Altman's Orb Knows Your Humanity

Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis are back for the latest AI Inside. We cover OpenAI’s nonprofit reversal and Musk’s ongoing lawsuit, Altman’s Orb stores for iris-scanning identity, Google’s confusing new AI Mode in search, Gemini 2.5 Pro’s IO Edition and coding challenge, Amazon’s Vulcan robots with a sense of touch, Apple’s AI search comments shaking up stocks, Reddit’s new human verification rules, why admitting AI use sparks distrust at work, an AI-generated impact statement in court, and the Associated Press’ Alberta-Quebec AI blunder.

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CHAPTERS:

OpenAI reverses course, says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)reuters.com/business/elon-musk-keep-lawsuit-ag…

0:12:45 - ⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)Welcome to Sam Altman’s Orb Store (wired.com/story/sam-altman-orb-store-san-franc…)

0:25:38 - ⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)Google: New ways to interact with information in AI Mode (blog.google/products/search/ai-mode-updates-ma…)

0:41:42 - ⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview: even better coding performance (developers.googleblog.com/en/gemini-2-5-pro-io…)

0:44:57 - ⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch (theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/07/amazon-…)

0:49:28 - ⁠⁠⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/reddit-will-tighten-…)Apple to add AI search partners to Safari as Google usage falls (9to5mac.com/2025/05/07/apple-ai-search-partner…)

0:52:03 - ⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)Reddit will tighten verification to keep out human-like AI bots (techcrunch.com/2025/05/06/reddit-will-tighten-…)theconversation.com/being-honest-about-using-a…

0:54:20 - ⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)Being honest about using AI at work makes people trust you less, research finds (theconversation.com/being-honest-about-using-a…)theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/arizona-ro…

0:59:53 - ⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court (theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/06/arizona-ro…)

1:05:04 - ⁠ (techcrunch.com/2025/05/05/openai-reverses-cour…)I smell AI... (bsky.app/profile/jeffjarvis.bsky.social/post/3…)

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