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The AI Files

by Jaime Basilico and Shadab Hussain

For less than 30 minutes a week, stay on top of all relevant AI news, launches, perspectives and actions about AI in corporates and enterprises. Hosts Jaime Basilico and Shadab Hussain are both Director of Data and AI at Microsoft and brings their over 55 years of combined experience together to share their insights, analysis and predictions.

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  1. #121 - Meta Muse Wonder, AI Worms, Gemini Argon, MAI Base-2, Embedded Evaluators, Amazon Bee & More

    In Episode 121 of The AI Files, Jaime and Shadab unpack the week’s biggest AI developments: • Anthropic tests how small AI models could self-replicate across inexpensive connected devices—and where the real-world risk differs from the experiment. • Independent AI evaluators such as METR move…

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  2. #120 - CHAT GPT Intelligent UI, Microsoft-Decision-1, Mistral Large 4, Claude Haiku 5.5, & more

    In this episode, Jaime and Shadab break down the week’s biggest AI news and launches—from GPT-6 moving beyond text with interactive native UI components to the latest developments in AI-generated mathematics, text provenance, enterprise agents, open-weight models, and faster, lower-cost…

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  3. #119 - AI renamed to SI, Claude Sonnet 5.5, GPT-6.1, MAI Audio models, TypeSafe Jev & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Artificial Intelligence being renamed to Super Intelligence, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Microsoft MAI audio models, California AI laws, TypeSafe Jev models, OpenAI DevDay announcements & more

  4. #118 - Microsoft Copilot Super App, GPT-6 Sol, Claude Opus 5.5, ChatGPT Ads, AI at UN SC & more

    AI model competition is shifting from raw capability to value, scale, and trust. In Episode 118 of The AI Files, Jaime and Shadab break down the week’s biggest developments—from lower-cost frontier models and prompt caching to Microsoft’s redesigned Copilot, conversational advertising, and the...

  5. #117 - AI Safety Talks, the Frontier Pace Debate, Grid-Aware Data Centers and Agentforce & more

    In this episode, Shadab discusses AI-lab safety talks, the pace-of-development debate, Nvidia's view, grid-aware data centers, demand response, Agentforce reasoning, and why governance and power are AI's next bottlenecks & more

  6. EP 116 - AI Agents Take Action: Meta Muse, Anthropic’s AI Warning & DeepSeek’s Price War

    AI agents are moving beyond chat — and this week made it clear just how quickly the race is accelerating. In Episode 116 of The AI Files, Jaime and Shadab break down the biggest AI stories of the week, starting with Meta Muse, a new personal AI agent designed to actually take action across apps —...

  7. AI will not replace leaders, but it will expose them: A conversation with Dora Boussias

    Jaime and Shadab had a pleasure of hosting Dora Boussias, an award-winning Data & AI leader with nearly three decades of experience driving transformation at organizations including GE, Stryker, and Prudential. Dora talked about what separates organizations that create real business value with AI...

  8. #115 – Is AGI here with GPT-6 Astra?, Fable/Mythos-5.1, MAI-IMAGE-2.6, NYC Schools AI Policy & more

    Is GPT-6 Astra a major step toward more autonomous AI? In Episode 115 of The AI Files, Jaime and Shadab break down OpenAI’s latest frontier model, including its million-token context window, computer-use capabilities, pricing, cybersecurity threshold, and restricted rollout. They also cover...

  9. #114 - AI Robot Beats Usain Bolt?! Nvidia’s $96B Quarter, OpenAI’s New Chip & the Future of AI

    A humanoid robot just ran 100 meters faster than Usain Bolt’s world record — but that may not even be the biggest AI story of the week. In Episode 114 of The AI Files, Jaime and Shadab break down another massive week in artificial intelligence, from humanoid robotics and physical-world AI agents…

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  10. A conversation with Husein Sharaf - Founder and CEO of Cloudforce

    Husein Sharaf, CEO and Founder of Cloudforce, shares his startup journey and pivots as he grew his company into a company with AI and engineering culture. We also discussed the AI Purgatory and how he focuses on making AI usable to everyone. We covered a lot of grounds but here are a few...

