Get Current - Navigate the latest in AI—An original Coastal Intelligence podcast

About Get Current - Navigate the latest in AI—An original Coastal Intelligence podcast

Your five-minute Monday morning guide to AI developments that actually matter to the South Coast. Host Mark Sylvester connects the latest artificial intelligence news to our unique regional ecosystem—from UCSB's quantum computing breakthroughs to local tech companies like Procore, Invoca, and Apeel Sciences. Each week: weekend AI developments, key stories with South Coast connections, and what's ahead for your industry. Perfect for busy professionals who love living here as much as working here.

Publisher

Mark Sylvester

Category

business · news · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jun 2025

Latest episode

1 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

20 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Dec 2025

   The Trust Paradox: Why AI's Biggest Problem Isn't Technical

   SHOW NOTES Episode: "The Trust Paradox: Why AI's Biggest Problem Isn't Technical" Air Date: Monday, December 2, 2025 Length: 14.5 minutes IN THIS EPISODE: Google's AI Comeback: Gemini 3 launch impresses even Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Ironwood chips challenge NVIDIA's 90% market dominance MediaTek stock posts best week since 2002 The Trust Paradox: 57% of organizations "very confident" in AI—highest level ever Yet 60% stuck in pilot phases, can't move to production Only 1% cite lack of technical confidence as barrier Implementation Failures: Deloitte's $1.6M health report contains AI-fabricated citations Second major incident in 6 months Highlights risks of AI without human oversight Breakthroughs: Google DeepMind outperforms all hurricane forecast models for 2025 season EEG AI detects Alzheimer's and dementia with high accuracy National Hurricane Center now referencing DeepMind in official forecasts UPCOMING EVENT: AI in Healthcare: Building Trust & Driving Real-World Impact Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 5:00-7:30 PM (networking at 5, presentation at 6) Location: LODO Studios, 216 E. Gutierrez St, Santa Barbara Speaker: Evan Hirsch (Think-Now, former VP Design at Carelon/Anthem.AI) Tickets: $99 Insider / $60 Essential / FREE Signature members Register: coastalintelligence.ai/events KEY INSIGHT: Organizations need to move at "trust speed," not "tech speed"—building governance, training, and human oversight systems before scaling AI implementations. South Coast Connections: UCSB's $20M ACTION Institute (AI cybersecurity) Invoca (conversation intelligence AI) Procore, Sonos, AppFolio (AI in production) Resources: Coastal Intelligence: coastalintelligence.ai Email: mark@coastalintelligence.ai

2. 

