Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis as they discuss Meta's new chief AI scientist shakeup, Apple losing key AI talent to Meta, Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses tripling sales, and Microsoft debuting a bold AI Copilot Mode in Edge.Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice!
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CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Podcast begins
0:01:51 - Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun clarifies his role after the company hires another chief AI scientist
0:06:52 - Apple Loses Fourth AI Researcher in a Month to Meta’s Superintelligence Team
0:08:47 - Meta’s AI Recruiting Campaign Finds a New Target
0:19:43 - Personal SuperintelligenceZuck yammers about "personal superintelligence"
0:24:24 - Oakley Meta HSTN Limited Edition impressions
0:35:06 - Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses revenue tripled over the year, EssilorLuxottica says
0:36:40 - You might want to delve into this paper. I want to underscore, that's a joke you'll comprehend only with meticulous reading of it.
0:45:10 - Donald Trump Says AI Companies Can’t Be Expected To Pay For All Copyrighted Content Used In Their Training Models: “Not Do-Able”
0:50:04 - New: Amazon to Pay New York Times at Least $20 Million a Year in AI Deal
0:53:16 - Microsoft revolutionizes Edge as an AI-powered web browser with new experimental 'Copilot Mode' — here's how to enable it right now
0:54:57 - Related: Fellou.ai
0:59:19 - Perplexity for Mac now supports MCP, and you should check it out
1:02:50 - OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
1:04:43 - Google AI Mode adding Search Live video, Canvas, PDF upload, and more
1:08:01 - Meta Is Going to Let Job Candidates Use AI During Coding Tests
1:08:51 - Meta is testing AI use in technical interviews – DTNSB 5070
1:10:21 - Photoshop just made it shockingly easy to edit objects and people into photos
1:12:00 - Imax Teams With Runway On Commercial Screenings Of AI Film Festival Selections
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ChatGPT's Imaginary Product Trick
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell start things off by chatting with Soundslice's CEO Adrian Holovaty who responds to OpenAI inventing an imaginary feature. Then its news roundup time: The Trump administration’s sweeping new AI action plan, why AI shopping assistants still struggle with trust, the future of always-on AI wearables after Amazon acquires Bee, and Netflix officially embraces generative AI in its productions.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Podcast begins
0:01:01 - A Conversation with Adrian Holovaty, Soundslice
0:26:24 - White House Unveils Sweeping AI Action Plan to Boost Development
0:34:32 - OpenAI launches personal assistant capable of controlling files and web browsers
0:39:02 - Perplexity in talks with phone makers to pre-install Comet AI mobile browser on devices
0:39:36 - AI shopping assistants have a trust problem
0:42:32 - Replit makes vibe-y promise to stop its AI agents making vibe coding disasters
0:47:38 - Amazon buys Bee AI wearable that listens to everything you say
0:48:42 - Limitless AI
0:55:40 - OpenAI’s Sam Altman warns of AI voice fraud crisis in banking
0:59:23 - US authors suing Anthropic can band together in copyright class action, judge rules
1:01:25 - Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time
1:06:06 - Google’s ‘Big Sleep’ Just Became the First-Ever AI to Prevent a Cyberattack
1:07:03 - Researchers from top AI labs including Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic warn they may be losing the ability to understand advanced AI models
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It's Got That Bubbly Feeling
Jeff Jarvis and I return for another week of AI Inside. NVIDIA and AMD get the green light to sell AI chips in China... for now! Is U.S. trade policy fueling Chinese AI innovation? Meta might someday decide to pivot from open-ish source to closed source, because dang, they are throwing serious money at superintelligence! Google’s $2.4 billion Windsurf licensing and talent grab continue to make us question if we're staring into the steely eyes of a bubble. Jeff and I round out the show by exploring the new wave of agentic AI web browsers.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Podcast begins
0:01:06 - Nvidia and AMD Soar as Chip Trade Curbs Fall
0:03:01 - China Is Spending Billions to Become an A.I. Superpower
