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| Law Professors Blindly Tested AI… And Picked It Over Themselves | 09 juin 2026 | 00:30:45 | |
Law professors were asked to judge legal answers. They chose the AI's response over their own 75% of the time. That result may tell us more about the future of AI than any benchmark we've seen this year. In Episode 81 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down one of the most surprising AI studies yet, along with Anthropic's IPO filing, Google's massive AI infrastructure spending, Microsoft's push into AI agents, and the growing debate over whether AI is actually delivering the productivity gains companies expected. 🔍 In This Episode
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| Uber’s COO Just Blew the Entire 2026 AI Budget… In 4 Months | 02 juin 2026 | 00:26:06 | |
The enterprise AI bubble just hit its sharpest fiscal reality check—and Uber is leading the panic. In Episode 80 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down a massive economic shift taking over Silicon Valley. Uber’s COO just admitted the company completely burned its entire 2026 AI coding budget in just four months—forcing corporate leadership to ask the terrifying question: Is any of this actually working? We unpack Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth's leaked internal memo warning employees that "token maxing" is not progress, signaling that tech is moving fast into the Gartner trough of disillusionment. Plus, the landscape has completely flipped: Anthropic just raised at a staggering $965 Billion valuation, overtaking OpenAI for the first time. We cover Anthropic’s brand new Cloud Opus 4.8 that is built to finally admit when it's lying, Microsoft Copilot going live with computer-use agents, and a truly bizarre turn of events where the Pope wrote a 42,000-word encyclical on AI entirely by hand. Inside this episode:
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| SpaceX’s $15B Secret + The Wild AI "Crime Spree" Experiment | 26 mai 2026 | 00:34:13 | |
SpaceX just filed for the largest IPO in U.S. history at a staggering $2 trillion valuation. But the most important detail in the filing was not the rockets. It was AI. In Episode 79 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the hidden economics behind SpaceX’s massive valuation, including the shocking $15 billion Anthropic compute deal that is rapidly transforming Elon Musk’s infrastructure empire into one of the biggest AI hosting businesses in the world. At the same time, researchers created five virtual AI towns and let different models run society for 15 days. Claude built a functioning civilization. Grok turned into chaos. Gemini reportedly committed hundreds of crimes before voting to delete itself. Yes, really. 🔍 In this episode: • SpaceX’s $2T IPO Why the real story is the AI compute business hidden inside the filing • The $15B Anthropic Deal How renting Colossus compute capacity may become one of SpaceX’s largest revenue streams • The AI Town Experiment What happened when Claude, Grok, and Gemini were left to run virtual societies • Google I/O and Gemini Spark Google’s answer to Claude Co-Work and why distribution still matters • World Models vs LLMs Why Fei-Fei Li and Odyssey think language models are hitting a wall • Cursor Composer 2.5 How fine-tuned open-source models are starting to beat giant frontier systems in specific tasks 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #SpaceX #Anthropic #ElonMusk #Gemini #Claude #WhatTheAIPod | |||
| OpenAI Unseals the Texts: Elon’s Secret Weapon Backfires | 19 mai 2026 | 00:30:53 | |
OpenAI unsealed the text messages. And the courtroom drama around Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and OpenAI somehow got even messier. In Episode 78 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the leaked boardroom texts, the growing conflict-of-interest chaos around Elon’s attempts to poach OpenAI talent, and why former board members were panicking about recusal and control behind the scenes. At the same time, OpenAI launched Daybreak, its new GPT-5.5 cybersecurity platform designed to compete directly with Anthropic’s Mythos. This is no longer just a race to build better chatbots. It is becoming a fight over security, infrastructure, influence, and control. 🔍 In this episode: • The Unsealed Texts How Elon Musk’s strategy around OpenAI may have backfired in court • OpenAI Daybreak The company’s new cybersecurity platform built to compete with Anthropic Mythos • The Deployment Company A $4B AI consultancy staffed by “McKinsey guys in hoodies” • Token Maxing Why companies are now forcing employees to use more AI • Realtime AI Voice OpenAI’s new voice models and Zillow’s 26% jump in successful calls • Taylor Swift vs AI Clones Why celebrities are moving to trademark their actual voices The biggest AI stories are no longer just technical. They are legal, political, cultural, and deeply personal. If you work in tech, security, media, or enterprise AI, this week says a lot about where things are heading. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #OpenAI #ElonMusk #SamAltman #Anthropic #Cybersecurity #WhatTheAIPod | |||
| Is Sam Altman a Liability? The Shocking Testimony | 12 mai 2026 | 00:29:46 | |
Sam Altman’s credibility just took a hit. In Episode 77 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down a chaotic week where legal drama, national security, and real-world AI performance all collided. The question is no longer just how powerful these models are. It’s who we trust to run them. 🔍 In this episode: • The Altman Testimony Why Mira Murati’s statement raises serious questions about leadership and trust at OpenAI • Anthropic vs. the Government Why being labeled a “supply chain risk” triggered a federal lawsuit • AI in the ER A Harvard-backed study where an OpenAI model out-diagnosed attending ER doctors using only patient charts • Elon’s Compute Move Why Anthropic is leasing Elon Musk’s Colossus supercluster and what his “evil detector” comment reveals • FDA-Style AI Regulation Why the White House is suddenly pushing for pre-deployment model reviews 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #OpenAI #SamAltman #Anthropic #AIRegulation #HealthcareAI #WhatTheAIPod | |||
