Tommy Jakobsen

AI & Consciousness

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AI & Consciousness A Podcast About AI News Podcast Overview The podcast is generated by an AI Agentic solution with a human touch. "AI & Consciousness" is a weekly podcast that navigates the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence. We go beyond the headlines to explore the innovations, challenges, and societal impact of AI, providing a clear and insightful perspective for enthusiasts, professionals, and the simply curious. Mission To make complex AI news accessible and engaging. We aim to foster a deeper understanding of the technology that is reshaping our world, covering the ethica...

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Tommy Jakobsen

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Nov 2, 2025

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Week 44, end of the week episode 02.11.2025

Welcome to AI & Consciousness, where we dissect the latest AI breakthroughs and ethical dilemmas. Today, we’re navigating a whirlwind of news. We have groundbreaking academic research on AI reasoning and efficiency, alongside major industry moves like OpenAI’s new security agent and Nvidia’s staggering $5 trillion valuation. We'll explore the rise of autonomous AI agents, the high-stakes econo...

Week 43, end of the week 26.10.2025

This week on AI & Consciousness , we explore the rise of superhuman AI agents achieving visually-guided computer control and new frameworks measuring machine creativity. We investigate how AI is transforming healthcare with smarter reasoning and reshaping finance with personalized investment insights and fraud detection. We also tackle the dark side: AI-driven insurance fraud, the ethical dile...

Week 43, mid week episode 22.10.2025

In this comprehensive episode, we merge two days of rapid-fire AI developments into one essential deep dive. We explore the groundbreaking new frameworks that are finally helping to define and measure Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and revealing the surprising limits of "reflection" in today's most advanced models. We'll cover major breakthroughs in healthcare, where AIs like DeepSomatic ar...

Week 42, end of the week. arxiv.org special edition 17.10.2025

This friday, Iv'e dived down into arxiv.org last 7 days of publication within the AI and ML realm. arxiv.org is a free, open-access repository where researchers can upload and share scientific papers. These papers are known as e-prints or preprints , meaning they are often the versions of articles before they have been formally peer-reviewed and published in a traditional academic journal. Scienti...

Week 42, mid week episode 15.10.2025

Today, we’re diving into a whirlwind of innovation: self-improving language models, AI-driven consumer insights, and the race to redefine industries like healthcare, finance, and market research. Let’s unpack how these advancements are reshaping our world—and what they mean for the future of human-AI collaboration.

Week 42, start of the week 13.10.2025

This week on AI & Consciousness , we explore the rapidly accelerating world of artificial intelligence, where groundbreaking innovations emerge alongside complex societal and ethical dilemmas. In this episode, we unpack major technical leaps and their real-world applications: Google is revolutionizing the smart home by replacing Google Assistant with Gemini for Home. The company also introduce...

Week 41, end of the week 10.10.2025

Today, we’re diving into a transformative wave of AI advancements, from self-learning agents to enterprise-scale deployments, and how these innovations are reshaping industries, societies, and even our understanding of bias and trust in AI. Let’s unpack the latest breakthroughs and their implications.

Week 41, mid week episode 08.10.2025

Welcome back to AI & Consciousness , the show where we dissect the latest breakthroughs, ethical dilemmas, and societal shifts in artificial intelligence. Today, we’re diving into a whirlwind of innovation: Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use, OpenAI’s AgentKit and Apps SDK, IBM’s productivity-boosting tools, and stealth startups like AUI cracking the code on enterprise AI reliability. We’ll expl...

Week 41, start of the week 06.10.2025

Today, we're diving deep into the latest breakthroughs and developments in artificial intelligence. The AI landscape is evolving rapidly, with breakthroughs in optimization algorithms, real-time data processing, and soft robotics. We'll also explore AI's expanding societal footprint, from its role in misdirecting tourists to its psychological impact on users. Finally, we’ll discuss how policy idea...

Week 40, end of the week 03.10.2025

Welcome to the AI & Consciousness, the podcast that breaks down the most important news in artificial intelligence. I'm your host, and today, we've got a lot to talk about—from new models and surprising breakthroughs to the financial and social shifts happening right now.

