The AI Files

A one stop shop for AI news, events, perspectives, demos, strategy and everything about AI. Hosts Jaime Basilico and Shadab Hussain are both Director of Data and AI at Microsoft and brings their over 55 years of combined experience together to share their insights, analysis and predictions.

UN Global AI Dialogue on Governance, Claude in Copilot, GPT in Databricks, ChatGPT Pulse, AI in Medicare etc

Shadab and Jaime discuss UN Global AI Dialogue on Governance, Claude in Copilot, GPT in Databricks, ChatGPT Pulse, AI in Medicare, hosting SLMs on local machine etc

09-28
45:18

#71 - AI impact on Entry level jobs, meta AI glasses, Gemini in chrome, AI scheming etc

Shadab and Jaime discuss AI impact on Entry level jobs, Meta AI glasses, Gemini in chrome, Microsoft investment in Uk, AI scheming, real time voice API demo etc

09-22
01:05:38

#70 - SeedReam 4.0, Veo3, new AI bills, Rubin CPX GPU, Apple launches, Grok Code Fast 1 etc

Shadab and Jaime discuss SeedReam 4.0, Veo3, new AI bills, Rubin CPX GPU, FTC inquiry in Chatbots, Adobe’s AI Agents, Apple launches, Grok Code Fast 1 etc

09-15
53:36

MAI-1 models, Nano Banana, Time AI100 list, GPT-Realtime & response api, vanishing entry jobs etc

Shadab and Jaime discuss Microsoft MAI-1 models, Google Nano Banana, Time 2025 AI100 list, OpenAI GPT-REaltime & response api, stanford study on entry jobs & more

08-31
42:36

#67 - SCAI, AI at Made By Google AI, Mistral DocumentAI, MIT NANDA GenAI report, Ava Cado, BAT etc

Jaime and Shadab discuss Seemingly Conscious AI, MIT report on 95% failing GenAI pilots, AI announcements at Made By Google, Mistral DocumentAI, Browser Automation Tool in Azure Foundry & more

08-24
51:37

#66 - Chain of DEBATE, GPT-5 Model Router, Meta AI Guidelines, Claude code modes etc

In this episode, Shadab and Jaime discusses new Chain of Debate paradigm in the AI models along with potential of new antibiotics discovery with GenAI and Reuters investigation into Meta's controversial AI guidelines. We also discussed new modes in Claude Code and larger context window as well as getting the best value out of GPT-5 models via Model Router in Azure AI Foundry and other relevant items.

08-18
43:25

#65 - OpenAI GPT-5 & OSS, Claude Opus 4.1, DeepMind Genie 3, Eleven Music, Grok Imagine & more

This week has been a whirlwind with OpenAI's GPT-5 and open weight oss models, Anthropic's Claude-4.1, DeepMind's Genie 3, Grok's Imagine, ElevenLab's copyright compliant Eleven Music generation capabilities, and more. Jaime and Shadab dived into these latest developments in this episode #65.

08-08
40:17

#64 - Google AI Mode, ChatGPT StudyMode, CopilotMode in Edge, Meta Superintelligence, AI earning etc

In this episode, Jaime and Shadab discuss Mark Zuckerberg’s essay on Superintelligence and Big Tech’s earnings reports with AI relevance and enterprise LLM market share surprisingly popping up Anthropic as winner. Then we covered launches from Google AI Mode Canvas and Gemini 2.5 DeepThink, Alibaba’s Qwen3 reasoning, ChatGPT’s Study mode and Copilot Mode in Edge browser etc

08-03
43:02

#63 - Executive Actions on AI, Jobs AI impactability, Kimi K2, fight insurance denials with AI etc

In this episode, Jaime and Shadab covers three AI executive actions, Kimi-K2 launch from Moonshot AI, Microsoft mobile office tools in Mercedes Cars, fighting insurance denials with help from AI and new research on which jobs have most AI impactability and other news Show notes: $200 million xAI government contract was late addition to program Google is testing a vibe-coding app called Opal | TechCrunch ChatGPT agent | OpenAI Help Center Introducing Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Securely deploy and operate AI agents at any scale (preview) | AWS News Blog OpenAI to expand UK office and work with government departments to turbocharge the UK’s AI infrastructure and transform public services - GOV.UK Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure – The White House Preventing Woke AI in the Federal Government – The White House Promoting The Export of the American AI Technology Stack – The White House AI is helping patients fight insurance company denials Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative AI

07-26
38:58

#62 - Humanity prevails over AI, ChatGPT Agent, Perplexity Comet, Mistral Voxtral, AI for frontline

In this episode, I covered human prevailing over AI in an exhibition Humans vs AI coding contest and new ventures to invest in AI for frontline workers and prepare them for era of AI. I delved into recent launches of OpenAI ChatGPT Agent, Perplexity Comet AI browser, Mistral open source Voxtral audio model and a lot more

