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