AI Applied: Covering AI News, Interviews and Tools - ChatGPT, Midjourney, Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic
Jaeden Schafer and Conor Grennan
Welcome to the AI Applied podcast, hosted by Jaeden Schafer and Conor Grennan. Get your weekly dose of the latest AI news, trends, and discussions in the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence.
From ChatGPT and computer vision to robotics and natural language processing, we cover the most exciting developments in the field of AI. We also discuss ways to apply it to your career, job, workflows, and life.
Join us as we delve into the cutting-edge of AI research, understand its impact on our world, and explore the future of this rapidly growing field.
From ChatGPT and computer vision to robotics and natural language processing, we cover the most exciting developments in the field of AI. We also discuss ways to apply it to your career, job, workflows, and life.
Join us as we delve into the cutting-edge of AI research, understand its impact on our world, and explore the future of this rapidly growing field.
Episodes
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Apr 10, 2026 • 11min
How One Man Used AI to Build a Billion-Dollar Business
A deep dive into a controversial startup claim and the tactics behind rapid AI-driven growth. Ethical questions about fake profiles and marketing practices get debated. Discussion on whether a tiny team can scale to massive revenue using AI. Exploration of how AI truly boosts execution and the role of domain expertise in multiplying value.
Apr 7, 2026 • 11min
AI and Politics: The Data Center Moratorium Debate
A lively discussion about Bernie Sanders' proposed moratorium on data center construction and whether pauses help or harm AI progress. They debate how public sentiment and selective sourcing shape policy narratives. Geopolitical risks of shifting infrastructure overseas get attention. The need for AI disclosure rules, child safety guardrails, and targeted regulation over blanket bans is explored.
9 snips
Mar 30, 2026 • 15min
OpenAI's Pivot: Shutting Down Sora & What Comes Next
A fast breakdown of OpenAI's recent pivots, product shutdowns, and why certain apps failed to find a purpose. A look at perceived declines in ChatGPT performance and how model routing and paid tiers affect quality. Discussion of GPT-5.4 Pro’s strengths for advanced tasks and why compute is being shifted toward enterprise use cases.
25 snips
Mar 27, 2026 • 13min
Claude Cowork Just CHANGED THE GAME
Enthusiastic takes on how Anthropic's Claude outperforms competitors and changes workflows. Deep dives into Claude Cowork and Claude Code transforming task management and developer-like automation. Stories about automating analytics for a large podcast network and spinning up dashboards with minimal coding. Practical comparisons showing faster personalization and lower-cost alternatives to traditional tools.
41 snips
Mar 27, 2026 • 16min
Connor and Jaeden's Top AI Tools, Part 2!
They run through top AI tools for audio cloning and long-form voice production. They highlight automations that chain models to build massive documents. They show slide-deck generation from a simple URL and tools that turn PDFs into usable spreadsheets. They demo image generation tricks for fun and a search tool that surfaces sources and model comparisons.
18 snips
Mar 25, 2026 • 13min
Connor and Jaeden's Top AI Tools
They walk through practical AI tools for automating web tasks, podcast production, and transcription. They demo a Chrome extension that clicks through sites and fixes publishing glitches. They showcase screen-assist and video-generation tools that keep visuals consistent. They also highlight in-app briefings and reliable transcription workflows for faster content creation.
14 snips
Mar 24, 2026 • 13min
How AI Is Reshaping Hiring and Layoffs in Tech Companies
Discussion of major tech layoffs tied to AI investments and company restructures. Analysis of hiring trends shifting from specialists to AI-proficient generalists. Exploration of how AI changes entry-level opportunities and wage dynamics. Debate over using experts for architecture and generalists to run AI-enabled systems.
9 snips
Mar 24, 2026 • 13min
AI Voice Cloning: Scams, Protections, and Truecaller
A dive into how seconds of audio can produce convincing AI voice clones and why that matters for scams. A live demo shows voice synthesis risks and how video deepfakes can amplify them. Practical protections are discussed, from call-backs and secret code words to Truecaller’s AI-powered hang-up features. The conversation also touches on generational vulnerability and real-world scam examples.
6 snips
Mar 21, 2026 • 14min
Google's AI Integration and Wix Acquisition
They unpack Gemini moving from a sidebar to a native collaborator across Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive and Maps. They demo voice-driven route updates and how AI pulls Drive files into context-aware responses. They debate how deep integration will boost everyday adoption and why Google bought Wix to speed AI-powered site and app building for non-coders.
7 snips
Mar 18, 2026 • 12min
AI Coding Apps: Lovable and Replit's Explosive Growth
Rapid growth of AI coding platforms and their huge revenue and valuation milestones. Challenges around fast user growth and churn from overpromised features. Hands-on stories of building apps and websites without prior coding using tools like Lovable and Replit. Walkthroughs of prototyping enterprise hubs and custom support chat systems in hours, highlighting accessibility and workflow disruption.
