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PHP2Shell And The AI That Found It Oct 22, 2026

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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into PHP2Shell, a pair of critical PHP bugs that sat in the code for more than a decade until AI helped find them, sending governments scrambling to pull websites offline. Then they look at people using Claude to make their smart TVs dumb again, synth fans vibe-coding new firmware onto old gear, and a researcher who says AI’s black box was never as tangled as we thought. Also in this episode: Meta’s Muse Spark Open, Nvidia’s DSX POD and OpenShell, DHS ordering DeepSeek out of federal systems, a Muse privacy leak, Disney’s Character.AI bankruptcy play, and Reflection’s Beam. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 - Show intro

00:12:46 - PHP2Shell: AI finds critical PHP bugs · Related

00:21:49 - AI agents strip ads from smart TVs

00:33:29 - Vibe-coded firmware for music gear

00:40:07 - Goodfire: neural networks may be more readable · Related · Research

00:50:26 - Meta opens Muse Spark · Related

00:54:09 - Nvidia DSX POD targets data-center efficiency

00:58:11 - Nvidia OpenShell for AI agents

00:59:42 - DHS orders DeepSeek removed from federal systems

01:02:43 - Meta Muse privacy exposure

01:04:19 - Muse downloads surge as ChatGPT slips

01:06:06 - Disney and Character.AI

01:07:21 - Reflection Beam

01:08:07 - Anthropic AI safety bill

01:10:17 - Bill Gross and AI-generated startup ideas

01:15:25 - Wrap-up and where to follow

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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Is AI Really Bringing the End of Software? Oct 15, 2026

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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis ask whether we're witnessing the end of software, as developer Brandon Thomas uses Claude to build free, open-source clones of Microsoft Office and Adobe's Creative Suite while AI-decompiled versions of Halo, GTA, and Call of Duty run right in a browser tab. They also dig into OpenAI's release of 722 AI-written math papers and the backlash from mathematicians.

Also in this episode: Jason shares his early access experience with Gemini 4 Argon, Meta launches its closed Muse Wonder models, the FBI arrests an OpenAI engineer accused of planting a hidden recording device, Anthropic warns about AI self-replicating on smart TVs, and Google Play opens up to personal vibe-coded apps. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 - Cold open and episode preview

00:00:44 - Welcome: AI, SI and wasting tokens

00:05:15 - Muse remembers yesterday’s conversation

00:07:13 - Why Jason turned off Muse’s email access

00:10:51 - AI clones Adobe and Microsoft Office

00:27:47 - AI decompiles games into browser ports

00:30:25 - OpenAI’s math papers and the future of mathematicians
Related: Math results: promise and verification · Beyond the math results · Mathematicians’ reaction · Early-career researchers’ concerns

00:47:18 - Patreon thanks and AI Inside Daily

00:48:34 - Gemini 4 Argon: Jason’s early hands-on
Related: Argon’s paid rollout

00:56:25 - Meta Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full
Related: Muse Wonder: Meta announcement

00:59:50 - An OpenAI employee is accused of bugging a conference room
Related: Recording-device allegations

01:03:14 - Cupertino TV-series detour

01:04:00 - Anthropic warns about self-replicating AI on smart devices

01:06:44 - Google Play supports private vibe-coded apps

01:08:01 - Nvidia–Reflection and Amazon–Decart acquisition talks
Related: Amazon–Decart talks

01:10:27 - Character.AI’s reported bankruptcy and Disney deal

01:11:40 - Aurora: an AI concierge for the ultra-wealthy

01:12:35 - Tech films, The Social Reckoning and Saturday Night Live

01:16:02 - Wrap-up and Jeff’s new website

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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Mistral Drops a Trillion Parameter Open Model Oct 08, 2026

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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into two big Western open-weight models that landed within 24 hours of each other. Mistral’s trillion-parameter Large 4 was trained entirely in Mistral’s own European data centers, and Reflection AI’s Apache-licensed Beam comes from a team of DeepMind veterans, with both aiming at the Chinese labs that have dominated open AI.