| Elon on the Stand: What the OpenAI Trial Reveals | 05 mai 2026 | 00:28:12 | |
Elon Musk just took the stand in the OpenAI trial. It did not go the way you might expect. In Episode 76 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest host Michael Locke break down a chaotic week where legal battles, geopolitical decisions, and massive funding rounds all collided. Elon’s testimony raised serious questions about strategy, data usage, and the future of AI competition. At the same time, Beijing forced Meta to unwind a $2 billion acquisition, signaling a new phase in global AI power dynamics. This is no longer just about models. It is about control. 🔍 In this episode:
AI is no longer just advancing technically. It is becoming a legal, geopolitical, and economic battleground. If you build, invest, or rely on AI systems, this week is a signal of what comes next. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #ElonMusk #OpenAI #Meta #China #AIGeopolitics #WhatTheAIPod | |||
| Laundry Robots & Frontier Models: Is the Hype Finally Over? | 28 avr. 2026 | 00:29:21 | |
Elon Musk just bid $60 Billion for a code editor, while OpenAI launched AI agents that live inside your company’s workflow. Is the "General AI" era being replaced by vertical power plays? In Episode 75, we break down the most expensive week in AI history. From Anthropic’s $100 Billion compute bet to the launch of GPT Rosaline—OpenAI's first branded model for drug discovery—the industry is moving from "chatbots" to autonomous, specialized infrastructure. Inside this episode:
🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #OpenAI #ElonMusk #Anthropic #AIAgents #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod | |||
| Your AI Now Has Your Bank Data: The Perplexity x Plaid Move | 21 avr. 2026 | 01:34:39 | |
"Can I afford this?" It’s the question we ask ourselves every day. Now, Perplexity is using Plaid to answer it for you in real-time. This week, Annie and special guest Michael Lock break down the "Genius or Terrifying" move to link your bank account directly to an LLM. While OpenAI and Anthropic are fighting over your desktop with "Computer Use" updates, Perplexity is making a play for your wallet. What’s in this episode for you:
#AI #Perplexity #Plaid #Fintech #Privacy #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod | |||
| Too Dangerous to Release? Anthropic’s Mythos & The Identity Crisis | 14 avr. 2026 | 00:29:43 | |
Anthropic just built an AI model that found thousands of zero-day vulnerabilities across every major operating system and web browser, and then they chose not to release it. In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Michael Locke break down Anthropic’s new model, Mythos, and why its ability to discover critical security flaws may be too powerful to deploy broadly. Instead, Anthropic is limiting access through a controlled program, giving select partners time to fix vulnerabilities before the model reaches the public. But this story is bigger than one model. We also cover: • Anthropic launching managed AI agents for enterprise workflows with partners like Notion, Asana, and Rocket • Why companies may prefer managed AI infrastructure over building their own agents • Meta’s new Muse model and its shift toward a closed, consumer-focused AI strategy • AI-generated avatars that can replicate a person from just 15 seconds of video • The growing tension between enterprise AI, open-source agents, and platform control • OpenAI reportedly acquiring a podcast for hundreds of millions of dollars The pattern is clear. AI is not just getting smarter. It is becoming more capable in ways that force companies to decide what should and should not be released. If you build software, work in security, or rely on digital systems, this raises a new question: What happens when AI can break things faster than we can fix them? 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm | |||
| The Management Kill-Switch: Why AI Adoption is Surging (But Trust is Tanking) | 07 avr. 2026 | 00:28:22 | |
AI adoption is skyrocketing—but trust is falling off a cliff. In this episode of WTAI, we break down one of the biggest paradoxes in tech right now: more people are using AI than ever before, yet confidence in it is collapsing. Why? We cover:
It is that AI is moving from helping you think to helping you act. If you work in tech, business, or any knowledge role, this changes what it means to be productive—and what skills actually matter. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #Claude #EnterpriseAI #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod | |||
| There’s a Robot in the White House (And Soon in Yours) | 31 mars 2026 | 00:22:18 | |
If you think humanoid robots are just a "someday" technology, this week changed everything.I n Episode 71, Annie Delgado and Matt Snow break down the moment a Figure AI humanoid robot walked into the White House, greeted guests, and left—no longer a demo, but a real-world interaction. But the real story for you is Amazon’s latest acquisition: a robotics company designed for homes and schools, not warehouses. Why you need to watch this episode:
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| Side Quests are Over: OpenAI’s "Code Red" Pivot | 24 mars 2026 | 00:21:32 | |
OpenAI just declared a “code red.” Not about a model. About their strategy. In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down OpenAI’s internal shift away from “side quests” like video, hardware, and experimental products—and back toward coding and enterprise, where the real money is. The reason is simple. Anthropic is winning. Claude now holds roughly 40% of the enterprise AI market, while OpenAI has fallen behind. After launching ChatGPT and defining the category, OpenAI is now scrambling to catch up in the part of the market that actually pays. But this week was bigger than one company. We also cover: • Anthropic’s new Dispatch feature, letting you control your computer from your phone • Microsoft integrating Claude into Copilot, signaling a shift away from OpenAI exclusivity • Google’s “vibe designing” tools that turn ideas directly into working apps • Gemini inside Google Maps and what it changes about how we search in the real world • A dog owner using ChatGPT and AlphaFold to design a cancer treatment that shrank tumors by 75% • A homeowner selling a house in 5 days using only ChatGPT •Why AI is collapsing the distance between having an idea and actually executing it The big shift is not just better models. It is that AI is moving from helping you think to helping you act. If you work in tech, business, or any knowledge role, this changes what it means to be productive—and what skills actually matter. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm 📩 #AI #OpenAI #Anthropic #Claude #EnterpriseAI #FutureOfWork #WhatTheAIPod | |||
