AI Inside

This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis celebrate the arrival of AI Mode for Jeff! They pick apart all of the defections taking place in AI (much of it heading right for Meta's Superintelligence lab), how AI impersonation is becoming a thing even if it isn't very successful yet, and the arrival of Perplexity's $200 per month plan that includes first dibs at their agentic Comet browser. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00 - Podcast begins 0:01:33 - Jeff finally got his AI Mode! 0:10:55 - Circle to Search Gets AI Mode, Gaming Help Arrives, and Pixel Watch Finally Gets Gemini [https://www.androidfaithful.com/circle-to-search-gets-ai-mode-gaming-help-arrives-and-pixel-watch-finally-gets-gemini/] 0:16:51 - Apple Loses Top AI Models Executive to Meta’s Hiring Spree [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-07/apple-loses-its-top-ai-models-executive-to-meta-s-hiring-spree] 0:24:16 - Ilya Sutskever becomes CEO of Safe Superintelligence after Meta poached Daniel Gross [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/03/ilya-sutskever-is-ceo-of-safe-superintelligence-after-meta-hired-gross.html] 0:31:09 - xAI updated Grok to be more ‘politically incorrect’ [https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/699788/xai-updated-grok-to-be-more-politically-incorrect] 0:35:21 - Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Elon Musk’s X [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/09/linda-yaccarino-x-elon-musk.html] 0:37:34 - Fake AI voice impersonating Secretary of State Marco Rubio contacts foreign ministers and US officials [https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/marco-rubio-ai-impersonation-signal-b2784757.html] 0:41:18 - OpenAI tightens the screws on security to keep away prying eyes [https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/07/openai-tightens-the-screws-on-security-to-keep-away-prying-eyes/] 0:46:39 - Channel 4 to offer AI-generated ads for SMEs on its streaming service [https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/channel-4-to-offer-ai-generated-ads-on-its-streaming-service-d86c2t2l8] 0:52:31 - How the Owner of Hidden Valley Ranch Learned to Love AI [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/clorox-ai-hidden-valley-ranch-e997d3dc?st=jriNig] 0:57:21 - Jeff shows off Epicure for AI-generated recipes [https://epicure.kaikaku.ai/] 1:00:00 - Perplexity launches a $200 monthly subscription plan [https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/02/perplexity-launches-a-200-monthly-subscription-plan/] 1:00:28 - Perplexity launches Comet, an AI-powered web browser [https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/09/perplexity-launches-comet-an-ai-powered-web-browser/] 1:04:44 - Excerpt from our interview with Babak Hodjat, co-founder of the tech driving Siri 1:12:57 - Nvidia Just Became the First Company to Hit a $4 Trillion Market Cap [https://www.barrons.com/articles/nvidia-stock-price-market-cap-record-d3e7c837] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Rishad Tobaccowala, author of "Rethinking Work" and longtime industry visionary, joins us on the AI Inside podcast to explore the seismic shifts AI is bringing to advertising and creativity. We dive into the evolution of the ad industry, the rise of outcome engines, and why agencies are more like cockroaches than dinosaurs. Rishad shares why creativity remains essential in an AI-driven world, how brands are built through emotion and storytelling, and what the future holds for both human and machine collaboration. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0]⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 00:00⁠ - Podcast begins 01:47⁠ - Introducing Rishad Tobaccowala and his background 03:12⁠ - The evolution of advertising: three connected ages 10:18 - Why agencies are survivors: cockroaches, not dinosaurs 11:11 - Challenges for agencies: outcome engines, billing models, and creativity 15:05⁠ - The enduring value of creativity and human expression in an AI world 19:03⁠ - How brands are built: emotion, storytelling, and the continent/world fallacy 20:53 - Rishad's conversation with Sir John Hegarty about what defines creativity 28:11 - How ad technology shifts in the wake of AI agents 33:10⁠ - The new mass media: influencers, reaggregation, and authenticity 39:01⁠ - Smart uses of AI in advertising today 45:41 - Will AI-generated ads via tools like Veo 3 dominate TV and media? 