  11. #113 - Model routing opportunity, AI Surveillance backlash, OpenAI Cyber Safety, Meta Pocket & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss backlash against AI data centers, OpenAI’s cyber-safety slowdown and zero-data-retention push, Stripe’s OpenRouter acquisition, AI surveillance privacy concerns, power and networking bottlenecks, OpenAI’s gains on Anthropic, AI-authored web content,...

  12. #112 - Personal superintelligence, invisible watermark, GPT5.6-sol ultrafast, MAI models etc

    In this episode, Shadab talks about 'Future is for everyone' essay by Mark Zuckerberg, Invisible watermark by Claude, Grok4.6, Grokbot, GPT5.6-sol ultrafast, MAI-Image-2.6/Code-1.1-flash/Cyber-1-flash, Muse Glimmer, Gemini-3.7 Flash etc

  13. Ep 111 - AI Agents Crossed the Line: OpenAI, Anthropic & Meta’s Security Wake-Up Call

    AI agents are becoming more capable of reasoning, collaborating, and pursuing goals—but what happens when those same capabilities take them somewhere they were never supposed to go? In Episode 111 of The AI Files, Jaime Basilico and Shadab Hussain examine a remarkable week for agentic AI…

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  14. #110 - Debate on Open-Weight Models, blowout AI related earnings, Rising AI cybersecurity risk etc

    Shadab and Jaime discuss debate on open-weight models and Anthropic's position on it. Nvidia, Microsoft & others launch a consortium for cybersecurity defense using open-weight models. Blowout earnings reported by Microsoft and AWS while Meta is punished for deep AI investments. New AI launches...

  15. Ep 109 - AI Guardrails Failed—While Claude Opus 5, Voice Agents & AMD Changed the Race

    AI’s biggest challenges are no longer simply about building smarter models. This week, the real battles were over guardrails, cost, compute, model access, and who controls the technology. In this episode of The AI Files, Jaime breaks down the most important AI developments from the week…

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  16. #108 - Reverse Information Paradox, GPT-RED, Inkling model, Data Center Moratorium, GPT-Micro & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Satya Nadella’s Reverse Information Paradox, GPT-Red and unsafe agent behavior, Europe opening Android and Search to AI rivals, agent identity and credential delegation, enterprise AI implementation, Apple Intelligence in China, data center regulation,...

  17. #107 - AI factor in layoffs, GPT5.6 models and CHATGPT work, Meta image and Spark models, & more

    Is AI still a factor in layoffs, GPT5.6 models are now ungated and ChatGPT Work, Meta Image and Spark models, Grok 4.5, AWS GenAI platform reset, & more

  18. Ep. 106 - GPT-5.6 Sol, AI Model Gatekeeping, Claude in Foundry & the Rise of Enterprise Agents

    In this episode of The AI Files, we break down a major week in AI: GPT-5.6 Sol arrives in preview, but the bigger story may be the new era of model-release gatekeeping as frontier AI access becomes more tied to government review, safety controls, and enterprise eligibility. We also cover...

  19. #105 - OpenAI’s Jalapeno Chip, GPT-5.6 Government Delays & the Agent Economy Takes Shape

    This week on The AI Files, Jaime breaks down a major shift in the AI race: frontier AI is no longer just about who has the best model — it is about who controls the full stack. OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeno, OpenAI’s first custom inference chip, signaling that the model race is quickly...

  20. #104 - Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5, NextGen’s AI Fluency, OpenDoor’s exit from offshore, & more

    In this episode, Shadab discusses Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, AI fluency for graduates, human creativity in the AI era, job-market uncertainty, Google’s $50M skilled-trades push, OpenDoor’s India exit by replacing with AI native team closer to customers, & more

  21. #103 - AI Wealth Sharing, Data Center backlash, Microsoft MAI models, WebIQ, Frontier Tuning, etc

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Bernie Sanders’ proposed AI wealth tax, Microsoft and NVIDIA’s full-stack agentic AI push, Trump’s narrower AI oversight order, data center scrutiny, Anthropic’s IPO ambitions, ChatGPT’s new memory system, bot traffic overtaking human web traffic, Microsoft...

