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Episodes
The Trust Paradox: Why AI's Biggest Problem Isn't Technical
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES Episode: "The Trust Paradox: Why AI's Biggest Problem Isn't Technical" Air Date: Monday, December 2, 2025 Length: 14.5 minutes IN THIS EPIS...
Google's Gemini 3 Tops Every Benchmark
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Jarnathan & Alice: Google's Gemini 3 Tops Every Benchmark" EPISODE DESCRIPTION Jarnathan fills Mark's seat this Thanksgiving week, joined by Alic...
Microsoft's Superfactory and the $5T Bet
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GET CURRENT - November 17, 2025 SHOW NOTES & SOURCE LINKS EPISODE DESCRIPTION Get Current - November 17, 2025 This week: AI infrastructure spendin...
When Vibe Coding Becomes Official
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GET CURRENT: Tech Intelligence for the South Coast Episode: November 11, 2025 "When Vibe Coding Becomes Official (And Santa Barbara Goes Quantum)" EPI...
When the Co-Host Buffers
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES Episode: "When the Co-Host Buffers" - November 3, 2025 Alice flies solo while Mark's avatar experiences technical difficulties. This ...
13,000x Faster: How Quantum Computing Just Changed Everything
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GET CURRENT - SHOW NOTES Episode: "13,000x Faster: How Quantum Computing Just Changed Everything" Air Date: Monday, October 28, 2025 EPISODE DESCRIPTI...
Voice Mode for Everyone & YouTube's Free Hollywood Tools
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode: Advanced Voice Mode reality check - what works, what doesn't YouTube's Veo 3: Free AI video generation with sound Microsoft patches ...
When Santa Barbara Shows the World How It's Done
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Title: "When Santa Barbara Shows the World How It's Done" Air Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 Episode Length: ~5 minutes Main Headlines: UCSB...
Infrastructure and Imagination
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GET CURRENT - Infrastructure and Imagination Episode: October 6, 2025 Your South Coast AI briefing with Mark Sylvester and Alice This week we're track...
The 70% Solution: How China Just Changed the AI Race
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode: "The 70% Solution: How China Just Changed the AI Race" Released: Monday, September 29, 2025 EPISODE DESCRIPTION DeepSeek's 70% cost red...
Beyond One-Size-Fits-All AI
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES Episode: Get Current - Monday, September 15, 2025 Hosts: Mark Sylvester & Alice (AI) Main Headlines: Microsoft integrates Anthropic's ...
When AI Shows Its Dark Side
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES Episode Title: "When AI Shows Its Dark Side" Get Current - September 8, 2025 Main Headlines: Anthropic reveals AI being weaponized for...
The AI Vibe Shift: When Reality Meets the Hype
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES Episode: Get Current - Monday, September 1, 2025 Runtime: ~5 minutes Main Headlines: Microsoft launches first in-house AI models, reducin...
When Thinking Isn't Ours Alone: Lessons from William Poett's AI Evening
25 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode: Get Current - Monday, August 25, 2025 Theme: Reflecting on Bill Poett's AI Evening - A Philosophical Approach Key Highlights: Jim Sterne's L...
Two Paths Forward: How the South Coast Can Lead Thoughtful AI Development
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Get Current, we analyze two contrasting approaches to AI leadership and what they mean for South Coast businesses and residents. While Op...
From Maya to AI: How South Coast Companies Lead the Next Tech Revolution
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
SHOW NOTES Monday, August 4, 2025 This Week's Stories: OpenAI GPT-5 August Launch OpenAI prepares unified AI model combining language and reasoning ca...
Trump's AI Action Plan Meets South Coast Innovation
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get Current Episode Show Notes Monday, July 28, 2025 Episode Title: Trump's AI Action Plan Meets South Coast Innovation Episode Summary: This week's G...
AI Agent Revolution & South Coast Tech
21 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode Summary: Mark and Alice explore this week's significant AI developments, including OpenAI's revolutionary ChatGPT agent, which can autonomousl...
South Coast Quantum Breakthroughs
14 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
South Coast AI News Blast Monday, July 15, 2025 LEAD: UCSB Professor Lands Major Quantum Computing Grant UC Santa Barbara computer science assistant p...
Welcome to Your AI Compass
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Get CurrentYour AI Intelligence Briefing Welcome to Get Current, your essential guide to AI developments that matter to the South Coast. Hosts Mark Sy...