AI Inside

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AI Inside explores the complexities of artificial intelligence and its impact on the world at large. Hosted by tech podcaster Jason Howell and media expert Jeff Jarvis, AI Inside takes a thoughtful look at the promise and challenges of AI while inviting some of the industry's most notable players and thinkers to engage in thoughtful dialogue about AI, neither overhyping its potential nor dismissing public concerns about its development. With a deep interest in AI's impacts on art and culture, Jason uses his rich experience in technology and creativity to understand its capabilities better. Jeff is a respected voice on technology's influence on media and society, thanks to his popular blog BuzzMachine and books like "The Web We Weave" and "The Gutenberg Parenthesis." Together, Jason and Jeff aim to advance public understanding of this world-changing technology at an important inflection point.

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How AI Fueled the ANOM Takedown (with Joseph Cox)

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06/05/24 • 62 min

The FBI created a fake encrypted phone company called ANOM, targeting criminal organizations worldwide in an unprecedented honeypot operation. Joseph Cox, renowned cybersecurity journalist from 404media and author of "Dark Wire," reveals how artificial intelligence drove this groundbreaking investigation, enabling the FBI to monitor criminal communications and make arrests on a historic global scale like never before.

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INTERVIEW:

Joseph Cox's new book "Dark Wire" details the FBI's unprecedented sting operation running an encrypted phone company used by criminals.
The role of AI in translating intercepted messages from different languages and detecting criminal content within the massive trove of 22 million messages.
The ethical implications and potential overreach of such a large-scale operation that swept up some non-criminal users.
The FBI developing its own AI system in-house, without help from tech companies, to analyze the intercepted data.
The broader trend of law enforcement increasingly adopting AI for tasks like automated report writing from body cam footage.
How the book and reporting on this story has shaped Joseph Cox's worldview and approach at his publication 404 Media.
Netflix optioning the rights to adapt "Dark Wire" into a movie.

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Five Years of AI Ethics at Adobe (with Grace Yee)

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02/05/25 • 69 min

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Adobe's AI ethics initiatives with Grace Yee, Meta's new Frontier AI Framework, Google's removal of weapons restrictions from AI principles, and OpenAI's new Deep Research tool.

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0:01:43 - INTERVIEW with Grace Yee, Senior Director of Ethical Innovation at Adobe

Adobe’s core AI ethics principles:Accountability, Responsibility, Transparency
Licensed Adobe Stock content and public domain material, filtered for harmful/copyrighted data
Rigorous harm testing, iterative improvements, and internal beta testing for AI features
Collaborative responsibility across AI layers
AI as a tool to reduce manual tasks while preserving human creativity
Importance of human oversight, verifying outputs, and using AI as an ideation tool, not a final product
Balancing guardrails with user context and licensed training data
Collaboration with policymakers, monitoring regulations (EU AI Act), and advocating harmonized standards
Adobe’s participation in EU AI Code of Practice and international regulatory harmonization efforts

0:26:13 - Meta says it may stop development of AI systems it deems too risky

0:31:09 - Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website

0:34:50 - OpenAI Unveils A.I. Tool That Can Do Research Online

0:39:47 - OpenAI to release new artificial intelligence model for free

0:41:05 - Gemini 2.0 is now available to everyone

0:44:14 - Elon Musk Ally Tells Staff ‘AI-First’ Is the Future of Key Government Agency

0:46:33 - Josh Hawley: DeepSeek users in US could face million-dollar fine and prison time under bill

0:49:37 - Anthropic claims new AI security method blocks 95% of jailbreaks, invites red teamers to try

0:52:22 - AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research

0:55:15 - AI ‘godfather’ predicts another revolution in the tech in next five years

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Hands-on With Gemini Live

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08/21/24 • 67 min

Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell showcase the AI features of the new Google Pixel 9 phone, discuss updates to California's SB 1047 bill Eric Schmidt's retracted comments on AI startups, and Taylor Swift deepfakes used as political propaganda.

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HANDS ON

Hands on With Pixel 9 AI features (Gemini Live, Pixel Screenshots, etc)

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Influencer Marketing Gets an AI Makeover

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09/11/24 • 77 min

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Apple's AI-infused iPhone 16 launch, Google's enhancement of Photos with broader AI search capabilities, Waymo's report on autonomous vehicle safety, and more!

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OpenAI and Microsoft's $100 Billion Stargate Supercomputer

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04/03/24 • 72 min

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into the $665 million Shiba Inu coin donation to the Future of Life Institute, the potential $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputer from OpenAI and Microsoft, Jason gives a hands-on demo of Stability AI's new music generation model, and more!