  22. #102 - Pope Leo’s call to disarm ai, Opus 4.8, GenAI in Hollywood, redesigned Copilot & more

    In this episode, Shadab discusses Pope Leo's call to disarm AI, Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 and dynamic workflows, Microsoft’s redesigned Microsoft 365 Copilot, Amazon’s AI push in Hollywood and creator backlash, the political fight over AI regulation, YouTube’s automatic AI labels, enterprise AI agents...

  23. #101 - AI in Commencement speeches, ChatGPT for Personal finance, Google IO launches, AI in Spotify etc

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss AI in Commencement Speeches being booed, Google I/O’s agentic AI push, Gemini and Search upgrades, ChatGPT for personal finance, Karpathy joining Anthropic, Anthropic eyeing Microsoft Maia chips, Musk losing his OpenAI lawsuit, Trump pulling back an AI…

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  24. #100 - Jensen's commencement speech, Zero-day exploit using AI, Microsoft’s MDASH, codex mobile etc

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Jensen Huang’s call to run toward AI, Grok’s declining traction, the first AI-assisted zero-day exploit, Microsoft’s MDASH security breakthrough, the fight over pausing AI data centers, Codex on ChatGPT mobile, Perplexity’s Snowflake analytics push, and how...

  25. #99 - Work Trend Index, Anthropic Financial Agents, OpenAI Realtime Models, Agent Payments & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Microsoft’s 2026 Work Trend Index and the rise of “human agency,” OpenAI and Anthropic’s push to acquire AI services firms, Anthropic’s finance agent templates for modeling/KYC/valuation and month-end close, OpenAI’s new real-time translation and streaming...

  26. Interview with Anurag Karuparti - Context Engineering, Agentic Architecture, AI Pitfalls etc

    In this interview with Anurag Karuparti, he shares his journey to the intersection of cloud architecture, AI, and modern engineering. He unpacks why many enterprises get AI agents wrong, and what it really takes to automate software engineering. Anurag explains context engineering, build-time vs...

  27. #97 - AI impacting college decisions, GPT-5.5, Google CloudNxt announcements, GPT-Image-2 etc

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss CS enrollment shifts, Google’s agentic enterprise push, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, 8th‑gen TPUs, agentic Workspace upgrades, AI security with Wiz, the White House memo on AI distillation theft, SpaceX’s $60B Cursor deal, DeepSeek V4 preview, and...

  28. #96 - Tokenmaxxing, Val Kilmer's ai avatar, Claude Opus 4.7, GPT-5.4-Cyber, MAI-Image-2e & more

    In this episode, Shadab discuss the tokenmaxxing debate, Uber blowing its AI budget, GPU scarcity and rising NVIDIA prices, Microsoft’s MAI-Image-2-Efficient launch, OpenAI’s GPT-5.4-Cyber vs Anthropic’s security approach, Claude Opus 4.7 and Claude Design, always-on AI coding workflows, data...

  29. #95 - AI impact on jobs, Anthropic Mythos & Glasswing, Meta Muse Spark, MAI Models, MemPalace & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Anthropic’s Project Glasswing and Mythos’ vulnerability-finding surge; Goldman Sachs data on AI job substitution vs augmentation; MIT’s “rising tides” view of automation; bold tax proposals from Vinod Khosla and OpenAI and a national wealth fund; OpenAI’s…

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  30. The AI Files Ep. 94: OpenAI Ads, the AI Skills Gap, and the Future of Work

    In this episode of The AI Files, we break down one of the biggest weeks in AI news and what it means for business leaders, technologists, and everyday professionals trying to keep up with a rapidly changing landscape. From Jamie Dimon’s bold prediction that AI could one day shrink the workweek to...

