Best Chris Sharkey Podcasts (2025)

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Is Gemini 3 Really the Best Model? & Fun with Nano Banana Pro - EP99.25-GEMINI 1:44:41

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Join Simtheory for Gemini 3 & Nano Banana Pro: https://simtheory.ai ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Gemini 3 Pro Impressions & Thoughts 33:34 - xAI Releases Grok 4.1 Fast 40:09 - More on Gemini 3 Pro: What We Want Improved 45:46 - Gemini 3 Pro Dis Track 51:16 - Thoughts on Nano Banana Pro And What It Means 1:12:49 - Does Nano Banana Disrupt Design Software …

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What should a Labour Budget look like? With Chris Curtis MP 42:35

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Labour MP and chair of the Labour Growth group of MPs Chris Curtis says the Government needs to be more radical on reducing the welfare bill, and in boosting the growth agenda. He says Labour should never have committed to not raising income tax at the last election and that the pensions triple lock is not sustainable in the long term. -- This epis…

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How do leaders manage rebellious MPs, with Lord Graham Brady 38:11

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Lord Graham Brady, the longest serving Chair of the 1922 committee held that role under the Premierships of David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak. In this episode he reveals who handled relations with their MPs best and worst and what is was like to be in the room when the game was up for Theresa May, Boris Johnson an…

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Are We In An AI Bubble? In Defense of Sam Altman & AI in The Enterprise | EP99.24 1:05:29

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Join Simtheory & experience MCPs in action: https://simtheory.ai ---- 00:00 - Chris Has a Merch Sponsor 02:42 - In Defense of Sam Altman 20:29 - Are We In An AI Bubble? & What is Working in The Enterprise? 43:58 - Anthropic's Code Execution with MCP: Problems with MCP Context 52:44 - Kimi-K2 Thinking Model Release 1:00:45 - "In the Middle of a Bubb…

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How to chair the Parliamentary Labour Party, with Lord John Cryer 32:30

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Lord Cryer, The longest serving chair of the Parliamentary Labour Party details the ‘blood sport’ of parliamentary meetings under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership, and talks about the anti semitism which defined that period prompting his plan to write a book. He also praises his mum Anne Cryer who served as the Labour MP for Keighley and first raised the…

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Why Sam Altman is Scared & Why People Are Giving Up on MCP | EP99.23 1:33:56

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Join Simtheory to experience MCPs: https://simtheory.ai ---- 00:00 - OpenAI's State of the Union & Why Cursor's Composer Model is a Threat 44:26 - Does MCP Need To Die? Our Thoughts on State of MCP and Why The Client Implementations are the Problem 1:07:53 - 1X NEO The Home Robot LOLZ 1:28:05 - Greg Brockman, A Sad Song. ---- Thanks for listening a…

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How to Chair a Select Committee, with Caroline Dineage MP 26:51

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Caroline Dineage, chair of the DCMS select committee explains how select committees choose their subjects for inquiry, what makes a good witness and how members should construct a good question. She talks about the perils of young people working in the tv industry and explains how to make a decision on whether to accept one of the many free tickets…

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Do We Need AI Browsers? What Are Claude Skills? - EP99.22 1:26:34

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ----- 00:00 - AI Browser Wars: ChatGPT Atlas, Copilot Updates & Edge Copilot AI 23:15 - Why Not Focus on Real Use Cases for AI? 34:49 - Claude Skills: What Are Claude Skills? What is the Difference Between MCP and Skills? 1:04:05 - Vibe Code Fashion: Oakley Meta Vanguards + Use Cases of AI Glasses 1:15:05 - Top …

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How do politicians and tabloids get along, with former Mirror editor Lloyd Embley 37:49

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Former Mirror editor Lloyd Embley discusses how tabloids and politicians co-exist. He discusses breaking the Partygate story, the changing attitudes to politicians personal lives over his 30 years and his advice to misbehaving politicians who get THAT phone call. He talks about the repercussions and recriminations from his decision to use the front…

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Is Haiku 4.5 really THIS good? OpenAI's Erotic Mode & Are MCP Apps the Right Approach? EP99.21 1:13:31

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai Use "SIMLINK" to get 30% off Pro & Max annual plans until Oct 31st 2025 ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Gemini 3.0 HYPE with "make an OS" 03:50 - Anthropic Releases Claude Haiku 4.5: Initial Thoughts 11:57 - Veo 3.1 and new modes (first frame/last frame & reference to image) 25:20 - OpenAI's Erotica Mode & age verificati…

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How to run for Deputy Leader, with Bridget Phillipson’ 35:25

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Bridget Phillipson discusses why she decided to stand for deputy leader, her competitive streak, why child poverty is what gets her out of bed everyday and what she thinks about karaoke - spoiler- she isn’t a fan. __ This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change drop …

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What did OpenAI Announce at DevDay? Apps SDK, MCP UI & Impact to SaaS - EP99.20-APPS 1:05:31

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ---- Check out our albums on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/28PU4ypB18QZTotml8tMDq?si=XfaAbBKAQAaaG_Cg2AkD9A ---- 00:00 - OpenAI DevDay 2025 Recap 03:24 - ChatGPT Apps SDK & MCP UI & Agents SDK 42:11 - AgentKit & AgentBuilder: Who is it for? 50:41 - GPT-5-pro in API 53:15 - gpt-realtime-mini 56:53 - So…

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What is the role of a Chief Whip, with ex Chief Whip Simon Hart 34:14

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Lord Hart, Chief Whip in Rishi Sunak’s Government, shares some eye watering tales of the misbehaviour by politicians and staffers, describes how a Whip tries to get an MP to vote for legislation they don’t like and why being a politician takes an emotional toll on many who are elected. __ This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic …

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Doom Scrolling SORA2, Claude 4.5 Sonnet & Are Agents Coming for our Jobs? EP99.19 1:39:22

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai (Use STILLRELEVANT for $10 off) ---- 00:00 - Sora2 Examples 00:56 - Sora2: Initial Impressions & Thoughts 26:39 - Claude Sonnet 4.5: It's REALLY good 47:09 - Claude Agent SDK & AI Agent Systems 55:05 - Is Claude Imagine a Look at Future Software / AI OS? 1:00:25 - Claude 4.5 Sonnet Dis Track 1:06:24 - "Real AI A…

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How to campaign for change when you aren’t a politician. with Feargal Sharkey 33:07

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Anti sewage campaigner and musician Feargal Sharkey says that you don’t need to be famous to get results but finding the right language to use can put put rocket boosters under your campaign, plus he tells Gloria and Jonathan why his prostate cancer diagnosis might lead to his next campaign. __ This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the stra…

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lolz with Omnihuman, Agentic Gemini 2.5 Flash, Grok 4 FAST & ChatGPT Pulse - EP99.18-v5-FLASH 1:18:34

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai & Try Omnihuman, Gemini Flash 2.5 Preview, Grok 4 FAST, and Suno v5! Code: STILLRELEVANT --- Links: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-algorithm-will-see-you-now/ https://developers.googleblog.com/en/continuing-to-bring-you-our-latest-models-with-an-improved-gemini-2-5-flash-and-flash-lite-release/ --- CHAPTER…

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How should politicians do a media interview, with Rob Burley 40:12

2M ago40:12

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Rob Burley, Political producer, editor extraordinaire and author of Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to me, produced interviews with the likes of Jeremy Paxman, Emily Maitlis, Andrew Marr, Beth Rigby and Andrew Neil. In this episode he discusses which politicians do it well and which don’t and calls for politicians to be more authentic to connect wi…

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Long Horizon Agents, State of MCPs, Meta's AI Glasses & Geoffrey Hinton is a LOVE RAT - EP99.17 1:09:00

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Simtheory promo 01:09 - Does Anthropic Intentionally Degrade Their Models? 03:34 - Long Horizon Agents & How We Will Build Them 36:18 - The State of MCPs & Internal Custom Enterprise MCPs 51:04 - AI Devices: Meta's Ray-Ban Display & Meta Oakley Vanguards 1:01:24 - Geoffrey Hinton is a LOVE…

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What's it like to change political parties, with Lee Anderson MP 38:46

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Lee Anderson discusses his left wing youth, shares his memories of the miners strike, talks about why he left Labour and joined the Tories - and why he feels he has finally found his political home -- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change drop them an email at…

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How to be metro mayor, with West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin 33:21

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Britains first woman metro mayor, Tracy Brabin, joins Gloria and Jonathan to discuss living her best life, why the new deputy leader must be a northern woman and why she left Coronation Street for politics -- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change drop them an …

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Billions, Browsers & What AI Will Do To SaaS + Video Maker MCP Preview - EP99.16-BILLIES 1:16:13

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Join Simtheory with STILLRELEVANT: https://simtheory.ai Note: Video/Documentary Maker Live Next Week. ----- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Anthropic Raise $13B, OpenAI Team Sell Secondaries 04:50 - Atlassian Acquires The Browse Company & The Future of SaaS in an AI-first World 45:52 - Video Maker MCP: Make your own documentaries, corporate videos, TikTok Videos…

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How do reshuffles really work? With Luke Sullivan 40:23

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Luke Sullivan, a former political adviser to Keir Starmer and two labour chief whips, explains how politicians get promoted and why some lose their jobs while Jonathan and Gloria reflect on their own experiences of their appointments to the shadow cabinet -- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your …

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gpt-realtime, nano banana & workspace computer v2 | EP99.15-realtime 1:06:12

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Join Simtheory and get $10 off with STILLRELEVANT --- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - gpt-realtime: first impressions 32:20 - AI model cost to value ration: what are you willing to pay? 38:56 - nano-banana (aka Gemini 2.5 Flash Image) 46:45 - We're working on workspace computer v2 58:20 - Pixverse v5 transitions are cool 1:01:14 - final thoughts for the week ---…

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Is Labour still the party of the working class? With Blue Labour chief Maurice Glasman 40:47

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Maurice Glasman on how Labour can stop the boats, on working class anger with Labour and how the working class vote always determines who wins General Elections --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change drop them an email at [email protected] Production …

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MCP UI, Crime Podcasts, Nano-Banana, Qwen Image Edit & Google AI Announcements - EP99.14 1:14:40

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Join Simtheory (STILLRELEVANT): https://simtheory.ai ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Simtheory Podcast Ad lolz 01:59 - A Not So Memorable Week, Nano Banana & Google AI Announcements 15:10 - New Podcast MCP lolz: crime podcasts 33:47 - Qwen Image Edit: Does it live up to hype? 37:54 - MCP UI: Output types, future of apps with MCP UIs 54:32 - No results from …

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BONUS: Season One's Best Bits 35:52

3M ago35:52

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On this special episode we bring you a compilation of the best bits of season one of Politics Inside Out. Gloria and Jonathan will be back next week with more great guests lifting the lid on Westminster. --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change drop them an e…

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GPT-5 A Week Later, Ideogram Character Reference & gaggle poaching - EP99.13-THINKING-MINI 1:01:33

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Simtheory plug 00:48 - GPT-5 1 Week Later, Reaction to GPT-5 & Our Thoughts on Future of AI Models 30:12 - Ideogram Character Reference Fun + Disturbing Photos of Us 37:33 - Using creative MCPs together for photos, videos and 3D objects 43:16 - MCP output combinations and the explosion of …

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What do politicians get up to on holiday? 25:34

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In this special recess episode Gloria and Jonathan ask our guests what politicians get up to on their holidays. We'll hear from Patrick Maguire, Gillian Keegan, Wes Streeting, Michael Gove, Mel Stride and Lucy Powell. --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change …

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GPT-5 SPECIAL EDITION - EP99.12-5 1:49:17

4M ago1:49:17

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Sign up to the new Simtheory for GPT-5 & MCP Store: https://simtheory.ai (Use coupon STILLRELEVENT for $10 USD) ---- GPT-5 DIS TRACK: https://simulationtheory.ai/ba0ba238-5668-4b65-85e7-8466d68861a8 Genie Demo: https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/genie-3-a-new-frontier-for-world-models/ ---- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Simtheory plug for v2 & MCPs 01:28 - …

