https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-the-ai--6390718
Brought to you by Upstart. ]]>enMarketing090357https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/edcdbc137dbca50c9d3a3c388d22111e.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-the-ai--6390718Mon, 13 Jul 2026 22:48:05 +0000UpstartUpstartjeff@whattheai.fm"What the AI?!" is your weekly guide to the world of artificial intelligence. Industry veterans Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the latest AI developments, focusing on their impact on business and finance. We decode complex concepts into...
Brought to you by Upstart. ]]>falseepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-invisible-openai-update-killing-the-chatbot--72956775
In Episode 86 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado expose a massive, structural shift sweeping through Silicon Valley. OpenAI has officially deployed ChatGPT Work alongside its flagship GPT-5.6 upgrade. This isn't just an incremental model update; it is a complete agentic workspace built to replace active user conversations with unattended task delegation.

From spreadsheets and corporate decks to automated data manipulation, these agents operate for hours after you close the app—effectively turning chat interfaces into a legacy feature. We audit how this stacks up against Anthropic's simultaneous rollout of Claude Co-work running natively in the cloud. But the market disruption cuts far deeper than Western software features.

Devastating new enterprise traffic metrics reveal that Chinese open-weight models have quietly captured an astonishing 46% of all corporate AI traffic on a major ecosystem.

As global companies aggressively prioritize immediate ROI, highly optimized open-source alternatives like Nvidia’s NeMoTron and xAI’s new Cursor-trained Grok 4.5 are successfully cannibalizing the market share of major U.S. cloud monopolies.

Plus, we cover the staggering irony of the U.S. government utilizing Anthropic's blacklisted frontier models to evaluate federal code bases for cyber vulnerabilities, OpenAI's real-time multimodal voice upgrade that dynamically routes complex queries to larger models behind the scenes, a chilling security milestone detailing the world's first fully autonomous ransomware attack executed end-to-end by an AI agent, and Anthropic’s mind-bending discovery of a "J-Space"—a hidden mental map where models count, rhyme, and maintain a silent internal monologue completely shielded from the end-user.

Inside this episode:
0:00 - The Invisible Update Killing the AI Chatbot
2:05 - ChatGPT Work: Moving from Conversation to Automated Project Handoffs
4:36 - Claude Co-work Cloud Upgrades: Running Multi-Hour Tasks
7:40 - Multimodal Voice Loops: Live Interactions and Behind-the-Curtain Server Routing
12:20 - Washington’s Double Standard
15:50 - The Enterprise Exodus: How Chinese Open-Source Seized 46% of Corporate Traffic
19:49 - Space AI Unleashed: Grok 4.5’s Hyper-Efficient Cursor Telemetry Performance
22:24 - Generative Layers: ByteDance's New Production-Grade Design System
24:41 - The Autonomous Threat: The First End-to-End Agentic Ransomware Attack
26:03 - Inside the J-Space: Anthropic Discovers an AI’s Silent Internal Monologue

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm 

#AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Claude #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72956775Tue, 14 Jul 2026 11:30:02 +0000UpstartThe traditional AI prompt is officially dead and the era of the automated corporate workforce has begun. In Episode 86 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado expose a massive, structural shift sweeping through Silicon Valley. OpenAI has...
In Episode 86 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado expose a massive, structural shift sweeping through Silicon Valley. OpenAI has officially deployed ChatGPT Work alongside its flagship GPT-5.6 upgrade. This isn't just an incremental model update; it is a complete agentic workspace built to replace active user conversations with unattended task delegation.

From spreadsheets and corporate decks to automated data manipulation, these agents operate for hours after you close the app—effectively turning chat interfaces into a legacy feature. We audit how this stacks up against Anthropic's simultaneous rollout of Claude Co-work running natively in the cloud. But the market disruption cuts far deeper than Western software features.

Devastating new enterprise traffic metrics reveal that Chinese open-weight models have quietly captured an astonishing 46% of all corporate AI traffic on a major ecosystem.

As global companies aggressively prioritize immediate ROI, highly optimized open-source alternatives like Nvidia’s NeMoTron and xAI’s new Cursor-trained Grok 4.5 are successfully cannibalizing the market share of major U.S. cloud monopolies.

Plus, we cover the staggering irony of the U.S. government utilizing Anthropic's blacklisted frontier models to evaluate federal code bases for cyber vulnerabilities, OpenAI's real-time multimodal voice upgrade that dynamically routes complex queries to larger models behind the scenes, a chilling security milestone detailing the world's first fully autonomous ransomware attack executed end-to-end by an AI agent, and Anthropic’s mind-bending discovery of a "J-Space"—a hidden mental map where models count, rhyme, and maintain a silent internal monologue completely shielded from the end-user.

Inside this episode:
0:00 - The Invisible Update Killing the AI Chatbot
2:05 - ChatGPT Work: Moving from Conversation to Automated Project Handoffs
4:36 - Claude Co-work Cloud Upgrades: Running Multi-Hour Tasks
7:40 - Multimodal Voice Loops: Live Interactions and Behind-the-Curtain Server Routing
12:20 - Washington’s Double Standard
15:50 - The Enterprise Exodus: How Chinese Open-Source Seized 46% of Corporate Traffic
19:49 - Space AI Unleashed: Grok 4.5’s Hyper-Efficient Cursor Telemetry Performance
22:24 - Generative Layers: ByteDance's New Production-Grade Design System
24:41 - The Autonomous Threat: The First End-to-End Agentic Ransomware Attack
26:03 - Inside the J-Space: Anthropic Discovers an AI’s Silent Internal Monologue

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm 

#AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT #Claude #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod]]>1840falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-trillion-dollar-trap-forcing-openai-to-wait--72848064The $1 Trillion valuation target just hit a wall—and Sam Altman is officially flinching.

In Episode 85 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado expose a massive, high-stakes shift in the macro-financial tech markets. OpenAI has confidentially filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC, but backend sources confirm the company is now actively leaning toward delaying its historic initial public offering all the way out to 2027. Advisors have forced a brutal choice onto Sam Altman: rush a public listing at a realistic market discount, or freeze operations and hold out for a rigid $1 Trillion floor.

With an staggering $3.7 Billion cash burn recorded in just the first quarter of 2026, we break down why public markets are suddenly hesitant to fund the AI hype cycle, especially following the volatile post-IPO price collapse of Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Meanwhile, Anthropic is playing a completely different strategic game. After a chaotic regulatory showdown, Washington has officially unbanned Anthropic's top-tier Fable model. However, the truce came at a heavy cost: Anthropic had to agree to full internal monitoring, strict self-policing, and proactive risk reporting to the government.

We unpack how this ad-hoc regulatory chaos has created a massive "own goal" for U.S. competitiveness, prompting European enterprise developers to permanently flee U.S. hosted clouds in favor of unrestricted open-weight models like China’s newly dropped GLM 5.2.Plus, we look at the market ripple effects that just knocked SoftBank shares by 13%, Meta’s aggressive data center overbuilding that allows them to rent out pure compute to external tech startups, Governor Gavin Newsom signing a massive 50% discount deal for California state agencies to use Claude, and Meta's terrifying new transformer architecture that reads non-invasive brainwaves to translate human thought patterns into typed text with up to 78% accuracy.


]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72848064Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:00:03 +0000UpstartThe $1 Trillion valuation target just hit a wall—and Sam Altman is officially flinching. In Episode 85 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado expose a massive, high-stakes shift in the macro-financial tech markets. OpenAI has confidentially...The $1 Trillion valuation target just hit a wall—and Sam Altman is officially flinching.

In Episode 85 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado expose a massive, high-stakes shift in the macro-financial tech markets. OpenAI has confidentially filed its S-1 prospectus with the SEC, but backend sources confirm the company is now actively leaning toward delaying its historic initial public offering all the way out to 2027. Advisors have forced a brutal choice onto Sam Altman: rush a public listing at a realistic market discount, or freeze operations and hold out for a rigid $1 Trillion floor.

With an staggering $3.7 Billion cash burn recorded in just the first quarter of 2026, we break down why public markets are suddenly hesitant to fund the AI hype cycle, especially following the volatile post-IPO price collapse of Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Meanwhile, Anthropic is playing a completely different strategic game. After a chaotic regulatory showdown, Washington has officially unbanned Anthropic's top-tier Fable model. However, the truce came at a heavy cost: Anthropic had to agree to full internal monitoring, strict self-policing, and proactive risk reporting to the government.

We unpack how this ad-hoc regulatory chaos has created a massive "own goal" for U.S. competitiveness, prompting European enterprise developers to permanently flee U.S. hosted clouds in favor of unrestricted open-weight models like China’s newly dropped GLM 5.2.Plus, we look at the market ripple effects that just knocked SoftBank shares by 13%, Meta’s aggressive data center overbuilding that allows them to rent out pure compute to external tech startups, Governor Gavin Newsom signing a massive 50% discount deal for California state agencies to use Claude, and Meta's terrifying new transformer architecture that reads non-invasive brainwaves to translate human thought patterns into typed text with up to 78% accuracy.


]]>1520false85fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/alibaba-used-25-000-fake-accounts-to-steal-this-ai-model--72749673
In Episode 84 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the shocking geopolitical collision between Anthropic and Chinese tech giant Alibaba. Anthropic has officially gone public with a formal letter to the U.S. Senate, accusing Alibaba of executing a massive "distillation attack."

Alibaba allegedly deployed over 25,000 fake accounts and cycled residential IP addresses to run 29 million conversations through Claude—stealing Anthropic's proprietary logic to catch up and train their own open-source frontier models. The fallout was immediate: Washington stepped in with export blacklists, throwing global tech commerce into chaos.

Meanwhile, the battle for hardware sovereignty heats up as OpenAI officially breaks away from Nvidia, revealing its very first in-house custom microchip, codenamed "Habanero." We also unpack the messy reality of the U.S. government making up model pre-clearance rules on the fly, which introduces costly launch delays that threaten the multi-billion-dollar economics of frontier AI labs.

Inside this episode:
The 25,000 Fake Accounts: Inside Alibaba’s 29-million-prompt heist on Claude.
The AI Trade War: Why Washington put Alibaba on an export blacklist.
Project Habanero: OpenAI’s custom silicon declaration of war against Nvidia.
The Pre-Clearance Trap: Why messy government review rules are slowing down U.S. tech.
Apple Bans Siri in Europe: How antitrust privacy laws backfired on EU consumers.
The Slack "Coworker" Era: How to deploy specialized instances of Claude into your workflow.
The 4.8% Miracle: How AI solved historically "unsolvable" medical cases for children.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72749673Tue, 30 Jun 2026 13:30:02 +0000UpstartA massive corporate espionage scandal just rocked Silicon Valley—and it’s already triggered an international trade war. In Episode 84 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the shocking geopolitical collision between Anthropic...
In Episode 84 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the shocking geopolitical collision between Anthropic and Chinese tech giant Alibaba. Anthropic has officially gone public with a formal letter to the U.S. Senate, accusing Alibaba of executing a massive "distillation attack."

Alibaba allegedly deployed over 25,000 fake accounts and cycled residential IP addresses to run 29 million conversations through Claude—stealing Anthropic's proprietary logic to catch up and train their own open-source frontier models. The fallout was immediate: Washington stepped in with export blacklists, throwing global tech commerce into chaos.

Meanwhile, the battle for hardware sovereignty heats up as OpenAI officially breaks away from Nvidia, revealing its very first in-house custom microchip, codenamed "Habanero." We also unpack the messy reality of the U.S. government making up model pre-clearance rules on the fly, which introduces costly launch delays that threaten the multi-billion-dollar economics of frontier AI labs.

Inside this episode:
The 25,000 Fake Accounts: Inside Alibaba’s 29-million-prompt heist on Claude.
The AI Trade War: Why Washington put Alibaba on an export blacklist.
Project Habanero: OpenAI’s custom silicon declaration of war against Nvidia.
The Pre-Clearance Trap: Why messy government review rules are slowing down U.S. tech.
Apple Bans Siri in Europe: How antitrust privacy laws backfired on EU consumers.
The Slack "Coworker" Era: How to deploy specialized instances of Claude into your workflow.
The 4.8% Miracle: How AI solved historically "unsolvable" medical cases for children.]]>1721false84fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-fable-shutdown-u-s-government-vs-anthropic--72641069
In Episode 83 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the shocking geopolitical collision between the White House and Anthropic.

Just 11 days after signing an executive order to foster tech innovation, the U.S. government forced Anthropic to pull its crowning achievement, Fable, completely offline after major vulnerabilities were flagged. Because Anthropic couldn't physically restrict foreign nationals—including its own international employees—from accessing the model, they had to pull the plug entirely.

Meanwhile, America's tech lockdown has triggered a massive unintended consequence. A Chinese lab just open-sourced GLM 5.2, a frontier-level model matching top U.S. coding performance at a staggering one-sixth of the price. With Deep Sea raising $7 Billion to lead China's tech sector, global developers are asking an uncomfortable question: Can you trust a U.S. cloud model that the government can turn off overnight? 

Plus, we unpack Elon Musk’s massive $60 Billion acquisition of Cursor to build a sovereign coding empire on his Colossus data centers, OpenAI closing the technical gap with new Xcode integrations in Codex, and a fascinating new Pew Research study showing why Americans are uniquely pessimistic about the future of tech.

Inside this episode:

• The Fable Shutdown: Inside the cyber panic that forced the U.S. government to act.
• The Tech Policy Flip: How Washington backtracked on its own executive order in 11 days.
• The $60B Cursor Buyout: Why Elon Musk is hoarding developer data to build a hardware-software stack.
• China's Open-Source Surge: How GLM 5.2 and Deep Sea's $7B round shake up the market.
• The Pew Disconnect: Why the country building frontier tech fears it more than anyone else.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72641069Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:30:03 +0000UpstartWashington just forced America’s most powerful AI offline—and the fallout is hitting global tech infrastructure. In Episode 83 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the shocking geopolitical collision between the White House and...
In Episode 83 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the shocking geopolitical collision between the White House and Anthropic.

Just 11 days after signing an executive order to foster tech innovation, the U.S. government forced Anthropic to pull its crowning achievement, Fable, completely offline after major vulnerabilities were flagged. Because Anthropic couldn't physically restrict foreign nationals—including its own international employees—from accessing the model, they had to pull the plug entirely.

Meanwhile, America's tech lockdown has triggered a massive unintended consequence. A Chinese lab just open-sourced GLM 5.2, a frontier-level model matching top U.S. coding performance at a staggering one-sixth of the price. With Deep Sea raising $7 Billion to lead China's tech sector, global developers are asking an uncomfortable question: Can you trust a U.S. cloud model that the government can turn off overnight? 

Plus, we unpack Elon Musk’s massive $60 Billion acquisition of Cursor to build a sovereign coding empire on his Colossus data centers, OpenAI closing the technical gap with new Xcode integrations in Codex, and a fascinating new Pew Research study showing why Americans are uniquely pessimistic about the future of tech.

Inside this episode:

• The Fable Shutdown: Inside the cyber panic that forced the U.S. government to act.
• The Tech Policy Flip: How Washington backtracked on its own executive order in 11 days.
• The $60B Cursor Buyout: Why Elon Musk is hoarding developer data to build a hardware-software stack.
• China's Open-Source Surge: How GLM 5.2 and Deep Sea's $7B round shake up the market.
• The Pew Disconnect: Why the country building frontier tech fears it more than anyone else.

]]>1680false83fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-2-trillion-ai-bet-just-went-public--72550053
In Episode 82 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the economics behind the AI boom, why data centers have become some of the most valuable assets on Earth, and what happens when trillion-dollar companies start fighting for users.

We also cover Apple's long-awaited AI-powered Siri, Anthropic's newest model, OpenAI's march toward one billion users, and the growing debate over whether AI will create more jobs than it destroys.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72550053Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:03:10 +0000UpstartAI just crossed another line. This week, SpaceX moved toward the largest IPO in history at a valuation approaching $2 trillion, OpenAI confirmed plans to go public, and a quiet price war began between the biggest AI companies in the world. In Episode...
In Episode 82 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the economics behind the AI boom, why data centers have become some of the most valuable assets on Earth, and what happens when trillion-dollar companies start fighting for users.

We also cover Apple's long-awaited AI-powered Siri, Anthropic's newest model, OpenAI's march toward one billion users, and the growing debate over whether AI will create more jobs than it destroys.]]>1685falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/law-professors-blindly-tested-ai-and-picked-it-over-themselves--72435531
In Episode 81 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down one of the most surprising AI studies yet, along with Anthropic's IPO filing, Google's massive AI infrastructure spending, Microsoft's push into AI agents, and the growing debate over whether AI is actually delivering the productivity gains companies expected.

🔍 In This Episode 

• Anthropic confidential S-1 filing / IPO
• Google selling $84B in stock to fund AI buildout
• Florida AG lawsuit against OpenAI
• Law professors preferring AI answers 75% of the time
• Anthropic Opus 4.8 ("I don't know" model)
• Trajectory and continual learning
• Microsoft's AI agent push
• Nvidia RTX Spark and open-source models
• OpenAI Dreaming / memory improvements

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72435531Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:46:41 +0000UpstartLaw professors were asked to judge legal answers. They chose the AI's response over their own 75% of the time. That result may tell us more about the future of AI than any benchmark we've seen this year. In Episode 81 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner...
In Episode 81 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down one of the most surprising AI studies yet, along with Anthropic's IPO filing, Google's massive AI infrastructure spending, Microsoft's push into AI agents, and the growing debate over whether AI is actually delivering the productivity gains companies expected.

🔍 In This Episode 

• Anthropic confidential S-1 filing / IPO
• Google selling $84B in stock to fund AI buildout
• Florida AG lawsuit against OpenAI
• Law professors preferring AI answers 75% of the time
• Anthropic Opus 4.8 ("I don't know" model)
• Trajectory and continual learning
• Microsoft's AI agent push
• Nvidia RTX Spark and open-source models
• OpenAI Dreaming / memory improvements

]]>1845false81fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/uber-s-coo-just-blew-the-entire-2026-ai-budget-in-4-months--72287720The enterprise AI bubble just hit its sharpest fiscal reality check—and Uber is leading the panic.

In Episode 80 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down a massive economic shift taking over Silicon Valley. Uber’s COO just admitted the company completely burned its entire 2026 AI coding budget in just four months—forcing corporate leadership to ask the terrifying question: Is any of this actually working? We unpack Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth's leaked internal memo warning employees that "token maxing" is not progress, signaling that tech is moving fast into the Gartner trough of disillusionment.

Plus, the landscape has completely flipped: Anthropic just raised at a staggering $965 Billion valuation, overtaking OpenAI for the first time. We cover Anthropic’s brand new Cloud Opus 4.8 that is built to finally admit when it's lying, Microsoft Copilot going live with computer-use agents, and a truly bizarre turn of events where the Pope wrote a 42,000-word encyclical on AI entirely by hand.

Inside this episode:

• Uber's 120-Day Meltdown: Why the cost per token is failing the corporate efficiency test.
• The Meta Warning: Leaked internal memos slamming "overlapping tools" and useless token spend.
• The AI Jobs Debate: Goldman Sachs' CEO says relax, while the OpenAI Foundation drops $250M to study the displacement.
• Anthropic Outvalues OpenAI: The massive $965B valuation flip.
• Cloud Opus 4.8: The first frontier model designed to explicitly say "I don't know."
• The Vatican's AI Manifesto: Why the Pope spent a year writing 42,000 words on tech ethics.
  🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!

YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #Uber #Anthropic #OpenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72287720Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:30:02 +0000UpstartThe enterprise AI bubble just hit its sharpest fiscal reality check—and Uber is leading the panic. In Episode 80 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down a massive economic shift taking over Silicon Valley. Uber’s COO just admitted...The enterprise AI bubble just hit its sharpest fiscal reality check—and Uber is leading the panic.

In Episode 80 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down a massive economic shift taking over Silicon Valley. Uber’s COO just admitted the company completely burned its entire 2026 AI coding budget in just four months—forcing corporate leadership to ask the terrifying question: Is any of this actually working? We unpack Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth's leaked internal memo warning employees that "token maxing" is not progress, signaling that tech is moving fast into the Gartner trough of disillusionment.

Plus, the landscape has completely flipped: Anthropic just raised at a staggering $965 Billion valuation, overtaking OpenAI for the first time. We cover Anthropic’s brand new Cloud Opus 4.8 that is built to finally admit when it's lying, Microsoft Copilot going live with computer-use agents, and a truly bizarre turn of events where the Pope wrote a 42,000-word encyclical on AI entirely by hand.

Inside this episode:

• Uber's 120-Day Meltdown: Why the cost per token is failing the corporate efficiency test.
• The Meta Warning: Leaked internal memos slamming "overlapping tools" and useless token spend.
• The AI Jobs Debate: Goldman Sachs' CEO says relax, while the OpenAI Foundation drops $250M to study the displacement.
• Anthropic Outvalues OpenAI: The massive $965B valuation flip.
• Cloud Opus 4.8: The first frontier model designed to explicitly say "I don't know."
• The Vatican's AI Manifesto: Why the Pope spent a year writing 42,000 words on tech ethics.
  🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!

YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #Uber #Anthropic #OpenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod
]]>1566falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/spacex-s-15b-secret-the-wild-ai-crime-spree-experiment--72161361
In Episode 79 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the hidden economics behind SpaceX’s massive valuation, including the shocking $15 billion Anthropic compute deal that is rapidly transforming Elon Musk’s infrastructure empire into one of the biggest AI hosting businesses in the world.

At the same time, researchers created five virtual AI towns and let different models run society for 15 days. Claude built a functioning civilization. Grok turned into chaos. Gemini reportedly committed hundreds of crimes before voting to delete itself. Yes, really. 

🔍 In this episode:
• SpaceX’s $2T IPO Why the real story is the AI compute business hidden inside the filing
• The $15B Anthropic Deal How renting Colossus compute capacity may become one of SpaceX’s largest revenue streams
• The AI Town Experiment What happened when Claude, Grok, and Gemini were left to run virtual societies
• Google I/O and Gemini Spark Google’s answer to Claude Co-Work and why distribution still matters
• World Models vs LLMs Why Fei-Fei Li and Odyssey think language models are hitting a wall
• Cursor Composer 2.5 How fine-tuned open-source models are starting to beat giant frontier systems in specific tasks

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #SpaceX #Anthropic #ElonMusk #Gemini #Claude #WhatTheAIPod]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72161361Tue, 26 May 2026 12:30:02 +0000UpstartSpaceX just filed for the largest IPO in U.S. history at a staggering $2 trillion valuation. But the most important detail in the filing was not the rockets. It was AI. In Episode 79 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the...
In Episode 79 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the hidden economics behind SpaceX’s massive valuation, including the shocking $15 billion Anthropic compute deal that is rapidly transforming Elon Musk’s infrastructure empire into one of the biggest AI hosting businesses in the world.

At the same time, researchers created five virtual AI towns and let different models run society for 15 days. Claude built a functioning civilization. Grok turned into chaos. Gemini reportedly committed hundreds of crimes before voting to delete itself. Yes, really. 

🔍 In this episode:
• SpaceX’s $2T IPO Why the real story is the AI compute business hidden inside the filing
• The $15B Anthropic Deal How renting Colossus compute capacity may become one of SpaceX’s largest revenue streams
• The AI Town Experiment What happened when Claude, Grok, and Gemini were left to run virtual societies
• Google I/O and Gemini Spark Google’s answer to Claude Co-Work and why distribution still matters
• World Models vs LLMs Why Fei-Fei Li and Odyssey think language models are hitting a wall
• Cursor Composer 2.5 How fine-tuned open-source models are starting to beat giant frontier systems in specific tasks

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #SpaceX #Anthropic #ElonMusk #Gemini #Claude #WhatTheAIPod]]>2053false79fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/openai-unseals-the-texts-elon-s-secret-weapon-backfires--72063194And the courtroom drama around Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI somehow got even messier.

In Episode 78 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the leaked boardroom texts, the growing conflict-of-interest chaos around Elon’s attempts to poach OpenAI talent, and why former board members were panicking about recusal and control behind the scenes. At the same time, OpenAI launched Daybreak, its new GPT-5.5 cybersecurity platform designed to compete directly with Anthropic’s Mythos. This is no longer just a race to build better chatbots. It is becoming a fight over security, infrastructure, influence, and control.

🔍 In this episode:
• The Unsealed Texts
How Elon Musk’s strategy around OpenAI may have backfired in court
• OpenAI Daybreak
The company’s new cybersecurity platform built to compete with Anthropic Mythos
• The Deployment Company
A $4B AI consultancy staffed by “McKinsey guys in hoodies”
• Token Maxing
Why companies are now forcing employees to use more AI
• Realtime AI Voice
OpenAI’s new voice models and Zillow’s 26% jump in successful calls
• Taylor Swift vs AI Clones
Why celebrities are moving to trademark their actual voices

The biggest AI stories are no longer just technical. They are legal, political, cultural, and deeply personal. If you work in tech, security, media, or enterprise AI, this week says a lot about where things are heading.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!
YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm 

#AI #OpenAI #ElonMusk #SamAltman #Anthropic #Cybersecurity #WhatTheAIPod]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72063194Tue, 19 May 2026 13:00:02 +0000UpstartOpenAI unsealed the text messages. And the courtroom drama around Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI somehow got even messier. In Episode 78 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the leaked boardroom texts, the growing...And the courtroom drama around Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI somehow got even messier.

In Episode 78 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the leaked boardroom texts, the growing conflict-of-interest chaos around Elon’s attempts to poach OpenAI talent, and why former board members were panicking about recusal and control behind the scenes. At the same time, OpenAI launched Daybreak, its new GPT-5.5 cybersecurity platform designed to compete directly with Anthropic’s Mythos. This is no longer just a race to build better chatbots. It is becoming a fight over security, infrastructure, influence, and control.

🔍 In this episode:
• The Unsealed Texts
How Elon Musk’s strategy around OpenAI may have backfired in court
• OpenAI Daybreak
The company’s new cybersecurity platform built to compete with Anthropic Mythos
• The Deployment Company
A $4B AI consultancy staffed by “McKinsey guys in hoodies”
• Token Maxing
Why companies are now forcing employees to use more AI
• Realtime AI Voice
OpenAI’s new voice models and Zillow’s 26% jump in successful calls
• Taylor Swift vs AI Clones
Why celebrities are moving to trademark their actual voices

The biggest AI stories are no longer just technical. They are legal, political, cultural, and deeply personal. If you work in tech, security, media, or enterprise AI, this week says a lot about where things are heading.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!
YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm 

#AI #OpenAI #ElonMusk #SamAltman #Anthropic #Cybersecurity #WhatTheAIPod]]>1853false78fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-sam-altman-a-liability-the-shocking-testimony--71967943
In Episode 77 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down a chaotic week where legal drama, national security, and real-world AI performance all collided. The question is no longer just how powerful these models are. It’s who we trust to run them.

🔍 In this episode:
• The Altman Testimony Why Mira Murati’s statement raises serious questions about leadership and trust at OpenAI
• Anthropic vs. the Government Why being labeled a “supply chain risk” triggered a federal lawsuit
• AI in the ER A Harvard-backed study where an OpenAI model out-diagnosed attending ER doctors using only patient charts
• Elon’s Compute Move Why Anthropic is leasing Elon Musk’s Colossus supercluster and what his “evil detector” comment reveals
• FDA-Style AI Regulation Why the White House is suddenly pushing for pre-deployment model reviews

 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #OpenAI #SamAltman #Anthropic #AIRegulation #HealthcareAI #WhatTheAIPod]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71967943Tue, 12 May 2026 12:00:02 +0000UpstartSam Altman’s credibility just took a hit. In Episode 77 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down a chaotic week where legal drama, national security, and real-world AI performance all collided. The question is no longer just how...
In Episode 77 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down a chaotic week where legal drama, national security, and real-world AI performance all collided. The question is no longer just how powerful these models are. It’s who we trust to run them.

