Inkling, Codex Micro And Robot Surgeons

The episode opened with the new Codex Micro device, a developer-focused keypad built for agentic coding workflows. The hosts discussed who the device is really for, whether it helps professional developers more than casual AI builders, and whether physical AI controls are a temporary bridge before voice and named subagents take over.The middle of the episode moved into AI regulation and model strategy. The hosts compared China’s new restrictions on companion chatbots for minors with the lighter approach in the United States, then turned to Kimi Three, Thinking Machines Lab, Mira Murati, Inkling, Tinker, and the difference between open weight and open source models. The discussion focused on enterprise customization, whether foundation models matter more than frontier models in some business cases, and why a “not great yet” model may still be valuable if companies can train it for their own workflows.The back half shifted into practical AI builds and robotics. Brian shared a personal face-measurement app built in Claude Code to track weight-loss changes from photos, Gareth described an AI DJ tool, Beth discussed a Cloud Code work board concept, and Andy compared Claude Code and Codex on project execution. The episode closed with robotics stories, including One X’s tendon-driven robot hand and San Diego researchers using tele-operated humanoid robots for live surgical procedures.Key Points Discussed00:00:18 Episode Intro And Hosts00:01:27 Codex Micro And Think Louder00:02:26 Micro As A Developer Tool00:04:11 Voice Activation And Agent Controls00:05:40 Carl Buys Micro For His Dev Team00:07:01 Replaceable Keys And Programmable Controls00:09:14 Stream Decks And Existing Shortcut Hardware00:10:33 Micro As A Collector’s Item00:11:04 Trigger Skills, PR Reviews And Reasoning Control00:12:28 Who Is Codex Micro Actually For?00:15:21 Hardware Controls Versus Voice Coding00:17:25 Named Subagents Instead Of Manual Toggles00:19:18 Work Boards And Agent Status Tracking00:20:17 AI Regulation In China And The U.S.00:20:46 Demis Hassabis And AI Safety Guidelines00:21:13 China’s Restrictions On AI Companion Chatbots00:23:44 Population, Fertility And AI Policy00:24:28 Kimi Three Release Mention00:24:43 Inkling And Thinking Machines Lab00:25:28 Mira Murati Background00:26:30 Inkling As An Open Weight Model00:27:36 Foundation Models Versus Frontier Models00:27:57 Tinker As The Customization Platform00:28:25 Bridgewater Financial Reasoning Example00:30:40 Tinker Predating Inkling00:33:23 Enterprise Strategy For Open Weight Models00:34:57 Ethan Mollick’s Early Inkling Reaction00:36:15 Open Source Versus Open Weight00:38:52 Model License Examples Across Providers00:40:16 Thinking Machines’ Business Model00:42:24 Brian’s Face-Tracking AI Build00:44:05 Pupil Distance As A Measurement Anchor00:45:19 Moving The Tool To Mobile Selfies00:46:52 Gareth’s AI DJ Build00:48:27 Beth’s Cloud Code Work Board Concept00:50:00 Slash Goal, LFG And Session Limits00:51:31 Fable Reset And Anthropic Credits00:52:20 Codex Five-Hour Limit Removed00:53:03 One X Robot Hand00:54:11 Tendon-Driven Dexterity And Washable Hands00:55:31 Tele-Operated Humanoid Robot Surgery00:56:27 General Purpose Robots In Remote Surgery00:57:11 Robots As Future Surgeons00:58:47 Episode Wrap-UpThe Daily AI Show Co Hosts: Brian Maucere, Andy Halliday, Beth Lyons, Gareth.