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...
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss the AI Action Summit in Paris, Elon Musk's bid for OpenAI, the Thompson Reuters copyright lawsuit, massive AI spending by tech giants, and ChatGPT Operator buying expensive eggs!
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NEWS
0:02:00 - UK and US refuse to sign international AI declaration
Macron touts Europe and trolls Trump at Paris AI summit
Roose: 5 Notes From the Big A.I. Summit in Paris
0:10:25 - Elon Musk-Led Group Makes $97.4 Billion Bid for Control of OpenAI
0:16:00 - ‘Doomers’ Review: Hunkered Down, Debating the Peril and Promise of A.I.
0:18:45 - Thomson Reuters Wins First Major AI Copyright Case in the US
0:25:55 - Tech Giants Double Down on Their Massive AI Spending
0:30:00 - Meta lays off thousands as it pivots to AI
0:31:21 - IT Unemployment Rises to 5.7% as AI Hits Tech Jobs
0:38:40 - Save the date: Google I/O is May 20-21, 2025.
0:39:51 - Google One AI Premium adds NotebookLM Plus, 50% student discount
0:43:47 - Google starts testing new Search ‘AI Mode’ internally – Here’s an early look at it
0:47:41 - AI crawler wars threaten to make the web more closed for everyone
0:50:46 - I let ChatGPT’s new ‘agent’ manage my life. It spent $31 on a dozen eggs.
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1:03:00
Five Years of AI Ethics at Adobe (with Grace Yee)
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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1:09:01
Artificial Aesthetics (with Lev Manovich)
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive deep into AI's creative impact with Lev Manovich, author of Artificial Aesthetics, analyze the implications of DeepSeek's cost-effective AI development, and explore OpenAI's Project Operator for automated web browsing.
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0:01:43 - INTERVIEW
Interview with Lev Manovich, professor of computer science at CUNY and co-author of "Artificial Aesthetics"
Discussion of AI's impact on creativity and artistic expression
Exploration of how AI tools serve as both collaborators and adversaries in artistic creation
Deep dive into the concept of AI aesthetics versus traditional artistic concepts
NEWS
0:39:05 - DeepSeek... the Seekening!
DeepSeek reaches No. 1 on US Play Store
DeepSeek displaces ChatGPT as the App Store’s top app
Nvidia drops nearly 17% as China’s cheaper AI model DeepSeek sparks global tech sell-off
OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor
Viral AI company DeepSeek releases new image model family
Jeff's take
0:50:02 - OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies
0:51:37 - OpenAI: Introducing Operator
0:58:07 - Reid Hoffman Raises $24.6 Million for AI Cancer-Research Startup with ‘The Emperor of All Maladies’ author Siddhartha Mukherjee
0:59:35 - Reid Hoffman: We can make AI work for us
1:05:25 - New glowing molecule, invented by AI, would have taken 500 million years to evolve in nature, scientists say
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1:16:56
Samsung's AI Agents
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
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1:04:41
Tech Agnostic (with Greg Epstein)
Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Greg Epstein’s thoughts on tech worship culture in Tech Agnostic, OpenAI’s legal battles with publishers over copyright infringement claims, Amazon Alexa’s generative AI struggles with hallucinations, Google Notebook LM’s friendliness tuning updates, and more!
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0:01:48 - Interview with Greg Epstein
0:35:35 - Biden’s administration proposes new rules on exporting AI chips, provoking an industry pushback
0:38:39 - NVIDIA Statement on the Biden Administration’s Misguided ‘AI Diffusion’ Rule
0:40:42 - Biden signs ambitious order to bolster energy resources for AI data centers
0:42:08 - OpenAI presents its preferred version of AI regulation in a new ‘blueprint’
0:43:39 - The New York Times' takes OpenAI to court--again
0:46:43 - Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal
0:43:21 - Amazon's upcoming Alexa AI brain transplant might make you use it more than just weather and timers
0:57:35 - Adobe’s new AI tool can edit 10,000 images in one click
0:59:33 - Slopaggedon: Behold the AI Slop Dominating Google Image Results for "Does Corn Get Digested"
1:04:53 - Google’s NotebookLM had to teach its AI podcast hosts not to act annoyed at humans
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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.