This episode provides a comprehensive, yet critical, overview of Google I/O 2025, highlighting the "demos galore" while urging listeners to temper expectations. Ryan delves into five key announcements:

VEO3 with native audio generation, questioning its high cost and accessibility for creators;

an AI try-on feature for clothing, speculating on its real-world efficacy;

real-time video call translation, pondering its potential impact on language learning;

"Flow," a generative camera and soundstage that could democratize content creation;

and Project Astra, a personal AI assistant, whose polished demo is viewed with skepticism regarding its immediate real-world smoothness.

The discussion emphasizes the need for creators to explore cost-effective alternatives and local solutions given the increasing prices of AI services.

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Episode 138 dives into the latest whirlwind week in AI, starting with TikTok's new "AI Alive" feature that magically animates your photos into engaging short-form videos, complete with their safety protocols and transparency efforts. We then explore Notion's "AI for Work" suite, featuring AI Meeting Notes, enhanced Enterprise Search, and Research Mode, prompting skepticism about its true differentiation in an increasingly crowded AI landscape. The episode also covers @calebpeffer's ambitious plan to hire AI agents for his startup, Amazon's introduction of the touch-sensitive Vulcan warehouse robot potentially impacting human workers, and the eyebrow-raising connection between OpenAI's acquisition of Windsurf and their investment in Cursor, sparking bubble concerns from @harsh_dwivedi7 and a cynical take from @quantian1. Finally, we touch on @austen's observations about Gauntlet AI graduates predominantly shifting to Gemini, with mentions of Claude and Devin.

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Function Health has launched an FDA-cleared AI-powered full-body MRI that dramatically reduces scan time to 22 minutes and the cost to $499, making it more accessible for preventative health. In construction, Skanska has introduced Safety Sidekick, an AI assistant providing real-time safety guidance by consolidating crucial safety documents into a mobile and desktop resource, empowering safer decision-making on job sites. Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 'I/O edition' boasts significantly improved coding capabilities, ranking first on both LMArena for coding and the WebDev Arena Leaderboard, excelling particularly in building interactive web applications. This development coincides with predictions from Robert Scoble about Google's upcoming AI-powered glasses that will interact through eyes, hands, and voice, leveraging Google's vast personal data ecosystem, potentially posing a challenge to Apple. Meanwhile, OpenAI has decided to maintain its nonprofit control while restructuring its for-profit arm into a Public Benefit Corporation, legally requiring a balance between profit and public benefit, aligning with their mission of developing beneficial artificial general intelligence.

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