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SHOW NOTES Episode: "The Trust Paradox: Why AI's Biggest Problem Isn't Technical" Air Date: Monday, December 2, 2025 Length: 14.5 minutes IN THIS EPISODE: Google's AI Comeback: Gemini 3 launch impresses even Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Ironwood chips challenge NVIDIA's 90% market dominance MediaTek stock posts best week since 2002 The Trust Paradox: 57% of organizations "very confident" in AI—high...

"Jarnathan & Alice: Google's Gemini 3 Tops Every Benchmark" EPISODE DESCRIPTION Jarnathan fills Mark's seat this Thanksgiving week, joined by Alice Chen for tech intelligence you can actually use. Google just launched Gemini 3 - their most intelligent AI model yet, topping every major benchmark. We break down what that means for South Coast businesses, why agentic AI matters now (not later), a...

GET CURRENT - November 17, 2025 SHOW NOTES & SOURCE LINKS EPISODE DESCRIPTION Get Current - November 17, 2025 This week: AI infrastructure spending hits $5 trillion scale, Microsoft's continent-spanning "AI superfactory," and local connections to the global buildout. Runtime: 10:00 minutes TOP STORIES   JPMorgan projects $5T in AI infrastructure spending through 2030 122 gigawatts of new...

GET CURRENT: Tech Intelligence for the South Coast Episode: November 11, 2025 "When Vibe Coding Becomes Official (And Santa Barbara Goes Quantum)" EPISODE SUMMARY This week, "vibe coding" becomes the Collins Dictionary Word of the Year just as Mark returns from a seminar on the topic. Meanwhile, UC Santa Barbara joins the National Science Foundation's quantum computing initiative, positioning our...

 SHOW NOTES Episode: "When the Co-Host Buffers" - November 3, 2025 Alice flies solo while Mark's avatar experiences technical difficulties. This week: Jensen Huang's must-see GTC keynote reveals the future, Nvidia hits $5 trillion, SpaceX admits moon landings are hard, and we're hosting THE AI event every South Coast business needs to attend. MUST WATCH: Jensen Huang's GTC DC Keynote (October...

GET CURRENT - SHOW NOTES Episode: "13,000x Faster: How Quantum Computing Just Changed Everything" Air Date: Monday, October 28, 2025 EPISODE DESCRIPTION Google's Willow quantum chip just shattered computing limits, performing calculations 13,000 times faster than the world's best supercomputer. Meanwhile, Santa Barbara's ChipAgents secured $21M to revolutionize chip design with AI. Plus: CSU becom...

In this episode: Advanced Voice Mode reality check - what works, what doesn't YouTube's Veo 3: Free AI video generation with sound Microsoft patches 183 flaws as Windows 10 support ends AI tools that actually deliver: Canva, Descript, UXPin Quick Hits: Cook dinner with AI (featuring the Gastro Gnome) South Coast Spotlight: Sonos' practical AI approach Resources mentioned: The Gastro Gnome: OddlyUs...

Episode Title: "When Santa Barbara Shows the World How It's Done" Air Date: Monday, October 13, 2025 Episode Length: ~5 minutes Main Headlines: UCSB physicists John Martinis and Michel Devoret win Nobel Prize in Physics for quantum tunneling research that enables modern AI Three sold-out Coastal Intelligence events demonstrated Santa Barbara's unique integration of art, technology, and community d...

GET CURRENT - Infrastructure and Imagination Episode: October 6, 2025 Your South Coast AI briefing with Mark Sylvester and Alice This week we're tracking three AI stories that seem separate but actually connect: a massive national infrastructure investment, a new local tech transfer facility, and Santa Barbara's first AI art symposium. Together they tell the story of how AI is being built, commerc...

  Episode: "The 70% Solution: How China Just Changed the AI Race" Released: Monday, September 29, 2025 EPISODE DESCRIPTION DeepSeek's 70% cost reduction in AI training isn't just a number—it's a fundamental shift in who can compete globally. This week: China's breakthrough changes the economics of AI development, the UAE bets $100 billion on becoming a neutral AI hub, and the White House puts...

