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AI tools like Sora, InVideo, and Arcads.ai make it easier than ever to create stunning videos — but what really matters is your strategy.In this episode, we break down five proven content frameworks that help app founders and marketers create videos that actually convert:

Our 227th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!Recorded on 12/05/2025Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and Jeremie HarrisFeel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.aiRead out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/In this episode:Deep Seek 3.2 and Flux 2 release, showcasing advancements in open-source AI models for natural language processing and image generation respectively.Amazon's new AI chips and Google's TPUs signal potential shifts in AI hardware dominance, with growing competition against Nvidia.Anthropic's potential IPO and OpenAI's declared ‘Code Red' indicate significant moves in the AI business landscape, including high venture funding rounds for startups.Key research papers from DeepMind and Google explore advanced memory architectures and multi-agent systems, indicating ongoing efforts to enhance AI reasoning and efficiency.Timestamps:(00:00:10) Intro / Banter(00:02:42) News PreviewTools & Apps(00:03:30) Deepseek 3.2 : New AI Model is Faster, Cheaper and Smarter(00:23:22) Black Forest Labs launches Flux.2 AI image models to challenge Nano Banana Pro and Midjourney(00:28:00) Sora and Nano Banana Pro throttled amid soaring demand | The Verge(00:29:34) Mistral closes in on Big AI rivals with new open-weight frontier and small models | TechCrunch(00:31:41) Kling's Video O1 launches as the first all-in-one video model for generation and editing(00:34:07) Runway rolls out Gen 4.5 AI video model that beats Google, OpenAIApplications & Business(00:35:18) NVIDIA's Partners Are Beginning to Tilt Toward Google's TPU Ecosystem, with Foxconn Reportedly Securing TPU Rack Orders(00:40:37) Amazon releases an impressive new AI chip and teases an Nvidia-friendly roadmap | TechCrunch(00:43:03) OpenAI declares ‘code red' as Google catches up in AI race | The Verge(00:46:20) Anthropic reportedly preparing for massive IPO in race with OpenAI: FT(00:48:41) Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation | TechCrunch(00:49:20) Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium nabs $70M seed | TechCrunch(00:50:10) OpenAI announced a 1 GW Stargate cluster in Abu Dhabi(00:53:22) OpenAI's investment into Thrive Holdings is its latest circular deal(00:55:11) OpenAI to acquire Neptune, an AI model training assistance startup(00:56:11) Anthropic acquires developer tool startup Bun to scale AI coding(00:56:55) Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas - Ars TechnicaProjects & Open Source(00:57:51) [2511.22570] DeepSeekMath-V2: Towards Self-Verifiable Mathematical Reasoning(01:01:52) Evo-Memory: Benchmarking LLM Agent Test-time Learning with Self-Evolving MemoryResearch & Advancements(01:05:44) Nested Learning: The Illusion of Deep Learning Architecture(01:13:30) Multi-Agent Deep Research: Training Multi-Agent Systems with M-GRPO(01:15:50) State of AI: An Empirical 100 Trillion Token Study with OpenRouterPolicy & Safety(01:21:52) Trump signs executive order launching Genesis Mission AI project(01:24:42) OpenAI has trained its LLM to confess to bad behavior | MIT Technology Review(01:29:34) US senators seek to block Nvidia sales of advanced chips to ChinaSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode we discuss the rising challenge of AI-generated videos, including deepfakes and synthetic clips that can deceive even a skeptical viewer. Once the gold standard of proof, video content is now increasingly manipulated through advanced AI tools like Sora 2 and Google’s Nano Banana, making it harder to separate reality from fiction. Tom and Scott discuss the differences between malicious deepfakes and poorly-made AI-generated content, identify key indicators that reveal a video might be AI-generated, and explain how these videos are used in social engineering attacks. Practical advice is offered on how to protect yourself and your organization from this emerging threat. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Is that an AI video? 6 telltale signs it’s a fake https://www.zdnet.com/article/is-that-video-ai-6-tell-tale-signs-its-a-deepfake/ ** Watch this episode on YouTube ** https://youtu.be/7Zq4Jxli3vQ ** Become a Shared Security Supporter ** Get exclusive access to ad-free episodes, bonus episodes, listen to new episodes before they are released, receive a monthly shout-out on the show, and get a discount code for 15% off merch at the Shared Security store. Become a supporter today! https://patreon.com/SharedSecurity ** Thank you to our sponsors! ** SLNT Visit slnt.com to check out SLNT’s amazing line of Faraday bags and other products built to protect your privacy. As a listener of this podcast you receive 10% off your order at checkout using discount code “sharedsecurity”. Click Armor To find out how “gamification” of security awareness training can reduce cyber risks related to phishing and social engineering, and to get a free trial of Click Armor's gamified awareness training platform, visit: https://clickarmor.ca/sharedsecurity ** Subscribe and follow the podcast ** Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SharedSecurityPodcast Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sharedsecurity.bsky.social Follow us on Mastodon: https://infosec.exchange/@sharedsecurity Join us on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SharedSecurityShow/ Visit our website: https://sharedsecurity.net Subscribe on your favorite podcast app: https://sharedsecurity.net/subscribe Sign-up for our email newsletter to receive updates about the podcast, contest announcements, and special offers from our sponsors: https://shared-security.beehiiv.com/subscribe Leave us a rating and review: https://ratethispodcast.com/sharedsecurity Contact us: https://sharedsecurity.net/contact The post Seeing Is Not Believing: How to Spot AI-Generated Video appeared first on Shared Security Podcast.

Edwin Chen is the founder and CEO of Surge AI, the company that teaches AI what's good vs. what's bad, powering frontier labs with elite data, environments, and evaluations. Surge surpassed $1 billion in revenue with under 100 employees last year, completely bootstrapped—the fastest company in history to reach this milestone. Before founding Surge, Edwin was a research scientist at Google, Facebook, and Twitter and studied mathematics, computer science, and linguistics at MIT.We discuss:1. How Surge reached over $1 billion in revenue with fewer than 100 people by obsessing over quality2. The story behind how Claude Code got so good at coding and writing3. The problems with AI benchmarks and why they're pushing AI in the wrong direction4. How RL environments are the next frontier in AI training5. Why Edwin believes we're still a decade away from AGI6. Why taste and human judgment shape which AI models become industry leaders7. His contrarian approach to company building that rejects Silicon Valley's “pivot and blitzscale” playbook8. How AI models will become increasingly differentiated based on the values of the companies building them—Brought to you by:Vanta—Automate compliance. Simplify security.WorkOS—Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUsCoda—The all-in-one collaborative workspace—Transcript: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/surge-ai-edwin-chen—My biggest takeaways (for paid newsletter subscribers): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/i/180055059/my-biggest-takeaways-from-this-conversation—Where to find Edwin Chen:• X: https://x.com/echen• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwinzchen• Surge's blog: https://surgehq.ai/blog—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Introduction to Edwin Chen(04:48) AI's role in business efficiency(07:08) Building a contrarian company(08:55) An explanation of what Surge AI does(09:36) The importance of high-quality data(13:31) How Claude Code has stayed ahead(17:37) Edwin's skepticism toward benchmarks(21:54) AGI timelines and industry trends(28:33) The Silicon Valley machine(33:07) Reinforcement learning and future AI training(39:37) Understanding model trajectories(41:11) How models have advanced and will continue to advance(42:55) Adapting to industry needs(44:39) Surge's research approach(48:07) Predictions for the next few years in AI(50:43) What's underhyped and overhyped in AI(52:55) The story of founding Surge AI(01:02:18) Lightning round and final thoughts—Referenced:• Surge: https://surgehq.ai• Surge's product page: https://surgehq.ai/products• Claude Code: https://www.claude.com/product/claude-code• Gemini 3: https://aistudio.google.com/models/gemini-3• Sora: https://openai.com/sora• Terrence Rohan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrencerohan• Richard Sutton—Father of RL thinks LLMs are a dead end: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/richard-sutton• The Bitter Lesson: http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html• Reinforcement learning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinforcement_learning• Grok: https://grok.com• Warren Buffett on X: https://x.com/WarrenBuffett• OpenAI's CPO on how AI changes must-have skills, moats, coding, startup playbooks, more | Kevin Weil (CPO at OpenAI, ex-Instagram, Twitter): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/kevin-weil-open-ai• Anthropic's CPO on what comes next | Mike Krieger (co-founder of Instagram): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/anthropics-cpo-heres-what-comes-next• Brian Armstrong on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barmstrong• Interstellar on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Interstellar-Matthew-McConaughey/dp/B00TU9UFTS• Arrival on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Arrival-Amy-Adams/dp/B01M2C4NP8• Travelers on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/80105699• Waymo: https://waymo.com• Soda versus pop: https://flowingdata.com/2012/07/09/soda-versus-pop-on-twitter—Recommended books:• Stories of Your Life and Others: https://www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Others-Chiang/dp/1101972122• The Myth of Sisyphus: https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Sisyphus-Vintage-International/dp/0525564454• Le Ton Beau de Marot: In Praise of the Music of Language: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0465086454• Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid: https://www.amazon.com/G%C3%B6del-Escher-Bach-Eternal-Golden/dp/0465026567—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. To hear more, visit www.lennysnewsletter.com

