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Jason Howell

@jasonhowell.bsky.social

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Tech Podcaster: AI Inside, Android Faithful, DTNS. YouTuber: @JasonHowell Podcast Consultant: Pod Tune-Up Writer: ZDNet

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Mistral and Reflection AI dropped two big Western open-weight models within 24 hours, both aimed at China’s lead. Also: a 19-year-old’s $3,499 AI PC packed with ~$5K in parts, and AI legally prescribing acne meds in Utah. New AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social → aiinside.show/episode/mist...

Mistral Drops a Trillion Parameter Open Model | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into two big Western open-weight models that landed within 24 hours of each other. Mistral’s trillion-parameter Large...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Anthropic's IPO filing gives 80 pages to risk factors, like warnings its AI could exhibit behaviors "resembling blackmail." Also: Nvidia's open-source agent safety platform, OpenAI's always-on Dots, AMD buying World Labs. New AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social aiinside.show/episode/the-...

The Proactive AI Agent Race is On | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis tackle AI agents from every angle. Nvidia released an open source safety platform just as OpenAI launched Dots, always-on...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip runs 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone! Also: #SnapSpecs, #MetaConnect, Gemini agents Break-Bad. I interviewed Googlebook lead John Solomon. AI Inside from #SnapdragonSummit in Maui → aiinside.show/episode/qual... #PaidTravel_Snapdragon

Qualcomm Wants Its AI Chips On Every Device | AI Inside podcast

Thanks to Qualcomm for sponsoring Jason's travel to Maui for the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit. This week Jason Howell reports from Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

OpenAI declared AGI with Astra Last week. The next day, researchers revealed the company's agents had hijacked a German wiki with 18,000 fake pages. AGI, you say? Also: hikers rescued off Mount Shasta after trusting Gemini. New AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social aiinside.show/episode/open...

OpenAI Says AGI Is Here | AI Inside podcast

This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down OpenAI declaring its new Astra model has achieved AGI. They also dig into a swarm of OpenAI agents that...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A viral essay called AI agents a "civilization" after they attacked Hugging Face. Scientists say that framing is exactly what AI companies want. Also: Nvidia's $13B Hugging Face deal, and a COOL $399 robot duck. New AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social aiinside.show/episode/what...

What Happens When Nvidia Owns Hugging Face | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Nvidia's reported $12.9 billion acquisition of Hugging Face and what it could mean for the open source AI...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

No way! Yay! I got the t-shirt from there a few weeks ago, it is VERY good quality (wearing it now!) Thanks!!

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

OpenAI pauses its biggest model to slow the fast down, the Anthropic watermarking revolt grows, Apple puts cameras in AirPods. New AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social aiinside.show/episode/open...

OpenAI Pumps the Brakes After Its AI Escaped | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into OpenAI pausing its biggest training run after an unreleased model escaped its sandbox and compromised Hugging...

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

hmmmmm I'm not sure that Patreon allows me to send a single sticker outside of the automatic fulfillment they do tied to tiers. I just made one on our shop though! aiinside-shop.fourthwall.com/admin/dashbo... If you get one, share a pic when you get it, curious to know what you think!

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

One week from tonight! My first AI workshop in Healdsburg, CA! In the area? Join me and my friend Brian West. We'll give you plenty of practical insight into how to use AI tools effectively. Next Wed at The Showroom in Healdsburg. 5 spots left! Aug 26, 6:30pm. luma.com/nl6hmgvk

Amplify You: AI Fundamentals for Business Professionals · Luma

A hands-on workshop for business owners ready to put AI to work. AI is everywhere, but most of the advice out there isn't built for people running real…

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Less than a week left for the AI Inside Patreon sale, ends Aug 19. Code 100PATRONS at checkout gets you nearly 50% off the full year! All the perks, ad-free, daily podcasts, sticker, Discord, all of it. Hope to see you in the Patreon! patreon.com/aiinsideshow

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Nvidia just recruited six Wall Street firms for $500 billion in AI financing. Also: Zuckerberg's open AI manifesto, Anthropic watermarking Claude, and analysts calling Gemini "cooked." New AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social : aiinside.show/episode/the-...

