Advancements in AI: From Genie to Open Models

On this week’s AI Inside with Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis, DeepMind shows off its Genie 3 simulation world model, Perplexity is under fire for controversial web crawling tactics, ElevenLabs unveils a commercial-ready AI music generator, and Illinois becomes the first state to ban AI-powered therapists.

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CHAPTERS:

0:00:00 - Podcast begins

0:01:04 - Jason's three hour conversation with ChatGPT

0:12:24 - DeepMind reveals Genie 3 “world model” that creates real-time interactive simulations

0:22:41 - Open models by OpenAI

0:24:55 - LeCunn and Ng on China and open-source momentum

0:27:26 - ⁠A language model built for the public good

0:32:28 - Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives

0:48:35 - ElevenLabs launches an AI music generator, which it claims is cleared for commercial use

0:57:12 - Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists

0:59:55 - ChatGPT adds mental health guardrails after bot 'fell short in recognizing signs of delusion'

1:03:40 - OpenAI removes ChatGPT feature after private conversations leak to Google search

1:06:00 - Apple might be building its own AI ‘answer engine’

1:09:31 - Anthropic Unveils More Powerful AI Model Ahead of Rival GPT-5 Release

1:11:01 - Anthropic Revokes OpenAI's Access to Claude

1:13:23 - Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home

1:14:58 - Grok’s ‘spicy’ video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes

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