AI Inside

Yellowgold Studios

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.

  1. 31/12/2025

    We Got Slopped in 2025

    This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis unpack AI consolidation as Nvidia licenses Groq's fast inference chips and Meta buys Manus for $2 billion. Growing anti-AI sentiment over jobs, mental health, and politics emerges alongside OpenAI's high-stakes preparedness role. Finally, Jason and Jeff reflect on 2025's jagged progress and 2026's agent and surveillance shifts. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Start 3:27 - Nvidia, joining Big Tech deal spree, to license Groq technology, hire executives 4:50 - Explaining the Groq deal 15:11 - Meta just bought Manus, an AI startup everyone has been talking about 16:50 - 3 reasons buying Manus could give Meta a much-needed AI boost 27:41 - An Anti-A.I. Movement Is Coming. Which Party Will Lead It? Americans Hate AI. Which Party Will Benefit? 29:46 - Bernie Sanders criticizes AI as ‘the most consequential technology in humanity’ 45:11 - ‘This will be a stressful job’: Sam Altman offers $555k salary to fill most daunting role in AI 47:15 - * Sell It Before You Make It: Revolutionizing E-Commerce with Personalized AI-Generated Items 51:27 - * What Human-Horse Interactions may Teach us About Effective HumanAI Interactions 52:27 - * FakeParts: a New Family of AI-Generated DeepFakes 55:45 - Karpathy's year in review 58:37 - https://hbr.org/2025/12/the-hbr-charts-that-help-explain-2025 1:04:29 - Jason: 1. Love/Hate and Confusion (people don't know how they really feel about AI)2. General agents show potential but need a LOT of work3. AI for companionship 1:05:39 - Jason:1. How productive ARE we really?2. AI Shopping moves beyond the demo3. A budding surveillance problem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 17m
  2. Introducing Smart Talks with IBM

    31/12/2025

    Introducing Smart Talks with IBM

    Jason Howell recommends the Smart Talks with IBM podcast where business leaders, technologists and creatives explore how AI and other innovations are transforming industries. This episode is sponsored by Smart Talks with IBM. Check it out here: https://apple.co/43yY2xd.

    3 min

  3. 24/12/2025

    Ben Goertzel of SingularityNET: What AGI Means Now, Open Source AI, and Compute Constraints

    This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at https://Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Ben Goertzel, founder and CEO of SingularityNET, joins us to argue for an open path to AGI. We unpack what “open source” should include beyond code, how access to training data, pipelines, and compute shapes who can actually participate, and why “open weights” can still fall short. We also ask who needs convincing, what incentives could move the market, and how decentralized infrastructure fits into his vision for building advanced AI outside a handful of mega labs. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Start 2:13 - How the definition of AGI has shifted over time, and why the term has become distorted 7:58 - The “thousand narrow AIs” future, and who builds the next specialized system 12:40 - Revisiting Goertzel’s past AGI timeline predictions, what changed by late 2025, and is 2029 still feasible for AGI? 18:42 - Whether today’s AI investment is flowing to the right bets (LLMs vs world models and beyond) 25:43 - Why Goertzel argues LLMs cannot reach AGI, and what evidence could change his mind 31:44 - What it would take to build a truly open-source path to AGI 37:18 - Open weights vs real openness: Goertzel’s take on what’s missing from current releases 43:56 - Who needs to be convinced for open AI to succeed, and how that persuasion happens 50:20 - Advice for college students preparing for an AI-shaped career landscape Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 4m