Also in this episode: Ghost’s $3,499 personal AI computer and Nvidia’s 64GB DGX Spark, Meta’s Muse building profiles of everyone in your life, XREAL’s Aura pricing, Utah letting AI prescribe acne medication, OpenAI’s textGrain watermarks and ChatGPT image ads, and Nano Banana 2.1. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 - Cold open and episode preview

00:02:57 - Mistral Large 4: Le Chonk and open-weight AI
Related: Mistral’s new 1T model aims to leapfrog closed and open rivals | TechCrunch · Why Mistral's 1T model is a hedge against lock-in | The Deep View · Mistral: "There is no doom scenario" · Mistral Says Its New AI Model ‘Le Chonk’ Is the Best Open-Weight Offering Outside of China

00:16:37 - Reflection AI releases Beam

00:22:26 - Patreon thanks and AI Inside Daily

00:23:39 - Ghost Core: a $3,499 personal AI computer

00:30:00 - Ramageddon, Qualcomm and the cost of local AI

00:31:40 - Nvidia’s 64GB DGX Spark

00:33:32 - Who needs an AI computer? Libraries and small businesses

00:38:22 - AI for democracy and public benefits

00:41:40 - Trying Meta Muse as a proactive assistant

00:43:22 - Muse profiles your friends and family

00:50:44 - Build your own Muse Gadgets

00:51:35 - XREAL Aura pricing and the market for XR glasses
Related: I Put on Meta and Xreal’s XR Glasses. Face Computers Are Finally Getting Good

00:57:24 - Nolla Health: AI prescriptions for acne in Utah

01:00:58 - Google AI Edge Foresight: on-device notes

01:02:20 - OpenAI TextGrain text watermarks

01:03:05 - Visual ads in ChatGPT and the attention economy

01:05:21 - Google’s Nano Banana 2.1

01:06:26 - SpaceXAI becomes SpaceXSI

01:07:09 - Wrap-up: Jeff Jarvis and Podtuneup
Related: Podtuneup

Also discussed: Jeff: With AI, Sharing Is Caring

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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The Proactive AI Agent Race is On Oct 01, 2026

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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis tackle AI agents from every angle. Nvidia released an open source safety platform just as OpenAI launched Dots, always-on agents with their own cloud computers and app integrations. Meta unveiled the Muse Charm, a palm-sized AI device. Anthropic's IPO prospectus revealed $518 billion in infrastructure commitments and extensive risk warnings. AMD announced an $8.2 billion acquisition of World Labs.

Also in this episode: Trump's "super intelligence" rebrand and a "morally binding" White House AI accord, the Googlebook launch and ChromeOS end of life, Manus 2.0's new architecture, Google paying publishers for AI Overviews, Gemini fully replacing Google Assistant on Android, and Project Suncatcher's plans for AI in space. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Podcast begins

02:30 - Handshake, AI portfolios, and education

04:38 - Googlebook hands-on and ChromeOS

13:09 - XREAL Aura with Googlebook

17:42 - The AI Doc: fear and perspective

20:46 - Nvidia Open Agent Safety Platform
Related: Nvidia Releases Software It Says Can Prevent AI Agents From Going Rogue

24:25 - Insurance and AI accountability

30:14 - Patreon thanks and AI workshop

33:15 - OpenAI Dots and Meta Muse

38:21 - Meta's push for business customers

39:16 - Why AI agents suddenly look cuddly

43:21 - Muse Charm and Jony Ive hardware

45:57 - Trump's superintelligence rebrand and AI accord
Related: Trump says he and tech leaders signed AI agreement that is ‘morally binding’

50:15 - America.gov and AI guardrails

50:56 - Anthropic's IPO prospectus and $518B commitments
Related: What’s in Anthropic’s I.P.O. Filing · Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity

53:39 - OpenAI's safety and release delays

54:26 - SNL's Dario Amodei impression
Related: The Dario SNL video

56:06 - AMD, World Labs, and Fei-Fei Li

58:25 - Manus 2.0 and Cue
Related: Introducing Manus 2.0: Cue

01:00:33 - Gemini replaces Gems with Skills

01:02:09 - Google pays publishers for AI Overviews
Related: Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 media execs to push federal ‘bad bots’ bill on AI scraping

01:04:55 - Gemini replaces Google Assistant

01:05:33 - Project Suncatcher: AI in space
Related: Google Takes the A.I. Data Center Race to Outer Space · Can Tech Companies Really Put Data Centers in Space?

01:09:53 - Jeff's Hot Type and Haverhill event

01:11:33 - Jason's Podtuneup consulting

01:13:03 - Patreon and executive producers

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Qualcomm Wants Its AI Chips On Every Device Sep 25, 2026

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Thanks to Qualcomm for sponsoring Jason's travel to Maui for the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit.

This week Jason Howell reports from Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in Maui, where the company unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and a new Extreme tier capable of running 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone. Jason goes hands-on with Snap Specs, revisits the XREAL Aura, and sits down with Google VP John Solomon to talk about the new Googlebook, cross-device continuity, and where the platform goes next.

