Spark: A 24/7 Cloud Agent

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down everything from Google I/O 2026, where the company made its strongest case yet for winning the AI race. Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemini Spark were unveiled, AI agents are now doing the searching instead of returning links, and Google's reach extended into design, science, YouTube, and shopping. Jason also demos Genie World Models live.
Also in this episode: Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic, Anthropic acquires a major dev tools startup, Amazon Alexa+ can now generate podcast episodes, Elon Musk's latest lawsuit drama, and a growing American rebellion against AI. Speed round includes the OpenAI IPO, xAI's coding agent, Meta's AR glasses, and more.
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CHAPTERS:

• 0:04:31 - Everything announced at Google I/O 2026
•              - Times: How Google Is Starting to Win the A.I. Race
• 0:22:42 - A new era for AI Search
•              - Gemini 3.5: frontier intelligence with action
• 0:27:53 - Google Launches Gemini Spark: A 24/7 AI Agent That Wants to Make You Ditch OpenClaw
• 0:44:35 - OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic
• 0:46:32 - Anthropic has acquired the dev tools startup used by OpenAI, Google, and Cloudflare
• 0:55:20 - Amazon’s new Alexa+ powered feature can generate podcast episodes
• 0:57:27 - The Art of War, Elon Musk Edition: How to Lose a Lawsuit and Still Claim Victory
• 0:59:30 - The American Rebellion Against AI Is Gaining Steam
• 1:01:46 - NextEra Energy to buy Dominion in deal that unites two key players in race to power AI data centers
• 1:04:42 - Pope Leo XIV will publish his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on May 25, with Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah joining the launch panel at the Vatican
• 1:06:25 - Linus Torvalds says AI-powered bug hunters have made Linux security mailing list ‘almost entirely unmanageable’
• 1:08:57 - Meta brings virtual writing to everyone with Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses
• 1:10:36 - Musk’s xAI Unveils First Coding Agent in Bid to Rival Anthropic
• 1:10:59 - OpenAI is Preparing to File for an IPO Very Soon

Hosts: Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis

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