Privacy-focused AI: Signal's Confer

This episode is sponsored by Your360 AI. Get 10% off through January 2026 at https://Your360.ai with code: INSIDE. On this week's AI Inside, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dive into Google's surprise rollout of Gemini Personal Intelligence, the sudden healthcare AI race between OpenAI and Anthropic, Apple's decision to power Siri with Gemini, Meta cutting over 1000 Reality Labs jobs, and Microsoft's new community-first data center pledge.

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0:00:00 - Start

0:05:50 - https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/personal-intelligence/

0:12:55 - OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records

0:17:14 - Introducing OpenAI for Healthcare

0:24:24 - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/12/apple-google-gemini-ai-siri/

0:25:35 - How Apple is Using Gemini to Give ChatGPT-Like Answers

0:32:36 - Google Bets on AI-Based Shopping With New AI Agents for Retailers

0:36:09 - Wayfair partners with Google to boost agentic AI commerce | Chain Store Age

0:38:23 - Meta Begins Job Cuts as It Shifts From Metaverse to AI Devices

0:43:48 - Microsoft vows to limit data center energy costs

0:47:38 - Jeff's Arxiv Showdown

0:54:36 - Signal’s Founder Turns His Attention to AI’s Privacy Problem

0:56:03 - https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/gmail/gmail-is-entering-the-gemini-era/

1:01:05 - Britain Investigates Elon Musk’s X Over Grok’s Sexualized A.I. Images

1:02:30 - Veo 3.1 Ingredients to Video: More consistency, creativity and control

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