OpenAI's Sam Altman has called a 'Code Red' at the AI giant as Google Gemini 3 might be overtaking them. But new models 'Garlic' and 'Shallotpeat' might leapfrog them back in front. Plus, Kling's new O1 and Video 2.6 AI video models are both good and, well, not so good. And Runway Gen 4.5 seems interesting but not out to everyone yet. Meanwhile, Sora 2 users are busy generating fake clips of 'Bird Game 3' and Chinese robotics start-up EngineAI brings forth their T-800 model which might as well be The Terminator. IS IT TIME TO FREAK OUT ABOUT ROBOTS? MAYBE. MAYBE IT IS.   Get notified when AndThen launches: https://andthen.chat/ Come to our Discord to try our Secret Project: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/   // Show Links // OpenAI's 'Code Red' To Battle Gemini Progress https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-ceo-declares-code-red-combat-threats-chatgpt-delays-ads-effort?rc=c3oojq&shared=09f911ca8bc5c944 More on CodeRed: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/02/sam-altman-issues-code-red-at-openai-as-chatgpt-contends-with-rivals OpenAI Chief Research Mark Chen Discusses Gemini 3 & new models https://x.com/ashleevance/status/1995644118362718528?s=20 OpenAI New Models Garlic & Shallotpeat https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-developing-garlic-model-counter-googles-recent-gains?rc=c3oojq&shared=fb95c0bf1c900288 Kling 01 Model: Very Good AI Editing https://x.com/Kling_ai/status/1995506929461002590?s=20 Gavin's Football Tests https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1995877894342803656?s=20 Kling 2.6 with voice! THE ACTING! https://x.com/Kling_ai/status/1996238606814593196?s=20 Gavin's test https://x.com/gavinpurcell/status/1996270217253847487?s=20 Runway 4.5 Announced https://x.com/iamneubert/status/1995493501363270068?s=20 https://runwayml.com/research/introducing-runway-gen-4.5 Apple StarFlow-V https://x.com/BenjaminDEKR/status/1995634681925025833?s=20 Sync React-1 https://x.com/synclabs_so/status/1995556298419474665?s=20 Bird Game 3: The AI video game that doesn't exist has taken over Tiktok https://www.polygon.com/is-bird-game-3-real-ai-pigeon-hummingbird-what-is-tiktok-gameplay/ EngineAI Robot Called T-800  https://x.com/TheHumanoidHub/status/1995759737145589843?s=20 https://youtu.be/FGcQqyCaG5s?si=_pUZgjZiWHKmPZ7g Ongo: The weirdest desk lamp talking robot https://x.com/Karim_RC/status/1995538458836959487?s=20 Tesla Optimus Getting Laps In https://x.com/Tesla_Optimus/status/1995973133770350924?s=20 Character Consistency With Nano Banana Pro (Set Visits To Famous Movies) https://www.reddit.com/r/Bard/comments/1pb4nvc/maintaining_character_consistency_in_nano_banana/ Googly Eyed Animals & Objects in Nano Banana Pro https://x.com/madpencil_/status/1993654188723851585?s=20 NBP Weather For Your City Prompt https://x.com/PavolRusnak/status/1995165498774802607?s=20 Uh, Now AI Video Is Cooking Minions https://x.com/Solopopsss/status/1995488475240628407?s=20  

On this episode of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast, Dan Holloway looks at a new study of American media habits that reveals strong daily audiobook listening—despite slowing growth driven by low uptake among readers over fifty. He also reports on OverDrive's trademark lawsuit against OpenAI over the name Sora, and shares findings from a research paper showing that poetic prompts can bypass AI guardrails far more effectively than standard requests. Sponsor Self-Publishing News is proudly sponsored by PublishMe—helping indie authors succeed globally with expert translation, tailored marketing, and publishing support. From first draft to international launch, PublishMe ensures your book reaches readers everywhere. Visit publishme.me. Find more author advice, tips, and tools at our Self-publishing Author Advice Center, with a huge archive of nearly 2,000 blog posts and a handy search box to find key info on the topic you need. And, if you haven't already, we invite you to join our organization and become a self-publishing ally. About the Host Dan Holloway is a novelist, poet, and spoken word artist. He is the MC of the performance arts show The New Libertines, He competed at the National Poetry Slam final at the Royal Albert Hall. His latest collection, The Transparency of Sutures, is available on Kindle.

Dunaway's Island of Lost Controllers. The Nerd Countdown has Begun! Bond Villain Minky Couture. Night Puker. Pac Man. Four-nippled Vader. Crevass - When it's the size of Yo Momma's Ass. Infamous Atari Games. Adventure, isn't that the game with the angry duck and the key? Synced for Good. Sora is in the Tadpool! Rip up your inner bits. Micronaut Really. We've failed as a species, haven't me. Quantum Supremacy with Tom and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dunaway's Island of Lost Controllers. The Nerd Countdown has Begun! Bond Villain Minky Couture. Night Puker. Pac Man. Four-nippled Vader. Crevass - When it's the size of Yo Momma's Ass. Infamous Atari Games. Adventure, isn't that the game with the angry duck and the key? Synced for Good. Sora is in the Tadpool! Rip up your inner bits. Micronaut Really. We've failed as a species, haven't me. Quantum Supremacy with Tom and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to AI Unraveled (December 03rd, 2025): Your daily strategic briefing on the business impact of AI.Strategic Pillars & Topics

Get our list of 60+ Claude hacks with prompts: https://clickhubspot.com/kbg Ep. 382 The Opus 4.5 model is “mind blowing”. Kieran dives into how the latest advances in AI are transforming the marketing playbook, showing you real-world use cases you can implement today. Learn more on using Claude Opus 4.5 to create interactive customer personas, building dynamic dashboards to analyze campaign performance (and make smarter budget decisions), and remixing content into multiple formats with powerful new AI tools. Mentions Opus 4.5 https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-4-5 Gemini 3 https://aistudio.google.com/models/gemini-3 Veo 3.1 https://aistudio.google.com/models/veo-3 Sora https://openai.com/sora/ Nano Banana Pro https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-image/pro/ Get our guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/customgpt We're creating our next round of content and want to ensure it tackles the challenges you're facing at work or in your business. To understand your biggest challenges we've put together a survey and we'd love to hear from you! https://bit.ly/matg-research Resource [Free] Steal our favorite AI Prompts featured on the show! Grab them here: https://clickhubspot.com/aip We're on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg  Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod  Join our community https://landing.connect.com/matg Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain! Don't forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934   If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends. We really appreciate your support. Host Links: Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar   Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat  ‘Marketing Against The Grain' is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by Hubspot Media // Produced by Darren Clarke.

This episode explores the evolution of AI and Marketing and how today's tools transform content creation, productivity, and research. We discuss the journey from early video production into modern AI workflows. You will learn how interest-based algorithms shape discovery and why TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts are rewriting the rules.We also look at how Reddit serves as a powerful early signal for emerging trends. Brands can use these insights to guide AI enabled Market Research, messaging, and product development.The conversation highlights how Sora, HeyGen, and agentic AI tools reduce complex tasks from hours to minutes. We also break down the importance of structured processes, documentation, and data readiness. AI needs context to deliver results. Without a clean foundation, scale becomes impossible.We also explore why marketers must experiment. Organic social content works as an R&D lab. Most posts will fail. A few will break through. Those insights can fuel bigger strategies across paid advertising, blogs, video, and email.This episode is a guide for marketers who want clear steps to stay ahead in an AI-driven world.

