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 Discussed 00:00:18 Episode Intro And Hosts 00:01:27 Codex Micro And Think Louder 00:02:26 Micro As A Developer Tool 00:04:11 Voice Activation And Agent Controls 00:05:40 Carl Buys Micro For His Dev Team 00:07:01 Replaceable Keys And Programmable Controls 00:09:14 Stream Decks And Existing Shortcut Hardware 00:10:33 Micro As A Collector’s Item 00:11:04 Trigger Skills, PR Reviews And Reasoning Control 00:12:28 Who Is Codex Micro Actually For? 00:15:21 Hardware Controls Versus Voice Coding 00:17:25 Named Subagents Instead Of Manual Toggles 00:19:18 Work Boards And Agent Status Tracking 00:20:17 AI Regulation In China And The U.S. 00:20:46 Demis Hassabis And AI Safety Guidelines 00:21:13 China’s Restrictions On AI Companion Chatbots 00:23:44 Population, Fertility And AI Policy 00:24:28 Kimi Three Release Mention 00:24:43 Inkling And Thinking Machines Lab 00:25:28 Mira Murati Background 00:26:30 Inkling As An Open Weight Model 00:27:36 Foundation Models Versus Frontier Models 00:27:57 Tinker As The Customization Platform 00:28:25 Bridgewater Financial Reasoning Example 00:30:40 Tinker Predating Inkling 00:33:23 Enterprise Strategy For Open Weight Models 00:34:57 Ethan Mollick’s Early Inkling Reaction 00:36:15 Open Source Versus Open Weight 00:38:52 Model License Examples Across Providers 00:40:16 Thinking Machines’ Business Model 00:42:24 Brian’s Face-Tracking AI Build 00:44:05 Pupil Distance As A Measurement Anchor 00:45:19 Moving The Tool To Mobile Selfies 00:46:52 Gareth’s AI DJ Build 00:48:27 Beth’s Cloud Code Work Board Concept 00:50:00 Slash Goal, LFG And Session Limits 00:51:31 Fable Reset And Anthropic Credits 00:52:20 Codex Five-Hour Limit Removed 00:53:03 One X Robot Hand 00:54:11 Tendon-Driven Dexterity And Washable Hands 00:55:31 Tele-Operated Humanoid Robot Surgery 00:56:27 General Purpose Robots In Remote Surgery 00:57:11 Robots As Future Surgeons 00:58:47 Episode Wrap-Up The Daily AI Show Co Hosts: Brian Maucere, Andy Halliday, Beth Lyons, Gareth.