07-21
31:49

AI in Media & Sports with Jon Flynn - AI GTM Leader at Google

All Jon Flynn aspired as a child, was to become a rugby player; he now shapes the Sports & Media industry with the power of AI. He is an AI nerd, Author, Founder, Podcaster, Leader, Speaker and a Visionary. His book, 'SPORTS AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD,' delves into the transformative potential of this Data, Analytics & AI. Formerly a colleague of ours at Microsoft, Jon now spearheads AI GTM for Media, Gaming & Telco at Google.   In my conversation with Jon, we explored his remarkable journey and insights on the concept of the professional fan, as outlined in his book. We delved into the future landscape of Media & Sports in the realm of AI, discussing concerns surrounding job impacts and copyrights. Join me in this engaging dialogue with the visionary Jon Flynn in this special guest episode of The AI Files   Here is a link to his book: https://a.co/d/dnE6DRu

07-19
01:10:48

#61 - Grok 4, Medical Superintelligence, Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning, AI layoffs etc

Shadab discusses Microsoft layoffs, Grok 4, Medical Superintelligence, Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning, and recent AI related news & announcements

07-14
30:45

#60 - Agentforce-3, Doppl, 4 days work week, Share AI apps in Claude, AI training legal relief etc

In this episode, Jaime and Shadab discusses Quote of the week of recent remarks by senator Bernie Sanders on AI should lead to 4 days work week, Google Doppl to try new apparels virtually, Meta's Oakley glasses, Salesforce Agentforce-3 launch and new capabilities within Claude to build & share AI apps as well as legal relief in AI training challenges to Meta and Anthropic etc. We also covered word of the week Context Engineering and Prompt of the Week to create weekly status reports within your Copilot 365.

06-29
32:46

#59 - Midjourney’s V1, Gemini Flash-Lite, Microsoft’s quantum breakthrough, Scale AI etc

In this episode, Jaime and Shadab discusses Andy Jassy's memo to Amazon employees on GenAI that was in the news for impact of AI on jobs in years to come. We covered launches from Midjourney to generate videos as well as Google's Gemini Flash-Lite and Microsoft's quantum breakthrough on novel 4D geometry based error correction codes as well as details on Scale AI, AI-900 certification and prompt for preparation for the interview etc

06-22
01:05:42

#58 - Apple WWDC, o3 Pro, Copilot Vision, Gentle Singularity, Cues, Audio Description with AI etc

Jaime and Shadab discusses announcements from Apple WWDC, o3 Pro model, Copilot Vision on Windows, Sam Altman's essay on 'The Gentle Singularity', prompt engineering technique of 'Cues', and AI use cases of Audio Description for accessibility and several AI news etc

06-15
54:31

#57 - Mistral Code, Claude Gov, Eleven Labs, Model Router, Prompt to catch up after time off etc

In this episode, Jaime and Shadab discuss Perplexity booming growth and plan for a browser as well as Meta facing backlash on monetizing deepfake Ad. We covered launches from Claude Gov, Mistral Code and Eleven V3 TTS. We introduced new segments like AI use cases using Text To Speech services and prompt of the week for you to catch up via Copilot after time off.

06-09
54:25

#56 - AI eating entry level jobs, Google I/O announcements, Claude 4, Operator etc

In this episode, Shadab and Jaime discuss Dario Amodei's latest interview with CNN on 50% of white collar entry level jobs impacted by AI. We also discussed Claude 4 and AI announcements at Google I/O event as well as various other relevant AI news.

06-01
01:18:57

#55 - Jony and Sam, Take It Down Act, Microsoft Build announcements etc

In this episode, Jaime and Shadab discuss new OpenAI acquisition of IO leading to Jony Ive designing physical devices as well as ChatGPT as well as new Take It Down Act to criminalize deepfake and non-consensual explicit images. We then delve into tons of Microsoft Build announcements across AI Foundry, Copilot Studio, GitHub and Azure.

05-23
01:03:30

#53 - AI First Memos, Mistral Medium & Enterprise, OpenAI announcements, Microsoft joins A2A etc

Jaime and Shadab discuss AI First memos, Mistral Medium & Enterprise, OpenAI for country & its data residency, Gemini implicit caching, AI in courtrooms, Microsoft joins A2A etc

05-11
55:21

#52 - Frontier Firms, Phi-4, Nova Premier, Claude Integrations etc

In this episode, Jaime and Shadab discuss the Anthropic and Nvidia bickering over the chips export control, the emergence of Frontier Firms as per Microsoft Work Trend Index 2025 report, Claude Integrations, three Phi-4 Reasoning models, Nova Premier model etc

05-04
01:07:04

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