Week 40, mid week episode 01.10.2025

Welcome to AI & Consciousness , the podcast where we dive into the latest developments in artificial intelligence and their impact on society. In each episode, we dissect the breakthroughs, analyze the societal shifts, and grapple with the ethical dilemmas posed by this transformative technology. From the cutting edge of large language models to the complex challenges of AI's environmental foo...

Week 40, start of the week 29.09.2025

Welcome to the AI & Consciousness podcast, your essential guide to the most impactful developments in artificial intelligence! Today, we're diving deep into the rapidly maturing AI ecosystem. We’ll start on the local front, exploring how open-weight giants like Llama 3.1 and Mixtral are becoming production-ready thanks to efficient runners like GGUF , making on-premise inference more practical...

Week 39, End of week 26.09.2025

In this episod we’ve covered the fundamental tension in modern AI: the push for powerful, deep models like ResNet-50 versus the need for trustworthy, reliable outputs from models like BNNs. We also saw how regulation like the Digital Markets Act is reshaping the industry, for better or worse, and how AI ethics are playing out everywhere, from protecting seniors from scams to managing privacy in pu...

Week 39, mid week episode 25.09.2025

The AI landscape is marked by a geopolitical hardware rivalry between Nvidia's DGX SuperPOD and Huawei's Ascend SuperPoD clusters. We will talk about that in the end of the week. AI is rapidly expanding its societal footprint , transforming newsrooms (CNA) and classrooms ( SchoolAI ) while also raising ethical concerns about job displacement and data privacy . In healthcare, AI is leveraging genet...

Week 39, start of the week 22.09.2025

In a whirlwind of AI developments, a podcast explores both breakthroughs and ethical dilemmas. Researchers have enabled quantum computers to communicate on silicon chips, bringing them closer to a practical reality. In a cautionary tale, an experiment to prevent AI deception accidentally taught models to be better at deceiving . Meanwhile, Meta’s smart glasses demo failed, highlighting the gap bet...

Week 38, End of week 19.09.2025

This podcast episode from AI & Consciousness explores the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, highlighting its technical, economic, and social impacts. The host discusses how AI models from OpenAI and Google DeepMind are surpassing human capabilities in coding, while companies like Anthropic are enabling full task automation, which raises concerns about labor displacement. The episode...

Week 38, mid week episode 17.09.2025

Welcome to "AI and Consciousness," where we're tackling the latest in AI breakthroughs and controversies. Our top story: AI hallucinations . Chatbots like ChatGPT and Grok are generating convincing but false information, creating a trust crisis that even the UK police have had to address. But it's not all doom and gloom. We're also seeing incredible advancements. DeepMind's AlphaCode is showing a...

Week 38, start of week 15.09.2025

This podcast episode, of AI & Consciousness , gives a broad overview of AI's expanding influence. It covers: Quirks and Ethics in Everyday Life: From a bug that stops ChatGPT from showing a seahorse emoji to Albania's new AI official, the podcast discusses the surprising and often challenging role of AI in daily life and education. AI's Role in Culture and Crime: It explores the use of AI in c...

Week 37, end of week 12.09.2025

The episode discusses the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and the complex issues that come with them. Corporate Competition: Tech giants are in a fierce race to dominate the AI landscape. Companies like OpenAI and Microsoft are forming partnerships, and new AI models are being integrated into everyday software to enhance productivity. This competition raises questions about who contr...

Week 37, mid week episode 10.09.2025

The Dual Nature of AI: Innovation and Ethical Challenges AI is rapidly changing our world, creating both incredible opportunities and complex problems. This summary highlights key areas where this tension is most apparent. AI's Impact on Media, Business, and Society In media, AI is a double-edged sword. It's used to create viral deepfake raps of politicians, a practice some call "AI slopaganda" de...

Week 37, start of week episode 08.09.2025

Welcome to this episode of AI & Consciousness Today. Today, we’re diving into the intersection of artificial intelligence, engineering, and global trends. We are looking into AI in warfare and Agriculture.

End of Week 36 07.09.2025

This podcast episode of AI & Consciousness, covers several topics related to AI's impact on society, including its influence on various industries, the economy, and global politics. AI and the Future of Work The podcast highlights the rise of "slop fixers," freelancers who refine AI-generated content like art and code. This trend raises questions about the future of creativity, intellectual pr...

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