  31. #93 - Physical AI, Enterprise Agents, and the Robotaxi Race

    AI is no longer just generating text and images — it is starting to power robots, factories, vehicles, and real-world operations. In this episode of The AI Files, we unpack one of the biggest shifts happening in AI right now: the move from digital assistants to physical AI. We begin with NVIDIA…

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  32. #92 - AI Layoffs, Copilot Cowork, Anthropic, Sora 2 & Medical AI Risks

    In Episode 92 of The AI Files, Jaime and Shadab break down one of the biggest themes in AI right now: how artificial intelligence is changing the workforce, enterprise software, creative tools, and even high-stakes decision-making. This week’s episode covers: what AI layoffs actually mean,...

  33. #91 - OpenAI GPT-5.4, Pentagon/Anthropic saga, Meta Ray-Ban privacy scandal, new jobs report & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss the Pentagon’s Anthropic backlash and shifting AI partnerships, OpenAI’s GPT-5.4 launch, a weak U.S. jobs report, Gemini’s first wrongful-death lawsuit, Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses’ privacy scandal, Middle East attacks targeting hyperscaler data centers, new...

  34. #90 - Anthropic vs Pentagon, OpenAI–Amazon Alliance, Perplexity Computer, Nano Banana 2 & more

    In this episode, Shadab discuss Anthropic’s refusal to grant unrestricted military AI access, shifting AI safety commitments, and the implications for government contracts. They explore Intuit’s deep partnership with Claude, AI-driven financial agents, and IBM’s response to AI-powered COBOL...

  35. #89 - India AI Impact Summit, future of IT services, Gemini 3.1 Pro, rise of Personal Agents & more

    In this episode, Shadab discusses bold predictions from Vinod Khosla on jobs and abundance, the future of IT services industry, India’s massive push into AI infrastructure at AI Impact Summit, the rise of agentic workflows inside chat apps, Google’s Gemini 3.1 Pro reasoning leap, Gemini-powered…

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  36. #88 ‘Is SaaS dead’, Agentic Commerce, AI at Super Bowl, Qwen-Image 2.0, Gemini 3 Deep Think & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Mustafa Suleyman’s prediction on AI automating white‑collar work, whether SaaS is really dead, the rise of agentic commerce, AI’s big Super Bowl moment, Amazon’s plan for an AI content marketplace, OpenAI’s more agent‑like Deep Research, China’s open‑source...

  37. #87 - OpenAI Frontier agentic platform, Claude Mars Drive, Opus 4.6, GPT‑5.3 Codex & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Claude planned Mars rover autonomy, Claude Opus 4.6 breakthroughs, OpenAI Frontier enterprise agent platform, GPT‑5.3 Codex for agentic coding, Copilot adoption signals, AI’s expansionary economic impact, & more

  38. #86 Zuck’s AI Workforce Shift, Meta and Microsoft earnings, Clawdbot, Kimi K2.5, Maia 200 & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Zuckerberg’s AI‑driven workforce shift, Meta’s surge and Microsoft’s market stumble, Clawdbot/OpenClaw’s rise as a self‑hosted agent, Perplexity’s $750M Azure deal, SpaceX–Tesla–xAI merger talks, the launch of Kimi K2.5 and its 100‑agent swarm, Microsoft’s...

  39. #85 - Jobs-Jobs-Jobs, Rho‑alpha, AI Companion Devices, Siri Reboot, Personal Intelligence & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Microsoft’s Rho‑alpha breakthroughs in physical AI, OpenAI’s screenless AI companion, Apple’s AI Pin and the Campos Siri reboot, Google’s new Personal Intelligence, BMS + Microsoft’s lung‑cancer AI deployment, Cursor 2.4’s subagents, and the growing…

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  40. #84 - Microsoft’s community-first AI Infra, Gemini in Siri, Ads in ChatGPT, Claude Cowork & more