  4. 17/12/2025

    OpenAI Sheds the Red

    This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at https://Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis unpack OpenAI's rapid GPT-5.2 release and Image 1.5 upgrade amid its Code Red push, contrasted by Google's faster Gemini 3 Flash challenging benchmarks in reasoning and speed. Nvidia's Slurm acquisition and Nemotron 3 open models are explored for their role in agentic AI, while Disney's $1 billion OpenAI deal licensing Sora IP is weighed against its Google cease-and-desist. President Trump's executive order centralizing AI regulation federally is analyzed for tensions with state protections. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Chapters: 00:00 - Podcast begins 3:41 - Jeff on AI & APIs for news for NiemanLab 11:33 - Disney wants you to AI-generate yourself into your favorite Marvel movie 14:27 - Disney’s OpenAI deal is exclusive for just one year — then it’s open season 15:23 - Google Removes AI Videos of Disney Characters After Cease and Desist Letter 21:05 - OpenAI Launches GPT-5.2 as It Navigates ‘Code Red’ 26:21 - OpenAI Just Dropped a New AI Image Model in ChatGPT to Rival Google's Nano Banana 30:20 - Google announces Gemini 3 Flash with Pro-level performance, rolling out now 33:03 - Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models 33:44 - Nvidia Becomes a Major Model Maker With Nemotron 3 38:26 - Trump signs executive order blocking states from enforcing their own regulations around AI 39:13 - Masnick: Trump Pretends To Block State AI Laws; Media Pretends That’s Legal 45:35 - A visual editor for the Cursor Browser 49:47 - Google testing Disco browser 52:10 - I Tried Google Maps' New Gemini Feature, and It Was a Surprisingly Helpful AI Assistant 53:31 - Google Translate brings real-time speech translations to any headphones 1:03:03 - Pew: Teen use of chatbots Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 14m

  5. 15/12/2025

    Is AI Search Hurting The Open Web? With Google's Nick Fox

    This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at https://Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Nick Fox is the SVP of Knowledge and Information at Google, overseeing Search, Ads, and Commerce. He returns to the AI Inside podcast seven months after our Google I/O conversation when he declared "the web is thriving." In this follow-up, we press Fox on the publisher traffic debate, whether Google will ever embrace a licensing model for news, and why the Personal Context feature announced at I/O is still delayed. We also cover AI Mode's growth to 75 million daily users, why emerging markets are adopting it faster than expected, and what Google has learned about changing search behavior. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 - Podcast begins 00:00:41 - Introducing Nick Fox, Google's SVP of Knowledge and Information 00:03:29 - Revisiting "The Web Is Thriving" Claim Seven Months Later 00:05:09 - Publisher Traffic Concerns and Trust in Google's Data 00:08:30 - Preferred Sources: New Feature to Boost Publisher Visibility 00:09:58 - AI Links vs. Traditional Blue Links: Quality and Purpose 00:12:57 - Jeff's Case for News APIs: Should Publishers Embrace AI? 00:16:01 - Google's Response to the News API Proposal 00:17:31 - 3,000+ Publisher Partnerships and the Traffic-First Model 00:21:53 - Advice for Publishers Wanting to Rank in AI Search 00:24:07 - AI Mode Adoption: What Seven Months of User Data Reveals 00:27:07 - Longer Queries, Deeper Exploration: How Users Are Changing 00:29:06 - Global Rollout Insights: US, India, Brazil, and Emerging Markets 00:29:28 - The Learning Curve: Why AI Search Takes Months to Adopt 00:31:11 - Younger Users Leading AI Mode Adoption 00:31:59 - "Catch Me Up" Feature: Embedding AI in New Places 00:34:17 - AI Mode Everywhere: Chrome, Workspace, and Jeff's Chromebook Plea 00:37:50 - Personal Context Update: What's Delaying the Gmail/Drive Integration 00:40:07 - Gemini 3 Pro in Search: Generative UIs and Intelligent Routing 00:43:23 - Google's AI Brand Strategy: Search, Gemini App, and Beyond 00:46:23 - If You Were Starting a Content Business Today 00:48:16 - Thank you to Nick Fox for joining the AI Inside podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    53 min

