AI Inside

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Apple's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI, including text messages showing a former Apple engineer accessing confidential files after leaving for OpenAI. They also dig into GPT-5.6's triple-model launch, Fidji Simo stepping down from her number two role, and Demis Hassabis proposing a federal standards body for frontier AI modeled after financial regulators.Also in this episode: the White House unveils "Gold Eagle," a Treasury-led AI cyber threat clearinghouse. Nearly 200 economists and Nobel laureates warn that AI could cause unprecedented economic upheaval. Anthropic's new ad campaign unsettles viewers. Meta pulls its Instagram AI image generation tool three days after launch. Plus New York pauses data center permits, Grok Build gets caught uploading entire Git repos, Google Images gets a personalized redesign, and Anthropic launches Claude for Teachers. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Start

0:01:50 - Apple Sues OpenAI for Trade Secret Theft in Pivotal Case

0:06:44 - OpenAI Unaware of ‘Any Evidence’ Showing Apple Lawsuit Has Merit

0:07:57 - OpenAI’s First Device Will Be Movable, Screenless Speaker Built as AI Companion

0:14:35 - OpenAI releases GPT-5.6 and ChatGPT Work tool

0:16:40 - OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Work agent, GPT-5.6 models now available

0:27:09 - OpenAI’s No. 2 Executive to Step Down in Latest Leadership Shake-Up

0:29:54 - A Framework for Frontier AI and the Dawning of a New Age

0:32:37 - White House details ‘Gold Eagle’ clearinghouse for AI cyber threats

0:50:58 - Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out

0:57:43 - Meta's new AI image maker draws fire over consent

- Meta Suspends AI Image Feature After Days of Backlash

0:58:55 - New York becomes the first state to enact a data center moratorium

1:00:05 - Musk promises purge after Grok Build caught sending entire repos to the cloud

1:01:05 - Google Images gets a Pinterest-like redesign focused on discovery

1:02:32 - Anthropic is giving teachers free access to premium Claude features, details here

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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Jason Howell recommends Working Smarter, a podcast produced in partnership with Dropbox. If you're curious about how AI is actually built, this season is a must listen for you. We hope you check it out and enjoy it as much as we do.

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into a strange role reversal in AI, as Beijing weighs restricting overseas access to China's best models while DeepSeek races to build its own chip. They also get into OpenAI offering the US government a five percent stake to ease political pressure in Washington, and the first ransomware attack run entirely by an AI agent.Also in this episode: Alibaba bans employees from Claude Code, more than 90 percent of Claude Cowork use turns out not to be coding, Meta puts your Instagram photos into AI, wealthy families trade school for AI tutoring, Nvidia's next rack slips to 2028, and xAI becomes SpaceXAI. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Start

0:01:41 - Beijing is looking at curbing overseas access to China's top AI models, sources say

0:08:18 - China's DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say

0:15:44 - Anthropic's Claude Cowork heads to the cloud as data shows 90% of sessions aren't for coding

0:24:30 - Anthropic expanding Claude Cowork to mobile and web, details here

0:32:29 - OpenAI proposes 5% stake to Trump administration to ease Washington pressure: Report

0:37:13 - The Socialist Temptation of Sam Altman

0:41:17 - Scoop: Trump administration lifts restrictions on OpenAI's GPT 5.6

0:43:06 - JadePuffer ransomware used AI agent to automate entire attack

0:46:46 - Introducing Muse Image and Muse Video

1:00:28 - Nvidia’s next-gen AI rack system delayed to 2028 on manufacturing snags, SemiAnalysis says

1:01:12 - Nvidia has lost $1 trillion in market cap and is all the way back to where it was before the AI boom

1:01:25 - A global workspace in language models

1:03:32 - Cloudflare’s new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers’ content

1:06:09 - XAI makes its rebrand to SpaceXAI complete with a new logo

1:07:29 - Tilly Norwood to Lead New Movie ‘Misaligned,’ Marking Feature Debut for AI ‘Actor’

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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Support the podcast on Patreon for special perks: https://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow. You'll get ad-free episodes, members-only Discord, T-shirts and stickers you love, and ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content.
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Jason Howell recommends Working Smarter, a podcast produced in partnership with Dropbox. If you're curious about how AI is actually built, this season is a must listen for you. We hope you check it out and enjoy it as much as we do.

Jason Howell recommends Working Smarter, a podcast produced in partnership with Dropbox. If you're curious about how AI is actually built, this season is a must listen for you. We hope you check it out and enjoy it as much as we do.