In the latest Digital Nexus podcast, we talk about all things AI from the national radio station using undisclosed AI announcers and the low levels of trust in AI among Australians. We also cover the necessity of AI education contrasted by recent AI policy changes and their potential impacts on journalism and news accuracy.
We also cover an upcoming UX and AI course from Chris, and some highlights on revamped the Sike knowledge management tool from Mark.
TIMELINE
0:00 - Intros and wrap ups of what Chris and Mark have been up to during the week
4:46 - New masterclass on UX from Chris with Matt Barry
9:52 - Internet of Bugs video on the Indie Product Dev problem
12:45 - DJ that wasn't real
14:44 - AI trust in Australia is low
18:45 - Trump executive orders on AI in the US, a positive?
20:26 - AI versus journalists
27:55 - Perplexity and their agentic search browser
28:34 - Gemini's new AI App - editing photos as a new feature
29:51 - Google throwing ads into chat
32:45 - Gemini adding GitHub app for coders
34:06 - Claude Code updates
37:50 - Meta launching their own AI app too
41:07 - Amazon and Nova Premier
41:45 - Suna AI an alternative to Manus
45:20 - Juno updates
47:20 - LM Arena gaming the system?
52:36 - Revamped Sike.ai preview
LINKS
AI Radio Host Unveiled in Sydney - https://cybernews.com/ai-news/australian-radio-host-artificial-intelligence/
Australia's AI Trust Deficit Highlighted - https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/falling-behind-new-report-reveals-big-ai-wake-up-call-for-australia/news-story/5f866a86d1223e899d9eac4aa732594f
Public Skepticism Grows Over AI's Role in News Media - https://www.eweek.com/news/americans-ai-news-misinformation-concerns-2025/
Nvidia CEO Highlights AI's Potential for Energy Efficiency
http://axios.com/newsletters/axios-generate-1b5e56f0-250f-11f0-b6ba-9be1a001b962
Trump Administration Moves to Accelerate AI Innovation - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/donald-trump-executive-orders-signed-list
Meta Launches Standalone AI App to Compete with ChatGPT - https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/29/meta-launches-standalone-ai-app-to-take-on-chatgpt.html
Google Ads and AI - https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/01/google-is-reportedly-showing-ads-in-chats-with-some-third-party-ai-chatbots/
Claude Code - https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-3-7-sonnet
Amazon Nova: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/amazon-launches-nova-premier-its-largest-ai-model-yet/
Accusing AI Labs of gaming benchmarks: https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/study-accuses-lm-arena-of-helping-top-ai-labs-game-its-benchmark/
Google Gemini gets image updates: can now edit images in app - https://bgr.com/tech/gemini-ai-app-can-now-edit-all-your-photos-and-thats-not-even-the-best-new-feature/
Manus competitor Suna is here, and it's free / Opensource https://dev.to/fallon_jimmy/suna-ai-freeopen-source-alternative-to-manus-cbg
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Other Links
🎙️our podcast links here: https://digitalnexuspodcast.com/
👤Chris on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/pcsinclair/
👤Mark on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmonfort/
👤 Mark on Twitter - https://twitter.com/captdefi
SHOWNOTE LINKS
🔗 SIKE - https://sike.ai/
🌐Digital Village - https://digitalvillage.network/
🌐NotCentralised - https://www.notcentralised.com/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalNexusPodcast
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