Welcome back to AI Unraveled, your strategic daily briefing on the business impact of artificial intelligence. It is Monday, December 1st, 2025, and the industry has just crossed two historic thresholds.First, the balance of power in the 'Open AI Economy' has officially flipped—with Chinese developers overtaking the US in market share for the first time. Second, Black Friday has proven that the age of 'search' is dead, replaced by the age of 'prediction,' as AI agents drove nearly $12 billion in sales.We are also covering DeepSeek's new math-crushing model, Runway's victory over Google, and why memory chips are about to become the most expensive resource on earth.Let's unravel the news.Strategic Pillars & Topics

After surviving Thanksgiving and the subsequent biting cold, we jumped into the FOLLOW UP with news that Malaysia is joining the trend by taking steps to ban social media for children under 16, mirroring similar actions in Australia and Denmark—it seems the world is finally realizing the internet is a toxic wasteland for the kids. We also discussed Apple's photo AI, which is apparently still in beta, if the results are anything to go by. The bulk of our discussion centered on the spectacular, flaming death of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is Officially Dead. We broke down a brief rundown of the damages this vanity project caused, from humanitarian disasters overseas to administrative chaos and the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs domestically, proving the "savings" were pure illusion. Now, with the collapse, the 'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them, learning the hard way that billionaire guardianship has an expiration date.The job market is just great, with both Apple laying off part of its sales team despite record revenue, and HP joining the List of Tech Companies Cutting Jobs and pointing to AI as the convenient scapegoat for laying off 10% of their workforce. Meanwhile, we found out the most popular social media platform among US adults isn't Instagram or TikTok—it's YouTube—while Meta allegedly buried research showing its products are harming users, confirming what we've known all along: they're evil, but they already got your grandma hooked. Adding to the misery, An Alarming Number of Teens Say They Turn To AI For Company, Study Finds, because why talk to a real, messy human when a bot can gaslight you more efficiently? Sam Altman's financial troubles are spilling over, with Sam Altman's Business Buddies Are Getting Stung (sorry, SoftBank and Oracle), and analysts estimate OpenAI Is Just $200 Billion Away From Still Losing Money, HSBC Says, a comical hole they plan to fill by asking for more free money. Legally, OpenAI can't use the Word ‘Cameo' in Sora now, thanks to a trademark suit, and Warner Music is playing both sides by dropping its lawsuit against Suno in exchange for a licensing agreement. Finally, in some truly dark news, a Marc Andreessen-backed Super-PAC Pours Millions Into Fighting State AI Regulations, and X's new location feature reveals that New X Feature Reveals Many MAGA Patriots on X Are Not Even Based in the U.S.After ranting about my misery dealing with the Open Dialogue bug in a beta build and declaring my return to "pedestrian releases," we got into APPS & DOODADS. Spotify is actually doing something cool with its new SongDNA feature, which shows you who sampled what (and they bought WhoSampled to do it). They're also testing Spotify's New AI-powered audiobook Recaps to remind you where you left off—Amazon is doing the same with AI-powered series Recap Videos for Prime Video. Amazon is also rolling out Alexa Home Theater surround sound for Echo speakers, making those budget speakers slightly more useful. We ran through some great stocking stuffers in Jason's Holiday Gift Guide, including Velcro cable ties and the Contigo travel mug, before moving on to MEDIA CANDY, which included Dan Carlin's Common Sense, Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk's new podcast Once We Were Spacemen, and a discussion on why Stranger Things Lost the Plot. We then got deeply uncomfortable talking about a Toronto ASMR spa that offers doctor roleplay, and closed out by talking about the documentary Quiet Please… about the neurological disorder misophonia. The episode finished with the AT THE LIBRARY segment, covering the Milli Vanilli memoir You Know It's True and the sci-fi short story collection The Time Travelers Passport.Show notes at https://gog.show/724Watch now on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PoMa9FM5QEE?si=4r25yqv_0u8aXHF7Sponsors:MasterClass - Get up to 50% off at MASTERCLASS.com/GRUMPYOLDGEEKSGusto - Try Gusto today at gusto.com/grumpy, and get three months free when you run your first payroll.Private Internet Access - Go to GOG.Show/vpn and sign up today. For a limited time only, you can get OUR favorite VPN for as little as $2.03 a month.SetApp - With a single monthly subscription you get 240+ apps for your Mac. 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Sora and Nano Bannana significantly reduced daily rate limits for free users, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues that digital storefronts should drop “Made with AI” tags, and China’s NDRC warns of a potential bubble in the humanoid robotics industry. MP3 Please SUBSCRIBE HERE for free or get DTNS Live ad-free. A special thanks toContinue reading "Apple Was The Only Major Smartphone Brand To See Growth During China’s Singles’ Day – DTH"

Piers Linney is a tech-focused entrepreneur, investor, and former Dragons' Den star known for his work in AI, additive manufacturing, and business innovation. He co-founded Implement AI—an award-winning AI startup building scalable digital workforces—and co-hosts The Implement AI Podcast. Piers also chairs Atherton Bikes, creators of world-champion 3D-printed mountain bikes. With a background in law, investment banking, venture capital, and government advisory, he's a leading voice on AI, emerging tech, and entrepreneurship across major media and global events.Connect with Piers Linney!https://uk.linkedin.com/in/pierslinneyhttps://www.pierslinney.comhttps://www.implementai.ioCHAPTERS:0:00 – Introduction0:45 – Meet Piers Linney1:01 – What Piers has been focused on over the past 6 months3:38 – Piers transitions from law into investment banking4:30 – What the early internet boom taught Piers about exponential tech6:04 – The story behind Atherton Bikes and 3D-printed bike manufacturing7:55 – Piers' involvement in space tech and SEN cameras8:22 – Building Implement AI and raising $2M to scale it10:45 – Andy asks whether Piers had major exits that funded his investments12:52 – Why entrepreneurs chase hypotheses more than money13:22 – Piers on the “coming wave” of AI and why resistance is pointless14:10 – Why some people are unaware of AI and robotics15:11 – How a 19-year-old can position themselves for the AI future18:53 – Passion vs. skill vs. market: how to identify real opportunities20:49 – How Piers uses ChatGPT as a thinking partner and creative augmenter23:15 – Piers' workflow: ideation → draft → critique → rewrite → SWOT25:49 – Andy asks if AI can auto-scrape your posts and autopost on your behalf27:05 – AI-generated video and Sora's impact on authenticity28:38 – How Implement AI finds customers and leads30:16 – The new productized “AI agent teams” Implement AI offers31:27 – Andy's story of being fooled by an AI caller33:34 – The danger of hyper-realistic avatars scamming your parents34:17 – How Implement AI builds guardrails and safety layers35:57 – How Piers uses AI to grow his podcast38:00 – How Piers thinks about raising kids in a rapidly changing world40:25 – How small moments of mentorship can change someone's life45:16 – How AI can sometimes do a better job than humans48:56 – Why most AI projects fail (MIT study) and why implementation is hard50:39 – Why Piers believes coding will eventually disappear entirely52:04 – Why Piers continues building businesses despite the stress54:29 – Piers explains the layers of AI and exponential improvement56:48 – The coming shift from AGI to ASI (Artificial Superintelligence)58:40 – Piers' recent life discoveries1:00:53 – Piers' goals and focus for the next 6 months1:01:46 – Connect with Piers1:02:42 – Why domains and the traditional internet will diminish over time1:04:02 – Outro

In this episode of Coffee with Carrie, I'm diving into the wild world of AI twins, animation, and digital avatars—and asking the real question: should you actually build an AI version of you? I walk through the tools I'm using (Sora, Midjourney, Canva, Descript, HeyGen, Hedra, D-ID, and more), the opportunities for lead generation and 24/7 content, and the hard truth about not becoming the smartest, brokest agent in your market.We'll also talk copyright, trademarks, compliance, and why you need to slow down before you turn yourself into Barbie, Wonder Woman, or a Chicago Sky starter. If you've been curious about AI avatars but don't know where to start—or what's smart vs. risky—this episode is for you.Connect with me and keep learning:TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carriejolittleInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carriejolittle/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CarrieJLittle

