sam Altman's call for $7 trillion in AI funding, Google's launch of Gemini Ultra 1.0 chatbot, proposed regulations on AI safety, dismissal of copyright claims against AI, and the need for humanities education in the AI field. NOTE: Connectivity issues resulted in a lower-resolution file for part of the show. Apologies! NEWS Sam Altman wants $7 trillion to boost AI chip and GPU production globally ChatGPT gaining ability to remember user preferences and data OpenAI building web and device control agents Google's Assistant is now called Gemini on Android devices Google announces Gemini Ultra 1.0 model to compete with GPT-4 California bill proposes AI safety regulations and requirements AI companies agree to limit election deepfakes Most claims dismissed in Sarah Silverman copyright lawsuit, leaving only 1 direct copyright claim Beijing court rules AI-generated content can be copyrighted NYT op-ed argues humanities education is key to developing AI leaders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt, author of "The Techlash and Tech Crisis Communication" and the AI Panic newsletter, to discuss how some AI safety organizations use questionable surveys, messaging, and media influence to spread fears about artificial intelligence risks, backed by hundreds of millions in funding from groups with ties to Effective Altruism. INTERVIEW Introduction to guest Dr. Nirit Weiss-Blatt Research on how media coverage of tech shifted from optimistic to pessimistic AI doom predictions in media AI researchers predicting human extinction Criticism of annual AI Impacts survey Role of organizations like MIRI, FLI, Open Philanthropy in funding AI safety research Using fear to justify regulations Need for balanced AI coverage Potential for backlash against AI safety groups With influence comes responsibility and scrutiny The challenge of responsible AI exploration Need to take concerns seriously and explore responsibly NEWS BITES Meta's AI teams are filled with female leadership Meta embraces labeling of GenAI content Google's AI Test Kitchen and image effects generator Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In this episode, Sven Størmer Thaulow, EVP/Chief Data and Technology Officer at Schibsted, joins Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis to discuss the creation of a Large Language Model (LLM) for media in Norway, the importance of aligning AI models with cultural values, and the potential for American media companies to collaborate on creating English language models. The conversation also explores the use of AI in generating article titles, providing a different user interface, and experimenting with an AI agent for tech reviews. INTERVIEW Introduction to the guest, Sven Størmer Thaulow, EVP/Chief Data and Technology Officer at Schibsted. The work Sven and his team are doing at Schibsted. Background on Schibsted and its success in the news industry. Schibsted's successful subscriptions in Norway and their high-quality news products. The creation of an LLM in the Norwegian language and Schibsted's role in it. Different attitudes towards AI and language models in Norway and the US. Schibsted's AI strategy and their work with AI in the recommendation system space. The importance of data and language data for AI and language models. Efforts to build Norwegian and Northern Germanic language LLMs. The need to align AI models with cultural values. Potential for American media companies to collaborate on creating English language models. Sven's experiment with using their LLM to generate article titles at Schibsted. The use of AI to provide a different user interface and relationship with content. Experiment with an AI agent for tech reviews. NEWS BITES Google's new Lumiere AI video generator, Video Poet, can create stunning clips by using space and time together.  Microsoft's changes to its AI text-to-image generation tool in response to reports of people using it to create nonconsensual sexual images of Taylor Swift. OpenAI and Common Sense Media have partnered to address concerns about the impacts of AI on children and teenagers. Keep It Shot is a tool that allows Mac users to rename, organize, and quickly find their screenshots using AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On the premiere episode of the AI Inside podcast, hosts Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell discuss AI copyright issues with Common Crawl Foundation's Rich Skrenta regarding news outlets limiting access to content they publish publicly, impacting the integrity of Common Crawl's internet archive. In recent years, the archive has been used by LLMs as AI training data, and the implications of restricting information have a dramatic impact on the data quality that survives. INTERVIEW Introduction and background on AI Inside podcast Discussion of the recent AI oversight Senate hearing Jeff testified at Introduction of guest Rich Skrenta from Common Crawl Foundation Overview of Common Crawl and its goals to archive the open web Discussion of how Common Crawl data is used to train AI models News publishers wanting content removed from Common Crawl Debate around copyright, fair use, and AI’s “right to read” Mechanics of how Common Crawl works and what it archives Concerns about restricting AI access to data for training Risk of regulatory capture and only big companies being able to use AI Discussion of recent court ruling related to web scraping Hopes for Common Crawl's growth and evolution NEWS BITES Interesting device announcement from CES - Rabbit R1 with Perplexity AI integration Study on actual risk of AI automating jobs away in the near future Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
AI Inside is your new home for keeping up to date on what's new in the world of Artificial Intelligence. Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis every Wednesday as they speak with some of the world's leading minds about how AI is being used, abused, and built into the fabric of our lives. AI Inside will look at the influence of AI in the newsroom, the ongoing uncertainty around AI art and copyright, the scalability of disinformation, supercharging worker productivity, and so much more. And if a groundbreaking service grabs hold of the news cycle, AI Inside will be there to take a closer look. It's all fair game on the AI Inside podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices