#188: AI Trends for 2026, Google DeepMind AI Predictions, Gemini 3 Flash, AI World Models & Are AI Job Losses Overblown?

#188: AI Trends for 2026, Google DeepMind AI Predictions, Gemini 3 Flash, AI World Models & Are AI Job Losses Overblown?

Is 2026 the year society finally pushes back against artificial intelligence? In this year's final episode, Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput explore the immediate future of AGI, analyzing Demis Hassabis’s warning of a shift ten times larger than the Industrial Revolution and Shane Legg’s prediction of human-level intelligence by 2028.

The hosts break down critical developments, including Google’s Gemini 3 Flash, OpenAI’s staggering valuation talks, and the rise of world models that simulate physical reality.

Show Notes: Access the show notes and show links here

Click here to take this week's AI Pulse.

Timestamps:

00:00:00 — Intro

00:03:27 — AI Pulse

00:07:05 — AI Trends to Watch in 2026

00:31:59 — Demis Hassabis on the Future of Intelligence

00:42:35 — DeepMind Co-Founder on the Arrival of AGI

00:47:53 — Are AI Job Fears Overblown?

00:56:05 — Gemini 3 Flash

00:59:38 — OpenAI Eyes Billions in Fresh Funding

01:02:19 — OpenAI Releases New ChatGPT Images

01:04:18 — Karen Hao Issues AI Book Correction

01:08:18 — AI Keeps Getting Political (Roundup)

01:12:51 — AI World Models

01:17:31 — US Government Launches Tech Force

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