In this year-end review, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis examine the importance of AI to the tech story of 2024. From the biggest trends, to the ongoing fight over copyright and training data, to safety and regulation, and the moving goalposts of AGI. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! CHAPTERS: 0:05:52 - Trends 0:06:07 - Multimodality 0:14:17 - RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) 0:24:38 - From chatbots to Agents 0:29:48 - From summary to creation 0:35:38 - Creativity and quality 0:39:05 - Search 0:...
Dec 25, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 48
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis call OpenAI's 1-800-CHATGPT service, Google's Imagen 3 and Veo 2 updates, the anthropomorphization of Claude, MindStudio's workflow demo, and the implications of AI copyright exemptions. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! NEWS 0:09:38 - ChatGPT’s AI search engine is rolling out to everyone 0:13:13 - OpenAI launches ChatGPT Projects, letting you organize files, chats in groups 0:14:32 - Breaking today: 1-800-ChatGPT 0:19:33 - State-of-the-art video and image generation w...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Jason's exclusive look at Google's Project Astra glasses, the new $200/month ChatGPT Pro tier, OpenAI's Sora and Canvas tools, Reddit's AI data licensing revenue, and more! 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:40 - I tried out Android XR, Google’s latest attempt to take on Meta and Apple 0:18:02 - Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era 0:32:46 -...
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 46
Jason Howell and Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI, explore the creation of Yara, the challenges in current mental health services, AI's potential in making mental wellness accessible, ethical AI design, and the importance of safety in AI healthcare applications. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow Yara AI 0:03:00 - Introduction of guest Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI 0:05:14 - Exploration of the connection between SwiftKey and Yara AI 0:09:06...
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 45
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss newly released documents from the Elon Musk-OpenAI lawsuit, a surprising study on AI poetry, Microsoft's latest AI innovations at Ignite 2024, the potential of collaborative AI agents, and more! 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:03:50 - Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI 0:16:40 - ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses. 0:23:01 - Intr...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 44
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Sam Altman's AGI predictions, challenges faced by AI companies in advancing their models, Anthropic's defense sector partnership, the release of Google DeepMind's AlphaFold 3 for non-commercial use, and more. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:06:01 - Altman's latest AGI BS prediction: a year 0:08:32 - More AGI BS predictions, and one dissent 0:11:36 - OpenAI Shifts S...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 43
Jason Howell and guest Mike Elgan analyze the post-election tech landscape for AI, OpenAI's new ChatGPT Search capabilities, the democratization of robotics programming, and more. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:03:15 - What will the AI industry look like over the next four years of a Trump presidency? 0:05:58 - Introducing ChatGPT search 0:17:25 - OpenAI Swarm 0:23:15 - A faster, better way to train ...
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 42
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Google's Project Jarvis browser control AI, GitHub's expansion of Copilot to multiple AI models, Meta's development of its own AI search engine, and Apple's rollout of Apple Intelligence features for select devices. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:03:33 - Project Jarvis: Google Preps AI That Takes Over Computers 0:15:55 - More than a quarter of new code at Google i...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 41
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell examine the shifting landscape of AI partnerships as Microsoft and OpenAI negotiate their future, while discussing Meta's latest language model and NVIDIA's entry into the "Open-ISH" AI arena. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:22 - Meta under fire for ‘polluting’ open-source 0:07:46 - Meta Introduces Spirit LM open source model that combines text and speech inputs/outputs...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 40
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the limitations of AI reasoning, Tesla's latest We, Robot event, and interview Sarah Bird from Microsoft about responsible AI engineering in the company and beyond. 🔔 PATREON: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:13 - Hype-puncturing paper: LLMs can't reason; they mimic; changing a name throws them 0:09:30 - On topic: Mims on LeCun: This AI Pioneer Thinks AI I...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 39
