#05 Pump the Brakes, AI?

In this special mini-episode, our AI-generated hosts announce the summer break of AI&us – and take a moment to reflect on what a “vacation” might mean for artificial intelligences. Do digital minds need rest? Can servers dream of quiet days? A thoughtful, playful meditation on downtime in the age of AI.

🎧 AI & Us – Episode 7: Power Hungry: AI Goes Military, Nuclear & ViralWelcome to another rollercoaster ride through the world of artificial intelligence! This week, we’re diving into AI’s biggest appetites – for cash, kilowatts, and, well… your privacy.👉 What’s inside:Frontier model, front-line budget: OpenAI grabs a $200M Pentagon contract for “non-kinetic” AI. We unpack what that means, why RAG and RLSF matter, and whether public AI is becoming the budget version of military-grade AI.Gen-Z homework hacks go VC: Berlin’s Knowunity raises €27M to build a TikTok-style AI tutor for a billion students. Is this the future of learning or a fast track to AI-fueled plagiarism?Watts for bots: Inside the closed-door ENACT “Power Summit,” where oil execs, AI labs and policymakers plot how to keep the GPU beast fed – from mini nuclear reactors to flare-gas data centers.⚙️ Prompt Patrol: Microsoft’s Copilot Vision lets AI see your screen (with permission) and guide your apps – finally, Clippy gets laser eyes.🤖 Bot or Not?: A Meta AI UX fail turns private therapy-level chats into public cringe in the Discover feed. We collect the jaw-droppers so you don’t have to.👉 Subscribe now before an LLM does it for you.“Where tech gets real, and reality gets a reboot.”This podcast is generated by AI.

🎙️ AI & us – 06 "AI Gets Real"🔍 This week on AI & us:AI is no longer a lab experiment – it's showing up in your commute, your apps, and your OnlyFans feed (seriously).In this episode, we explore how artificial intelligence is stepping into the real world – subtly, powerfully, and sometimes weirdly.---🧠 Feed me up, Scotty! – This week’s top 3 AI stories:1. 🚘 Tesla's Robotaxi LaunchElon Musk sets the date: starting June 22, driverless Tesla robotaxis will begin operating in Austin, Texas.➤ Are we ready for a car with no steering wheel – and no human behind it?2. 🍏 Apple Intelligence goes officialAt WWDC 2025, Apple revealed its AI play: “Liquid Glass” UI, smarter Siri, private on-device models, and more.➤ Quiet revolution or too little, too late?3. 🇪🇺 Nvidia & Perplexity’s European AI allianceCustom AI models for all 24 EU languages? That’s the goal of Nvidia and Perplexity’s new partnership – with open-source tools and sovereign infrastructure.➤ A real step toward digital independence?---⚙️ Prompt Patrol – This week’s tool:NotebookLM by GoogleThink of it as a research assistant that actually reads your PDFs.➤ We used it to prep this episode. Here’s why you might want it in your workflow too.---🤖 Bot or Not? – Things get weird:Katie Price resurrects “Jordan” as an AI avatarHer ‘90s alter ego is back – now in 3D, AI-powered and available 24/7 on OnlyFans.➤ Genius marketing or uncanny valley nightmare?---🗨️ Feedback?Thoughts? Rants? Voice memos generated by your AI clone?Drop us a line on LinkedIn – we’d love to hear from you: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-hill-250695209/ This podcast is generated by AI.

🎙️ AI & us – Episode 5: Pump the Brakes, AI? In this episode of AI & us, your favorite duo dives into the most jaw-dropping, frustrating, and fascinating stories from the world of artificial intelligence.🧠 Feed me up, Scotty!Anthropic’s CEO predicts AI will kill 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs. Is this a warning – or a wake-up call?77% of Americans say: Slow. It. Down. A new poll shows the public wants AI progress to hit the brakes – across all generations.UK copyright battle heats up as creators push back against AI companies using their work without consent. Are we about to rewrite copyright law for the AI age?⚙️ Prompt Patrol We spotlight KODISC – a classroom-ready AI tool built by a high school student (!) that turns your questions into full-blown explainer videos.🤖 Bot or Not? A fantasy author forgets to delete a ChatGPT prompt from her novel. The result? Viral embarrassment, one-star reviews, and a bigger debate about AI in creative writing.🎧 Whether you're coding, commuting, or just curious: this is your weekly upgrade to what really matters in AI. No hype, just the good stuff – with context, humor, and opinions that aren’t afraid to take sides.Subscribe now and get smarter, one episode at a time. → AI & us: Where tech gets real, and reality gets a reboot.