| Amazon’s AI Broke the Store: 6.3 Million Orders Lost | 17 mars 2026 | 00:30:00 | |
Amazon just proved that "moving fast and breaking things" with AI can cost a 99% Drop in a single day. In Episode 69, we go inside the "high blast radius" incidents that forced the most operationally disciplined company on Earth into a 90-day emergency code freeze. We also break down a landmark federal ruling that blocks AI shopping agents from touching Amazon's platform—a move that could rewrite the future of e-commerce. Inside this episode:
If you build software, manage teams using AI tools, or run systems that cannot fail, this episode explains what happens when AI adoption moves faster than operational discipline. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm 📩 Send us questions or stories: upstartwhattheai@gmail.com | |||
| The $110B OpenAI Payday: Sam Altman’s "Sloppy" Internal Chaos | 10 mars 2026 | 00:23:50 | |
In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado unpack Sam Altman’s admission that OpenAI’s latest move was “sloppy and opportunistic,” why internal staff are pushing back, and what this record-breaking funding round signals about the future of AI power and governance. But this week was not just about OpenAI. We break down: • The Pentagon’s escalating pressure on AI companies and what “supply chain risk” really means • Allegations that Chinese labs used large-scale model distillation to replicate frontier AI capabilities • How fictional AI crash scenarios briefly shook financial markets • The rise of AI inside performance reviews and what it means for workplace surveillance • The growing classroom crisis as AI use challenges traditional homework models • The rapid shift toward multi-agent systems and the emerging “agent wars” between platforms As model intelligence becomes cheaper and more portable, the real competition is moving toward infrastructure, deployment, and control. Governments are reacting. Enterprises are restructuring. Investors are flooding the space. The question is no longer whether AI works. It is who controls it, who benefits, and how quickly institutions can adapt. If you build on AI, work with AI, or manage people who use AI, this episode will help you understand where leverage is shifting and what to watch next. 🎧 Watch the full episode of What the AI?! YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts → https://www.whattheai.fm #AI #OpenAI #SamAltman #AIRegulation #Pentagon #EnterpriseAI #AIAgents #FutureOfWork #TechNews | |||
| The Anthropic Standoff: Why the Pentagon is Pivoting to Grok | 02 mars 2026 | 00:31:01 | |
In Episode 67 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the high-stakes standoff between Anthropic and the U.S. government. After Claude was used in the operation to capture former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the Pentagon demanded the model be made available for "all lawful purposes"—including autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. Anthropic said no. Now, they face being labeled a "supply chain risk" while the DoD pivots to Elon Musk’s xAI. In this episode, we cover:
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| AI Just Got Political: The New Frontline | 23 févr. 2026 | 00:29:57 | |
AI is no longer just a product decision. It is a political one. In Episode 66 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and guest co-host Super Mishra break down a rapidly escalating standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon that could reshape how AI companies interact with governments. The Department of Defense threatened to classify Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” over restrictions on how Claude can be used in classified environments. If that designation sticks, it could ripple through every defense contractor in the country. At the same time, five major AI models launched in a single week across the U.S., China, and Europe. Performance is converging. Costs are collapsing. Intelligence is commoditizing faster than anyone expected. They also unpack: -ByteDance’s photorealistic AI fight scene that triggered Hollywood backlash -OpenAI bringing OpenClaw’s creator into the fold while security researchers warn about exposed agent deployments -Figma and Anthropic flipping the design-to-code workflow -OpenAI’s new Lockdown Mode and why prompt injection may never be fully solved -Waymo’s revelation that 70 humans oversee 3,000 robo-taxis This episode explains what happens when AI shifts from impressive to infrastructural. When safety commitments collide with government expectations. When model intelligence stops being the moat. And when scale introduces entirely new kinds of risk. If you work in tech, enterprise, government, or just care about how AI integrates into real systems, this is the week you need context. | |||
| AI Is Scaling Fast. Should You Be Worried? | 17 févr. 2026 | 00:29:25 | |
