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Stay in the loop with the biggest stories in AI—without the noise and nonsense. Each week, Jack Houghton (CPO at Mindset AI) unpacks the latest news, research, and product trends shaping the future of artificial intelligence. From OpenAI breakthroughs to unicorn startups, In The Loop delivers sharp, less than 20-minute episodes packed with insights for product leaders, engineers, and AI-curious innovators. Subscribe to get smarter about AI, every week. Don't forget to rate and share the show with other AI enthusiasts. Check out Mindset AI: https://bit.ly/40lJr6B

  1. 12/24/2025 · BONUS

    Stay In The Loop In 2026

    Thanks for tuning into In The Loop in 2025. I can't wait to see you next year. Don't forget to follow and rate the podcast. Please share the show with a friend.

    1 min
  2. Everything You Need To Know About GPT-5.2 In 10 Mins

    12/18/2025

    Everything You Need To Know About GPT-5.2 In 10 Mins

    OpenAI just dropped GPT-5.2, and it's their most focused release yet. No AGI promises this time—just real improvements for professional work. In this final episode of 2025, I break down what actually matters about this release. You'll learn about the three model versions (Instant, Thinking, and Pro Extended Thinking), massive context window upgrades, and genuine breakthroughs in spreadsheets and presentations. I also cover what still lags behind—speed issues, writing quality versus Claude, and where hallucinations still creep in. Join me for the last In The Loop episode of the year. ⏭️ Episode Highlights (00:55) – OpenAI's GPT 5.2 release (GpT Garlic) and what it means (01:55) – How is GPT-5.2 better: what has been improved (09:15) – What still needs work: speed and writing quality (10:45) – Closing thoughts 🔗 Links & Resources Episode transcript with more resources on the Mindset AI blog If you enjoyed this episode, rate, follow, and share! It helps others stay ahead of the latest AI trends. 🚀 🤝 We’re Social Stay in the loop—even when you’re not listening to this podcast. Jack Houghton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-houghton1/  TikTok - @jackschats  Mindset Ai Mindset AI website - https://bit.ly/40lJr6B  Newsletter - https://bit.ly/ITLnewsletter  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindset-ai/  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GetMindsetAI  TikTok - @get.mindset.ai

    12 min
  3. Code Red: "We're At A Critical Time For ChatGPT."

    12/11/2025

    Code Red: "We're At A Critical Time For ChatGPT."

    OpenAI just declared Code Red. But here's the twist: three years ago, it was Google in crisis mode. When ChatGPT launched, Google's founders came back to pull all-nighters, teams were reassigned overnight, and it felt like the beginning of the end for Google's dominance. Now the tables have turned. In this episode of In The Loop, we explore why OpenAI faces the a code-red crisis—talent drain, user attrition, a $27 billion funding gap, and desperate product pivots—while Google is leading with an 87-92% chance of having the top model by year's end, while Market leadership never lasts forever. The question is: can OpenAI turn it around? ⏭️ Episode Highlights (01:15) – Code Red at OpenAI and what it really means (05:30) – What does this tell us about OpenAI's strategy? (06:25) – The financial pressures crushing OpenAI's business model (09:40) – User feedback and the over-refusal problem (10:50) – The switching problem: why developers are choosing Claude (12:40) – How Google and Anthropic are winning the competition (14:10) – The talent drain hitting OpenAI (15:00) – Four things to watch for in the AI market (16:50) – Closing thoughts on market leadership and comebacks 🔗 Links & Resources Episode transcript with more resources on the Mindset AI blog If you enjoyed this episode, rate, follow, and share! It helps others stay ahead of the latest AI trends. 🚀 🤝 We’re Social Stay in the loop—even when you’re not listening to this podcast. Jack Houghton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-houghton1/  TikTok - @jackschats  Mindset Ai Mindset AI website - https://bit.ly/40lJr6B  Newsletter - https://bit.ly/ITLnewsletter  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindset-ai/  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GetMindsetAI  TikTok - @get.mindset.ai