47:16 - The future of work: jobs vs. work in the age of AI 48:17 - Democratization of creativity and the rise of small companies 00:00⁠ - HUGE thank you to Rishad Tobaccowala Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis return for another week of AI news. We cover 1) Cloudflare launches tools for publisher control over AI crawlers 2) Creative Commons proposes dataset guidelines for AI training 3) Contradictory court rulings on AI and copyright 4) Getty Images drops claims against Stability AI in the UK 5) Senate strips federal ban on state AI regulations from tax bill 6) Meta’s superintelligence lab and the AI hiring frenzy 7) Microsoft’s new model claims breakthrough in medical diagnosis 8) MIT study questions AI’s impact on student critical thinking 9) The Velvet Sundown: is Spotify’s viral band AI-generated? 10) Preview of our interview with Rishad Tabakawala on AI’s impact on advertising. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow]⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0]⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0]https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:00:00⁠⁠ - Podcast begins 0:01:47⁠⁠ - Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping [https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/cloudflare-launches-a-marketplace-that-lets-websites-charge-ai-bots-for-scraping/] 0:14:14 - Creative Commons debuts CC signals, a framework for an open AI ecosystem [https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/creative-commons-debuts-cc-signals-a-framework-for-an-open-ai-ecosystem/] 0:17:42 - Microsoft sued by authors over use of books in AI training [https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/microsoft-sued-by-authors-over-use-books-ai-training-2025-06-25/] 0:20:28⁠⁠ - ⁠ [https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/getty-drops-key-copyright-claims-against-stability-ai-but-uk-lawsuit-continues/]Judge dismisses authors’ copyright lawsuit against Meta over AI training [https://apnews.com/article/meta-ai-copyright-lawsuit-sarah-silverman-e77968015b94fbbf38234e3178ede578] 0:22:36 - Getty drops key copyright claims against Stability AI, but UK lawsuit continues [https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/25/getty-drops-key-copyright-claims-against-stability-ai-but-uk-lawsuit-continues/] 0:24:55 - Senate Votes 99-1 to Strip AI Provision From Trump’s Tax Bill [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/senate-removes-tax-bill-provision-limiting-state-ai-regulation] 0:27:55 - ⁠ [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/zuckerberg-announces-meta-superintelligence-effort-more-hires]Adam Thierer reacts [https://x.com/AdamThierer/status/1940023986080845990] 0:33:03 -Zuckerberg Debuts Meta ‘Superintelligence’ Group, More Hires [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-30/zuckerberg-announces-meta-superintelligence-effort-more-hires] 0:35:22 - Someone has broken into our home and stolen something': An OpenAI exec on Meta's poaching spree [https://qz.com/meta-open-ai-mark-zuckerberg-superintelligence-lab] 0:38:22 - The AI Company Zuckerberg Just Poured $14 Billion Into Is Reportedly a Clown Show of Ludicrous Incompetence [https://futurism.com/scale-ai-zuckerberg-incompetence] 0:41:37 - Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors [https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-medical-superintelligence-diagnosis/] 0:44:43 - Has AI already rotted my brain? [https://www.fastcompany.com/91358021/ai-critical-thinking-mit-study] 0:55:03 - The Velvet Sundown are a seemingly AI-generated band with 325k Spotify listeners [https://musically.com/2025/06/26/velvet-sundown-are-a-seemingly-ai-generated-band-with-325k-spotify-listeners/] 1:04:29⁠⁠ - Clip of upcoming interview with Rishad Tobaccowala about how AI tools like Veo 3 are reshaping ad creation and what this means for the future of advertising on TV and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down 1) Anthropic’s fair use win in the AI copyright