Subvolts take Track AI's frontier labs: Gemini's viral hit, Meta's new glasses, and OpenAI's teen focus. Sep 17, 2025 - Developers
- Learn about new protocols for AI agent transactions and generative AI search optimization strategies.
- Business
- Understand market shifts with Alphabet's valuation, OpenAI's partnership changes, and Meta's hardware strategy.
- Everyday users
- Discover new AI tools like Gemini's image editor, ChatGPT for teens, and upcoming smart glasses.
This episode covers significant developments across major AI labs, including product adoption, hardware leaks, and strategic partnerships.
Nano Banana is a viral hit!
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AI Inside hosts Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis discuss Google's Gemini Nano, Alphabet's market cap, Meta's smart glasses, and OpenAI's ChatGPT for teens. They cover Gemini's image editor success, OpenAI and Microsoft's partnership changes, Google's new AI agent protocol, and user data from ChatGPT and Anthropic. The episode also touches on Meta Connect updates and generative AI search optimization.
This podcast episode covers how Google's AI tool became popular for editing images and what people ask AI chatbots. It also looks at new smart glasses from Meta and how OpenAI is making a version of ChatGPT for younger users.
This episode offers insights into the current AI landscape, detailing major company moves and product developments. It's for anyone tracking AI's rapid progress, from business leaders to tech enthusiasts. Listeners will learn about Gemini's growing adoption, shifts in OpenAI's Microsoft partnership, and Meta's hardware ambitions, connecting directly to frontier labs' strategic directions.
- HostJason Howell
- HostJeff Jarvis
- Episode Title: Nano Banana is a viral hit!
- Show: AI Inside
- Length: 79 minutes
- Alphabet Market Cap: $3 trillion
- Google AI Agent Protocol Support: 60 companies
Jeff Jarvis and Jason Howell explore Google’s Gemini AI lead, Alphabet hitting a $3 trillion market cap, Meta’s smart glasses leaks before MetaConnect, and OpenAI unveiling ChatGPT for teens.
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CHAPTERS:
0:02:52 - Alphabet becomes fourth company to reach $3 trillion market cap
0:05:48 - Here’s why usage of Gemini’s Nano Banana image editor is growing
0:15:10 - OpenAI and Microsoft reach tentative deal to revise partnership
0:16:12 - Microsoft is close to getting a giant new equity stake in OpenAI. It could be worth at least $150 billion.
0:16:12 - Google's new open protocol secures AI agent transactions - and 60 companies already support it
0:23:46 - Here’s what the data says people ask ChatGPT
0:33:49 - The OpenAI paper on usage
0:38:30 - Anthropic on its usage
0:42:12 - Meta Connect 2025 live updates: Ray-Bans 3, Hypernova smart glasses, Meta AI, more
0:43:08 - Meta Ray-Ban Display' Glasses Design & HUD Clips Leak Ahead Of Connect
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