AI Inside

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Join Jason Howell and Alfred Nutile as we break down Anthropic’s Claude Cowork desktop agent, OpenAI’s plan to monetize ChatGPT through ads, YouTube’s evolving strategy to curb AI slop, Alfred’s day-to-day building AI automations for clients, and rapid fire updates on AI water debates, Lego’s AI learning kits, and Wikipedia’s big training data partnerships.

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00:00:00 - Podcast begins

0:03:29 - Cowork: Claude Code for the rest of your work

0:07:36 - Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code

0:12:20 - Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT

0:12:44 - ChatGPT Go now unlocks unlimited access to GPT-5.2 Instant for $8

0:13:03 - OpenAI Lines Up Advertisers, Reveals Key Details Ahead of Ads Launch

0:14:21 - Google's AI boss: No plans for ads in Gemini

0:19:12 - YouTube CEO Neal Mohan’s Big Ideas for 2026: More Superstar Creators and Transparency, Less AI Slop

0:24:08 - YouTubers will be able to make Shorts with their own AI likenesses

0:26:21 - The rise of ‘micro’ apps: non-developers are writing apps instead of buying them

00:28:27 - Opal by Google

0:56:59 - From Tokens to Burgers: A Water Footprint Face-Off

1:00:02 - OpenAI rolls out age prediction on ChatGPT

1:01:36 - Adobe unveils new AI-powered video editing tools for Premiere

1:04:11 - Lego's latest educational kit seeks to teach AI as part of computer science, not to build a chatbot

1:05:36 - Wikipedia signs major AI firms to new priority data access deals
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Tulsee Doshi is Senior Director and Head of Product for Gemini Models at Google DeepMind. She joins us to reveal how real-world usage is reshaping Google's AI roadmap in unexpected ways. We explore the surprising discovery that Deep Think excels at creative writing rather than just academic research, why the team is now pursuing layer-based editing capabilities for Nano Banana Pro based on user demand, and how internal adoption patterns exceeded expectations. We also cover Gemini 3's reasoning breakthroughs, the path from research to production, and what Google learned from achieving gold medal performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Hit play for a candid discussion about AI development.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 - Podcast begins

00:01:32 - Introducing Tulsee Doshi, Head of Product for Gemini Models

00:03:20 - Nano Banana Pro Launch: Surprises and User Adoption Two Months Later

00:04:17 - What Users Are Asking For: Future Directions for Nano Banana Pro

00:05:21 - User Demand for Photoshop-Style Editing and Layered Image Control

00:06:04 - Gemini 3 Integration Across Google Products and Beyond

00:08:23 - Will AI Change How We Interact With Google Products?

00:12:20 - The Future of Real World Models and 3D Spatial Understanding

00:27:36 - Deep Think Explained: When to Use Different Gemini Modes

00:28:41 - Deep Think Use Cases: Academic Research, Enterprise, and Consumer Applications

00:30:51 - Surprising Deep Think Application: Creative Writing Beyond Academic Research

00:31:45 - The Future of AI-Generated Movies and Long-Form Content

00:32:00 - Thank you to Tulsee Doshi for joining the AI Inside podcast
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On this week's AI Inside, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into Google's surprise rollout of Gemini Personal Intelligence, the sudden healthcare AI race between OpenAI and Anthropic, Apple's decision to power Siri with Gemini, Meta cutting over 1000 Reality Labs jobs, and Microsoft's new community-first data center pledge.

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0:00:00 - Start

0:05:50 - https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/personal-intelligence/

0:12:55 - OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records

0:17:14 - Introducing OpenAI for Healthcare

0:24:24 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/12/apple-google-gemini-ai-siri/

0:25:35 - How Apple is Using Gemini to Give ChatGPT-Like Answers

0:32:36 - Google Bets on AI-Based Shopping With New AI Agents for Retailers

0:36:09 - Wayfair partners with Google to boost agentic AI commerce | Chain Store Age

0:38:23 - Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

0:43:48 - Microsoft vows to limit data center energy costs

0:47:38 - Jeff's Arxiv Showdown

0:54:36 - Signal’s Founder Turns His Attention to AI’s Privacy Problem

0:56:03 - https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gmail/gmail-is-entering-the-gemini-era/

1:01:05 - Britain Investigates Elon Musk’s X Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images

1:02:30 - Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video: More consistency, creativity and control
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Jason Howell recommends the Smart Talks with IBM podcast where business leaders, technologists and creatives explore how AI and other innovations are transforming industries.

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