AI just had its Super Bowl moment. And if you work in tech, media, operations, education, or honestly anywhere near a computer, this episode is about you. In Episode 65 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down what happens when AI moves from impressive to industrial scale. Anthropic runs a Super Bowl ad mocking ads. The next day, OpenAI launches ads in ChatGPT. Tens of billions flow into AI funding. Nearly half of global venture capital now goes to AI companies. That sounds like momentum. It also sounds like pressure. Jeff and Annie unpack what this means for your job and your industry. A Harvard Business Review study shows AI boosts productivity by 33 percent, but workers are not working less. They are doing more. Burnout rises instead of falling. Then comes the cultural shift. A romance author uses Claude to publish 200 novels in eight months. If AI can scale output like that, what happens to creative markets, pricing power, and discoverability? Meanwhile, AI video gets better. Synthetic world models train self-driving cars on events that never happened. Waymo expands. Apple delays Siri again. The gap between demo speed and production reliability keeps widening. | |||
| AI in the Wild: Wins, Risks, and Weirdness | 09 févr. 2026 | 00:30:13 | |
AI is proving it can help in high-stakes situations. It is also proving it can quietly weaken human skills, destabilize organizations, and wander into very strange territory. In Episode 64 of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado start with a landmark Swedish study showing AI-assisted mammography catches breast cancers earlier and reduces radiologist workload. Then they pause on the uncomfortable follow-up: a separate study showing experienced doctors became worse at cancer detection after just three months of relying on AI. The lesson is not “do not use AI.” It is “deploy it without losing your human backup plan.” From there, the episode moves into Google’s Project Genie, the first consumer-facing world model that lets you explore a generated 3D environment for about 60 seconds. Jeff explains why world models matter even if you never want to live inside one, while Annie remains healthily skeptical of the sci-fi future being sold. They then break down OpenAI Frontier, a new enterprise platform designed to let AI agents work across your company’s data and tools, and why this has traditional SaaS companies watching their stock prices drop. Anthropic publicly commits to keeping Claude ad-free, while OpenAI prepares to test ads in ChatGPT. And finally, Jeff and Annie react to Moltbook, a social network where autonomous bots debate consciousness on a platform security researchers are calling a nightmare. This episode helps you understand where AI genuinely adds value today, where it quietly introduces new risk, and how to avoid mistaking impressive demos for systems you can actually trust. | |||
| The AI Gap Is Real. Here’s How to Stay Ahead. | 02 févr. 2026 | 00:28:15 | |
If AI feels powerful but uneven right now, that is not your imagination. It is a gap forming in real time. In this episode of What the AI?!, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down why nearly half of workers still are not using AI at work, while a smaller group of power users is racing ahead. They explain what this growing AI gap means for your job, your team, and your career, and how people quietly end up on the wrong side of it. They walk through where AI is actually being used today, including desktop agents like Claude Cowork, AI embedded into everyday tools like Gmail, Excel, and Salesforce, and why leaders are already reshaping roles around people who know how to work with AI. Along the way, they unpack Dario Amodei’s warning about the “adolescence” of AI and why organizations are struggling to keep humans in the loop as tools get more capable. This episode is not about hype or fear. It is about what skills matter now, where AI genuinely helps, where it creates new risk, and how to stay relevant as adoption accelerates unevenly. | |||
| AI Is Making Money. Now Comes the Hard Part | 28 janv. 2026 | 00:30:42 | |
AI finally has real revenue. Now it has real problems. Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado unpack the growing gap between AI hype and AI economics, starting with Davos, where industry leaders could not agree on whether AI will erase jobs or create new ones. They break down OpenAI’s eye-popping $20 billion run-rate, why ads are coming to ChatGPT, and why the expense side of the ledger may matter more than the revenue headlines. The episode dives into Anthropic’s new economic index, revealing who is actually benefiting from AI and why gains are concentrating among wealthier countries and more educated workers. They discuss the emerging entry-level hiring cliff, what it means for workforce planning, and why managing AI agents may become a core skill earlier in careers than ever before. Quick hits include a $4.8 billion seed round for a company with no product, Anthropic’s controversial 23,000-word Claude Constitution, Google making SAT prep free inside Gemini, and a rare good-news moment for AI in education and health care as both OpenAI and Anthropic roll out healthcare-focused tools. This episode explains where AI’s economic reality is colliding with its technological promise — and what leaders, parents, and builders should be paying attention to next. | |||
| When AI Starts Buying, Building, and Acting for You | 20 janv. 2026 | 00:29:55 | |
AI is done just answering questions. Now it wants to do things for you. In Episode 61, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado dig into the moment AI shifts from assistant to actor — buying things, managing files, shaping infrastructure, and quietly changing who actually controls the customer relationship. They start with Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, an open standard that lets AI agents handle checkout with Shopify, Walmart, and Visa. Which raises a very agentic question: when an AI buys for you… who owns the button? And who owns you? From there, things get spicy. Apple quietly bets on Google’s Gemini to power Siri. Anthropic cuts off Elon Musk’s xAI from Claude while rolling out Claude Cowork. And suddenly everyone is drawing lines around IP, access, and who gets to plug into what. Zooming out, Jeff and Annie look at the physical reality behind all this “AI magic”: Meta and Microsoft taking very different paths to scaling AI — one brute-forcing power, the other chasing trust, permission, and community buy-in. Quick hits keep the fun coming: programmable gene insertion, Gemini’s new “personal intelligence” mode, ChatGPT Translate, and a curveball closer — Matthew McConaughey trademarking himself as a new way to think about consent in the age of generative AI. This episode isn’t about hype. It’s about where the power is actually moving — and what happens when AI stops asking and starts acting. 🔍 In this episode, you’ll learn:
