Subvolts take AI agents are advancing rapidly, impacting finance, coding, and jobs, with new models and real-world applications emerging. Feb 11, 2026 - Developers
- Learn about GPT-5.3 Codex and how AI agents are changing coding workflows.
- Business
- Understand AI's growing role in financial research and its potential impact on jobs.
- Everyday users
- See how AI is appearing in ads and influencing public perception of the technology.
This episode covers significant advancements in AI models and their real-world applications across multiple industries.
How Smart Are Today’s Coding Agents?
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AI Inside hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss new AI developments. They cover Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 for financial research, GPT-5.3 Codex for coding, and warnings about AI's job impact. The episode also touches on AI in advertising, Waymo's use of AI for self-driving cars, and OpenAI's ChatGPT ad tests.
This episode explores how new AI programs are getting smarter at tasks like financial research and computer coding. It also discusses how AI is showing up in ads and self-driving cars, and what that might mean for jobs.
This episode offers insights into the practical applications and evolving capabilities of AI agents and models. It's for anyone tracking AI's integration into finance, software development, and autonomous systems. The discussion connects directly to current efforts by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind to deploy advanced AI in real-world scenarios, highlighting both potential benefits and societal concerns like job displacement and AI's public perception.
- HostJason Howell
- HostJeff Jarvis
- GuestMatt Shumer
- Episode Title: How Smart Are Today’s Coding Agents?
- Show: AI Inside
- Length: 77 minutes
- Anthropic Model: Claude Opus 4.6 with new 'agent teams' for financial research
- OpenAI Model: GPT-5.3 Codex for full-stack coding workflows
- AI Job Impact Warning: Matt Shumer warns AI agents will touch nearly every job in a few years
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Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis break down Claude Opus 4.6’s new role as a financial‑research engine, discuss how GPT‑5.3 Codex is reshaping full‑stack coding workflows, and explore Matt Shumer’s warning that AI agents will touch nearly every job in just a few years. We unpack how Super Bowl AI ads are reframing public perception, examine Waymo’s use of DeepMind’s Genie 3 world model to train autonomous vehicles on rare edge‑case scenarios, and also cover OpenAI’s ad‑baked free ChatGPT tiers, HBR’s findings on how AI expands workloads instead of lightening them, and new evidence that AI mislabels medical conditions in real‑world settings.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Start
0:01:59 - Anthropic Releases New Model That’s Adept at Financial Research
Anthropic releases Opus 4.6 with new ‘agent teams’
0:10:00 - Introducing GPT-5.3-Codex
0:14:42 - Something Big Is Happening
0:33:25 - Can these Super Bowl ads make Americans love AI?
0:36:52 - Dunkin’ Donuts digitally de-aged ‘90s actors and I’m terrified
0:39:47 - AI.com bought by Crypto.com founder for $70mn in biggest-ever website name deal
0:42:11 - OpenAI begins testing ads in ChatGPT, draws early attention from advertisers and analysts
0:48:27 - Waymo Says Genie 3 Simulations Can Help Boost Robotaxi Rollout
0:53:30 - AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
1:02:08 - As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
1:04:48 - Meta is giving its AI slop feed an app of its own
1:06:53 - Google goes long with 100-year bond
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