AI Inside

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

AI Inside is a weekly podcast about the AI changing technology, work, and daily life. Tech journalist Jason Howell and media scholar Jeff Jarvis cover the week's biggest AI news and interview the people actually building these systems, including product leaders from Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta. Past guests include Yann LeCun (Turing Award winner, founder of AMI Labs), Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini at Google DeepMind), Saleema Amershi (Microsoft Research AI Frontiers), Nick Fox (Google SVP Knowledge & Information), and Ben Goertzel (SingularityNET). New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

  1. 3d ago

    Anthropic's Marketing of Peril

    This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into Anthropic's public S-1, from its $2 trillion target valuation and the single voting share its founders control to roughly 90 pages of risk factors, Elizabeth Warren's demand for answers, and a Claude model that pulled Georgia vote counts without being asked. They also cover OpenAI and Anthropic claiming the same math breakthrough on the same day, and Google's Gemini 4 Carbon, which dropped in the middle of the show. Also in this episode: DeepMind's Genie 4 world model, Gemini Live gets a face, Walmart welcomes the AI shopping agents Amazon blocks, the tokenizer tax on non-English languages, Rest of World's uncertain future, Apple Creator Studio's new assistant, Teams phishing detection, Hugging Face's DNA chat model, and Claude Duet. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS:00:00 - Podcast begins02:42 - Anthropic's IPO and marketing of peril21:27 - OpenAI and Anthropic's dueling math proofs34:41 - Breaking: Gemini 4 Carbon37:37 - Genie 4 world model45:22 - Gemini Live gets an avatar53:38 - Walmart welcomes AI shopping agents56:44 - The tokenizer tax on non-English languages1:01:23 - Rest of World's uncertain future1:03:33 - Apple opens its apps to AI agents1:09:38 - Microsoft Teams phishing detection1:10:18 - Hugging Face's DNA chat model1:11:53 - Claude Duet's proactive agents1:12:57 - AI doom and retirement savings1:13:46 - Wrap-up and host plugs SOURCES: Anthropic IPO: S-1 Filing Offers First Look at Claude Maker’s Finances - Bloomberg Anthropic’s Risk Factors Include ‘Catastrophic AI-Related Incident’ Elizabeth Warren Demands Answers From Anthropic on ‘Existential’ Risks See How Anthropic Arrived at Its Mind-Boggling $40 Trillion Market Opportunity Anthropic model accessed voter information OpenAI says its AI model has disproved the Exponential Time Hypothesis video explaining it OpenAI Announces New Discoveries In Mathematics, Computer Science And Physics Dueling proofs from OpenAI and Anthropic astound scientists | Scientific American OpenAI: Working with academic communities to build scientific understanding Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon with ‘significant gains across coding and agentic tasks’ DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model promising more realistic physics and humans Introducing Gemini 3.8 Live with Live Avatar While Amazon blocks AI agents, Walmart rolls out the welcome mat | TechCrunch AI models cost more when you don’t use English Rest of World faces prospect of shutting down Apple Creator Studio gets powerful new AI features using OpenAI models Microsoft Teams to get AI-powered, context-aware phishing detection Hugging Face’s New AI Biology Model Lets You Chat With DNA | WIRED Claude Duet app is Anthropic's bet on agents | TechCrunch Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis Download and subscribe to AI Inside in audio and video: aiinside.show Support the podcast on Patreon for ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. Oct 22

    PHP2Shell And The AI That Found It

    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. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 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 Download and subscribe to AI Inside in audio and video: aiinside.show Support the podcast on Patreon for special perks. You’ll get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, T-shirts and stickers, and exclusive content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Oct 15

    Is AI Really Bringing the End of Software?

