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AI Inside

AI Inside

By: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis
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 AI Inside explores what artificial intelligence really means for the world -- and for all of us. Hosted by tech journalist Jason Howell and media scholar Jeff Jarvis, the show delivers weekly coverage of the AI developments shaping technology, culture, and society, and conversations with leading researchers, builders, and thinkers. Jason brings decades of tech media experience at TWiT and CNET with a particular focus on how AI intersects with creativity and culture. Jeff is a respected voice on technology's influence on media and society, author of "The Web We Weave" and "The Gutenberg Parenthesis," and the voice behind BuzzMachine. Together they're working to build genuine public understanding of a technology that's changing everything.© 2026 Yellowgold Studios Politics & Government
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  • When Coding Agents Go Rogue

    When Coding Agents Go Rogue
    Apr 29 2026
    This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into a story about an AI coding agent that wiped a company's entire production database in nine seconds, then confessed to knowing exactly what it shouldn't have done. They also get into OpenAI missing its revenue targets while Anthropic quietly surges past a trillion-dollar valuation on secondary markets, and Google signing a classified AI deal with the Pentagon just one day after 600 employees urged the company not to.Also in this episode: a neuroscientist argues AI is cannibalizing human intelligence, a fully AI-generated time-travel vlog account hits 580K followers, a vintage language model trained only on text from before 1930, China blocks Meta's acquisition of Manus, Taylor Swift moves to trademark her voice, the Musk vs. Altman trial begins, YouTube tests chat-style search, and Anthropic plugs Claude into Photoshop, Blender, and Ableton. 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 0:03:29 - OpenAI Misses Key Revenue, User Targets in High-Stakes Sprint Toward IPO 0:05:10 - Is OpenAI Falling Further Behind in the A.I. Race? 0:11:19 - Anthropic has surged to a trillion-dollar valuation on secondary markets, overtaking OpenAI 0:13:58 - Claude-powered AI coding agent deletes entire company database in 9 seconds — backups zapped, after Cursor tool powered by Anthropic's Claude goes rogue 0:15:40 - https://x.com/lifeof_jer/status/2048103471019434248 0:21:29 - Marcus: Dario Amodei, hype, AI safety, and the explosion of vibe-coded AI disasters 0:24:36 - Google signs classified AI deal with the Pentagon for ‘any lawful government purpose’ 0:26:15 - Google workers petition CEO to refuse classified AI work with Pentagon 0:30:26 - * Excellent essay: AI Is Cannibalizing Human Intelligence. Here’s How to Stop It. 0:39:53 - Jeff on the principles: Technology does not belong to the technologists 0:44:51 - * Chloe vs. History 0:46:23 - The Maker of 'Chloe vs History' — How AI Brings The Past Alive 0:52:01 - Introducing talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930 0:57:52 - "China blocks Meta's $2 billion takeover of AI startup Manus" 0:59:21 - Taylor Swift Moves to Trademark Her Voice and Image as AI Threats Grow 1:01:29 - YouTube is testing a chat-style search that cuts the scrolling 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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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • John Ternus Takes Over Apple in the AI Era

    John Ternus Takes Over Apple in the AI Era
    Apr 22 2026
    Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis cover the week's biggest AI and tech headlines, including Tim Cook stepping down as Apple CEO and John Ternus stepping in, Anthropic's surprise White House visit and a possible Pentagon deal, and SpaceX's $60 billion option to acquire AI coding tool Cursor.Also in this episode: Google's agentic enterprise push at Cloud Next, unauthorized access to Anthropic's restricted Mythos model, Yann LeCun's new world model paper, Deezer's AI-generated music stats, Claude Design from Anthropic Labs, Google Deep Research Max, and ChatGPT Images 2.0. Find the show at aiinside.show. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Start 0:07:39 - Google Cloud Pushes Hard on AI Agents and Hardcore Computing 0:15:00 - Google announces ‘Workspace Intelligence’ and TPU 8t + 8i chips 0:19:04 - Apple turns to hardware veteran Ternus as CEO to succeed Cook in AI age 0:29:01 - White House and Anthropic Hold ‘Productive’ Meeting, Aiming for a Compromise 0:35:50 - SpaceX is working with Cursor and has an option to buy the startup for $60 billion 0:40:20 - LeWorldModel: Stable End-to-End Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture from Pixels 0:41:40 - Explanation of it 0:52:02 - Deezer says 44% of songs uploaded to its platform daily are AI-generated 1:00:59 - Introducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs 1:08:58 - Deep Research Max: a step change for autonomous research agents 1:09:51 - OpenAI’s updated image generator can now pull information from the web 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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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Zuckerberg's AI Clone Is on the Clock

    Zuckerberg's AI Clone Is on the Clock
    Apr 15 2026
    This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into the AI stories you couldn't miss: Zuckerberg reportedly built a digital clone of himself to sit in on company meetings, Apple is quietly developing premium AI smartglasses in four frame styles for 2027, and the Wayback Machine is facing a real threat as major news organizations block it over AI training concerns.Also in this episode: OpenAI released a cybersecurity model to a small group of trusted partners, Google launched a desktop AI app, Gemini for Mac, Chrome Skills, and Gemini Notebooks all in one week, shoe brand Allbirds sold for $39 million and rebranded as AI compute company NewBird AI, and a 17-year-old in India built a human-only chatbot that hit 25 million visitors. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show. Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:03:00 - Apple AI Glasses Will Rival Meta’s With Several Styles, Oval Cameras 0:13:41 - Meta builds AI version of Mark Zuckerberg to interact with staff 0:22:06 - OpenAI Releases Cyber Model to Limited Group in Race With Mythos 0:25:07 - Like Anthropic, OpenAI Will Share Latest Technology Only With Trusted Companies 0:26:29 - The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril 0:33:25 - Allbirds is turning into an AI compute provider, because of course it is 0:40:43 - Millions of people are pretending to be AI chatbots — for fun 0:48:40 - ‘Google app for desktop’ launches on Windows 0:49:23 - The Gemini app is now on Mac 0:51:31 - How to Use Google Chrome’s New AI-Powered ‘Skills’ 0:52:30 - Turn your best AI prompts into one-click tools in Chrome 0:55:11 - Try notebooks in Gemini to easily keep track of projects 0:56:56 - Anthropic scales up with enterprise features for Claude Cowork and Managed Agents 0:57:29 - Redesigning Claude Code on desktop for parallel agents 0:58:27 - OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro 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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    1 hr and 6 mins
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