#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.

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Timestamps:

— Intro

— AI Pulse

— AI Trends to Watch in 2026

— Demis Hassabis on the Future of Intelligence

— DeepMind Co-Founder on the Arrival of AGI

— Are AI Job Fears Overblown?

— Gemini 3 Flash

— OpenAI Eyes Billions in Fresh Funding

— OpenAI Releases New ChatGPT Images

— Karen Hao Issues AI Book Correction

— AI Keeps Getting Political (Roundup)

— AI World Models

— US Government Launches Tech Force

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