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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Jason's exclusive look at Google's Project Astra glasses [https://youtu.be/pLGauiTDPXY], the new $200/month ChatGPT Pro tier, OpenAI's Sora and Canvas tools, Reddit's AI data licensing revenue, and more! 🔔 Support the show on Patreon [http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow]! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:02:40 - I tried out Android XR, Google’s latest attempt to take on Meta and Apple [https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/android-xr-hands-on/] 0:18:02 - Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era [https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/#ceo-message] 0:32:46 - 12 days of OpenAI [https://www.techradar.com/news/live/12-days-open-ai-live-2024] 0:33:13 - OpenAI's o1 lies more than any major AI model. Why that matters [https://www.zdnet.com/article/openais-o1-out-schemes-every-major-ai-model-why-that-matters/] 0:40:22 - OpenAI makes canvas, its editing tool, available to everyone [https://mashable.com/article/openai-makes-canvas-editing-tool-available-to-everyone] 0:44:29 - Today, day 6: Advanced voice with video & Santa mode [https://openai.com/12-days/] 0:50:44 - Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip [https://blog.google/technology/research/google-willow-quantum-chip/] 0:54:34 - How Years of Reddit Posts Have Made the Company an AI Darling [https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/reddit-ai-partnerships-investors-59eef0fe?mod=hp_featst_pos4] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Jason Howell and Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI, explore the creation of Yara [http://meetyara.com], the challenges in current mental health services, AI's potential in making mental wellness accessible, ethical AI design, and the importance of safety in AI healthcare applications. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon! http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow [http://patreon.com/aiinsideshow] Yara AI 0:03:00 - Introduction of guest Joe Braidwood, co-founder and CEO of Yara AI 0:05:14 - Exploration of the connection between SwiftKey and Yara AI 0:09:06 - The evolution of ELIZA to where we are now with AI chatbots 0:11:50 - Joe's drive to develop Yara came out of personal experience 0:15:26 - Using a GPT as a replacement for a therapist 0:20:50- How to tackle the amnesic quality of LLMs in a therapeutic application 0:27:10- Jason's experience with the open beta of Yara 0:29:06 - Joe's live demo of Yara 0:32:14 - What is emotional intelligence and empathy when an AI provides it? 0:37:42 - The accessibility and inequality problem with mental health services 0:40:34 - How does Yara manage the problem of hallucinations? 0:50:20 - Peter Hames hired by Microsoft AI [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7269731934031728640/] 0:55:55 - Closing the loop to the SwiftKey days Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss newly released documents from the Elon Musk-OpenAI lawsuit, a surprising study on AI poetry, Microsoft's latest AI innovations at Ignite 2024, the potential of collaborative AI agents, and more! 🔔 Support the show on Patreon [http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow]! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:03:50 - Inside Elon Musk’s messy breakup with OpenAI [https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/18/24299787/elon-musk-openai-lawsuit-sam-altman-xai-google-deepmind] 0:16:40 - ChatGPT is a poet. A new study shows people prefer its verses. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/11/14/chatgpt-ai-poetry-study-creative/] 0:23:01 - Introducing Copilot Actions, new agents, and tools to empower IT teams [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/2024/11/19/introducing-copilot-actions-new-agents-and-tools-to-empower-it-teams] 0:28:48 - A.I. Chatbots Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness [https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/health/chatgpt-ai-doctors-diagnosis.html] 0:33:33 - Arc Institute releases ‘ChatGPT for DNA’ [https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ado9336] 0:36:00 - DrDew sent in a video walkthrough of Particle News on iOS [https://www.patreon.com/posts/demo-of-particle-116377418] 0:47:00 - Coca-Cola causes controversy with AI-made ad [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/coca-cola-causes-controversy-ai-made-ad-rcna180665] The Coca-Cola Christmas AI video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RSTupbfGog] Coca Cola has done this before in 2023: Masterpiece [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGa1imApfdg] 0:56:15 - Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die." [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-chatbot-threatening-message-human-please-die/?utm_source=www.theneurondaily.