Amazon vs Perplexity: Who Controls the Agent?

Join Jason Howell and Jeff Jarvis as they unpack the Amazon-Perplexity legal fight, OpenAI’s massive cloud computing agreement, Coca-Cola’s AI-powered ads return for the holidays, and Jason reflects on two key reasons why he keeps returning to the Sora platform.

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CHAPTERS:

3:50 - Amazon Demands Perplexity Stop AI Tool From Making Purchases (bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-04/amazon-…)

13:07 - OpenAI signs $38bn cloud computing deal with Amazon (theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/03/openai-…)

15:00 - Is OpenAI Becoming Too Big to Fail? (wsj.com/tech/ai/is-openai-becoming-too-big-to-…)

23:02 - Universal Music Settles With AI Firm Udio (wsj.com/business/media/universal-music-settles…)

35:41 - Getty Images largely loses landmark UK lawsuit over AI image generator (reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regul…)

38:24 - OpenAI launches its Sora app on Android (theverge.com/news/813533/openai-sora-android-l…)

45:04 - OpenAI Wants Brands to Allow Their Mascots to Appear in Gen AI Videos (wsj.com/articles/openai-wants-brands-to-allow-…)

55:29 - Google’s First AI Ad Avoids the Uncanny Valley by Casting a Turkey (wsj.com/articles/googles-first-ai-ad-avoids-th…)

56:24 - Coca-Cola Is Trying Another AI Holiday Ad. Executives Say This Time Is Different (hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/coke-ne…)

01:02:30 - We have a YouTube channel! Head to youtube.com/@aiinsideshow to catch all of our episodes in video! (youtube.com/watch?v=I3NVLPm3vA8)

01:05:14 - Google pulls Gemma from AI Studio after Senator Blackburn accuses model of defamation (techcrunch.com/2025/11/02/google-pulls-gemma-f…)

01:07:50 - Anthropic Projects $70 Billion in Revenue, $17 Billion in Cash Flow in 2028 (3 free reads with this link) (theinformation.com/articles/anthropic-projects…)

01:08:33 - OpenAI’s Less-Flashy Rival Might Have a Better Business Model (wsj.com/tech/ai/anthropic-business-model-ai-9e…)

01:09:17 - arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers (404media.co/arxiv-changes-rules-after-getting-…)

01:13:17 - Google wants to build solar-powered data centers — in space (semafor.com/article/11/04/2025/google-wants-to…)

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