AI isn’t just shaping business anymore, it’s rewriting the economy. 

In this week’s episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput connect the dots on the rapid rise of the “AI economy,” from mass corporate restructuring and three-day workweek predictions to research forecasting trillions in productivity gains. They explore how people are really using ChatGPT, the future of AI-native organizations, and the latest breakthroughs from Meta’s wearable launches to reasoning models acing elite coding competitions. 

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00:00:00 — Intro

00:08:48 — The AI Economy

00:31:03 — How People Use ChatGPT

00:38:49 — The Future of Organizations

00:47:49 — Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Launch

00:51:33 — Gemini, ChatGPT Achieve ICPC Gold-Level

00:54:55 — How Americans View AI

00:59:36 — Ongoing AI Lawsuits

01:03:02 — AI and Voice

01:06:42 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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Would you trust a synthetic version of yourself to teach your audience? One CEO just did, and it’s raising questions about authenticity, attention, and the future of thought leadership.

In this week’s episode, Paul and Mike examine OpenAI’s billion-dollar power plays, the deeper implications of its “People First AI Fund,” and why Microsoft, Oracle, and OpenAI might be creating value out of thin air. They also analyze Replit’s Agent 3, a next-gen AI dev tool claiming 10x more autonomy, and why it may hint at what’s coming across industries. Plus, stay tuned for commentary on AI’s impact on jobs, the economy, and a controversial AI Podcast startup.

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00:00:00 — Intro

00:04:51 —  OpenAI and Microsoft Partnership

00:18:31 — Replit’s Agent 3 and What It Means for the Future of Agents

00:30:15 — AI Avatars for Executives

00:42:36 — OpenAI and Oracle Compute Deal

00:47:00 — Anthropic’s $1.5B Authors Settlement Under Scrutiny

00:51:17 — Internal Tensions at Meta

00:54:52 — AI and Jobs: Labor Market Signals

01:02:11 — Will AI Crash the Economy?

01:07:55 — New AI Podcast Startup

01:14:13 — FTC and AI Companions

01:17:25 — Retail AI Case Studies

01:20:09 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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If your company isn’t talking about an AI-forward strategy, it might be falling behind.

In this episode, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput break down what Salesforce’s Marc Benioff and other leaders are saying about AI-driven job cuts, OpenAI’s bold new plan to certify 10 million Americans in AI skills, and how the U.S. government is teaming up with Big Tech to push AI education. Plus, in our rapid-fire section, stay tuned for insights into Google’s antitrust case, plans for Apple’s AI search engine, and more.

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00:00:00 — Intro

00:07:00 — OpenAI Jobs Platform

00:18:45 — Salesforce AI Job Cuts

00:31:12 — US AI Education

00:41:08 — OpenAI Secondary Sale and Cash Burn

00:45:40 — OpenAI Executive Guide

00:48:00 — OAI Labs

00:52:33 — Google Antitrust Case

00:54:35 — AI Progress Update

00:59:13 — Research on Hallucinations

01:04:56 — Apple’s AI Search Engine Plans for Siri

01:06:52 — Prompt Injection in Customer Service

01:11:38 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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We paused for the holiday, but the AI news didn’t!

In this episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput explore how AI is already reshaping the job market, with new research showing sharp declines in entry-level roles. They unpack Silicon Valley’s $100M super PAC aimed at blocking AI regulation, highlight Google’s breakthrough “Nano Banana” image editor, Meta’s AI team struggles, and more in our rapid-fire section.

