Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Yann LeCun’s possible Meta exit, SoftBank unloading its Nvidia stake for an OpenAI investment, an AI-generated artist topping Billboard’s country chart, OpenAI’s talks with Washington over federal loan guarantees, Perplexity’s stance on companion chat bots, Apple reportedly licensing Google’s Gemini, Amazon launching Kindle Translate, and Google Photos expanding with Nano Banana features.
CHAPTERS:
0:03:33: Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to exit to launch startup, FT reports
0:09:03: Cambrian-S: Towards Spatial Supersensing in Video: by Li, LeCun, et al
0:10:11: Fei-Fei Li’s World Labs speeds up the world model race with Marble, its first commercial product
0:16:45: SoftBank Sells Its Nvidia Stake for $5.8 Billion to Fund OpenAI Bet
0:20:10: Anthropic Is on Track to Turn a Profit Much Faster Than OpenAI
0:27:40: OpenAI discussed government loan guarantees for chip plants, not data centers, Altman says
0:29:19: @sama: I would like to clarify a few things.
0:38:51: Country’s No. 1 Digital Song Is an AI Smash, But Who Is Breaking Rust?
Jeff's Arxiv Showdown
0:47:13: How Similar Are Grokipedia and Wikipedia?
0:49:24: Brain Organoid Computing
0:49:45: What We Can Learn From Brain Organoids
0:51:18: LLM-Based Multi-Agent System for Simulating and Analyzing Marketing and Consumer Behavior
0:52:00: Shareholder Democracy with AI Representatives
0:53:00: No. 10's synthetic voters
0:55:03: Perplexity's CEO says he's worried about AI companionship apps: 'Your mind is manipulable very easily'
0:56:20: tangentially related; might not mention: Tim Wu and Cory Doctorow’s NPCs: Non-Player Consumers
0:57:44: Apple Plans to Use 1.2 Trillion Parameter Google Gemini Model to Power New Siri - Bloomberg
0:59:05: Amazon launches an AI-powered Kindle Translate service for e-book authors
1:02:41: 6 new things you can do with AI in Google Photos
1:04:00: Remix makes sending photos to friends even more fun on Google Messages.
1:05:08: MotionStream AI
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Amazon vs Perplexity: Who Controls the Agent?
Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis as they unpack the Amazon-Perplexity legal fight, OpenAI’s massive cloud computing agreement, Coca-Cola’s AI-powered ads return for the holidays, and Jason reflects on two key reasons why he keeps returning to the Sora platform.
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CHAPTERS:
3:50 - Amazon Demands Perplexity Stop AI Tool From Making Purchases
13:07 - OpenAI signs $38bn cloud computing deal with Amazon
15:00 - Is OpenAI Becoming Too Big to Fail?
23:02 - Universal Music Settles With AI Firm Udio
35:41 - Getty Images largely loses landmark UK lawsuit over AI image generator
38:24 - OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android
45:04 - OpenAI Wants Brands to Allow Their Mascots to Appear in Gen AI Videos
55:29 - Google’s First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey
56:24 - Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different
01:02:30 - We have a YouTube channel! Head to youtube.com/@aiinsideshow to catch all of our episodes in video!
01:05:14 - Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio after Senator Blackburn accuses model of defamation
01:07:50 - Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 (3 free reads with this link)
01:08:33 - OpenAI’s Less-Flashy Rival Might Have a Better Business Model
01:09:17 - arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
01:13:17 - Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space
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OpenAI's Path to IPO
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On this episode, Jeff and I break down OpenAI’s restructuring for profit, look at Qualcomm's new AI200 chips, discuss why Amazon’s office job reductions might not be entirely about AI, and share Adobe’s latest generative Firefly 5 updates from Adobe Max 2025.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Podcast begins
07:24 - OpenAI completes its for-profit recapitalization
16:03 - Amazon to Cut 14,000 Jobs as Jassy Looks to Ease Bureaucracy
18:01 - Nate B Jones on why they really laid off staff
23:38 - Nate B Jones on why they really laid off staff
25:33 - Adobe Now Lets You Generate Soundtracks and Speech in Firefly
33:17 - Researchers exploit OpenAI's Atlas by disguising prompts as URLs
40:15 - Amazon unveils AI smart glasses for its delivery drivers
42:03 - Introducing Blue Jay and Project Eluna, Amazon’s latest robotics and AI technology for its operations
45:36 - Elon Musk launches a Wikipedia rival that extols his own ‘vision’
49:25 - Leo's entry says he's semi-retired; news to him, I'll bet
51:58 - Qualcomm Launches AI Chips to Challenge Nvidia’s Dominance
52:40 - Nvidia becomes world’s first $5tn company
57:28 - Sora update to bring AI videos of your pets, new social features, and soon, an Android version
01:00:48 - Google and Anthropic announce cloud deal worth tens of billions of dollars
01:02:20: Find out what’s new in the Gemini app in October's Gemini Drop.