case 2) Pirated book datasets and the looming shadow library trial 3) Apple’s rumored talks to acquire or partner with Perplexity 4) What a Perplexity deal could mean for Siri and search 5) Meta’s own interest in Perplexity and AI talent wars 6) Google’s new Chromebook Plus and on-device AI upgrades 7) Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses and the rise of wearables 8) UK study on kids’ generative AI habits 9) Chatbots filling therapy gaps for children 10) Sam Altman’s take on raising kids with AI 11) OpenAI’s IO trademark dispute with Jony Ive 12) Meta’s struggle to label AI-generated video 13) Senate’s move to block state AI laws 14) Perplexity’s Comet browser for Windows 15) John Oliver’s takedown of viral AI slop. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow]⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0]https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0] Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: 0:01:03 - Anthropic Scores a Landmark AI Copyright Win—but Will Face Trial Over Piracy Claims [https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-ai-copyright-fair-use-piracy-ruling/] 0:25:35 - Bill Gross' ProRata.ai launches its "ethical search engine," gist.ai [https://gist.ai/] 0:28:27 - Apple is reportedly considering the acquisition of Perplexity AI [https://www.engadget.com/ai/apple-is-reportedly-considering-the-acquisition-of-perplexity-ai-150012746.html] 0:35:21 - Meta held talks to buy Thinking Machines, Perplexity, and Safe Superintelligence [https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/690720/meta-buy-thinking-machines-perplexity-safe-superintelligence] 0:38:48 - Google brings new Gemini features to Chromebooks, debuts first on-device AI [https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/06/google-brings-new-gemini-features-to-chromebooks-debuts-first-on-device-ai/] 0:44:41 - Introducing Oakley Meta Glasses, a New Category of Performance AI Glasses [https://about.fb.com/news/2025/06/introducing-oakley-meta-glasses-a-new-category-of-performance-ai-glasses/] 0:53:28 - Turing Institute study on children and AI [https://www.turing.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2025-06/understanding_the_impacts_of_generative_ai_use_on_children_-_wp1_report.pdf?utm_source=convertkit&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Context%20Window:%20AI%20in%20Media%20and%20Publishing%20/%20032%20-%2018026192] 0:56:55 - Kids Are in Crisis. Could Chatbot Therapy Help? [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/magazine/ai-chatbot-therapy.html] 1:01:50 - OpenAI CEO says his kids will ‘never be smarter than AI’— and that his parenting style relies on ChatGPT [https://fortune.com/well/2025/06/20/sam-altman-openai-ceo-parenting-kids-ai/] 1:04:09 - OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal due to court order [https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/openai-pulls-promotional-materials-around-jony-ive-deal/] 1:05:51 - OpenAI’s first AI device with Jony Ive won’t be a wearable [https://www.theverge.com/openai/691737/openai-jony-ive-chatgpt-io-ai-device-wearable-headphone-lyo-lawsuit] 1:07:10 - Meta told oversight board it can't automatically detect AI-manipulated video or audio. [https://www.engadget.com/social-media/the-oversight-board-calls-metas-uneven-ai-moderation-incoherent-and-unjustifiable-100056893.html] 1:08:13 - Senate Can Keep Ban on State AI Rules in Trump Tax Bill [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-22/controversial-ban-on-ai-rules-will-stay-in-trump-tax-bill] 1:09:51 - Perplexity's AI-powered browser opens up to select Windows users [https://www.engadget.com/ai/perplexitys-ai-powered-browser-opens-up-to-select-windows-users-180629870.html] 1:10:50 - John Oliver on AI slop [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/23/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-recap-ai] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis return for another week of AI news. We cover Amazon CEO Andy Jassey warning of AI-driven job cuts, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei differing views on AI’s employment impact, new data challenging the “AI jobpocalypse” and the rise of emerging AI-related job