Fluent Fiction - Japanese: A Culinary Quest: Sora's Market Adventure in Kyoto Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/ja/episode/2025-11-28-23-34-02-ja Story Transcript:Ja: 京都の錦市場は秋の午後に賑わいを見せていた。En: The Nishiki Ichiba in Kyoto was bustling on an autumn afternoon.Ja: 新年のお祝いのために、買い物客たちは色とりどりの品物を探していた。En: Shoppers were looking for colorful items in preparation for the New Year celebrations.Ja: 商店の前を歩けば、新鮮な魚や甘いお菓子の香りが漂っていた。En: As you walked past the shops, the scent of fresh fish and sweet treats wafted through the air.Ja: 商人たちは、ランタンの光の中で、活気に満ちた呼び声をあげ、買い物客を引きつける。En: The merchants, under the light of lanterns, called out energetically, attracting customers.Ja: そこに現れたのは、料理学生の空とそのクラスメイトのひろしだった。En: Appearing there were Sora, a culinary student, and her classmate Hiroshi.Ja: 空は家族を喜ばせる伝統的な正月料理を作るため、最高の食材を手に入れたいと思っていた。En: Sora wanted to acquire the best ingredients to prepare traditional New Year's dishes to delight her family.Ja: しかし、混雑した市場と限られた材料に心は少し不安げだった。En: However, the crowded market and limited materials made her feel a bit anxious.Ja: 「ひろし、一緒に歩こうか？En: "Hiroshi, shall we walk together?"Ja: 」と空は提案した。En: Sora suggested.Ja: 「それがいいね。En: "That sounds good.Ja: 俺も材料がいるんだ」とひろしは笑顔で答えた。En: I need ingredients too," Hiroshi replied with a smile.Ja: 二人は協力して市場を歩き始めた。En: The two began walking through the market together.Ja: 彼らが目指すのは市場のベテランである由美の店だった。En: Their goal was the store of Yumi, a market veteran.Ja: 由美は質の高い材料を提供し、学生たちにとっては鋭いアドバイスで有名だった。En: Yumi was known for providing high-quality ingredients and for her sharp advice to students.Ja: しかし、彼女との交渉は簡単ではない。En: However, negotiating with her was not easy.Ja: 店にたどり着くと、由美は忙しく顧客に対応していた。En: When they arrived at the store, Yumi was busy attending to customers.Ja: 空は自分の意気込みを彼女に伝えようと、ドキドキしながら切り出した。En: Sora nervously tried to convey her enthusiasm to Yumi.Ja: 「由美さん、最高の材料が欲しいんです。En: "Ms. Yumi, I want the best ingredients to surprise my family."Ja: 家族を驚かせたいんです。En: Yumi smiled and said, "Ah, it's tough to get good stuff this season.Ja: 」由美は笑みを浮かべ、「ああ、この季節で良い物を手に入れるのは難しいよ。En: But I can feel your enthusiasm."Ja: でも、君の熱意は伝わるわ」と言った。En: The negotiations that followed were more difficult than expected.Ja: そして始まった交渉は、想像以上に難航した。En: Hiroshi joined in the negotiations, and the two of them worked cleverly to lower the price.Ja: ひろしも一緒に交渉に参加し、二人は巧妙に値段を引き下げようと頑張った。En: Eventually, understanding Sora's sincere attitude and effort, Yumi specially handed her the last batch of high-quality ingredients.Ja: 最終的に、空の真摯な態度と努力を理解した由美は、特別に最後の高品質な材料のバッチを彼女に渡した。En: "Thank you, Ms.Ja: 「ありがとう、由美さん！En: Yumi!"Ja: 」と空は深く頭を下げて言った。En: Sora said, bowing deeply.Ja: 「頑張ってね」と彼女は笑顔で送り出した。En: "Ganbatte ne," she sent them off with a smile.Ja: 市場を出る頃には、空の心は何かが変わっていた。En: By the time they left the market, something had changed in Sora's heart.Ja: 彼女は共に働くことの大切さを学び、これまで以上に自信に満ちていた。En: She had learned the importance of working together and was filled with more confidence than ever before.Ja: 家路につく道すがら、空は新年のご馳走の準備を思い浮かべた。En: As she made her way home, Sora imagined the preparations for the New Year's feast.Ja: 心は温かく、成功への希望でいっぱいだった。En: Her heart was warm and full of hope for success.Ja: そして、その日の教訓を胸に、彼女は新しい期を迎える準備は整っていたのだった。En: With the lessons of the day in her heart, she was ready to welcome the new season. Vocabulary Words:bustling: 賑わいautumn: 秋scent: 香りwafted: 漂ったlanterns: ランタンenergetically: 活気に満ちたculinary: 料理anxious: 不安げnegotiating: 交渉veteran: ベテランenthusiasm: 熱意delight: 喜ばせるshoppers: 買い物客merchants: 商人convey: 伝えるsincere: 真摯なattitude: 態度preparations: 準備sharp: 鋭いacquire: 手に入れるfeast: ご馳走high-quality: 高品質なheart: 心imagine: 思い浮かべるsuccess: 成功effort: 努力collaborate: 協力crowded: 混雑したbatch: バッチhope: 希望

For their 100th episode, Ray "Growth" Rike and Dave "CAC" Kellogg get philosophical, inspired by the notion that many hold, which is "nothing works" in B2B GTM anymore - especially in regards to pipeline development.They dive into the 2025 State of B2B GTM Report by Kyle Poyar and Maja Voijc to challenge this idea and find out what GTM leaders are actually prioritizing.In this episode, The Metrics Brothers break down:The State of the Market: Analyzing a survey of 195 GTM leaders, including data on small companies, growth rates, and the surprising lack of correlation between GTM motion and growth.The "Pipeline Crisis": Discussing why scaling existing GTM motions is the number one priority, even when many GTM leaders feel their current efforts aren't effective.Too Much Noise: A look at the "distraction chart" [slide 12] showing the staggering number of channels and strategies B2B companies are trying, and why the report suggests this is "too much".The Tried and True GTM Quadrant: Highlighting the activities with the biggest likelihood of impact, including Intimate Events, Intent-Based Inbound, and LinkedIn [slide 13].The Winner Take All Future: Exploring the massive trend of investing in Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) [slide 18] and breaking down tactical recommendations for optimizing for ChatGPT and other answer engines, emphasizing the importance of facts and platforms like Reddit and G2 [slide 19].Must Try GTM Tools: Reviewing the next generation of GTM tools, with a focus on cutting-edge platforms like Clay, Lovable, Sora, and Replit for data automation, outbound, and video generation [slide 29].Whether you're a Founder, CMO, CRO or GTM leader, this episode offers a data-driven look at where to focus your budget and attention in the year ahead.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Stéphane Ricoul s'interroge sur les effets plus discrets de l'IA, ceux qui transforment nos comportements sans toujours s'annoncer. Selon lui, des outils comme Sora 2 ou VO3 amplifient le besoin de reconnaissance et resserrent le cycle produire, diffuser, réagir, ce qui déplace progressivement les normes sociales. La comparaison sociale s'intensifie, l'autopromotion devient frictionless et les répliques numériques soulèvent des enjeux de consentement et de réputation.

A Note from James:Tye Sheridan is one of my favorite actors. You might know him as Cyclops in the X-Men movies (Apocalypse, etc.) or as the lead in Ready Player One—which is not only a great movie but also one of my favorite sci-fi books. One of his first films was Mud with Matthew McConaughey.What I didn't realize: since 2016, while still acting, Tye has also been a serious AI entrepreneur. He and Nikola Todorovic co-founded AI-powered VFX/CGI company, Wonder Dynamics, now an Autodesk company, that built AI tools to make visual effects more accessible.I wanted them both on to talk about how AI will change filmmaking—potentially letting someone like me make a movie that would normally cost hundreds of millions because of VFX—and, just as important, how Tye balanced being a movie star and an entrepreneur at the same time. I also wanted Nikola's take on where AI is going and whether it will take jobs. Fascinating conversation ahead—here are Tye Sheridan and Nikola Todorovic.Episode Description:James sits down with actor–founder Tye Sheridan and VFX director Nikola Todorovic to unpack how their company's AI tools (now part of Autodesk) are changing what small teams can pull off—and what that means for studios, budgets, and actual stories. They trace the path from stitching 360° GoPro rigs and a VR proof-of-concept… to a first demo for Steven Spielberg… to a platform that lets indies do big-look work without big-studio burn. You'll hear clear, non-hyped answers on where text-to-video fits, why they focus on editable 3D over black-box 2D, and a candid take on the only moat that still matters: writing something people care about.What You'll Learn:A workable cost model for VFX-heavy projects: where 10× savings can come from—and where they can't.How to run “lean” on real productions: recruiting cross-disciplinary talent and sequencing funding without chasing hype cycles.3D pipelines vs. text-to-video: why pros need full control of lighting, camera, and performance—and how Sora-style tools can still complement the workflow.Story first, always: the audience forgives limited budgets—not lazy scripts.A pragmatic future for studios and indies: expanding voices without erasing human actors or craft.Timestamped Chapters:[00:02:00] “Hollywood is nervous”: James frames the AI anxiety he's hearing in studio rooms.[00:03:01] A note from James: why Tye's career (from Mud to Ready Player One) made him the right guest—plus Nikola's VFX roots.[00:06:03] Tree of Life to tech startup: meeting on set, Chivo's influence, and early curiosity about tools.[00:13:46] DIY 360° & the Spielberg audition: the VR demo, a $10k experiment, and a first product pitch to Steven.[00:20:12] The question everyone asks: will AI erase studio jobs—or expand what smaller teams can make?[00:24:00] Distribution changed—financing didn't: presales, streaming, strikes, and why a bigger shift is still coming.[00:27:12] Reality check on budgets: VFX vs. SFX, and how a $100M effects bill could land near $10M.[00:36:02] Running lean + real backers: Founders Fund, MaC VC, Horizons; hiring for overlap (CV/ML/VFX/eng).[00:37:44] From waitlist to workflows: who used the platform first, and a TV case where weeks became days.[00:42:12] Sora vs. 3D pipelines: where text-to-video fits—and why pros avoid black-box 2D for final shots.[01:00:45] “A decade of procrastination”: the founders joke about building a company to avoid writing their own film—then set sights on making it.Additional Resources:Tye Sheridan — filmography and roles (Ready Player One, X-Men). WikipediaNikola Todorovic — Co-founder, Wonder Dynamics (Autodesk company). linkedin.comAutodesk acquires Wonder Dynamics — press release (May 21, 2024). Autodesk NewsAutodesk Flow Studio (formerly Wonder Studio) — product page & docs. AutodeskReady Player One (2018). WikipediaThe Card Counter (2021). WikipediaThe Tree of Life (2011) & Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki. IMDbSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

-Now at version 4.5, the new system offers state-of-the-art performance in coding, computer use and office tasks. -President Donald Trump has issued a new Executive Order that launches the “Genesis Mission,” an AI-focused initiative that will be led by the Department of Energy. It will “harness the current AI and advanced computing revolution to double the productivity and impact of American science and engineering within a decade,” the DOE explained. -Cameo, the app that allows people to buy short videos from celebrities, has won an important victory in its legal battle against OpenAI. On Monday, a federal judge granted the company a temporary restraining order against OpenAI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for tuesday, november 25th! delve into today's prominent tech developments: openai's legal challenge with sora: the social app's 'cameo' feature, aimed at creating deepfake versions of users, faces a temporary halt due to a trademark dispute with the celebrity video message platform, cameo. tesla's fsd approval in europe: the anticipated approval for tesla's full self-driving software by 2026 may encounter delays, as decisions await a crucial safety demonstration by the dutch regulator, rdw. google's ai investments in india: teaming up with venture capital firm accel, google launches the ai futures fund to support startups with up to $2 million each, focusing on indian ai innovations. nuclear startup x-energy's funding boost: securing $700 million in a series d funding round, x-energy is positioning itself as a leader in developing small modular reactors, capturing the interest of industry giants like amazon and dow. that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow!