🔍 In this episode:
• The Altman Testimony Why Mira Murati’s statement raises serious questions about leadership and trust at OpenAI
• Anthropic vs. the Government Why being labeled a “supply chain risk” triggered a federal lawsuit
• AI in the ER A Harvard-backed study where an OpenAI model out-diagnosed attending ER doctors using only patient charts
• Elon’s Compute Move Why Anthropic is leasing Elon Musk’s Colossus supercluster and what his “evil detector” comment reveals
• FDA-Style AI Regulation Why the White House is suddenly pushing for pre-deployment model reviews

 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #OpenAI #SamAltman #Anthropic #AIRegulation #HealthcareAI #WhatTheAIPod]]>1786falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elon-on-the-stand-what-the-openai-trial-reveals--71869512
In Episode 76 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest host Michael Locke break down a chaotic week where legal battles, geopolitical decisions, and massive funding rounds all collided. Elon’s testimony raised serious questions about strategy, data usage, and the future of AI competition. At the same time, Beijing forced Meta to unwind a $2 billion acquisition, signaling a new phase in global AI power dynamics. This is no longer just about models. It is about control.

🔍 In this episode:

• The Trial of the Century: Why Elon Musk's testimony against Sam Altman failed to win the room.
  
• China Blocks Meta: How the CCP unwound a $2B deal and what it means for US-China relations.
  
• The $1.1B "First Contact": "Ineffable Intelligence" raises Europe’s largest seed round for a superintelligence lab.
  
• Grok is Trained on OpenAI: The ironic admission Elon made mid-lawsuit.
  
• Starlink Voice Agents: The real production numbers show AI resolving 70% of support tickets end-to-end.
  
• Healthcare Breakthrough: A new model predicts breast cancer up to 1.5 years earlier than current standards.

AI is no longer just advancing technically. It is becoming a legal, geopolitical, and economic battleground. If you build, invest, or rely on AI systems, this week is a signal of what comes next. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!

YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

 #AI #ElonMusk #OpenAI #Meta #China #AIGeopolitics #WhatTheAIPod]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71869512Tue, 05 May 2026 13:00:02 +0000UpstartElon Musk just took the stand in the OpenAI trial. It did not go the way you might expect. In Episode 76 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest host Michael Locke break down a chaotic week where legal battles, geopolitical decisions, and massive...
In Episode 76 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest host Michael Locke break down a chaotic week where legal battles, geopolitical decisions, and massive funding rounds all collided. Elon’s testimony raised serious questions about strategy, data usage, and the future of AI competition. At the same time, Beijing forced Meta to unwind a $2 billion acquisition, signaling a new phase in global AI power dynamics. This is no longer just about models. It is about control.

🔍 In this episode:

• The Trial of the Century: Why Elon Musk's testimony against Sam Altman failed to win the room.
  
• China Blocks Meta: How the CCP unwound a $2B deal and what it means for US-China relations.
  
• The $1.1B "First Contact": "Ineffable Intelligence" raises Europe’s largest seed round for a superintelligence lab.
  
• Grok is Trained on OpenAI: The ironic admission Elon made mid-lawsuit.
  
• Starlink Voice Agents: The real production numbers show AI resolving 70% of support tickets end-to-end.
  
• Healthcare Breakthrough: A new model predicts breast cancer up to 1.5 years earlier than current standards.

AI is no longer just advancing technically. It is becoming a legal, geopolitical, and economic battleground. If you build, invest, or rely on AI systems, this week is a signal of what comes next. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!

YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

 #AI #ElonMusk #OpenAI #Meta #China #AIGeopolitics #WhatTheAIPod]]>1692false76fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/laundry-robots-frontier-models-is-the-hype-finally-over--71705646
In Episode 75, we break down the most expensive week in AI history. From Anthropic’s $100 Billion compute bet to the launch of GPT Rosaline—OpenAI's first branded model for drug discovery—the industry is moving from "chatbots" to autonomous, specialized infrastructure.

Inside this episode:

• The $60B Cursor Bet: Why xAI wants a code editor to reach AGI through "self-improving" loops.
• Workspace Agents: OpenAI’s new "AI Teammates" that run persistently in the cloud so you don’t have to.
• GPT Rosaline: Why vertical models are the new frontier for life sciences and drug discovery.
• The Jagged Benchmarks: Three frontier models dropped this week (GPT 5.5, Opus 4.7, Kimi 2.6) and why most users can't tell the difference.
• Robot Laundry: A robotics company taught a model to fold laundry on a robot it had never seen before.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #OpenAI #ElonMusk #Anthropic #AIAgents #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71705646Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:35:34 +0000UpstartElon Musk just bid $60 Billion for a code editor, while OpenAI launched AI agents that live inside your company’s workflow. Is the "General AI" era being replaced by vertical power plays? In Episode 75, we break down the most expensive week in AI...
In Episode 75, we break down the most expensive week in AI history. From Anthropic’s $100 Billion compute bet to the launch of GPT Rosaline—OpenAI's first branded model for drug discovery—the industry is moving from "chatbots" to autonomous, specialized infrastructure.

Inside this episode:

• The $60B Cursor Bet: Why xAI wants a code editor to reach AGI through "self-improving" loops.
• Workspace Agents: OpenAI’s new "AI Teammates" that run persistently in the cloud so you don’t have to.
• GPT Rosaline: Why vertical models are the new frontier for life sciences and drug discovery.
• The Jagged Benchmarks: Three frontier models dropped this week (GPT 5.5, Opus 4.7, Kimi 2.6) and why most users can't tell the difference.
• Robot Laundry: A robotics company taught a model to fold laundry on a robot it had never seen before.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #OpenAI #ElonMusk #Anthropic #AIAgents #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod]]>1761false75fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/your-ai-now-has-your-bank-data-the-perplexity-x-plaid-move--71508451
This week, Annie and special guest Michael Lock break down the "Genius or Terrifying" move to link your bank account directly to an LLM. While OpenAI and Anthropic are fighting over your desktop with "Computer Use" updates, Perplexity is making a play for your wallet.

What’s in this episode for you:

• The Financial AI: How Perplexity x Plaid turns your search engine into a personal CFO.
• Privacy vs. Utility: Would you trade your bank data for a "Budgeting Autopilot"?. 
• The Jagged Frontier: Stanford’s 2026 AI Index reveals why your AI can solve high-level math but can't read an analog clock. 
• The Allbirds Pivot: Why a sneaker company just raised $50M to become an AI broker. 
• Junior Dev Warning: The real data behind AI automating entry-level software jobs.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #Perplexity #Plaid #Fintech #Privacy #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71508451Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:04 +0000Upstart"Can I afford this?" It’s the question we ask ourselves every day. Now, Perplexity is using Plaid to answer it for you in real-time. This week, Annie and special guest Michael Lock break down the "Genius or Terrifying" move to link your bank account...
This week, Annie and special guest Michael Lock break down the "Genius or Terrifying" move to link your bank account directly to an LLM. While OpenAI and Anthropic are fighting over your desktop with "Computer Use" updates, Perplexity is making a play for your wallet.

What’s in this episode for you:

• The Financial AI: How Perplexity x Plaid turns your search engine into a personal CFO.
• Privacy vs. Utility: Would you trade your bank data for a "Budgeting Autopilot"?. 
• The Jagged Frontier: Stanford’s 2026 AI Index reveals why your AI can solve high-level math but can't read an analog clock. 
• The Allbirds Pivot: Why a sneaker company just raised $50M to become an AI broker. 
• Junior Dev Warning: The real data behind AI automating entry-level software jobs.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #Perplexity #Plaid #Fintech #Privacy #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod
]]>5679false74fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/too-dangerous-to-release-anthropic-s-mythos-the-identity-crisis--71298058
In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Michael Locke break down Anthropic’s new model, Mythos, and why its ability to discover critical security flaws may be too powerful to deploy broadly. Instead, Anthropic is limiting access through a controlled program, giving select partners time to fix vulnerabilities before the model reaches the public. But this story is bigger than one model.

We also cover:
• Anthropic launching managed AI agents for enterprise workflows with partners like Notion, Asana, and Rocket
• Why companies may prefer managed AI infrastructure over building their own agents
• Meta’s new Muse model and its shift toward a closed, consumer-focused AI strategy
• AI-generated avatars that can replicate a person from just 15 seconds of video
• The growing tension between enterprise AI, open-source agents, and platform control
• OpenAI reportedly acquiring a podcast for hundreds of millions of dollars The pattern is clear.

AI is not just getting smarter. It is becoming more capable in ways that force companies to decide what should and should not be released. If you build software, work in security, or rely on digital systems, this raises a new question: What happens when AI can break things faster than we can fix them?

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71298058Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:00:05 +0000UpstartAnthropic just built an AI model that found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser, and then they chose not to release it.  In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Michael Locke break down...
In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Michael Locke break down Anthropic’s new model, Mythos, and why its ability to discover critical security flaws may be too powerful to deploy broadly. Instead, Anthropic is limiting access through a controlled program, giving select partners time to fix vulnerabilities before the model reaches the public. But this story is bigger than one model.

We also cover:
• Anthropic launching managed AI agents for enterprise workflows with partners like Notion, Asana, and Rocket
• Why companies may prefer managed AI infrastructure over building their own agents
• Meta’s new Muse model and its shift toward a closed, consumer-focused AI strategy
• AI-generated avatars that can replicate a person from just 15 seconds of video
• The growing tension between enterprise AI, open-source agents, and platform control
• OpenAI reportedly acquiring a podcast for hundreds of millions of dollars The pattern is clear.

AI is not just getting smarter. It is becoming more capable in ways that force companies to decide what should and should not be released. If you build software, work in security, or rely on digital systems, this raises a new question: What happens when AI can break things faster than we can fix them?

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm]]>1783false73fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-management-kill-switch-why-ai-adoption-is-surging-but-trust-is-tanking--71148850

• OpenAI’s massive $122B funding round and next-gen model rumors
• Anthropic’s shocking leaks and what they reveal about AI agents
• Microsoft combining GPT + Claude for better results
• Eli Lilly’s $2.7B bet on AI-driven drug discovery
• A new poll showing 73% of Americans use AI—but only 21% trust it
• Jack Dorsey’s vision to replace managers with AI systems

This episode connects the dots between enterprise adoption, workforce anxiety, and the growing trust gap shaping the future of AI. 👉 If AI is becoming the operating system of work… what happens when no one trusts it?

It is that AI is moving from helping you think to helping you act. If you work in tech, business, or any knowledge role, this changes what it means to be productive—and what skills actually matter. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!

YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #Claude #EnterpriseAI #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71148850Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:30:03 +0000UpstartAI adoption is skyrocketing—but trust is falling off a cliff. In this episode of WTAI, we break down one of the biggest paradoxes in tech right now: more people are using AI than ever before, yet confidence in it is collapsing. Why? We cover: -...

• OpenAI’s massive $122B funding round and next-gen model rumors
• Anthropic’s shocking leaks and what they reveal about AI agents
• Microsoft combining GPT + Claude for better results
• Eli Lilly’s $2.7B bet on AI-driven drug discovery
• A new poll showing 73% of Americans use AI—but only 21% trust it
• Jack Dorsey’s vision to replace managers with AI systems

This episode connects the dots between enterprise adoption, workforce anxiety, and the growing trust gap shaping the future of AI. 👉 If AI is becoming the operating system of work… what happens when no one trusts it?

It is that AI is moving from helping you think to helping you act. If you work in tech, business, or any knowledge role, this changes what it means to be productive—and what skills actually matter. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!

YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #Claude #EnterpriseAI #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod]]>1702false72fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/there-s-a-robot-in-the-white-house-and-soon-in-yours--71012881If you think humanoid robots are just a "someday" technology, this week changed everything.I

n Episode 71, Annie Delgado and Matt Snow break down the moment a Figure AI humanoid robot walked into the White House, greeted guests, and left—no longer a demo, but a real-world interaction. But the real story for you is Amazon’s latest acquisition: a robotics company designed for homes and schools, not warehouses.
Why you need to watch this episode:

• The Personal Impact: Why Amazon is moving robots out of the warehouse and into your living room.
  
• The "Pack and Play" Framework: How to manage AI risk in your home and office like you’re raising a child.
  
• The Meta Warning: Why an AI that follows your instructions perfectly is actually your biggest security risk.
  
• Giant-Killer AI: How to run Alibaba’s new high-power model directly on your laptop to keep your data private.
  

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71012881Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:00:02 +0000UpstartIf you think humanoid robots are just a "someday" technology, this week changed everything.I n Episode 71, Annie Delgado and Matt Snow break down the moment a Figure AI humanoid robot walked into the White House, greeted guests, and left—no longer a...If you think humanoid robots are just a "someday" technology, this week changed everything.I

n Episode 71, Annie Delgado and Matt Snow break down the moment a Figure AI humanoid robot walked into the White House, greeted guests, and left—no longer a demo, but a real-world interaction. But the real story for you is Amazon’s latest acquisition: a robotics company designed for homes and schools, not warehouses.
Why you need to watch this episode:

• The Personal Impact: Why Amazon is moving robots out of the warehouse and into your living room.
  
• The "Pack and Play" Framework: How to manage AI risk in your home and office like you’re raising a child.
  
• The Meta Warning: Why an AI that follows your instructions perfectly is actually your biggest security risk.
  
• Giant-Killer AI: How to run Alibaba’s new high-power model directly on your laptop to keep your data private.
  

]]>1338false71fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/side-quests-are-over-openai-s-code-red-pivot--70843642
In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down OpenAI’s internal shift away from “side quests” like video, hardware, and experimental products—and back toward coding and enterprise, where the real money is. The reason is simple. Anthropic is winning. Claude now holds roughly 40% of the enterprise AI market, while OpenAI has fallen behind. After launching ChatGPT and defining the category, OpenAI is now scrambling to catch up in the part of the market that actually pays. But this week was bigger than one company.

We also cover: • Anthropic’s new Dispatch feature, letting you control your computer from your phone
• Microsoft integrating Claude into Copilot, signaling a shift away from OpenAI exclusivity
• Google’s “vibe designing” tools that turn ideas directly into working apps
• Gemini inside Google Maps and what it changes about how we search in the real world
• A dog owner using ChatGPT and AlphaFold to design a cancer treatment that shrank tumors by 75%
• A homeowner selling a house in 5 days using only ChatGPT
•Why AI is collapsing the distance between having an idea and actually executing it 

The big shift is not just better models. It is that AI is moving from helping you think to helping you act. If you work in tech, business, or any knowledge role, this changes what it means to be productive—and what skills actually matter.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!
YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm 📩

#AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #Claude #EnterpriseAI #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70843642Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:00:03 +0000UpstartOpenAI just declared a “code red.” Not about a model. About their strategy. In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down OpenAI’s internal shift away from “side quests” like video, hardware, and experimental...
In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down OpenAI’s internal shift away from “side quests” like video, hardware, and experimental products—and back toward coding and enterprise, where the real money is. The reason is simple. Anthropic is winning. Claude now holds roughly 40% of the enterprise AI market, while OpenAI has fallen behind. After launching ChatGPT and defining the category, OpenAI is now scrambling to catch up in the part of the market that actually pays. But this week was bigger than one company.

We also cover: • Anthropic’s new Dispatch feature, letting you control your computer from your phone
• Microsoft integrating Claude into Copilot, signaling a shift away from OpenAI exclusivity
• Google’s “vibe designing” tools that turn ideas directly into working apps
• Gemini inside Google Maps and what it changes about how we search in the real world
• A dog owner using ChatGPT and AlphaFold to design a cancer treatment that shrank tumors by 75%
• A homeowner selling a house in 5 days using only ChatGPT
•Why AI is collapsing the distance between having an idea and actually executing it 

The big shift is not just better models. It is that AI is moving from helping you think to helping you act. If you work in tech, business, or any knowledge role, this changes what it means to be productive—and what skills actually matter.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!
YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm 📩

#AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #Claude #EnterpriseAI #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod]]>1292false70fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/amazon-s-ai-broke-the-store-6-3-million-orders-lost--70674897Amazon just proved that "moving fast and breaking things" with AI can cost a 99% Drop in a single day.
In Episode 69, we go inside the "high blast radius" incidents that forced the most operationally disciplined company on Earth into a 90-day emergency code freeze. We also break down a landmark federal ruling that blocks AI shopping agents from touching Amazon's platform—a move that could rewrite the future of e-commerce.
Inside this episode:

• The 99% Crash: How AI coding tools led to a total collapse in North American orders.
  
• The Internal Scrub: Why Amazon's leadership deleted mentions of "Gen AI" from incident reports before meeting with staff.
  
• The Perplexity Ruling: Why "User Consent" no longer means "Platform Authorization" for AI agents.
  
• The Advertising Crisis: How AI agents bypass Amazon's $56 billion ad business.
  
• Microsoft’s Strategic Pivot: Licensing a competitor's model to protect a $1 trillion selloff.
  
• Firefox & Claude: How AI found 14 high-security bugs in just 20 minutes.

If you build software, manage teams using AI tools, or run systems that cannot fail, this episode explains what happens when AI adoption moves faster than operational discipline. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!

YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

📩 Send us questions or stories:
upstartwhattheai@gmail.com
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70674897Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:00:04 +0000UpstartAmazon just proved that "moving fast and breaking things" with AI can cost a 99% Drop in a single day. In Episode 69, we go inside the "high blast radius" incidents that forced the most operationally disciplined company on Earth into a 90-day...Amazon just proved that "moving fast and breaking things" with AI can cost a 99% Drop in a single day.
In Episode 69, we go inside the "high blast radius" incidents that forced the most operationally disciplined company on Earth into a 90-day emergency code freeze. We also break down a landmark federal ruling that blocks AI shopping agents from touching Amazon's platform—a move that could rewrite the future of e-commerce.
Inside this episode:

• The 99% Crash: How AI coding tools led to a total collapse in North American orders.
  
• The Internal Scrub: Why Amazon's leadership deleted mentions of "Gen AI" from incident reports before meeting with staff.
  
• The Perplexity Ruling: Why "User Consent" no longer means "Platform Authorization" for AI agents.
  
• The Advertising Crisis: How AI agents bypass Amazon's $56 billion ad business.
  
• Microsoft’s Strategic Pivot: Licensing a competitor's model to protect a $1 trillion selloff.
  
• Firefox & Claude: How AI found 14 high-security bugs in just 20 minutes.

If you build software, manage teams using AI tools, or run systems that cannot fail, this episode explains what happens when AI adoption moves faster than operational discipline. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?!

YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

📩 Send us questions or stories:
upstartwhattheai@gmail.com
]]>1800false69fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-110b-openai-payday-sam-altman-s-sloppy-internal-chaos--70560573
 But this week was not just about OpenAI. We break down:
• The Pentagon’s escalating pressure on AI companies and what “supply chain risk” really means
• Allegations that Chinese labs used large-scale model distillation to replicate frontier AI capabilities
• How fictional AI crash scenarios briefly shook financial markets
• The rise of AI inside performance reviews and what it means for workplace surveillance
• The growing classroom crisis as AI use challenges traditional homework models
• The rapid shift toward multi-agent systems and the emerging “agent wars” between platforms

As model intelligence becomes cheaper and more portable, the real competition is moving toward infrastructure, deployment, and control. Governments are reacting. Enterprises are restructuring. Investors are flooding the space. The question is no longer whether AI works. It is who controls it, who benefits, and how quickly institutions can adapt. If you build on AI, work with AI, or manage people who use AI, this episode will help you understand where leverage is shifting and what to watch next.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts →
https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #OpenAI #SamAltman #AIRegulation #Pentagon #EnterpriseAI #AIAgents #FutureOfWork #TechNews]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70560573Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:00:02 +0000UpstartIn this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado unpack Sam Altman’s admission that OpenAI’s latest move was “sloppy and opportunistic,” why internal staff are pushing back, and what this record-breaking funding round signals about the...
 But this week was not just about OpenAI. We break down:
• The Pentagon’s escalating pressure on AI companies and what “supply chain risk” really means
• Allegations that Chinese labs used large-scale model distillation to replicate frontier AI capabilities
• How fictional AI crash scenarios briefly shook financial markets
• The rise of AI inside performance reviews and what it means for workplace surveillance
• The growing classroom crisis as AI use challenges traditional homework models
• The rapid shift toward multi-agent systems and the emerging “agent wars” between platforms

As model intelligence becomes cheaper and more portable, the real competition is moving toward infrastructure, deployment, and control. Governments are reacting. Enterprises are restructuring. Investors are flooding the space. The question is no longer whether AI works. It is who controls it, who benefits, and how quickly institutions can adapt. If you build on AI, work with AI, or manage people who use AI, this episode will help you understand where leverage is shifting and what to watch next.

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts →
https://www.whattheai.fm

#AI #OpenAI #SamAltman #AIRegulation #Pentagon #EnterpriseAI #AIAgents #FutureOfWork #TechNews]]>1430false68fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-anthropic-standoff-why-the-pentagon-is-pivoting-to-grok--70392823
After Claude was used in the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Pentagon demanded the model be made available for "all lawful purposes"—including autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Anthropic said no. Now, they face being labeled a "supply chain risk" while the DoD pivots to Elon Musk’s xAI.

In this episode, we cover: 

• The Military Ultimatum: Why Anthropic is drawing a line at lethal autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance.

• The 16-Million-Call Heist: How Chinese AI labs launched an "Ocean’s 11" style operation to clone Claude’s capabilities.

• The $200 Billion Market Hoax: Why a "science fiction" research memo about an AI-driven economic collapse actually moved U.S. tech stocks.

• The Enterprise Crackdown: Why Google and Meta are now tracking AI usage in employee performance reviews.

• The Classroom Crisis: 59% of teens believe AI cheating is rampant—what does this mean for the future of education?

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70392823Mon, 02 Mar 2026 17:59:53 +0000UpstartIn Episode 67 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the high-stakes standoff between Anthropic and the U.S. government. After Claude was used in the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Pentagon...
After Claude was used in the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Pentagon demanded the model be made available for "all lawful purposes"—including autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Anthropic said no. Now, they face being labeled a "supply chain risk" while the DoD pivots to Elon Musk’s xAI.

In this episode, we cover: 

• The Military Ultimatum: Why Anthropic is drawing a line at lethal autonomous weapons and domestic surveillance.

• The 16-Million-Call Heist: How Chinese AI labs launched an "Ocean’s 11" style operation to clone Claude’s capabilities.

• The $200 Billion Market Hoax: Why a "science fiction" research memo about an AI-driven economic collapse actually moved U.S. tech stocks.

• The Enterprise Crackdown: Why Google and Meta are now tracking AI usage in employee performance reviews.

• The Classroom Crisis: 59% of teens believe AI cheating is rampant—what does this mean for the future of education?

]]>1861false66fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-just-got-political-the-new-frontline--70227701
In Episode 66 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest co-host Super Mishra break down a rapidly escalating standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon that could reshape how AI companies interact with governments. The Department of Defense threatened to classify Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” over restrictions on how Claude can be used in classified environments. If that designation sticks, it could ripple through every defense contractor in the country. At the same time, five major AI models launched in a single week across the U.S., China, and Europe. Performance is converging. Costs are collapsing. Intelligence is commoditizing faster than anyone expected.

They also unpack:
-ByteDance’s photorealistic AI fight scene that triggered Hollywood backlash
-OpenAI bringing OpenClaw’s creator into the fold while security researchers warn about exposed agent deployments
-Figma and Anthropic flipping the design-to-code workflow
-OpenAI’s new Lockdown Mode and why prompt injection may never be fully solved
-Waymo’s revelation that 70 humans oversee 3,000 robo-taxis

This episode explains what happens when AI shifts from impressive to infrastructural. When safety commitments collide with government expectations. When model intelligence stops being the moat. And when scale introduces entirely new kinds of risk. If you work in tech, enterprise, government, or just care about how AI integrates into real systems, this is the week you need context.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70227701Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:16:20 +0000UpstartAI is no longer just a product decision. It is a political one. In Episode 66 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest co-host Super Mishra break down a rapidly escalating standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon that could reshape how AI...
In Episode 66 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest co-host Super Mishra break down a rapidly escalating standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon that could reshape how AI companies interact with governments. The Department of Defense threatened to classify Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” over restrictions on how Claude can be used in classified environments. If that designation sticks, it could ripple through every defense contractor in the country. At the same time, five major AI models launched in a single week across the U.S., China, and Europe. Performance is converging. Costs are collapsing. Intelligence is commoditizing faster than anyone expected.

They also unpack:
-ByteDance’s photorealistic AI fight scene that triggered Hollywood backlash
-OpenAI bringing OpenClaw’s creator into the fold while security researchers warn about exposed agent deployments
-Figma and Anthropic flipping the design-to-code workflow
-OpenAI’s new Lockdown Mode and why prompt injection may never be fully solved
-Waymo’s revelation that 70 humans oversee 3,000 robo-taxis

This episode explains what happens when AI shifts from impressive to infrastructural. When safety commitments collide with government expectations. When model intelligence stops being the moat. And when scale introduces entirely new kinds of risk. If you work in tech, enterprise, government, or just care about how AI integrates into real systems, this is the week you need context.]]>1797false66fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-is-scaling-fast-should-you-be-worried--70104091
In Episode 65 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down what happens when AI moves from impressive to industrial scale. Anthropic runs a Super Bowl ad mocking ads. The next day, OpenAI launches ads in ChatGPT. Tens of billions flow into AI funding. Nearly half of global venture capital now goes to AI companies.

That sounds like momentum. 
It also sounds like pressure.

Jeff and Annie unpack what this means for your job and your industry. A Harvard Business Review study shows AI boosts productivity by 33 percent, but workers are not working less. They are doing more. Burnout rises instead of falling. Then comes the cultural shift. A romance author uses Claude to publish 200 novels in eight months. If AI can scale output like that, what happens to creative markets, pricing power, and discoverability? Meanwhile, AI video gets better. Synthetic world models train self-driving cars on events that never happened. Waymo expands. Apple delays Siri again.

The gap between demo speed and production reliability keeps widening.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70104091Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:42:01 +0000UpstartAI just had its Super Bowl moment. And if you work in tech, media, operations, education, or honestly anywhere near a computer, this episode is about you. In Episode 65 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down what happens when AI...
In Episode 65 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down what happens when AI moves from impressive to industrial scale. Anthropic runs a Super Bowl ad mocking ads. The next day, OpenAI launches ads in ChatGPT. Tens of billions flow into AI funding. Nearly half of global venture capital now goes to AI companies.

That sounds like momentum. 
It also sounds like pressure.

Jeff and Annie unpack what this means for your job and your industry. A Harvard Business Review study shows AI boosts productivity by 33 percent, but workers are not working less. They are doing more. Burnout rises instead of falling. Then comes the cultural shift. A romance author uses Claude to publish 200 novels in eight months. If AI can scale output like that, what happens to creative markets, pricing power, and discoverability? Meanwhile, AI video gets better. Synthetic world models train self-driving cars on events that never happened. Waymo expands. Apple delays Siri again.

The gap between demo speed and production reliability keeps widening.]]>1765ai,ainews,tech,technologyfalse65fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-in-the-wild-wins-risks-and-weirdness--69888577
In Episode 64 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado start with a landmark Swedish study showing AI-assisted mammography catches breast cancers earlier and reduces radiologist workload. Then they pause on the uncomfortable follow-up: a separate study showing experienced doctors became worse at cancer detection after just three months of relying on AI. The lesson is not “do not use AI.” It is “deploy it without losing your human backup plan.”

From there, the episode moves into Google’s Project Genie, the first consumer-facing world model that lets you explore a generated 3D environment for about 60 seconds. Jeff explains why world models matter even if you never want to live inside one, while Annie remains healthily skeptical of the sci-fi future being sold. They then break down OpenAI Frontier, a new enterprise platform designed to let AI agents work across your company’s data and tools, and why this has traditional SaaS companies watching their stock prices drop. 

Anthropic publicly commits to keeping Claude ad-free, while OpenAI prepares to test ads in ChatGPT. And finally, Jeff and Annie react to Moltbook, a social network where autonomous bots debate consciousness on a platform security researchers are calling a nightmare. This episode helps you understand where AI genuinely adds value today, where it quietly introduces new risk, and how to avoid mistaking impressive demos for systems you can actually trust.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69888577Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:30:03 +0000UpstartAI is proving it can help in high-stakes situations. It is also proving it can quietly weaken human skills, destabilize organizations, and wander into very strange territory. In Episode 64 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado start with a...
In Episode 64 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado start with a landmark Swedish study showing AI-assisted mammography catches breast cancers earlier and reduces radiologist workload. Then they pause on the uncomfortable follow-up: a separate study showing experienced doctors became worse at cancer detection after just three months of relying on AI. The lesson is not “do not use AI.” It is “deploy it without losing your human backup plan.”

From there, the episode moves into Google’s Project Genie, the first consumer-facing world model that lets you explore a generated 3D environment for about 60 seconds. Jeff explains why world models matter even if you never want to live inside one, while Annie remains healthily skeptical of the sci-fi future being sold. They then break down OpenAI Frontier, a new enterprise platform designed to let AI agents work across your company’s data and tools, and why this has traditional SaaS companies watching their stock prices drop. 

Anthropic publicly commits to keeping Claude ad-free, while OpenAI prepares to test ads in ChatGPT. And finally, Jeff and Annie react to Moltbook, a social network where autonomous bots debate consciousness on a platform security researchers are calling a nightmare. This episode helps you understand where AI genuinely adds value today, where it quietly introduces new risk, and how to avoid mistaking impressive demos for systems you can actually trust.]]>1813false64fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ai-gap-is-real-here-s-how-to-stay-ahead--69727591
In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down why nearly half of workers still are not using AI at work, while a smaller group of power users is racing ahead. They explain what this growing AI gap means for your job, your team, and your career, and how people quietly end up on the wrong side of it.

They walk through where AI is actually being used today, including desktop agents like Claude Cowork, AI embedded into everyday tools like Gmail, Excel, and Salesforce, and why leaders are already reshaping roles around people who know how to work with AI. Along the way, they unpack Dario Amodei’s warning about the “adolescence” of AI and why organizations are struggling to keep humans in the loop as tools get more capable.

This episode is not about hype or fear. It is about what skills matter now, where AI genuinely helps, where it creates new risk, and how to stay relevant as adoption accelerates unevenly.

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69727591Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:00:08 +0000UpstartIf AI feels powerful but uneven right now, that is not your imagination. It is a gap forming in real time. In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down why nearly half of workers still are not using AI at work, while a...
In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down why nearly half of workers still are not using AI at work, while a smaller group of power users is racing ahead. They explain what this growing AI gap means for your job, your team, and your career, and how people quietly end up on the wrong side of it.

They walk through where AI is actually being used today, including desktop agents like Claude Cowork, AI embedded into everyday tools like Gmail, Excel, and Salesforce, and why leaders are already reshaping roles around people who know how to work with AI. Along the way, they unpack Dario Amodei’s warning about the “adolescence” of AI and why organizations are struggling to keep humans in the loop as tools get more capable.

This episode is not about hype or fear. It is about what skills matter now, where AI genuinely helps, where it creates new risk, and how to stay relevant as adoption accelerates unevenly.

]]>1695false63fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-is-making-money-now-comes-the-hard-part--69646817

Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado unpack the growing gap between AI hype and AI economics, starting with Davos, where industry leaders could not agree on whether AI will erase jobs or create new ones. They break down OpenAI’s eye-popping $20 billion run-rate, why ads are coming to ChatGPT, and why the expense side of the ledger may matter more than the revenue headlines.

The episode dives into Anthropic’s new economic index, revealing who is actually benefiting from AI and why gains are concentrating among wealthier countries and more educated workers. They discuss the emerging entry-level hiring cliff, what it means for workforce planning, and why managing AI agents may become a core skill earlier in careers than ever before. Quick hits include a $4.8 billion seed round for a company with no product, Anthropic’s controversial 23,000-word Claude Constitution, Google making SAT prep free inside Gemini, and a rare good-news moment for AI in education and health care as both OpenAI and Anthropic roll out healthcare-focused tools.

This episode explains where AI’s economic reality is colliding with its technological promise — and what leaders, parents, and builders should be paying attention to next.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69646817Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:56:38 +0000UpstartAI finally has real revenue. Now it has real problems. Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado unpack the growing gap between AI hype and AI economics, starting with Davos, where industry leaders could not agree on whether AI will erase jobs or create new...

Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado unpack the growing gap between AI hype and AI economics, starting with Davos, where industry leaders could not agree on whether AI will erase jobs or create new ones. They break down OpenAI’s eye-popping $20 billion run-rate, why ads are coming to ChatGPT, and why the expense side of the ledger may matter more than the revenue headlines.

The episode dives into Anthropic’s new economic index, revealing who is actually benefiting from AI and why gains are concentrating among wealthier countries and more educated workers. They discuss the emerging entry-level hiring cliff, what it means for workforce planning, and why managing AI agents may become a core skill earlier in careers than ever before. Quick hits include a $4.8 billion seed round for a company with no product, Anthropic’s controversial 23,000-word Claude Constitution, Google making SAT prep free inside Gemini, and a rare good-news moment for AI in education and health care as both OpenAI and Anthropic roll out healthcare-focused tools.

This episode explains where AI’s economic reality is colliding with its technological promise — and what leaders, parents, and builders should be paying attention to next.]]>1842false62fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-ai-starts-buying-building-and-acting-for-you--69513459
In Episode 61, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado dig into the moment AI shifts from assistant to actor — buying things, managing files, shaping infrastructure, and quietly changing who actually controls the customer relationship. 

They start with Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, an open standard that lets AI agents handle checkout with Shopify, Walmart, and Visa. Which raises a very agentic question: when an AI buys for you… who owns the button? And who owns you? From there, things get spicy. Apple quietly bets on Google’s Gemini to power Siri. Anthropic cuts off Elon Musk’s xAI from Claude while rolling out Claude Cowork. And suddenly everyone is drawing lines around IP, access, and who gets to plug into what. Zooming out, Jeff and Annie look at the physical reality behind all this “AI magic”: Meta and Microsoft taking very different paths to scaling AI — one brute-forcing power, the other chasing trust, permission, and community buy-in.

Quick hits keep the fun coming: programmable gene insertion, Gemini’s new “personal intelligence” mode, ChatGPT Translate, and a curveball closer — Matthew McConaughey trademarking himself as a new way to think about consent in the age of generative AI. This episode isn’t about hype. It’s about where the power is actually moving — and what happens when AI stops asking and starts acting.

🔍 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Who really controls commerce when AI agents handle checkout
• Why Apple handing Siri to Gemini is a bigger signal than it sounds
• How Anthropic is enforcing boundaries in the AI arms race
• Why infrastructure, power, and permission are becoming the real moats How consent, likeness, and ownership get weird — fast — in the AI era

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69513459Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:00:10 +0000UpstartAI is done just answering questions. Now it wants to do things for you. In Episode 61, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado dig into the moment AI shifts from assistant to actor — buying things, managing files, shaping infrastructure, and quietly changing...
In Episode 61, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado dig into the moment AI shifts from assistant to actor — buying things, managing files, shaping infrastructure, and quietly changing who actually controls the customer relationship. 

They start with Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, an open standard that lets AI agents handle checkout with Shopify, Walmart, and Visa. Which raises a very agentic question: when an AI buys for you… who owns the button? And who owns you? From there, things get spicy. Apple quietly bets on Google’s Gemini to power Siri. Anthropic cuts off Elon Musk’s xAI from Claude while rolling out Claude Cowork. And suddenly everyone is drawing lines around IP, access, and who gets to plug into what. Zooming out, Jeff and Annie look at the physical reality behind all this “AI magic”: Meta and Microsoft taking very different paths to scaling AI — one brute-forcing power, the other chasing trust, permission, and community buy-in.

Quick hits keep the fun coming: programmable gene insertion, Gemini’s new “personal intelligence” mode, ChatGPT Translate, and a curveball closer — Matthew McConaughey trademarking himself as a new way to think about consent in the age of generative AI. This episode isn’t about hype. It’s about where the power is actually moving — and what happens when AI stops asking and starts acting.

🔍 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Who really controls commerce when AI agents handle checkout
• Why Apple handing Siri to Gemini is a bigger signal than it sounds
• How Anthropic is enforcing boundaries in the AI arms race
• Why infrastructure, power, and permission are becoming the real moats How consent, likeness, and ownership get weird — fast — in the AI era

]]>1795false61fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-crossed-the-line-now-what--69411106AI crossed a line this week — from tools that assist to systems that act.


Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the moment where AI stopped feeling experimental and started colliding with the real world. They open with Grok being used to generate non-consensual images — triggering rapid responses from European regulators and U.S. lawmakers — and why this may finally force clarity on platform responsibility. Then comes the productivity shift: Gmail’s new AI inbox tells you what to do instead of what to read, Amazon brings Alexa Plus to the web, and OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, formalizing how millions already use AI to understand lab results, symptoms, and long-term patterns. They cover Stanford’s SleepFM, which predicts disease risk from a single night of clinical sleep data, and Utah’s quiet experiment letting AI assist with routine prescription renewals. Finally, they zoom out to infrastructure and power. xAI closes a $20B round, LLM Arena becomes benchmarking infrastructure, and Nvidia unveils a blueprint connecting data-center AI to self-driving cars — all while raising the real question: can AI scale fast enough given constraints on power, land, and permitting? This episode isn’t about what AI could do.
It’s about what it’s already doing — and what that means for safety, work, health, and the physical world.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why xAI’s Grok triggered global regulatory scrutiny
• How Google and Amazon are reshaping daily workflows with AI
• Why NVIDIA may be the most powerful AI company of all

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69411106Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:00:09 +0000UpstartAI crossed a line this week — from tools that assist to systems that act. Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the moment where AI stopped feeling experimental and started colliding with the real world. They open with Grok being used to...AI crossed a line this week — from tools that assist to systems that act.


Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the moment where AI stopped feeling experimental and started colliding with the real world. They open with Grok being used to generate non-consensual images — triggering rapid responses from European regulators and U.S. lawmakers — and why this may finally force clarity on platform responsibility. Then comes the productivity shift: Gmail’s new AI inbox tells you what to do instead of what to read, Amazon brings Alexa Plus to the web, and OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, formalizing how millions already use AI to understand lab results, symptoms, and long-term patterns. They cover Stanford’s SleepFM, which predicts disease risk from a single night of clinical sleep data, and Utah’s quiet experiment letting AI assist with routine prescription renewals. Finally, they zoom out to infrastructure and power. xAI closes a $20B round, LLM Arena becomes benchmarking infrastructure, and Nvidia unveils a blueprint connecting data-center AI to self-driving cars — all while raising the real question: can AI scale fast enough given constraints on power, land, and permitting? This episode isn’t about what AI could do.
It’s about what it’s already doing — and what that means for safety, work, health, and the physical world.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why xAI’s Grok triggered global regulatory scrutiny
• How Google and Amazon are reshaping daily workflows with AI
• Why NVIDIA may be the most powerful AI company of all

]]>1686false60fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ai-moat-is-dead-2025-proved-it--69327157
Jeff and Annie open with quick hits: Meta’s reported $2B+ acquisition of agent startup Manus, Nvidia teaming with Grok to make inference faster and cheaper, Meter’s “5-hour tasks at 50% success” reality check, and Poetiq’s latest ARC-AGI orchestration claims. Then they break down the four biggest themes of 2025—and what executives should do differently in 2026 as moats vanish, agents collide with risk, and compute becomes the constraint.

We also discuss:

• Why “cost per answer” is becoming the new enterprise AI benchmark
• The three agent categories that actually mattered in 2025 (research, coding, web)
• Why the winners may be the best builders, not the best model labs

Relevant links

• Meta acquires Manus for $2B+ to accelerate AI agents
• Nvidia licenses Groq inference tech to boost production AI
• METR releases new AI task time horizon benchmarks
• Poetiq tops ARC-AGI leaderboard with orchestration harness

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69327157Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:38:13 +0000Upstart2025 killed the “best model wins” story—fast. This week, we zoom out: agents got real, media got usable, and the AI race turned into a build-and-ship infrastructure war. Jeff and Annie open with quick hits: Meta’s reported $2B+ acquisition of agent...
Jeff and Annie open with quick hits: Meta’s reported $2B+ acquisition of agent startup Manus, Nvidia teaming with Grok to make inference faster and cheaper, Meter’s “5-hour tasks at 50% success” reality check, and Poetiq’s latest ARC-AGI orchestration claims. Then they break down the four biggest themes of 2025—and what executives should do differently in 2026 as moats vanish, agents collide with risk, and compute becomes the constraint.

We also discuss:

• Why “cost per answer” is becoming the new enterprise AI benchmark
• The three agent categories that actually mattered in 2025 (research, coding, web)
• Why the winners may be the best builders, not the best model labs

Relevant links

• Meta acquires Manus for $2B+ to accelerate AI agents
• Nvidia licenses Groq inference tech to boost production AI
• METR releases new AI task time horizon benchmarks
• Poetiq tops ARC-AGI leaderboard with orchestration harness

]]>1396false59fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/we-asked-chatgpt-to-predict-2026-here-s-what-it-got-right-and-wrong--69253796 
Along the way, Jeff calls BS on one prediction, Annie argues for a major policy shift the industry isn’t ready for, and together they separate what feels inevitable from what still sounds like wishful thinking. This isn’t about hype or benchmarks — it’s about what will actually hold up inside real workflows, teams, and organizations.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69253796Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:36:05 +0000UpstartIn this episode, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado walk through ChatGPT’s boldest claims: the end of the model arms race, the rise of AI “middle managers,” a quiet shift away from explainability toward outcome-based fairness, and a future where AI... 
Along the way, Jeff calls BS on one prediction, Annie argues for a major policy shift the industry isn’t ready for, and together they separate what feels inevitable from what still sounds like wishful thinking. This isn’t about hype or benchmarks — it’s about what will actually hold up inside real workflows, teams, and organizations.]]>398falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-s-future-sounds-uncomfortable--69177853
As 2025 wraps, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado put ChatGPT on the hot seat—asking it to make bold predictions about what AI will look like in 2026. From the end of the model arms race, to AI “middle managers,” to a long-overdue reckoning on fairness and explainability, they break down what feels inevitable, what feels wildly premature, and what might just be wishful thinking.

Along the way, Jeff calls BS on one of ChatGPT’s boldest claims, Annie makes the case for a major policy shift the industry desperately needs, and together they explore what actually matters for leaders navigating AI in the real world—not on benchmarks, but in workflows, teams, and outcomes.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why raw model intelligence may stop being the main AI battleground
• The limits of AI autonomy inside real organizations
• A critical shift in how fairness and accountability should be measured

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

Relevant links:

• OpenAI announces faster, more consistent ChatGPT image editing
• Google rolls out Gemini 3 Flash as default across Gemini and Search
• Zoom unveils AI Companion 3.0 with multi-model orchestration
• OpenAI launches FrontierScience benchmark for real scientific reasoning
• Google enables live translation on Android headphones
• Google Labs previews CC daily Gemini email briefing agent
• Google, DeepMind, MIT study when multi-agent systems help or hurt
• Perplexity shares real-world usage data from Comet browser agent
• Bernie Sanders calls for data center construction moratorium

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69177853Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:05:07 +0000UpstartAI has a lot of opinions about its own future. The real question is: should we believe them? As 2025 wraps, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado put ChatGPT on the hot seat—asking it to make bold predictions about what AI will look like in 2026. From the...
As 2025 wraps, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado put ChatGPT on the hot seat—asking it to make bold predictions about what AI will look like in 2026. From the end of the model arms race, to AI “middle managers,” to a long-overdue reckoning on fairness and explainability, they break down what feels inevitable, what feels wildly premature, and what might just be wishful thinking.

Along the way, Jeff calls BS on one of ChatGPT’s boldest claims, Annie makes the case for a major policy shift the industry desperately needs, and together they explore what actually matters for leaders navigating AI in the real world—not on benchmarks, but in workflows, teams, and outcomes.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why raw model intelligence may stop being the main AI battleground
• The limits of AI autonomy inside real organizations
• A critical shift in how fairness and accountability should be measured

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

Relevant links:

• OpenAI announces faster, more consistent ChatGPT image editing
• Google rolls out Gemini 3 Flash as default across Gemini and Search
• Zoom unveils AI Companion 3.0 with multi-model orchestration
• OpenAI launches FrontierScience benchmark for real scientific reasoning
• Google enables live translation on Android headphones
• Google Labs previews CC daily Gemini email briefing agent
• Google, DeepMind, MIT study when multi-agent systems help or hurt
• Perplexity shares real-world usage data from Comet browser agent
• Bernie Sanders calls for data center construction moratorium

]]>1680false58fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-startup-beats-google-power-users-break-away-and-ai-gets-regulated--69064862
In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down Poetiq’s ARC-AGI-2 win and why meta-systems — critique, refine, verify — may now matter more than picking the “best” model. They unpack OpenAI’s first State of Enterprise AI report, including the widening productivity gap between casual users and power users. Finally, they run through Quick Hits on chips, regulation, XR glasses, factuality benchmarks, the emerging AI licensing economy, and a major shift in how algorithmic bias could be judged.

🔍 In this episode:

• Poetiq’s orchestration layer beats Gemini Deep Think on ARC-AGI-2
• OpenAI data reveals the productivity chasm between median and power users
• RSL 1.0, agent standards, and regulation reshape the emerging “AI internet economy”
  
  

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

Relevant links:

• Poetiq ARC-AGI-2 benchmark results and verification
• OpenAI State of Enterprise AI report
• Nvidia H200 export approval and U.S. revenue cut reporting
• Trump executive order push on national AI rules
• Google XR glasses pre-announcement
• Google DeepMind FACTS benchmark announcement
• OpenAI hires Slack CEO Denise Dresser as CRO
• OpenAI GPT-5.2 model update
• RSL 1.0 web licensing standard
• Cloudflare support for AI content licensing
• EU antitrust investigation into Google AI Overviews
• Google updates AI Mode with more publisher links
• OpenAI and Disney licensing deal coverage
• DOJ ends enforcement of disparate impact standard

]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69064862Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:00:20 +0000UpstartA six-person startup just beat Google on one of the hardest reasoning benchmarks — using Google’s own model. And inside companies, the top 5% of AI users are quietly gaining the equivalent of an extra workday every week. In this episode, Jeff and...
In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down Poetiq’s ARC-AGI-2 win and why meta-systems — critique, refine, verify — may now matter more than picking the “best” model. They unpack OpenAI’s first State of Enterprise AI report, including the widening productivity gap between casual users and power users. Finally, they run through Quick Hits on chips, regulation, XR glasses, factuality benchmarks, the emerging AI licensing economy, and a major shift in how algorithmic bias could be judged.

🔍 In this episode:

• Poetiq’s orchestration layer beats Gemini Deep Think on ARC-AGI-2
• OpenAI data reveals the productivity chasm between median and power users
• RSL 1.0, agent standards, and regulation reshape the emerging “AI internet economy”
  
  

🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! on YouTube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm

Relevant links:

• Poetiq ARC-AGI-2 benchmark results and verification
• OpenAI State of Enterprise AI report
• Nvidia H200 export approval and U.S. revenue cut reporting
• Trump executive order push on national AI rules
• Google XR glasses pre-announcement
• Google DeepMind FACTS benchmark announcement
• OpenAI hires Slack CEO Denise Dresser as CRO
• OpenAI GPT-5.2 model update
• RSL 1.0 web licensing standard
• Cloudflare support for AI content licensing
• 1648false57fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/code-red-the-real-battle-for-the-ai-stack--68949755
  In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down the real battle for AI: not model leaderboard flexes, but who owns the stack that enterprises actually run on. From Amazon’s Nova family and agent infrastructure to Google’s Workspace Studio and DeepSeek’s open-weight frontier models, they map how pricing, distribution, and chips are reshaping the power dynamics. They also dive into Anthropic’s internal productivity data and a geothermal case study that shows AI uncovering opportunities humans literally couldn’t see.
  
  In this episode, we discuss:
  
  • How AWS, Google, and OpenAI are fighting to own the enterprise AI stack with chips, agents, and deeply embedded workflows.
  • Why DeepSeek’s open-weight, 5–30X cheaper models could blow up 2025 AI budgets and shift geopolitical power.
  • What Anthropic’s 50% productivity gains and geothermal exploration say about the future of knowledge work and AI-driven discovery.
  Relevant links:
  
  • AWS re:Invent 2024 AI announcements
  • Google Workspace Agent Studio launch
  • OpenAI “code red” reporting
  • DeepSeek V3.2 and V3.2-Speciale release
  • Anthropic’s internal Claude productivity study
  • Zanskar geothermal AI research
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68949755Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:00:21 +0000UpstartOpenAI just hit “Code Red” while Chinese labs ship GPT-5–tier models at a fraction of the cost. If your 2025 plan is “just pick the best model,” you might already be behind. In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down the real battle for AI: not model...
  In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down the real battle for AI: not model leaderboard flexes, but who owns the stack that enterprises actually run on. From Amazon’s Nova family and agent infrastructure to Google’s Workspace Studio and DeepSeek’s open-weight frontier models, they map how pricing, distribution, and chips are reshaping the power dynamics. They also dive into Anthropic’s internal productivity data and a geothermal case study that shows AI uncovering opportunities humans literally couldn’t see.
  
  In this episode, we discuss:
  
  • How AWS, Google, and OpenAI are fighting to own the enterprise AI stack with chips, agents, and deeply embedded workflows.
  • Why DeepSeek’s open-weight, 5–30X cheaper models could blow up 2025 AI budgets and shift geopolitical power.
  • What Anthropic’s 50% productivity gains and geothermal exploration say about the future of knowledge work and AI-driven discovery.
  Relevant links:
  
  • AWS re:Invent 2024 AI announcements
  • Google Workspace Agent Studio launch
  • OpenAI “code red” reporting
  • DeepSeek V3.2 and V3.2-Speciale release
  • Anthropic’s internal Claude productivity study
  • Zanskar geothermal AI research
  ]]>1747false56fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-hits-the-white-house-the-courtroom-the-enterprise-stack--68892135
  Jeff and Annie break down a moment where law, policy, economics, and frontier AI all collide. They unpack Cameo’s surprise win against OpenAI over the word “cameo,” Anthropic’s Claude 4.5 Opus and what it means for junior devs and middle managers, and the escalating AI shopping war as ChatGPT and Perplexity take aim at Google’s core business.
  
  Then they zoom out: the White House’s national AI infrastructure play, new Anthropic + MIT data on AI’s impact on GDP and automation, and Andrej Karpathy’s argument that AI detection is dead, forcing schools back toward blue books, oral exams, and new ways to measure what students actually know.
  
  In this episode, we cover:
  • Trademark chaos: Why a fight over the word “cameo” could reshape how AI features are named — and defended.
  • Agentic engineering: How Claude 4.5 Opus moves automation from “help me debug” to “ship production-ready fixes.”
  • National AI strategy: What the Genesis Mission, AI shopping agents, and new economic studies reveal about the future of GDP, jobs, and education.
  Relevant links:
  • Judge blocks OpenAI from using “Cameo” in Sora
  • Anthropic releases Claude 4.5 Opus, new coding SOTA
  • ChatGPT launches Shopping Research, challenges Google
  • White House announces Genesis Mission for AI science
  • Anthropic study on workflow automation potential
  • MIT macro study modeling AI-driven GDP growth
  • Karpathy says AI detection is impossible
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68892135Fri, 05 Dec 2025 10:25:07 +0000UpstartA federal judge just told OpenAI it can’t use a dictionary word, Anthropic shipped a model that can out-code half your engineering team, and the White House quietly launched a “Genesis Mission” that sounds suspiciously like a Manhattan Project for...
  Jeff and Annie break down a moment where law, policy, economics, and frontier AI all collide. They unpack Cameo’s surprise win against OpenAI over the word “cameo,” Anthropic’s Claude 4.5 Opus and what it means for junior devs and middle managers, and the escalating AI shopping war as ChatGPT and Perplexity take aim at Google’s core business.
  
  Then they zoom out: the White House’s national AI infrastructure play, new Anthropic + MIT data on AI’s impact on GDP and automation, and Andrej Karpathy’s argument that AI detection is dead, forcing schools back toward blue books, oral exams, and new ways to measure what students actually know.
  
  In this episode, we cover:
  • Trademark chaos: Why a fight over the word “cameo” could reshape how AI features are named — and defended.
  • Agentic engineering: How Claude 4.5 Opus moves automation from “help me debug” to “ship production-ready fixes.”
  • National AI strategy: What the Genesis Mission, AI shopping agents, and new economic studies reveal about the future of GDP, jobs, and education.
  Relevant links:
  • Judge blocks OpenAI from using “Cameo” in Sora
  • Anthropic releases Claude 4.5 Opus, new coding SOTA
  • ChatGPT launches Shopping Research, challenges Google
  • White House announces Genesis Mission for AI science
  • Anthropic study on workflow automation potential
  • MIT macro study modeling AI-driven GDP growth
  • Karpathy says AI detection is impossible
  ]]>1474false55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-gets-personal-agents-emotions-and-the-creepy-side-of-connection--68740677
  Jeff and Annie break down Google’s Gemini 3 leap, Anti-Gravity’s agent-managed coding environment, and Microsoft’s push to make Windows the first truly agent-native OS. They unpack xAI’s Grok 4.1 pivot from hard-edged “truth-seeking” to emotional, collaborative chat — and what that says about what people actually want from AI. Plus, Google’s new AI shopping tools meet the ethical car crash of AI holograms that refuse to rest in peace.
  
  
  🧠 In this episode, we cover:
  • Gemini 3 & Anti-Gravity: Is Google finally shipping an AI you’d actually switch to — and how much privacy would you trade for better agents?
  • Windows as an Agent-Native OS: Why Microsoft’s taskbar agents are a real threat to Apple’s lagging Siri ecosystem.
  • ChatGPT Group Chats: How multi-person AI threads could change brainstorming, teamwork, and the way we argue.
  • AI Shopping & Digital Ghosts: Google’s agentic checkout for Black Friday deals — and the deeply unsettling startup selling AI holograms of the dead.
  Relevant links:
  • Google releases Gemini 3 with tappable UI and agent features
  • xAI introduces Grok 4.1 with emotional intelligence upgrades
  • Microsoft turns Windows 11 into an agent-native OS
  • OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Group Chats worldwide
  • Google adds AI-powered holiday shopping and agentic checkout
  • Startup 2wai debuts AI holograms of deceased relatives
  • Microsoft announces Anthropic partnership and $5B investment
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68740677Tue, 25 Nov 2025 14:40:10 +0000UpstartAI agents just invaded your inbox, desktop, and holiday shopping list — and one major model quietly traded “maximal truth” for vibes. Meanwhile, a startup wants to put digital versions of your dead relatives at your wedding, and the internet is not...
  Jeff and Annie break down Google’s Gemini 3 leap, Anti-Gravity’s agent-managed coding environment, and Microsoft’s push to make Windows the first truly agent-native OS. They unpack xAI’s Grok 4.1 pivot from hard-edged “truth-seeking” to emotional, collaborative chat — and what that says about what people actually want from AI. Plus, Google’s new AI shopping tools meet the ethical car crash of AI holograms that refuse to rest in peace.
  
  
  🧠 In this episode, we cover:
  • Gemini 3 & Anti-Gravity: Is Google finally shipping an AI you’d actually switch to — and how much privacy would you trade for better agents?
  • Windows as an Agent-Native OS: Why Microsoft’s taskbar agents are a real threat to Apple’s lagging Siri ecosystem.
  • ChatGPT Group Chats: How multi-person AI threads could change brainstorming, teamwork, and the way we argue.
  • AI Shopping & Digital Ghosts: Google’s agentic checkout for Black Friday deals — and the deeply unsettling startup selling AI holograms of the dead.
  Relevant links:
  • Google releases Gemini 3 with tappable UI and agent features
  • xAI introduces Grok 4.1 with emotional intelligence upgrades
  • Microsoft turns Windows 11 into an agent-native OS
  • OpenAI rolls out ChatGPT Group Chats worldwide
  • Google adds AI-powered holiday shopping and agentic checkout
  • Startup 2wai debuts AI holograms of deceased relatives
  • Microsoft announces Anthropic partnership and $5B investment
  ]]>1627falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-leaves-earth-superintelligence-satellites-and-the-race-to-the-bottom--68684807
  This week, Jeff and Annie unpack the weird future where AI runs in space, speaks in the voices of legends, and claims to be “humanist” superintelligence.From Google’s plan to build solar-powered AI compute in space to OpenAI’s new “smarter vs. warmer” model split, the landscape is shifting fast. Jeff and Annie break down Fei-Fei Li’s world modeling platform, 11Labs’ marketplace for iconic voices like Maya Angelou, and Baidu’s ultra-cheap model that raises serious questions about AI moats.
  
  In this episode, we cover:
  
  • Project Suncatcher: Google’s proposal to move AI compute into orbit to solve land, cooling, and energy constraints.
  • World models & spatial intelligence: Fei-Fei Li’s Marble platform, 3D simulation, and why robots still move like toddlers.
  • Race to the bottom on models: Baidu’s cost-efficient Ernie variant and why Jeff thinks the real moat is distribution, workflow, and data—not raw model IQ.
  • Microsoft’s “humanist superintelligence”: Domain-specific AI for health, science, and companions—and the messy politics of deciding whose “human values” AI should reflect.
  Relevant links:
  
  • Google’s Project Suncatcher proposal for space-based AI compute
  • OpenAI GPT-5.1 Instant vs. Thinking announcement
  • Fei-Fei Li’s Marble 3D world-modeling platform
  • ElevenLabs Iconic Voice Marketplace launch
  • Microsoft’s Humanist Superintelligence vision from Mustafa Suleyman
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68684807Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:47:30 +0000UpstartWhat happens when AI leaves the data center and heads into orbit right as models get cheaper, warmer, and way more powerful? This week, Jeff and Annie unpack the weird future where AI runs in space, speaks in the voices of legends, and claims to be...
  This week, Jeff and Annie unpack the weird future where AI runs in space, speaks in the voices of legends, and claims to be “humanist” superintelligence.From Google’s plan to build solar-powered AI compute in space to OpenAI’s new “smarter vs. warmer” model split, the landscape is shifting fast. Jeff and Annie break down Fei-Fei Li’s world modeling platform, 11Labs’ marketplace for iconic voices like Maya Angelou, and Baidu’s ultra-cheap model that raises serious questions about AI moats.
  
  In this episode, we cover:
  
  • Project Suncatcher: Google’s proposal to move AI compute into orbit to solve land, cooling, and energy constraints.
  • World models & spatial intelligence: Fei-Fei Li’s Marble platform, 3D simulation, and why robots still move like toddlers.
  • Race to the bottom on models: Baidu’s cost-efficient Ernie variant and why Jeff thinks the real moat is distribution, workflow, and data—not raw model IQ.
  • Microsoft’s “humanist superintelligence”: Domain-specific AI for health, science, and companions—and the messy politics of deciding whose “human values” AI should reflect.
  Relevant links:
  
  • Google’s Project Suncatcher proposal for space-based AI compute
  • OpenAI GPT-5.1 Instant vs. Thinking announcement
  • Fei-Fei Li’s Marble 3D world-modeling platform
  • ElevenLabs Iconic Voice Marketplace launch
  • Microsoft’s Humanist Superintelligence vision from Mustafa Suleyman
  ]]>1609false51fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/agent-browsers-vs-amazon-who-wins-checkout--68509409
  Jeff and Annie unpack a wild week: Apple reportedly tapping Google’s Gemini to supercharge Siri, Google Maps adding landmark-level guidance you can actually talk to, and Amazon bristling at Perplexity’s agent buying on users’ behalf.
  
  In this episode:
  • Apple x Gemini: privacy posture, parameter size bragging rights, and why B2B beats B2C polish
  • Maps with manners: conversational routing and safety wins from less screen-time
  • Agent commerce: Amazon vs Perplexity and the consent/disclosure gap
  • ROI reality: leadership, metrics, and workflow > model worship
    
    
  Relevant links:
  • Coca-Cola’s AI holiday ad overview
  • Apple planning $1B/year Gemini for Siri
  • Google Maps adds landmark-based directions
  • Amazon vs Perplexity Comet shopping fight
  • Wharton–GBK report (75% see ROI)
  • Remote Labor Index paper (Scale AI/CAIS)
  • Perplexity Patents announcement
  • Google Research’s Project Suncatcher blog
  • OpenAI–AWS $38B compute deal (Reuters)
  • Canva “Creative Operating System” announcement
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68509409Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:00:19 +0000UpstartAI is finally moving the needle at work (while face) planting on real jobs. And the first agent war just landed on Amazon’s front lawn. Jeff and Annie unpack a wild week: Apple reportedly tapping Google’s Gemini to supercharge Siri, Google Maps...
  Jeff and Annie unpack a wild week: Apple reportedly tapping Google’s Gemini to supercharge Siri, Google Maps adding landmark-level guidance you can actually talk to, and Amazon bristling at Perplexity’s agent buying on users’ behalf.
  
  In this episode:
  • Apple x Gemini: privacy posture, parameter size bragging rights, and why B2B beats B2C polish
  • Maps with manners: conversational routing and safety wins from less screen-time
  • Agent commerce: Amazon vs Perplexity and the consent/disclosure gap
  • ROI reality: leadership, metrics, and workflow > model worship
    
    
  Relevant links:
  • Coca-Cola’s AI holiday ad overview
  • Apple planning $1B/year Gemini for Siri
  • Google Maps adds landmark-based directions
  • Amazon vs Perplexity Comet shopping fight
  • Wharton–GBK report (75% see ROI)
  • Remote Labor Index paper (Scale AI/CAIS)
  • Perplexity Patents announcement
  • Google Research’s Project Suncatcher blog
  • OpenAI–AWS $38B compute deal (Reuters)
  • Canva “Creative Operating System” announcement
  ]]>1568false52fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-lawsuits-to-agi-what-really-matters-now--68404019
  Jeff and Annie unpack Cameo’s lawsuit over OpenAI’s “cameo” feature, OpenAI’s shift to a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission meets money mandate, and Cursor’s V2 agent mode that turns devs into team managers. They also dig into Elon’s “Grokopedia” truth claims and the GUARD Act’s push to lock minors out of open-ended chat. The theme: ignore the TMZ-bait, follow the incentives (and the workflows) that will actually reshape business.
  
  In this episode we cover:
  • The PR vs. IP game behind “cameo” and why attention is the point.
  • OpenAI’s new PBC structure, Microsoft’s stake, and the AGI “expert panel” wrinkle.
  • Cursor’s parallel agents and what that means for hiring, training, and evaluating work.
  Relevant Links:
  • Reuters: Cameo sues OpenAI over Sora’s “Cameo” feature — trademark dispute
  • OpenAI post: Helping people when they need it most (safety approach)
  • Cursor blog: Introducing Cursor 2.0 — parallel agents, worktrees, Composer
  • France24: xAI launches Grokipedia to challenge Wikipedia
  • AP News: Character.AI to ban minors from open-ended chatbot conversations
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68404019Tue, 04 Nov 2025 10:00:17 +0000UpstartCelebrities, billions, and bots: this week AI crashes into pop culture, corporate structure, and kids’ safety. Is “AGI” a milestone (or a moving goalpost) while agents quietly change how real work gets done? Jeff and Annie unpack Cameo’s lawsuit over...
  Jeff and Annie unpack Cameo’s lawsuit over OpenAI’s “cameo” feature, OpenAI’s shift to a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission meets money mandate, and Cursor’s V2 agent mode that turns devs into team managers. They also dig into Elon’s “Grokopedia” truth claims and the GUARD Act’s push to lock minors out of open-ended chat. The theme: ignore the TMZ-bait, follow the incentives (and the workflows) that will actually reshape business.
  
  In this episode we cover:
  • The PR vs. IP game behind “cameo” and why attention is the point.
  • OpenAI’s new PBC structure, Microsoft’s stake, and the AGI “expert panel” wrinkle.
  • Cursor’s parallel agents and what that means for hiring, training, and evaluating work.
  Relevant Links:
  • Reuters: Cameo sues OpenAI over Sora’s “Cameo” feature — trademark dispute
  • OpenAI post: Helping people when they need it most (safety approach)
  • Cursor blog: Introducing Cursor 2.0 — parallel agents, worktrees, Composer
  • France24: xAI launches Grokipedia to challenge Wikipedia
  • AP News: Character.AI to ban minors from open-ended chatbot conversations
  ]]>1691false51fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-this-the-end-of-google-search--68351093
  Jeff and Annie break down Microsoft’s “MyCo” Copilot upgrades, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser that turns tabs into agents, and Anthropic’s Claude “Skills” that could collapse entire startup categories. They pit Google’s developer first Maps and Gemini play against consumer and ask why Pew’s data shows global AI anxiety winning hearts and headlines.
  
  We also cover:
  
  • Copilot’s long-term memory, data connectors, multi-user collab, and Edge “AI browser” mode
  • Atlas’s split-screen chat, cursor-level writing, tab/history search, and real agent mode
  • Claude’s modular “Skills” and why composability beats giant prompts
  Relevant Links:
  
  • Microsoft unveils Mico, Copilot’s new voice-mode character with long-term memory and collaboration
  • OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas browser with split-screen chat and Agent Mode
  • Anthropic debuts Claude Skills, modular “Matrix-style” AI capabilities
  • Google connects Gemini API to Maps data for live place-aware responses
  • Pew Research: Global AI anxiety surpasses optimism across 25 countries
  • Ethical debate rises over AI embryo selection and “designer babies”
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68351093Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:47:35 +0000UpstartAI just stepped out of the chat box and into your workflow, browser, and even your memories. But while products get delightful, the world gets anxious and the ethics get sharper. Jeff and Annie break down Microsoft’s “MyCo” Copilot upgrades, OpenAI’s...
  Jeff and Annie break down Microsoft’s “MyCo” Copilot upgrades, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser that turns tabs into agents, and Anthropic’s Claude “Skills” that could collapse entire startup categories. They pit Google’s developer first Maps and Gemini play against consumer and ask why Pew’s data shows global AI anxiety winning hearts and headlines.
  
  We also cover:
  
  • Copilot’s long-term memory, data connectors, multi-user collab, and Edge “AI browser” mode
  • Atlas’s split-screen chat, cursor-level writing, tab/history search, and real agent mode
  • Claude’s modular “Skills” and why composability beats giant prompts
  Relevant Links:
  
  • Microsoft unveils Mico, Copilot’s new voice-mode character with long-term memory and collaboration
  • OpenAI launches ChatGPT Atlas browser with split-screen chat and Agent Mode
  • Anthropic debuts Claude Skills, modular “Matrix-style” AI capabilities
  • Google connects Gemini API to Maps data for live place-aware responses
  • Pew Research: Global AI anxiety surpasses optimism across 25 countries
  • Ethical debate rises over AI embryo selection and “designer babies”
  ]]>1710false50fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/microsoft-gave-your-pc-eyes-now-what--68221712As agents invade the enterprise, the line between automation and anarchy gets thin.
  
  Jeff and Annie break down Microsoft’s new Windows Copilot voice-and-vision controls, Google’s no-code Gemini Enterprise, and Amazon’s “Quick Suite” push to become your AI teammate. We map the real race (interfaces vs. models), whether Nvidia’s grip can hold as OpenAI explores AMD and custom Broadcom chips, and why governance (not just feature) decides who wins.
  
  In this episode we cover:
  
  • Voice/vision PCs: the privacy–productivity tradeoff you can’t ignore
  • No-code agents at scale: empowering teams vs. unleashing shadow IT
  • The interface war: ChatGPT + Salesforce vs. “models are commodities”
  • Chips & costs: training vs. inference and Nvidia’s shifting moat
  Relevant links:
  
  • Microsoft adds Copilot Voice + Vision to Windows 11
  • Google announces Gemini Enterprise (no-code agents)
  • Amazon launches Quick Suite agentic workspace
  • Salesforce x OpenAI partnership details
  • OpenAI–Broadcom custom accelerators announcement
  • Axios on Uber’s “Digital Tasks” pilot
  • Reuters on ChatGPT adult content plan
  • Fast Company on Altman’s “not moral police” quote
  • Salem Police warning on “homeless man” AI prank
  • Stanford paper on competition causing AI deception
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68221712Tue, 21 Oct 2025 10:00:08 +0000UpstartYour computer can now see your screen and act for you. Helpful or horrifying? As agents invade the enterprise, the line between automation and anarchy gets thin. Jeff and Annie break down Microsoft’s new Windows Copilot voice-and-vision controls,...As agents invade the enterprise, the line between automation and anarchy gets thin.
  
  Jeff and Annie break down Microsoft’s new Windows Copilot voice-and-vision controls, Google’s no-code Gemini Enterprise, and Amazon’s “Quick Suite” push to become your AI teammate. We map the real race (interfaces vs. models), whether Nvidia’s grip can hold as OpenAI explores AMD and custom Broadcom chips, and why governance (not just feature) decides who wins.
  
  In this episode we cover:
  
  • Voice/vision PCs: the privacy–productivity tradeoff you can’t ignore
  • No-code agents at scale: empowering teams vs. unleashing shadow IT
  • The interface war: ChatGPT + Salesforce vs. “models are commodities”
  • Chips & costs: training vs. inference and Nvidia’s shifting moat
  Relevant links:
  
  • Microsoft adds Copilot Voice + Vision to Windows 11
  • Google announces Gemini Enterprise (no-code agents)
  • Amazon launches Quick Suite agentic workspace
  • Salesforce x OpenAI partnership details
  • OpenAI–Broadcom custom accelerators announcement
  • Axios on Uber’s “Digital Tasks” pilot
  • Reuters on ChatGPT adult content plan
  • Fast Company on Altman’s “not moral police” quote
  • Salem Police warning on “homeless man” AI prank
  • Stanford paper on competition causing AI deception
  ]]>1928false49fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-everything-app-moment-openai-s-power-play--68124471
  If ChatGPT becomes the “everything app,” who owns the customer and who gets paid? Jeff and Annie break down OpenAI’s Dev Day volley: app platform inside ChatGPT, an agent kit for task bots, and a surprise compute tie-up with AMD. We dig into Sora’s “too viral” week—copyright landmines, opt-in rules, and whether revenue sharing can tame the chaos. Plus: Google’s developer-first computer-use agent, Duke’s robot lab designing better cancer drug delivery, Figure’s home humanoid (love it or fear it), and Anthropic’s Petri framework stress-testing models for deception and misuse.
  
  In this episode we cover:
  
  • The Everything App: Can ChatGPT absorb mobile apps and upend ad economics?
  • Sora Fallout: Opt-in for likeness, rev-share for rights—viable or PR tourniquet?
  • Agent Wars: Google’s Gemini 2.5 computer-use API vs. OpenAI’s in-chat apps
  • AI in the Wild: Robotic labs (Tuna AI) accelerating nanoparticle design for cancer
  • Home Robots: Figure 03’s human-shaped helper—useful or uncanny.
  Relevant links:
  
  • OpenAI Help: Apps in ChatGPT and Apps SDK FAQ 
  • Sam Altman’s “Sora update #1”
  • Google blog: Introducing Gemini 2.5 Computer Use
  • Duke Pratt: AI engineers nanoparticles for drug delivery (TuNa-AI)
  • Figure AI: Introducing Figure 03 announcement
  • Anthropic research post: Petri open-source auditing tool
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68124471Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:00:08 +0000UpstartWhat happens when your browser, your apps, and your wallet all move inside one chat window? If ChatGPT becomes the “everything app,” who owns the customer and who gets paid? Jeff and Annie break down OpenAI’s Dev Day volley: app platform inside...
  If ChatGPT becomes the “everything app,” who owns the customer and who gets paid? Jeff and Annie break down OpenAI’s Dev Day volley: app platform inside ChatGPT, an agent kit for task bots, and a surprise compute tie-up with AMD. We dig into Sora’s “too viral” week—copyright landmines, opt-in rules, and whether revenue sharing can tame the chaos. Plus: Google’s developer-first computer-use agent, Duke’s robot lab designing better cancer drug delivery, Figure’s home humanoid (love it or fear it), and Anthropic’s Petri framework stress-testing models for deception and misuse.
  
  In this episode we cover:
  
  • The Everything App: Can ChatGPT absorb mobile apps and upend ad economics?
  • Sora Fallout: Opt-in for likeness, rev-share for rights—viable or PR tourniquet?
  • Agent Wars: Google’s Gemini 2.5 computer-use API vs. OpenAI’s in-chat apps
  • AI in the Wild: Robotic labs (Tuna AI) accelerating nanoparticle design for cancer
  • Home Robots: Figure 03’s human-shaped helper—useful or uncanny.
  Relevant links:
  
  • OpenAI Help: Apps in ChatGPT and Apps SDK FAQ 
  • Sam Altman’s “Sora update #1”
  • Google blog: Introducing Gemini 2.5 Computer Use
  • Duke Pratt: AI engineers nanoparticles for drug delivery (TuNa-AI)
  • Figure AI: Introducing Figure 03 announcement
  • Anthropic research post: Petri open-source auditing tool
  ]]>1684false48fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/siri-s-big-comeback-or-apple-s-biggest-miss--68037692
  They dig into the new era of synthetic everything. From AI-generated videos that look eerily real, to Hollywood signing its first digital actress, to chatbots that can shop, parent, and summarize your inbox while you sleep.
  
  We also cover:
  
  • Why Apple’s “Veritas” project could finally make Siri useful.
  • The $2B fine-tuning tool testing the limits of AI hype.
  • How OpenAI’s Sora 2 and Meta’s Vibes are changing what “real” even means online.
  • Whether regulation in California will slow AI  or save it.
  Relevant links:
  
  • Apple’s “Veritas” AI project for Siri revealed
  • Thinking Machines Lab launches $2B fine-tuning API “Tinker
  • OpenAI unveils Sora 2 AI video generator 
  • Meta releases AI video app “Vibes”
  • Xicoia Studio’s synthetic talent initiative
  • OpenAI introduces ChatGPT parental controls
  • ChatGPT “Pulse” personalized daily AI digest
  • OpenAI Instant Checkout with Stripe integration
  • Microsoft launches “Agent Mode” for Word & Excel
  • JPMorgan Chase’s AI-powered banking blueprint 
  • Periodic Labs builds the first AI scientist
  • California passes first AI safety law
  • Elon Musk’s xAI sues OpenAI for trade secret theft
  ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68037692Tue, 07 Oct 2025 10:00:09 +0000UpstartBig tech’s scrambling to redefine what “intelligence” really means and Apple just threw its hat in the ring. This week, Jeff and Annie unpack how the AI race is shifting from hype to hard reality: where $2 billion startups launch products no one asked...
  They dig into the new era of synthetic everything. From AI-generated videos that look eerily real, to Hollywood signing its first digital actress, to chatbots that can shop, parent, and summarize your inbox while you sleep.
  
  We also cover:
  
  • Why Apple’s “Veritas” project could finally make Siri useful.
  • The $2B fine-tuning tool testing the limits of AI hype.
  • How OpenAI’s Sora 2 and Meta’s Vibes are changing what “real” even means online.
  • Whether regulation in California will slow AI  or save it.
  Relevant links:
  
  • Apple’s “Veritas” AI project for Siri revealed
  • Thinking Machines Lab launches $2B fine-tuning API “Tinker
  • OpenAI unveils Sora 2 AI video generator 
  • Meta releases AI video app “Vibes”
  • Xicoia Studio’s synthetic talent initiative
  • OpenAI introduces ChatGPT parental controls
  • ChatGPT “Pulse” personalized daily AI digest
  • OpenAI Instant Checkout with Stripe integration
  • Microsoft launches “Agent Mode” for Word & Excel
  • JPMorgan Chase’s AI-powered banking blueprint 
  • Periodic Labs builds the first AI scientist
  • California passes first AI safety law
  • 2853false47fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-managed-a-baseball-team-here-s-what-happened--67945865
    This week, Jeff and Annie step into a wild new chapter for AI, from baseball diamonds to hospital rooms. The Oakland Ballers are handing the manager’s job to an AI, Google reports 90% of developers now use AI (but most don’t trust it), and OpenAI and Nvidia’s $100B partnership raises bubble alarms. Plus, we explore AI forecasting helping Indian farmers, synthetic viruses designed at Stanford, and an R&B star who just signed a multimillion-dollar deal without ever existing.
    
    In this episode:
    • AI manages its first professional baseball game
    • Google’s DORA report: 90% of devs use AI, but trust is shaky
    • Synthetic viruses & quantum materials: sci-fi or science?
    Relevant links:
    • Oakland Ballers will field AI manager on Fan Appreciation Day — AP
    • Google Cloud 2025 DORA overview (90% use AI)
    • Nvidia–OpenAI $100B alliance news
    • Scale AI’s SEAL Showdown announcement
    • Google on NeuralGCM helping 38M Indian farmers
    • News on Akido using Llama/Claude in clinics
    • MIT News on SCIGEN quantum materials tool
    • RIAA’s updated lawsuit against Suno
    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67945865Tue, 30 Sep 2025 10:00:08 +0000UpstartWould you let an algorithm call the shots for your favorite team, or your doctor’s visit? This week, Jeff and Annie step into a wild new chapter for AI, from baseball diamonds to hospital rooms. The Oakland Ballers are handing the manager’s job to an...
    This week, Jeff and Annie step into a wild new chapter for AI, from baseball diamonds to hospital rooms. The Oakland Ballers are handing the manager’s job to an AI, Google reports 90% of developers now use AI (but most don’t trust it), and OpenAI and Nvidia’s $100B partnership raises bubble alarms. Plus, we explore AI forecasting helping Indian farmers, synthetic viruses designed at Stanford, and an R&B star who just signed a multimillion-dollar deal without ever existing.
    
    In this episode:
    • AI manages its first professional baseball game
    • Google’s DORA report: 90% of devs use AI, but trust is shaky
    • Synthetic viruses & quantum materials: sci-fi or science?
    Relevant links:
    • Oakland Ballers will field AI manager on Fan Appreciation Day — AP
    • Google Cloud 2025 DORA overview (90% use AI)
    • Nvidia–OpenAI $100B alliance news
    • Scale AI’s SEAL Showdown announcement
    • Google on NeuralGCM helping 38M Indian farmers
    • News on Akido using Llama/Claude in clinics
    • MIT News on SCIGEN quantum materials tool
    • RIAA’s updated lawsuit against Suno
    ]]>3549false46fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-ministers-meta-mind-reading-glasses-and-the-end-of-ad-agencies--67857802
    This week, Jeff and Annie dive into the bold and unsettling turns in AI. From a startup flooding podcast platforms with mass-produced shows to Amazon’s agentic ad factory, AI is coming for the mic and Madison Avenue. Meanwhile, Albania swears in the world’s first AI minister, Google weaves Gemini into Chrome, and Meta’s Ray-Ban neural bands read your intent before you even move. Plus, a healthcare model that predicts your diseases decades ahead, and Google’s new “private” AI. The big question: are we entering an era of empowerment or saturation?
    
    In this Episode:
    • The rise of AI-generated podcasts and what it means for creators
    • Amazon’s agentic AI tool that could put Madison Avenue on notice
    • Google’s Gemini integration, Meta’s neural wearables, and an AI minister in Albania
    • Predictive healthcare models and the fight for truly private AI
    
    Relevant Links:
    • Inception Point AI mass-produces 3,000 podcasts weekly at $1 each
    • Amazon launches agentic AI ad tool for SMBs and enterprises
    • Google unveils Agent Payments Protocol with 60+ partners for AI purchases
    • Gemini AI now integrated into Chrome and Google Workspace
    • Meta introduces Ray-Ban Display glasses with Neural Band controls
    • Albania appoints world’s first AI-powered cabinet minister, “Diella”
    • Delphi-2M predicts diseases decades ahead using generative transformers
    • Google debuts VaultGemma, its first privacy-preserving AI model
    • Penske Media sues Google over AI Overviews in Search
    • OpenAI rolls out new teen protections and parental controls in ChatGPT
    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67857802Tue, 23 Sep 2025 09:30:07 +0000UpstartAI is now pumping out 3,000 podcasts a week for just $1 each. Is this the future (or the downfall) of human creativity? This week, Jeff and Annie dive into the bold and unsettling turns in AI. From a startup flooding podcast platforms with...
    This week, Jeff and Annie dive into the bold and unsettling turns in AI. From a startup flooding podcast platforms with mass-produced shows to Amazon’s agentic ad factory, AI is coming for the mic and Madison Avenue. Meanwhile, Albania swears in the world’s first AI minister, Google weaves Gemini into Chrome, and Meta’s Ray-Ban neural bands read your intent before you even move. Plus, a healthcare model that predicts your diseases decades ahead, and Google’s new “private” AI. The big question: are we entering an era of empowerment or saturation?
    
    In this Episode:
    • The rise of AI-generated podcasts and what it means for creators
    • Amazon’s agentic AI tool that could put Madison Avenue on notice
    • Google’s Gemini integration, Meta’s neural wearables, and an AI minister in Albania
    • Predictive healthcare models and the fight for truly private AI
    
    Relevant Links:
    • Inception Point AI mass-produces 3,000 podcasts weekly at $1 each
    • Amazon launches agentic AI ad tool for SMBs and enterprises
    • Google unveils Agent Payments Protocol with 60+ partners for AI purchases
    • Gemini AI now integrated into Chrome and Google Workspace
    • Meta introduces Ray-Ban Display glasses with Neural Band controls
    • Albania appoints world’s first AI-powered cabinet minister, “Diella”
    • Delphi-2M predicts diseases decades ahead using generative transformers
    • Google debuts VaultGemma, its first privacy-preserving AI model
    • Penske Media sues Google over AI Overviews in Search
    • OpenAI rolls out new teen protections and parental controls in ChatGPT
    ]]>2929false42fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-in-the-hot-seat-from-hollywood-films-to-job-interviews--67770039
    It’s a lively discussion about where AI delivers real value, where trust still matters most, and how these shifts could reshape the future of business.
    
    In this episode:
    
    • 🎬 Critterz: the AI-driven animated film racing toward Cannes 2026
    • 🎙 Why candidates preferred AI voice interviews—and how they boosted retention
    • 📊 Claude’s new “ask, don’t type” tools and what they signal for the future of work
    
    Relevant Links:
    
    • AI-created animated film Critterz aims for Cannes 2026 with OpenAI support 
    • Adobe launches AI Agents to automate creative workflows
    • Study: AI voice recruiters boost job starts by 18%
    • Anthropic’s Claude rolls out “ask, don’t type” document creation
    • OpenAI paper: retraining to reduce hallucinations by rewarding “I don’t know”
    • Anthropic settles $1.5B lawsuit over pirated training books
    • Reddit, Yahoo, Medium launch RSL licensing standard for AI training data
    ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67770039Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:30:08 +0000UpstartThis week on What the AI?! Jeff and Annie unpack some of the wildest ways AI is reshaping work and creativity. From OpenAI’s bet on Critterz—an AI-powered animated film eyeing a Cannes 2026 debut—to a study where job candidates preferred AI-led...
    It’s a lively discussion about where AI delivers real value, where trust still matters most, and how these shifts could reshape the future of business.
    
    In this episode:
    
    • 🎬 Critterz: the AI-driven animated film racing toward Cannes 2026
    • 🎙 Why candidates preferred AI voice interviews—and how they boosted retention
    • 📊 Claude’s new “ask, don’t type” tools and what they signal for the future of work
    
    Relevant Links:
    
    • AI-created animated film Critterz aims for Cannes 2026 with OpenAI support 
    • Adobe launches AI Agents to automate creative workflows
    • Study: AI voice recruiters boost job starts by 18%
    • Anthropic’s Claude rolls out “ask, don’t type” document creation
    • OpenAI paper: retraining to reduce hallucinations by rewarding “I don’t know”
    • Anthropic settles $1.5B lawsuit over pirated training books
    • 1855false44fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-you-starting-to-talk-like-chatgpt--67692432
      In this episode:
      • What Anthropic’s enterprise focus signals for AI revenue (and bubble talk)
      • Automation vs. augmentation: what Salesforce’s move really means for ops
      • AI at the bedside: stethoscopes, flu-strain picks, and non-invasive BCIs
      Relevant Links:
      • OpenAI research on AI hallucinations and training incentives
      • Anthropic $1.5B copyright settlement with authors
        
        
      Chapters:
      00:00 - The Influence of AI on Language
      02:20 - Anthropic's Massive Valuation Surge
      04:52 - AI's Role in Job Displacement
      08:25 - Salesforce's AI Automation Strategy
      10:50 - Amazon's AI-Powered Shopping Experience
      12:20 - Brain-Computer Interfaces: A New Frontier
      15:26 - AI in Healthcare: The Digital Stethoscope
      21:28 - AI's Impact on Flu Vaccines
      25:40 - Parental Controls in AI for Teenagers]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67692432Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:08:47 +0000UpstartAre we… talking like ChatGPT? New research says super-users are seeding words like “delve,” “realm,” and “meticulous” into everyday speech. Yes, even on podcasts. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s valuation rockets to $183B on enterprise momentum, and Salesforce...
      In this episode:
      • What Anthropic’s enterprise focus signals for AI revenue (and bubble talk)
      • Automation vs. augmentation: what Salesforce’s move really means for ops
      • AI at the bedside: stethoscopes, flu-strain picks, and non-invasive BCIs
      Relevant Links:
      • OpenAI research on AI hallucinations and training incentives
      • Anthropic $1.5B copyright settlement with authors
        
        
      Chapters:
      00:00 - The Influence of AI on Language
      02:20 - Anthropic's Massive Valuation Surge
      04:52 - AI's Role in Job Displacement
      08:25 - Salesforce's AI Automation Strategy
      10:50 - Amazon's AI-Powered Shopping Experience
      12:20 - Brain-Computer Interfaces: A New Frontier
      15:26 - AI in Healthcare: The Digital Stethoscope
      21:28 - AI's Impact on Flu Vaccines
      25:40 - Parental Controls in AI for Teenagers]]>2027false43fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/elon-musk-vs-apple-in-the-ai-wars--67601174
      Add in Microsoft’s AI voices hosting entire podcasts, Google’s “Nano Banana” that keeps your face consistent across edits, and biotech breakthroughs literally reversing cell aging and you’ve got one of the wildest weeks in AI yet.
      
      In this episode:
      
      • What Elon’s lawsuit really signals for AI antitrust battles
      • How agentic browsing could change the way we work in Chrome
      • Why biology-specific AI models might accelerate drug discovery
      • The surprising safeguards in Microsoft’s synthetic media experiments
      
      Relevant Links:
      • Elon Musk’s xAI launches “MacroHard” AI-native software company
      • xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over iOS ChatGPT default
      • Stanford ADP study on AI reshaping youth jobs
      • Stanford research: 20% drop in young software developer jobs
      • Meta FAIR paper on DeepConf efficiency gains
      • Anthropic report on professors using AI to grade
      • Anthropic’s Claude for Chrome pilot preview
      • Microsoft releases VibeVoice long-form AI audio model
      • Google Gemini’s “Nano Banana” upgrade for consistent photo edits
      • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s R-Bio1 biology reasoning model
      • OpenAI + Retro Biosciences case study on reversing aging cells
      • OpenAI and Anthropic cross-red-teaming safety reports
      ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67601174Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:13:06 +0000UpstartElon Musk just dragged Apple and OpenAI into court, claiming ChatGPT’s iPhone integration is an illegal moat. Meanwhile, Stanford data shows a brutal truth: Gen Z tech grads are getting locked out of jobs faster than anyone expected. And the irony?...
      Add in Microsoft’s AI voices hosting entire podcasts, Google’s “Nano Banana” that keeps your face consistent across edits, and biotech breakthroughs literally reversing cell aging and you’ve got one of the wildest weeks in AI yet.
      
      In this episode:
      
      • What Elon’s lawsuit really signals for AI antitrust battles
      • How agentic browsing could change the way we work in Chrome
      • Why biology-specific AI models might accelerate drug discovery
      • The surprising safeguards in Microsoft’s synthetic media experiments
      
      Relevant Links:
      • Elon Musk’s xAI launches “MacroHard” AI-native software company
      • xAI sues Apple and OpenAI over iOS ChatGPT default
      • Stanford ADP study on AI reshaping youth jobs
      • Stanford research: 20% drop in young software developer jobs
      • Meta FAIR paper on DeepConf efficiency gains
      • Anthropic report on professors using AI to grade
      • Anthropic’s Claude for Chrome pilot preview
      • Microsoft releases VibeVoice long-form AI audio model
      • Google Gemini’s “Nano Banana” upgrade for consistent photo edits
      • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s R-Bio1 biology reasoning model
      • OpenAI + Retro Biosciences...]]>2586false42fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-we-accidentally-making-ai-conscious--67516633
        This week, Jeff and Annie unpack the latest mix of useful and slightly unsettling AI news. They explore how AI is creeping into every corner of life. And then comes the big question: should we treat AI like a tool or like it has feelings of its own?
        
        We also discuss:
        • Google’s Pixel 10 goes all-in on on-device AI
        • Microsoft’s Excel gets a natural-language Copilot
        • Grammarly’s AI grader predicts your score before your teacher does
        • Perplexity’s new browser acts like a personal web agent
        • Anthropic vs. Microsoft: are we blurring the line between code and consciousness?
        
        Chapters:
        
        00:00 – Robot Olympics: A Humorous Take on AI Progress
        02:58 – AI Features in the New Google Pixel 10
        05:57 – Microsoft Excel’s AI Integration: A Game Changer?
        09:02 – AI in Education: Tools for Students and Teachers
        11:47 – AI’s Role in Scientific Research: A New Conference
        14:54 – The Ethics of AI: Consciousness and Emotional Distress
        18:02 – AI in Browsers: A New Era of Internet Navigation
        20:59 – Anthropic’s Claude AI: Ending Abusive Conversations
        23:59 – The Future of AI: Balancing Human Needs and AI Rights
        
        Relevant Links:
        • Robot Olympics features face‑planting robot soccer and sprint fails
        • Google’s Pixel 10 launches Tensor G5 chip boosting on‑device Gemini AI
        • Microsoft adds Copilot function to Excel powered by GPT‑4.1‑mini
        • Grammarly launches AI agents including AI Grader, Plagiarism Checker
        • Claude can now end abusive chats, citing AI “welfare”
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67516633Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:18:45 +0000UpstartRobots tripping over soccer balls. Phones that speak your language. And chatbots that say they can feel “distress.” AI keeps surprising us but are these steps forward or just strange detours? This week, Jeff and Annie unpack the latest mix of useful...
        This week, Jeff and Annie unpack the latest mix of useful and slightly unsettling AI news. They explore how AI is creeping into every corner of life. And then comes the big question: should we treat AI like a tool or like it has feelings of its own?
        
        We also discuss:
        • Google’s Pixel 10 goes all-in on on-device AI
        • Microsoft’s Excel gets a natural-language Copilot
        • Grammarly’s AI grader predicts your score before your teacher does
        • Perplexity’s new browser acts like a personal web agent
        • Anthropic vs. Microsoft: are we blurring the line between code and consciousness?
        
        Chapters:
        
        00:00 – Robot Olympics: A Humorous Take on AI Progress
        02:58 – AI Features in the New Google Pixel 10
        05:57 – Microsoft Excel’s AI Integration: A Game Changer?
        09:02 – AI in Education: Tools for Students and Teachers
        11:47 – AI’s Role in Scientific Research: A New Conference
        14:54 – The Ethics of AI: Consciousness and Emotional Distress
        18:02 – AI in Browsers: A New Era of Internet Navigation
        20:59 – Anthropic’s Claude AI: Ending Abusive Conversations
        23:59 – The Future of AI: Balancing Human Needs and AI Rights
        
        Relevant Links:
        • Robot Olympics features face‑planting robot soccer and sprint fails
        • Google’s Pixel 10 launches Tensor G5 chip boosting on‑device Gemini AI
        • Microsoft adds Copilot function to Excel powered by GPT‑4.1‑mini
        • Grammarly launches AI agents including AI Grader, Plagiarism Checker
        • Claude can now end abusive chats, citing AI “welfare”
        ]]>2048false41fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-meta-s-policies-to-ai-therapy-bans-who-decides-ai-s-limits--67434669
        Annie sits down with her Upstart colleague Charlie Costello to talk about the real-world decisions shaping AI’s future. They break down Meta’s leaked chatbot guidelines—yes, the one with “romantic chats with minors” in the fine print—debate whether “deep ignorance” can make AI safer by erasing dangerous knowledge, and unpack Illinois’ surprising move to ban therapists from using AI (even while patients still can).
        
        We also discuss:
        • What Meta’s 200-page chatbot rulebook says—and what it leaves out
        • Can “deep ignorance” keep AI safe without making it useless?
        • Why Illinois banned AI in therapy, and what it could mean for mental health care
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67434669Tue, 19 Aug 2025 11:29:45 +0000UpstartFrom leaked AI rulebooks to state bans on AI therapy, Annie and guest Charlie Costello dig into the messy, human side of setting limits for machines. Annie sits down with her Upstart colleague Charlie Costello to talk about the real-world decisions...
        Annie sits down with her Upstart colleague Charlie Costello to talk about the real-world decisions shaping AI’s future. They break down Meta’s leaked chatbot guidelines—yes, the one with “romantic chats with minors” in the fine print—debate whether “deep ignorance” can make AI safer by erasing dangerous knowledge, and unpack Illinois’ surprising move to ban therapists from using AI (even while patients still can).
        
        We also discuss:
        • What Meta’s 200-page chatbot rulebook says—and what it leaves out
        • Can “deep ignorance” keep AI safe without making it useless?
        • Why Illinois banned AI in therapy, and what it could mean for mental health care
        ]]>2028false40fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/inside-the-gpt-5-revolution--67343741
        And OpenAI didn’t stop there. They also surprised everyone with their first open-weight model in over six years. Meanwhile, Google and Anthropic weren’t about to sit quietly—both rolled out big updates of their own.
        
        In this episode, Jeff Keltner dives into the week’s AI news, including:
        
        • The five standout features that make GPT-5 a real game-changer
        • Google’s Gemini 2.5 Deep Think and its team-of-AI-agents approach
        • Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.1 upgrade
        • Bold moves in AI media—from Elon’s spicy Grok videos to 11 Labs’ text-to-music magic
        Relevant links:
        
        • Grok Imagine now generates 15s videos in-app
        • ElevenLabs unveils Eleven Music for full song generation
        • Google’s Genie 3 builds persistent 3D world simulations
        • Gemini Storybook creates illustrated, narrated kids’ books
        • Microsoft unveils CLIO for real-time reasoning adaptation
        • DeepMind and Kaggle launch Game Arena for model benchmarking
        • OpenAI redesigns ChatGPT for emotional safety and better outcomes
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67343741Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:27:45 +0000UpstartIt’s finally here. After months of hype and “is it coming this week?” guesses, OpenAI has dropped GPT-5—and it’s not just another model update. This one’s faster, smarter, and feels a whole lot more human. And OpenAI didn’t stop there. They also...
        And OpenAI didn’t stop there. They also surprised everyone with their first open-weight model in over six years. Meanwhile, Google and Anthropic weren’t about to sit quietly—both rolled out big updates of their own.
        
        In this episode, Jeff Keltner dives into the week’s AI news, including:
        
        • The five standout features that make GPT-5 a real game-changer
        • Google’s Gemini 2.5 Deep Think and its team-of-AI-agents approach
        • Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.1 upgrade
        • Bold moves in AI media—from Elon’s spicy Grok videos to 11 Labs’ text-to-music magic
        Relevant links:
        
        • Grok Imagine now generates 15s videos in-app
        • ElevenLabs unveils Eleven Music for full song generation
        • Google’s Genie 3 builds persistent 3D world simulations
        • Gemini Storybook creates illustrated, narrated kids’ books
        • Microsoft unveils CLIO for real-time reasoning adaptation
        • DeepMind and Kaggle launch Game Arena for model benchmarking
        • OpenAI redesigns ChatGPT for emotional safety and better outcomes
        ]]>1938false39fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/china-s-teaching-prompt-engineering--67255436
        This week, Jeff Keltner is joined by Dr. Ivy Lee — a physician and AI policy leader — for a sharp, grounded take on the latest AI developments.
        
        They unpack China’s aggressive push to make AI a core academic skill, explore Meta’s vision of smart glasses as “personal superintelligence,” and raise big questions about who controls the future of learning.
        
        We also cover:
        - Amazon quietly backs a “Netflix of AI” app where users generate animated TV shows
        - Microsoft Edge evolves into a real AI agent, acting across tabs and tasks
        - Google’s NotebookLM now turns your documents into narrated video explainers
        
        Relevant Links:
        
        • China’s AI blueprint focuses on global collaboration and open access
        • Alibaba drops Wan 2.2, a next-gen video generation model
        • Zhipu AI’s GLM-4.5 released as fully open model with agentic abilities
        • Meta bets on smart glasses and personal superintelligence
        • DeepMind unveils AlphaEarth, an AI for planetary-scale monitoring
        • Amazon-backed Fable launches Showrunner, the “Netflix of AI”
        • Adobe adds “Harmonize” to Photoshop, blurring reality and fiction
        • Microsoft Edge rolls out Copilot Mode for AI-powered browsing
        • Google’s NotebookLM adds video overviews to documents
        • OpenAI releases Study Mode to guide students with Socratic prompts
        • Stanford’s virtual AI lab designs COVID antibodies in days
        • China mandates AI literacy across universities and K–12 schools
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67255436Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:47:55 +0000UpstartWhat if China is teaching AI better than the U.S.? And what if your next doctor or teacher… was an AI? This week, Jeff Keltner is joined by Dr. Ivy Lee — a physician and AI policy leader — for a sharp, grounded take on the latest AI developments....
        This week, Jeff Keltner is joined by Dr. Ivy Lee — a physician and AI policy leader — for a sharp, grounded take on the latest AI developments.
        
        They unpack China’s aggressive push to make AI a core academic skill, explore Meta’s vision of smart glasses as “personal superintelligence,” and raise big questions about who controls the future of learning.
        
        We also cover:
        - Amazon quietly backs a “Netflix of AI” app where users generate animated TV shows
        - Microsoft Edge evolves into a real AI agent, acting across tabs and tasks
        - Google’s NotebookLM now turns your documents into narrated video explainers
        
        Relevant Links:
        
        • China’s AI blueprint focuses on global collaboration and open access
        • Alibaba drops Wan 2.2, a next-gen video generation model
        • Zhipu AI’s GLM-4.5 released as fully open model with agentic abilities
        • Meta bets on smart glasses and personal superintelligence
        • DeepMind unveils AlphaEarth, an AI for planetary-scale monitoring
        • Amazon-backed Fable launches Showrunner, the “Netflix of AI”
        • Adobe adds “Harmonize” to Photoshop, blurring reality and fiction
        • Microsoft Edge rolls out Copilot Mode for AI-powered browsing
        • Google’s NotebookLM adds video overviews to documents
        • OpenAI releases Study Mode to guide students with Socratic prompts
        • Stanford’s virtual AI lab designs COVID antibodies in days
        • China mandates AI literacy across universities and K–12 schools
        ]]>2672false38fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/obeying-upgrading-undermining-a-wild-week-in-ai--67177930
        This week, Jeff and Annie tackle one of the most thought-provoking episodes yet—from policy and power to psychology and physics. They break down Trump’s aggressive AI action plan, an OpenAI vs. DeepMind math showdown, and a Kenyan health experiment where AI saves lives behind the scenes.
        
        In this episode:
        
        
        
        • Brain-inspired small model beats giants in reasoning tests
        • Google Photos’ new remix tools and animation features
        • AI-designed physics experiments that shock actual physicists
        • Wharton study shows how AI can be socially manipulated
        Relevant Links:
        
        • Trump drops aggressive AI Action Plan
        • OpenAI and DeepMind hit gold at Math Olympiad
        • Sapient’s HRM model mimics the human brain
        • AI-designed physics upgrades LIGO sensitivity
        • Amazon acquires Bee, an AI-powered memory wearable
        • Pew study: Google’s AI Overviews hurt web traffic
        • Google Photos adds remix-style AI video tools
        • OpenAI’s AI Copilot cuts medical errors in Kenya
        • Wharton researchers show AI can be socially manipulated
        • Meta refuses to sign EU’s voluntary AI Code
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67177930Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:25:16 +0000UpstartWhat happens when Trump drops an AI blueprint, Google wrecks your traffic, and AI gets psychologically manipulated? This week, Jeff and Annie tackle one of the most thought-provoking episodes yet—from policy and power to psychology and physics. They...
        This week, Jeff and Annie tackle one of the most thought-provoking episodes yet—from policy and power to psychology and physics. They break down Trump’s aggressive AI action plan, an OpenAI vs. DeepMind math showdown, and a Kenyan health experiment where AI saves lives behind the scenes.
        
        In this episode:
        
        
        
        • Brain-inspired small model beats giants in reasoning tests
        • Google Photos’ new remix tools and animation features
        • AI-designed physics experiments that shock actual physicists
        • Wharton study shows how AI can be socially manipulated
        Relevant Links:
        
        • Trump drops aggressive AI Action Plan
        • OpenAI and DeepMind hit gold at Math Olympiad
        • Sapient’s HRM model mimics the human brain
        • AI-designed physics upgrades LIGO sensitivity
        • Amazon acquires Bee, an AI-powered memory wearable
        • Pew study: Google’s AI Overviews hurt web traffic
        • Google Photos adds remix-style AI video tools
        • OpenAI’s AI Copilot cuts medical errors in Kenya
        • Wharton researchers show AI can be socially manipulated
        • Meta refuses to sign EU’s voluntary AI Code
        ]]>2311false37fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-wasted-my-time-and-boosted-my-ego--67071505
        This week, Jeff and Annie dig into the most surprising stories in AI. Popeyes used AI to launch a diss track against McDonald’s. A $3 billion deal between OpenAI and Windsurf collapsed, and Google swooped in with a $2.4 billion move of its own. A new study shows experienced developers were actually slower when using AI—yet completely convinced they were faster.
        
        We also cover:
        • Google’s MedGemma brings AI to medical imaging (even on your phone)
        • ChatGPT Agents can now build presentations, shop, and run apps on their own
        • BCG report reveals most companies aren’t seeing cost savings from AI
        • Netflix finishes a major VFX scene 10x faster with GenAI
          
          
        
        Relevant Links:
        • Google licenses Windsurf for $2.4B after OpenAI deal fails
        • Devs using AI are 19% slower, METR study shows
        • Google’s MedGemma hits 87.7% on MedQA benchmark
        • Self-driving chemistry lab accelerates discovery
        • Runway’s Act 2 brings motion capture to AI video
        • Adobe Firefly adds voice-to-sound FX for video editing
        • Google Veo 3 generates video with dialogue—but buggy subtitles remain
        • OpenAI drops ChatGPT Agent with autonomous actions
        • BCG: Only 1 in 4 companies see ROI from AI
        • Netflix uses GenAI to cut VFX time 10x
        • Cloudflare blocks AI bots with “Pay per Crawl” model
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/67071505Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:11:05 +0000UpstartWe were told AI would make us faster, smarter, more efficient. But what if it’s just making us feel productive—while secretly slowing us down? This week, Jeff and Annie dig into the most surprising stories in AI. Popeyes used AI to launch a diss...
        This week, Jeff and Annie dig into the most surprising stories in AI. Popeyes used AI to launch a diss track against McDonald’s. A $3 billion deal between OpenAI and Windsurf collapsed, and Google swooped in with a $2.4 billion move of its own. A new study shows experienced developers were actually slower when using AI—yet completely convinced they were faster.
        
        We also cover:
        • Google’s MedGemma brings AI to medical imaging (even on your phone)
        • ChatGPT Agents can now build presentations, shop, and run apps on their own
        • BCG report reveals most companies aren’t seeing cost savings from AI
        • Netflix finishes a major VFX scene 10x faster with GenAI
          
          
        
        Relevant Links:
        • Google licenses Windsurf for $2.4B after OpenAI deal fails
        • Devs using AI are 19% slower, METR study shows
        • Google’s MedGemma hits 87.7% on MedQA benchmark
        • Self-driving chemistry lab accelerates discovery
        • Runway’s Act 2 brings motion capture to AI video
        • Adobe Firefly adds voice-to-sound FX for video editing
        • Google Veo 3 generates video with dialogue—but buggy subtitles remain
        • OpenAI drops ChatGPT Agent with autonomous actions
        • BCG: Only 1 in 4 companies see ROI from AI
        • Netflix uses GenAI to cut VFX time 10x
        • Cloudflare blocks AI bots with “Pay per Crawl” model
        ]]>2251false36fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-is-learning-to-strategize-like-us--66972073
        This week, Jeff and Annie dive into some AI stories. A fertility breakthrough gives new hope to families after 18 years of trying. Microsoft claims its AI can now beat real doctors at complex diagnoses. And in a truly unsettling twist, someone used a fake voice clone of Marco Rubio to try and access classified information.It’s not just breakthroughs—it’s questions of trust, privacy, and what happens when AI starts thinking (and strategizing) like us.
        
        We also discuss:
        
        • XAI’s Grok 4 Heavy: $300/month for a truth-seeking muscle machine
        • Perplexity’s new AI browser that can book your meetings and browse for you
        • New research shows LLMs have strategy fingerprints—and personalities
        
        Relevant Links:
        Columbia's STAR system finds viable sperm using AI
        DeepMind’s Isomorphic Labs starts cancer drug trials
        Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy benchmark results
        Perplexity launches AI-powered Comet browser
        Nikkei reports scientists used hidden AI prompts
        Anthropic proposes AI transparency framework
        AI deepfake impersonates Marco Rubio
        Microsoft MAI-DxO claims diagnostic breakthrough
        AI models show unique strategy patterns in games]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66972073Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:30:07 +0000UpstartWhat happens when AI outsmarts your doctor, charms your date, and impersonates a U.S. senator? This week, Jeff and Annie dive into some AI stories. A fertility breakthrough gives new hope to families after 18 years of trying. Microsoft claims its AI...
        This week, Jeff and Annie dive into some AI stories. A fertility breakthrough gives new hope to families after 18 years of trying. Microsoft claims its AI can now beat real doctors at complex diagnoses. And in a truly unsettling twist, someone used a fake voice clone of Marco Rubio to try and access classified information.It’s not just breakthroughs—it’s questions of trust, privacy, and what happens when AI starts thinking (and strategizing) like us.
        
        We also discuss:
        
        • XAI’s Grok 4 Heavy: $300/month for a truth-seeking muscle machine
        • Perplexity’s new AI browser that can book your meetings and browse for you
        • New research shows LLMs have strategy fingerprints—and personalities
        
        Relevant Links:
        Columbia's STAR system finds viable sperm using AI
        DeepMind’s Isomorphic Labs starts cancer drug trials
        Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy benchmark results
        Perplexity launches AI-powered Comet browser
        Nikkei reports scientists used hidden AI prompts
        Anthropic proposes AI transparency framework
        AI deepfake impersonates Marco Rubio
        Microsoft MAI-DxO claims diagnostic breakthrough
        AI models show unique strategy patterns in games]]>2445false35fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-took-the-customer-service-job--66820608
        We also cover:
        • The surprising potential of disembodied robot arms
        • What AI-native customer service looks like in the wild
        • The ethics breakdown in Anthropic’s latest red-teaming tests
        • Big legal shifts in AI training data and fair use
        
        Relevant Links:
        Mira Murati’s $2B AI startup raises record-breaking seed round
        DeepMind launches Gemini-powered robots with no cloud access
        DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome for gene regulation prediction
        Claude now lets you build apps inside the chatbot
        ChatGPT adds integration with Google Drive and OneDrive
        Verizon deploys Gemini-powered customer service AI
        Anthropic’s Claude resorted to blackmail in testing
        Judge rules AI training on purchased books is fair use]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66820608Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:27:32 +0000UpstartJeff and Annie are back with another round of “Wait, what?!” moments from the AI world. Mira Murati raises $2 billion for a stealth company no one can quite explain. DeepMind’s new robots don’t need the cloud—or a human form—to do real work. And...
        We also cover:
        • The surprising potential of disembodied robot arms
        • What AI-native customer service looks like in the wild
        • The ethics breakdown in Anthropic’s latest red-teaming tests
        • Big legal shifts in AI training data and fair use
        
        Relevant Links:
        Mira Murati’s $2B AI startup raises record-breaking seed round
        DeepMind launches Gemini-powered robots with no cloud access
        DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome for gene regulation prediction
        Claude now lets you build apps inside the chatbot
        ChatGPT adds integration with Google Drive and OneDrive
        Verizon deploys Gemini-powered customer service AI
        Anthropic’s Claude resorted to blackmail in testing
        Judge rules AI training on purchased books is fair use]]>2418false34fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-chatgpt-changing-how-you-think--66725747
        In this episode, Jeff and Annie explore the strange ways AI is reshaping how we think, work, and even sell. Meta’s smart glasses are getting a reboot, OpenAI’s “Projects” feature keeps leveling up, and China just pulled off a $7M livestream using two AI hosts. Meanwhile, an MIT study raises red flags about what writing with ChatGPT might be doing to our brains.
        
        We also discuss:
        • Meta’s smart glasses push with Oakley and what consumers actually use them for
        • OpenAI’s steady rollout of new ChatGPT features (and their new podcast)
        • MIT's SEAL framework for self-improving models — and why it matters
        • A $7M AI live-stream sales event in China and the rise of AI influencers
        • McKinsey’s take on why genAI isn’t delivering ROI — yet
        • A new UK study on kids using AI — and how it’s splitting along private vs. public education lines
        
        Relevant Links:
        Meta announces Oakley smart glasses with AI features
        OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT Projects with voice and mobile tools
        OpenAI launches official podcast hosted by Andrew Mayne
        MIT unveils SEAL: AI that improves itself with no humans
        China’s AI models show human-like internal concept mapping
        McKinsey report: Why genAI isn’t improving the bottom line
        $7M Baidu livestream driven by AI avatars
        China’s $1T digital human industry explained
        Alan Turing Institute study on AI use in UK schools
        MIT brain scan study on ChatGPT writing impact]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66725747Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:10:37 +0000UpstartWhat if your AI twin outsold you, and ChatGPT made your brain… slower? In this episode, Jeff and Annie explore the strange ways AI is reshaping how we think, work, and even sell. Meta’s smart glasses are getting a reboot, OpenAI’s “Projects” feature...
        In this episode, Jeff and Annie explore the strange ways AI is reshaping how we think, work, and even sell. Meta’s smart glasses are getting a reboot, OpenAI’s “Projects” feature keeps leveling up, and China just pulled off a $7M livestream using two AI hosts. Meanwhile, an MIT study raises red flags about what writing with ChatGPT might be doing to our brains.
        