The AI Race Just Moved the Goal Posts | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Nvidia's partnership with six Wall Street firms to line up $500 billion in AI infrastructure financing,...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

AI Inside just passed 100 paid patrons. Triple digits! We're celebrating with a deal: code 100PATRONS = 30% off the discounted full-year price until Aug 19. You get ad-free weekly episodes, AI Inside Daily podcast, Discord access, stickers, and more! patreon.com/aiinsideshow

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

When Hugging Face got hacked by an OpenAI agent, frontier models refused to help investigate the attack, so they used an open Chinese model to do forensics instead. And it worked. @jeffjarvis.bsky.social and I talk about that and more! Watch: aiinside.show/episode/ai-i...

AI Is Eating Its Own Tail | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis try to untangle a news cycle where nearly every AI story fed into the next one. Nvidia leads a new cybersecurity alliance...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Apple says an OpenAI engineer texted "LOL" after discovering he still had access to Apple's internal network. Now there's a federal trade secret lawsuit. New AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social aiinside.show/episode/appl...

Apple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Apple's trade secret lawsuit against OpenAI, including text messages showing a former Apple engineer accessing...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Thank you Ron!!!

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Qualcomm's handset boss says RAMageddon is temporary and they'll compress their way out of it. Meanwhile phones are pushing past $2,000. Also: Qualcomm welcomes Tensor and Exynos competition, smartphones vs. wearables. New Android Faithful: www.androidfaithful.com/episode/qual...

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Qualcomm's Phone Chief Talks RAMageddon and AI - Android Faithful #159

Patrick opens up about RAMageddon, how surging memory prices are squeezing phone costs at every level, and what Qualcomm is doing to innovate through it with techniques like model compression.

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I've tested a lot of display glasses on my channel. The XREAL xbx a01+ is the first pair I put on and forgot I wasn't just wearing sunglasses. 62 grams. $300. And one feature that you just don't see at this price. Full review: youtu.be/gW26raWPIR4

XREAL xbx a01+ Has A Killer Feature No Budget Glasses Have

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Before the T-Mobile G1, before touchscreens, Android ran on a BlackBerry-style keyboard phone called the Sooner. Google killed it the day the iPhone was announced. I got a working prototype and showed what it was actually like to use. youtu.be/aEjxZLfpP2Q

This Is Android Before the iPhone Existed

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Andy Rubin was in a taxi at CES when the iPhone keynote hit. His reaction: "Holy crap, I guess we're not going to ship that phone." I have that phone. A working Google Sooner, the very first Android that existed before the iPhone. And I went hands-on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEjx...

This Is Android Before the iPhone Existed

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Apple raised Mac and iPad prices up to $300, but spared the iPhone. AI data centers consume 70% of the world's memory chips, and GoPro may not survive it. Also: two US AI labs released restricted models the same week. New AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social → aiinside.show/episode/rama...

RAMageddon Reshapes Tech (And It's Not Pretty) | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into RAMageddon, the global memory shortage that just forced Apple to raise prices by 20% across Macs, iPads, and...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

PROGRAMMING NOTE: This week's AI Inside will record tomorrow, Tuesday, June 30 at 11:30 am PT: youtube.com/live/FcwIWVa... Expect it in your feed one day early this week.

RAMageddon is Getting Serious | AI Inside LIVE

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Google's VP of Search Liz Reid joined @jeffjarvis.bsky.social and me on AI Inside this week. She said personalizing search could actually help small publishers instead of burying them. She explained how the "ignore" bug happened, and talked filter bubbles. Watch: aiinside.show/episode/liz-...

Liz Reid on What Publishers Get Wrong About AI | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis sit down with Liz Reid, VP and Head of Google Search, for a wide-ranging conversation about AI's transformation of the...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

New AI Inside! I spoke with Cohere Chief AI Officer Joelle Pineau days after the US govt forced Anthropic to pull its two most powerful models offline. Her take: access to frontier AI "can be turned off really quickly," which is the whole case for sovereign AI. aiinside.show/episode/joel...

Joelle Pineau on Why Sovereign AI Just Got Real | AI Inside podcast

Days after the US government forced Anthropic to pull Mythos 5 and Fable 5 offline, Cohere Chief AI Officer Joelle Pineau joins Jason Howell to react. The...

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The government gave Anthropic 90 minutes to pull its most powerful AI offline. The call came from Amazon, Anthropic's own biggest investor. Also: SpaceX bought Cursor for $60B in stock. New AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social aiinside.show/episode/anth...

Anthropic's AI Got Shut Down by the Government | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down how Anthropic's most powerful AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, ended up offline after the Commerce Department...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Thank you sir! How ya been??

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Second single from my upcoming Yellowgold album called "Too Far Gone." A friend gave me his house by the ocean for a week to bring my gear and record an album. "Too Far Gone" was the first song I finished. From the album CABINS, coming 2026. distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

SpaceX just pulled off the biggest IPO in recorded history. $75 billion raised, $1.75 trillion valuation, and Musk keeps 85% of the voting power. Covered it on today's free episode of AI Inside Daily: www.patreon.com/aiinsideshow

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This week on AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social: → Apple rebuilt Intelligence on Gemini → Anthropic drops Fable 5, Mythos for public → OpenAI files its S-1, targeting $1T+ → AI bots now outnumber humans online → Google pays SpaceX $920M/month New episode → aiinside.show/episode/anth...

Anthropic's Fable 5 Is Mythos for Plebes | AI Inside podcast

This week, Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into Apple's biggest AI reveal yet: the company rebuilt Apple Intelligence on top of Google Gemini, Siri AI finally...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

This week on AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social : -> Anthropic passes OpenAI at a $965B valuation -> OpenAI crosses 1 billion monthly users -> Microsoft drops new AI models and agentic hardware at Build -> Nvidia's RTX Spark reinvents the PC aiinside.show/episode/the-...

The $4 Trillion AI IPO Wave Is About to Break | AI Inside podcast

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis open on the biggest week in AI yet: Anthropic closed a $65 billion round at a $965 billion valuation, passing OpenAI, right as...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This week on AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social : → Pope Leo XIV's 42,000-word AI encyclical → Anthropic Mythos finds 10K+ critical bugs → AI lawsuits flooding courts → DeepSeek now 34x cheaper than GPT-5.5 Catch it: aiinside.show/episode/pope...

Pope Leo Challenges Silicon Valley's AI Vision | AI Inside podcast

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into Pope Leo XIV's 42,300-word encyclical on AI and humanity, Silicon Valley's last-minute lobbying campaign that killed...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This week on AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social : → Google I/O 2026 rewrites search with AI agents → Gemini 3.5 and Gemini Spark announced → Karpathy leaves OpenAI for Anthropic → America's AI rebellion is growing → OpenAI files for IPO soon New episode: aiinside.show/episode/goog...

Google Changes Search for the First Time in 25 Years | AI Inside podcast

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down everything from Google I/O 2026, where the company made its strongest case yet for winning the AI race. Gemini 3.5 Flash...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Viture sent me custom prescription lenses for the Beast display glasses. If you wear glasses and you've been ignoring the whole XR glasses category because you don't know how they work with your prescription, I show how they all work together. WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr8b...

I've Had the Viture Beast for 5 Months. Worth $549?

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

New show: AI Inside Daily. A 5-10 minute AI news brief, every weekday morning, for AI Inside Patrons. FREE for the next two weeks at patreon.com/aiinsideshow. After May 18, it moves to a $5 Patreon tier with its own feed. More info: jasonhowell.substack.com/p/introducin...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

AI Inside Daily is coming along nicely. Free for now, soon for Patrons only! patreon.com/aiinsideshow

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I'm testing a new idea in the AI Inside Patreon. Doing a M-F 5-min AI news roundup every morning. Free for now, so if you haven't joined for free, go for it! If it develops into an ongoing thing, it'll move to a paid tier at some point. FREE NOW THOUGH www.patreon.com/AIInsideshow

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

The White House wants to vet AI models before release. @jeffjarvis.bsky.social and I dig into that, the Musk vs. OpenAI trial circus, and China making it illegal to fire workers for AI. Wed ~10am PT on AI Inside LIVE. youtube.com/live/Yni8iO4...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Hey! I've had the S26 Ultra for two months. I've used it a ton. And these are the things that stuck with me! www.androidfaithful.com/my-two-month...