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Do journalists make good politicians, with Michael Gove 39:43

4M ago39:43

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Former cabinet minister turned Spectator editor Michael Gove joins Gloria and Jonathan to talk about whether journalists make good politicians. They discuss how the Tories are doing under Badenoch, who he thinks is the most impressive Labour Cabinet minister, his thoughts on ReformUK, and his advice for Prime Minister Keir Starmer. --- This episode…

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How to be Health Secretary, With Wes Streeting MP 48:12

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting joins Gloria and Jonathan and talks about why Health Secretary is such an important job in a Labour government, why anti-obesity jabs could be a game changer but come with risks and his battles with striking doctors. --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company…

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How do political journalists get their stories, with Patrick Maguire 42:28

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Patrick Maguire - the times chief political commentator talks about why politicians give him information, explains what ‘off the record’ and ‘on background’ mean to journalists, how politicians should do a journalists lunch, and who his favourite is to be next Labour leader --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communicati…

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OpenAI's Agent Mode, Kimi K2, Grok 4 & AI Girlfriend Ani Joins the Show - EP99.11-K2 1:28:42

4M ago1:28:42

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai --- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Ani Joins The Show 01:10 - Grok 4 Launch & Impressions 18:24 - Kimi K2 Thoughts, Impressions & MCP tool calling 36:00 - OpenAI's Agent Mode Release Initial Impressions & Are MCP Agentic Models Better? 1:21:10 - Everyone Acquired Windsurf 1:24:48 - Final thoughts Thanks for listening and you…

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How to be Shadow Chancellor, with Mel Stride MP 36:03

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In this episode, Mel Stride talks to Gloria and Jonathan about how to be shadow chancellor, his relationship with Rachel Reeves and standing in for Kemi Badenock at PMQS --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change drop them an email at [email protected] Ho…

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Is there life after politics? with Gillian Keegan 40:35

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In this episode, Gloria and Jonathan speak to former Education Secretary Gillian Keegan and our question of the week is whether there is life after politics. She discusses the night she lost her seat, being caught saying the F word, introducing Sir Nicholas Soames to chips and gravy, and her perspective on why MPs rather than party members should c…

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The Way We'll Work With AI, Vibe-ing Everything, Agentic AI with MCP & Born In The USA - EP99.10-PRO 1:18:34

5M ago1:18:34

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ------ CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Did everyone hate the AI Musical? 03:58 - Actual Agentic Use Cases with MCPs & The New Way We'll Work 39:47 - How AI Workspaces Will Eat Productivity Software e.g. Salesforce, Email 1:10:20 - Final thoughts 1:15:26 - Born In The USA (AI Version) ------ Song lyrics: [Verse 1] Born down in…

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Looking back on one year of a Labour Govt., with Lucy Powell MP 35:00

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Leader of the House Lucy Powell joins Gloria De Piero and Jonathan Ashworth to reflect on Labour’s first anniversary, her plans to modernise Parliament and her monthly meetings with the King --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change drop them an email at info@…

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THIS DAY IN AI: THE MUSICAL 21:50

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So Chris this week, we're doing a musical! ---- Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai/ ---- Songs in the musical: "So Chris This Week" "What Will My Daily Driver Be" "How Do You Choose a Model for Patricia?" "It's Hard Being Me" "I Dreamed a Dream of AGI" "Driving Home To You" ---- All music produced using Simtheory with Suno 4.5. Thanks for listeni…

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How to be Cabinet Secretary, with Simon Case 48:46

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Britain’s most senior civil servant, who served the last four British Prime Ministers, opens up about Westminster group think, why he stopped voting in General Elections and whether Whitehall officials have a duty to meet Nigel Farage ahead of the next election. --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. …

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Is AI Making Us Stupider? Gemini 2.5 Family, Neural OS, MCP Future Thoughts & o3p-pro - EP99.09 1:27:51