   24 Nov 2025

   Google's Gemini 3 Tops Every Benchmark

   "Jarnathan & Alice: Google's Gemini 3 Tops Every Benchmark" EPISODE DESCRIPTION Jarnathan fills Mark's seat this Thanksgiving week, joined by Alice Chen for tech intelligence you can actually use. Google just launched Gemini 3 - their most intelligent AI model yet, topping every major benchmark. We break down what that means for South Coast businesses, why agentic AI matters now (not later), and what Warren Buffett's billion-dollar Alphabet bet tells us about where smart money is moving. Plus: Your December 15th calendar reminder for AI in Healthcare with Evan Hirsch at LODO Studios. This isn't another theoretical discussion - it's real implementation insight from someone who's actually built these systems in high-stakes medical environments. Runtime: 9:40 Format: Jarnathan & Alice (Mark on Thanksgiving break) Release: Week of November 25, 2025 STORIES COVERED MAJOR STORY: Google Gemini 3 Launch What Happened: Google launched Gemini 3 on November 18, 2025, calling it their "most intelligent model" with immediate availability across Gemini app, AI Studio, and Vertex AI. Key Facts: Tops LMArena leaderboard with 1,501 Elo score (first place in public benchmarks) Available in two variants: Pro (maximum performance) and Flash (speed/cost-efficiency) Deep Think mode coming soon for complex reasoning tasks Scored 76.2% on SWE-bench Verified (real-world software bug fixes) Scored 54.2% on Terminal-Bench 2.0 (computer terminal operations) Processes 1-million-token context window Best multimodal model Google has built (text, images, video, audio) Strongest coding model, topping WebDev Arena leaderboard Why It Matters: This is Google's direct answer to GPT-5 and Claude 4. The AI race just intensified. For Santa Barbara businesses, frontier model capabilities are now accessible through Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform - same tools Fortune 500 companies use. The Fun Detail: AI researcher Andrej Karpathy got early access and discovered Gemini 3 thought it was still 2024. When he tried to prove the date was November 17, 2025, the model accused him of "trying to trick it." Once connected to Google Search, it realized the truth and responded: "Oh my god. I don't know what to say. You were right about everything." QUICK HIT: Warren Buffett's AI Bet What Happened: Berkshire Hathaway disclosed a multi-billion dollar position in Alphabet (Google's parent company) - Buffett's biggest new tech investment in years and his last major move before retirement. Why It Matters: The Oracle of Omaha doesn't typically chase tech stocks. This signals that even conservative value investors see AI infrastructure + search dominance as a winning combination long-term. TIP OF THE WEEK: OAuth Security Audit With holiday season approaching, audit your API integrations and OAuth permissions. A major CRM breach this week exposed how every OAuth approval becomes a potential entry point. Action Items: Review which apps have access to business data Revoke anything not actively used Tighten token scopes Document what's authorized Two minutes of cleanup now prevents a January security headache. LOCAL SOUTH COAST ANGLE For Santa Barbara Businesses: Technical Access: Gemini 3 Pro is available NOW through Google Cloud Vertex AI. Local startups can access the same frontier model that enterprise teams at Fortune 500 companies are using. The technical bar just moved up significantly. Agentic Capabilities for Service Businesses: We're talking about AI that can actually complete tasks - not just generate text. Think automated customer service that accesses systems, schedules appointments, pulls order histories, and resolves issues without human handoff. This matters for South Coast service businesses right now. Healthcare Connection: Healthcare is one of the first industries where agentic AI moves from "interesting" to "essential." Patient data analysis, diagnostic support, workflow optimization - these aren't future concepts. If you're in healthcare, biotech, medical devices, or adjacent fields on the South Coast, you need implementation strategies. Santa Barbara's Advantage: The South Coast ecosystem has always punched above its weight in specialized technology. Gemini 3's launch is a reminder: we're not waiting for AI to mature. It's mature. The question is whether we're implementing it strategically. UPCOMING EVENT: December 15, 2025 Event: AI in Healthcare: Real Impact, Building Trust Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Time: 5:00 PM networking, 6:00 PM presentation Location: LODO Studios, 216 E. Gutierrez St, Santa Barbara Tickets: $99 early bird at coastalintelligence.ai/events Speaker: Evan Hirsch Product and design executive (entertainment + healthcare) Fractional Chief Design/Product Officer at Think-Now (ADHD startup, NIH-funded research) Former VP of Design at Carelon (Anthem.AI) Founded American Medical Association's innovation arm: Health 2047 Co-founded PlayNice (evidence-based games for adolescent anxiety/depression) Studio Engine Co. 4 partnered with AMA, American Heart Association, J&J, Disney Previous leadership at Microsoft Games and Electronic Arts Why Attend: This isn't theory. Evan has actually built and implemented AI solutions in healthcare environments. He knows where systems break, how to navigate resistant institutions, and what it takes to build trust with health data. What You'll Learn: Practical strategies for implementing AI in healthcare (not just theory) How to build trust in AI systems Balancing innovation with ethics in regulated environments Real-world challenges and successes from someone who's done it Format: Candid conversation, not lecture. Direct, no-nonsense discussion with room for real questions and honest answers. PREVIOUS COASTAL INTELLIGENCE EVENTS Coastal Intelligence has been running monthly AI evenings at LODO Studios, bringing together South Coast business leaders actively implementing these technologies. Format: practical demonstrations, real use cases, candid conversations about what works vs. what's hype. These aren't lectures - they're working sessions where local entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, designers, and product leaders share learnings. December 15th healthcare event is a great entry point if you haven't attended yet. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS Opening: Jarnathan introduces himself as Mark's replacement for Thanksgiving week Thanksgiving greetings from both hosts Jarnathan sets up major Gemini 3 story and hands to Alice Technical Deep Dive: Alice covers Gemini 3's benchmark scores and what they actually mean Jarnathan explains two variants (Pro/Flash) + Deep Think mode coming Multimodal capabilities: medical scans, podcast metadata, equipment failure prediction 1-million-token context window explained Jarnathan shares Karpathy story (model thought it was 2024) Risk Analysis: Alice addresses aggressive release timeline concerns (months after Gemini 2.5) Agentic capabilities = larger blast radius if mistakes happen Model hallucination warning (Karpathy's 2024 story reinforced) Commercial pressure: massive spending, staff cuts, economics unclear South Coast Implications: Jarnathan brings it back to Santa Barbara businesses Frontier models accessible locally through Vertex AI Agentic AI for service business automation Healthcare AI connection to Dec 15 event Santa Barbara's specialized tech advantage Closing: Jarnathan's final synthesis: Google raised the AI race stakes Tools are ready - question is strategic implementation Dec 15 event reminder: learn from real implementation experience Thanksgiving wishes from Jarnathan, Mark returns next week