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=secret-openai-emails-leaked] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Sam Altman's AGI predictions, challenges faced by AI companies in advancing their models, Anthropic's defense sector partnership, the release of Google DeepMind's AlphaFold 3 for non-commercial use, and more. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon [http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow]! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:06:01 - Altman's latest AGI BS prediction: a year [https://futurism.com/the-byte/sam-altman-excited-agi-2025] 0:08:32 - More AGI BS predictions, and one dissent [https://archive.ph/tbHhu] 0:11:36 - OpenAI Shifts Strategy as Rate of ‘GPT’ AI Improvements Slows [https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-shifts-strategy-as-rate-of-gpt-ai-improvements-slows?rc=jlskys&shared=1f7fb27d1c6a721d] 0:12:03 - OpenAI, Google and Anthropic Are Struggling to Build More Advanced AI [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-13/openai-google-and-anthropic-are-struggling-to-build-more-advanced-ai] 0:17:26 - Microsoft, A16Z AI manifesto: AI for startups [https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2024/11/01/ai-for-startups/] 0:20:13 - Claude AI to process secret government data through new Palantir deal [https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/safe-ai-champ-anthropic-teams-up-with-defense-giant-palantir-in-new-deal/] 0:24:59 - AI protein-prediction tool AlphaFold3 is now open source [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03708-4] 0:28:51 - AI-powered tool may offer quick, no-contact blood pressure and diabetes screening [https://newsroom.heart.org/news/ai-powered-tool-may-offer-quick-no-contact-blood-pressure-and-diabetes-screening-american-heart-association-scientific-sessions-2024-abstract-mdp1049] 0:32:37 - Google’s AI ‘learning companion’ takes chatbot answers a step further [https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/11/24293891/google-learn-about-ai-search-educational] 0:40:01 - Particle launches an AI news app to help publishers, instead of just stealing their work [https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/12/particle-launches-an-ai-news-app-to-help-publishers-instead-of-just-stealing-their-work/] 0:48:10 - AI artwork of Alan Turing sells for $1m [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqdvz4w45wo] 0:51:40 - The Beatles’ ‘Now and Then’ Makes History As First AI-Assisted Song to Earn Grammy Nomination [https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-beatles-now-and-then-first-ai-assisted-song-grammy-nomination-history/] 0:57:19 - Randy Travis’s beautiful baritone was lost. AI helped him sing again. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2024/11/10/randy-travis-artificial-intelligence-ai-sing/] 0:57:36 - YouTube is testing music remixes made by AI [https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/12/24294891/youtube-ai-restyle-music-creators] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Jason Howell and guest Mike Elgan analyze the post-election tech landscape for AI, OpenAI's new ChatGPT Search capabilities, the democratization of robotics programming, and more. 🔔 Support the show on Patreon [http://www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow]! Note: Time codes subject to change depending on dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. NEWS 0:03:15 - What will the AI industry look like over the next four years of a Trump presidency? 0:05:58 - Introducing ChatGPT search [https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-search] 0:17:25 - OpenAI Swarm [https://community.openai.com/t/introducing-swarm-js-node-js-implementation-of-openai-swarm/977510] 0:23:15 - A faster, better way to train general-purpose robots [https://news.mit.edu/2024/training-general-purpose-robots-faster-better-1028] 0:29:48 - Humanoid robots are a bad idea [https://www.computerworld.com/article/3488624/humanoid-robots-are-a-bad-idea.html] 0:34:30 - Who needs a humanoid robot when everything is already robotic? [https://www.computerworld.com/article/3574918/who-needs-a-humanoid-robot-when-everything-is-already-robotic.html] 0:39:20 - Anthropic: The case for targeted regulation [https://www.anthropic.com/news/the-case-for-targeted-regulation] 0:43:43 - Meta says it’s making its Llama models available for US national security applications [https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/04/meta-says-its-making-its-llama-models-available-for-us-national-security-applications/] 0:45:20 - Exclusive: EU AI Act checker reveals Big Tech's compliance pitfalls [https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/eu-ai-act-checker-reveals-big-techs-compliance-pitfalls-2024-10-16/] 0:49:39 - Alexa’s New AI Brain Is Stuck in the Lab [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-10-30/new-amazon-alexa-ai-is-stuck-in-the-lab-till-it-can-outsmart-chatgpt] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]