In the Loop AI

Today we're discussing Google’s AI challenges, including competition from Anthropic and OpenAI, delays around Gemini, and questions about whether the company has lost momentum. 
We also cover Gemini 4 Argon and Nano Banana 2.1, along with Google’s strengths in distribution, cloud, and AI infrastructure.
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Timestamps
0:00 Google’s AI Slump
2:58 Missing the Coding Wave
8:07 Google’s Massive Scale
11:41 Gemini 4 Argon Arrives
16:30 Nano Banana’s Realism
17:42 Google’s AI Crossroads
20:38 Closing Thoughts
#google #anthropic #claude #gemini #openai #deepmind
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Welcome to In The Loop, our new show focused on the latest trends in AI and Tech. Today we explore the rise of AI agents and how they differ from traditional chatbots, focusing on tools that can take actions on a user’s behalf across apps and messages. 
Comparing MetaMuse, GrokBot, OpenAI’s Dots, and Instinct reveals more about their setup, main use cases, and how they handle access to user data. And the final boss: privacy, encrypted storage, and the tradeoffs between lifestyle convenience, work productivity, and enterprise use.
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0:00 AI Agents Arrive
1:50 Catching Up
3:23 What Agents Actually Do
5:12 MetaMuse Review
7:54 Airport Compensation Win
13:05 Pricing and Privacy
16:24 Business Uses for Muse
17:04 GrokBot at Work
22:31 Instinct in Private Beta
27:21 OpenAI Dots Debut
30:28 Which Agent to Use
#ai #aiagents #meta #grok #openai #privacy
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Thank you for bearing with us. Today, we're going to discuss some big changes happening for us and our show. We'll also give some high level perspective on the rapid progress in AI, from early model demos to current tools for games, video, agents, and scientific research.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 New Era Begins
7:23 Why Josh Moved On
9:46 AI Progress Accelerates
13:37 Personal Agents Surge
16:17 The Adoption Gap
19:08 Robotics and Wetware
21:09 Compute Spends Explode
24:22 AI Penetration Reality
28:10 Better Questions Ahead
29:24 Team Gratitude Roundup
31:05 Thanking the Audience
34:05 Where To Find Us
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RESOURCES
Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale
Ejaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213
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Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠
Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

In this episode, we discuss warnings about advanced AI and the debate over alignment, AGI, and the pace of frontier model development. 
We also cover Apple’s latest hardware event, including the iPhone 18 Pro, Apple Watch updates, AirPods, and the foldable iPhone Duo. Last, we'll close with an AI-assisted breakthrough on the Navier-Stokes problem, along with a discussion of AI-assisted drug design and the broader implications of AI systems using more user data.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 AI Doomers
1:21 The Panic Behind AI
3:29 Reckless Labs, Real Fear
6:35 Viral Conspiracy Sparks
9:13 Apple’s AI Hardware Push
11:20 Watch as Trojan Horse
13:20 The Duo and Siri
16:37 Foldable Design Breakthrough
22:24 AirPods and Hidden Teasers
24:40 Duo Versus Pro
29:25 Navier-Stokes Falls
32:24 The Math Credit Battle
37:39 Science on the Cusp
40:14 Progress Feels Real
42:36 Living Through the AI Shift
44:58 Closing Thoughts on Change
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RESOURCES
Josh: https://x.com/JoshKale
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Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠
Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.

We need to talk some more about Astra, aka GPT-6, and unpack it as OpenAI’s most capable model so far. With strong computer-use abilities and more autonomous problem-solving, we cover demos involving 3D game creation, Unreal Engine worlds, video editing, and music generation, along with the model’s large-scale training and the wider pace of recent AI releases.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 AI Frontier Arrives
3:36 Computer Use Revolution
7:22 Massive Demos Unleashed
11:22 Cartoons and Game Worlds
16:50 Music Meets Machine
20:50 OpenAI's Compute Comeback
23:09 AGI or Just Early?
26:33 Hardware Is Next
27:38 Cheaper Power Ahead
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RESOURCES
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Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠
Josh works with Anthropic as a contractor. All views expressed are his own and do not represent Anthropic, its leadership, or its affiliates. Nothing in this episode is investment advice.