    18 min
  4. How To Decide What To Automate With AI For Your Team & Customers

    12/03/2025

    How To Decide What To Automate With AI For Your Team & Customers

    Every week, new AI features and automations appear, but the real question isn't whether you can automate something—it's whether you should. In this episode of In The Loop, I break down a framework—from the Department of Product Substack—to help you decide where to start with AI automation in your product.  We’ll cover the concept of verifiability, how to score opportunities across safety, volume, and ease of validation, and why most AI features should be assistants, not full autopilots. By the end, you'll have a practical approach to evaluating AI opportunities and avoiding the mistakes that kill adoption before it starts. ⏭️ Episode Highlights (01:30) – Why automation is AI's biggest superpower right now (04:15) – The Verifiability Principle: Can you tell if it worked? (07:00) – Product vs. process: Deciding what to automate for users vs. teams (09:15) – The three-dimensional framework: Safety, volume, and verifiability (12:35) – Three reasons AI automation fails and how to design around them (13:50) – Closing thoughts: Why doing nothing is no longer an option 🔗 Links & Resources Episode transcript with more resources on the Mindset AI blog If you enjoyed this episode, rate, follow, and share! It helps others stay ahead of the latest AI trends. 🚀 🤝 We’re Social Stay in the loop—even when you’re not listening to this podcast. Jack Houghton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-houghton1/  TikTok - @jackschats  Mindset Ai Mindset AI website - https://bit.ly/40lJr6B  Newsletter - https://bit.ly/ITLnewsletter  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindset-ai/  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GetMindsetAI  TikTok - @get.mindset.ai

    15 min
  5. Two Insane AI Models By Google That Broke The Internet

    11/27/2025

    Two Insane AI Models By Google That Broke The Internet

    Google’s just dropped two new AI models that broke the internet—and got Sam Altman worried. Gemini 3 Pro and Nana Banana Pro hit number one on the app store and generated hundreds of millions of images in days. In this episode of In The Loop, I'm breaking down the capabilities that set these models apart: from perfect multilingual text generation to 24-hour autonomous coding sessions. If you've been waiting for AI assistants and image generation to finally feel useful in your everyday work, this might just be it. ⏭️ Episode Highlights (01:15) – Gemini 3 Pro and Nana Banana Pro hit different (03:10) – Nano Banana nails multilingual text (06:08) – Maintaining image identity—blending up to 14 images (07:12) – Real-time data grounding with live information from Google Search (08:50) – Gemini 3 Pro's claim of 24+ hours of autonomous work (11:35) – Complex screenshot interaction and better UI navigation (13:16) – Multiple solution approaches (15:25) – Closing thoughts: what's changed and why Sam Altman should be worried 🔗 Links & Resources Episode transcript with more resources on the Mindset AI blog If you enjoyed this episode, rate, follow, and share! It helps others stay ahead of the latest AI trends. 🚀 🤝 We’re Social Stay in the loop—even when you’re not listening to this podcast. Jack Houghton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-houghton1/  TikTok - @jackschats  Mindset Ai Mindset AI website - https://bit.ly/40lJr6B  Newsletter - https://bit.ly/ITLnewsletter  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindset-ai/  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GetMindsetAI  TikTok - @get.mindset.ai

    19 min
  6. Five Things GPT-5.1 Does Better—Vibes Over Benchmarks

    11/19/2025

    Five Things GPT-5.1 Does Better—Vibes Over Benchmarks

    OpenAI just released GPT 5.1—but this time, there are no benchmark charts, no performance graphs, and no technical metrics. Instead, they're selling something much harder to measure: vibes. In this episode of In The Loop, I break down the five key improvements in GPT 5.1 and what this dramatic shift from technical benchmarks to user experience tells us about where AI is heading. From better instruction following to warmer personality (at the cost of safety regressions), OpenAI is making bold choices to compete with Claude's rising market dominance. ⏭️ Episode Highlights (01:30) – GPT-5.1 improvement #1: Better instruction following (02:25) – GPT-5.1 improvement #2: Increased decisiveness (04:15) – GPT-5.1 improvement #3: Enhanced planning (04:53) – GPT-5.1 improvement #4: Writing improvements (08:00) – GPT-5.1 improvement #5: Warmer personality (10:20) – Conclusion: Why vibes now matter as much as benchmarks 🔗 Links & Resources Episode transcript with more resources on the Mindset AI blog If you enjoyed this episode, rate, follow, and share! It helps others stay ahead of the latest AI trends. 🚀 🤝 We’re Social Stay in the loop—even when you’re not listening to this podcast. Jack Houghton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-houghton1/  TikTok - @jackschats  Mindset Ai Mindset AI website - https://bit.ly/40lJr6B  Newsletter - https://bit.ly/ITLnewsletter  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindset-ai/  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GetMindsetAI  TikTok - @get.mindset.ai

