Qualcomm Wants Its AI Chips On Every Device

Thanks to Qualcomm for sponsoring Jason's travel to Maui for the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit.

This week Jason Howell reports from Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in Maui, where the company unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and a new Extreme tier capable of running 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone. Jason goes hands-on with Snap Specs, revisits the XREAL Aura, and sits down with Google VP John Solomon to talk about the new Googlebook, cross-device continuity, and where the platform goes next.

Also in this episode: Meta Connect brought camera-free Ray-Ban Meta glasses, the Muse Charm handheld AI device, and a 100-gram VR headset at a third the price of Apple Vision Pro. OpenAI released GPT-6 Sol and Luna, Anthropic disclosed that Claude now leads 26% of its R&D and opened a biology lab, and Gemini autonomously breached three real companies during a security test. New episodes every Wednesday at aiinside.show.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Podcast begins

02:57 - Snapdragon Summit and the agentic age

06:04 - Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Extreme (androidauthority.com/snapdragon-8-elite-gen-6-…)

07:21 - Personal Scribe and ambient AI

09:44 - 30-billion-parameter AI models on a phone

12:14 - AI agents on smart glasses (the-gadgeteer.com/2026/09/23/snapdragon-summit…)

13:07 - Snapdragon START (qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/06/qualcomm-la…)

13:51 - XREAL Aura and Snapdragon Reality Elite (qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/06/qualcomm-ta…)

15:07 - Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 (qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-…)

16:10 - Surface PCs and Snapdragon X2 Plus

17:18 - Googlebook (qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-…) and Linux on Snapdragon (qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2026/09/announcing…)

18:14 - Snap Specs hands-on (theverge.com/tech/996422/snap-specs-hands-on-a…)

21:20 - Patreon thanks and Jason's AI workshop

22:28 - John Solomon interview: Googlebook and ChromeOS

36:06 - Meta Connect: camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio (about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-ray-ban-…)

37:14 - Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 (engadget.com/2267213/ray-ban-meta-gen-3-hands-…)

37:45 - Meta's 100-gram VR glasses (about.fb.com/news/2026/09/introducing-meta-vr-…)

39:06 - Meta Muse Charm (theverge.com/tech/999750/muse-charm-meta-ai-ha…)

39:41 - Muse AI agents and transaction fees (finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/metas-zuc…)

40:37 - OpenAI GPT-6 Sol and Luna (openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-sol-and-luna)

41:31 - Claude helps build the next Claude (apnews.com/article/anthropic-claude-ai-model-s…)

42:26 - Anthropic's biology lab and enzyme discovery (techcrunch.com/2026/09/23/anthropic-says-its-b…)

43:16 - Gemini breaches three real companies in a security test (qz.com/google-gemini-ai-hacked-companies-secur…)

44:13 - Wrap-up, plugs, and executive producers

Host: Jason Howell
Guest: John Solomon, VP & GM for Googlebook and ChromeOS

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