The Daily AI Show
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The Agentic Allegiance Conundrum
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We are moving from "AI as a Chatbot" to "AI as a Proxy." In the near future, you won't just ask an AI to write an email; you’...
Can Claude Code Be Your Fulltime Assistant?
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Friday’s show centered on how Claude Code is shifting from a development tool into a daily operating system for work and life. The conversation blen...
You Shouldn't Be Vibe Coding
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Thursday’s show explored where AI belongs and where it does not, across art, devices, and software creation. The discussion moved from backlash agai...
AI at Davos, Growth, Jobs, and the Tradeoffs Ahead
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Wednesday’s show focused on the implications of AI productivity at a societal and organizational level. The conversation connected Davos discussions...
What Davos Revealed About AI’s Real Constraints
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Tuesday’s show focused on how AI productivity is increasingly shaped by energy costs, infrastructure, and economics, not just model quality. The con...
Why You No Longer Need to Be “Good at AI”
19 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Monday’s show opened with Brian, Beth, and Andy easing into a holiday-week discussion before moving quickly into platform and product news. The firs...
The Cognitive Floor Conundrum
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In 2026, we have reached the "Calculator Line" for the human intellect. For fifty years, we used technology to offload mechanical tasks—ca...
The Rise of Project Requirement Documents in Vibe Coding
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Friday’s show opened with a discussion on how AI is changing hiring priorities inside major enterprises. Using McKinsey as a case study, the crew ex...
Google Personal Intelligence Comes Into Focus
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday’s show, the DAS crew focused on how ecosystems are becoming the real differentiator in AI, not just model quality. The first half center...
From DeepSeek to Desktop Agents
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday’s show, Andy and Carl focused on how AI is shifting from raw capability to real products, and why adoption still lags far behind the te...
We Demo Claude Cowork & Other AI News
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday’s show, the DAS crew covered a wide range of AI developments, with the conversation naturally centering on how AI is moving from experime...
Why Patchwork AGI Is Gaining Traction
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday’s show, Brian and Andy broke down several AI developments that surfaced over the weekend, focusing on tools and research that point toward...
The Analog Sanctuary Conundrum
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
For most of history, "privacy" meant being behind a closed door. Today, the door is irrelevant. We live within a ubiquitous "Cognitive ...
Voice First AI Is Closer Than It Looks
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday’s show, the DAS crew shifted away from Claude Code and focused on how AI interfaces and ecosystems are changing in practice. The conversat...
Why Claude Code Is Pulling Ahead
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday’s show, the DAS crew spent most of the conversation unpacking why Claude Code has suddenly become a focal point for serious AI builders....
The Problem With AI Benchmarks
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday’s show, the DAS crew focused on why measuring AI performance is becoming harder as systems move into real-time, multi-modal, and physic...
The Reality Check on AI Agents
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday’s show, the DAS crew focused almost entirely on AI agents, autonomy, and where the idea of “hands off” AI breaks down in practice. Th...
What CES Tells Us About AI in 2026
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday’s show, the DAS crew focused on what CES signals about the next phase of AI, especially the shift from screen based software to physical p...
World Models, Robots, and Real Stakes
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday’s show, the DAS crew discussed how AI is shifting from text and images into the physical world, and why trust and provenance will matter m...
What Actually Matters for AI in 2026
01 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday’s show, the DAS crew opened the new year by digging into the less discussed consequences of AI scaling, especially energy demand, infras...
What We Got Right and Wrong About AI
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Wednesday’s show, the DAS crew wrapped up the year by reflecting on how AI actually showed up in day to day work during 2025, what expectations m...
When AI Helps and When It Hurts
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Tuesday’s show, the DAS crew discussed why AI adoption continues to feel uneven inside real organizations, even as models improve quickly. The co...
Why AI Still Feels Hard to Use
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday’s show, the DAS crew discussed how AI tools are landing inside real workflows, where they help, where they create friction, and why many t...
It's Christmas in AI
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian hosted this Christmas Day episode with Beth and Andy. The show was short and casual, Andy kicked off a quick set of headlines, then the conversa...
Is AI Worth It Yet?
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On Friday’s show, the DAS crew discussed what real AI productivity looks like in 2025, where agents still break down, and how the biggest platforms ...
Christmas Eve AI: From Robots to AI Toys Under the Tree
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jyunmi hosted this Christmas Eve episode with Beth, Andy, and Brian. The tone was lighter and more exploratory, mixing AI headlines with a holiday the...
AI Creativity Explodes and ChatGPT Gets Misty-Eyed about 2025
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The DAS crew opened with holiday week energy, reminders that the show would continue live through the end of the year, and light reflection on the Way...
The Reality of Human AI Collaboration
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show leaned less on rapid breaking news and more on synthesis, reviewing Andrej Karpathy’s 2025 LLM year in review, practical experiences with C...
