#127: 12 Days of OpenAI Continues, Gemini 2, Hands-On with o1, Andressen Says Gov’t Wanted “Complete Control” Over AI & OpenAI Employee Says AGI Achieved

While Santa's loading his sleigh, Silicon Valley's dropping AI breakthroughs by the hour. OpenAI's "12 Days of Shipmas" keeps the gifts coming with ChatGPT Canvas, Apple Intelligence integration, and game-changing video capabilities. Not to be outdone, Google jumps in with Gemini 2.0 and its impressive Deep Research tool. Join Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput as they unwrap these developments, plus rapid-fire updates on Andreessen's AI censorship bombshell, an OpenAI employee's AGI claims, and the latest product launches and funding shaking up the industry. Access the show notes and show links here This episode is brought to you by our AI Mastery Membership, this 12-month membership gives you access to all the education, insights, and answers you need to master AI for your company and career. To learn more about the membership, go to www.smarterx.ai/ai-mastery.  As a special thank you to our podcast audience, you can use the code POD150 to save $150 on a membership.  Timestamps: 00:05:39 — OpenAI 12 Days of Shipmas: Days 4 - 8 00:18:54 — Gemini 2 Release + Deep Research 00:33:03 — Hands-On with o1 00:46:18 — Perplexity Growth  00:50:46 — Andreessen AI Tech Censorship Comments 00:56:22 — OpenAI AGI 01:00:38 — Amazon Agent Lab 01:03:38 — Pricing for AI Agents 01:07:45 — OpenAI Faces Opposition to For-Profit Status 01:11:13 —Ilya Sutskever at NeurIPS 01:14:20 — Mollick Essay on When to Use AI 01:16:15 — Product and Funding Updates Visit our website Receive our weekly newsletter Join our community: Slack LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook Looking for content and resources? Register for a free webinar Come to our next Marketing AI Conference Enroll in AI Academy for Marketers