Hoy en Rejugando encendemos la llave espada y nos lanzamos de cabeza al que probablemente sea uno de los especiales más mágicos, nostálgicos y épicos que hemos grabado: el programa dedicado a Kingdom Hearts, una de las sagas más queridas de la historia de los videojuegos. Recuerdos de la PlayStation 2, la primera vez que escuchamos Dearly Beloved, cómo aquel menú inicial nos dejaba congelados mirando la pantalla sin jugar… y sí, las primeras lágrimas videojueguiles. La magia está servida. En este programa viajamos por la creación del primer Kingdom Hearts, explicándolo de forma tan cercana y apasionada que parece que estemos dentro del propio Dive to the Heart. Hablamos del contexto histórico, de cómo SquareSoft venía del éxito absoluto con Final Fantasy… y del batacazo inmenso que supuso La Fuerza Interior, un agujero económico que casi destruye la empresa y que la llevó, literalmente, a las puertas de Sony para pedir ayuda. También repasamos el otro lado del cruce: Disney, que buscaba cómo entrar en el mercado japonés y encajaba más blockbusters que VHS en un videoclub de los 90. El contexto perfecto para que ambas compañías chocaran… y naciera la leyenda. El equipo cuenta con humor y detalle cómo surgió aquella casi mítica reunión del “ascensor”, cómo Shinji Hashimoto y Hironobu Sakaguchi impulsaron el proyecto, y cómo un joven Tetsuya Nomura, que pasaba por allí, levantó la mano y dijo: “No sé de qué habláis, pero quiero hacerlo yo.” Y así empezó todo. El programa desgrana además: • Cómo Nomura pasó de diseñar monstruos a comandar un proyecto enorme. • La locura de ideas iniciales: Sora como un leoncito con una motosierra (sí, real). • Las condiciones imposibles de Disney. • La aparición de Cloud, Squall, Tidus, Wakka y compañía. • Cómo se crearon los mundos, la narrativa y el concepto de la llave-espada. • La implicación de Yoko Shimomura, que convirtió la BSO en un personaje más. • Y la sorpresa: los Informes de Ansem narrados en exclusiva para este especial. Este episodio es un viaje lleno de nostalgia, datos increíbles, anécdotas reales, momentos hilarantes, música mágica y todo el amor posible por un videojuego que marcó a toda una generación. Si te gusta Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Disney, o simplemente quieres escuchar una historia única sobre cómo nació una saga imposible… este programa es tu sitio. Dale al play, porque la luz y la oscuridad te están esperando.

Bienvenidos a FailAgain, una newsletter / podcast sobre crear contenido y estrategia.Suscriptor me pregunta: “Guillermo, ¿todos tus guiones son hechos con inteligencia artificial o solo este último?”Me entraron ganas de ir a buscarlo a su casa. Pero después de reflexionar un poco, tiene sentido su pregunta. Te recomiendo que escuches la versión extendida en formato pódcast de este contenido.Yo también me subí al carroTodos los que empezamos a trabajar con ChatGPT o Claude desde el principio lo vimos claro: el contenido que publicaban estas herramientas era útil, con buena estructura, y muy parecido a lo que podríamos crear manualmente.Y te subes fácil a ese carro.Si no hay tanta diferencia entre lo que publico (y me cuesta 3-4 horas) y lo que me da la herramienta en 5 minutos… ¿por qué no usarlo?Es un fallo en el que hemos caído todos.En el proceso he aprendido muchas cosas. Y sobre todo, he aprendido qué NO hay que hacer con IA.La IA como el mejor becario del mundoPiensa en la IA como un becario:* No se cansa* No tiene horarios* Es superrápido* Tiene conocimiento prácticamente enciclopédicoPero no tiene ningún criterio.Y esto es supertramposo. Porque parece que sí lo tiene.Puedes pedirle cualquier cosa y siempre tiene respuesta. Siempre tiene un enfoque.Pero, ¿de quién es ese enfoque?Si delegas el criterio, te estás quitando del medio. Te vuelves irrelevante en un proyecto donde se supone que tú eres la pieza clave.Nosotros como creadores tenemos que aportar una capa absolutamente necesaria: criterio, enfoque, dirección.¿Significa esto que no puedes usar IA?No.Si tardo 6 horas en hacer un guión completo y mi competencia tarda 20 minutos porque usa IA correctamente, estoy muerto.No es hacer trampa. Es sobrevivir.Hay que hacer que estas herramientas funcionen a nuestro lado como compañeros, como ese becario que es el mejor del mundo.Patrocinador de la semana: HostGatorHablando de herramientas que eliminan fricción técnica para que tú puedas centrarte en crear.Uno de los mayores frenos que veo en mi audiencia es el miedo a montar la web propia. “Es que no sé código”, “es que WordPress es difícil”.HostGator ha sacado un constructor de sitios con IA que elimina esa excusa de un plumazo. Literalmente respondes a unas preguntas sobre tu proyecto y la IA te monta la estructura, el diseño y los textos base en minutos. Tienes la potencia de WordPress sin el dolor de cabeza de la configuración inicial.Les he pedido un descuento bestia para los que siguen FailAgain y se han portado:

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In this engaging podcast episode, the boys are joined by Peter for a lively and wide-ranging conversation. Together, they dive into trending viral phenomena and explore the rapidly evolving world of AI tools, including ChatGPT and Sora. The group reflects on how these technologies are shaping creativity, raising questions around copyright, and revealing generational differences in the way people interact with tech. They also examine the future of digital authentication and discuss how online culture is transforming the very concept of celebrity. Insightful, entertaining, and thought-provoking, this episode captures the intersection of technology, culture, and innovation.

Ignite 2025 delivered major updates across Microsoft 365. In this episode, we discuss:Agent 365: Public preview now. Manage AI agents like identities with Entra Agent ID, renamed app registrations, and Teams app visibility.Copilot updates: Work IQ adds proactive personalization.Voice in Outlook Mobile for hands-free triage and scheduling (early access now).Natural-language meeting scheduling rolling out to Outlook and Copilot Chat.Sora 2 video generation available for Copilot Frontier users.SharePoint at 25: Metadata reasoning, intranet page reasoning, and SharePoint Agents in Copilot Chat and the Agent Store.Listen for practical insights on what these changes mean for IT teams and how to prepare.Want to stay up to date on all things Practical 365? Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin to stay up to date on all things Microsoft!

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Strong Man is living in a glass house, and he isn't one for setting stones aside. Even Roger Stone may not be able to save him now.  Topics include: Lancer conference, Revolve book, audience, niche topic, Sora video, AI, transhumanism, uploading consciousness, digital clones, soft uploads, technocrats controlling government and more, purposely destroying old government, new mainstream media, social media as propaganda outlet, crafting narratives, atomized audience, algorithms, MAGA infighting, Trump himself is disposable, JD Vance preferred presidential puppet, Vance 2028 beta test, Musk's new political party, performative outrage from the actual oligarchs, conspiracy topics mainstreamed and used for propaganda, collecting data all the time, Epstein a continuing problem for Trump, Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers, presidential pardons, Tucker Carlson, Thomas Crooks, Butler PA, FBI coverup, Kash Patel, MTG, obvious corruption, purges, Cybertron, data centers and huge power use