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Meta's new Movie Gen tool for AI video creation, Jason demos OpenAI's new Canvas interface, the controversial I-XRAY facial recognition demo and Zillow's AI staging acquisition. Jeff's book, The Web We Weave, is out now! Use code WEB20 for 20% off at checkout! Please support our work on Patreon! NEWS Meta Unveils Instant A.I. Video Generator That Adds Sounds How Meta Movie Gen could usher in a new AI-enabled era for content creators Amazon Ads AI adds motion ...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 38
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into OpenAI's leadership changes, Meta's AR glasses prototype, Google DeepMind's AI chip design breakthrough, and more. Please support our work on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS OpenAI’s Complex Path to Becoming a For-Profit Company SoftBank to Invest $500 Million in OpenAI Apple No Longer in Talks to Join OpenAI Investment Round Behind OpenAI’s Staff Churn: Turf Wars, Burnout, Compensation Demands OpenAI’s DevDay brings Realtime API and other...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 37
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk about how Hollywood is embracing AI with Lionsgate partnering with Runway ML, Electronic Arts showcases AI-driven gameplay concepts and Jason gives a live demo of ChatGPT's Advanced Voice mode. Please support our work on Patreon! NEWS @OpenAI: Advanced Voice is rolling out to all Plus and Team users in the ChatGPT app over the course of the week. After Apple, Jony Ive Is Building an Empire of His Own Sam Altman catapults past founder mode into ‘god mode’ with la...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 36
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell analyze the hype surrounding OpenAI's o1 model, experiment with NotebookLM's Audio Overview feature, and examine the potential impacts of AI on surveillance and creative industries. Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS OpenAI Unveils New ChatGPT That Can Reason Through Math and Science OpenAI is launching an ‘independent’ safety board that can stop its model releases I just built a fully functional 2D FlappyBird game in 3-4 min...
Sep 17, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 35
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Apple's AI-infused iPhone 16 launch, Google's enhancement of Photos with broader AI search capabilities, Waymo's report on autonomous vehicle safety, and more! Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Apple Intelligence has an official release date – but it won't be on your new iPhone 16 or iPhone 16 Pro at launch Visual Intelligence: AI-powered visual search comes to the iPhone Improved search in Google Photos — plus early...
Sep 11, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 34
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into Amazon's AI plans for Alexa, Elon Musk's Colossus announcement, the cultural implications of AI in entertainment and elections, and more! Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Ask Claude: Amazon turns to Anthropic's AI for Alexa revamp @elonmusk: This weekend, the @xAI team brought our Colossus 100k H100 training cluster online. Why Musk’s AI Rivals Are Alarmed by His New GPU Cluster OpenAI plans to build its own AI ch...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 33
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis explore OpenAI's Orion and Strawberry advancements, the impact of AI on the music creation process, how AI saved Amazon an estimated 4,500 developer years of work in application upgrades, and more. Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS OpenAI Shows ‘Strawberry’ AI to the Feds and Uses It to Develop ‘Orion’ No one’s ready for this Hello, you’re here because you said AI image editing was just like Photoshop See also: NYTimes from ...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 32
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell showcase the AI features of the new Google Pixel 9 phone, discuss updates to California's SB 1047 bill Eric Schmidt's retracted comments on AI startups, and Taylor Swift deepfakes used as political propaganda. 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow HANDS ON Hands on With Pixel 9 AI features (Gemini Live, Pixel Screenshots, etc) NEWS California weakens bill to prevent AI disasters before final vote, taking advice from Anthropic Pelo...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 31
Jason Howell shares his firsthand experience from Google's hardware event, highlighting new AI features in Pixel devices like the "Add Me" photo tool and AI-powered screenshot organization. Jeff Jarvis and Jason also discuss California's controversial AI safety bill and its potential impact on innovation, and examining Meta's new VFusion3D AI tool for creating 3D imagery. 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Gemini Live is the best AI feature I've seen ...
Aug 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 30
In this episode of AI Inside, hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the latest AI industry developments, including Character.ai's CEO returning to Google, NVIDIA's chip delay, OpenAI's text detection tool, and (gasp) autonomous dental robots. 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS: Character.AI CEO Noam Shazeer returns to Google Struggling AI Startups Look for a Bailout from Big Tech Nvidia reportedly delays its next AI chip due to a design flaw As...