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Samsung Galaxy XR Gets Real
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Tom Merritt joins Jason Howell to talk about OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas browser (with demo), Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, Anthropic's Claude Code launch, and Microsoft's push for voice-controlled AI PCs.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Podcast begins
04:16 - I tried the Samsung Galaxy XR headset, and I wasn't worried for smart glasses at all
12:35 - Jason's video: Galaxy XR’s hidden message about the future of smartglasses
21:52- OpenAI is launching a web browser called Atlas
34:56 - OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr.
37:48 - OpenAI cracks down on Sora 2 deepfakes after pressure from Bryan Cranston, SAG-AFTRA
40:08 - YouTube’s likeness-detection technology has officially launched
43:45 - Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
48:45 - Anthropic’s Claude Code Comes to Web and Mobile
50:29 - Pinterest adds controls to let you limit the amount of ‘AI slop’ in your feed
52:22 - GM plans to launch eyes-off driving, Google AI and other new in-vehicle tech by 2028
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OpenAI’s Sexy ChatGPT is Coming Soon
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss OpenAI’s new adult chat feature in GPT-5, Nvidia’s launch of a personal AI supercomputer, and the US plan for a nuclear energy boom to power AI data centers.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Podcast begins
0:02:33 -Sam Altman Announces ChatGPT Will Roll Out Erotica For Verified Adult Users; Internet Reacts To AI Age-Gating
0:20:11 -Sam Altman says OpenAI isn’t ‘moral police of the world’ after erotica ChatGPT post blows up
0:21:43 -OpenAI forms advisory council on wellbeing and AI
0:23:40 -California becomes first state to regulate AI companion chatbots
0:31:00 -OpenAI's BIG bet on buildings its own chips (with Broadcom)
0:35:54 -US to See $350 Billion Nuclear Boom to Power AI, Report Say
0:40:00 -Anduril’s new EagleEye MR helmet sees Palmer Luckey return to his VR roots
Jeff's Arxiv Showdown!
0:45:43 -Implications and Perceptions of Injecting Personalized Advertising into LLM Chatbots
0:47:20 -THOUSANDS OF AI AUTHORS ON THE FUTURE OF AI
0:50:47 -Artificial Intelligence Expands Scientists’ Impact but Contracts Science’s Focus
0:53:00 -Nvidia’s ‘personal AI supercomputer’ goes on sale October 15th
0:54:57 -Apple’s Head of ChatGPT-Like AI Search Effort to Leave for Meta
0:56:07 -Salesforce boosts AI capabilities with global launch of Agentforce 360
0:57:57 -Nano Banana is coming to Google Search, NotebookLM and Photos
1:01:13 -Introducing Figure 03
1:03:28 -Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
1:04:24 -John from Ireland knows how scammers will convince people a fake video is real.
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AI Inside explores the complexities of artificial intelligence and its impact on the world at large. Hosted by tech podcaster Jason Howell and media expert Jeff Jarvis, AI Inside takes a thoughtful look at the promise and challenges of AI while inviting some of the industry's most notable players and thinkers to engage in thoughtful dialogue about AI, neither overhyping its potential nor dismissing public concerns about its development. With a deep interest in AI's impacts on art and culture, Jason uses his rich experience in technology and creativity to understand its capabilities better. Jeff is a respected voice on technology's influence on media and society, thanks to his popular blog BuzzMachine and books like "The Web We Weave" and "The Gutenberg Parenthesis." Together, Jason and Jeff aim to advance public understanding of this world-changing technology at an important inflection point.
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