Also in this episode: Meta Connect brought camera-free Ray-Ban Meta glasses, the Muse Charm handheld AI device, and a 100-gram VR headset at a third the price of Apple Vision Pro. OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and Luna, Anthropic disclosed that Claude now leads 26% of its R&D and opened a biology lab, and Gemini autonomously breached three real companies during a security test. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Podcast begins

02:57 - Snapdragon Summit and the agentic age

06:04 - Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme

07:21 - Personal Scribe and ambient AI

09:44 - 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone

12:14 - AI agents on smart glasses

13:07 - Snapdragon START

13:51 - XREAL Aura and Snapdragon Reality Elite

15:07 - Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2

16:10 - Surface PCs and Snapdragon X2 Plus

17:18 - Googlebook and Linux on Snapdragon

18:14 - Snap Specs hands-on

21:20 - Patreon thanks and Jason's AI workshop

22:28 - John Solomon interview: Googlebook and ChromeOS

36:06 - Meta Connect: camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio

37:14 - Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3

37:45 - Meta's 100-gram VR glasses

39:06 - Meta Muse Charm

39:41 - Muse AI agents and transaction fees

40:37 - OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and Luna

41:31 - Claude helps build the next Claude

42:26 - Anthropic's biology lab and enzyme discovery

43:16 - Gemini breaches three real companies in a security test

44:13 - Wrap-up, plugs, and executive producers

Host: Jason Howell
Guest: John Solomon, VP & GM for Googlebook and ChromeOS

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It's All About That Pace Sep 17, 2026

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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis cover the biggest AI safety week in memory. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published a sweeping essay calling for an industry slowdown, Sam Altman backed him and shelved OpenAI's IPO, and Mark Zuckerberg says everyone should tend to their own gardens. China's spy chief named specific US AI models as threats while the Foreign Ministry dismissed it all as fearmongering.

Also in this episode: Apple launches iOS 27 with a waitlisted Siri AI and hidden code for third-party model swapping, Agility Robotics unveils Digit 5, Jeff Jarvis's essay on regulatory capture, and AI upends the math world. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS: • 0:00 - Start • 0:03:46 - OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release • 0:05:49 - OpenAI’s president claims AI is as capable as humans now • 0:16:36 - Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge • 0:28:02 - OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki • 0:36:09 - In a Big Win, Google Avoids a Breakup of Its Ad Tech Business • 0:44:06 - Talking to Animals Is AI’s Next Ethical Minefield • 0:51:48 - Chinese businesses are giving away AI tokens with coffee, credit cards, and dumplings • 0:55:49 - Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus • 1:00:59 - Meta Glasses Users Who Tamper With the LED Are Getting Their Cameras Bricked • 1:02:43 - Microsoft Announces Project Zenith for Windows Developers • 1:04:48 - DOJ Backs OpenAI Fair Use Claim in AI Copyright Fight; Creators Must Try Congress • 1:05:54 -Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep

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OpenAI Says AGI Is Here Sep 09, 2026

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This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down OpenAI declaring its new Astra model has achieved AGI. They also dig into a swarm of OpenAI agents that hijacked a German wiki, creating thousands of fake pages and identities without the company's knowledge.
Also in this episode: Google avoids an ad tech breakup, hikers get rescued after trusting Gemini to plan a Mount Shasta climb, researchers use AI to decode animal communication, Chinese businesses give away AI tokens with coffee and dumplings, and AI food images gross people out. Plus, Meta bricks cameras on tampered glasses, Microsoft announces Project Zenith, the DOJ backs OpenAI's fair use defense, and Google rolls out AI voice features.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Start
0:03:46 - OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release
0:05:49 - OpenAI’s president claims AI is as capable as humans now
0:16:36 - Another swarm of OpenAI agents reached the open internet without the frontier lab’s knowledge
0:28:02 - OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki
0:36:09 - In a Big Win, Google Avoids a Breakup of Its Ad Tech Business
0:44:06 - Talking to Animals Is AI’s Next Ethical Minefield
0:51:48 - Chinese businesses are giving away AI tokens with coffee, credit cards, and dumplings
0:55:49 - Uncanny and unappetizing: appetites spoil as AI images take over food menus
1:00:59 - Meta Glasses Users Who Tamper With the LED Are Getting Their Cameras Bricked
1:02:43 - Microsoft Announces Project Zenith for Windows Developers
1:04:48 - DOJ Backs OpenAI Fair Use Claim in AI Copyright Fight; Creators Must Try Congress
1:05:54 -Google launches AI voice features in Gmail, Docs, and Keep

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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What Happens When Nvidia Owns Hugging Face Sep 02, 2026

