EP26: Gemini and Claude Updates, RootsTech Panel on Responsible AI, Interview with Jessica Taylor of Legacy Tree Genealogists, ChatGPT 5 Announcement

Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little discuss recent updates from Google Gemini and Anthropic Claude that are reshaping AI capabilities for genealogists. Google's Gemini 2.5 Pro with its massive context window and Claude 4's hybrid reasoning models that excels at both writing and document analysis.

They share insights from the RootsTech panel on responsible AI use in genealogy, and introduce the Coalition's five core principles for the response use of AI. The episode features an interview with Jessica Taylor, president of Legacy Tree Genealogists, who discusses how her company is thoughtfully experimenting with AI tools.

In RapidFire, they preview ChatGPT 5's anticipated summer release, Meta's $14 billion acquisition to stay competitive, and Adobe Acrobat AI's new multi-document capabilities.

Timestamps:

In the News:

03:45 Google Gemini 2.5 Pro: Massive Context Windows Transform Document Analysis

15:09 Claude 4 Opus and Sonnet: Hybrid Reasoning Models for Writing and Research

26:30 RootsTech Panel: Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy

Interview:

31:28 Jessica Taylor, CEO of Legacy Tree Genealogists, on her cautious approach to AI Adoption

RapidFire:

45:07 ChatGPT 5 Coming Soon: One Model to Rule Them All

51:08 Meta's $14.8 Billion Scale AI Acquisition

56:42 Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant Adds Multi-Document Analysis

Resource Links

Google I/O Conference Highlights

https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-io-2025-all-our-announcements/

Anthropic Announces Claude 4

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-4

Anthropic's new Claude 4 AI models can reason over many steps

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/anthropics-new-claude-4-ai-models-can-reason-over-many-steps/

Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy

https://craigen.org/

Jessica M. Taylor

https://www.apgen.org/users/jessica-m-taylor

Legacy Tree Genealogists

https://www.legacytree.com/

Rootstech

https://www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech/

ChatGPT 5 is Coming Soon

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/chatgpt-5-is-coming-soon-heres-what-we-know

Meta's $14.8 billion Scale AI deal latest test of AI partnerships

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/metas-148-billion-scale-ai-deal-latest-test-ai-partnerships-2025-06-13/

A frustrated Zuckerberg makes his biggest AI bet

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/10/zuckerberg-makes-metas-biggest-bet-on-ai-14-billion-scale-ai-deal.html

Adobe upgrades Acrobat AI chatbot to add multi-document analysis

https://www.androidauthority.com/adobe-ai-assistant-acrobat-3451988/

Tags

Artificial Intelligence, Genealogy, Family History, AI Tools, Google Gemini, Claude AI, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Meta AI, Adobe Acrobat, Responsible AI, Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy, RootsTech, AI Ethics, Document Analysis, AI Writing Tools, Hybrid Reasoning Models, Context Windows, Professional Genealogy, Legacy Tree Genealogists, Jessica Taylor, AI Integration, Multi-Document Analysis, AI Acquisitions