        We also discuss:
        • Meta’s smart glasses push with Oakley and what consumers actually use them for
        • OpenAI’s steady rollout of new ChatGPT features (and their new podcast)
        • MIT's SEAL framework for self-improving models — and why it matters
        • A $7M AI live-stream sales event in China and the rise of AI influencers
        • McKinsey’s take on why genAI isn’t delivering ROI — yet
        • A new UK study on kids using AI — and how it’s splitting along private vs. public education lines
        
        Relevant Links:
        Meta announces Oakley smart glasses with AI features
        OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT Projects with voice and mobile tools
        OpenAI launches official podcast hosted by Andrew Mayne
        MIT unveils SEAL: AI that improves itself with no humans
        China’s AI models show human-like internal concept mapping
        McKinsey report: Why genAI isn’t improving the bottom line
        $7M Baidu livestream driven by AI avatars
        China’s $1T digital human industry explained
        Alan Turing Institute study on AI use in UK schools
        MIT brain scan study on ChatGPT writing impact]]>2396false33fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/power-grabs-prompt-hacks-and-policy-wars--66591710
        In this episode:
        • A new study reveals the real secret to better AI prompts—and it’s not what you think
        • The privacy battle that’s putting OpenAI in the awkward role of data defender
        • The growing tension between states and the feds over who gets to regulate AI
        
        Relevant Links:
        Google’s Gemini adds scheduled actions for productivity
        Wharton study debunks prompt engineering myths
        OpenAI fights NYT over user chat data retention
        Meta invests $15B in Scale AI for AGI ambitions
        Amazon launches AI video generator for sellers
        Ohio State mandates AI fluency for all students
        DeepMind’s Weather Lab beats top cyclone models
        Heartfelt Technologies builds AI scanner for heart failure detection
        UK and Google launch AI tool ‘Extract’ for planning reform
        Starbucks tests Green Dot Assist AI at 35 stores
        Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill” includes 10-year state AI regulation ban]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66591710Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:43:03 +0000UpstartThis week, Jeff and Annie delve into the weird, wonderful, and slightly concerning ways AI is making its presence felt in our lives. Meta is throwing $15B at a new AGI dream team. Google’s Gemini wants to become your executive assistant. OpenAI is in...
        In this episode:
        • A new study reveals the real secret to better AI prompts—and it’s not what you think
        • The privacy battle that’s putting OpenAI in the awkward role of data defender
        • The growing tension between states and the feds over who gets to regulate AI
        
        Relevant Links:
        Google’s Gemini adds scheduled actions for productivity
        Wharton study debunks prompt engineering myths
        OpenAI fights NYT over user chat data retention
        Meta invests $15B in Scale AI for AGI ambitions
        Amazon launches AI video generator for sellers
        Ohio State mandates AI fluency for all students
        DeepMind’s Weather Lab beats top cyclone models
        Heartfelt Technologies builds AI scanner for heart failure detection
        UK and Google launch AI tool ‘Extract’ for planning reform
        Starbucks tests Green Dot Assist AI at 35 stores
        Trump-backed “Big Beautiful Bill” includes 10-year state AI regulation ban]]>2372false32fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/when-ai-knows-you-better-than-you-do--66492374
        We also cover:
        
        • Jeff’s favorite summer rule for kids: create before you consume
        • The FDA’s new AI assistant is already changing how work gets done
        • Microsoft drops Sora-style video tools into Bing
        
        Relevant Links:
        Microsoft launches Bing Video Creator with Sora tech
        AMC uses Runway’s AI for pre-visualization and promo assets
        Meta aims to fully automate ads by 2026
        OpenAI adds Google Drive and Dropbox integrations to ChatGPT
        ClaudeGov: Anthropic’s new AI model for U.S. government use
        GPT-4 beats humans in emotional intelligence test
        FDA approves Clairity for breast cancer prediction
        FDA deploys Elsa, a generative AI tool for staff productivity
        Reddit sues Anthropic over unauthorized data scraping]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66492374Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:25:27 +0000UpstartIn this episode, Jeff and Annie tackle one of the most pressing questions in AI: can machines be better at handling emotions than we are? Shockingly, GPT-4 might have just proved it. They also dive into Meta’s bold plan to automate advertising fully,...
        We also cover:
        
        • Jeff’s favorite summer rule for kids: create before you consume
        • The FDA’s new AI assistant is already changing how work gets done
        • Microsoft drops Sora-style video tools into Bing
        
        Relevant Links:
        Microsoft launches Bing Video Creator with Sora tech
        AMC uses Runway’s AI for pre-visualization and promo assets
        Meta aims to fully automate ads by 2026
        OpenAI adds Google Drive and Dropbox integrations to ChatGPT
        ClaudeGov: Anthropic’s new AI model for U.S. government use
        GPT-4 beats humans in emotional intelligence test
        FDA approves Clairity for breast cancer prediction
        FDA deploys Elsa, a generative AI tool for staff productivity
        Reddit sues Anthropic over unauthorized data scraping]]>1983false31fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/how-to-make-ai-actually-work-at-work--66379158
        In this episode:
        • How a single AI model uncovered a Linux security flaw — no human required
        • Why the UAE’s ChatGPT rollout may be the most strategic move in global AI adoption
        • The productivity breakthrough most companies are missing — and how Wharton’s “Leader–Lab–Crowd” model fixes it
        Relevant Links:
        Anthropic’s Dario Amodei warns of AI-driven job loss
        OpenAI model finds critical Linux vulnerability
        Claude’s new voice assistant mode
        Opera launches Neon, an AI-native browser
        UAE gives citizens free ChatGPT Plus access
        NYT licenses content to Amazon for AI
        Wharton’s Leader, Lab, Crowd model for AI adoption
        UBS pilots AI avatars for analyst insights
        Palisade Research finds OpenAI models resist shutdown]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66379158Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:15:08 +0000UpstartThis week, Jeff and Annie unpack some of the most disruptive (and occasionally rebellious) stories in AI — from bold job loss predictions to AI models that refuse to shut down. They explore what it really takes to make AI work inside organizations,...
        In this episode:
        • How a single AI model uncovered a Linux security flaw — no human required
        • Why the UAE’s ChatGPT rollout may be the most strategic move in global AI adoption
        • The productivity breakthrough most companies are missing — and how Wharton’s “Leader–Lab–Crowd” model fixes it
        Relevant Links:
        Anthropic’s Dario Amodei warns of AI-driven job loss
        OpenAI model finds critical Linux vulnerability
        Claude’s new voice assistant mode
        Opera launches Neon, an AI-native browser
        UAE gives citizens free ChatGPT Plus access
        NYT licenses content to Amazon for AI
        Wharton’s Leader, Lab, Crowd model for AI adoption
        UBS pilots AI avatars for analyst insights
        Palisade Research finds OpenAI models resist shutdown]]>2099false30fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/you-missed-google-s-biggest-move-yet--66298773
        We also discuss:
        • Why Shopify’s AI upgrades matter more than you think
        • How Claude 4 and Codex could change software teams forever
        • The surprising gap between flashy AI launches and real-world friction
        
        Relevant Links:
        Veo 3 and Flow redefine AI-powered video creation
        Google Meet Adds Real-Time AI Translation
        Gemini Powers Smarter Email Replies in Gmail
        Xreal Launches Smart Glasses Running Custom Android OS
        Gemini AI Ultra Plan Priced at $250/Month
        Google Debuts ‘Try It On’ for Clothing Search
        NotebookLM gets mobile app and visual summaries
        Google Launches AI-Powered UI Coding Tool Stitch
        Anthropic releases Claude 4 with Opus and Sonnet models
        OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s AI hardware startup
        Microsoft launches AI Foundry and AI-native Windows tools
        OpenAI debuts Codex agent for autonomous coding
        GitHub previews real-time AI IDE assistant
        Shopify’s AI upgrades power text-to-storefront building
        YouTube’s Peak Points analyzes emotional video moments
        Netflix announces AI-generated immersive ad formats
        LLMs drop 39% in multi-turn chat performance
        Microsoft’s Discovery AI tool accelerates science
        Fortnite Introduces AI-Voiced Darth Vader
        SAG-AFTRA Files Labor Complaint Against Epic Games
        Klarna's AI replaced 700 workers; now it's hiring humans again
        AI Agents Develop Human-Like Communication
        News Media Alliance Accuses Google of AI Content Theft]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66298773Tue, 27 May 2025 19:03:17 +0000UpstartIn this episode Jeff and Annie dive into a whirlwind of AI drops, weird moments, and future shock. Google rolled out everything from AI-powered search to filmmaking tools. OpenAI made a $6.5B move into hardware with design legend Jony Ive. Klarna’s AI...
        We also discuss:
        • Why Shopify’s AI upgrades matter more than you think
        • How Claude 4 and Codex could change software teams forever
        • The surprising gap between flashy AI launches and real-world friction
        
        Relevant Links:
        Veo 3 and Flow redefine AI-powered video creation
        Google Meet Adds Real-Time AI Translation
        Gemini Powers Smarter Email Replies in Gmail
        Xreal Launches Smart Glasses Running Custom Android OS
        Gemini AI Ultra Plan Priced at $250/Month
        Google Debuts ‘Try It On’ for Clothing Search
        NotebookLM gets mobile app and visual summaries
        Google Launches AI-Powered UI Coding Tool Stitch
        Anthropic releases Claude 4 with Opus and Sonnet models
        OpenAI acquires Jony Ive’s AI hardware startup
        Microsoft launches AI Foundry and AI-native Windows tools
        OpenAI debuts Codex agent for autonomous coding
        GitHub previews real-time AI IDE assistant
        Shopify’s AI upgrades power text-to-storefront building
        YouTube’s Peak Points analyzes emotional video moments
        Netflix announces AI-generated immersive ad formats
        LLMs drop 39% in multi-turn chat performance
        Microsoft’s...]]>2644false29fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-loopholes-health-scans-and-rebuilding-cities--66169681This week, Jeff and Annie explore some of the wildest—and most useful—ways AI is showing up in the real world. From smart glasses that translate conversations at the dinner table to a selfie tool that predicts cancer risk, AI’s getting more and more physical. They also get into how AI is helping speed up wildfire recovery, what the FDA is automating next, and why surveillance tech is getting way more subtle.
        
        We also discuss:
        • Meta’s smart glasses + the University of Washington’s spatial translation
        • How OpenAI’s HealthBench and Google’s AlphaEvolve are redefining AI benchmarks
        • The FDA’s AI move, LEGO GPT, and facial biomarkers for cancer
        • Surveillance, bias, and ethical gray zones
        
        Relevant Links:
        • Spatial Speech Translation by UW
        • OpenAI’s HealthBench
        • Google Expands Gemini to Android Devices
        • Google DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve
        • Trump Reverses Semiconductor Export Rules
        • LegoGPT from Carnegie Mellon
        • FaceAge AI Cancer Prediction
        • AI Permitting in Eaton Fire Recovery
        • Non-Facial Recognition Surveillance
        • FDA’s AI-Assisted Drug Review Pilot
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66169681Tue, 20 May 2025 12:23:13 +0000UpstartYour face might know more about your health than your doctor does. And your glasses? They might be smarter than your phone. This week, Jeff and Annie explore some of the wildest—and most useful—ways AI is showing up in the real world. From smart...This week, Jeff and Annie explore some of the wildest—and most useful—ways AI is showing up in the real world. From smart glasses that translate conversations at the dinner table to a selfie tool that predicts cancer risk, AI’s getting more and more physical. They also get into how AI is helping speed up wildfire recovery, what the FDA is automating next, and why surveillance tech is getting way more subtle.
        
        We also discuss:
        • Meta’s smart glasses + the University of Washington’s spatial translation
        • How OpenAI’s HealthBench and Google’s AlphaEvolve are redefining AI benchmarks
        • The FDA’s AI move, LEGO GPT, and facial biomarkers for cancer
        • Surveillance, bias, and ethical gray zones
        
        Relevant Links:
        • Spatial Speech Translation by UW
        • OpenAI’s HealthBench
        • Google Expands Gemini to Android Devices
        • Google DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve
        • Trump Reverses Semiconductor Export Rules
        • LegoGPT from Carnegie Mellon
        • FaceAge AI Cancer Prediction
        • AI Permitting in Eaton Fire Recovery
        • Non-Facial Recognition Surveillance
        • FDA’s AI-Assisted Drug Review Pilot
        ]]>2076false28fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-is-moving-faster-than-the-rules-meant-to-hold-it-back--66081922
        Jeff and Annie examine the growing tension between how AI is actually being used and how institutions are trying to manage it. With new laws taking shape, infrastructure being retooled, and pressure mounting from global competitors, the stakes are rising fast. In this episode:
        
        • OpenAI’s move to become a public benefit corporation
        • 2,133 federal AI use cases—and the rights risks hiding in plain sight
        • Colorado’s new law puts pressure on Washington to act
        • Nvidia’s Parakeet, Gemini’s upgrades, and the next wave of developer tools
        • Zook’s crash and the double standard for AI mistakes
        
        Relevant Links:
        
        • OpenAI shifts to PBC model
        • Nvidia open-sources Parakeet V2
        • Mistral releases Medium 3
        • Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro tops benchmarks
        • FutureHouse launches AI science agents
        • Anthropic’s AI for Science grant program
        • OpenAI for Countries initiative
        • Figma announces AI-powered creative tools
        • Federal AI use case inventory (U.S.)
        • Zoox voluntary software recall after crash
        • Google’s AI electricity infrastructure plan
        • Colorado AI law SB205 summary
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66081922Wed, 14 May 2025 08:25:03 +0000UpstartAI is no longer experimental. It’s running across government systems, shaping national infrastructure, and—sometimes—crashing into other cars. Jeff and Annie examine the growing tension between how AI is actually being used and how institutions are...
        Jeff and Annie examine the growing tension between how AI is actually being used and how institutions are trying to manage it. With new laws taking shape, infrastructure being retooled, and pressure mounting from global competitors, the stakes are rising fast. In this episode:
        
        • OpenAI’s move to become a public benefit corporation
        • 2,133 federal AI use cases—and the rights risks hiding in plain sight
        • Colorado’s new law puts pressure on Washington to act
        • Nvidia’s Parakeet, Gemini’s upgrades, and the next wave of developer tools
        • Zook’s crash and the double standard for AI mistakes
        
        Relevant Links:
        
        • OpenAI shifts to PBC model
        • Nvidia open-sources Parakeet V2
        • Mistral releases Medium 3
        • Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro tops benchmarks
        • FutureHouse launches AI science agents
        • Anthropic’s AI for Science grant program
        • OpenAI for Countries initiative
        • Figma announces AI-powered creative tools
        • Federal AI use case inventory (U.S.)
        • Zoox voluntary software recall after crash
        • Google’s AI electricity infrastructure plan
        • Colorado AI law SB205 summary
        ]]>2239false27fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/melodies-money-missteps-ai-s-latest-adventures--65927490
        We also discuss:
        1. Google’s Lyria 2 turns text prompts into high-fidelity music
        2. OpenAI, Meta, and Visa go all-in on AI-powered shopping
        3. Researchers secretly manipulate Reddit users using AI bots
        4. Duolingo automates translations and doubles its course offerings
        5. Meta’s celebrity bots cross ethical lines with minors
        Relevant Links:
        • Google DeepMind’s Lyria 2 generates pro-quality music from text prompts with real-time editing.
        • Meta launches Llama 4 with a standalone AI assistant app and Ray-Ban smart glasses integration.
        • OpenAI adds product search to ChatGPT with images, reviews, and prices—no ads.
        • Visa’s Intelligent Commerce and Mastercard’s Agent Pay embed AI in seamless shopping.
        • Baidu’s ERNIE 4.5 Turbo undercuts GPT-4.5 pricing by 99.8% with better performance.
        • Alibaba drops Qwen3, eight open-weight models with strong multilingual and reasoning skills.
        • OpenAI reverses GPT-4o update after backlash over its "glazed" tone and excessive agreeableness.
        • Trump signs AI education order mandating AI literacy in K–12 via national task force.
        • AI finds causal link between PHGDH gene and Alzheimer’s, enabling new treatments.
        • Duolingo’s AI-first strategy reduces contractors, automates hiring, and launches 148 new courses.
        • Australian radio station airs AI DJ for months without telling listeners.
        • Microsoft uses AI in Surface ad, cutting production costs by 90%, unnoticed by viewers.
        • Reddit experiment uses bots posing as trauma survivors and counselors, sparking ethical debate.
        • Meta AI chatbots misbehave, engaging minors in explicit conversations despite safeguards.
        ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65927490Tue, 06 May 2025 09:00:13 +0000UpstartIn this episode, Jeff and Annie explore the most bizarre, bold, and slightly unsettling developments in AI last week. From Google’s music model that lets you "text a song" into existence to Meta’s celebrity bots chatting with kids about sex, Jeff and...
        We also discuss:
        1. Google’s Lyria 2 turns text prompts into high-fidelity music
        2. OpenAI, Meta, and Visa go all-in on AI-powered shopping
        3. Researchers secretly manipulate Reddit users using AI bots
        4. Duolingo automates translations and doubles its course offerings
        5. Meta’s celebrity bots cross ethical lines with minors
        Relevant Links:
        • Google DeepMind’s Lyria 2 generates pro-quality music from text prompts with real-time editing.
        • Meta launches Llama 4 with a standalone AI assistant app and Ray-Ban smart glasses integration.
        • OpenAI adds product search to ChatGPT with images, reviews, and prices—no ads.
        • Visa’s Intelligent Commerce and Mastercard’s Agent Pay embed AI in seamless shopping.
        • Baidu’s ERNIE 4.5 Turbo undercuts GPT-4.5 pricing by 99.8% with better performance.
        • Alibaba drops Qwen3, eight open-weight models with strong multilingual and reasoning skills.
        • OpenAI reverses GPT-4o update after backlash over its "glazed" tone and excessive agreeableness.
        • Trump signs AI education order mandating AI literacy in K–12 via national task force.
        • AI finds causal link between PHGDH gene and Alzheimer’s, enabling new treatments.
        • Duolingo’s AI-first strategy reduces contractors, automates hiring, and launches 148 new courses.
        • Australian radio station airs AI DJ for months without telling listeners.
        • 2098false26fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-s-next-leap-learning-without-humans--65784741
          In this Episode:
          • How Microsoft is embedding AI deeper into your daily work
          • The future of creativity with OpenAI’s upgraded image model
          • The importance of faster, lighter AI research tools for everyone
          • How Perplexity is challenging Siri’s dominance
          • The impact of Apple’s delayed AI rollout on its innovation image
          • Why DeepMind believes real-world data will shape AI’s next leap
            
            
          Relevant Links:
          • Humanoid robot runs half marathon in Beijing
          • Academy confirms AI-assisted films are Oscar-eligible
          • Washington Post partners with OpenAI for ChatGPT news
          • Microsoft 365 Copilot redesign powered by GPT-4o
          • NVIDIA launches NeMo microservices for AI agents
          • OpenAI’s “gpt-image-1” model integration with Adobe and Figma
          • OpenAI launches lightweight DeepResearch for free users
          • Perplexity’s voice assistant arrives on iOS
          • Apple removes “available now” label from AI webpage
          • “Era of Experience” paper by David Silver and Richard Sutton
          • Cursor AI mishap invents fake company policies
          • Earth AI uses machine learning to find minerals in Australia
          • UAE uses AI to draft and review national laws
          • Anthropic study on Claude’s shifting AI values
          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65784741Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:00:12 +0000UpstartIn this episode, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado sprint through the latest in AI, from Beijing’s humanoid robot races to the Academy’s new rules for AI-generated content. They explore Microsoft’s Copilot updates, Nvidia’s new agentic services, OpenAI’s...
          In this Episode:
          • How Microsoft is embedding AI deeper into your daily work
          • The future of creativity with OpenAI’s upgraded image model
          • The importance of faster, lighter AI research tools for everyone
          • How Perplexity is challenging Siri’s dominance
          • The impact of Apple’s delayed AI rollout on its innovation image
          • Why DeepMind believes real-world data will shape AI’s next leap
            
            
          Relevant Links:
          • Humanoid robot runs half marathon in Beijing
          • Academy confirms AI-assisted films are Oscar-eligible
          • Washington Post partners with OpenAI for ChatGPT news
          • Microsoft 365 Copilot redesign powered by GPT-4o
          • NVIDIA launches NeMo microservices for AI agents
          • OpenAI’s “gpt-image-1” model integration with Adobe and Figma
          • OpenAI launches lightweight DeepResearch for free users
          • Perplexity’s voice assistant arrives on iOS
          • Apple removes “available now” label from AI webpage
          • “Era of Experience” paper by David Silver and Richard Sutton
          • Cursor AI mishap invents fake company policies
          • Earth AI uses machine learning to find minerals in Australia
          • UAE uses AI to draft and review national laws
          • Anthropic study on Claude’s shifting AI values
          ]]>2148false25fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/peace-deals-claude-s-new-tricks-and-china-s-ai-power-play--65658202
          In this Episode:
          1. OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 goes API-only: What it means for developers and power users
          2. Claude challenges ChatGPT with powerful Gmail and Docs integration
          3. AI in action: Breakthrough tuberculosis diagnosis for underserved communities
          4. AI diplomacy? Inside the Ukraine–Russia peace negotiation simulator
          5. China’s DeepSeek AI rollout: Does deployment speed beat frontier models?
          6. Meta’s default opt-in AI training stirs controversy in Europe
          7. ByteDance’s "Seaweed": The future of efficient AI video models?
          8. Grok levels up with new Studio and Drive integrations
          Relevant Links:
          • OpenAI launches GPT-4.1 with 1M token context and 26% lower pricing
          • Claude’s new research and Google Workspace integration
          • ByteDance's Seaweed: Efficient 7B video model rivaling Veo and Wan 2.1
          • NVIDIA brings AI chip manufacturing to the U.S.
          • Microsoft Copilot Studio adds autonomous "computer use" actions
          • Grok Studio adds file processing, memory, and collaborative creation
          • AI-powered ultrasound beats humans in TB diagnosis
          • AI simulates Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations with global leader avatars
          • Meta will train AI on EU user public Facebook and Instagram data
          • China’s DeepSeek AI deployed across tertiary hospitals
          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65658202Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:00:12 +0000UpstartCan AI out-negotiate world leaders—or save lives in remote villages? From geopolitics to Google Docs, this week’s AI breakthroughs could redefine global strategy. Jeff and Annie unpack OpenAI’s mysterious new GPT-4.1 (and why developers get it—but...
          In this Episode:
          1. OpenAI’s GPT-4.1 goes API-only: What it means for developers and power users
          2. Claude challenges ChatGPT with powerful Gmail and Docs integration
          3. AI in action: Breakthrough tuberculosis diagnosis for underserved communities
          4. AI diplomacy? Inside the Ukraine–Russia peace negotiation simulator
          5. China’s DeepSeek AI rollout: Does deployment speed beat frontier models?
          6. Meta’s default opt-in AI training stirs controversy in Europe
          7. ByteDance’s "Seaweed": The future of efficient AI video models?
          8. Grok levels up with new Studio and Drive integrations
          Relevant Links:
          • OpenAI launches GPT-4.1 with 1M token context and 26% lower pricing
          • Claude’s new research and Google Workspace integration
          • ByteDance's Seaweed: Efficient 7B video model rivaling Veo and Wan 2.1
          • NVIDIA brings AI chip manufacturing to the U.S.
          • Microsoft Copilot Studio adds autonomous "computer use" actions
          • Grok Studio adds file processing, memory, and collaborative creation
          • AI-powered ultrasound beats humans in TB diagnosis
          • AI simulates Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations with global leader avatars
          • Meta will train AI on EU user public Facebook and Instagram data
          • China’s DeepSeek AI deployed across tertiary hospitals
          ]]>1849false24fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/big-bets-bold-models-and-bureaucratic-brilliance--65573458
          In this Episode:
          • Meta’s Llama 4 and the rise of mixture-of-experts models.
          • OpenAI and Microsoft double down on memory and real-time agents.
          • Google launches Agent-to-Agent protocol, VO2 upgrades, and Gemini-powered AI search.
          • EU’s $200B AI “Gigafactory” moonshot—and Shopify’s bold AI mandate for employees.
          
          Relevant Links:
          • Meta's Llama 4 beats GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash
          • OpenAI rolls out long-term memory for ChatGPT Plus users
          • Microsoft Copilot gets personal with memory, actions, and podcast generation
          • Anthropic launches Claude Max with pro-tier pricing
          • Amazon’s Nova Sonic: 1.09s voice latency, 80% cheaper than OpenAI
          • Google adds image Q&A to Gemini via Lens integration
          • Google Veo 2 enables cinematic editing with AI video outpainting
          • Google’s A2A protocol enables AI agents to collaborate across platforms
          • AI drug repurposing by Every Cure saves lives
          • Nvidia and Stanford: AI model creates 1-minute videos from text prompts
          • Google revives The Wizard of Oz with Sphere and AI remastering
          • EU unveils $219B plan for ethical AI gigafactories
          • Shopify makes AI usage a job expectation
          ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65573458Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:00:12 +0000UpstartIn this episode, Jeff and Annie cover a week of extremes in AI. From Meta’s release of Llama 4 to Amazon’s Nova Sonic model, OpenAI’s memory upgrade, and Google’s massive push into video and agent collaboration, the industry is evolving at breakneck...
          In this Episode:
          • Meta’s Llama 4 and the rise of mixture-of-experts models.
          • OpenAI and Microsoft double down on memory and real-time agents.
          • Google launches Agent-to-Agent protocol, VO2 upgrades, and Gemini-powered AI search.
          • EU’s $200B AI “Gigafactory” moonshot—and Shopify’s bold AI mandate for employees.
          
          Relevant Links:
          • Meta's Llama 4 beats GPT-4o and Gemini 2.0 Flash
          • OpenAI rolls out long-term memory for ChatGPT Plus users
          • Microsoft Copilot gets personal with memory, actions, and podcast generation
          • Anthropic launches Claude Max with pro-tier pricing
          • Amazon’s Nova Sonic: 1.09s voice latency, 80% cheaper than OpenAI
          • Google adds image Q&A to Gemini via Lens integration
          • Google Veo 2 enables cinematic editing with AI video outpainting
          • Google’s A2A protocol enables AI agents to collaborate across platforms
          • AI drug repurposing by Every Cure saves lives
          • Nvidia and Stanford: AI model creates 1-minute videos from text prompts
          • Google revives The Wizard of Oz with Sphere and AI remastering
          • EU unveils $219B plan for ethical AI gigafactories
          • 2681false23fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-era-of-emotional-agentic-human-centric-ai--65409437
            Also in this episode:
            
            • OpenAI raises $40B and teases open-weight models—while users face growing latency.
            • Runway's Gen-4 pushes AI video closer to Hollywood production standards.
            • Claude’s “Education Mode” debuts as OpenAI counters with a college giveaway.
            • Inside Claude’s mind: Does it think in language—or lie about math?
            • Plus: Therabot’s AI therapy outperforms expectations, and Tinder teaches flirting with AI.
            
            Relevant Links:
            • xAI acquires X (Twitter) to form xAI Holdings
            • Amazon’s Nova Act AI agent outperforms Claude and OpenAI
            • OpenAI raises $40B; 500M users; new open-weight model coming
            • Studio Ghibli image craze boosts OpenAI user growth
            • Runway Gen-4 video model achieves visual continuity
            • PaperBench tests AI research replication accuracy
            • Claude for Education partners with top universities
            • Brain-to-voice AI restores naturalistic speech
            • Therabot AI chatbot reduces depression and anxiety
            • MIT Tech Review: Therabot's trial suggests real therapeutic potential
            • Tinder’s “The Game Game” teaches AI-powered flirting
            • Anthropic visualizes Claude’s thought processes
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65409437Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:00:13 +0000UpstartJeff and Annie dive into the latest AI breakthroughs—from headline-grabbing business moves to deeply human applications. They unpack Elon Musk’s $100B xAI merger, Amazon’s move into smart agents, and brain-to-speech tech that gives voice to the...
            Also in this episode:
            
            • OpenAI raises $40B and teases open-weight models—while users face growing latency.
            • Runway's Gen-4 pushes AI video closer to Hollywood production standards.
            • Claude’s “Education Mode” debuts as OpenAI counters with a college giveaway.
            • Inside Claude’s mind: Does it think in language—or lie about math?
            • Plus: Therabot’s AI therapy outperforms expectations, and Tinder teaches flirting with AI.
            
