Episode 60 of the Thought Media Podcast explores one of the most ambitious claims in artificial intelligence history: Integral AI’s announcement of what it calls the world’s first AGI-capable AI model. The episode breaks down what this claim actually means, why...

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Episode 59 of the Thought Media Podcast explores a historic and symbolic decision by Time Magazine: naming the “Architects of AI” as its 2025 Person of the Year. For the first time, Time Magazine moved away from honoring a single individual...

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Episode 58 of the Thought Media Podcast examines one of the most groundbreaking entertainment–AI partnerships to date: Disney’s multi-year agreement with OpenAI and its $1 billion investment into the company. This collaboration officially brings OpenAI’s generative video model, Sora, into Disney’s...

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Episode 57 of the Thought Media Podcast examines a major geopolitical development: the United States has eased export restrictions on NVIDIA’s high-performance H200 AI chips, allowing limited, tightly regulated sales to China. This policy shift reverses more than a year of...

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Episode 56 of the Thought Media Podcast dives into Amazon’s major announcement at re:Invent 2025: the release of Trainium3, the newest AI accelerator designed to challenge Nvidia’s dominance and Google’s custom TPU hardware. Ava and Max explore what this leap in...

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Episode 55 of the Thought Media Podcast breaks down YouTube’s official list of the Top Podcasts of 2025, marking a major shift in how the platform positions long-form content. For the first time ever, YouTube expanded its annual Recap beyond music...

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Episode 54 of the Thought Media Podcast takes a deep dive into the Fastest Growing Brands of 2025, revealing how shifting consumer habits, economic pressures, and technology adoption have reshaped the brand landscape. Ava and Max walk listeners through the top...

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Episode 53 of the Thought Media Podcast explores one of the most consequential technological milestones of the decade: China’s launch of Hanyuan No. 1, the world’s first commercially available atomic quantum computer. This breakthrough signals a transition from experimental research systems...

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