The Aesthetic Inflation Conundrum
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In economics, if you print too much money, the value of the currency collapses. In sociology, there is a similar concept for beauty. Currently, physic...
AI Memory Is Still in Its GPT 2 Era
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show turned into a long, thoughtful conversation rather than a rapid news rundown. It centered on Sam Altman’s recent interview on The Big Techn...
Google Undercuts the Field, OpenAI Builds an App OS, and China Accelerates
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The conversation centered on Google’s surprise rollout of Gemini 3 Flash, its implications for model economics, and what it signals about the next p...
Image 1.5 is out, but how does it stack up?
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The crew opened with a round robin of daily AI news, focusing on productivity assistants, memory as a moat for AI platforms, and the growing wearables...
Inside Nvidia’s Nemotron Play, Real Agent Usage Data, and US Tech Force
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The DAS crew focused on Nvidia’s decision to open source its Nemotron model family, what that signals in the hardware and software arms race, and ne...
White Collar Layoffs, World Models, and the AI Powered Future of Content
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Andy opened with holiday timing, the show’s continued weekday streak through the end of the year, and a quick laugh about a Roomba bankrup...
The Envoy Conundrum
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If and when we make contact with an extraterrestrial intelligence, the first impression we make will determine the fate of our species. We will have t...
Using ChatGPT 5.2? Better watch this first!
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They opened energized and focused almost immediately on GPT 5.2, why the benchmarks matter less than behavior, and what actually feels different when ...
Space Data Centers, Disney Sora Deal, and Shopify’s AI Shoppers
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They opened with holiday lights, late year energy, and a quick check on December model rumors like Chestnut, Hazelnut, and Meta’s Avocado. They joke...
Japan Claims AGI, Pentagon Adopts Gemini, and MIT Designs New Medicines
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
They opened by framing the day around AI headlines and how each story connects to work, government, infrastructure, and long term consequences of rapi...
Google AR Glasses, Agentic Browser Warnings, and the Fight for Local News
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The news segment kicked off with Google leaks, OpenAI’s rumored point releases, and new Google AR glasses expected in 2026. From there, the conversa...
Poetic’s Win, OpenAI Pressure, and a Messy Week for Consumer AI
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The team recapped the show’s long streak and promised live holiday episodes no matter the date. The conversation then shifted into lawsuits against ...
The Messy Middle Conundrum
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For all of human history, "competence" required struggle. To become a writer, you had to write bad drafts. To become a coder, you had to spe...
Anthropic Finds AI Answers with Interviewer
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The show moved quickly into news, starting with the leaked Anthropic SOUL document and Geoffrey Hinton’s comments about Google surpassing OpenAI. Fr...
Anthropic's Chief Scientist Issues a Warning
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Andy hosted episode 609 and opened with updates on platform issues, code red rumors, and the wider conversation around AI urgency. They star...
OpenAI Garlic Rumors, AI Civil Rights & Nvidia’s New Robotics Model
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The episode moved from Nvidia’s new robotics model to an artificial nose for people with anosmia, then shifted into broader agent deployments, ByteD...
Is It Really Code Red At OpenAI?
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The episode kicked off with the OpenAI and NORAD partnership for the annual Santa Tracker, a live fail on the new “Elf Enrollment” tool, and a bro...
Deep Sea Strikes First and ChatGPT Turns 3
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian hosted this first show of December with Beth and Andy chiming in early. They opened with ChatGPT’s third birthday and reflected on how quickly...
The Decentralized SaaS Conundrum
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the next few years, generative AI plus low-code and no-code tools will let small teams build powerful internal apps and automations in days, not mo...
Black Friday AI, Data Breaches, Power Fights, and Autonomous Agents
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Beth, and Andy hosted this Black Friday episode and opened with jokes about the show being “free today” even though it is always free. They...
The Thanksgiving Day Show
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian hosted this Thanksgiving episode with Beth and Andy, kicking off with light holiday banter, the show’s 600 plus episode streak, and the now le...
Who Is Winning The AI Model Wars?
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jyunmi hosted this pre holiday episode with Beth, Anne, and Andy, kicking off with a round robin on the most interesting AI stories from the past few ...
Anthropic Drops a Monster Model
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Andy hosted this pre Thanksgiving episode and opened with platform issues, live chat glitches, and holiday energy in the air. They talked th...
Why AI Adoption Stalls, Even as Agents and Robotics Accelerate
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beth opened episode 601 with Andy joining early and Karl arriving later. The show kicked off with browser based agents, Google’s Nano Banana expansi...
The Invisible AI Debt Conundrum
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Most creative work in the future will still have clear owners. Novels will still have authors. Films will still credit directors. Inventions will stil...
