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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into PHP2Shell, a pair of critical PHP bugs that sat in the code for more than a decade until AI helped find them, sending governments scrambling to pull websites offline. Then they look at people using Claude to make their smart TVs dumb again, synth fans vibe-coding new firmware onto old gear, and a researcher who says AI’s black box was never as tangled as we thought. Also in this episode: Meta’s Muse Spark Open, Nvidia’s DSX POD and OpenShell, DHS ordering DeepSeek out of federal systems, a Muse privacy leak, Disney’s Character.AI bankruptcy play, and Reflection’s Beam. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 - Show intro
00:12:46 - PHP2Shell: AI finds critical PHP bugs · Related
00:21:49 - AI agents strip ads from smart TVs
00:33:29 - Vibe-coded firmware for music gear
00:40:07 - Goodfire: neural networks may be more readable · Related · Research
00:50:26 - Meta opens Muse Spark · Related
00:54:09 - Nvidia DSX POD targets data-center efficiency
00:58:11 - Nvidia OpenShell for AI agents
00:59:42 - DHS orders DeepSeek removed from federal systems
01:02:43 - Meta Muse privacy exposure
01:04:19 - Muse downloads surge as ChatGPT slips
01:06:06 - Disney and Character.AI
01:07:21 - Reflection Beam
01:08:07 - Anthropic AI safety bill
01:10:17 - Bill Gross and AI-generated startup ideas
01:15:25 - Wrap-up and where to follow
Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis ask whether we're witnessing the end of software, as developer Brandon Thomas uses Claude to build free, open-source clones of Microsoft Office and Adobe's Creative Suite while AI-decompiled versions of Halo, GTA, and Call of Duty run right in a browser tab. They also dig into OpenAI's release of 722 AI-written math papers and the backlash from mathematicians.
Also in this episode: Jason shares his early access experience with Gemini 4 Argon, Meta launches its closed Muse Wonder models, the FBI arrests an OpenAI engineer accused of planting a hidden recording device, Anthropic warns about AI self-replicating on smart TVs, and Google Play opens up to personal vibe-coded apps. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 - Cold open and episode preview

00:00:44 - Welcome: AI, SI and wasting tokens

00:05:15 - Muse remembers yesterday’s conversation

00:07:13 - Why Jason turned off Muse’s email access

00:10:51 - AI clones Adobe and Microsoft Office

00:27:47 - AI decompiles games into browser ports

00:30:25 - OpenAI’s math papers and the future of mathematiciansRelated: Math results: promise and verification · Beyond the math results · Mathematicians’ reaction · Early-career researchers’ concerns

00:47:18 - Patreon thanks and AI Inside Daily

00:48:34 - Gemini 4 Argon: Jason’s early hands-onRelated: Argon’s paid rollout

00:56:25 - Meta Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder FullRelated: Muse Wonder: Meta announcement

00:59:50 - An OpenAI employee is accused of bugging a conference roomRelated: Recording-device allegations

01:03:14 - Cupertino TV-series detour

01:04:00 - Anthropic warns about self-replicating AI on smart devices

01:06:44 - Google Play supports private vibe-coded apps

01:08:01 - Nvidia–Reflection and Amazon–Decart acquisition talksRelated: Amazon–Decart talks

01:10:27 - Character.AI’s reported bankruptcy and Disney deal

01:11:40 - Aurora: an AI concierge for the ultra-wealthy

01:12:35 - Tech films, The Social Reckoning and Saturday Night Live

01:16:02 - Wrap-up and Jeff’s new website
Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into two big Western open-weight models that landed within 24 hours of each other. Mistral’s trillion-parameter Large 4 was trained entirely in Mistral’s own European data centers, and Reflection AI’s Apache-licensed Beam comes from a team of DeepMind veterans, with both aiming at the Chinese labs that have dominated open AI.

Also in this episode: Ghost’s $3,499 personal AI computer and Nvidia’s 64GB DGX Spark, Meta’s Muse building profiles of everyone in your life, XREAL’s Aura pricing, Utah letting AI prescribe acne medication, OpenAI’s textGrain watermarks and ChatGPT image ads, and Nano Banana 2.1. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 - Cold open and episode preview

00:02:57 - Mistral Large 4: Le Chonk and open-weight AIRelated: Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals | TechCrunch · Why Mistral's 1T model is a hedge against lock-in | The Deep View · Mistral: "There is no doom scenario" · Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China

00:16:37 - Reflection AI releases Beam

00:22:26 - Patreon thanks and AI Inside Daily

00:23:39 - Ghost Core: a $3,499 personal AI computer

00:30:00 - Ramageddon, Qualcomm and the cost of local AI

00:31:40 - Nvidia’s 64GB DGX Spark

00:33:32 - Who needs an AI computer? Libraries and small businesses

00:38:22 - AI for democracy and public benefits

00:41:40 - Trying Meta Muse as a proactive assistant

00:43:22 - Muse profiles your friends and family

00:50:44 - Build your own Muse Gadgets

00:51:35 - XREAL Aura pricing and the market for XR glassesRelated: I Put on Meta and Xreal’s XR Glasses. Face Computers Are Finally Getting Good

