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Episode 2. Davie Holt and Landry Fields on the AI news that actually moved this week, and what it means if you run a business instead of a data center.Stripe quietly acquired OpenRouter, the aggregator that sits in front of every major model. Then a mystery model called Ox Alpha showed up on that same platform, free, with a million-token window, and nobody will say who built it. Davie puts the tinfoil hat on for that one.Also: GrokBot drops and xAI buys Cursor, why agent-based interfaces are a real shift and not a reskin, Qwen 3.8, and why the next race in AI is cost rather than capability.Then the part worth your time if you own the business. Before you vibe code a solution to anything, answer one question: are you willing to stay in the pocket when it collapses? If you don't have the time to maintain it, it isn't worth building, and that has nothing to do with AI.Plus the VA red flag every agency should be watching for, why accent mitigation changes what a virtual assistant can do, and what happened when Landry spent seven days replacing his agency's entire intranet with a Chrome extension.CHAPTERS00:00 Welcome to Episode 200:49 Music check: Anberlin, Switchfoot, and Stella Lefty02:45 This week in AI news03:13 Tinfoil hat time: what OpenRouter actually is04:28 Stripe acquires OpenRouter04:47 Ox Alpha, the model nobody will claim06:30 Is Stripe becoming the next Amazon07:53 GrokBot drops, xAI buys Cursor08:34 Why agent-based interfaces change the game10:40 The August model deluge11:06 The next race is cost, not capability11:31 Qwen 3.8 and running models locally13:04 What AI Rockstars is actually for14:08 To vibe code or to SaaS14:33 The real question is time, not AI15:28 The VA model is being disrupted16:04 Accent mitigation and what it changes17:13 Davie on running a VA company18:14 The VA red flag every agency should watch for20:13 This month's build: Chrome extensions20:40 Landry rebuilds his agency intranet in seven days21:35 Start in Claude Design, not in code23:24 Killing the operational grind24:53 Coming in September: GitHub and Claude Code26:36 Bring us a real business problem27:04 Use technology to be more humanWatch on YouTube: https://youtube.com/@AIRockstarsShowJoin us at www.theairockstars.com and pick your band.OpenMic for business owners.Insurance Rockstars for agency owners.Come try it out. No obligation.www.theairockstars.com www.theairockstars.com

Episode 1. Davie Holt and Landry Fields break down what actually changed in AI this week, and what it means if you run an agency instead of a data center.We get into Opus 5 versus Fable and why one of them got pulled, AI video that you genuinely cannot detect anymore, and the shift from generative to agentic AI that every major platform is racing toward.Then the University of Kentucky launches an AI undergraduate degree, which sends us into whether that degree is anything more than a computer science degree in a new jacket, and what AI literacy actually needs to mean when you are hiring.The part worth your time if you own the business: the highest-leverage hire most agency owners are not making. Hint, it is not you, and it is probably already on your payroll.Landry also admits on the record that he has never seen Terminator. Either one.CHAPTERS00:00 Welcome to AI Rockstars00:43 What we're doing every week01:14 Music check: Ella Langley and a band called Couch04:18 This week in AI news04:49 Opus 5 vs Fable, and why Fable got pulled07:31 Cheaper models, and how to stack them properly09:04 Models breaking out: the raptors are testing the fences09:43 Landry has never seen Terminator10:57 Seed Dance 2.5 and undetectable AI video12:49 ChatGPT Work vs Claude Cowork14:02 Generative to agentic: where this is headed15:45 University of Kentucky launches an AI degree17:35 If you go to college, not when19:39 The fractional AI hire, and where a VA fits20:56 Hire a VA who already has AI literacy21:21 Send your number two22:33 It's the late '90s all over again23:16 This month's build: custom Chrome extensions24:15 Four hours, and the most loved tool in the agency24:56 Don't spend $1,000 on a course26:23 The future is humanity27:41 Where to find usWHERE TO FIND USWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AIRockstarsShowApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id6796053920Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033Y2tKfaHyi3CQnF9GQg4Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d0870f89-c1ef-4c38-b488-2410607917cfLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theairockstarsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAiRockstarsJoin the community: https://www.theairockstars.comwww.theairockstars.com www.theairockstars.com

You are not behind.That's the first thing we want you to hear. Every week we talk to business owners who say the same thing: I don't even know where to start with AI, let alone keep up with it.So Landry Fields and I built a place to start.Each week on The AI Rock Stars we bring you what actually moved in the AI world and what it means for your business. No hype. No theory dumps. Real workflows from people running real companies.There are two very easy ways to get involved:1. Go to www.theairockstars.com and find your band. Join the community and get involved. We meet every week and we provide guidance and support on how to use AI in your everyday life.2. Follow this podcast wherever you get podcasts. Engage, follow along, and grow with Landry and me and the other business owners who are in the same boat you are.We're all trying to make sure AI makes us more human.WHERE TO FIND USWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AIRockstarsShowApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id6796053920Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033Y2tKfaHyi3CQnF9GQg4Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d0870f89-c1ef-4c38-b488-2410607917cfLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theairockstarsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAiRockstarsJoin the community: https://www.theairockstars.comwww.theairockstars.com www.theairockstars.com