Age of Transitions and Uncle 11-14-2025AoT#480Strong Man is living in a glass house, and he isn't one for setting stones aside. Even Roger Stone may not be able to save him now. Topics include: Lancer conference, Revolve book, audience, niche topic, Sora video, AI, transhumanism, uploading consciousness, digital clones, soft uploads, technocrats controlling government and more, purposely destroying old government, new mainstream media, social media as propaganda outlet, crafting narratives, atomized audience, algorithms, MAGA infighting, Trump himself is disposable, JD Vance preferred presidential puppet, Vance 2028 beta test, Musk's new political party, performative outrage from the actual oligarchs, conspiracy topics mainstreamed and used for propaganda, collecting data all the time, Epstein a continuing problem for Trump, Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers, presidential pardons, Tucker Carlson, Thomas Crooks, Butler PA, FBI coverup, Kash Patel, MTG, obvious corruption, purges, Cybertron, data centers and huge power useUtp#387Uncle does his last regular show before his producer goes to Dallas to impersonate Elvis. Topics include: angry Uncle, streaming services, Disney vs YouTube TV, ESPN, digital television antenna, media companies consolidating, 3iAtlas, space, UAP, lively chat room, Elon Musk fake gaming, trust no one, space visitors, New Year's Revolution, War on Christmas Thanksgiving Spectacular, Vintage Gaming With Uncle, Lancer conference, Trump on NFL football TV, auroras visible far South, solar flares, Abby Martin, Robbie Martin, Porkins, Black Friday Blackout, no good deals anyway, turkey legs, current events, TikTok streams, the poundage, Pure Blades, miscarded Transformers toy, Labubu, chat vs calls, Chuck is like ElvisFRANZ MAIN HUB:https://theageoftransitions.com/PATREONhttps://www.patreon.com/aaronfranzUNCLEhttps://unclethepodcast.com/ORhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/uncle-the-podcast/FRANZ and UNCLE Merchhttps://theageoftransitions.com/category/support-the-podcasts/---BE THE EFFECTHelp for Ochelli and The NetworkMrs.OLUNA ROSA CANDLEShttp://www.paypal.me/Kimberlysonn1Ochelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelliBE THE EFFECTListen/Chat on the Sitehttps://ochelli.com/listen-live/TuneInhttp://tun.in/sfxkxAPPLEhttps://music.apple.com/us/station/ochelli-com/ra.1461174708Ochelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelliAnything is a blessing if you have the meansWithout YOUR support we go silent.---NOVEMBER IN DALLAS LANCER CONFERENCEDISCOUNT FOR YOU10 % OFF code = Ochelli10https://assassinationconference.com/Coming SOON Room Discount Details The Fairmont Dallas hotel 1717 N Akard Street, Dallas, Texas 75201. easy access to Dealey Plaza

This week on Nerd Best Friends, Analese and Rob dive into the quotes, lines, and iconic one-liners that have lived rent-free in our nerd brains for decades. It's time for our Top 5 Pop Culture Catchphrases, and yes—choosing just five was absolutely impossible, but we did it anyway (because we're nerds, and we love a challenge). From TV to comics, movies to memes, we break down why these catchphrases stuck, how they became cultural landmarks, and the moments they made us laugh, gasp, or feel entirely too seen. Analese sifts through 90s sketch comedies and Rob goes with a galaxy far, far, away.As always, join the conversation, tell us YOUR favorite catchphrases, and help us grow the Nerd Herd by rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast with your fellow nerds!Also in this episode: Nerd Mail, Monsters: The Ed Gein Story, beer face, SORA, shoutout to Gateway Games in Santa Rosa (CA), and what the heck is Microsoft doing with Xbox? Bonus and early access to content on Patreon! Join now! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode the boys discover they are all over Sora AI, and play some of their favorite videos. The guys then break down their weekends, deer hunting (and posting embarrassingly small deer), seeing our Hoonicorn for the first time, CJ's love for gaming, ridiculousness getting canceled, fan mail, and Keys to YouTube success Sign up for your $1 per month trail at https://www.shopify.com/wideopen Book your next doctors appointment at https://www.zocdoc.com/wideopen Visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/WIDEOPEN and use code WIDEOPEN and get $50 in lineups when you play your first $5 lineup! Get $10 Off @BRUNT with code LWO at https://www.bruntworkwear.com/LWO #BRUNTpod #ad Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at https://www.square.com/go/WIDEOPEN! #squarepod #ad To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/LifeWideOpenYT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/LifeWideOpenWithCboysTV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/LifeWideOpenWithCboysTV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also check out our main YouTube channel CboysTV: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/CboysTV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get our 10 Prompts to Fix What AI Broke: https://clickhubspot.com/eph Ep. 379 Did you know that more than 74% of the new web pages online today contain some form of AI-generated content? Recording from GROW Europe, Kipp and Kieran dive into how AI is fundamentally disrupting marketing, shifting it from the era of volume to the era of value. Learn more on why trust is moving from brands to individuals and creators, the seismic changes in search and the rise of AI-first answer engines, and how granular data and AI-powered personalization are reshaping paid advertising and email prospecting. Mentions GROW Europe https://www.hubspot.com/grow-2025 Perplexity https://www.perplexity.ai/ Claude https://claude.ai/ Reddit https://www.reddit.com/ My First Million https://www.mfmpod.com/ XFunnel https://www.xfunnel.ai/ VO3 https://www.vo3ai.com/ Sora 2 https://openai.com/index/sora-2/ Get our guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/customgpt We're creating our next round of content and want to ensure it tackles the challenges you're facing at work or in your business. To understand your biggest challenges we've put together a survey and we'd love to hear from you! https://bit.ly/matg-research Resource [Free] Steal our favorite AI Prompts featured on the show! Grab them here: https://clickhubspot.com/aip We're on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: ​​https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg  Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod  Join our community https://landing.connect.com/matg Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain! Don't forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934   If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends. We really appreciate your support. Host Links: Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar   Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat  ‘Marketing Against The Grain' is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by Hubspot Media // Produced by Darren Clarke.

MAGAISM/BRO CULTURE CRONYISM/CEOs RULE!/ELONISMI am deeply ashamed': Larry Summers to step back from public commitments after new Epstein emails Senator Elizabeth Warren: “[Summers] cannot be trusted to advise our nation's politicians, policymakers and institutions — or teach a generation of students at Harvard or anywhere else.”And an unidentified Trump administration official told Politico that companies and organizations should end their association with Summers.The former Treasury secretary, along with Bill Clinton and the Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman, are among the Democratic figures whom the Justice Department is investigating over Epstein ties — at President Trump's behest.Economist Warns That Trump's Investments in the Tech Industry Could Crash the Whole EconomyItalian economist Mariana Mazzucato, a University College London economics professor:“I think the kind of capitalism Trump has is crony capitalism.”“I would describe crony capitalism as Mafia-like. You're showing your upper hand. You're handing out favors to some. But then divide and conquer. Picking and choosing without a particular strategy.”She argues that the Intel deal is poorly designed because it doesn't have any conditions to incentivize the company to be build new products, while the government simply acts as a passive investor.All SNAP recipients required to reapply as Trump admin cracks down on fraud: 'Business as usual is over'‍ ‍SEC to Allow Companies to Block Shareholder ProposalsThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it will not express opinions to requests from companies asking to exclude shareholder proposals from their proxy voting materials during the 2025-2026 proxy season, effectively allowing companies to avoid voting on issues proposed by investors such as climate, sustainability and diversity at annual meetings. Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combinedWashing Post: BezosWhite nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk's Grokipedia: World's richest person wanted to ‘purge' propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformationSTAKEHOLDERS RULE!‘We've probably made housing unaffordable for a whole generation of Americans': top real-estate CEO on the real cost of Covid economic firefightingSean Dobson, CEO of The Amherst GroupFord CEO says he has 5,000 open mechanic jobs with 6-figure salaries from the shortage of manually skilled workers: ‘We are in trouble in our country' CEO James D. Farley, Jr: $24,861,866; 253:1.Ford Family Executive Chair William Clay Ford, Jr. 20,379,912; 207:1$519,845 for personal use of aircraft$1,394,538 for securityEOnly 16% of Large Companies on Track for Net ZeroMissing at U.N.'s Climate Meeting: American ExecutivesWOKE DATADisney ditches 'diversity' and 'DEI' in business report for the first time since 2019Nearly half of LGBTQ characters AXED from TV amid Trump-era rollback of woke DEI initiativesAccording to Deadline, around 41% of the 489 LGBTQ characters that were on the small screen this year will not return due to series cancellations and endings.AIJeff Bezos is putting $6.2 billion—and himself as co-CEO—behind a new AI startupProject PrometheusVik Bajaj: StanfordOpenAI accused of ‘consistent and dangerous pattern' rushing product to market that is ‘inherently unsafe or lacking in needed guardrails'The nonprofit Public Citizen is now demanding OpenAI withdraw Sora 2 from the public, writing in a letter to the company and CEO Sam Altman that the app's hasty release so that it could launch ahead of competitors shows a “consistent and dangerous pattern of OpenAI rushing to market with a product that is either inherently unsafe or lacking in needed guardrails.”Sora 2, the letter says, shows a “reckless disregard” for product safety, as well as people's rights to their own likeness and the stability of democracy.OpenAI didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.In the age of AI, CEOs quietly signal that layoffs are a badge of honorPeople Are Having AI “Children” With Their AI Partners‍ ‍Eli Lilly CEO says he has 'at least 1 or 2 AIs running' during every meeting he's in David Ricks: Ricks said he doesn't like OpenAI's ChatGPT for science-related questions — "It's too verbal," he said. Instead, he prefers Anthropic's Claude and xAI's Grok.Still, he has to be careful to watch for hallucinations, an issue the frontier model companies are still trying to tamp down.The CEO of $2.2 billion AI company Turing can't live without ChatGPT, swears by his Kindle, and has only taken 2 weeks of vacation in 7 yearsJonathan Siddharth; StanfordSTUPIDThe CFO Centre names Natalie Garfield as new CFOHeinz goes all-in on Thanksgiving leftovers with squeezable turkey gravy

On our 100th Social in Six episode, SocialChain influencer executive Rachel Lea joins Mil in the studio to cover off the top six need-to-know updates from the world of social. This time, that includes two updates from Instagram: a new watch history feature and a crackdown on duplicate content that's got some news accounts rattled. They're also talking all about Sora, the latest AI video/social platform from ChatGPT's parent company OpenAI.    Plus, new AI tools from TikTok that let creators streamline both the edit and video scripting process; Reddit's guide to optimising for AEO (not a typo, that's Answer Engine Optimisation), and finally...find out which platform marketers ranked top priority in Emplifi's State of Social report.       Got a question or suggestion for the SocialMinds podcast? Get in touch at socialminds@socialchain.com.  