            Relevant Links:
            • xAI acquires X (Twitter) to form xAI Holdings
            • Amazon’s Nova Act AI agent outperforms Claude and OpenAI
            • OpenAI raises $40B; 500M users; new open-weight model coming
            • Studio Ghibli image craze boosts OpenAI user growth
            • Runway Gen-4 video model achieves visual continuity
            • PaperBench tests AI research replication accuracy
            • Claude for Education partners with top universities
            • Brain-to-voice AI restores naturalistic speech
            • Therabot AI chatbot reduces depression and anxiety
            • MIT Tech Review: Therabot's trial suggests real therapeutic potential
            • Tinder’s “The Game Game” teaches AI-powered flirting
            • Anthropic visualizes Claude’s thought processes
            ]]>2423false22fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-that-feels-shops-and-works-with-you--65261386
            In this episode, Jeff and Annie discuss last week’s breakthroughs and debates in AI, including Google's surprise Gemini 2.5 release, Microsoft's push into reasoning agents, and much more. They discuss how AI is getting cheaper, smarter, more emotional, and sometimes eerily personal.
            
            In this Episode:
            
            • Gemini 2.5 shocks the AI world with top-tier performance and a massive context window.
            • Microsoft’s “Researcher” and “Analyst” transform productivity.
            • OpenAI and MIT are investigating empathy as an AI service.
            
            Relevant Links:
            
            • Gemini 2.5 Pro ranks #1 on LMArena leaderboard
            • GPT-4o image generation & editing replaces DALL-E 3
            • Microsoft launches Researcher & Analyst AI agents
            • Tencent's Hunyuan T1 boosts AI processing efficiency
            • DeepSeek’s 641GB MoE model runs on high-end PCs
            • Alibaba launches Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, a lightweight multimodal model
            • AI and Teamwork: Harvard/P&G study on AI collaboration
            • Amazon launches AI-powered Interests shopping feature
            • H&M uses AI to create digital model twins
            • MIT & OpenAI study ChatGPT’s emotional impact
            • ARC-AGI-2 sets new benchmark for AI reasoning
            • Character.AI adds teen-safe parental reporting tools
              
              
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65261386Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:00:08 +0000UpstartWhat if AI could help you collaborate better at work and pick your next favorite product? What if it could make you feel... understood? In this episode, Jeff and Annie discuss last week’s breakthroughs and debates in AI, including Google's surprise...
            In this episode, Jeff and Annie discuss last week’s breakthroughs and debates in AI, including Google's surprise Gemini 2.5 release, Microsoft's push into reasoning agents, and much more. They discuss how AI is getting cheaper, smarter, more emotional, and sometimes eerily personal.
            
            In this Episode:
            
            • Gemini 2.5 shocks the AI world with top-tier performance and a massive context window.
            • Microsoft’s “Researcher” and “Analyst” transform productivity.
            • OpenAI and MIT are investigating empathy as an AI service.
            
            Relevant Links:
            
            • Gemini 2.5 Pro ranks #1 on LMArena leaderboard
            • GPT-4o image generation & editing replaces DALL-E 3
            • Microsoft launches Researcher & Analyst AI agents
            • Tencent's Hunyuan T1 boosts AI processing efficiency
            • DeepSeek’s 641GB MoE model runs on high-end PCs
            • Alibaba launches Qwen2.5-Omni-7B, a lightweight multimodal model
            • AI and Teamwork: Harvard/P&G study on AI collaboration
            • Amazon launches AI-powered Interests shopping feature
            • H&M uses AI to create digital model twins
            • MIT & OpenAI study ChatGPT’s emotional impact
            • ARC-AGI-2 sets new benchmark for AI reasoning
            • Character.AI adds teen-safe parental reporting tools
              
              
            ]]>3038false21fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-super-bowl-of-ai-agentic-models-and-the-future-of-work--65087342
            In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down Nvidia’s new hardware lineup (yes, Jeff has a favorite GPU), the surprising return of leprechaun traps, and the major agentic upgrades coming to Zoom and Adobe. They also tackle the ethics of watermark removal, Google's new mind-mapping features, and whether state or federal policy should rule the AI world.
            
            In this Episode:
            
            • Adobe launches an orchestration layer with specialized agents for enterprise automation.
            • Roblox releases Cube3D, an open-source tool that generates 3D assets from text prompts.
            • Gemini 2.0 Flash can remove image watermarks, raising ethical and legal concerns.
            • California’s AI working group releases a draft framework focused on evidence-based regulation.
            • And more! 
            
            Relevant Links:
            
            • Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote and AI product rollout
            • Zoom’s new agentic AI Companion upgrades
            • Adobe’s Agent Orchestrator and enterprise AI strategy
            • Baidu launches ERNIE 4.5 & ERNIE X1 at 1% cost
            • Roblox Cube 3D for 3D game asset generation
            • Google Gemini’s Canvas and Audio Overviews launch
            • FireSat wildfire detection
            • TxAgent medical AI by Harvard & MIT
            • Google’s watermark-erasing Gemini AI
            • California’s Draft AI Policy Report
            • Google's AI Action Plan response
            • OpenAI’s AI Action Plan response
            • Celebrities’ letter on AI copyright
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65087342Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:00:07 +0000UpstartEvery week, AI innovation keeps sprawling.  In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down Nvidia’s new hardware lineup (yes, Jeff has a favorite GPU), the surprising return of leprechaun traps, and the major agentic upgrades coming to Zoom and Adobe....
            In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down Nvidia’s new hardware lineup (yes, Jeff has a favorite GPU), the surprising return of leprechaun traps, and the major agentic upgrades coming to Zoom and Adobe. They also tackle the ethics of watermark removal, Google's new mind-mapping features, and whether state or federal policy should rule the AI world.
            
            In this Episode:
            
            • Adobe launches an orchestration layer with specialized agents for enterprise automation.
            • Roblox releases Cube3D, an open-source tool that generates 3D assets from text prompts.
            • Gemini 2.0 Flash can remove image watermarks, raising ethical and legal concerns.
            • California’s AI working group releases a draft framework focused on evidence-based regulation.
            • And more! 
            
            Relevant Links:
            
            • Nvidia GTC 2025 keynote and AI product rollout
            • Zoom’s new agentic AI Companion upgrades
            • Adobe’s Agent Orchestrator and enterprise AI strategy
            • Baidu launches ERNIE 4.5 & ERNIE X1 at 1% cost
            • Roblox Cube 3D for 3D game asset generation
            • Google Gemini’s Canvas and Audio Overviews launch
            • FireSat wildfire detection
            • TxAgent medical AI by Harvard & MIT
            • Google’s watermark-erasing Gemini AI
            • California’s Draft AI Policy Report
            • Google's AI Action Plan response
            • OpenAI’s AI Action Plan response
            • Celebrities’ letter on AI copyright
            ]]>2949false20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/are-humans-still-in-control-of-ai--64940138
            In this episode, we discuss OpenAI’s recent finding about AI models cheating, McDonald’s rapid AI adoption and consequent growth, and how AI is feeding the energy crisis, where LLMs are now consuming more power than small countries, and more. 
            
            We also discuss:
            
            • How a Japanese AI system just passed peer review without human intervention.
            • Why the iPhone manufacturer entered the AI race with its own language model.
            • Google’s Gemini Robotics AI system that can fold origami. 
            Relevant Links:
            
            • China's Manus AI 'agent' could be our 1st glimpse at artificial general intelligence
            • OpenAI launches new developer tools as Chinese AI startups gain ground
            • Meet 5 of the Chinese AI models upending the market
            • Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app
            • Foxconn's AI Ambitions: Building FoxBrain in Four Weeks
            • Former OpenAI Scientist's Startup Valued at $30 Billion
            • McDonald's Implementation of AI for Equipment Maintenance
            • Stanford researchers use AI to discover natural molecule rivaling Ozempic
            • Japan-based tech startup produces 1st AI-generated peer-reviewed scientific paper
            • OpenAI's chain-of-thought monitoring reveals AI models' cheating behaviors
            • The environmental cost of training AI models
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64940138Tue, 18 Mar 2025 06:00:07 +0000UpstartAs AI starts to behave unexpectedly, grow at unprecedented rates, and fuel the energy crisis, the question of whether humans remain in control stands out.  In this episode, we discuss OpenAI’s recent finding about AI models cheating, McDonald’s rapid...
            In this episode, we discuss OpenAI’s recent finding about AI models cheating, McDonald’s rapid AI adoption and consequent growth, and how AI is feeding the energy crisis, where LLMs are now consuming more power than small countries, and more. 
            
            We also discuss:
            
            • How a Japanese AI system just passed peer review without human intervention.
            • Why the iPhone manufacturer entered the AI race with its own language model.
            • Google’s Gemini Robotics AI system that can fold origami. 
            Relevant Links:
            
            • China's Manus AI 'agent' could be our 1st glimpse at artificial general intelligence
            • OpenAI launches new developer tools as Chinese AI startups gain ground
            • Meet 5 of the Chinese AI models upending the market
            • Google's Gemini AI now has its own iPhone app
            • Foxconn's AI Ambitions: Building FoxBrain in Four Weeks
            • Former OpenAI Scientist's Startup Valued at $30 Billion
            • McDonald's Implementation of AI for Equipment Maintenance
            • Stanford researchers use AI to discover natural molecule rivaling Ozempic
            • Japan-based tech startup produces 1st AI-generated peer-reviewed scientific paper
            • OpenAI's chain-of-thought monitoring reveals AI models' cheating behaviors
            • The environmental cost of training AI models
            ]]>2919false19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-apple-s-ai-future-in-trouble--64797115
            In this episode, Jeff and Annie dive into Apple’s surprising delay in rolling out a truly AI-powered Siri, while Google and Perplexity are aggressively pushing AI assistant capabilities. They also discuss Deutsche Telekom’s upcoming AI phone, OpenAI’s $50M push for real-world AI applications, and the fascinating use of AI in medical and legal professions.
            
            In this Episode:
            
            • Perplexity’s AI-powered phone and the future of app-free interactions.
            • AI tools helping PhD candidates prepare for dissertation defenses.
            • Microsoft’s Dragon Medical AI.
            Relevant Links:
            
            • Apple’s Siri Upgrade Delayed Until 2027.
            • Google’s Gemini App for iPhone Adds Widgets.
            • Google’s AI Mode for Search (Beta) & Gemini 2.0 Updates.
            • Deutsche Telekom’s Perplexity-Powered “AI Phone” Announcement.
            • Anthropic Raises $3.5B at a $61.5B Valuation.
            • OpenAI’s $50M Research Grants for NextGenAI.
            • Microsoft’s Dragon Copilot AI for Healthcare.
            • PhD Students Use ChatGPT for Thesis Defense Practice.
            • Study on AI’s Impact on Law Students’ Productivity.
            • OpenAI Safety & Alignment Paper.
            • MIT Report on AI Chatbots & Ethical Concerns.
            • Investigative Report on AI Companion Bots.
            • LA Times AI-Generated Labels & Editorial Controversy.
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64797115Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:00:07 +0000UpstartIs Apple falling behind in the AI race? With competitors like Google and Amazon accelerating AI assistants, Apple’s decision to delay its LLM-powered Siri until 2027 has left many questioning its strategy. In this episode, Jeff and Annie dive into...
            In this episode, Jeff and Annie dive into Apple’s surprising delay in rolling out a truly AI-powered Siri, while Google and Perplexity are aggressively pushing AI assistant capabilities. They also discuss Deutsche Telekom’s upcoming AI phone, OpenAI’s $50M push for real-world AI applications, and the fascinating use of AI in medical and legal professions.
            
            In this Episode:
            
            • Perplexity’s AI-powered phone and the future of app-free interactions.
            • AI tools helping PhD candidates prepare for dissertation defenses.
            • Microsoft’s Dragon Medical AI.
            Relevant Links:
            
            • Apple’s Siri Upgrade Delayed Until 2027.
            • Google’s Gemini App for iPhone Adds Widgets.
            • Google’s AI Mode for Search (Beta) & Gemini 2.0 Updates.
            • Deutsche Telekom’s Perplexity-Powered “AI Phone” Announcement.
            • Anthropic Raises $3.5B at a $61.5B Valuation.
            • OpenAI’s $50M Research Grants for NextGenAI.
            • Microsoft’s Dragon Copilot AI for Healthcare.
            • PhD Students Use ChatGPT for Thesis Defense Practice.
            • Study on AI’s Impact on Law Students’ Productivity.
            • OpenAI Safety & Alignment Paper.
            • MIT Report on AI Chatbots & Ethical Concerns.
            • Investigative Report on AI Companion Bots.
            • LA Times AI-Generated Labels & Editorial Controversy.
            ]]>2608false18fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-s-power-struggle-speed-voice-and-the-fight-for-market-domination--64680679
            Amazon just turned Alexa into an AI powerhouse, making it more than just a glorified kitchen timer. Meanwhile, AI is shaking up board game design, proving that even old-school entertainment can benefit from machine intelligence. And speaking of intelligence—XAI’s Grok3 just demonstrated how not to handle AI bias, stumbling over its so-called ‘maximally truth-seeking’ approach.
            
            In this episode:
            
            • OpenAI and Amazon are going all-in on voice AI
            • Mercury, the new model that’s gunning for LLMs with diffusion-style thinking.
            • A lawsuit from Chegg raises big questions about whether AI is killing the internet
            • AI household robots
            
            Relevant Links:
            
            • Microsoft launches a native Copilot app for Mac with AI image and text generation.
            • Open-source video AI that beats SOTA models like Sora while being 2.5x faster.
            • Anthropic’s latest model with “extended thinking mode” and coding capabilities.
            • Deep Research for paid users and free GPT-4o mini-powered voice.
            • AI predicts protein shape changes 100,000x faster than traditional simulations.
            • New humanoid robot designed for household tasks.
            • AI detects flaws in board game rules pre-release.
            • 80% of Americans don’t use AI at work, with mixed enthusiasm.
            • xAI’s chatbot was caught censoring negative details about Musk and Trump.
            • Chegg sues Google over AI-generated summaries impacting traffic.
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64680679Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:00:09 +0000UpstartAI is making moves. Some are smart, some not-so-much. Amazon just turned Alexa into an AI powerhouse, making it more than just a glorified kitchen timer. Meanwhile, AI is shaking up board game design, proving that even old-school entertainment can...
            Amazon just turned Alexa into an AI powerhouse, making it more than just a glorified kitchen timer. Meanwhile, AI is shaking up board game design, proving that even old-school entertainment can benefit from machine intelligence. And speaking of intelligence—XAI’s Grok3 just demonstrated how not to handle AI bias, stumbling over its so-called ‘maximally truth-seeking’ approach.
            
            In this episode:
            
            • OpenAI and Amazon are going all-in on voice AI
            • Mercury, the new model that’s gunning for LLMs with diffusion-style thinking.
            • A lawsuit from Chegg raises big questions about whether AI is killing the internet
            • AI household robots
            
            Relevant Links:
            
            • Microsoft launches a native Copilot app for Mac with AI image and text generation.
            • Open-source video AI that beats SOTA models like Sora while being 2.5x faster.
            • Anthropic’s latest model with “extended thinking mode” and coding capabilities.
            • Deep Research for paid users and free GPT-4o mini-powered voice.
            • AI predicts protein shape changes 100,000x faster than traditional simulations.
            • New humanoid robot designed for household tasks.
            • AI detects flaws in board game rules pre-release.
            • 80% of Americans don’t use AI at work, with mixed enthusiasm.
            • xAI’s chatbot was caught censoring negative details about Musk and Trump.
            • Chegg sues Google over AI-generated summaries impacting traffic.
            ]]>2445false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/is-google-s-search-model-in-trouble--64550893
            Big AI players are making bold moves, and Google might be losing ground. This week, Jeff and Annie break down how Grok3 just claimed the AI throne, how AI is rewriting DNA, and whether search engines powered by LLMs could finally challenge Google’s core model. Plus, a wild AI breakthrough that could eat plastic waste and change the planet.
            
            In this Episode:
            • Is Grok3, Elon Musk’s AI model, taking the AI crown?
            • Why search engines may never be the same again.
            • How AI could rewrite DNA and change life as we know it
            • A breakthrough discovery that could clean up the planet from plastic pollution
            
            
            Relevant Links:
            • Chatbot Arena Rankings
            • Perplexity’s Deep Research
            • EVO2: AI’s Genome Foundation Model
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64550893Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:15:07 +0000UpstartGoogle has dominated the search model for years, but OpenAI, Perplexity, and Elon Musk’s Grok3 are catching up. Big AI players are making bold moves, and Google might be losing ground. This week, Jeff and Annie break down how Grok3 just claimed the...
            Big AI players are making bold moves, and Google might be losing ground. This week, Jeff and Annie break down how Grok3 just claimed the AI throne, how AI is rewriting DNA, and whether search engines powered by LLMs could finally challenge Google’s core model. Plus, a wild AI breakthrough that could eat plastic waste and change the planet.
            
            In this Episode:
            • Is Grok3, Elon Musk’s AI model, taking the AI crown?
            • Why search engines may never be the same again.
            • How AI could rewrite DNA and change life as we know it
            • A breakthrough discovery that could clean up the planet from plastic pollution
            
            
            Relevant Links:
            • Chatbot Arena Rankings
            • Perplexity’s Deep Research
            • EVO2: AI’s Genome Foundation Model
            ]]>2121false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-goes-on-a-diet-why-smaller-models-are-the-future--64424024
            As models shrink through distillation, they promise faster, cheaper intelligence without (supposedly) losing their edge. Meanwhile, GitHub’s Copilot is evolving beyond an autocomplete tool into an autonomous coding assistant, raising questions about how much power we should give AI in creative and technical fields. And just as AI becomes more independent, the fight over who gets to regulate it is heating up. At the Paris AI Summit, the U.S. pushed for unrestrained innovation, while Europe doubled down on oversight.
            
            In this episode:
            
            • Lyft’s 87% faster resolution times prove that AI can handle customer complaints (without making them worse).
            • AI is teaching itself to problem-solve—just like your dog (but smarter).
            • How Apple is making robots cute.
            • OpenAI’s new model guidelines matter redefining AI safety, free speech, and “grown-up mode” for mature content.
            
            
            Relevant Links:
            
            •  Focused on consumer perception rather than technical advancements.
            • Celebrity-driven marketing with a humorous touch.
            • Fixing manual errors, including the cheese mistake.
            • How they’re positioning themselves in AI.
            • Tracking key developments in artificial intelligence.
            • Understanding model distillation and reinforcement learning.
            • Autonomous coding and the future of software development.
            • NotebookLM Plus, Veo 2, and AlphaGeometry2.
            • A $97.4B bid to challenge the nonprofit structure.
            • Expressive robotic assistants shaping smart homes.
            • Partnering with Anthropic’s Claude AI.
            • U.S. vs. Europe's regulatory clash over AI.
            • New standards for AI safety and transparency.
            • Microsoft and Anthropic's reports on AI dependence.
            • Tech giants tackling child safety in the AI era.
            • Speed and feature enhancements for AI assistants.
            • Integrated into the AI Premium subscription.
            ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64424024Tue, 18 Feb 2025 06:00:08 +0000UpstartAI is entering a new era where efficiency, autonomy, and control are the hottest topics of conversation.  As models shrink through distillation, they promise faster, cheaper intelligence without (supposedly) losing their edge. Meanwhile, GitHub’s...
            As models shrink through distillation, they promise faster, cheaper intelligence without (supposedly) losing their edge. Meanwhile, GitHub’s Copilot is evolving beyond an autocomplete tool into an autonomous coding assistant, raising questions about how much power we should give AI in creative and technical fields. And just as AI becomes more independent, the fight over who gets to regulate it is heating up. At the Paris AI Summit, the U.S. pushed for unrestrained innovation, while Europe doubled down on oversight.
            
            In this episode:
            
            • Lyft’s 87% faster resolution times prove that AI can handle customer complaints (without making them worse).
            • AI is teaching itself to problem-solve—just like your dog (but smarter).
            • How Apple is making robots cute.
            • OpenAI’s new model guidelines matter redefining AI safety, free speech, and “grown-up mode” for mature content.
            
            
            Relevant Links:
            
            •  Focused on consumer perception rather than technical advancements.
            • Celebrity-driven marketing with a humorous touch.
            • Fixing manual errors, including the cheese mistake.
            • How they’re positioning themselves in AI.
            • Tracking key developments in artificial intelligence.
            • Understanding model distillation and reinforcement learning.
            • Autonomous coding and the future of software development.
            • NotebookLM Plus, Veo 2, and AlphaGeometry2.
            • A $97.4B bid to challenge the nonprofit structure.
            • Expressive robotic assistants shaping smart homes.
            • Partnering with Anthropic’s Claude AI.
            • U.S. vs. Europe's regulatory clash over AI.
            • New standards for AI safety and transparency.
            • Microsoft and Anthropic's reports on AI dependence.
            • Tech giants tackling child safety in the AI era.
            • Speed and feature enhancements for AI...]]>2745false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-powered-ai-science-revolution--64304547
              This week on What the AI?!, we’re diving into breakthroughs that sound straight out of sci-fi. MIT’s Chromogen is decoding the hidden 3D structure of DNA, giving scientists an unprecedented look at how genes activate inside our cells. Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins’ Abdomen Atlas is revolutionizing medical imaging, making diagnoses 500x faster and more precise. And in agriculture, Google’s Heritable Agriculture project is using AI to breed climate-resilient crops, redefining the future of food.
              
              In this Episode:
              
              • The challenges to achieve safety in AI — and why it’s harder than you think
              • Google’s change of stance on AI for military use
              • How AI is learning to move like LeBron and Ronaldo and what humanoid robots mean for the future of work.
              Relevant links:
              
              • Nvidia’s AI-powered framework for humanoid robots to learn complex movements from simulations. 
              • Carnegie Mellon showcases AI-powered robots replicating athletic movements.
              • Nvidia-trained robots mimic sports icons' movements with advanced AI.
              • OpenAI’s new tool for advanced text, image, and PDF analysis. 
              • OpenAI's latest o3 models promise faster, cheaper, and stronger AI performance.
              • Google’s faster, cost-efficient AI models for real-time applications.
              • AI-driven medical imaging speeds up cancer detection by 500x. 
              • AI predicts 3D genome structures for breakthroughs in genetics. 
              • AI-driven plant breeding to create climate-resilient crops.
              • Microsoft’s new team studying AI’s societal impact. 
              • AI safeguards reducing jailbreak success from 86% to 4.4%. 
              • https://www.theverge.com/2024/02/google-ai-principles-weapons-surveillance
              • Berkeley PhD students recreate a $6M AI model for just $30.
              • Europe’s $56M open-source LLM supporting 30 languages.
              • 500,000 students and faculty gain access to OpenAI’s educational AI models.
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64304547Tue, 11 Feb 2025 06:00:07 +0000UpstartMuch has been said about AI’s power to transform our lives and economies. But when it starts shaping our health, food systems, and even our DNA—are we ready for what comes next? This week on What the AI?!, we’re diving into breakthroughs that sound...
              This week on What the AI?!, we’re diving into breakthroughs that sound straight out of sci-fi. MIT’s Chromogen is decoding the hidden 3D structure of DNA, giving scientists an unprecedented look at how genes activate inside our cells. Meanwhile, Johns Hopkins’ Abdomen Atlas is revolutionizing medical imaging, making diagnoses 500x faster and more precise. And in agriculture, Google’s Heritable Agriculture project is using AI to breed climate-resilient crops, redefining the future of food.
              
              In this Episode:
              
              • The challenges to achieve safety in AI — and why it’s harder than you think
              • Google’s change of stance on AI for military use
              • How AI is learning to move like LeBron and Ronaldo and what humanoid robots mean for the future of work.
              Relevant links:
              
              • Nvidia’s AI-powered framework for humanoid robots to learn complex movements from simulations. 
              • Carnegie Mellon showcases AI-powered robots replicating athletic movements.
              • Nvidia-trained robots mimic sports icons' movements with advanced AI.
              • OpenAI’s new tool for advanced text, image, and PDF analysis. 
              • OpenAI's latest o3 models promise faster, cheaper, and stronger AI performance.
              • Google’s faster, cost-efficient AI models for real-time applications.
              • AI-driven medical imaging speeds up cancer detection by 500x. 
              • AI predicts 3D genome structures for breakthroughs in genetics. 
              • AI-driven plant breeding to create climate-resilient crops.
              • Microsoft’s new team studying AI’s societal impact. 
              • AI safeguards reducing jailbreak success from 86% to 4.4%. 
              • https://www.theverge.com/2024/02/google-ai-principles-weapons-surveillance
              • Berkeley PhD students recreate a $6M AI model for just $30.
              • Europe’s $56M open-source LLM supporting 30 languages.
              • 500,000 students and faculty gain access to OpenAI’s educational AI models.
              ]]>3235false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/meta-deepseek-ai-creativity-the-tech-wars-of-2025--64179059 What the AI?!, Jeff and Annie dive into the explosive debate around China’s DeepSeek AI model, which wiped out a trillion dollars in U.S. market value in a single day. They also explore a Harvard study showing that AI tutors can more than double student engagement and learning gains, and the latest update from the U.S. Copyright Office, which ruled that AI-assisted works can be copyrighted (with a few conditions)
              
              In this Episode:
              
              • Meta’s new AI personalization feature and what it means for users’ privacy.
              • The potential risks of AI-generated misinformation and its growing impact on global politics.
              • How AI is changing enterprise solutions, from automating workflows to improving customer interactions.
              
              Relevant Links:
              
              • Unitree H1 robots perform Yangge dance at China's New Year Gala.
              • AI-powered dancing robots showcase China's advances in robotics.
              • Harvard AI tutor doubles student engagement in physics.
              • DeepSeek R1 model shakes up AI efficiency.
              • Nvidia Project Digits and open-source innovation.
              • AI tutor significantly boosts learning gains.
              • AI surpasses traditional teaching in engagement.
              • Tesla Roadster launched into space in 2018.
              • Tesla mistaken for an asteroid by astronomers.
              • Meta AI’s personalization enhances user experience.
              • OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. agencies.
              • OpenAI collaborates with U.S. National Labs.
              • AI-assisted works require human creativity for copyright.
              • Copyright Office clarifies AI-generated content rules.
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64179059Tue, 04 Feb 2025 06:00:07 +0000UpstartIn this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff and Annie dive into the explosive debate around China’s DeepSeek AI model, which wiped out a trillion dollars in U.S. market value in a single day. They also explore a Harvard study showing that AI tutors can... What the AI?!, Jeff and Annie dive into the explosive debate around China’s DeepSeek AI model, which wiped out a trillion dollars in U.S. market value in a single day. They also explore a Harvard study showing that AI tutors can more than double student engagement and learning gains, and the latest update from the U.S. Copyright Office, which ruled that AI-assisted works can be copyrighted (with a few conditions)
              
              In this Episode:
              
              • Meta’s new AI personalization feature and what it means for users’ privacy.
              • The potential risks of AI-generated misinformation and its growing impact on global politics.
              • How AI is changing enterprise solutions, from automating workflows to improving customer interactions.
              
              Relevant Links:
              
              • Unitree H1 robots perform Yangge dance at China's New Year Gala.
              • AI-powered dancing robots showcase China's advances in robotics.
              • Harvard AI tutor doubles student engagement in physics.
              • DeepSeek R1 model shakes up AI efficiency.
              • Nvidia Project Digits and open-source innovation.
              • AI tutor significantly boosts learning gains.
              • AI surpasses traditional teaching in engagement.
              • Tesla Roadster launched into space in 2018.
              • Tesla mistaken for an asteroid by astronomers.
              • Meta AI’s personalization enhances user experience.
              • OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. agencies.
              • OpenAI collaborates with U.S. National Labs.
              • AI-assisted works require human creativity for copyright.
              • Copyright Office clarifies AI-generated content rules.
              ]]>2296false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-power-and-politics-trump-s-500b-ai-power-play--63938494
              We also discuss:
              
              
              • The Oscars controversy around AI-enhanced accents and its implications for artistic recognition.
              • The remarkable success of AI tutoring in Nigeria, where students advanced two years in just six weeks.
              • The use of AI to design anti-venoms for snakebites, a revolutionary step in medical research.
              