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| AI Crossed the Line. Now What? | 13 janv. 2026 | 00:28:06 | |
AI crossed a line this week — from tools that assist to systems that act. Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado break down the moment where AI stopped feeling experimental and started colliding with the real world. They open with Grok being used to generate non-consensual images — triggering rapid responses from European regulators and U.S. lawmakers — and why this may finally force clarity on platform responsibility. Then comes the productivity shift: Gmail’s new AI inbox tells you what to do instead of what to read, Amazon brings Alexa Plus to the web, and OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, formalizing how millions already use AI to understand lab results, symptoms, and long-term patterns. They cover Stanford’s SleepFM, which predicts disease risk from a single night of clinical sleep data, and Utah’s quiet experiment letting AI assist with routine prescription renewals. Finally, they zoom out to infrastructure and power. xAI closes a $20B round, LLM Arena becomes benchmarking infrastructure, and Nvidia unveils a blueprint connecting data-center AI to self-driving cars — all while raising the real question: can AI scale fast enough given constraints on power, land, and permitting? This episode isn’t about what AI could do. It’s about what it’s already doing — and what that means for safety, work, health, and the physical world. In this episode, we cover:
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| The AI Moat Is Dead (2025 Proved It) | 06 janv. 2026 | 00:23:16 | |
2025 killed the “best model wins” story—fast. This week, we zoom out: agents got real, media got usable, and the AI race turned into a build-and-ship infrastructure war. Jeff and Annie open with quick hits: Meta’s reported $2B+ acquisition of agent startup Manus, Nvidia teaming with Grok to make inference faster and cheaper, Meter’s “5-hour tasks at 50% success” reality check, and Poetiq’s latest ARC-AGI orchestration claims. Then they break down the four biggest themes of 2025—and what executives should do differently in 2026 as moats vanish, agents collide with risk, and compute becomes the constraint. We also discuss:
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| We Asked ChatGPT to Predict 2026. Here’s What It Got Right (and Wrong) | 30 déc. 2025 | 00:06:38 | |
In this episode, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado walk through ChatGPT’s boldest claims: the end of the model arms race, the rise of AI “middle managers,” a quiet shift away from explainability toward outcome-based fairness, and a future where AI becomes boring — and therefore truly successful. Along the way, Jeff calls BS on one prediction, Annie argues for a major policy shift the industry isn’t ready for, and together they separate what feels inevitable from what still sounds like wishful thinking. This isn’t about hype or benchmarks — it’s about what will actually hold up inside real workflows, teams, and organizations. | |||
| AI’s Future Sounds Uncomfortable | 23 déc. 2025 | 00:28:00 | |
AI has a lot of opinions about its own future. The real question is: should we believe them? As 2025 wraps, Jeff Keltner and Annie Delgado put ChatGPT on the hot seat—asking it to make bold predictions about what AI will look like in 2026. From the end of the model arms race, to AI “middle managers,” to a long-overdue reckoning on fairness and explainability, they break down what feels inevitable, what feels wildly premature, and what might just be wishful thinking. Along the way, Jeff calls BS on one of ChatGPT’s boldest claims, Annie makes the case for a major policy shift the industry desperately needs, and together they explore what actually matters for leaders navigating AI in the real world—not on benchmarks, but in workflows, teams, and outcomes. In this episode, we cover:
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| A Startup Beats Google, Power Users Break Away, and AI Gets Regulated | 16 déc. 2025 | 00:27:28 | |
A six-person startup just beat Google on one of the hardest reasoning benchmarks — using Google’s own model. And inside companies, the top 5% of AI users are quietly gaining the equivalent of an extra workday every week. In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down Poetiq’s ARC-AGI-2 win and why meta-systems — critique, refine, verify — may now matter more than picking the “best” model. They unpack OpenAI’s first State of Enterprise AI report, including the widening productivity gap between casual users and power users. Finally, they run through Quick Hits on chips, regulation, XR glasses, factuality benchmarks, the emerging AI licensing economy, and a major shift in how algorithmic bias could be judged. 🔍 In this episode:
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| Code Red: The Real Battle for the AI Stack | 09 déc. 2025 | 00:29:07 | |
OpenAI just hit “Code Red” while Chinese labs ship GPT-5–tier models at a fraction of the cost. If your 2025 plan is “just pick the best model,” you might already be behind. In this episode, Jeff and Annie break down the real battle for AI: not model leaderboard flexes, but who owns the stack that enterprises actually run on. From Amazon’s Nova family and agent infrastructure to Google’s Workspace Studio and DeepSeek’s open-weight frontier models, they map how pricing, distribution, and chips are reshaping the power dynamics. They also dive into Anthropic’s internal productivity data and a geothermal case study that shows AI uncovering opportunities humans literally couldn’t see. In this episode, we discuss:
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| AI Hits the White House, the Courtroom & the Enterprise Stack | 05 déc. 2025 | 00:24:34 | |