Episode 600! AI Did Us Dirty With This One
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 600 opened with Beth hosting solo before Andy and then Carl joined. They reflected on the show’s long run and joked about the chaotic start ...
How Gemini 3 Is Rewriting Prompting: It’s Not What You Think
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jyunmi opened the show for episode 598 with Andy and Brian, setting up a news heavy Wednesday focused on Gemini 3 and how it changes prompting and age...
Gemini 3 Goes Live, Bezos Backs Prometheus, and Nvidia Drops Apollo
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Andy opened the show reacting to Gemini 3’s release, noting how quickly Google pushed it out after weeks of leaks. They framed the episode...
Gemini 3 Hype, GPT 5.1 Updates, & The Future of Custom GPTs
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Beth opened the week talking about post-travel exhaustion, holiday timing, and the usual Monday scramble before diving into the fast-moving ...
The Personal Blockbuster Conundrum
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Shared entertainment has always shaped how people connect. Families once gathered around a single television. College friends planned their week aroun...
AI Espionage, Chatbot Divorces, and Tesla’s Hardest Year Yet
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Beth hosted this Friday wrap-up episode, opening with updates about the show’s growth, community, and weekend lineup. They celebrated near...
GPT-5.1 Gets a Personality, Digital Twins Rise, and AI’s Cost Crisis
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beth and Andy hosted a packed show covering OpenAI’s new GPT-5.1 release, Google’s private AI compute system, the evolution of world models, and a...
Yann LeCun Leaves Meta, SoftBank’s $6B Move, and the Quantum Leap Ahead
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beth returned from the Create Conference 2025 to co-host with Andy, kicking off a wide-ranging episode on global AI investments, model development, an...
Brain Decoding, NotebookLM Upgrades, and AI That Remembers What You Watch
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Andy, and Jyunmi kicked off the show with a quick Veterans Day thank-you before diving into one of the most science-heavy shows in recent weeks...
Tony Robbins’ AI Hype, AI That Agrees Too Much, and McKinsey’s 2025 Report
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Andy opened the week discussing how AI agrees too easily and why that’s a problem for creative and critical work. They explored new studie...
The Microconsent Marketplace Conundrum
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Data marketplaces evolve so people can sell narrow, time-limited permissions to use discrete behaviors or signals. Think one-week location access, one...
Elon’s $1T Package, Google’s Gemini Update, and AI Fluency at Work
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Andy, Beth, and Karl wrapped up the week with news ranging from Elon Musk’s massive new Tesla compensation package to Google’s latest Gemin...
Apple’s $1B AI Deal, Toyota’s Robot Chair, and the Future of SEO
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian returned to host alongside Beth and Andy for a wide-ranging discussion on AI news, mobility innovations, and the future of search optimization i...
Apple’s AI Acquisitions, Google’s Space Compute, and the ComfyUI Demo
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jyunmi and Beth hosted this news-packed midweek show focused on how AI is shaping science, creativity, and hardware. They discussed Apple’s move int...
Coca-Cola’s AI Ad, GPT-5 Frustrations, and the Fight Over AI Copyrights
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Beth, Ann, and Carl kicked off the show by revisiting AI-generated ads and discussing a new Coca-Cola commercial created with AI. From there, t...
Google’s AI Ad, Adobe’s New Tools, and Real-World AI at Work
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Beth kicked off the week with post-Halloween chatter and a focus on “boots-on-the-ground AI” — how real-world businesses are actually ...
The Unerasable Self Conundrum
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For most of history, people could begin again. You could move to a new town, change your job, your style, even your name, and become someone new. But ...
Scary AI and Other Haunting News
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Halloween edition featured Andy, Beth, and Brian in costume and in high spirits. The team mixed AI news with creative debates, covering Perplexity...
Neo Robot Fails, Google Pomelli Demo, and the End of Transformers?
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Beth, Andy, and Karl broke down OpenAI’s new corporate structure, Meta’s earnings stumble, and the hype collapse around the Neo home robot....
OpenAI’s Big Restructure, Nvidia’s Quantum Bet, and the LM Studio Demo
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jyunmi, Andy, Karl, and Brian discussed the day’s top AI stories, led by Nvidia’s $500B chip forecast and quantum computing partnerships, OpenAI’...
1 Million Suicidal Chats and AI’s Real Estate Reality Check
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Beth, Andy, Anne, and Karl kicked off the episode with AI news and an unexpected discussion about how AI is influencing both pop culture and pr...
OpenAI’s IPO Drama, Nvidia’s Robotaxis, and Why AI Must Forget
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Andy, and Beth opened the week with news on OpenAI’s rumored IPO push, SoftBank’s massive investment conditions, and growing developments i...
The Emotional Inheritance Conundrum
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For generations, families passed down stories that blurred fact and feeling. Memory softened edges. Heroes grew taller. Failures faded. Today, the rec...