NEWS

Future of Life Institute's $665 million donation from Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum co-founder) in Shiba Inu coins

Artifact social news curation app shutting down, acquired by Yahoo

Yum Foods has plans to go all in on generative AI

How people are using generative AI based on Harvard Business Review report

New York City's chatbot providing incorrect legal/business advice

Generative AI used to create virtual persona of real person for advertising

OpenAI and Microsoft in talks for $100 billion "Stargate" supercomputer

DEMO

Stability AI's Stable Audio 2.0 for music generation

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Rabbit R1 First Look

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04/24/24 • 71 min

In this episode, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the Rabbit R1 AI device with guest Mark Spoonauer from Tom's Guide, delving into its capabilities, design, and potential use cases. Also, Microsoft's VASA-1 model, Meta's slew of AI announcements, the closure of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute, and the appointment of Paul Cristiano to the US AI Safety Institute.

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INTERVIEW WITH MARK SPOONAUER, EIC OF TOM'S GUIDE

First impressions of the Rabbit R1 AI device
Design and form factor of the Rabbit R1
Capabilities and limitations of the Rabbit R1
Potential use cases for the Rabbit R1
Comparison with other AI devices like Meta's Ray-Ban glasses
Pricing and availability of the Rabbit R1
Concerns about the Rabbit R1 being a companion device rather than a phone replacement
Social implications and potential issues with the Rabbit R1

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Hey Gemini, Are We There Yet?

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05/14/25 • 73 min

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis are back for another episode of AI Inside. We cover NVIDIA and AMD’s $10B Saudi chip deal, US-Saudi tech politics and China’s AI ambitions, AI leaders flip-flopping on regulation, copyright office drama and AI training fair use, Big Tech’s AI midlife crisis, Google’s Gemini expands to cars and wearables, scam protection for Android, ChatGPT’s impact on student learning, professors caught using AI, authenticity in AI-powered hiring, and a preview of our Intel AIPC interview coming Saturday.

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CHAPTERS:

0:03:15 - Nvidia, AMD Sell Chips to Saudi Arabia for AI Data Centers

0:08:32 - ⁠AI execs used to beg for regulation. Not anymore.⁠

0:11:46 - The Giants of Silicon Valley Are Having a Midlife Crisis Over AI

0:17:41 - Trump fires head of Copyright Office two days following report that AI training may not be fair use

0:28:27 - Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks

0:32:46 - ⁠ Gemini smarts are coming to more Android devices & Android Faithful interview with Patrick Brady, VP of Android for Cars at Google about Gemini on Android Auto

0:44:55 - The effect of ChatGPT on students’ learning performance, learning perception, and higher-order thinking: insights from a meta-analysis

0:49:53 - The Professors Are Using ChatGPT, and Some Students Aren’t Happy About It

0:55:31 - Deepfakes, Scams, and the Age of Paranoia

0:58:07 - Robert Hallock, Channel Segment GM at Intel talks about the AI PC

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Zuckerberg's Open Source Redemption Tour

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07/24/24 • 64 min

Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk through a very consequential week in AI news, beginning with the release of the first open-source frontier AI model, the 305 billion parameter version of Llama 3.1! Also, GPT-4o attempts to plug the "ignore all previous instructions" hole, OpenAI is giving it back to the New York times, and so much more!

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NEWS

Meta releases the biggest and best open-source AI model yet
Zuck: Open Source AI Is the Path Forward
Meta just took the AI fight to OpenAI in a big way — here's how Llama 3.1 beats ChatGPT
OpenAI debuts mini version of its most powerful model yet
OpenAI’s latest model will block the ‘ignore all previous instructions’ loophole
“Ignore all previous instructions”
OpenAI asks New York Times to disclose reporters’ notes in ‘vindictive’ legal move
Jeff Jarvis post on the story OpenAI/NYT story
A Kamala Harris Presidency Could Mean More of the Same on A.I. Regulation
The Data That Powers A.I. Is Disappearing Fast
Study reveals rapid increase in web domains blocking AI models from training data
Altman experiment: The results of the biggest study on guaranteed income programs are finally in
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What's In Anthropic's Black Box

AI Inside

05/29/24 • 68 min

Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell talk about the challenges of Google's AI search errors, the implications of OpenAI's funding and internal conflicts, Elon Musk's ambitious xAI supercomputer project, and the potential of AI for companionship and sentience.

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Samsung's AI Agents

AI Inside

01/23/25 • 64 min

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the $500 billion Stargate project investment in U.S. AI infrastructure, China’s innovative DeepSeek model outperforming GPT-4, Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event focusing on AI agents, Google’s classroom-focused Gemini tools, and more!

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NEWS

0:04:17 - Announcing The Stargate Project

0:10:31 - How Chinese A.I. Start-Up DeepSeek Is Competing With Silicon Valley Giants

0:16:20 - Samsung Galaxy Unpacked and Agents on phones

0:32:01 - New Google education tools for 2025

0:38:59 - Google Workspace enables the future of AI-powered work for every business

0:42:29 - Copilot is now included in Microsoft 365 Personal and Family

0:43:27 - The Shadow of Cognitive Laziness in the Brilliance of LLMs

0:52:44 - ‘ChatGPT saved my life’: Reddit user credits AI chatbot for diagnosing his rare medical condition