    11 min
  7. The Man Who Predicted The 2008 Market Crash Just Bet $1 Billion Against AI

    11/12/2025

    The Man Who Predicted The 2008 Market Crash Just Bet $1 Billion Against AI

    Michael Burry—the legendary investor who foresaw the 2008 housing collapse—is at it again. This time, he’s betting against the biggest names in artificial intelligence: Nvidia and Palantir. Burry reportedly wagered over 80% of his portfolio—more than $1.1 billion—on their decline, triggering panic across global markets and wiping out over a trillion dollars in value in a single day. In this episode of In The Loop, I unpack exactly why Burry made this move, the financial mechanics behind his short, and what it could mean for the future of AI. I break down how money is flowing in ways that might not add up, and why I think the market’s reaction is missing the bigger picture. ⏭️ Episode Highlights (01:00) – Who is Michael Burry, and why his market calls shake Wall Street (04:10) –  The circular money flow between Nvidia, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon, and others (08:20) – Why Burry might be right about overvaluation—but wrong about a full-blown collapse (12:00) – Why this might just be a temporary correction—not the end of the AI boom 🔗 Links & Resources Episode transcript with more resources on the Mindset AI blog If you enjoyed this episode, rate, follow, and share! It helps others stay ahead of the latest AI trends. 🚀 🤝 We’re Social Stay in the loop—even when you’re not listening to this podcast. Jack Houghton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-houghton1/  TikTok - @jackschats  Mindset Ai Mindset AI website - https://bit.ly/40lJr6B  Newsletter - https://bit.ly/ITLnewsletter  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindset-ai/  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GetMindsetAI  TikTok - @get.mindset.ai

    14 min
  8. AI Isn't Causing Mass Layoffs—It's Being Scapegoated

    11/07/2025

    AI Isn't Causing Mass Layoffs—It's Being Scapegoated

    Amazon announced 14,000 job cuts, citing AI transformation. Two days later, the CEO tells investors it's "not AI-driven." So which is it? In this episode of In The Loop, I dive into the growing disparity between record profits and mass layoffs at tech giants. After spending a weekend analyzing financial statements, competitive positioning, and workforce data, I have four questions to ask that reveal whether companies are experiencing genuine AI productivity gains or just using AI as a cover for cost-cutting measures they'd have taken anyway. ⏭️ Episode Highlights (01:00) – The contradiction that bugs me (03:10) – The impact of unemployment (05:15) – Four questions that reveal why AI is just a scapegoat (11:20) – Closing thoughts 🔗 Links & Resources Episode transcript with more resources on the Mindset AI blog If you enjoyed this episode, rate, follow, and share! It helps others stay ahead of the latest AI trends. 🚀 🤝 We’re Social Stay in the loop—even when you’re not listening to this podcast. Jack Houghton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-houghton1/  TikTok - @jackschats  Mindset Ai Mindset AI website - https://bit.ly/40lJr6B  Newsletter - https://bit.ly/ITLnewsletter  LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindset-ai/  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@GetMindsetAI  TikTok - @get.mindset.ai

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Stay in the loop with the biggest stories in AI—without the noise and nonsense. Each week, Jack Houghton (CPO at Mindset AI) unpacks the latest news, research, and product trends shaping the future of artificial intelligence. From OpenAI breakthroughs to unicorn startups, In The Loop delivers sharp, less than 20-minute episodes packed with insights for product leaders, engineers, and AI-curious innovators. Subscribe to get smarter about AI, every week. Don't forget to rate and share the show with other AI enthusiasts. Check out Mindset AI: https://bit.ly/40lJr6B

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