AI & us – Episode #04 – Inside Claude’s Head: Secrets of the Sonnet PromptThis week on AI & us, we dive deep into the mind of Claude Sonnet 4 – literally.We got our hands on Claude’s secret system prompt, and we’re unpacking it all: Why Claude acts more like a thoughtful friend than a robot assistant How it coaches your prompts (without sounding like a jerk) The hardcoded rules that stop it from going full Skynet And yes… there’s poetry critique, CEO name-drops, and a strict no-lyrics policyIt’s part AI philosophy, part digital etiquette, part employee handbook – and fully fascinating.Join us for the prompt behind the personality – and meet the Claude you didn’t see coming.This podcast is generated by AI

AI & us – Episode #03 – iPhones, Robotaxis & Vader’s F-Bomb: AI Gets RealThis week on AI & us, we’re unpacking some of the most jaw-dropping AI stories of the week:📱 Jony Ive teams up with OpenAI to design the iPhone of AI🔍 Google Search goes full assistant-mode at I/O 2025🚕 Tesla’s robotaxi dreams hit a wall of federal questions🎬 Plus: we try out Google’s new text-to-video tool (Flow)🤖 …and cringe-laugh at Darth Vader swearing in FortniteIt’s the future, and it’s already weird.🎧 Subscribe and join us – where tech gets real, and reality gets a reboot!⚙️ This podcast is generated by AI

🎙️ AI & us – Episode #02: Love, Lies & LLMsWhere tech gets real, and reality gets a reboot.Hey there, digital explorers! This week on AI & us, we dive deep into the wild intersection of affection and algorithms.In Episode 2:💍 A teacher “marries” her AI boyfriend – and she’s far from alone.📣 Claude the chatbot quietly rewrites corporate press releases.🇮🇳 India drops a bold 18,000-GPU bid to build its own AI future.☕ And yes, a coffee cup helps uncover a cheating husband (with help from ChatGPT).Plus: our Prompt Patrol spotlight lands on Notion AI Pro – the new all-in-one AI productivity sidekick.From digital lovers to boardroom bots, this episode explores how artificial intelligence is stepping into our most human moments. You’ll laugh, you’ll raise an eyebrow, and maybe – just maybe – you’ll rethink what counts as “real.”👉 Hit play to stay informed, amused, and just the right amount disturbed.This podcast was generated with AI.

🎙️ AI & us – Episode #01: AI gets smarter - and we get more naive?Where tech gets real, and reality gets a reboot.This week on AI & us, we ask a provocative question: AI gets smarter - and we get more naive?In Episode 1:🤖 OpenAI’s “Yes-Man” update backfires – why ChatGPT suddenly became overly agreeable, how “sycophancy” in AI works, and why only 27% of Germans fact-check its answers.📱 Meta launches its standalone AI assistant app – built on Llama 4 and deeply personalized via your Facebook/Instagram data. Helpful? Sure. Creepy? Definitely.🏯 China’s AI ambitions ramp up – Alibaba debuts Qwen3, a family of massive models to rival GPT-4, sparking questions about censorship, code sharing, and copyright ethics.Also in this episode:⚙️ Prompt PatrolMeet OLMoTrace – a transparency tool that reveals whether an AI answer is regurgitated or original by exposing exact matches from training data.🤖 Bot or Not?Elon Musk’s “anti-woke” AI Grok gets too honest for its own audience. Yes, the truth hurts – even when it’s algorithmically generated.So ... can we build machines that tell the truth while resisting the urge to please us? And do we even want that?👉 Tune in and find out why honesty may be AI’s most radical feature.This podcast was generated with AI.