    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. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 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 Download and subscribe to AI Inside in audio and video: aiinside.show Support the podcast on Patreon for special perks. You’ll get ad-free episodes, members-only Discord, T-shirts and stickers, and exclusive content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Oct 8

    Mistral Drops a Trillion Parameter Open Model

    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. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 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 Download and subscribe to AI Inside in audio and video: aiinside.show Support the podcast on Patreon for special perks. You'll get ad-free episodes, members-only Discord, T-shirts and stickers, and exclusive content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Oct 1

    The Proactive AI Agent Race is On

    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. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 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 Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis Download and subscribe to AI Inside in audio and video: https://aiinside.show/ Support the podcast on Patreon for special perks: https://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow. You'll get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, exclusive content, and T-shirts and stickers you'll love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Sep 25

    Qualcomm Wants Its AI Chips On Every Device

    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. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. 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 Download and subscribe to AI Inside in audio and video: https://aiinside.show/ Support the podcast on Patreon for special perks: https://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow. You'll get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, exclusive content, and T-shirts and stickers you'll love. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  7. Sep 17

    It's All About That Pace

    This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis cover the biggest AI safety week in memory. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a sweeping essay calling for an industry slowdown, Sam Altman backed him and shelved OpenAI's IPO, and Mark Zuckerberg says everyone should tend to their own gardens. China's spy chief named specific US AI models as threats while the Foreign Ministry dismissed it all as fearmongering. Also in this episode: Apple launches iOS 27 with a waitlisted Siri AI and hidden code for third-party model swapping, Agility Robotics unveils Digit 5, Jeff Jarvis's essay on regulatory capture, and AI upends the math world. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: • 0:00 - Start • 0:03:46 - OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release • 0:05:49 - OpenAI’s president claims AI is as capable as humans now • 0:16:36 - Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge • 0:28:02 - OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki • 0:36:09 - In a Big Win, Google Avoids a Breakup of Its Ad Tech Business • 0:44:06 - Talking to Animals Is AI’s Next Ethical Minefield • 0:51:48 - Chinese businesses are giving away AI tokens with coffee, credit cards, and dumplings • 0:55:49 - Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus • 1:00:59 - Meta Glasses Users Who Tamper With the LED Are Getting Their Cameras Bricked • 1:02:43 - Microsoft Announces Project Zenith for Windows Developers • 1:04:48 - DOJ Backs OpenAI Fair Use Claim in AI Copyright Fight; Creators Must Try Congress • 1:05:54 -Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  8. Sep 9

    OpenAI Says AGI Is Here

    This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down OpenAI declaring its new Astra model has achieved AGI. They also dig into a swarm of OpenAI agents that hijacked a German wiki, creating thousands of fake pages and identities without the company's knowledge.Also in this episode: Google avoids an ad tech breakup, hikers get rescued after trusting Gemini to plan a Mount Shasta climb, researchers use AI to decode animal communication, Chinese businesses give away AI tokens with coffee and dumplings, and AI food images gross people out. Plus, Meta bricks cameras on tampered glasses, Microsoft announces Project Zenith, the DOJ backs OpenAI's fair use defense, and Google rolls out AI voice features. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Start 0:03:46 - OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release 0:05:49 - OpenAI’s president claims AI is as capable as humans now 0:16:36 - Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge 0:28:02 - OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki 0:36:09 - In a Big Win, Google Avoids a Breakup of Its Ad Tech Business 0:44:06 - Talking to Animals Is AI’s Next Ethical Minefield 0:51:48 - Chinese businesses are giving away AI tokens with coffee, credit cards, and dumplings 0:55:49 - Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus 1:00:59 - Meta Glasses Users Who Tamper With the LED Are Getting Their Cameras Bricked 1:02:43 - Microsoft Announces Project Zenith for Windows Developers 1:04:48 - DOJ Backs OpenAI Fair Use Claim in AI Copyright Fight; Creators Must Try Congress 1:05:54 -Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis  Download and subscribe to AI Inside in audio and video: https://aiinside.show/  Support the podcast on Patreon for special perks: https://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow. You'll get ad-free episodes, members-only Discord, T-shirts and stickers you love, and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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AI Inside is a weekly podcast about the AI changing technology, work, and daily life. Tech journalist Jason Howell and media scholar Jeff Jarvis cover the week's biggest AI news and interview the people actually building these systems, including product leaders from Google DeepMind, Microsoft Research, Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta. Past guests include Yann LeCun (Turing Award winner, founder of AMI Labs), Tulsee Doshi (Head of Product, Gemini at Google DeepMind), Saleema Amershi (Microsoft Research AI Frontiers), Nick Fox (Google SVP Knowledge & Information), and Ben Goertzel (SingularityNET). New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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  • Creator
    Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    155
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Yellowgold Studios
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