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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down the rise of Moltbook, the social network for AI agents, and how it claims to let 1.5 million bots argue, joke, and organize like humans. We explore what it means when almost all of those agents are actually human‑driven proxies, and whether this is a playful experiment or a worrying blueprint for AI‑driven behavior at scale. We also question why anyone would need a social network just for AI agents, and what security and privacy risks OpenClaw‑style tools introduce when combined with an engagement‑driven platform that rewards risky actions.

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0:00 - Start

0:03:42 - AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast - Ars Technica

0:06:00 - Introducing Moltworker: a self-hosted personal AI agent, minus the minis

0:31:47 - Why Anthropic's latest AI tool is hammering legal-software stocks

0:38:25 - Anthropic says ‘Claude will remain ad-free,’ unlike ChatGPT

0:43:05 - Firefox is adding a switch to turn AI features off

0:45:27 - DuckDuckGo Asked Its Users How They Feel About AI Search. 90% Hate It

0:48:14 - Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt

0:54:29 - Rabbit’s Next AI Gadget Is a ‘Cyberdeck’ for Vibe Coding

1:01:14 - Xcode moves into agentic coding with deeper OpenAI and Anthropic integrations

1:02:33 - Switching to Gemini from another chatbot may soon get much easier

1:05:41 - Musk’s SpaceX Combines With xAI at $1.25 Trillion Valuation

1:09:57 - OpenAI will retire several models, including GPT-4o, from ChatGPT next month

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On this week’s AI Inside, Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell test Google’s new Gemini-powered Auto-Browse Chrome agents, wonder whether Yahoo Scout really matters, question Apple’s Gemini-fueled Siri revamp and rumored AI pin, and explore Mozilla’s “rebel alliance” bet on open-source AI.

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00:00 - Podcast begins

0:04:30 - Chrome takes on AI browsers with tighter Gemini integration, agentic features for autonomous tasks

0:26:42 - Yahoo Scout looks like a more web-friendly take on AI search

0:38:31 - Apple to Revamp Siri as a Built-In iPhone, Mac Chatbot to Fend Off OpenAI

0:42:59 - Not to be outdone by OpenAI, Apple is reportedly developing an AI wearable

0:47:10 - Mozilla is building an AI ‘rebel alliance’ to take on industry heavyweights OpenAI, Anthropic

0:56:14 - Google DeepMind launches AI tool to help identify genetic drivers of disease

0:59:05 - The EU tells Google to give external AI assistants the same access to Android as Gemini has

1:01:07 - Shopify Merchants to Pay 4% Fee on ChatGPT Checkout Sales

1:02:23 - Microsoft announces powerful new chip for AI inference

1:03:50 - EU launches formal investigation of xAI over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes

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Join Jason Howell and Alfred Nutile as we break down Anthropic’s Claude Cowork desktop agent, OpenAI’s plan to monetize ChatGPT through ads, YouTube’s evolving strategy to curb AI slop, Alfred’s day-to-day building AI automations for clients, and rapid fire updates on AI water debates, Lego’s AI learning kits, and Wikipedia’s big training data partnerships.

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00:00:00 - Podcast begins

0:03:29 - Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work

0:07:36 - Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code

0:12:20 - Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT

0:12:44 - ChatGPT Go now unlocks unlimited access to GPT-5.2 Instant for $8

0:13:03 - OpenAI Lines Up Advertisers, Reveals Key Details Ahead of Ads Launch

0:14:21 - Google's AI boss: No plans for ads in Gemini

0:19:12 - YouTube CEO Neal Mohan’s Big Ideas for 2026: More Superstar Creators and Transparency, Less AI Slop

0:24:08 - YouTubers will be able to make Shorts with their own AI likenesses

0:26:21 - The rise of ‘micro’ apps: non-developers are writing apps instead of buying them

00:28:27 - Opal by Google

0:56:59 - From Tokens to Burgers: A Water Footprint Face-Off

1:00:02 - OpenAI rolls out age prediction on ChatGPT

1:01:36 - Adobe unveils new AI-powered video editing tools for Premiere

1:04:11 - Lego's latest educational kit seeks to teach AI as part of computer science, not to build a chatbot

1:05:36 - Wikipedia signs major AI firms to new priority data access deals

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Tulsee Doshi is Senior Director and Head of Product for Gemini Models at Google DeepMind. She joins us to reveal how real-world usage is reshaping Google's AI roadmap in unexpected ways. We explore the surprising discovery that Deep Think excels at creative writing rather than just academic research, why the team is now pursuing layer-based editing capabilities for Nano Banana Pro based on user demand, and how internal adoption patterns exceeded expectations. We also cover Gemini 3's reasoning breakthroughs, the path from research to production, and what Google learned from achieving gold medal performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Hit play for a candid discussion about AI development.

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00:00:00 - Podcast begins

00:01:32 - Introducing Tulsee Doshi, Head of Product for Gemini Models

00:03:20 - Nano Banana Pro Launch: Surprises and User Adoption Two Months Later

00:04:17 - What Users Are Asking For: Future Directions for Nano Banana Pro

00:05:21 - User Demand for Photoshop-Style Editing and Layered Image Control

00:06:04 - Gemini 3 Integration Across Google Products and Beyond

00:08:23 - Will AI Change How We Interact With Google Products?

00:12:20 - The Future of Real World Models and 3D Spatial Understanding

00:27:36 - Deep Think Explained: When to Use Different Gemini Modes

00:28:41 - Deep Think Use Cases: Academic Research, Enterprise, and Consumer Applications

00:30:51 - Surprising Deep Think Application: Creative Writing Beyond Academic Research

00:31:45 - The Future of AI-Generated Movies and Long-Form Content

00:32:00 - Thank you to Tulsee Doshi for joining the AI Inside podcast

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0:00:00 - Start

0:05:50 - https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/personal-intelligence/

0:12:55 - OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records

0:17:14 - Introducing OpenAI for Healthcare

0:24:24 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/12/apple-google-gemini-ai-siri/

0:25:35 - How Apple is Using Gemini to Give ChatGPT-Like Answers

0:32:36 - Google Bets on AI-Based Shopping With New AI Agents for Retailers

0:36:09 - Wayfair partners with Google to boost agentic AI commerce | Chain Store Age

0:38:23 - Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

0:43:48 - Microsoft vows to limit data center energy costs

0:47:38 - Jeff's Arxiv Showdown

0:54:36 - Signal’s Founder Turns His Attention to AI’s Privacy Problem

0:56:03 - https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gmail/gmail-is-entering-the-gemini-era/

1:01:05 - Britain Investigates Elon Musk’s X Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images

1:02:30 - Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video: More consistency, creativity and control

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On this week’s AI Inside, Jason Howell takes CES 2026 as a test case for what happens when AI is treated (slightly) more like quiet infrastructure than flashy headline, as he walks through Samsung’s AI announcements, TCL’s Copilot powered Note A1 NXTPAPER tablet, Lumus' waveguide smartglasses display technology, and a wide ranging Moises interview that explores how AI music tools are reshaping practice, performance, and the ethics of training data for millions of creators.
Guests include David Goldman, VP Marketing at Lumus and Ryan Merchant, head of global communications at Moises.

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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis unpack AI consolidation as Nvidia licenses Groq's fast inference chips and Meta buys Manus for $2 billion. Growing anti-AI sentiment over jobs, mental health, and politics emerges alongside OpenAI's high-stakes preparedness role. Finally, Jason and Jeff reflect on 2025's jagged progress and 2026's agent and surveillance shifts.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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