0:09:26 - Zuckerberg touts AI build-out, says company will spend hundreds of billions on data centers
0:11:02 - Meta’s Days of Giving Away AI for Free Are Numbered
0:14:55 - Their Water Taps Ran Dry When Meta Built Next Door
0:20:05 - Google to Pay $2.4 Billion in Deal to License Tech of Coding Startup, Hire CEO
0:21:48 - Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf
0:28:10 - Google Gemini flaw hijacks email summaries for phishing
0:34:34 - More advanced AI capabilities are coming to Search
0:41:04 - Anthropic’s Claude chatbot can now make and edit your Canva designs
0:47:18 - ChatGPT made up a product feature out of thin air, so this company created it
0:56:01 - New research centre to explore how AI can help humans ‘speak’ with pets
1:01:33 - OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome
1:04:49 - Check out Jason's Perplexity Comet video on YouTube
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Babak Hodjat: From Siri to Multi-Agent AI
Babak Hodjat, CTO for AI at Cognizant and a pioneer behind the technology that became Siri, joins us to discuss the new era of agentic AI. We dig into his early days building natural language systems, the evolution of multi-agent architectures, and how language interfaces are shaping the future of human-AI collaboration. We also discuss the safeguards needed to ensure trust in autonomous systems, the challenge of AI’s black box, and the emerging standards for interoperability.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Podcast begins01:45 - Introducing Babak Hodjat and his journey from Dejima to Siri02:47 - The origins of agent-based AI and early natural language systems06:21 - Language as the ultimate interface: strengths and limitations09:35 - How modern AI capabilities could have changed early voice agents13:08 - Agentic systems versus traditional APIs in enterprise tech16:10 - How Cognizant builds and deploys agent-based AI for clients18:18 - The need for interoperability and emerging agent standards20:49 - Do agents develop their own languages? Internal communication in LLMs23:01 - Multilingual models, cultural context, and emotional abstraction26:49 - Can AI truly understand meaning? Perspectives on abstraction27:50 - Safeguards, kill switches, and trust in agentic automation32:05 - Marketing, influence, and negotiation in an agent-driven world35:07 - The risks of over-trusting black box AI systems36:47 - The evolution of AI: what’s truly new versus what’s rediscovered39:26 - Thank you to Babak Hodjat for joining the AI Inside podcast
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Perplexity's Comet Browser is Finally Here!
This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis celebrate the arrival of AI Mode for Jeff! They pick apart all of the defections taking place in AI (much of it heading right for Meta's Superintelligence lab), how AI impersonation is becoming a thing even if it isn't very successful yet, and the arrival of Perplexity's $200 per month plan that includes first dibs at their agentic Comet browser.
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CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Podcast begins
0:01:33 - Jeff finally got his AI Mode!
0:10:55 - Circle to Search Gets AI Mode, Gaming Help Arrives, and Pixel Watch Finally Gets Gemini
0:16:51 - Apple Loses Top AI Models Executive to Meta’s Hiring Spree
0:24:16 - Ilya Sutskever becomes CEO of Safe Superintelligence after Meta poached Daniel Gross
0:31:09 - xAI updated Grok to be more ‘politically incorrect’
0:35:21 - Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X
0:37:34 - Fake AI voice impersonating Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacts foreign ministers and US officials
0:41:18 - OpenAI tightens the screws on security to keep away prying eyes
0:46:39 - Channel 4 to offer AI-generated ads for SMEs on its streaming service
0:52:31 - How the Owner of Hidden Valley Ranch Learned to Love AI
0:57:21 - Jeff shows off Epicure for AI-generated recipes
1:00:00 - Perplexity launches a $200 monthly subscription plan
1:00:28 - Perplexity launches Comet, an AI-powered web browser
1:04:44 - Excerpt from our interview with Babak Hodjat, co-founder of the tech driving Siri
1:12:57 - Nvidia Just Became the First Company to Hit a $4 Trillion Market Cap
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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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