The Artificial Intelligence Show
Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput
The Artificial Intelligence Show (formerly The Marketing AI Show) is the podcast that helps your business grow smarter by making AI approachable and actionable. The AI Show podcast is brought to you by the creators of the Marketing AI Institute, AI Academy for Marketers, and the Marketing AI Conference (MAICON). Hosts Paul Roetzer, founder and CEO of Marketing AI Institute, and Mike Kaput, Chief Content Officer, break down all the AI news that matters and give you insights and perspectives that you can use to advance your company and your career. Join Paul and Mike on The AI Show as they work to accelerate AI literacy for all.
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May 12, 2026 • 1h 30min
#214: Musk v. OpenAI Round 2, Coinbase AI Layoffs, AI “Soft Nationalization & xAI Folds Into SpaceX
Courtroom revelations and secret Tesla AI plans collide in a high-stakes tech showdown. Coinbase’s AI-driven reorg and layoffs get unpacked alongside debates about model vetting and soft nationalization. A surprising Anthropic–SpaceX compute deal and xAI folding into SpaceX spark space-based compute talk. Rapid-fire updates cover new models, funding moves, and predictions about AI training its own successors.
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May 7, 2026 • 55min
#213: AI Answers - What AI Should Never Do, Enterprise Scaling, Governing AI & Navigating IT Roadblocks
Practical tactics for moving companies out of AI policy paralysis and introducing AI into regulated teams. Debates on security versus speed, converting skeptics, and where AI should never take over. Tips for scaling AI across departments, high-impact HR use cases, and whether SMBs need a different playbook. Discussion of governance, guardrails, and opportunities beyond commoditized software.
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May 5, 2026 • 1h 40min
#212: Musk v. OpenAI Trial Begins, OpenAI-Microsoft Partnership, Big Tech Earnings & Anthropic Eyes $900B Valuation
A fast-paced rundown of Musk's federal trial against OpenAI and courtroom revelations. A sudden rewrite of the OpenAI–Microsoft partnership and what was removed. Big Tech earnings and massive AI-driven revenue leaps. Anthropic chasing an eye-popping valuation. A disastrous AI agent that wiped a production database in seconds. A growing populist backlash and urgent calls for congressional action on AI.
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Apr 28, 2026 • 1h 28min
#211: GPT-5.5, ChatGPT Workspace Agents, The Messy Reality of Agents & Google Cloud Next
Big AI players launched agent products within days and the hosts unpack the scramble. GPT-5.5 and ChatGPT Workspace Agents take center stage. Google’s Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and enterprise strategies get scrutiny. The conversation also covers Meta’s employee data controversy, Apple’s leadership shift, Jeff Dean on AGI timelines, and practical pains of adopting agents in business.
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Apr 21, 2026 • 1h 37min
#210: Stanford 2026 AI Index, OpenAI Internal Shakeups, What Agents Mean for Business, Claude Design & Dwarkesh vs. Jensen
A fast-paced rundown of OpenAI's internal shakeups, IPO pressure, and valuation drama. A deep look at Stanford's 2026 AI Index findings on capabilities, adoption, and trust. Practical debate on what autonomous AI agents mean for enterprise budgets, security, and licensing. Coverage of Anthropic's Claude Design, the Dwarkesh vs. Jensen chip debate, and rapid industry product and funding updates.
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Apr 14, 2026 • 1h 46min
#209: Claude Mythos, Project Glasswing, Claude Code Leak, OpenAI Raises $122B & the End of Middle Management
A mysterious Anthropic model sparks cybersecurity alarms and national security fears. A code leak and shifting subscriptions raise questions about control as AI races ahead. OpenAI’s giant funding round collides with scrutiny, politics, and real-world attacks. The conversation also explores job disruption, regulation, supply chain breaches, and AI becoming a personal knowledge layer.
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Apr 7, 2026 • 1h 11min
#208: Q1 Trends Briefing - Model Release Frenzy, AI Lobbying, Anthropic v. U.S. Government, and the Rise of OpenClaw
A whirlwind tour of the biggest AI trends shaping the last three months. It jumps from the model release frenzy and rising political lobbying to a Pentagon clash and OpenClaw’s momentum. There is also pressure on SaaS, the race toward agents, AI-driven layoffs, and a growing public mood shift around AGI.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 1h 30min
#207: OpenAI vs. Anthropic Feud, Claude Mythos Leak, Brutally Honest CEOs & Data Center Moratorium
A long-running AI rivalry turns deeply personal, with broken promises, power struggles, and huge stakes for business and geopolitics. There is also buzz around a leaked next-gen model, blunt CEO talk about job disruption, political battles over data centers and deregulation, rising agent security nightmares, and Apple’s surprising Siri reset.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 54min
#206: Building AI Councils That Work, Motivating Passive Adopters, Why Pilots Stall, and Amazon’s AI Slowdown
A sharp look at why AI plans stall inside big companies. They dig into passive adopters vs power users, why handing AI to IT creates bottlenecks, and how job disruption could hit junior roles first. There’s also talk about councils and governance that actually move things forward, what convinces skeptical executives, and why Amazon’s slower rollout may signal caution, not weakness.
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Mar 24, 2026 • 1h 37min
#205: AI Labs Refocus on Agents and Enterprise, Trump’s New AI Framework, Meta’s Rogue Agent & What 81,000 People Want from AI
AI labs are racing to win the agent and enterprise battle. Politics enters the picture with Trump’s new AI framework and rising public anxiety. A rogue Meta agent sparks security fears. Microsoft reshuffles Copilot leadership. DeepMind unveils an AGI scorecard, while 81,000 people reveal what they really want from AI.