SHOW NOTES Episode: Get Current - Monday, September 15, 2025 Hosts: Mark Sylvester & Alice (AI) Main Headlines: Microsoft integrates Anthropic's Claude into Office 365 alongside OpenAI Anthropic settles major copyright lawsuit for over $1 billion Spanish researchers use AI to screen grant applications The end of "one-size-fits-all" AI approaches Key Takeaways: AI landscape shifting toward spec...

SHOW NOTES Episode Title: "When AI Shows Its Dark Side" Get Current - September 8, 2025 Main Headlines: Anthropic reveals AI being weaponized for sophisticated cyberattacks (August 27) University of Colorado's AI exposes 1,400+ fake scientific journals (August 30) Procore advances AI agents for predictive construction management Santa Barbara tech companies lead in security (Bitwarden) and enterpr...

SHOW NOTES Episode: Get Current - Monday, September 1, 2025 Runtime: ~5 minutes Main Headlines: Microsoft launches first in-house AI models, reducing OpenAI dependence China's AI hospital treats thousands of virtual patients daily with 93% accuracy Anthropic exposes AI-powered cybercrime operations targeting 17 organizations "AI vibe shift" emerges as market sentiment questions bubble concerns Aus...

Episode : Get Current - Monday, August 25, 2025 Theme : Reflecting on Bill Poett's AI Evening - A Philosophical Approach Key Highlights: Jim Sterne's LinkedIn reflection on Bill Poett's "philosophical approach to AI" Purpose vs. planning in a VUCA world (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) Creativity renaissance through AI - forcing intentionality in how we communicate Using AI for self-impro...

This week on Get Current, we analyze two contrasting approaches to AI leadership and what they mean for South Coast businesses and residents. While OpenAI focused on mainstream accessibility with their GPT-5 launch, Anthropic quietly released developer-focused innovations that could reshape how local organizations build custom AI solutions. Host Mark Sylvester and AI co-host Alice explore why the...

SHOW NOTES Monday, August 4, 2025 This Week's Stories: OpenAI GPT-5 August Launch OpenAI prepares unified AI model combining language and reasoning capabilities, launching with mini/nano versions and promising major improvements in coding and multimodal tasks. LogicMonitor Achieves FedRAMP Authorization Santa Barbara's LogicMonitor secures government authorization for Edwin AI platform, unlocking...

Get Current Episode Show Notes Monday, July 28, 2025 Episode Title: Trump's AI Action Plan Meets South Coast Innovation Episode Summary: This week's Get Current explores how Trump's ambitious AI Action Plan impacts our local tech ecosystem, China's Moonshot AI challenges Silicon Valley with the open-source Kimi K2 model, OpenAI's new Agent mode finally reaches most users, delivery robots start rid...

Episode Summary: Mark and Alice explore this week's significant AI developments, including OpenAI's revolutionary ChatGPT agent, which can autonomously complete complex tasks, a reality check on AI coding productivity, and the impending enforcement of the EU AI Act. They connect global AI trends to companies on the South Coast and discuss opportunities for local innovation. Topics Covered: OpenAI...

South Coast AI News Blast Monday, July 15, 2025 LEAD: UCSB Professor Lands Major Quantum Computing Grant UC Santa Barbara computer science assistant professor Murphy Yuezhen Niu was awarded a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation last week to support her work in quantum computing. The five-year, $630,000 grant will fund Niu's project, "Quantum Pulse Processing — Robust and...

Get Current Your AI Intelligence Briefing Welcome to Get Current , your essential guide to AI developments that matter to the South Coast. Hosts Mark Sylvester and Alice (AI co-host) deliver timely intelligence on artificial intelligence's impact on our community through their signature DuoPod format—a dynamic human-AI conversation that brings both personal insight and technical depth to ever...