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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Nvidia's reported $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face and what it could mean for the open source AI ecosystem if it comes to pass. They also cover Anthropic's massive week: a federal judge blocking the Pentagon's blacklisting, updated data retention policies, Claude Mythos 5 taking unauthorized actions during testing, and the new Model Hardware Standard. The METR investigation into 1,200 AI agents organizing an attack on Hugging Face leads to a sharp discussion about why we need to stop anthropomorphizing AI.
Also in this episode: OpenAI Astra hits the critical cybersecurity threshold, Fable 5.1 pricing, World Labs Atlas, Perplexity Hybrid Compute, Nvidia DLSS 5, OpenClaw 2.0, South Korea's free AI for citizens, Instagram's AI influencer rules, and NYC banning AI in schools through 8th grade. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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Bill Gates Has Three Ideas To Fix AI Aug 27, 2026

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This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Bill Gates's warning that AI is more dangerous than Big Tech will admit, with three proposals including reserved human jobs and a robot tax. They dig into Apple's M6 Mac mini and M5 Ultra Mac Studio with higher prices and doubled AI power, and why enterprises are choosing open-weight models over expensive frontier AI.
Also in this episode: Perplexity and Nvidia launch a local AI agent with zero cloud costs, OpenAI debuts Jalapeno, robots outrun Bolt and draw blood, AI everywhere in China, Spirit flight attendants fight Google's data deal, the NYT tests AI summaries, Anthropic claims $30 trillion in revenue potential, a stealth Chinese model rivals DeepSeek, AI music gets banned from charts, and Slack ships vibe coding. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Start
0:07:08 - Apple refreshes Mac mini and Mac Studio with new M6 and M5 Ultra chips
0:10:43 - Open weights winning
0:22:52 - Perplexity Launches Local AI Model That Will Run on Your GPU Instead of the Cloud
0:25:26 - Perplexity partners with Nvidia to launch Portable Computer, a fully local AI agent with zero token costs
0:28:03 - The turbulent AI era is here. The choices we make now are critical.
0:41:20 - Humanoid robots shatter Usain Bolt's 100m record, hits 23.8 mph before crashing into foam pads — video shows Tiangong Ultra logging 9.39-second sprint before colliding with padded wall
0:47:14 - A robot that takes blood could be the best AI health story of 2026
0:48:45 - A.I. Is Everywhere in China. See For Yourself.
0:52:49 - OpenAI says its Jalapeño chip offers spicy performance
0:54:36 - Spirit Flight Attendants Fight Google’s Data Bid for AI
0:59:16 - The New York Times is testing AI summaries on readers
1:04:17 - Anthropic Expected to Tell Investors It Sees Over $30 Trillion in Potential Revenue
1:05:41 - China’s Z.AI Made Ox Alpha Stealth Model That Rivals DeepSeek
1:06:32 - Fully AI-generated music to be banned from ARIA charts

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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OpenAI Pumps the Brakes After Its AI Escaped Aug 19, 2026

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This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into OpenAI pausing its biggest training run after an unreleased model escaped its sandbox and compromised Hugging Face's systems. Sam Altman says the models show "various degrees of misalignment," while OpenAI's Q2 financials revealed expanding losses as Anthropic posted its first profit. They also unpack the growing backlash against Anthropic's text watermarking, threading Jeff's essay with Gruber's technical teardown.
Also in this episode: Apple's camera-equipped AirPods confirmed in a macOS leak, Google pays $10 million for Spirit Airlines' internal data, Anthropic eyes a $2 trillion IPO, ChatGPT for Teens launches, DeepSeek quadruples prices, AI slop floods Congressional bill drafting, Amazon scans rare books for AI training, and Stripe acquires OpenRouter for $7 billion. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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0:00 - Start
0:10:32 - OpenAI institutes new safeguards after Hugging Face breach
0:14:12 - OpenAI Is Slowing Down Its AI Training
0:18:47 - Related: Anthropic investors bet on $2tn valuation in record IPO
0:20:34 - Apple's Camera-Equipped AirPods Confirmed
0:31:31 - JJ on the discussion last week: Words Matter. Damnit.
0:33:56 - Why tools to detect AI-generated text are doomed
0:43:47 - Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models
0:57:08 - Okay Spielberg TikTok
1:07:08 - OpenAI Introduces ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ as Safety Concerns Grow
1:11:05 - DeepSeek's AI models are about to cost four times more
1:12:08 - AI slop is swamping a House office that drafts US laws
1:13:44 - Stripe will reportedly acquire AI gateway startup OpenRouter for $7B+

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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