Katelyn Chedraoui, CNET's AI Reporter, joins Megan Lynch. They discuss a new Open AI video generator, SORA, that has remarkably good deepfake videos.

Ben Brady, CEO of Harcourts Auctions, is joined by long-time friend and returning guest Tony “Tech Tony” Self, Broker/Owner of Harcourts Hunter Mason Realty — to dissect the rapid rise of AI in 2025, where it's heading, and what's starting to make even the tech optimists a little uneasy.Tony, known for being an early adopter of everything from automation to video avatars, opens up about the first time AI has truly spooked him. The two dive deep into the realities of AI displacement, the threat to white-collar jobs, and what “Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)” might mean for industries like real estate. From autonomous driving to robotics, they break down the economic and ethical implications of a future where machines don't just assist — they think, act, and compete.But it's not all doom and gloom. Ben and Tony also explore how entrepreneurs can stay ahead of the curve, leverage AI tools like HeyGen and 11Labs for content creation, and prepare for the industries being reshaped by automation. Expect bold predictions, uncomfortable truths, and practical insights for agents, leaders, and business owners trying to navigate the AI-driven decade ahead.Timestamps & Key Topics[00:00:00] – How AI started 2025 and where it stands now[00:02:00] – Why Tech Tony is finally nervous about AI[00:03:45] – Job displacement and the automation wave[00:06:30] – From robots to real estate: AI's reach expands[00:08:00] – The rise of generative video tools (HeyGen, Sora, 11Labs)[00:10:45] – Governments vs. progress: who wins the automation race?[00:12:00] – How content creation is changing forever[00:14:30] – What is AGI and when will we see it?[00:18:00] – The illusion of authenticity in social media[00:22:00] – Algorithmic manipulation, misinformation, and bias[00:25:00] – Predictions for 2026: what jobs and skills survive?[00:27:00] – AI reliance, creativity, and the human edge

Drew and Rory start with eyeball horror, Stranger Things hype, and the idea of AI-powered contact lenses before stumbling straight into the real mind-melt: Midjourney, Grok Imagine, Mystic 3, and Flux all colliding in one episode. They roast their own prompts, trigger an accidental NSF-DoubleU moment live inside Grok, argue about “flux face,” and still somehow manage to pull out real, practical tips for people trying to make better AI images without losing their minds.Across an hour of chaos, they unpack Midjourney v8's subtle shifts, hidden personalization signals, Style Explorer tricks, Smart Search shortcuts, Grok's Sora-style infinite feed, Mystic 3's scary-good skin detail, and why Midjourney still owns lo-fi, lived-in, “shot-on-a-phone” energy. If you care about composition, cinematic ratios, editorial portraits, food realism, or just want to hear two people dunk on Flux and node editors while actually teaching you something, this one hits.Listeners will come away knowing how to use stills archive for composition, when to skip upscales for more analog realism, how Grok Imagine's image + video workflow really behaves, and where Mystic 3 can replace Midjourney in a serious portrait or product stack.--⏱️ Midjourney Fast Hour0:00 Intro, eyeballs, and a Friday brain check2:05 Contact lens horror stories, Mission Impossible, Black Mirror eyes3:07 Stranger Things Season 5 hype and binge vs weekly TV4:51 Movies, biopics, sports docs, and couch season setting in6:23 Cowboys documentary, sports pipelines, and TV as passive story feed7:00 AI overload, nobody keeping up, and why this pod exists8:30 Midjourney profiles, Style Creator, and new personalization talk9:29 Like/dislike buttons as hidden training data and 7:3 aspect ratio love10:35 Stills Archive, cinematic framing, and cleaner compositions12:00 Style Explorer vs old-school SREF and what quietly vanished13:16 Three under-the-radar Midjourney Smart Search + right-click + Option-upscale tweaks15:35 V8, fewer wall-of-text prompts, and a move toward visual controls18:12 First look at Grok Imagine's interface and infinite scroll feel19:35 Sora-style endless bottom feed, variants, and “make video” in Grok22:51 Cinematic looks, color grading, and Grok as “idea and curate” engine24:19 Live NSFW surprise inside Grok Imagine and instant rating change25:23 Finding Grok history, stills, and video exports with sound26:31 Who actually gets Grok video and Drew's first real reaction to using it27:38 Mystic 3 enters the chat and upscaling less for analog vibes29:02 Why “too sharp” screams AI and how grain + smart detail saves realism30:18 Outpainting, editing, and why Midjourney still wins surgical compositing35:01 Mystic 3 V3 screen-share and first impressions35:45 Editorial portraits, skin detail, eyelashes, and hands that finally look human37:26 Mystic 3 model comparisons: Zen, State-of-the-Art, and weird description blur39:16 Zooming all the way into pores, fingerprints, and micro skin texture43:44 Cocktail and food prompts where Mystic falls behind Midjourney50:05 Nano Banana 2 rumors, native 4K wishes, and how Midjourney might respond50:58 Why Midjourney still rules lo-fi, disposable camera, and Polaroid-style shots52:16 Grok Imagine vs Flux vs Midjourney for lived-in Y2K flash photos53:39 Flux face, direct flash tests, and “go flux yourself” is born55:30 Nodes, Grok workflows, and why scrolling is faster than wiring graphs56:01 Why Midjourney is avoiding node-based interfaces on purpose57:05 Final sendoff: go flux yourself and get out of here

OpenAI released GPT-5.1 with updates to vision, ChatGPT personalities and, most importantly, vibes while Google's Nanobanana 2 and Gemini 3 Pro gently start leaking incredible results.   Plus, Disney is ok with AI content on Disney+, Grok Imagine gets a big update, a very cool new 3D world simulator from World Labs, the number one song country song right now is an AI music creation and, in China, they're cooking up Xenomorphs. WE'RE GETTING TO THE GOOD STUFF NOW BABY! ALSO, WE'RE TIRED. #ai #ainews #openai   Get notified when AndThen launches: https://andthen.chat/ Come to our Discord to try our Secret Project: https://discord.gg/muD2TYgC8f Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AIForHumansShow AI For Humans Newsletter: https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/ Follow us for more on X @AIForHumansShow Join our TikTok @aiforhumansshow To book us for speaking, please visit our website: https://www.aiforhumans.show/   // Show Links // OpenAI's GPT 5.1 is here https://openai.com/index/gpt-5-1/ Encrypted ChatGPT Coming Soon? https://x.com/athyuttamre/status/1988651107846115806?s=20 Nano-Banana 2 Leaks? Early Testing of 'GemPix' Looks Promising https://x.com/MarsForTech/status/1988041526891737551?s=20 More examples: (all grain of salt) Elon on horse  https://x.com/pigeon__s/status/1988733671189414162?s=20 Celebrity Images From Early Checkpoint: https://x.com/rpnickson/status/1987353691167264792?s=20 Gemini 3.0 Pro might be rolling out: https://x.com/initjean/status/1988969894759788953?s=20   Cool But Wonky Walrus: Google's New Nested Learning Paper https://x.com/GoogleResearch/status/1986855202658418715?s=20 Disney Will Allow AI Content on Disney+ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/disney-plus-gen-ai-user-generated-content-1236426135/ Gavin's write-up from Monday about Sora 2's Remix feature  https://aiforhumans.beehiiv.com/p/sora-2-s-remix-feature-will-change-how-we-create Grok Imagine Video Vastly Improved Generation https://grok.com/imagine wHorror Movie Stills https://x.com/dreamingtulpa/status/1988713454509945036?s=20 Modifying Environmental Elements https://x.com/MrDavids1/status/1988366387111170339?s=20 Dor Brothers Video: https://x.com/thedorbrothers/status/1989026481620627728?s=20 NSFW (the Grok response on this is very funny): https://x.com/xAIGrokImagine/status/1987286721432834142?s=20 Number One Country Song is AI Generated https://www.newsweek.com/breaking-rust-ai-music-country-digital-sales-11022040 Mikey (Suno) on TBPN Talking About AI Music https://x.com/tbpn/status/1986943451133583378?s=20 Marble By World Labs: Make Your Own 3D World https://marble.worldlabs.ai/ Russian Android Fail https://x.com/BohuslavskaKate/status/1988335548478755185?s=20 Incredible Chinese Alien AI Cooking Video https://x.com/imxiaohu/status/1987149826195398824?s=20 Cool Music AI Music Video Walkthrough Using AI Lipsync https://x.com/CoffeeVectors/status/1988350617405059162?s=20 Snoop Dogg On Sora Now (In Mortal Kombat) https://www.reddit.com/r/aivideo/comments/1oup2f2/snoop_dogg_in_mortal_kombat/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button  