Aug 06, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 29
Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis as they explore recent developments in AI, from Apple's upcoming Apple Intelligence beta to OpenAI's SearchGPT product, before sitting down with Qualcomm's Vinesh Sukumar to discuss the cutting-edge of on-device AI. 🔔 Are you a fan of AI Inside? PLEASE fill out the customer survey: http://aiinside.show/survey 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS: Apple's AI Features Rollout Will Miss Upcoming iPhone Software Overhaul A...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 28
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk through a very consequential week in AI news, beginning with the release of the first open-source frontier AI model, the 305 billion parameter version of Llama 3.1! Also, GPT-4o attempts to plug the "ignore all previous instructions" hole, OpenAI is giving it back to the New York times, and so much more! 🔔 Are you a fan of AI Inside? PLEASE fill out the customer survey: http://aiinside.show/survey 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ai...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 27
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into OpenAI's "Strawberry" project for autonomous web research, discuss Google's selective indexing practices, explore Disney's partnership with AudioShake to deconstruct its music catalog using AI, and more! 🔔 Please fill out the audience survey and help us grow the show: http://www.aiinside.show/survey 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow NEWS Exclusive: OpenAI working on new reasoning technology under code name ‘Strawber...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 26
Jason Howell talks with Matt Post, co-creator of LocalLens, an AI-powered platform revolutionizing access to local government information by summarizing and analyzing meeting data across municipalities. 🔔 Please fill out the audience survey and help us grow the show: http://www.aiinside.show/survey 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW: Matt Post, thelocallens.org Overview of LocalLens as an AI-powered database of local government meeting summaries...
Jul 10, 2024•53 min•Ep. 25
This week hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis welcome Dr. Émile P. Torres, philosopher and researcher who coined the term TESCREAL to describe the complicated ideologies driving the push toward AGI, as well as explore recent news in AI disclosure and consumer tech integration. 🔔 Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW: Dr. Émile P. Torres Explanation of the TESCREAL acronym and its component ideologies Overview of artificial general intelligence (AGI) an...
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 24
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis talk with the creators of MindStudio.ai, a no-code AI development platform where enterprises and individuals can build custom AI solutions tailored to their needs. Please support this podcast on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW TOPICS - Introducing guests Dmitry Shapiro (CEO) and Sean Thielen (CTO) of MindStudio, their backgrounds and how they met - The pivotal moment of ChatGPT's release and their vision for MindStudio as a model-agnostic, low-...
Jun 26, 2024•58 min•Ep. 23
AI continues to shake up how news is created and consumed. Guest Nikita Roy, host of the Newsroom Robots podcast, talks with Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis about the opportunities and challenges facing media companies. Please support this podcast on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW TOPICS - Welcoming guest Nikita Roy, host of Newsroom Robots podcast - Norway's media companies like Schibsted and iTromsø leading in AI adoption for journalism - Lack of AI literacy and experiment...
Jun 19, 2024•58 min•Ep. 22
Justin Uberti, creator of WebRTC and now Founder of Fixie.ai, shares insights into the development of AI.town, a platform for engaging with AI personalities through voice, and the potential impact of conversational AI on various industries. Please support this podcast on Patreon! http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERVIEW TOPICS - Introduction to Justin's background (WebRTC, Hangouts Video, Duo, Stadia) - The shift towards conversational AI and voice interactions - Fixie.ai and AI.town - enab...
Jun 12, 2024•55 min•Ep. 21
The FBI created a fake encrypted phone company called ANOM, targeting criminal organizations worldwide in an unprecedented honeypot operation. Joseph Cox, renowned cybersecurity journalist from 404media and author of "Dark Wire," reveals how artificial intelligence drove this groundbreaking investigation, enabling the FBI to monitor criminal communications and make arrests on a historic global scale like never before. Please support our work on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow INTERV...
Jun 05, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 20
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk about the challenges of Google's AI search errors, the implications of OpenAI's funding and internal conflicts, Elon Musk's ambitious xAI supercomputer project, and the potential of AI for companionship and sentience. Support AI Inside on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AIInsideShow NEWS: Google’s A.I. Search Errors Cause a Furor Online Google AI Search getting everything wrong Elon Musk raises $6 billion to challenge OpenAI@ylecun Yann Lecun: "Join xAI if you c...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 19