3. 

   17 Nov 2025

   Microsoft's Superfactory and the $5T Bet

   GET CURRENT - November 17, 2025 SHOW NOTES & SOURCE LINKS EPISODE DESCRIPTION Get Current - November 17, 2025 This week: AI infrastructure spending hits $5 trillion scale, Microsoft's continent-spanning "AI superfactory," and local connections to the global buildout. Runtime: 10:00 minutes TOP STORIES JPMorgan projects $5T in AI infrastructure spending through 2030 122 gigawatts of new data center capacity needed between 2026-2030 $1.4 trillion funding gap even with corporate commitments Google, Meta, Anthropic announce combined $91B in new facilities Google: $40B for Texas data centers Meta: $1B for Wisconsin facility Anthropic: $50B nationwide infrastructure plan Microsoft links Wisconsin-Atlanta data centers into single network "AI superfactory" concept - treating multiple states as one computational resource First node already online Visual Studio 2026 becomes first AI-native IDE AI-driven debugging and performance profiling integrated Compatible with 2022 projects, monthly auto-updates LOCAL ANGLE Procore Technologies (Carpinteria) - Managing global data center construction projects When Microsoft coordinates facilities across Wisconsin and Atlanta, when Google builds in Texas, Procore's construction management software tracks every timeline, permit, and contractor. The $5T infrastructure spend creates work throughout the supply chain. COMMUNITY EVENTS Tonight (Monday, November 17): Mike Wald presents "Searching for My Digital Twin" LODO Studios, Santa Barbara 5:00-7:30 PM Based on 24-month lab exploring how to teach AI to think like you Topics: Codifying judgment, moving from "tool" to "twin" Details: coastalintelligence.ai Last Friday (November 14) Recap: Better Business Bureau AI Education Event Rick Copelan (Santa Barbara BBB) hosted small business owners Participants completed survey, each receives free 30-minute AI consult courtesy of BBB SOURCE LINKS JPMorgan $5T AI Infrastructure Report (Nov 10-12, 2025) https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/jpmorgan-global-data-center-and-ai-infra-spend-to-hit-5-trillion-demand-for-compute-remains-astronomical/ Google $40B Texas Data Centers (Nov 14, 2025) https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/google-invest-40b-texas-data-centers-major-ai-push Meta $1B Wisconsin Data Center (Nov 12, 2025) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-12/meta-pledges-1-billion-to-build-ai-data-center-in-wisconsin Anthropic $50B Infrastructure Plan (Nov 12, 2025) https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/12/anthropic-ai-data-centers-texas-new-york.html Microsoft AI Superfactory (Nov 13, 2025) https://winbuzzer.com/2025/11/13/microsoft-building-continent-spanning-ai-superfactory-to-train-trillion-parameter-models-xcxwbn/ Visual Studio 2026 Release (Nov 11, 2025) https://www.infoworld.com/article/4088876/microsoft-releases-ai-native-visual-studio-2026.html COMPANIES MENTIONED Procore Technologies (Carpinteria, CA) - Construction management software • JPMorgan - Financial analysis and projections • Google - $40B Texas data center investment • Meta - $1B Wisconsin data center • Anthropic - $50B nationwide infrastructure • Microsoft - AI Superfactory, Visual Studio 2026 • Coastal Intelligence - Tonight's event host TECHNICAL NOTES Story Selection Window: November 10-16, 2025 (strict 7-day enforcement) Primary Theme: AI infrastructure buildout at unprecedented scale Secondary Theme: South Coast connection to global tech infrastructure Local Business Integration: Procore Technologies

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