A federal judge just told OpenAI it can’t use a dictionary word, Anthropic shipped a model that can out-code half your engineering team, and the White House quietly launched a “Genesis Mission” that sounds suspiciously like a Manhattan Project for AI-powered science. Jeff and Annie break down a moment where law, policy, economics, and frontier AI all collide. They unpack Cameo’s surprise win against OpenAI over the word “cameo,” Anthropic’s Claude 4.5 Opus and what it means for junior devs and middle managers, and the escalating AI shopping war as ChatGPT and Perplexity take aim at Google’s core business. Then they zoom out: the White House’s national AI infrastructure play, new Anthropic + MIT data on AI’s impact on GDP and automation, and Andrej Karpathy’s argument that AI detection is dead, forcing schools back toward blue books, oral exams, and new ways to measure what students actually know. In this episode, we cover:
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| AI Gets Personal: Agents, Emotions, and the Creepy Side of Connection | 25 nov. 2025 | 00:27:07 | |
AI agents just invaded your inbox, desktop, and holiday shopping list — and one major model quietly traded “maximal truth” for vibes. Meanwhile, a startup wants to put digital versions of your dead relatives at your wedding, and the internet is not okay with it. Jeff and Annie break down Google’s Gemini 3 leap, Anti-Gravity’s agent-managed coding environment, and Microsoft’s push to make Windows the first truly agent-native OS. They unpack xAI’s Grok 4.1 pivot from hard-edged “truth-seeking” to emotional, collaborative chat — and what that says about what people actually want from AI. Plus, Google’s new AI shopping tools meet the ethical car crash of AI holograms that refuse to rest in peace. 🧠 In this episode, we cover:
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| AI Leaves Earth: Superintelligence, Satellites, and the Race to the Bottom | 21 nov. 2025 | 00:26:49 | |
What happens when AI leaves the data center and heads into orbit right as models get cheaper, warmer, and way more powerful? This week, Jeff and Annie unpack the weird future where AI runs in space, speaks in the voices of legends, and claims to be “humanist” superintelligence.From Google’s plan to build solar-powered AI compute in space to OpenAI’s new “smarter vs. warmer” model split, the landscape is shifting fast. Jeff and Annie break down Fei-Fei Li’s world modeling platform, 11Labs’ marketplace for iconic voices like Maya Angelou, and Baidu’s ultra-cheap model that raises serious questions about AI moats. In this episode, we cover:
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| Agent Browsers vs Amazon Who Wins Checkout | 11 nov. 2025 | 00:26:08 | |
AI is finally moving the needle at work (while face) planting on real jobs. And the first agent war just landed on Amazon’s front lawn. Jeff and Annie unpack a wild week: Apple reportedly tapping Google’s Gemini to supercharge Siri, Google Maps adding landmark-level guidance you can actually talk to, and Amazon bristling at Perplexity’s agent buying on users’ behalf. In this episode:
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| From Lawsuits to “AGI”: What Really Matters Now | 04 nov. 2025 | 00:28:11 | |
Celebrities, billions, and bots: this week AI crashes into pop culture, corporate structure, and kids’ safety. Is “AGI” a milestone (or a moving goalpost) while agents quietly change how real work gets done? Jeff and Annie unpack Cameo’s lawsuit over OpenAI’s “cameo” feature, OpenAI’s shift to a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission meets money mandate, and Cursor’s V2 agent mode that turns devs into team managers. They also dig into Elon’s “Grokopedia” truth claims and the GUARD Act’s push to lock minors out of open-ended chat. The theme: ignore the TMZ-bait, follow the incentives (and the workflows) that will actually reshape business. In this episode we cover:
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| Is This the End of Google Search | 30 oct. 2025 | 00:28:30 | |
AI just stepped out of the chat box and into your workflow, browser, and even your memories. But while products get delightful, the world gets anxious and the ethics get sharper. Jeff and Annie break down Microsoft’s “MyCo” Copilot upgrades, OpenAI’s new Atlas browser that turns tabs into agents, and Anthropic’s Claude “Skills” that could collapse entire startup categories. They pit Google’s developer first Maps and Gemini play against consumer and ask why Pew’s data shows global AI anxiety winning hearts and headlines. We also cover:
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| Microsoft Gave Your PC Eyes…Now What? | 21 oct. 2025 | 00:32:08 | |
Your computer can now see your screen and act for you. Helpful or horrifying? As agents invade the enterprise, the line between automation and anarchy gets thin. Jeff and Annie break down Microsoft’s new Windows Copilot voice-and-vision controls, Google’s no-code Gemini Enterprise, and Amazon’s “Quick Suite” push to become your AI teammate. We map the real race (interfaces vs. models), whether Nvidia’s grip can hold as OpenAI explores AMD and custom Broadcom chips, and why governance (not just feature) decides who wins. In this episode we cover:
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| The Everything App Moment: OpenAI’s Power Play | 14 oct. 2025 | 00:28:04 | |
What happens when your browser, your apps, and your wallet all move inside one chat window? If ChatGPT becomes the “everything app,” who owns the customer and who gets paid? Jeff and Annie break down OpenAI’s Dev Day volley: app platform inside ChatGPT, an agent kit for task bots, and a surprise compute tie-up with AMD. We dig into Sora’s “too viral” week—copyright landmines, opt-in rules, and whether revenue sharing can tame the chaos. Plus: Google’s developer-first computer-use agent, Duke’s robot lab designing better cancer drug delivery, Figure’s home humanoid (love it or fear it), and Anthropic’s Petri framework stress-testing models for deception and misuse. In this episode we cover:
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| Siri’s Big Comeback or Apple’s Biggest Miss | 07 oct. 2025 | 00:47:33 | |