  6. 11/12/2025

    Phantom Datacenters

    This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at https://Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis explore Google's XR prototypes and Meta's mixed reality delay, Nvidia's H200 chips cleared for China, the Agentic AI Foundation alliance, Meta's Limitless pendant acquisition, and Pebble's smart ring debut. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Podcast start 7:55 - I tried Google’s prototype smart glasses and it almost made me forget about my phone 8:13 - Here's how Google is laying the foundation for our mixed reality future 32:28 - Commerce to open up exports of Nvidia H200 chips to China 35:46 - Exclusive: Nvidia builds location verification tech that could help fight chip smuggling 41:06 - OpenAI, Anthropic, and Block Are Teaming Up to Make AI Agents Play Nice 48:05 - Meta Acquires Limiteless, an A.I. Pendant Company Backed by Sam Altman 49:48 - Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100 55:48 - TESCREALers paying journalists at major outlets to cover AI 1:01:01 - Jeff's ARXIV Showdown 1:07:09 - From Inbox to Wipeout: Perplexity Comet’s AI Browser Quietly Erasing Google Drive 1:07:44 - Block all AI browsers for the foreseeable future: Gartner 1:11:09 - You can buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT 1:14:51 - Google's year in search adds AI catch-me-up 1:15:08 - Google’s Year in Search 2025: These trending topics spiked big Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 24m

  7. 08/12/2025

    Google XR Director Juston Payne: Project Aura, Android XR, Lessons from Google Glass

    This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. Juston Payne is Google's Senior Director of Product Management for XR and the product mind behind Android XR and the newly announced Project Aura. He joins the AI Inside podcast to explain how Google plans to succeed where Google Glass fell short over a decade ago. We dig into why the smart glasses market today resembles the iPhone before the App Store existed, how Google's platform approach lowers the lift for developers, and why multimodal AI makes this the right moment for XR to take off. Juston also shares a personal story about his son navigating Rome with nothing but prototype glasses. Tune in for an essential conversation about where computing is headed next. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00:00 - Podcast begins 00:00:44 - Introducing Juston Payne, Google's Senior Director of Product Management for XR 00:02:13 - Why Google Sees XR as the Next Major Computing Platform 00:05:14 - Google's Ecosystem Advantage and the Developer Problem 00:09:22 - Gemini and XR: A Perfect Multimodal Pairing 00:13:17 - Google Maps and the AI Pipeline Powering Immersive Experiences 00:16:44 - The 10-Year-Old Navigating Rome with Prototype Glasses 00:18:54 - Juston Reveals His Original Google Glass Explorer Edition 00:21:59 - The Three Things Missing from Glass: Hardware, Platform, and AI 00:26:02 - Privacy, Cameras, and Cultural Acceptance 00:27:43 - The Xreal Partnership and Project Aura 00:33:04 - Thank you to Juston Payne for joining the AI Inside podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min

  8. 03/12/2025

    What a Difference Three Years Makes

    Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis unpack Apple's new AI chief Amar Subramanya, ChatGPT's third birthday reflections, and how Silicon Valley is spoofing websites to train its AI agents without getting blocked by the real thing. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast start 0:02:50 - https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/30/chatgpt-third-birthday/ 0:05:30 - https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/30/chatgpt-launched-three-years-ago-today/ 0:16:25 - https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/01/apple-just-named-a-new-ai-chief-with-google-and-microsoft-expertise-as-john-giannandrea-steps-down/ 0:22:42 - https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/02/amazon-releases-an-impressive-new-ai-chip-and-teases-a-nvidia-friendly-roadmap/ 0:29:35 - https://www.rohan-paul.com/p/semianalysis-on-google-tpu-vs-nvidia - https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/tpuv7-google-takes-a-swing-at-the 0:33:25 - https://archive.ph/YsUrX#selection-285.0-285.85 0:39:00 - https://deadline.com/2025/11/james-cameron-gen-ai-horrifying-human-art-sacred-avatar-1236631387/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=692d672d138b980001cfe084&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawOaZNRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCV25hNGNVSm95Tzk0S3pVc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsePuPpiv_rP7ZGwwz3XHIDvCxbAILSEt1DcFsZBIT8kw3T9uUkOQR3VqHU5_aem_Er2ggpoE7126yXy0m4i_lg 0:43:53 - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/technology/silicon-valley-builds-amazon-and-gmail-copycats-to-train-ai-agents.html 0:52:53 - https://venturebeat.com/ai/deepseek-just-dropped-two-insanely-powerful-ai-models-that-rival-gpt-5-and 0:55:37 - Runway unveils Gen-4.5 video generation model that tops Video Arena 1:00:49 - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/technology/college-computer-science-ai-boom.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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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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  • Creator
    Yellowgold Studios
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    109
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    Clean
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