Srsly, WTF is an Agent?
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Andy wrapped up the week with a fast-paced Friday episode that covered the sudden wave of AI-first browsers, OpenAI’s new Company Knowledg...
Quantum Breakthroughs, Amazon’s AI Glasses, and Claude’s New Desktop
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Andy, and Karl covered an unusually wide range of topics — from Google’s quantum computing breakthrough to Amazon’s new AI delivery glass...
Superintelligence Ban, ChatGPT Atlas, & Claude’s Swarm Agents
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jyunmi, Andy, and Karl opened the show with major news on the Future of Life Institute’s call to ban superintelligence research, followed by updates...
Is Human Data Holding AI Back + Claude Skills Explained
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The October 21st episode opened with Brian, Beth, Andy, and Karl covering a mix of news and deeper discussions on AI ethics, automation, and learning....
Is The AI Bubble About To Burst?
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Andy, and Beth kicked off the week with a sharp mix of news and demos — starting with Andrej Karpathy’s prediction that AGI is still a deca...
The Mental Bandwidth Conundrum
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For centuries, every leap in technology has helped us think — or remember — a little less. Writing let us store ideas outside our heads. Calculato...
Claude Skills and OpenAI’s Controversial New Update
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beth, Andy, and Brian closed the week with a full slate of AI stories — new data on public trust in AI, Spotify’s latest AI DJ update, Meta’s bi...
Huxe, Haiku 4.5, and How Managers Are Killing AI Careers
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The October 16th episode opened with Brian, Beth, Andy, and Karl discussing the latest AI headlines — from Apple’s new M5 chip and Vision Pro upda...
Aurora, Apple, and Elicit: How AI Is Changing Science Itself
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The October 15th episode explored how AI is changing scientific discovery, focusing on Microsoft’s new Aurora weather model, Apple’s Diffusion 3 a...
AI Arrests, Poe’s Comeback, and the Future of AI Work
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian and Andy opened the October 14th episode discussing major AI headlines, including a criminal case solved using ChatGPT data, new research on AI ...
Perplexity Email Demo, Gemini 3, n8n’s $2.5B Boom, and Neuralink’s Future
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brian, Andy, and Karl discussed Gemini 3 rumors, Neuralink’s breakthrough, N8n’s $2.5B valuation, Perplexity’s new email connector, and the grow...
The Mirror World Conundrum
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the near future, cities will begin to build intelligent digital twins. AI systems that absorb traffic data, social media, local news, environmental...
Building AI Solutions In Lovable Cloud
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the October 10th episode, Brian and Andy held down the fort for a focused, hands-on session exploring Google’s new Gemini Enterprise, Amazon’s ...
AI Just Got Weird: Dead Celebrities & Robot Workers
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The October 9th episode kicked off with Brian, Beth, Andy, Karl, and others diving into a packed agenda that blended news, hot topics, and tool demos....
Gemini Computer Use, GPT-5 Breakthrough, and AI on Trial
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The October 8th episode focused on Google’s Gemini 2.5 “Computer Use” model, IBM’s new partnership with Anthropic, and the growing tension bet...
DevDay Agents, Apps, and AI Chaos
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Lyons and Andy Halliday opened the October 7th episode with a discussion on OpenAI’s Dev Day announcements. The team broke down new updates lik...
Leaked: OpenAI’s Agent Builder, Jony Ive’s AI Device, and Deloitte’s $440K Mistake
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The October 6th episode of The Daily AI Show marked the debut of a new segmented format designed to keep the show more current and interactive. The ho...
The AI Consent Conundrum
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your watch trims a microdose of insulin while you sleep. You wake up steady and never knew there was a decision to make. Your car eases off the gas a ...
Is Sora 2 Just AI Slop? and Other AI Stories
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
IntroThe October 3rd episode of The Daily AI Show was a Friday roundup where the hosts shared favorite stories and ongoing themes from the week. The d...
Building With Claude Code
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On October 2, The Daily AI Show focused on Claude Code and how it can be used for business productivity—not just coding. Karl walked through install...
Sora 2, Alexa+, and all the latest AI News
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to keep the conversation going?Join our Slack community at thedailyaishowcommunity.comIntroOn October 1, The Daily AI Show opened news day with a...
How to Fix AI's Major Traffic Jam
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to keep the conversation going?Join our Slack community at thedailyaishowcommunity.comIntroOn September 30, The Daily AI Show tackles what the ho...
The AI Robot OS Showdown: Meta vs Google vs Nvidia
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The September 29th episode of The Daily AI Show focused on robotics and the race to merge AI with machines in the physical world. The hosts examined h...
The College & AI Conundrum
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For Baby Boomers, college was a rare privilege. For many Gen Xers, it became a non-negotiable requirement—parents pushed their kids to get a degree ...