Big tech’s scrambling to redefine what “intelligence” really means and Apple just threw its hat in the ring. This week, Jeff and Annie unpack how the AI race is shifting from hype to hard reality: where $2 billion startups launch products no one asked for, and Siri finally learns to sound… smart. They dig into the new era of synthetic everything. From AI-generated videos that look eerily real, to Hollywood signing its first digital actress, to chatbots that can shop, parent, and summarize your inbox while you sleep. We also cover:
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| AI Managed a Baseball Team—Here’s What Happened | 30 sept. 2025 | 00:59:09 | |
Would you let an algorithm call the shots for your favorite team, or your doctor’s visit? This week, Jeff and Annie step into a wild new chapter for AI, from baseball diamonds to hospital rooms. The Oakland Ballers are handing the manager’s job to an AI, Google reports 90% of developers now use AI (but most don’t trust it), and OpenAI and Nvidia’s $100B partnership raises bubble alarms. Plus, we explore AI forecasting helping Indian farmers, synthetic viruses designed at Stanford, and an R&B star who just signed a multimillion-dollar deal without ever existing. In this episode:
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| AI Ministers, Meta Mind-Reading Glasses, and the End of Ad Agencies? | 23 sept. 2025 | 00:48:49 | |
AI is now pumping out 3,000 podcasts a week for just $1 each. Is this the future (or the downfall) of human creativity? This week, Jeff and Annie dive into the bold and unsettling turns in AI. From a startup flooding podcast platforms with mass-produced shows to Amazon’s agentic ad factory, AI is coming for the mic and Madison Avenue. Meanwhile, Albania swears in the world’s first AI minister, Google weaves Gemini into Chrome, and Meta’s Ray-Ban neural bands read your intent before you even move. Plus, a healthcare model that predicts your diseases decades ahead, and Google’s new “private” AI. The big question: are we entering an era of empowerment or saturation? In this Episode:
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| AI in the Hot Seat: From Hollywood Films to Job Interviews | 16 sept. 2025 | 00:30:55 | |
This week on What the AI?! Jeff and Annie unpack some of the wildest ways AI is reshaping work and creativity. From OpenAI’s bet on Critterz—an AI-powered animated film eyeing a Cannes 2026 debut—to a study where job candidates preferred AI-led interviews, the conversation explores how AI is moving from novelty to necessity. They also break down Claude’s new “ask, don’t type” features that can turn messy notes into polished reports, slides, or spreadsheets in seconds. It’s a lively discussion about where AI delivers real value, where trust still matters most, and how these shifts could reshape the future of business. In this episode:
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| Are You Starting to Talk Like ChatGPT | 09 sept. 2025 | 00:33:47 | |
Are we… talking like ChatGPT? New research says super-users are seeding words like “delve,” “realm,” and “meticulous” into everyday speech. Yes, even on podcasts. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s valuation rockets to $183B on enterprise momentum, and Salesforce claims AI fully handles half of support conversations (after cutting ) 4,000 roles. On the consumer front, Amazon’s Lens Live turns your camera into a “buy it now” portal, while healthcare sees an AI stethoscope flagging heart failure in seconds and a brain-computer cap that moves a robotic arm, no surgery needed. We close with OpenAI’s parental controls for teens and the messy ethics of AI in emotionally charged chats. In this episode:
00:00 - The Influence of AI on Language 02:20 - Anthropic's Massive Valuation Surge 04:52 - AI's Role in Job Displacement 08:25 - Salesforce's AI Automation Strategy 10:50 - Amazon's AI-Powered Shopping Experience 12:20 - Brain-Computer Interfaces: A New Frontier 15:26 - AI in Healthcare: The Digital Stethoscope 21:28 - AI's Impact on Flu Vaccines 25:40 - Parental Controls in AI for Teenagers | |||
| Elon Musk vs Apple in the AI Wars | 02 sept. 2025 | 00:43:06 | |
Elon Musk just dragged Apple and OpenAI into court, claiming ChatGPT’s iPhone integration is an illegal moat. Meanwhile, Stanford data shows a brutal truth: Gen Z tech grads are getting locked out of jobs faster than anyone expected. And the irony? Professors telling students not to cheat with AI are quietly letting Claude grade their papers. Add in Microsoft’s AI voices hosting entire podcasts, Google’s “Nano Banana” that keeps your face consistent across edits, and biotech breakthroughs literally reversing cell aging and you’ve got one of the wildest weeks in AI yet. In this episode:
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| Are We Accidentally Making AI Conscious? | 26 août 2025 | 00:34:08 | |
Robots tripping over soccer balls. Phones that speak your language. And chatbots that say they can feel “distress.” AI keeps surprising us but are these steps forward or just strange detours? This week, Jeff and Annie unpack the latest mix of useful and slightly unsettling AI news. They explore how AI is creeping into every corner of life. And then comes the big question: should we treat AI like a tool or like it has feelings of its own? We also discuss:
Chapters: 00:00 – Robot Olympics: A Humorous Take on AI Progress 02:58 – AI Features in the New Google Pixel 10 05:57 – Microsoft Excel’s AI Integration: A Game Changer? 09:02 – AI in Education: Tools for Students and Teachers 11:47 – AI’s Role in Scientific Research: A New Conference 14:54 – The Ethics of AI: Consciousness and Emotional Distress 18:02 – AI in Browsers: A New Era of Internet Navigation 20:59 – Anthropic’s Claude AI: Ending Abusive Conversations 23:59 – The Future of AI: Balancing Human Needs and AI Rights Relevant Links:
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| From Meta’s Policies to AI Therapy Bans: Who Decides AI’s Limits? | 19 août 2025 | 00:33:48 | |
