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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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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

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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.
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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

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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.

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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

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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."

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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)

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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