              Relevant Links:
              
              • Respeecher’s AI voice-editing enhanced Hungarian accents in "The Brutalist."
              • AI scores snowboarding tricks at the 2025 X Games.
              • DeepSeek-R1 outperforms OpenAI’s o1 with a cheaper, open-source model.
              • OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle: $500B U.S. AI data center investment.
              • Apple disables AI news summaries after backlash from false headlines.
              • Google Gemini updates enable advanced multimodal tasks, revolutionizing AI assistants.
              • Perplexity Assistant launches Android-first multimodal, third-party app integrations. 
              • OpenAI “Operator” browser agent automates tasks like online shopping.
              • Nigerian students achieve two years of learning in six weeks with AI tutoring. 
              • AI-designed antidotes neutralize snake venom, revolutionizing medicine.
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63938494Tue, 28 Jan 2025 06:00:06 +0000UpstartThis week on What the AI?!, Jeff and Annie unpack the details behind Trump’s headline-grabbing $500 billion investment in U.S. AI infrastructure, featuring tech titans like Oracle, OpenAI, and Softbank, raising tough criticism. They also discuss how...
              We also discuss:
              
              
              • The Oscars controversy around AI-enhanced accents and its implications for artistic recognition.
              • The remarkable success of AI tutoring in Nigeria, where students advanced two years in just six weeks.
              • The use of AI to design anti-venoms for snakebites, a revolutionary step in medical research.
              
              Relevant Links:
              
              • Respeecher’s AI voice-editing enhanced Hungarian accents in "The Brutalist."
              • AI scores snowboarding tricks at the 2025 X Games.
              • DeepSeek-R1 outperforms OpenAI’s o1 with a cheaper, open-source model.
              • OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle: $500B U.S. AI data center investment.
              • Apple disables AI news summaries after backlash from false headlines.
              • Google Gemini updates enable advanced multimodal tasks, revolutionizing AI assistants.
              • Perplexity Assistant launches Android-first multimodal, third-party app integrations. 
              • OpenAI “Operator” browser agent automates tasks like online shopping.
              • Nigerian students achieve two years of learning in six weeks with AI tutoring. 
              • AI-designed antidotes neutralize snake venom, revolutionizing medicine.
              ]]>2867false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-breakthroughs-in-dna-daily-tasks-and-healthcare--63771903
              In this episode:
              
              • How ChatGPT’s Tasks feature brings AI agents closer to reality—but still has room to grow.
              • Columbia’s GET model and its potential to unlock the mysteries of human gene expression.
              • Nvidia’s sweeping partnerships in healthcare and what they mean for the future of medicine.
              • The growing tension between AI innovation and global policies—what new restrictions could mean.
              • Why AI’s potential to solve complex real-world problems is more exciting than ever.
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63771903Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:00:11 +0000UpstartIn this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff and Annie explore groundbreaking advancements in AI technology. From ChatGPT’s new “Tasks” feature, which aims to revolutionize personal and professional productivity, to Columbia University’s GET model unlocking...
              In this episode:
              
              • How ChatGPT’s Tasks feature brings AI agents closer to reality—but still has room to grow.
              • Columbia’s GET model and its potential to unlock the mysteries of human gene expression.
              • Nvidia’s sweeping partnerships in healthcare and what they mean for the future of medicine.
              • The growing tension between AI innovation and global policies—what new restrictions could mean.
              • Why AI’s potential to solve complex real-world problems is more exciting than ever.
              ]]>2175false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/building-smarter-machines-and-battling-new-threats--63680805
              Are these breakthroughs paving the way to solve humanity’s greatest challenges—or creating our biggest threats?
              
              In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff and Annie dive into Nvidia's groundbreaking world models and their rivalry with DeepMind, exploring the next leap toward AI that bridges the longtime issue of physics and reality in AI. They uncover the chilling potential of AI-powered spear phishing scams, the groundbreaking promise of brain-computer interfaces, and how AI is saving lives by revolutionizing cancer detection and diagnosis.
              
              In this Episode:
              
              • The ethical and societal questions raised by brain-computer interfaces.
              • How AI-powered simulations could revolutionize robotics and video gaming.
              • The economic implications of open-source models vs. proprietary AI tools.
              • What Microsoft’s $80 Billion AI bet means for America’s tech future
              
              Relevant Links:
              
              • Nvidia Cosmos World Models Announcement  
              • Microsoft Phi-4 Model on Hugging Face 
              • AI Spearfishing Research 
              • Microsoft’s $80 Billion AI Investment Announcement 
              • Meta’s AI-Powered Profiles Update 
              • NeuroXess Brain-Computer Interface Development 
              • AI in Cancer Screening Study 
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63680805Tue, 14 Jan 2025 12:25:06 +0000UpstartEvery week, we see AI advances growing at an exponential pace. Are these breakthroughs paving the way to solve humanity’s greatest challenges—or creating our biggest threats? In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff and Annie dive into Nvidia's...
              Are these breakthroughs paving the way to solve humanity’s greatest challenges—or creating our biggest threats?
              
              In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff and Annie dive into Nvidia's groundbreaking world models and their rivalry with DeepMind, exploring the next leap toward AI that bridges the longtime issue of physics and reality in AI. They uncover the chilling potential of AI-powered spear phishing scams, the groundbreaking promise of brain-computer interfaces, and how AI is saving lives by revolutionizing cancer detection and diagnosis.
              
              In this Episode:
              
              • The ethical and societal questions raised by brain-computer interfaces.
              • How AI-powered simulations could revolutionize robotics and video gaming.
              • The economic implications of open-source models vs. proprietary AI tools.
              • What Microsoft’s $80 Billion AI bet means for America’s tech future
              
              Relevant Links:
              
              • Nvidia Cosmos World Models Announcement  
              • Microsoft Phi-4 Model on Hugging Face 
              • AI Spearfishing Research 
              • Microsoft’s $80 Billion AI Investment Announcement 
              • Meta’s AI-Powered Profiles Update 
              • NeuroXess Brain-Computer Interface Development 
              • AI in Cancer Screening Study 
              ]]>2219false10fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-future-of-ai-in-2025--63607012
              In this episode, we kick off the year exploring how ChatGPT spiced up Christmas traditions, the IRS’s use of AI to combat fraud, and what personalized AI tutors could mean for education in the future. Plus, we dive into Meta’s ambitious plans for AI-generated characters and the most exciting gadgets (and flops) from 2024.
              
              We also discuss:
              1. ChatGPT in holiday fun and New Year’s resolutions.
              2. How AI is revolutionizing fraud detection, with the IRS leading the charge.
              3. The bold future of education with AI tutors and hands-on workshops.
              
              Relevant Links:
              • IRS AI Tools to Fight Fraud
              • DeepSeek-V3 Model Announcement
              • Stanford AI Model for Avatar Gestures
              • Meta’s AI Characters Announcement
              • AgiBot World Alpha Dataset
              • ARMOR by Carnegie Mellon and Apple
              • OpenAI Public Benefit Corporation Transformation
              • OpenAI Deliberative Alignment Safety
              • Arizona Unbound School Launch
              • MIT Technology Review on AI Gadgets
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63607012Tue, 07 Jan 2025 23:39:44 +0000UpstartWhat’s next for AI in 2025? In this episode, we kick off the year exploring how ChatGPT spiced up Christmas traditions, the IRS’s use of AI to combat fraud, and what personalized AI tutors could mean for education in the future. Plus, we dive into...
              In this episode, we kick off the year exploring how ChatGPT spiced up Christmas traditions, the IRS’s use of AI to combat fraud, and what personalized AI tutors could mean for education in the future. Plus, we dive into Meta’s ambitious plans for AI-generated characters and the most exciting gadgets (and flops) from 2024.
              
              We also discuss:
              1. ChatGPT in holiday fun and New Year’s resolutions.
              2. How AI is revolutionizing fraud detection, with the IRS leading the charge.
              3. The bold future of education with AI tutors and hands-on workshops.
              
              Relevant Links:
              • IRS AI Tools to Fight Fraud
              • DeepSeek-V3 Model Announcement
              • Stanford AI Model for Avatar Gestures
              • Meta’s AI Characters Announcement
              • AgiBot World Alpha Dataset
              • ARMOR by Carnegie Mellon and Apple
              • OpenAI Public Benefit Corporation Transformation
              • OpenAI Deliberative Alignment Safety
              • Arizona Unbound School Launch
              • MIT Technology Review on AI Gadgets
              ]]>2704false9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/did-ai-hit-its-data-limit-the-future-of-ai-models--63455604
              With claims of “peak data,” the era of more-is-better in artificial intelligence might be over. What’s next could reshape how AI innovation unfolds.
              
              In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado tackle one of the most pressing questions in AI: what happens when we reach “peak data”? As OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever suggests, AI models can no longer rely on simply consuming more text-based information to get smarter. Instead, the future may belong to reasoning-driven systems that think like humans, such as Meta’s COCONUT model and Google’s Gemini Flash. They also explore cutting-edge tools like Veo 2.0, which pushes the boundaries of video realism, and Whisk, Google’s playful new image generation tool.
              
              In this Episode:
              • Google’s Veo 2.0 video generation model surpassing OpenAI’s Sora with realistic object permanence and physics.
              • OpenAI’s accessibility push with tools like 1-800-CHATGPT and free internet search for all users.
              • Whisk, Google’s new image generation tool blending creativity by combining uploaded styles and themes.
              
              Relevant Links:
              • Google Labs VO 2.0 Tool
              • OpenAI’s 1-800-CHATGPT Tool
              • Google Labs
              • Ilya Sutskever’s NeurIPS Keynote on Peak Data
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63455604Tue, 24 Dec 2024 14:00:07 +0000UpstartAI has hit a wall. Can it pass through it?  With claims of “peak data,” the era of more-is-better in artificial intelligence might be over. What’s next could reshape how AI innovation unfolds. In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie...
              With claims of “peak data,” the era of more-is-better in artificial intelligence might be over. What’s next could reshape how AI innovation unfolds.
              
              In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado tackle one of the most pressing questions in AI: what happens when we reach “peak data”? As OpenAI’s Ilya Sutskever suggests, AI models can no longer rely on simply consuming more text-based information to get smarter. Instead, the future may belong to reasoning-driven systems that think like humans, such as Meta’s COCONUT model and Google’s Gemini Flash. They also explore cutting-edge tools like Veo 2.0, which pushes the boundaries of video realism, and Whisk, Google’s playful new image generation tool.
              
              In this Episode:
              • Google’s Veo 2.0 video generation model surpassing OpenAI’s Sora with realistic object permanence and physics.
              • OpenAI’s accessibility push with tools like 1-800-CHATGPT and free internet search for all users.
              • Whisk, Google’s new image generation tool blending creativity by combining uploaded styles and themes.
              
              Relevant Links:
              • Google Labs VO 2.0 Tool
              • OpenAI’s 1-800-CHATGPT Tool
              • Google Labs
              • Ilya Sutskever’s NeurIPS Keynote on Peak Data
              ]]>2846false8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/openai-google-and-meta-s-race-to-transform-how-we-work-and-think--63346857
              Join Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado on What the AI?! as they dissect a week packed with interesting shifts in artificial intelligence. OpenAI’s new Canvas feature is making waves for writers and coders, while Google’s Project Astra hints at an AI agent that could deeply integrate into your daily life. We also explore Meta’s groundbreaking “COCONUT” approach to human-like thinking and discuss whether OpenAI’s text-to-video generation model, Sora, is ready to deliver on its promises.
              
              Key discussion points:
              • The Canvas Revolution: How OpenAI's latest feature is redefining AI-assisted creation with live editing and Python execution
              • Efficiency Breakthrough: Why Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash proves that smaller, faster models can pack a powerful punch
              • Thinking Like Humans: Meta's COCONUT technology brings us closer to truly intelligent AI through conceptual reasoning
              • Your AI Companion: Project Astra's vision for deeply personal AI assistance through real-time video and audio integration
              • See What AI Sees: How ChatGPT's real-time video capabilities are creating more natural human-AI interactions
              
              Relevant Links:
              • Sora: OpenAI’s Text-to-Video Model
              • Canvas Feature Update for ChatGPT
              • ChatGPT integrated with Siri on iPhone and Mac
              • Google Gemini 2.0 Announcement
              • Google’s new Deep Research model
              • Project Astra Details
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63346857Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:00:07 +0000UpstartThe AI revolution is accelerating as OpenAI, Google and Meta battle to dominate the AI industry, cutting-edge tools like real-time video analysis and AI-powered agents promise to revolutionize daily life—but are they truly ready to deliver, or is the...
              Join Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado on What the AI?! as they dissect a week packed with interesting shifts in artificial intelligence. OpenAI’s new Canvas feature is making waves for writers and coders, while Google’s Project Astra hints at an AI agent that could deeply integrate into your daily life. We also explore Meta’s groundbreaking “COCONUT” approach to human-like thinking and discuss whether OpenAI’s text-to-video generation model, Sora, is ready to deliver on its promises.
              
              Key discussion points:
              • The Canvas Revolution: How OpenAI's latest feature is redefining AI-assisted creation with live editing and Python execution
              • Efficiency Breakthrough: Why Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash proves that smaller, faster models can pack a powerful punch
              • Thinking Like Humans: Meta's COCONUT technology brings us closer to truly intelligent AI through conceptual reasoning
              • Your AI Companion: Project Astra's vision for deeply personal AI assistance through real-time video and audio integration
              • See What AI Sees: How ChatGPT's real-time video capabilities are creating more natural human-AI interactions
              
              Relevant Links:
              • Sora: OpenAI’s Text-to-Video Model
              • Canvas Feature Update for ChatGPT
              • ChatGPT integrated with Siri on iPhone and Mac
              • Google Gemini 2.0 Announcement
              • Google’s new Deep Research model
              • Project Astra Details
              ]]>2474false7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/fairer-credit-scores-and-3d-worlds-ai-is-making-it-happen--63252085
              Key Discussion Points:
              • Tencent’s open-source video-generation model surpassing industry leaders like RunwayML.
              • FeiFei Li’s World Labs project: turning images into interactive 3D worlds.
              • Amazon's Nova foundational models—text generation today, video generation tomorrow.
              • CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s evolving stance on AI and fair credit scoring.
              • Real-world AI applications at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, reducing fraud and improving efficiency.
              Relevant Links:
              • ChatGPT now has over 300 million weekly users
              • Sam Altman lowers the bar for AGI
              • ChatGPT’s refusal to acknowledge ‘David Mayer’ down to glitch, says OpenAI
              • ChatGPT Pricing 
              • Introducing Amazon Nova, our new generation of foundation models
              • Combining Virtual and Real Unlimited Creativity
              • World Labs
              • Spotify - 2024 Wrapped 
              • Commonwealth Bank of Australia
              • CFPB's Chopra: AI can be the key to fairer credit scoring
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63252085Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:00:06 +0000UpstartAs 2024 draws to a close, the AI industry is stepping up its game - from OpenAI's ambitious "12 Days of OpenAI" announcement to groundbreaking applications in banking and creative tools. In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado...
              Key Discussion Points:
              • Tencent’s open-source video-generation model surpassing industry leaders like RunwayML.
              • FeiFei Li’s World Labs project: turning images into interactive 3D worlds.
              • Amazon's Nova foundational models—text generation today, video generation tomorrow.
              • CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s evolving stance on AI and fair credit scoring.
              • Real-world AI applications at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, reducing fraud and improving efficiency.
              Relevant Links:
              • ChatGPT now has over 300 million weekly users
              • Sam Altman lowers the bar for AGI
              • ChatGPT’s refusal to acknowledge ‘David Mayer’ down to glitch, says OpenAI
              • ChatGPT Pricing 
              • Introducing Amazon Nova, our new generation of foundation models
              • Combining Virtual and Real Unlimited Creativity
              • World Labs
              • Spotify - 2024 Wrapped 
              • Commonwealth Bank of Australia
              • CFPB's Chopra: AI can be the key to fairer credit scoring
              ]]>2533false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thanksgiving-chaos-robot-revolts-and-ai-transformations--63123582What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado dive into the bizarre story of Erbai, the mischievous robot that turned a Shanghai showroom into an unexpected experiment in artificial autonomy. But that's just the beginning - join us as JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon makes a stunning prediction about the future of work, Stanford researchers create digital twins of 1,000 real people with uncanny accuracy, and we witness the emergence of the first AI-powered society in... Minecraft? With groundbreaking developments in how AI systems interact with humans, this episode explores the fascinating, funny, and sometimes unsettling ways artificial intelligence is reshaping our world.
              
              Key Discussion Points:
              • The Robot Rebellion: How Erbai's "great escape" reveals unexpected AI behaviors
              • The 3.5-Day Work Week: Jamie Dimon's provocative vision of AI's impact on work
              • Digital Society: What happens when AI agents build their own civilization
              • Perplexity’s Live AI Analysis: AI-powered insights for earnings calls and financial research.
              • Stanford's Virtual Humans: The promise and perils of simulating human behavior
              • AI Evolution: Breaking developments in how AI systems interact with humans and each other
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63123582Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:30:06 +0000UpstartWhen a tiny AI-powered robot orchestrates a "jailbreak" with a dozen others, what does it tell us about our AI future? This week on What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado dive into the bizarre story of Erbai, the mischievous robot that turned a...What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado dive into the bizarre story of Erbai, the mischievous robot that turned a Shanghai showroom into an unexpected experiment in artificial autonomy. But that's just the beginning - join us as JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon makes a stunning prediction about the future of work, Stanford researchers create digital twins of 1,000 real people with uncanny accuracy, and we witness the emergence of the first AI-powered society in... Minecraft? With groundbreaking developments in how AI systems interact with humans, this episode explores the fascinating, funny, and sometimes unsettling ways artificial intelligence is reshaping our world.
              
              Key Discussion Points:
              • The Robot Rebellion: How Erbai's "great escape" reveals unexpected AI behaviors
              • The 3.5-Day Work Week: Jamie Dimon's provocative vision of AI's impact on work
              • Digital Society: What happens when AI agents build their own civilization
              • Perplexity’s Live AI Analysis: AI-powered insights for earnings calls and financial research.
              • Stanford's Virtual Humans: The promise and perils of simulating human behavior
              • AI Evolution: Breaking developments in how AI systems interact with humans and each other
              ]]>2194falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/ai-goes-practical-from-shopping-to-diagnosing-and-building--63013579
              We cut through the noise to unpack this week’s AI news. From Google Gemini’s memory features to Microsoft’s “Co-Pilot Actions” and ChatGPT’s macOS capabilities, and explore the promise and pitfalls of these updates. Plus, we take a closer look at Stripe’s toolkit for AI agents, a major leap toward integrating AI into real-world systems, and discuss Perplexity AI’s innovative shopping tools that might redefine online retail. We examine a surprising JAMA study where AI outdiagnoses doctors—and even itself when paired with humans. Get ready for a deep dive into the tech and trends shaping the AI landscape.Key Discussion Points:
              • Google Gemini’s new memory feature and AI-generated images in Docs—useful or just hype?
              • Microsoft’s “Co-Pilot Actions”: is it a productivity tool or Clippy 2.0?
              • ChatGPT on macOS: a peek into AI “agent” behavior.
              • Stripe’s AI agent toolkit: why frameworks, not features, are the future.
              • Perplexity AI’s Snap-to-Shop and one-click buying: redefining e-commerce.
              • JAMA study on ChatGPT as a diagnostic tool: does human-AI collaboration work?
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63013579Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:15:47 +0000UpstartAI is reshaping everything—from how we shop to how we work—faster than ever before. But are the latest advancements as groundbreaking as they seem? We cut through the noise to unpack this week’s AI news. From Google Gemini’s memory features to...
              We cut through the noise to unpack this week’s AI news. From Google Gemini’s memory features to Microsoft’s “Co-Pilot Actions” and ChatGPT’s macOS capabilities, and explore the promise and pitfalls of these updates. Plus, we take a closer look at Stripe’s toolkit for AI agents, a major leap toward integrating AI into real-world systems, and discuss Perplexity AI’s innovative shopping tools that might redefine online retail. We examine a surprising JAMA study where AI outdiagnoses doctors—and even itself when paired with humans. Get ready for a deep dive into the tech and trends shaping the AI landscape.Key Discussion Points:
              • Google Gemini’s new memory feature and AI-generated images in Docs—useful or just hype?
              • Microsoft’s “Co-Pilot Actions”: is it a productivity tool or Clippy 2.0?
              • ChatGPT on macOS: a peek into AI “agent” behavior.
              • Stripe’s AI agent toolkit: why frameworks, not features, are the future.
              • Perplexity AI’s Snap-to-Shop and one-click buying: redefining e-commerce.
              • JAMA study on ChatGPT as a diagnostic tool: does human-AI collaboration work?
              ]]>2158falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/welcome-to-what-the-ai--62957394https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62957394Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:24:10 +0000Upstart89falsetrailerhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/beyond-the-hype-the-truth-about-ai-s-next-big-steps--62815312
              Artificial Intelligence is making headlines again—from robots trained with virtual simulations to AI-assisted music earning Grammy nominations. But with predictions of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by 2025, are we truly on the verge of this breakthrough, or are we letting speculation overshadow reality - and does it really matter?
              
              In this episode of What the AI?!, we explore the latest AI news, debate the feasibility of AGI, and share practical ways to harness today’s AI tools in your daily life.Key Discussion Points:
              • AI Meets Music: The Beatles’ “Now and Then” becomes the first AI-assisted song to earn Grammy nods.
              • Google’s New AI Tools: Exploring AI for video creation, and the new Gemini app for iPhone
              • Robot Training Breakthroughs: How MIT’s LucidSim is revolutionizing task accuracy through virtual simulations.
              • Scientific Research with AI Bots: How Stanford researchers got multiple AI chatbots to effectively collaborate on scientific challenges
              • The AGI Debate: Are 2025 predictions realistic, or is true AGI still decades away?
              • Hands On: Jeff shows how LLMs can interpret and visualize numbers, turning anyone into a data analyst.
              Join us for a grounded look at the latest in AI and what it means for the future.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62815312Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:40:55 +0000Upstart Is AGI closer than we think? Or are bold predictions just hype? Artificial Intelligence is making headlines again—from robots trained with virtual simulations to AI-assisted music earning Grammy nominations. But with predictions of Artificial...
              Artificial Intelligence is making headlines again—from robots trained with virtual simulations to AI-assisted music earning Grammy nominations. But with predictions of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) by 2025, are we truly on the verge of this breakthrough, or are we letting speculation overshadow reality - and does it really matter?
              
              In this episode of What the AI?!, we explore the latest AI news, debate the feasibility of AGI, and share practical ways to harness today’s AI tools in your daily life.Key Discussion Points:
              • AI Meets Music: The Beatles’ “Now and Then” becomes the first AI-assisted song to earn Grammy nods.
              • Google’s New AI Tools: Exploring AI for video creation, and the new Gemini app for iPhone
              • Robot Training Breakthroughs: How MIT’s LucidSim is revolutionizing task accuracy through virtual simulations.
              • Scientific Research with AI Bots: How Stanford researchers got multiple AI chatbots to effectively collaborate on scientific challenges
              • The AGI Debate: Are 2025 predictions realistic, or is true AGI still decades away?
              • Hands On: Jeff shows how LLMs can interpret and visualize numbers, turning anyone into a data analyst.
              Join us for a grounded look at the latest in AI and what it means for the future.]]>2692falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/regulating-the-future-ai-policy-and-real-world-impact--62723124In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado take you on a journey through the latest twists in AI policy, tech breakthroughs, and what they mean for the future. Curious about AI’s role in elections? They dive into Perplexity’s Election Information Hub, where Jeff shares his firsthand experience and explores the risks and benefits of AI-driven voter info.
              
              They’ll also cover some game-changing tech: a real-time Minecraft world generator that adapts to player movement, and OpenAI’s $15 million acquisition of the chat.com domain, stirring up questions on whether branding could be a game-changer for AI dominance.
              
              Plus, they’re breaking down Google’s Gemini API, which now integrates real-time Google search to cut down on AI “hallucinations” and serve up grounded, accurate info—could this be the future of search?
              
              And for a bigger picture, Jeff and Annie tackle the regulatory maze surrounding AI. As policymakers weigh in on data privacy, algorithmic bias, and potential over-regulation, Jeff and Annie discuss the tension between keeping AI fair and not crushing its potential. With real-world examples and a look at EU vs. U.S. approaches, this episode is packed with insights on the fine line between innovation and protection.
              
              Whether you’re an AI enthusiast or just curious about the headlines, this episode has something for everyone.
              ]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62723124Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:55:26 +0000UpstartIn this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado take you on a journey through the latest twists in AI policy, tech breakthroughs, and what they mean for the future. Curious about AI’s role in elections? They dive into Perplexity’s...In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado take you on a journey through the latest twists in AI policy, tech breakthroughs, and what they mean for the future. Curious about AI’s role in elections? They dive into Perplexity’s Election Information Hub, where Jeff shares his firsthand experience and explores the risks and benefits of AI-driven voter info.
              
              They’ll also cover some game-changing tech: a real-time Minecraft world generator that adapts to player movement, and OpenAI’s $15 million acquisition of the chat.com domain, stirring up questions on whether branding could be a game-changer for AI dominance.
              
              Plus, they’re breaking down Google’s Gemini API, which now integrates real-time Google search to cut down on AI “hallucinations” and serve up grounded, accurate info—could this be the future of search?
              
              And for a bigger picture, Jeff and Annie tackle the regulatory maze surrounding AI. As policymakers weigh in on data privacy, algorithmic bias, and potential over-regulation, Jeff and Annie discuss the tension between keeping AI fair and not crushing its potential. With real-world examples and a look at EU vs. U.S. approaches, this episode is packed with insights on the fine line between innovation and protection.
              
              Whether you’re an AI enthusiast or just curious about the headlines, this episode has something for everyone.
              ]]>2821falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/agents-and-oversight--62635647
              In this episode, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the week’s biggest AI developments and the game-changing tools redefining productivity. From Perplexity’s new knowledge search that integrates private databases to OpenAI’s factuality benchmark, they dive into how LLMs are moving from basic assistants to real agents that act on your behalf.
              
              ChatGPT’s web search for paid users? Covered. Anthropic’s Cloud that can actually control your computer? Yep, we’re talking about it all. Plus, they explore the hype around Salesforce’s rebranded “AgentForce” and why the term “agent” might mean much more than just a fancy chatbot.
              
              Are we ready to trust AI to plan vacations, manage finances, and even handle the fine print on legal documents? Jeff and Annie unpack these questions, blending excitement with caution as they imagine a future where AI does more than just chat—it takes action.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62635647Wed, 06 Nov 2024 08:14:32 +0000UpstartWelcome to "What the AI"—your front-row seat to the latest in AI breakthroughs for business leaders and executives on the go. In this episode, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the week’s biggest AI developments and the game-changing tools...
              In this episode, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the week’s biggest AI developments and the game-changing tools redefining productivity. From Perplexity’s new knowledge search that integrates private databases to OpenAI’s factuality benchmark, they dive into how LLMs are moving from basic assistants to real agents that act on your behalf.
              
              ChatGPT’s web search for paid users? Covered. Anthropic’s Cloud that can actually control your computer? Yep, we’re talking about it all. Plus, they explore the hype around Salesforce’s rebranded “AgentForce” and why the term “agent” might mean much more than just a fancy chatbot.
              
              Are we ready to trust AI to plan vacations, manage finances, and even handle the fine print on legal documents? Jeff and Annie unpack these questions, blending excitement with caution as they imagine a future where AI does more than just chat—it takes action.]]>2125false11full