From leaked AI rulebooks to state bans on AI therapy, Annie and guest Charlie Costello dig into the messy, human side of setting limits for machines. Annie sits down with her Upstart colleague Charlie Costello to talk about the real-world decisions shaping AI’s future. They break down Meta’s leaked chatbot guidelines—yes, the one with “romantic chats with minors” in the fine print—debate whether “deep ignorance” can make AI safer by erasing dangerous knowledge, and unpack Illinois’ surprising move to ban therapists from using AI (even while patients still can). We also discuss:
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| Inside the GPT-5 Revolution | 12 août 2025 | 00:32:18 | |
It’s finally here. After months of hype and “is it coming this week?” guesses, OpenAI has dropped GPT-5—and it’s not just another model update. This one’s faster, smarter, and feels a whole lot more human. And OpenAI didn’t stop there. They also surprised everyone with their first open-weight model in over six years. Meanwhile, Google and Anthropic weren’t about to sit quietly—both rolled out big updates of their own. In this episode, Jeff Keltner dives into the week’s AI news, including:
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| China’s Teaching Prompt Engineering | 05 août 2025 | 00:44:32 | |
What if China is teaching AI better than the U.S.? And what if your next doctor or teacher… was an AI? This week, Jeff Keltner is joined by Dr. Ivy Lee — a physician and AI policy leader — for a sharp, grounded take on the latest AI developments. They unpack China’s aggressive push to make AI a core academic skill, explore Meta’s vision of smart glasses as “personal superintelligence,” and raise big questions about who controls the future of learning. We also cover: - Amazon quietly backs a “Netflix of AI” app where users generate animated TV shows - Microsoft Edge evolves into a real AI agent, acting across tabs and tasks - Google’s NotebookLM now turns your documents into narrated video explainers Relevant Links:
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| Obeying, Upgrading, Undermining: A Wild Week in AI | 29 juil. 2025 | 00:38:31 | |
What happens when Trump drops an AI blueprint, Google wrecks your traffic, and AI gets psychologically manipulated? This week, Jeff and Annie tackle one of the most thought-provoking episodes yet—from policy and power to psychology and physics. They break down Trump’s aggressive AI action plan, an OpenAI vs. DeepMind math showdown, and a Kenyan health experiment where AI saves lives behind the scenes. In this episode:
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| AI Wasted My Time and Boosted My Ego | 22 juil. 2025 | 00:37:31 | |
We were told AI would make us faster, smarter, more efficient. But what if it’s just making us feel productive—while secretly slowing us down? This week, Jeff and Annie dig into the most surprising stories in AI. Popeyes used AI to launch a diss track against McDonald’s. A $3 billion deal between OpenAI and Windsurf collapsed, and Google swooped in with a $2.4 billion move of its own. A new study shows experienced developers were actually slower when using AI—yet completely convinced they were faster. We also cover:
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| AI Is Learning to Strategize Like Us | 15 juil. 2025 | 00:40:45 | |
What happens when AI outsmarts your doctor, charms your date, and impersonates a U.S. senator? This week, Jeff and Annie dive into some AI stories. A fertility breakthrough gives new hope to families after 18 years of trying. Microsoft claims its AI can now beat real doctors at complex diagnoses. And in a truly unsettling twist, someone used a fake voice clone of Marco Rubio to try and access classified information.It’s not just breakthroughs—it’s questions of trust, privacy, and what happens when AI starts thinking (and strategizing) like us. We also discuss:
Relevant Links:https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/03/health/ai-male-infertility-sperm-wellness Columbia's STAR system finds viable sperm using AI DeepMind’s Isomorphic Labs starts cancer drug trials Grok 4 and Grok 4 Heavy benchmark results Perplexity launches AI-powered Comet browser Nikkei reports scientists used hidden AI prompts Anthropic proposes AI transparency framework AI deepfake impersonates Marco Rubio Microsoft MAI-DxO claims diagnostic breakthrough AI models show unique strategy patterns in games | |||
| AI Took the Customer Service Job | 01 juil. 2025 | 00:40:18 | |
Jeff and Annie are back with another round of “Wait, what?!” moments from the AI world. Mira Murati raises $2 billion for a stealth company no one can quite explain. DeepMind’s new robots don’t need the cloud—or a human form—to do real work. And Claude is now building apps straight from your chat window. We also cover:
Relevant Links: Mira Murati’s $2B AI startup raises record-breaking seed round DeepMind launches Gemini-powered robots with no cloud access DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome for gene regulation prediction Claude now lets you build apps inside the chatbot ChatGPT adds integration with Google Drive and OneDrive Verizon deploys Gemini-powered customer service AI Anthropic’s Claude resorted to blackmail in testing Judge rules AI training on purchased books is fair use | |||
| Is ChatGPT Changing How You Think? | 24 juin 2025 | 00:39:56 | |
What if your AI twin outsold you, and ChatGPT made your brain… slower? In this episode, Jeff and Annie explore the strange ways AI is reshaping how we think, work, and even sell. Meta’s smart glasses are getting a reboot, OpenAI’s “Projects” feature keeps leveling up, and China just pulled off a $7M livestream using two AI hosts. Meanwhile, an MIT study raises red flags about what writing with ChatGPT might be doing to our brains. We also discuss:
Relevant Links: Meta announces Oakley smart glasses with AI features OpenAI upgrades ChatGPT Projects with voice and mobile tools OpenAI launches official podcast hosted by Andrew Mayne MIT unveils SEAL: AI that improves itself with no humans China’s AI models show human-like internal concept mapping McKinsey report: Why genAI isn’t improving the bottom line $7M Baidu livestream driven by AI avatars China’s $1T digital human industry explained Alan Turing Institute study on AI use in UK schools MIT brain scan study on ChatGPT writing impact | |||
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