00:57:24 - Nolla Health: AI prescriptions for acne in Utah

01:00:58 - Google AI Edge Foresight: on-device notes

01:02:20 - OpenAI TextGrain text watermarks

01:03:05 - Visual ads in ChatGPT and the attention economy

01:05:21 - Google’s Nano Banana 2.1

01:06:26 - SpaceXAI becomes SpaceXSI

01:07:09 - Wrap-up: Jeff Jarvis and PodtuneupRelated: Podtuneup

Also discussed: Jeff: With AI, Sharing Is Caring

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis tackle AI agents from every angle. Nvidia released an open source safety platform just as OpenAI launched Dots, always-on agents with their own cloud computers and app integrations. Meta unveiled the Muse Charm, a palm-sized AI device. Anthropic's IPO prospectus revealed $518 billion in infrastructure commitments and extensive risk warnings. AMD announced an $8.2 billion acquisition of World Labs.

Also in this episode: Trump's "super intelligence" rebrand and a "morally binding" White House AI accord, the Googlebook launch and ChromeOS end of life, Manus 2.0's new architecture, Google paying publishers for AI Overviews, Gemini fully replacing Google Assistant on Android, and Project Suncatcher's plans for AI in space. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Podcast begins

02:30 - Handshake, AI portfolios, and education

04:38 - Googlebook hands-on and ChromeOS

13:09 - XREAL Aura with Googlebook

17:42 - The AI Doc: fear and perspective

20:46 - Nvidia Open Agent Safety PlatformRelated: Nvidia Releases Software It Says Can Prevent AI Agents From Going Rogue

24:25 - Insurance and AI accountability

30:14 - Patreon thanks and AI workshop

33:15 - OpenAI Dots and Meta Muse

38:21 - Meta's push for business customers

39:16 - Why AI agents suddenly look cuddly

43:21 - Muse Charm and Jony Ive hardware

45:57 - Trump's superintelligence rebrand and AI accordRelated: Trump says he and tech leaders signed AI agreement that is ‘morally binding’

50:15 - America.gov and AI guardrails

50:56 - Anthropic's IPO prospectus and $518B commitmentsRelated: What’s in Anthropic’s I.P.O. Filing · Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity

53:39 - OpenAI's safety and release delays

54:26 - SNL's Dario Amodei impressionRelated: The Dario SNL video

56:06 - AMD, World Labs, and Fei-Fei Li

58:25 - Manus 2.0 and CueRelated: Introducing Manus 2.0: Cue

01:00:33 - Gemini replaces Gems with Skills

01:02:09 - Google pays publishers for AI OverviewsRelated: Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 media execs to push federal ‘bad bots’ bill on AI scraping

01:04:55 - Gemini replaces Google Assistant

01:05:33 - Project Suncatcher: AI in spaceRelated: Google Takes the A.I. Data Center Race to Outer Space · Can Tech Companies Really Put Data Centers in Space?

01:09:53 - Jeff's Hot Type and Haverhill event

01:11:33 - Jason's Podtuneup consulting

01:13:03 - Patreon and executive producers

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Thanks to Qualcomm for sponsoring Jason's travel to Maui for the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit.

This week Jason Howell reports from Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in Maui, where the company unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and a new Extreme tier capable of running 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone. Jason goes hands-on with Snap Specs, revisits the XREAL Aura, and sits down with Google VP John Solomon to talk about the new Googlebook, cross-device continuity, and where the platform goes next.

Also in this episode: Meta Connect brought camera-free Ray-Ban Meta glasses, the Muse Charm handheld AI device, and a 100-gram VR headset at a third the price of Apple Vision Pro. OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and Luna, Anthropic disclosed that Claude now leads 26% of its R&D and opened a biology lab, and Gemini autonomously breached three real companies during a security test. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Podcast begins

02:57 - Snapdragon Summit and the agentic age

06:04 - Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme

07:21 - Personal Scribe and ambient AI

09:44 - 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone

12:14 - AI agents on smart glasses

13:07 - Snapdragon START

13:51 - XREAL Aura and Snapdragon Reality Elite

15:07 - Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2

16:10 - Surface PCs and Snapdragon X2 Plus

17:18 - Googlebook and Linux on Snapdragon

18:14 - Snap Specs hands-on

21:20 - Patreon thanks and Jason's AI workshop

22:28 - John Solomon interview: Googlebook and ChromeOS

36:06 - Meta Connect: camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio

37:14 - Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3

37:45 - Meta's 100-gram VR glasses

39:06 - Meta Muse Charm

39:41 - Muse AI agents and transaction fees

40:37 - OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and Luna

41:31 - Claude helps build the next Claude

42:26 - Anthropic's biology lab and enzyme discovery

43:16 - Gemini breaches three real companies in a security test

44:13 - Wrap-up, plugs, and executive producers

Host: Jason HowellGuest: John Solomon, VP & GM for Googlebook and ChromeOS

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