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00:00:00 — Intro

00:07:17 — AI Labor Market Signals

00:16:37 — AI Industry’s Increasing Political Influence

00:28:33 — Google’s Stunning “Nano Banana” Image Editor

00:34:26 — OpenAI Parental Controls and Support Features

00:38:23 — Anthropic Settles Authors’ Copyright Lawsuit

00:42:44 — Meta’s AI Strategy in Flux

00:46:06 — GenAI App Landscape Report

00:51:10 — OpenAI–Anthropic Joint Safety Evaluation

00:54:37 — Jensen Huang Suggests AI Will Create a Four-Day Workweek

01:00:11 — Microsoft’s AI Excel Warning

01:03:17 — Claude in Classrooms

01:07:07 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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AI that feels conscious is coming faster than society is ready for…

In Episode 164 of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput unpack the viral MIT study, the brutal reality of companies forcing AI adoption, and Mustafa Suleyman’s warning about “seemingly conscious AI.” Alongside these deep dives, our rapid-fire section gives updates on Meta’s AI reorg, Otter.ai’s legal troubles, Google and Apple’s AI strategies, and the environmental impact of AI usage.

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00:00:00 — Intro

00:05:52 — MIT Report on Gen AI Pilots

00:16:26 — AI’s Evolving Impact on Jobs

00:25:00 — AI and Consciousness

00:35:48 — Meta’s AI Reorg and Vision

00:40:59 — Otter.ai Legal Troubles

00:46:30 — Sam Altman on GPT-6 

00:51:14 — Google Gemini and Pixel 10

00:56:20 — Apple May Use Gemini for Siri 

00:59:49 — Lex Fridman Interviews Sundar Pichai 

01:05:38 — AI Environmental Impact

01:10:37 — AI Funding and Product Updates

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From the environmental costs of data centers to the cultural biases baked into today’s models, Paul Roetzer and Cathy McPhillips answer your questions from our 50th Intro to AI class. Throughout the episode, they unpack the gray areas of AI-generated content, debate what the rise of agents means for work, and consider how creatives can stay ahead with AI.

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00:00:00 — Intro

00:05:13 — Question #1: Which environmental concern feels most urgent for the AI industry to solve?

00:07:58 — Question #2: How well do AI models reflect diverse languages and cultures? 

00:10:25 — Question #3: What risks and ownership issues come with AI-generated video and images in marketing? 

00:15:26 — Question #4: What are the best ways to start experimenting with AI agents?

00:18:22 — Question #5: Is there value in using multiple AI platforms to cross-check results?

00:22:06 — Question #6: How should businesses weigh built-in AI assistants versus standalone tools like ChatGPT? 

00:24:30 — Question #7: Are we moving toward a standardized way for websites to guide how AI systems interact with their content?

00:29:27 — Question #8: How do you see different search engines being used or leveraged by AI companies?

00:32:24 — Question #9: How do you choose the right AI model for marketing, HR, and sales tasks? 

00:34:56 — Question #10: What role do you see AI playing in building and managing communities? 

00:38:31 — Question #11: What frameworks should teams use when integrating AI into CRM or workflow automation to keep systems scalable and secure?

00:40:51 — Question #12: What are the most common mistakes companies make when trying to ‘force-fit’ AI into a workflow?

00:42:23 — Question #13: Which AI tooling is best suited to develop and monitor a marketing communications strategy at SME vs. enterprise scale?

00:45:11 — Question #14: Do you think AI fluency will become a baseline requirement for executives?00:46:55 — Question #15: What should creatives in fields like graphic design or UX/UI be thinking about as AI continues to evolve? 

00:52:29 — Question #16: How do you see coding and technical skills as careers in a world where today’s kids will grow up with AI?00:55:35 — Question #17: What’s the best way to handle situations when AI gets things wrong, and how do you approach fact-checking? 

00:58:39 — Question #18: If you had to narrow it down to just one ethical principle that matters most right now, which would it be and why?

01:00:48 — Question #19: How should companies address internal concerns around data privacy, compliance, and governance? 

01:01:53 — Question #20: Which AI applications do you expect to break through sooner than people think?

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The aftershocks of GPT-5’s chaotic rollout continue as OpenAI scrambles to address user backlash, confusing model choices, and shifting product strategies.

In this episode, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput also explore the fallout from a leaked Meta AI policy document that raises major ethical concerns, share insights from Demis Hassabis on the path to AGI, and cover the latest AI power plays: Sam Altman’s trillion-dollar ambitions, his public feud with Elon Musk, an xAI leadership shake-up, chip geopolitics, Apple’s surprising AI comeback, and more.

