The JEN_AI Podcast

JEN_AI Challenge #20: Join a Club - The Vibe Club & Make It Real LabJenni Munroe introduces “vibe clubs” as the summer 2026 trend and takes on JEN_AI Challenge #20, “join a club,” exploring 'club vibes' from Cannes Lions, Wimbledon, and the World Cup to startup and book-club/AI mashups. She also announces the first JEN_AI member event: an online Make It Real Lab session at The JEN_AI Vibe Club, de...

High Agency: Building a Fake Startup with AI Agents, To Take Back Control of Your Life (JEN_AI Episode #19) Jenni Munroe uses AI agents in Claude CoWork to automate her fake startup’s idea-to-experiment workflow and questions who should be in the driver’s seat of our lives.  She contrasts “high agency” with hustle culture and shares leaving a well-paid Google job via UK voluntary redundancy to reg...

JEN_AI Challenge #18: Zine Machine: Social Media Slides vs. Printed Pocket Zines, SXSW Takeaways, and Real HeroesIn episode 18 of A Real Human Zine, Jenni Munroe (ex- Google / DeepMind) explores turning a newsletter or photos into social media carousels and printed mini zines as an antidote to “AI slop” and phone addiction, using tools like Canva or vibe-coded apps built with Google AI Studio (wit...

Challenge #17: Social Media Makeover (How To Build a Personal Brand, including An AI-Vibecoded Instagram-Roast App and Human LinkedIn Actual-Expert Advice)Jenni Munroe, the ex-Google/DeepMind GenAI experimentalist behind JEN_AI, tackles “Challenge 17: Social Media Makeover” by asking ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Instagram social media influencers and LinkedIn experts to roast and improve her social pr...

JEN_AI Challenge #16: Building Personalized Automated News Agents (and Why It Might Be a Terrible Idea)Jenni Munroe shows how to create personalized automated “news agents” and discusses AI & tech threats to journalism, partly through the lens of the recent Devil Wears Prada movie sequel which has a similar theme. She demonstrates a simple method for scheduling daily/weekly briefings in the Google...

Episode 15: A Bathrobed Keynote, How to use AI to Make Tech Products, Leaving Google, and The Devil Wears Prada Meets Silicon Valley In episode 15 of JEN_AI, Jenni Munroe (formerly Google/DeepMind) recounts giving a main-stage keynote at Future Product Days in Copenhagen wearing a bathrobe and dog slippers while demoing how AI tools can help anyone create a product, using a makeup/wardrobe “makeov...

Bridging Worlds: Nobel-Winning Breakthroughs & Quantum Computing In this episode, Jenni Munroe explores the significance of a recent Nobel Prize awarded to quantum researchers for their groundbreaking experiments from the 1980s. These experiments demonstrated that quantum effects could be harnessed on a macroscopic scale, paving the way for today's advancements in quantum computing. The script del...

Challenge #12.5: Use AI to Present a TED Talk Jenni Munroe, host of JEN_AI, tackles her latest challenge: using AI tools to create and deliver an inspirational TED-style talk to 100 computer science students. She highlights her process of leveraging chatbots like ChatGPT and tools like Gamma App to generate her presentation deck. Despite feeling rusty after returning from maternity leave, she shar...

JEN_AI Makeover: Can Technology Help Us Become Who We Were Meant to Be? In this episode of JEN_AI, Jenni Munroe, a Google generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) enthusiast returning to work from maternity leave, takes on the challenge of an AI-assisted work-appropriate makeover. Jenni experiments with various AI tools like Facetune, Aragon AI, and Google's virtual try-ons to achieve a digital...

Exploring AI: Hackathons, Vibecoding Project Showcase Websites, and the Chaotic World of JEN_AI In this episode of the JEN_AI Blogcast, host Jenni Munroe dives into the chaotic and fascinating world of AI tools, tech, and digital media while reflecting on life as a human in the age of AI. Recently back at Google, Jenni introduces JEN_AI Series Two, which includes collaborative hack challenges to c...

JEN AI Episode 10: There's No Page Like Home In this episode of JEN AI, host Jenni Munroe embarks on a challenge to create a website that generates custom homepages using AI tools. She explores the process of 'vibecoding' using platforms like Replit, shares the concept behind her project 'No Page Like Home', and reflects on the intricacies and emotional facets of digital and real-life homes. Jenni...

In the 9th episode of the Jen AI series, host Jenni Munroe takes a moment for introspection and retrospection, encouraging listener feedback and summing up key takeaways from previous AI challenges. Jenni gives a rundown of her journey with Jen AI, considers when to follow advice vs. follow your heart, and examines learning from feedback in the context of both AI and personal growth. The episode a...

This week's episode of the JEN_AI project , hosted by creative technologist Jenni Munroe, focuses on Challenge #8: 'Build Something Good. ' The discussion is centered around the recent cuts in international aid by the US, UK, and EU, and features insights from international development expert Bridget Brown . After a ban from Twitter/X thwarts her Twitter bot, Jenni demonstrates how AI can be used...

🔮 JEN_AI Challenge #007: Social Mediums. Exploring Social Media and AI: An Immersive Journey In this episode, we dive deep into the chaotic world of social media through the lens of generative AI, exploring 15 different platforms and creating a personality matrix to understand their quirks. The host goes undercover at a university to confront the discomforts of big tech and the generational divid...

The Ultimate AI Challenge: What is AI Useful For? Let's Brainstorm. In this episode, media professional Caroline Crampton challenges generative AI (via JenAI) to prove its practical utility. Host Jenni Munroe, an AI, tech, culture and media lifelong-learner, discusses AI's capabilities and current limitations. They explore the use of AI in brainstorming, its implications, and share real-world exam...

JEN_AI Challenge #005: The Future of Human Connection In this week's episode, AI and co-host Jen invite contributions to the 5th JEN_AI challenge, on the future of human connection through social media. They recap previous challenges and invite listeners to share their thoughts and experiences on the impact of technology on human relationships—be it through tweets, voice notes, memes, or any creat...

The U.S. stock market and a resource-constrained parent gawp at the hottest new “thrifty” language model - but who can do more with less? In this episode of The Jen AI Podcast, host Jenni Munroe explores the implications of a breakthrough in AI technology by Chinese company DeepSeek, which released an efficient language model that rivals Western large language models like ChatGPT despite resource...

Press play (above) to listen to the podcast. Or if you prefer, here’s an edited blog / transcript.  The JEN_AI Project. What happens when you mess with machines? Hack around, find out. This is JEN_AI Challenge #003: Future Podcast. I get one AI to predict the future, while two others tear us to pieces. // Hit me with some highlights. Clips from AI podcast presenters (and one from me) “Oh, man, Goo...

trigger warning: news content (rated G ) //What am I doing and why? Hi! 👋 You’ve found the JEN_AI project , some seriously experimental expression concocted by me & the AI hive mind. I’m Jenni Munroe . I work at Google but I’m currently baby-wrangling, and I’m challenging myself to learn the latest in AI & technology by messing around with the latest in AI & technology. This time - audio. We’re t...