Dive into the cutting-edge world of artificial intelligence with tech experts Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell. From groundbreaking AI developments and industry news to thought-provoking discussions with leading innovators, this weekly podcast offers a balanced and engaging look at how AI is impacting our world.


AI Inside

Would you support an AI data center being built in your town?

3 days ago | [YT] | 0

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How much would you let an AI agent spend without checking with you first?

1 week ago | [YT] | 0

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Would you let an AI agent hack your smart TV?

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

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It seems like Anthropic's watermarking makes every AI-generated word detectable, but writers and critics say it degrades the output. So which matters more to you?

2 months ago | [YT] | 4

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Demis Hassabis wants frontier AI models reviewed by a federal body before release, but critics say that could shut out open-source projects that can't afford the process.

Should open-source AI models face the same government review as closed ones?

3 months ago | [YT] | 0

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On this week's AI Inside, OpenAI offered the US government a 5% stake and got its newest model cleared six days later. The government taking an equity stake in AI labs is...

3 months ago | [YT] | 1

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The US government restricted both OpenAI and Anthropic from releasing their most capable models this week. Meanwhile, China is releasing comparable AI models for free. What's your take?

4 months ago | [YT] | 1

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Liz Reid, Google's VP of Search, told us in our interview that personalizing your search results could actually help small publishers get discovered instead of burying them in AI answers.

Her argument: when search knows what you care about, it can surface the niche reviewer or local shop that generic results would never show you.

Do you buy it?

4 months ago | [YT] | 3

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I sat down with Cohere's Chief AI Officer Joelle Pineau just days after the US government forced Anthropic to pull its two most powerful models offline worldwide.

Her take is that access to frontier AI "can be turned off really quickly," which makes the case for services like Cohere that offer a selection of options.

Joelle Pineau is outspoken about her belief in sovereign AI, and we talk all about that at a time when the very concept is being tested globally.

So here's my question for you: if a government can switch off the best AI overnight, does that change which tools you'd build your work on? Tell me in the comments.

4 months ago (edited) | [YT] | 0

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Ben Goertzel joined Jeff Jarvis and me to discuss why he believes AGI is a "real thinking machine" that can generalize beyond its own programming. Ben argues that LLMs alone won't get us there and is looking toward 2029 as the feasible year for human level AI.

When do you think we will see a system that can truly solve problems it was never programmed for?

10 months ago | [YT] | 1