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AI Daily Podcast 11/16/2025
Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories:
Google’s Gemini 3 is imminent. It could reshape the AI race.
Source | By Hugh Langley — November 15, 2025
Google is poised to launch Gemini 3, a major model upgrade that insiders say is highly impressive, with expected gains in coding and multimedia generation. With Google’s full-stack advantage and growing Gemini usage, a hit release could shift momentum away from OpenAI and redefine the competitive landscape. The big question: can Google close the brand and user gap without fumbling execution?
NotebookLM now automates your tedious research, so you can focus on big ideas
Source | By Jay Bonggolto — November 15, 2025
Google’s NotebookLM adds Deep Research to automatically scan hundreds of websites and return a sourced report that drops straight into your notebook. It also supports more file types, from Google Sheets and Word docs to images of handwritten notes, and runs in the background while you keep working. It’s a big productivity boost—just remember to verify relevance and credibility of the gathered sources.
Meta’s CMO says Big Tech’s soaring spending on AI is ‘aggressive, but not crazy’
Source | By Lara O’Reilly — November 15, 2025
Meta CMO Alex Schultz argues today’s AI capex surge is significant but proportionally smaller than past tech bubbles, and already driving billions in revenue via better ads and content ranking. He points to AI-native feeds like Vibes as experimental bets, while acknowledging growing energy considerations. The takeaway: heavy AI spend is strategic, not reckless—yet the industry must manage real-world power and sustainability impacts.
How to land your first AI job, according to 16 people who have done it
Source | By Business Insider — November 15, 2025
From fresh graduates to career switchers and student-founders, there are many viable paths into AI. This roundup distills practical strategies across four routes—graduate, transition, pivot, and build-yourself—sharing candid lessons on breaking in. If you’re exploring an AI career, use these firsthand playbooks to chart your next steps.
ChatGPT achieves a new level of intelligence: not using the em dash
Source | By AJ Dellinger — November 15, 2025
OpenAI says GPT-5.1 is better at following instructions—and yes, that now includes honoring custom settings to avoid em dashes. The change highlights a broader push toward personalization rather than universal behavior fixes, and user experiences remain mixed. It’s a small but telling example of how instruction-following is improving even as model-wide defaults remain stubborn.
You can use OpenAI’s Sora 2 on your iPhone right now — here’s how
Source | By Erick Massey — November 15, 2025
OpenAI temporarily removed the waitlist for its Sora app in select regions (including the U.S., Canada, and Japan), letting iPhone users try 10-second AI video generation and features like Cameo. The app is free with limits, while ChatGPT Pro users can access an experimental high-quality Sora 2 Pro model on the web (with in-app access coming). If you’re curious, download now—availability may tighten again.
Baffling Microsoft ad shows Copilot AI incorrectly identifying Windows 11 setting — then pretending it was working as intended
Source | By Zac Bowden — November 15, 2025
A new promotional video for Copilot appears to show the assistant fumbling a basic settings task, fueling skepticism around Microsoft’s push for an “agentic” Windows. The backlash underscores ongoing gaps between AI promise and practical reliability in everyday workflows. Users want stability and control—signals Microsoft may need to recalibrate how it ships and markets AI features.
Power: the answer to and source of all your AI datacenter problems
Source | By Tobias Mann — November 15, 2025
Digital Realty’s CTO says power and density have become the defining constraints for AI infrastructure, pushing a shift from air-cooled servers to high-density, liquid-cooled racks. With Nvidia’s roadmap pointing to 600 kW racks by 2027, the industry is co-developing new “AI factory” designs, digital twins for gigawatt-scale planning, and grid-flex power systems. Bottom line: the AI boom is now an electrical and thermal engineering challenge as much as a silicon one.
Activision assume les images générées par IA dans Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
Source | By Olivier — November 15, 2025
Players spotted telltale AI-art glitches in Black Ops 7, and Activision confirmed it uses generative tools to assist development, while insisting the creative process remains human-led. The controversy revives industry-wide debates over quality control, transparency, and where AI fits in production pipelines. Studios may need clearer standards to avoid immersion-breaking artifacts and rebuild trust.