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00:00:00 — Intro

00:06:00 — GPT-5’s Continued Chaotic Rollout

00:16:03 — Meta’s Controversial AI Policies

00:28:27 — Demis Hassabis on AI’s Future

00:40:55 — What’s Next for OpenAI After GPT-5?

00:46:41 — Altman / Musk Drama

00:50:55 — xAI Leadership Shake-Up

00:55:55 — Perplexity’s Audacious Play for Google Chrome

00:58:32 — Chip Geopolitics

01:01:43 — Anthropic and AI in Government

01:05:17 — Apple’s AI Turnaround 

01:08:09 — Cohere Raises $500M for Enterprise AI 

01:10:57 — AI in Education

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GPT-5 finally landed, and the hype was matched with backlash. In this episode, Paul and Mike share their takeaways from the new model, provide insights into the gravity of DeepMind’s photorealistic Genie 3 world-model, unravel Perplexity’s stealth crawling controversy, touch on OpenAI’s open-weight release and rumored $500 billion valuation, and more in our rapid-fire section. 

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00:00:00 — Intro

00:04:57 — GPT-5 Launch and First Reactions

00:25:29 — DeepMind’s Genie 3 World Model

00:32:20 — Perplexity vs. Cloudflare Crawling Dispute

00:37:37 — OpenAI Returns to Open Weights

00:41:21 — OpenAI $500B Secondary Talks

00:44:26 — Anthropic Claude Opus 4.1 and System Prompt Update

00:49:57 — AI and the Future of Work 

00:56:02 — OpenAI “universal verifiers”

01:00:42 — OpenAI Offers ChatGPT to the Federal Workforce

01:02:59 — ElevenLabs Launches AI Music

01:05:32 — Meta Buys AI Audio Startup

01:09:46 — Google AI Pro for Students

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This episode may just be the calm before the GPT-5 storm…

We’re back with another rapid-fire episode—there was just too much AI news to cover any other way. In this episode of The Artificial Intelligence Show, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput dig into the possible release of GPT-5, unveil what’s coming in our reimagined AI Academy 3.0, and examine how AI is transforming job markets, consulting, and enterprise strategy. They also break down key updates from OpenAI, Microsoft, Meta, Apple, and Google—and what listeners need to know as AI’s impact accelerates across business and education.

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Timestamps: 

00:00 — Intro

10:27 — OpenAI’s Explosive Growth

16:52 — Microsoft and OpenAI Near Contract Agreement

23:23 — ChatGPT Study Mode

28:42 — How We Talk About AI’s Impact on Jobs

36:16 — Microsoft Paper on AI Jobs Impact

41:24 — AI’s Impact on the Consulting Industry

47:01 — Apple AI Acquisition Speculation

51:26 — Earnings Reports

58:16 — Gemini 2.5 Deep Think

01:04:29 — Meta’s Vision for Superintelligence

01:12:46 — ChatGPT Shared Links Indexed by Google

01:15:05 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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What if the U.S. built its future on AI factories? And what if AGI shows up just in time to run them?

Join Paul and Mike as they break down the White House’s aggressive three-part Action Plan, including its call to build more data centers and ban “woke” AI. They unpack what Google's staggering token usage tells us about the pace of AI development—and how that connects to the rumored, unified GPT-5 model that could reshape everything. Then it’s rapid fire: Nvidia CEO’s advice for college students, the first AI for therapy, AI’s impact on tech jobs and more. 

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00:00:00 — Intro

00:06:23 — White House AI Action Plan

00:31:55 — How AI Could Upend the World Economy

00:39:37 — GPT-5 Rumors

00:47:52 — AI Is Impacting Tech Jobs

00:53:08 — Advice for College Students

00:59:44 — Instacart CEO About to Take Reins of Big Chunk of OpenAI

01:08:32 — The First AI for Therapy

01:12:31 — AI’s Environmental Impact

01:17:04 — AI Search Summaries Result in Fewer Clicks

01:19:45 — AI Product and Funding Updates

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