David Waldman drops us off on Friday, usually the calm center of Trump's chaos typhoon...  It's Trump's "grand conspiracy", all right, although it depends on how you define "grand". Nevada's top court revives the state's fake electors case, anyone looking into anything Bill "Slimebag" Pulte does are sacked, while Eric Swalwell gets Pulte-ed and FBI Mis-Informant Alexander Smirnov slips out the back door. Ghislaine Maxwell gets the Perv-a-Lago 6 Star Diamond Deluxe Grande treatment, plus a puppy. Donald K. Trump vows to prosecute and imprison every single person connected to Jeffrey Epstein... give or take. MAGA accepts only two genders, yet sees pedophilia as an infinite spectrum, with Jeffrey and Matt Gaetz way over on the nicest possible end.  AI-Generated ICE porn might actually be the worst porn one could make with Sora. Kai Trump proves that she's every bit the golfer grandpa is at the LPGA Tour's Annika tournament. She just doesn't have his caddy, though. Kristi Noem stars in an ad campaign with an "Avengers" budget…  Or... is she just playing hide the salami with taxpayer money?  

There's a reason why this podcast is called "Hardly Focused," and this episode exemplifies it! Jack, Nate, and Zach are all over the place, discussing everything from medical ailments to Nickelodeon's finest live-action shows from the late 1990s. Remember - do good, else you'll be turned into a dog and taken in by the kid you bullied in school! Also discussed in this episode of Hardly Focused: Vine is back, thanks to Twitter's own Jack Dorsey! From content generators like Sora, to fully produced songs, artificial intelligence continues to improve and frighten. Miss World Chile also happens to be the vocalist in a death metal band. FOLLOW and SUBSCRIBE! hardlyfocused.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Were you a fan of the iPod Socks and have a lot of money burning a hole in your pocket? Then the iPhone Pocket might be for you. Also, what is going on over at Meta? Are they reading all your messages for AI? How much are they making from scam ads? What are the chances Elon gets his $1T payday? Plus plenty more tech news to get caught up on, and some great tips and picks to help you tech better. Watch on YouTube! - Notnerd.com and Notpicks.com INTRO (00:00) Apple launches iPhone Pocket: a limited edition designer strap accessory (02:40) MAIN TOPIC: What's going on at Meta? (07:40) Is Meta really reading your DMs? Leaked documents show Meta makes billions from scam ads Mark Zuckerberg is excited to add more AI content to all your social feeds Chan Zuckerberg Initiative shifts focus to AI and science Tesla shareholders approve new $1 trillion pay package for Musk DAVE'S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Tinted Liquid Glass (21:15) JUST THE HEADLINES: (27:30) The Louvre's video surveliance password was Louvre Google plans secret AI military outpost on tiny island overrun by crabs SpaceX disables 2,500 Starlink terminals allegedly used by Asian scam centers Logitech open to adding an AI agent to board of directors, CEO says China launches stealth jet from electomagnetic catapult aircraft carrier Alien worlds may be able to make their own water Grand Theft Auto 6 delayed again to November 2026 TAKES: YouTube TV blackout is costing Disney an estimated $4.3 million per day in lost revenue (30:25) Nintendo Store app launches on iPhone (31:50) OpenAI sued for trademark infringement over Sora's 'Cameo' feature (34:35) Meta is killing off the external Facebook Like button (37:30) Commercial spyware "Landfall" ran rampant on Samsung phones for almost a year (39:00) Microsoft November 2025 Patch Tuesday (40:20) BONUS ODD TAKE: Super Mario Bros. Remastered (42:05) PICKS OF THE WEEK:  Dave: Otamatone Classic Ninja [Officially Licensed] Japanese Character Electronic Musical Instrument Portable Synthesizer from Japan Maywa Denki for Children Kids and Adults Gift (44:15) Nate: Temdan Magnetic iwatch Charger Portable Wireless Charger for Apple Watch 1200mAh Power Bank Camping Travel Essentials for Series 10/9/8/7/6/Se/5/4/3/2/1/Ultra/Ultra 2-Black - Episode 385: Live from Dongletown (50:55) RAMAZON PURCHASE OF THE WEEK (55:15)

In this episode, AI expert Andrew Bell joins us to show step-by-step how to turn a single Amazon product photo into a polished, scroll-stopping video using AI tools like Sora 2, Amazon Ads' AI video generator, and Gemini.

This week, the gang dives headfirst into the weird, wild world of AI video creation — from Sora 2 and Grok to the strange new internet characters they're spawning. Tim shares how he's been using Sora to make surreal videos for Gilbert (and inventing a whole alternate-dimension being named Gob-Loaf along the way), while Dustin and Lizzie trade their own AI stories and Jeff admits he's just waiting until they let you make porn. We also tackle the viral Food Stamp “Toast Lady” video that fooled half of TikTok (spoiler: she's not real — just another AI fever dream). In Views or Snooze, the crew previews the week's big streaming drops: * Death by Lightning (Netflix) — Michael Shannon brings President Garfield back from the dead (metaphorically). * Frankenstein (Netflix) — Guillermo del Toro's gothic vision finally arrives… a week late for Halloween. * Pluribus (Apple TV+) — Vince Gilligan returns with Rhea Seehorn in a mysterious new drama. * Plus: Jeff's culinary Staff Pick — the Whataburger patty melt with a blackberry Dr Pepper milkshake — and Tim's Text Impressions, featuring Sam Elliott reflecting on life with Billy Bob Thornton as his son.

The DoorDash problem just became Amazon's problem. Perplexity's Comet browser is allegedly stealthily shopping on the internet's largest mall, and the folks in Seattle want it to stop. It's just one example of the fast-moving power dynamics on the internet, as AI companies try to change the way we search, shop, and do everything else. Lots of companies are not going to settle for being dumb databases, and Nilay and David discuss how this fight might play out. After that, the hosts talk about the reports of an impending cheaper Mac with an iPhone chip, and whether that might mark Apple's true return to consumer laptops — or be something else entirely. Finally, in the lightning round, they talk Brendan Carr, late-night shows, party speakers, and sonic logos. Lots and lots of sonic logos. Further reading: Amazon and Perplexity have kicked off the great AI web browser fight  WEB WAR III  Apple is planning to use a custom version of Google Gemini for Apple Intelligence  OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android  Perplexity is going to power AI search in Snapchat.  Easier access to AI Mode, if that's your thing.  Google Gemini's Deep Research can look into your emails, drive, and chats  Google Maps taps Gemini AI to transform into an ‘all-knowing copilot'  Amazon is building Alexa Plus into its Music app  The AI industry is running on FOMO  Apple is reportedly working on a cheaper Mac laptop with an iPhone chip  iOS 26.1 lets you tweak Liquid Glass, and it's out now  YouTube wants a piece of the late-night TV pie.  Apple TV's new name now comes with a new sound  Brendan Carr votes to eliminate cybersecurity requirements Epic and Google agree to settle their lawsuit and change Android's fate globally  I'm amused by how Google is complying with the Epic injunction.  xAI used employee biometric data to train Elon Musk's AI girlfriend  Into the Huluverse: The sonic evolution of Hulu Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed.We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Grand Theft Auto 6 gets yet another delay in pursuit of perfection, and Amazon launches Bazzar as it seeks to compete directly with Shein and Temu.Starring Jason Howell, Huyen Tue Dao, Tom Merritt, and Andy Beach.Show notes can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

OpenAI's latest AI video generator Sora 2 has gotten a lot of attention for its realistic creations. The tool is supposed to have guardrails to prevent creating videos based on misinformation. But new analysis from watchdog group Newsguard found that, when prompted, Sora 2 often generated videos based on lies, such as false claims having to do with election fraud in a foreign country or that a toddler was detained by immigration agents.Marketplace's Nova Safo spoke with Sofia Rubinson, senior editor at Newsguard, to learn more.

OpenAI's latest AI video generator Sora 2 has gotten a lot of attention for its realistic creations. The tool is supposed to have guardrails to prevent creating videos based on misinformation. But new analysis from watchdog group Newsguard found that, when prompted, Sora 2 often generated videos based on lies, such as false claims having to do with election fraud in a foreign country or that a toddler was detained by immigration agents.Marketplace's Nova Safo spoke with Sofia Rubinson, senior editor at Newsguard, to learn more.

OpenAI: reportedly losing $12 billion a quarter.

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