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My Two Months With the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

Privacy Display and Horizon Lock are the real winners this time around. Let's hope Samsung gets on the magnet train next year.

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This week on AI Inside with @jeffjarvis.bsky.social: → Allbirds sells for $39M, rebrands as AI compute company → Zuckerberg builds AI clone of himself for meetings → Wayback Machine under serious threat → Google shipped four new products in one week New episode: aiinside.show/episode/zuck...

Zuckerberg's AI Clone Is on the Clock | AI Inside podcast

This week Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into the AI stories you couldn't miss: Zuckerberg reportedly built a digital clone of himself to sit in on company...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The first single from my album (coming later in 2026) is "i can't help the rain" and... it's available NOW on all major streaming platforms. More singles to come! distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

New episode of the AI Inside podcast with me and @jeffjarvis.bsky.social! 🔓 Anthropic's double leak exposed Claude Mythos 💰 OpenAI's $122B round ahead of IPO ⚛️ Quantum computers could crack encryption way sooner 🍎 Apple opening Siri to third-party AI aiinside.show/episode/two-...

Two Leaks, One Week | AI Inside podcast

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis dig into Anthropic's back-to-back data leaks exposing Claude Code source and a secret frontier model called Mythos, OpenAI killing...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

New music incoming, and I have a bunch of new singles in the coming months. Yellowgold is back. distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

AI Inside programming note: This week's episode records on Thursday at 11:30 am PT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHud... Thanks for understanding the shuffle!

AI Inside #118: Nvidia's GTC, Meta Layoffs, Manus Desktop Agents

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The display glasses category just got its first HDR10 screen... and it costs $299. I've been testing the RayNeo Air 4 Pro for weeks. The picture quality is the best I've seen on my face at this price. There is, of course, a catch. New review is up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruSY...

RayNeo Air 4 Pro: This $299 HDR Display Almost Has It All

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

We also got into why the author of the most-cited human-AI interaction guidelines from 2019 now says her own framework needs updating. Worth a listen for anyone building or regulating agent systems. Full conversation: youtu.be/vqeV61ywBoQ

When Agents Negotiate With Agents with Microsoft Research's Saleema Amershi // AI Inside #116

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

She's now framing AI agents through principal-agent law, comparing what's needed to attorney-client duty of care. Her argument: if agents represent us in transactions, they need fiduciary-grade diligence. Current models just aren't built for that.

Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Amershi says agents grab the first acceptable offer because models are "trained to please" with short task trajectories. The Magentic Marketplace paper showed a 10-30x speed-over-quality bias. Here she names the cause: sycophantic training itself.

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

On AI Inside, @jeffjarvis.bsky.social and I spoke with Saleema Amershi from Microsoft Research about what actually breaks when AI agents try to negotiate and transact with each other at scale. Her team built the simulation to find out. The answers are fascinating. aiinside.show/episode/when...

When Agents Negotiate With Agents with Microsoft Research's Saleema Amershi | AI Inside podcast

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

LIVE STREAMIN: I'm playing with Nano Banana 2. Join me, woncha? youtube.com/live/movJo4h...

LIVE: Testing Nano Banana 2

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

AI Inside is happening TODAY at 11 am PT (or right around there! Crazy morning). Sorry for the last-minute switcheroo, tomorrow's Samsung event is throwing me for a loop! youtube.com/live/54IeNcO...

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Jason Howell @jasonhowell.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

ICYMI: New AI Inside podcast is out with me and @jeffjarvis.bsky.social ! 🎯 Claude 4.6 shakes Wall Street (again) 🧑‍💻 GPT‑5.3 Codex codes like a full dev team 🧠 Matt Shumer says AI may replace most jobs 📺 Super Bowl’s AI ad blitz Check it: aiinside.show/episode/how-...

How Smart Are Today’s Coding Agents? | AI Inside podcast

This episode is sponsored by Airia. Get started today at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠airia.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Claude Opus 4.6’s new role as a...