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Join Simtheory & Easily Switch Models: https://simtheory.ai Discord community: https://thisdayinai.com --- 00:00 - Gemini 2.5 Family Launched with Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite Preview 10:01 - Did Gemini 2.5 Get Dumber? Experience with Models & Daily Drivers & Neural OS 16:58 - The AI workspace as the gateway & MCPs as an async workflow 37:23 - Oura Ring M…

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How to be a new MP, with Natalie Fleet MP 39:30

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Gloria De Piero and Jonathan Ashworth talk to Natalie Fleet, Labour MP for Bolsover, as she approaches a year in Parliament. She talks about her campaign to stop the perpetrators of rape having access to those children conceived of the rape, why the Government has to reform welfare and having to wait to be given formal permission to remove her jack…

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Can o3-pro write a book? ElevenLabs v3 and MCP as the AI Business Model - EP99.08-PRO 1:18:03

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Try o3-pro on Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai ----- Custom news article example: https://simulationtheory.ai/744954f8-fca5-4213-883c-2a359f139dcc ----- 00:00 - ElevenLabs v3 Example 01:10 - ElevenLabs v3 alpha thoughts 06:37 - o3 price drop & thoughts on o3-pro 18:02 - Async work and AI model tool (MCP) calling approaches 37:28 - MCP as an AI-era b…

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Can you be a carer and be a leading politician with leader of the Liberal Democrat’s Ed Davey 43:13

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Politics Inside Out returns for a fourth episode. Gloria De Piero and Jonathan Ashworth ask leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey on whether it’s possible to be a carer and a politician. Plus, whether there’s any campaigning stunt he wouldn’t do and he has some harsh words for Donald Trump. --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the s…

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AGI Reality Check, Gemini 2.5 Update, Are Your AI Chats Safe & Fun with Veo3 - EP99.07-06-05 1:05:19

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai --- Apologies for audio quality we are noobs to both being in same room. --- CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Fun with Veo3 05:28 - Is the Best Model What Deepseek is trained on? 07:27 - New Gemini 2.5 Pro Tune 13:59 - Will MCPs and Agentic Capabilities Make Claude 4 King? 24:00 - Anthropic Cuts off Windsurf From Claude 36:08 …

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What’s it like to be the party with political momentum, with Reform UK’s Deputy Leader Richard Tice MP 40:52

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Politics Inside Out returns for a third episode. Gloria De Piero and Jonathan Ashworth ask Reform UK’s Richard Tice how it feels like to be the party with momentum, and whether they may have peaked too soon. --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change drop them …

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Will Claude Call the Cops? Claude 4 Sonnet & Opus Impressions, Flux.1-KONTEXT & Kling 2.1 - EP99.06 1:23:44

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Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai Thanks for listening and your support!By Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey

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Why do MPs set up internal party groupings? With Jo White 42:24

6M ago42:24

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Gloria and Jonathan talk to Jo White, chair of the Red Wall group of Labour MPs, about why she came into politics --- This episode is sponsored by Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. If your company wants to campaign for change drop them an email at [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio…

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Opus & Sonnet 4, Google I/O Recap, Microsoft BUILD & Sam Alman Has A New Friend - EP99.05-FLASH 1:49:57

6M ago1:49:57

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Try New Models & Imagen4 on Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai --- Claude Sonnet 4 Vibe Code Example: https://simulationtheory.ai/a99d36da-7cf7-4797-98ab-f4902283d17c --- Your two favorite average VIBE CODERS are back this week covering all the latest news from Google I/O, Anthropic, Microsoft BUILD and Sam Altman's new 6.4B friendship. 00:00 - Sam Al…

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What's It Like To Hold A Great Office of State? With James Cleverly 40:58

6M ago40:58

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The first episode of Politics Inside Out sees former Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary James Cleverly tell us what it’s like to hold two of the biggest jobs in government. Brought to you in association with Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Politics Inside Out series intro 1:32

6M ago1:32

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Westminster insiders Gloria De Piero and Jonathan Ashworth introduce their new podcast which lifts the lid on politics in the UK. Join them every week as they talk to the people who really know how Westminster works. Brought to you in association with Woburn Partners, the strategic communications agency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m…