This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at airia.com.
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.
Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.
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.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
--------
1:13:45
--------
1:13:45
Samsung Galaxy XR Gets Real
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at airia.com.
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.
Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.
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
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
--------
1:03:14
--------
1:03:14
OpenAI’s Sexy ChatGPT is Coming Soon
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at airia.com.
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.
Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.
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.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
--------
1:12:22
--------
1:12:22
Sora App Hands-On: We've Got Mixed Feelings
This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at airia.com.
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into ChatGPT’s Sora app first hand, Jason's shows off Rabbit's redemption plan, a brief look at Jason's n8n installation, Deloitte’s AI blunder, and more.
Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.
CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Podcast begins
0:02:16 - Jason shows off his fresh n8n install
0:13:31 - Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK
0:18:40 - OpenAI launches AgentKit to help developers build and ship AI agents
0:19:16 - Codex is now generally available
0:23:33 - OpenAI and Jony Ive grapple with technical issues on secretive AI device
0:28:17 - Jason shows how to train and create with the Sora 2 app
0:38:22 - Slop factory worries about slop: MrBeast says AI could threaten creators’ livelihoods, calling it ‘scary times’ for the industry
0:51:32 - Rabbit plots its redemption arc
0:55:33 - Nothing’s ‘first step’ to an ‘AI OS’ is not first, or an OS, but is fascinating
1:01:41 - Nvidia to Finance Musk’s xAI Chips as Part of $20 Billion Deal
1:05:55 - Deloitte will refund Australian government for AI hallucination-filled report
1:06:33 - Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries
1:07:18 - Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Now Free for All, Mobile App Coming Soon
1:08:57 - Introducing the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model
1:10:32 - Trio Including Google’s Quantum Computer Builder Win Nobel
1:15:26 - Goodbye, Assistant: What Gemini's Arrival Means for Your Google Home
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
--------
1:22:31
--------
1:22:31
OpenAI Sora 2 Ignites Likeness Debate
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down OpenAI’s Sora 2 update, DeepMind’s vision for video foundation models, California’s sweeping new AI law, and Spotify’s fight against 75 million spammy tracks.
Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor.
CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Podcast begins
0:01:51 - Jason's Irish tour with Meta Oakley HSNT glasses
0:08:33 - Sora 2 is here
0:12:04 - iJustine's Sora test and promotion
0:14:32 - OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out
0:19:34 - Foom: all slop, all the time...
0:29:11 - DeepMind says video models like Veo 3 could become general purpose foundation models for vision, like LLMs for text
0:34:24 - AI Actress Tilly Norwood Condemned by SAG-AFTRA: Tilly ‘Is Not an Actor… It Has No Life Experience to Draw From, No Emotion
0:40:59 - ’CEO of Controversial Startup Vows to Keep Mass Publishing AI Podcasts Despite Backlash
0:53:07 - Spotify Announces New AI Safeguards, Says It’s Removed 75 Million ‘Spammy’ Tracks
0:55:00 - California Governor Signs Sweeping A.I. Law
0:56:23 - Hawley and Blumenthal unveil AI evaluation bill
1:00:43 - This is Gemini for Home and the redesigned Home app, rollout starts today
1:04:09 - Marissa Mayer Is Dissolving Her Sunshine Startup Lab to make AI digital assistant
1:06:44 - Introducing Claude Sonnet 4.5
1:08:03 - DoorDash Unveils Delivery Robot, Smart Scale in Hardware Debut
1:10:02 - Opera launches Neon AI browser to join agentic web browsing race
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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.
New Zealand