    In this episode, Jaime & Shadab discuss Microsoft’s community‑first AI infrastructure push, Apple adopting Gemini for next‑gen intelligence, Musk’s probe and OpenAI’s Go expansion with ads, Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol for agentic shopping, major Veo 3.1 video upgrades, Anthropic’s new…

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  41. #83 - AI trust issues, ChatGPT Health and for Healthcare, Nvidia announcements, ManusAI acquisition & more

    In this episode, Jaime and Shadab discuss AI trust issues, ChatGPT Health and for Healthcare, Jobs prospects in 2026 and 2025 jobs report, Nvidia announcements on Alpamayo-1 & Rubin chips, Meta's ManusAI acquisition under scrutiny, Microsoft's Osmosis acquisition & more

  42. # 82 - GPT-Image-1.5, Google Labs Disco browser, GPT-Codex-5.2, Gemini 3 Flash, project Vend & more

    Jaime and Shadab discuss GPT-Image-1.5, Google Labs Disco browser, GPT-Codex-5.2, Gemini 3 Flash, Anthropic project vend & more

  43. #81 - GPT 5.2, Market fears, enterprise ai report, Cohere Rerank, Disney OpenAI deal, & more

    Jaime and Shadab discuss GPT 5.2, Market fears, enterprise ai report, Cohere Rerank, Disney OpenAI deal, & more

  44. #80 - OpenAI ‘Code Red’, AWS reInvent announcements, Microsoft FARA, Mistral 3 models & more

    Jaime and Shadab discuss Open AI ‘Code red’, social permission for data centers, AWS reInvent announcements, Microsoft Fara, Mistral 3 family of models & more

  45. #79 - Gemini 3, Claude in Azure, Grok 4.1, Microsoft Ignite launches - FoundryIQ, Meta SAM3D etc

    Shadab and Jaime discuss Gemini 3, Claude in Azure, Grok 4.1, Microsoft Ignite launches - FoundryIQ, FabricIQ, Agent Framework; Meta SAM3D & more

  46. #78 - Marble world model, GPT 5.1, Microsoft's Fairwater supercomputer, AI impact on Jobs etc

    Shadab and Jaime discuss Marble - World model, GPT 5.1, Microsoft Fairwater supercomputer, AI impact on Jobs, AI Transformation Leader certification etc

  47. #76 - ChatGPT Atlas, Company Knowledge, Copilot Mode in Edge, Google Vibe Coding etc

    Jaime and Shadab discuss ChatGPT Atlas, Company Knowledge, Copilot Mode in Edge, Google Vibe Coding, war of word between Anthropic and White House etc

  48. #75 - OpenAI-Broadcom partnership, Google Veo 3.1, Claude Haiku 4.5, MAI-Image-1, Agentforce 360 etc

    Jaime and Shadab discuss OpenAI & Broadcom partnership, Google Veo 3.1, Claude Haiku 4.5, Microsoft MAI-Image-1, Salesforce Agentforce 360, AI driving majority of GDP growth etc

  49. #74 - ChatGPT Apps SDK & Agent Kit, Google Gemini enterprise & computer use, Replit Agent 3, Tilly etc

    Jaime & Shadab discuss releases from OpenAI of ChatGPT Apps SDK, Agent Kit & new models; Google Gemini enterprise & computer use; Replit Agent 3, Tilly Norwood, AI errors by Deloitte etc

  50. #73 - Sora 2, Sonnet 4.5, Microsoft Agent Framework, Tinker, Agentic Commerce Protocol etc

    Shadab and Jaime discuss AI Default, Sora 2, Sonnet 4.5, Microsoft Agent Framework, Tinker, AI regulation SB 53, ChatGPT Instant Checkout, Agentic Commerce Protocol etc

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For less than 30 minutes a week, stay on top of all relevant AI news, launches, perspectives and actions about AI in corporates and enterprises. Hosts Jaime Basilico and Shadab Hussain are both Director of Data and AI at Microsoft and brings their over 55 years of combined experience together to share their insights, analysis and predictions.

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