titles, OpenAI’s $200M Pentagon contract, Google’s AI tools and the decline in news site traffic, the changing landscape of news consumption, Mattel’s partnership with OpenAI to bring AI to toys, Meta’s AI app privacy warnings, SAG-AFTRA’s video game strike resolution, the UK’s new data bill and AI training, Gemini’s new video upload feature, NVIDIA and Perplexity’s partnership for local language models, and Google’s new live AI Mode search feature. Subscribe to the YouTube channel! ⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow]https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/@aiinsideshow%E2%81%A0] Enjoying the AI Inside podcast? Please rate us ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcatcher of choice! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. CHAPTERS: ⁠0:00:00⁠⁠ - Podcast begins 0:01:19⁠⁠ - Amazon CEO tells employees that AI will shrink its workforce [https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/06/17/amazon-jobs-ai-workforce-reduction/] 0:06:32⁠⁠ - Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says he disagrees with almost everything Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says [https://fortune.com/2025/06/11/nvidia-jensen-huang-disagress-anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-ai-jobs/?fbclid=IwY2xjawK4BEBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFWdWlrVzk5eHE1bEdybFBVAR7t01ijRYm6u-TMIpzYGy36h_BCpyBbbjxgkF7a1yf6vuUlAsD_nhMzDJXDJQ_aem_PQQQ9da8zqmCfUjeiQj4FQ] 0:09:37⁠⁠ - Economist: Why AI hasn’t taken your job [https://archive.ph/zZylK#selection-1133.0-1133.28] 0:14:23 - A.I. Might Take Your Job. Here Are 22 New Ones It Could Give You [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/magazine/ai-new-jobs.html] 0:27:04 - OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract [https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/openai-wins-200-million-us-defense-contract.html] https://www.wsj.com/tech/army-reserve-tech-executives-meta-palantir-796f5360?mod=hp_lead_pos6 0:28:38 - New Army Reserve Unit Enlists Silicon Valley Executives to Upgrade Tech [https://www.wsj.com/tech/army-reserve-tech-executives-meta-palantir-796f5360?mod=hp_lead_pos6] 0:29:22⁠⁠ - Eisenhower on the military-industrial complex [https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address] 0:34:40 - News Sites Are Getting Crushed by Google’s New AI Tools [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-ai-news-publishers-7e687141] 0:37:41⁠⁠ - Is Google about to destroy the web? [https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250611-ai-mode-is-google-about-to-change-the-internet-forever] 0:40:56⁠⁠ - AI Barbie? Mattel & OpenAI Team Up For Smart Toys & Games [https://deadline.com/2025/06/ai-barbie-mattel-openai-smart-toys-games-chatgtp-1236435435/] 0:47:21 - Meta warns users to 'avoid sharing personal or sensitive information' in its AI app [https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-warns-users-to-avoid-sharing-personal-or-sensitive-information-in-its-ai-app-233900625.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90ZWNobWVtZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAI40t1VpzybcPNgKSMqJedhNC1mox6TNqmPughXlsJ4wRMFLUdTtNSnOyarY2c8IKa3MiIYZNx_3Ju10_Goqpcq3_ptjcwxkAwdrgvOdPFfrkz9Sa-wRZLgazuj8BqkhzLXjrgo92wVAdaN-fJLJZDBQLuDxp57DS0L0jqRsgO1R] 0:49:23⁠⁠ - SAG-AFTRA Suspends Strike Against Video Game Companies, Paving Way for Return to Work [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sag-aftra-strike-video-game-companies-1236262934/] 0:50:31⁠⁠ - Data bill opposed by Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa finally passes [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e6z590wweo] 0:54:31 - Gemini app rolling out video upload and analysis [https://9to5google.com/2025/06/17/gemini-app-video-upload/] 0:57:01⁠⁠ - Nvidia and Perplexity Team Up in European AI Push [https://www.wsj.com/articles/nvidia-and-perplexity-team-up-in-european-ai-push-da2820fa?mod=hp_minor_pos5] 0:58:25 - Search live with voice capabilities is now available in AI mode through Labs in the U.S. [https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/18/googles-ai-mode-can-now-have-back-and-forth-voice-conversations/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]